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  1. Re: Yes, let's build a walled garden on Canonical Helps Launch A Snap Store For The Orange Pi Community (ubuntu.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, possibly. But once a flaw has been found in the snap sandbox/container, then it's simply a matter of time and effort to find a snap package with a heartbleed-type hole, then exploit the snap flaw, and bam, you're in. Snap/Docker/et.al. will all have to be gone over with a fine tooth comb to find any flaws.

    I haven't looked into it yet, but is the Snap/Docker container maintainer (say that 3 times fast) still responsible for dependency updates, or is there a mechanism to update them automatically, separate from the main app in said container?

  2. Re:Lies on What The CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works (ap.org) · · Score: 2

    Can't be. Mango Mussolini doesn't have a heart. ;-)

  3. Most of Venezuela's problems can be traced to a simple cause: Government corruption brought on by human greed. The model was probably ok, it's just that the execution was fatally flawed.

  4. Re: Hopefully a better result than SCO's effort on Department of Labor Sues Google Over Compensation Data (cnn.com) · · Score: 0

    Darl, is that you? Still looking from under that cowboy hat for your cattle?

  5. Re:This confirms my previous speculation on 'The Hillary Leaks' - Wikileaks Releases 19,252 Previously Unseen DNC Emails (zerohedge.com) · · Score: 1

    These are DNC emails, not State Department. Unless there's talk about sending burglars to the RNC national headquarters to steal documents (where'd we hear that before?), I don't think anyone's going to get killed over these. But then again, there's all those right-wingnut conspiracies about people Hillary and Bill had killed over the years... ;-)

  6. Since tthe rapture is any day now, you can't blame them.

    Christians have been saying that for 2000 years, Muslims for almost 1400. Don't hold your breath waiting for it - unless you're downwind of one of those hidden SO2 sources.

  7. Re:And this will change nobody's minds.. on Genetically Modified Crops Are Safe, Report Says (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    "A very real problem is that genetically modified plants spread and outfight the existing varieties, leading to less diversity."

    Of course, one could argue that selective breeding, which mankind has engaged in for about 10,000 years or so, could accomplish the same thing. And yes - you can respond that native varieties could at least evolve fast enough to keep up and compete. But tell that to maize, which I believe domestic corn has just about completely wiped out in the wild...

  8. Re:And this will change nobody's minds.. on Genetically Modified Crops Are Safe, Report Says (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    You missed "They will not believe this report any more than the people who think global warming is a lie or that the creationist 'museum' is factual.." A large portion of the US population, if asked if DNA in food was unnatural and potentially dangerous, would answer ABSOLUTELY YES - eating a chemical such as DNA was harmful.

    Yes, we Americans can be that ignorant.

  9. I really think the flame logo is supposed to represent the Holy Spirit - you know, since Cruz was anointed by God to run for Prez. All the righty-tighties just eat that stuff up... But I wonder what the Wilks brothers, his major financial backers, think of the Carly thing. They don't think rightly of a woman being in a position of power.

  10. Of course, if Ziltoid really was omniscient, then he/she'd simply have to think it. But saying it would add dramatic effect. And the exceedingly small acceleration rate would definitely subtract from that dramatic effect. Being omniscient though, Ziltoid could simply suspend time for local observers, which would then see the effects much later, and be really impressed.

    On the other hand, since Ziltoid is omniscient, he/she would simply just will itselt to its destination, rather than waiting on the wimpy EmDrive.

  11. Re:Did they spin when they landed? on Perfect Coin-Toss Record Broke 6 Clinton-Sanders Deadlocks In Iowa (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1
    And here I thought Diebold Election Systems changed their name to Premier Election Solutions, not Acme

    Silly me!

  12. Re: Fools think this is horrible. on EFF: License Plate Scanner Deal Turns Texas Cops Into Debt Collectors (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Unlikely. Everyone who can't afford a lawyer is assigned a public defender. But nice try.

    This is true in the US for criminal cases as a result Gideon v. Wainwright, but not for civil cases.

  13. Re:Does it count as "evidence" on Caltech Astronomers Say a Ninth Planet Lurks Beyond Pluto (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    I wonder how much mass this planet contributes to the dark matter issue?

    Well, since the first (and most significant?) evidence for dark matter was the fact that the outer portions of the arms of spiral galaxies were traveling much faster than the calculated total mass of those galaxies predicts they would (due to gravitational attraction), then, yeah - I'd say this fully debunks the evidence for dark matter ;-)

  14. So can someone tell me how this doesn't violate Net Neutrality rules? Video streamed from Comcast's own source properties doesn't count towards data caps, yet watching the same movie from Netflix does? And Netflix has their own caching servers installed directly inside Comcast's distribution network? WTF?

