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  1. Re:Congratulations, India ! on Mangalyaan Gets Ready To Enter Mars Orbit · · Score: 1

    Hold on there. Plumbing and sanitation is an absolute MUST before you start putting food in everyone's belly. Are YOU gonna clean up that mess?

  2. Hottest redhead on "MythBusters" Drops Kari Byron, Grant Imahara, Tory Belleci · · Score: 1

    Other than Christina Hendricks. Sad day to see kari go.

  3. Duuuuuh on Snowden Granted 3 More Years of Russian Residency · · Score: 1

    Of course they have used some leverage. It's Russia. There's a reason the world doesn't trust them.

  4. Re: Extremely Useful on Georgia Tech Researchers Jailbreak iOS 7.1.2 · · Score: 1

    Agreed. GA failed lesson one in jailbreak release 101: wait until the next major release comes out before you give away the exploit.

  5. Re: Why? on Georgia Tech Researchers Jailbreak iOS 7.1.2 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Many of them evaluate the file system and determine the device is jailbroken. tsProtector fixes this by denying apps (you choose) file access. Makes apps that get cranky over jail breaking stfu and get back to work.

  6. Built in obselescence on Do Apple and Google Sabotage Older Phones? What the Graphs Don't Show · · Score: 1

    Can't beat that dead horse enough apparently. Those little fancy features add up on older systems. I was forced to upgrade laptops when I couldn't prevent Gnome 2 from bogging it down... and Linux is supposed to be the good guy to old hardware.

  7. WTF??? Did I miss something in that argument? on Cable Companies: We're Afraid Netflix Will Demand Payment From ISPs · · Score: 1

    Isn't that what consumers pay Netflix for (and justly so!)? And where the hell would that work? If the ISP didn't pay the bill, then the service would fail and the consumer wouldn't pay their part of the bill either. These guys are fucking insane. A chimp eating carrots out of his own asshole makes more sense.

    Reality: cable companies are afraid of Netflix because they fear the day they lose the competition with them.

  8. Re: Eh? on Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities Increase 100% · · Score: 1

    Looks like Windows XP era browsers and now unsupported browser versions. So it's no surprise since Microsoft took their hands off of the products that all these exploits come out of the woodwork.

  9. Re:Progress on Gene Therapy Converts Heart Cells Into "Biological Pacemakers" · · Score: 2

    Pacers won't help afib except for ablating the av node with rapid rates. Have you talked to your ep about a pulmonary vein isolation (afib ablation) being an option?

  10. No subject on Math, Programming, and Language Learning · · Score: 1

    Probably the most eye opening math class I took that really made my coding skills take off was called Applied Math in high school. The focus was just what the title says: application of knowledge learned. It really taught me how to think outside the box when it came to solving problems with math. Solutions I've written for games left me asking myself where the hell I learned the solution to the problem: applied math.

  11. Re:Progress on Gene Therapy Converts Heart Cells Into "Biological Pacemakers" · · Score: 1

    Posting as an AC says you REALLY believe in your cause.

  12. It's a start on Gene Therapy Converts Heart Cells Into "Biological Pacemakers" · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Cloning sinus nodes will help patients with sick sinus syndrome. You'll still need devices to help those in complete heart block (but could fix if you grow an AV node or perkinje fibers), ICDs for deadly arrhythmias, and biventricular devices for cardiac resync therapy. But if you clone an AV mode or a His bundle, will they connect to the perkinje network? A rep from Medtronic said this could put them out of business. Despite the Benjamins, this will be better for patients as a less painful procedure and likely less infections. I hope they answer all the questions and make this work. This will be really good for young patients who would no longer have to have a device change every 8-12 years or worry about wires going bad in their lifetime.

  13. This is why on Obama Administration Says the World's Servers Are Ours · · Score: 1

    ...we are losing control of the net. Sure we have most of the world's fiber running through NSA, but eventually other connections will be made.

  14. Love rss on Google Reader: One Year Later · · Score: 1

    Article titles without the crap. I use Bazqux with Feedler on ios. Works great, however feature development seems a little stale. Couldn't completely import my Google takeout, specifically starred articles. There was a fix said to be coming, so I subscribed $$ but it never did.

  15. Re:E-mail? on Goldman Sachs Demands Google Unsend One of Its E-mails · · Score: 1

    First, they don't understand it's not secure. Second, if the thought did cross their mind, then they wouldn't know who to ask for a secure solution or be patient enough to take the time to implement it.

    Did companies learn nothing from Target?

  16. Re:Legendary nerd? on Disappointed Woz Sells His "Worthless" Galaxy Gear Watch · · Score: 1

    Must... resist... feeding... the troll...

    GOD DAMMIT

    You do know who Steve Wozniak is, right? Regardless of whatever fanboy you are.

  17. Re: I lost the password on Mass. Supreme Court Says Defendant Can Be Compelled To Decrypt Data · · Score: 1

    Careful using "random files" as key files. If the file is modified, it becomes useless as far as a key file and so does your encrypted data.

  18. Re:sure you want to go with 'undead' ? on Perl Is Undead · · Score: 2

    What about "the rumor of perl's death has been greatly exaggerated?"

  19. Stupid subject on The Supreme Court Doesn't Understand Software · · Score: 1

    As a user of free software, I agree with the justices. Maybe they should try linux?

  20. Is there more to this story that doesn't make it fraud?

  21. Re:Does anyone actually believe this? on Congressman Introduces Bill To Limit FCC Powers · · Score: 1

    Could be a congressman on an ISP payroll?

  22. " I seem to get better mileage with all-gas" on Has the Ethanol Threat Manifested In the US? · · Score: 1

    You do. Gasoline yields more energy than ethanol. The idea is we use less gasoline and hopefully drive the price down by decreasing our demand.

  23. Re:It's Cox, they're lying on Cox Promises National Gigabit Rollout; Starting With Phoenix, Las Vegas, Omaha · · Score: 1

    They aren't doing this yet. I get the occasional notice from them about going over my bandwidth, however according to them they have no policy for charging a fee for going over. They do ask me to call to setup a business account.

  24. Re:Feeling ashamed on Cisco Complains To Obama About NSA Adding Spyware To Routers · · Score: 1

    Argument aside, the Russians were frowned upon for spying. So much the allegation of being a spy was a mark hard to erase. Your cereal taste better now?

  25. Feeling ashamed on Cisco Complains To Obama About NSA Adding Spyware To Routers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...to think 40 years ago we were on the brink of nuclear war with a country that did shit like this.