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  1. Re:Not a totally remote exploit. on How To Take Control of a Car's Electronics, Cheap · · Score: 2

    Yes, but they'll do it anyways

  2. Re:No security? How about Physical security? on How To Take Control of a Car's Electronics, Cheap · · Score: 1

    Having to go to the dealer to pair a device means saying goodbye to your affordable OBD-II scanner and ECU flasher.

  3. Re:I'd say Great Idea on Cops With Google Glass: Horrible Idea, Or Good One? · · Score: 1

    Even when the recordings are available on Youtube, the officers are pretty much safe. In many cases, they are suspended *with* pay and keep their jobs or are assigned desk jobs for a while.

  4. Re:Why? on US Cord Cutters Getting Snubbed From NBC's Olympic Coverage Online · · Score: 3, Informative

    Some people can't receive OTA because of obstacles or because they're too far from the station. But they're being greedy, pure & simple.

  5. Driving? on NYPD Is Beta-Testing Google Glass · · Score: 1

    Will they be driving while using those? Wasn't someone arrested for wearing them? Of course they're cops so the laws don't apply the same...

  6. Bang! Was that my foot ? on HP To Charge For Service Packs and Firmware For Out-of-Warranty Customers · · Score: 1

    Completely stupid on their part. They are already writing the software, why not make it available and not shoot themselves in the foot? I don't think they're aware they are other vendors out there (Dell). I used to work for a big telco, the shop was almost 100% Compaq, was for years. They messed up somehow, now they are 100% Dell (we're talking about 2500 PCs and lots of servers). That was before they were gobbled up by HP. I don't know how many $$$ for a lease that big, but it's certainly a lot of money. Doesn't take much to lose a contract once the lease is up...

  7. Re:Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk on Many Lasers Become One In Lockheed Martin's 30 kW Laser Weapon · · Score: 1

    I know, but it is one of the nicest looking fighter. Besides, it was retired only 6 years ago, I'm pretty sure getting them back in service wouldn't be that hard since some of them were spotted flying near Groom lake in 2013.

  8. Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk on Many Lasers Become One In Lockheed Martin's 30 kW Laser Weapon · · Score: 2

    Can we get this on that fighter? Seems only fitting...

  9. Re:plastics the new paper on Press Used To Print Millions of US Banknotes Seized In Quebec · · Score: 1

    "anyone very high in temperature will stick notes together"

    Dude, that's some nasty fever you've got. Seriously, I'm not convinced about the dryer, but I've heard something about leaving an enveloppe on a dashboard in summer.

  10. Re:Radio Shack Ad Best So Far on Super Bowl Ads: Worth the Price Or Waste of Time? · · Score: 1

    That's probably one of the reasons they closed in Canada. Radio Shack used to be the place to go when you needed some components (which they stopped selling). the 200-1 electronic kits, the Armatron, I miss those kind of things...

  11. Re:Ads are toxic. on Super Bowl Ads: Worth the Price Or Waste of Time? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, we do have curling in Canada

  12. Re:plastics the new paper on Press Used To Print Millions of US Banknotes Seized In Quebec · · Score: 1

    *Paper* money will survive washing machines.

  13. Pfttt... on Sound System Simulates the Roar of a Rocket Launch · · Score: 1

    That's nothing compared to what my neighbors use in their living room...

  14. Recycle them for scrap on Where Old Hard Disks (with Digital Secrets) Go To Die · · Score: 1

    That's what I do when a drive fails or becomes noisy. I keep some of the magnets, remove the board, heads and platters, remove the copper coil from the head assembly. When I have around 10 or 20 drives (5 to 10 pounds), I sell them to the scrap yard. Good luck retrieving data after everything has been tossed in the big aluminum bin. Not a big amount at 50 cents a pound though.

  15. Re:Et tu, Canada? on Canadian Spy Agency Snooped Travelers With Airport Wi-Fi · · Score: 2

    And if You and I were to setup the same kind of snooping network, we would be jailed. But the laws don't apply the same when you're powerful/rich/government.

  16. Re:Just wait on Michaels Stores Investigating Possible Data Breach · · Score: 1

    Not legal to have the customer eat the losses? I'll have to look further into it, I already contacted the ombudsman about that. Does it apply to ATM cards or just credit cards?

  17. Re:Just wait on Michaels Stores Investigating Possible Data Breach · · Score: 1

    That's my point. Their argument is since the card was used with the chip, and that it can't be cloned (not entirely true), it's *my* problem, not theirs. So, as you said, it's a way to put the losses on the customer.

  18. Re:simple fix on android on Why Does Facebook Need To Read My Text Messages? · · Score: 1

    And that's something most people can't do (or are even aware of), don't want to do or don't want to risk rendering the phone useless.

    I'm building a new Media Center, and will probably go with either Win7 or BeyondTV instead of Myth. Why? Because I want to watch TV, not spend my time configuring the remote, the front display, my surveillance cameras, debugging why 'x' video won't play or why I can't get the TV guide to download and so on. (and I've been using computers since 1979).

  19. Re:Series hybrids on Nissan Unveils 88 Pound 400-HP Race Car Engine · · Score: 1

    Anybody else wonder why they're not using diesel engines for series hybrids?

    Run the engine at optimal speed and use it as a generator.

  20. Re:Just wait on Michaels Stores Investigating Possible Data Breach · · Score: 2

    The chip is not there to protect customers interests. It's there so the store (or bank in my case) can say: Nope, your card wasn't copied, the chip was used at the ATM.

    (Royal Bank of Canada)

  21. I know about Tesla battery swaps. Bring the same tech in a Mazda 3 (ie. affordable car) and we'll talk.

  22. Re:Not Just Bees on Bees Are Building Nests With Our Waste Plastic · · Score: 1

    "How will the crows survive after marijuana's legalized?"

    Very happy and hungry ?

  23. When I can put 500-600 KM of range in my car in about 5 minutes like with gasoline.

  24. Hate those airport hubs

  25. Re:seems natural, of not predatory. on T-Mobile Jumping Into the Check-Cashing Industry · · Score: 1

    "Just stick with the $15/mo high-usage limit DSL service"

    That's not a bad price, it's actually lower than the plans in Canada. Cheapest I can get here in Montreal is around 40$, and that's with a reseller (Acanac). Going with either Videotron or Bell gives me a big 15GB/month at 5Mbit for 35$/m. We *really* need something like Google fiber to shake the big greedy telecoms