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  1. No room for any security...

  2. Re:The Wild West of the internet on FBI: Social Media, Virtual Currency Fraud Becoming a Huge Problem · · Score: 1

    If you use your phone with Facebook, they know exactly who you are, as does any other site.

    Because Facebook (and others) can instantly check that data attached to the phone, you may want to ponder why that is possible.
    And then be sensible and "delete" your Facebook account.

  3. Not so sure the FBI has much credibility any longer.

    It's been suggested numerous times they coach these half-assed terrorist in the US, in addition I would like the names of the social sites hit hardest, because it sounds a lot like Facebook.

  4. The weakest link.

  5. Wow 2020 on Los Angeles Raises Minimum Wage To $15 an Hour · · Score: 1

    The entire council should be Latino before then...
    http://council.lacity.org/Dire...

  6. So you think it's a good idea? This is what it sounds like to me, you will be of mining collective of which the lions share of Bitcoin will go to some corp, and the bit (no pun intended) you get will be used to pay your "micro transactions".

    A snake eating its tail, and the monetization of simple things like browsing.

    I can't imagine a bigger sucker deal.

  7. I'm going to use my Bitcoin to buy another battery for my phone, lately it seems to run down quickly.

  8. Re:Well... on Kim Dotcom Calls Hillary Clinton an "Adversary" of Internet Freedom · · Score: 1

    By the way how much is a fuckton?

  9. Hmm on The Auto Industry May Mimic the 1980s PC Industry · · Score: 2

    The tech in cars seems behind the curve, so the PC analogy may be apt in several ways.

    A couple pulled over asking me directions, they had GPS in their car (mounted in dash not user replaceable) but it showed them driving on a lawn 30 meters away.
    My phone was spot on, if anything I could suggest that might help it would be this.
    DO NOT embed the tech in the car so that it is difficult for the user to replace, software and hardware will become obsolete quickly, the car its self not so much.
    Make mounting and interface universal and easy to replace with better tech.

  10. Re:Why? on New Chips Could Bring Deep Learning Algorithms To Your Smartphone · · Score: 1

    Why?

  11. Why would you want this on your phone (tracking device)?

  12. You know on Microsoft Study Finds Technology Hurting Attention Spans · · Score: 1

    You know this sort of thing... wait pop up, OK now where was I? oh yeah this sort of ... wait IM...

  13. Re:Get rid of him on Gates, Zuckerberg Promising Same Jobs To US Kids and Foreign H-1B Workers? · · Score: 1

    Amen.

  14. Re:Well... on Kim Dotcom Calls Hillary Clinton an "Adversary" of Internet Freedom · · Score: 0

    I can accept Julian, but Kimmy seems a bit too self serving for me, plus I can't stand fat people... you understand? In a World of starving children he is fat.... so no credibility there, just gluttony.

  15. Umm on Schools That Ban Mobile Phones See Better Academic Results · · Score: 1

    *duh*, or is it derp?

  16. Well... on Kim Dotcom Calls Hillary Clinton an "Adversary" of Internet Freedom · · Score: 0

    I wish it were someone more credible saying that.

  17. LOL on Men's Rights Activists Call For Boycott of Mad Max: Fury Road · · Score: 1

    I love it, who else but millennial women fall for this neo-feminist bullshit?
    Don't tell me how "sexist" Hollywood is when you're profiting from it, and don't tell me there are no good female leads/heros, if you say that it just shows you don't watch any scifi.
    And also don't tell me about drought shaming when you've got a giant mansion.

    All this political tripe is to garner attention for the movie, it's so damn cynical, seriously Hollywood has done more damage to this country, its morals and ethics than most realize.

    Be careful who you let tell your stories.

  18. Get rid of him on Gates, Zuckerberg Promising Same Jobs To US Kids and Foreign H-1B Workers? · · Score: 2

    It's as simple as not using Facebook, I know, I know... you're "trapped" on it now because you were stupid enough to use it in the first place.

    Zuck: They "trust me"
    Zuck: Dumb fucks

    -Mark Zuckerberg

  19. Really? on GCHQ Officials Given Immunity From Hacking Charges · · Score: 1

    civil rights groups were unaware that domestic hacking activities were covered now as well

  20. Laugh on How Windows 10 Performs On a 12-inch MacBook · · Score: 2

    Reminds of another study some years ago where WIndows 7 was found to be more secure out of the box than OS X was at the time, or for that matter likely still is.

    Maybe there's a place but I never seem to see any info on who is doing the in house OS X coding, the age line, would be interesting to see.

  21. Piffle on Arab Mars Probe Planned For 2020 · · Score: 1

    Another "because we have the cash" vanity project.

  22. Multiple war heads detonated in a timed fan or "J" shape (asteroid on inside of curve) each adding more angular velocity.

    Radioactivity is less of a concern than a large strike on Earth's surface.

    I think the concern is moot though, the defrosting of Siberian tundra and other "accelerated" green house gas emissions, the acidification of oceans and the loss of most, if not all, of Earth's rivers will reduce the human population to the point this would not be possible.

    Unless a strike is imminent.

  23. Re:A crime is a crime. on FBI Alleges Security Researcher Tampered With a Plane's Flight Control Systems · · Score: 1

    What's your IP?

  24. I didn't think anyone would ever design the passenger network connected to the control network, but there it is, opens up a can of worms for "missing" flights.

  25. Re:Just a thought on The Economic Consequences of Self-Driving Trucks · · Score: 1

    Additionally if hard/true AI comes online, well everything you and I have said is irrelevant.