  15. Re:Meet Mr. Nicolas Labbit on Sued For Using HTTPS: Companies In Crypto Patent Fight (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    As he's in East Texas, he couldn't be expected to pronounce it correctly, since they can't even spell "Français". Lab-it it is. And my expertise on this comes from being a Cajun who lived in Dallas for over 10 years...

  16. Incredible Melting Man on Louis Friedman Says Humans Will Never Venture Beyond Mars (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    Saturn, we will have the incredible melting man then?

    What a great B-movie that was! Ok, C-movie, then.

    When it came out in 1977 and made it my local theater in a small town in the American South, it beat the previous record-holder for the longest lines at the theater box office - Jaws.I'll have to find the MST3K version of it!

  17. Re:Lets all blame ... on Volkswagen Boss Blames Software Engineers For Scandal (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Soooo, the urea injection module was implemented in software, not hardware, and systemd only loaded it if the emissions testing flag was set? Did Poettering work for VW? ;-)

  18. Re:Is this a good idea? on How To Make Messages Easy For an Alien Race To Understand (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    Weakness? No. Bait? Hell yes...

  19. Re:Coding advance could lead to faster programs on Battery Advance Could Lead To a Cleaner Way To Store Energy · · Score: 1

    The problem is determining the optimum sweet spot somewhere between the two. We have a feedback system in place to try and regulate it, but the response rate isn't fast enough. So our legislators are trying to fix it by campaigning continuously.

  20. Re:space camp is neither space nor camp; discuss on NASA Delays Orion's First Manned Flight Until 2023 · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter what an "administration" thinks about space anyhow. All the President can do is cheerleading. It's our legislative branch that keeps underfunding NASA, making sure that what funds they do provide are mostly earmarked to ensure that they go to the appropriate pork projects. Projects such as the Senate Launch System , which still lacks any real mission after it (someday) goes up for the first crewed test flight.

    Right now the only purpose of SLS is to build SLS.

    Great Freudian slip there!

  21. Re:As someone who has been hit by cars.. on Why Biking Injuries and Deaths Are Spiking In the US · · Score: 1

    If I had been hit 3 times by cars I know I'd have to take a look at what I was doing wrong. It might be their fault as you say but most cyclists seem to manage to wobble down the road without getting run over repeatedly. Not to mention that sooner or later it's going to be fatal. Think about it.

    Don't be a dick. I can empathize with the AC you responded to. I once had an idiot driver actually lock eyes with me while I was riding down a main street, and yet he proceeded to pull out in front of me, essentially running (not fully stopping at) a stop sign, rolling, apparently thinking that cyclists have no rights over a car. I didn't have room to swerve to the left to avoid him, as there was a car on my left. I went over his hood and somehow managed to land on my feet. I would have ripped his head off right there when he claimed he didn't see me, but he hopped back into his car and fled the scene. My bike thankfully wasn't heavily damaged.

    . Another time, while riding down a two-lane highway with my wife right in front of me, we had a driver blast by (we later found out he was drunk - and fleeing the cops) actually clipping my pedal. How I didn't go down from the glancing blow and the wind I'll never know. One more inch to the right and I would have been killed. I later found out from the cops he was clocked doing 85mph down that stretch of 55mph highway. He apparently hit another car earlier. He spent time in jail for that one.

    Most serious adult cyclists do in fact have a better understanding of traffic laws than the average driver. They have to - or else them become victims of drivers with the situational awareness of a rock. Unfortunately natural selection is non-discriminating.

  22. Re:50% is lost in AC to DC conversion? on Giving Up Alternating Current · · Score: 1

    Typical 12Vdc smart battery chargers used in the marine and RV industry are more than 80% efficient - the Magnum Energy MS2812 inverter/charger I have installed on my sailboat is 85% efficient when charging the batteries (converting 120Vac to 13.8Vdc) and 88% efficient when inverting (taking 12Vdc nominal and converting it to 120Vac).

  23. Re:Prime Scalia - "Words no longer having meaning" on Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies · · Score: 4, Informative

    Unfortunately, Congress is ceding power to both the Executive and Legislative that can only weaken our rights and liberty. They are becoming less and less relevant.

    Uh, unless things have changed around here, Congress IS the Legislative branch of the US Federal government.

  24. Re:Because Climate Change isn't a species destroye on Why Our Brains Can't Process the Gravest Threats To Humanity · · Score: 1

    Well, we know the sun lacks sufficient mass to go nova, let alone supernova. It will become a red giant in a few billion years' time. So now your list is down to 5! ;-)

  25. Re:The coming AI will fix it on Why Our Brains Can't Process the Gravest Threats To Humanity · · Score: 1

    Ah, the old Zeroth Law of Robotics: A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.

    So the AI won't melt its positronic brain when it deduces that by eliminating sufficient #'s of humans, it actually saves humanity! They're here to save us from ourselves by killing us. Brilliant!

    All hail our positronic savior AI overlords!