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  1. State specific? on Florida Supreme Court: Police Can't Grab Cell Tower Data Without a Warrant · · Score: 2

    If it's truly a 4th amendment issue then it applies everywhere in the US.

  2. Laugh on Ask Slashdot: Stop PulseAudio From Changing Sound Settings? · · Score: 0

    Is this a technical support article on /.?

  3. Re:Would sooner have a Dislike button than this on Facebook 'Safety Check' Lets Friends Know You're OK After a Major Disaster · · Score: 2

    That would drive some of the sheep away when they discover how lame they are by the amount of "dislikes" they get.

  4. Re:Piffle on An Air Traffic Control System For Drones · · Score: 1

    I build them bigger than that, you need at least an 800 to get a DSLR into the or a smaller quad with 8 motors.
    But I know what you're saying, for "commercial" use meaning several of the jobs I do will most likely be regulated so that I can't compete due to cost.

  5. No cure for stupid on The Guardian Reveals That Whisper App Tracks "Anonymous" Users · · Score: 1

    That is all.

  6. "There's a prisoner shortage," on As Prison Population Sinks, Jails Are a Steal · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Wow and really bad and a really scary way to put it, I envision authorities dreaming up ways to fill jails.

  7. Piffle on An Air Traffic Control System For Drones · · Score: 2

    I build and fly these "drones" (multirotors) for fun and work, the type of hardware that would be required wouldn't fit in most hobby level "drones" that are seen causing all the problems (DJI Phantom's etc) and the infrastructure to provide what the above implies would be extensive.
    For commercial UAV's of size sure no problem, larger, more powerful radio systems and greater payloads.

    At best, with the current people in charge, I can see what I do becoming illegal, or too expensive to participate in.
    It's a shame really, because of idiots flying over people and houses, doing "altitude test" through clouds and wondering why their craft dies in mid air, to the small number of pervs actually looking in someones window it comes down to a simple statement.

    "Can't have nice things"

    I've also learned a bit about human psychology and the intelligence of the average person when they see a multirotor and react with fear.
    One woman going so far as to say "Where can I go you won't film me" having walked through a parking lot with security cameras pointed at her and all whilst txting away on her iPhone and through a park full of people with their phones (and one even had Glass on) to where we were flying.

    Yes this helicopter is the problem.... (sarcasm) Cow goes moooooo
    And people wonder why I'm a misanthrope.

  8. Re:I'm disappointed... on How Nigeria Stopped Ebola · · Score: 1

    Unless you're a medical researcher. Or a biologist. Or an anthropologist. Or an archaeologist. Or a historian...etc. Well, I can certainly see how easy it is to write you off as a religious nut.

    You're talking hardware and software of life, I'm talking about the end result, don't get the 2 confused.

  9. Re:I'm disappointed... on How Nigeria Stopped Ebola · · Score: 1

    You see, all is vanity =)

    It teaches you all that matters.

  10. Re:I'm disappointed... on How Nigeria Stopped Ebola · · Score: 2

    The single most informative bit of wisdom from the Bible is Ecclesiastes, this to address your sig.

    If you have written me off as a religious nut, think again, it's fast and easy to read and will tell you everything you need to know about human life.

  11. How to tell if you live in a 3rd World country on How Nigeria Stopped Ebola · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nigeria does it better.

  12. Re:Straw Man on The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers · · Score: 1

    The victim deserve zero blame

    That lion shouldn't eat me I only wanted its picture.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    You do not live in the real World sir.

  13. More Trains, and faster trains. on Designing Tomorrow's Air Traffic Control Systems · · Score: 1

    That is all.

  14. Harvested on Millions of Voiceprints Quietly Being Harvested · · Score: 1

    Notice the MIC is World wide, and look at the nomenclature that is used "harvested", "consumer", "data point" etc.

  15. Re:Straw Man on The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers · · Score: 1

    If you leave you laptop locked to a table in Starbucks, and come back from the bathroom 10 minutes later, it is not you fault that the laptop is stolen.

    Yes it is, and seeing it any other way is serious denial of how the World works.

  16. You're doing wrong. on Ask Slashdot: Why Can't Google Block Spam In Gmail? · · Score: 1

    I get no spam, have had the account from when it was invitation only, and have used it in countless purchases and sign ups.

  17. Re:Straw Man on The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers · · Score: 1

    And I posted your wiki page to show you're a decent person with good motives, and your posting to me shows that again.

    So bravo.

  18. Re:Straw Man on The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There is so much coverage of this sort of thing the only way a person in a public position like Jennifer Lawrence couldn't know was serious stupidity, not ignorance.
    If you look at the mental caliber of the other "victims" I'm sure you will agree.

    It's been well publicized since the late 90's that putting things on the Internet is the same as shouting in a restaurant, and to top it all off they used Apple, a company notorious for lack of security to do that with.

  19. Re:Straw Man on The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers · · Score: 1

    Maybe the whole thing was orchestrated, look at the mileage JLAw is getting and that with 2 movies coming out.
    In addition it's useful to those that would create draconian laws around the Internet or try to limit it all together not to mention what the rabid agenda feminist are getting up to with it.

  20. Re:Straw Man on The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the initial premise is inaccurate why bother?

  21. Bennett Haselton on The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers · · Score: 4, Informative

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    A little more about the man before he is completely eviscerated online...

  22. All it got her on The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers · · Score: 0

    JLaw is now the defacto icon for Internet Stupidity.

  23. Re:So we can't call anyone stupid anymore on The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers · · Score: 0

    The U.S. will always be at war now, until the government is bankrupt. Should have listened to Eisenhower.

    ^^^ this...

  24. Re:It does fit? on The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers · · Score: 3

    Oh my a new meme "Does it Fit" I can only imagine where it goes form here.

  25. Re:Birth control pills? on Birth Control Pills Threaten Fish Stocks · · Score: 1

    Careful, the next thing you know someone will suggest you're after a eugenics program and then comes the obligatory Nazi reference... ooops....