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  1. Re: Good, then we can scrap that stupid f-35 on Air Force Says F-35 Glitches Mean the A-10 Will Keep Flying 'Indefinitely' (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    One A10 is worth five F35s in current operational practice.

  2. Re:Why are they messing about? on 'Robocall Strike Force' Proposal Could Stop Caller ID Spoofing (onthewire.io) · · Score: 2

    Yep. If you're installing a call center then you should make sure of the credentials of the people asking you to do it.

    This will be done by that person giving you a copy their installation permit and you looking up the permit on the government website to see if it checks out (correct person, correct address, correct installation date, etc).

    I may be cruel, but I'm just.

  3. Re: Slippery slope on Police Used Cell Tower Logs To Text 7,500 Possible Crime Witnesses (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    1. Why does carrying a GPS-enabled device require me to give up any rights?

    Try reading your EULA.

  4. Re:Guilty until proven innocent... on Police Used Cell Tower Logs To Text 7,500 Possible Crime Witnesses (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Im reminded of those entrapment methods that certain states are so fond of using, Hi, Im Chris Hansen...why dont you have a seat right here. (Brings in 18+ decoy). Same with open car-decoys with the keys left in the ignition. Where does the limit go tomorrow?

    There are anti-entrapment laws in place. The police aren't allowed to persuade you to do something you wouldn't normally do.

    If you see a car with the keys in it and decide to drive away on the spot then it isn't 'entrapment'. You're a fucking criminal, period.

  5. Re: fucking hell that's horrendous on Police Used Cell Tower Logs To Text 7,500 Possible Crime Witnesses (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    The police are just fucking lazy. Instead of doing their job, they want the people to do it for them.

    Or ... maybe the police could solve more crimes if they use a faster way to get results.

  6. Why are they messing about? on 'Robocall Strike Force' Proposal Could Stop Caller ID Spoofing (onthewire.io) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why are they even messing about with this?

    Require mandatory jail sentences for anybody installing/operating this equipment and the problem will disappear overnight.

    The same goes for a lot of other crap the people have to put up with. Start throwing more scumbags in jail and the scumbags will stop doing it.

    Maybe a general "scumbag" law that can be applied retroactively to people who try to beat the system. If a jury decides that somebody is being a 'scumbag' then anybody with a history of the behavior being judged can have the law applied to them.

    Vote for me in the next election!

  7. That is what MS did with Edge.... arguably it is a better browser than IE, but it is now also incompatible with everything that has gone before.

    If you mean "incompatible with IE 6.0" then that's a good thing.

    Edge is Microsoft finally starting to support the same standards as the rest of the world.

  8. Re:"Quantum" on Mozilla Announces Quantum, a New Browser Engine For Firefox (softpedia.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, it refers to the unpredictability of the results.

  9. Re:I don't like Switzerland on Bitcoin Can Be Bought With Cash At Swiss Railway Ticket Machines (techweekeurope.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    These machines are just a way for the Swiss government to offload their bitcoins onto gullible members of the public.

    Call me when they have machines that convert Bitcoins into Swiss Francs.

  10. Re:grammar problems everywhere on Seoul Considers Messaging Ban After Work Hours (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    They were translated from Korean (in a hurry because the office was closing).

  11. Re:DIY on In China, Some Apple Users Opt For iPhone Makeover Rather Than Buy New (reuters.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just more proof that Apple owners only upgrade for style/fashion reasons, not for new features.

  12. Eh, I guess. I'm not voting for him, but even his main critique "Mexicans are rapists" - it's clear to anyone with half a brain he wasn't saying literally 100% of Mexicans illegally crossing the border are rapists.

    Sure, but why would he even use that term at all? It must be one of the main words in his head when he thinks of Mexicans.

  13. True, but when they can two videos of him saying completely opposite things within a week of each other then you have to wonder...

  14. Re:How is everyone supposed to use Emacs? on It Looks Like Apple is Killing the Physical Esc and Power Keys On New MacBook Pro · · Score: 1

    My US/Russian keyboard laptop has [ next to P, as does a UK, Italian, Croatian, Czech, Slovak and Spanish keyboard. Latin American has it next to Ñ. Must be hell to access array indices if you don't have one of them...

    That's complete bollocks. You totally made that up, didn't you?

    Spanish and Italian have next to 'P', yes, but you need Alt-Gr to get at it.

    Croatian, Czech, Slovak keyboards have it on the 'F' and 'G' keys.

  15. Donald Trump's new border fence will keep those missiles out, no problem.

  16. Exactly.. We spent $2 trillion dollars and over 4,000 lives to protect Oil Company interests in the middle east.

    2?

    I don't know where you get your numbers but you're an order of magnitude short, it's more like 20.

  17. Re:How is everyone supposed to use Emacs? on It Looks Like Apple is Killing the Physical Esc and Power Keys On New MacBook Pro · · Score: 4, Informative

    You have a problem with CTRL+[? Works on everything I've used so far, except for the blasted TVI-950, which always sends CTRL+].

    You must live in a country which has a nice '[' key on the keyboard. Most keyboards in the world access those symbols with Alt-Gr.

    (Sucks to be them, I know...but this will make it suck even worse)

  18. Re: How is everyone supposed to use Emacs? on It Looks Like Apple is Killing the Physical Esc and Power Keys On New MacBook Pro · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because using your left thumb for every other keystroke is sooooo ergonomic.

  19. Re:like in the movie? on Uber's Self-Driving Truck Went on a 120-Mile Beer Run To Make History (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    2,000 crates of Budweiser? They weren't risking much it it flipped over. Nobody's going to cry over that.

  20. Re:Self driving cars don't have to be perfect... on Uber's Self-Driving Truck Went on a 120-Mile Beer Run To Make History (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... they just have to be better than humans. And sadly, in many areas they already are - give it a few more years for the remaining rough spots.

    One important difference:

    When humans screw up they're usually not worth suing.

    When self-driving cars screw up there's a large, wealthy company to try to sue.

  21. Web designers often have nice monitors because they're concerned about color accuracy.

    Nearly: Web designers have huge, expensive monitors because they're all hipsters.

    "Color accuracy" is just a side effect.

  22. Go and read http://www.hackaday.com/ for a couple of minutes then come back here and re-read what you just posted. Don't your eyes go funny?

  23. The purple numbers are a nice touch, too. Just like the yellow strings and pale grey comments.

    The text attribute "bold" could have been used for something useful if they hadn't used such a crap color scheme.

    easy to read

    Do you honestly see that as an improvement over the previous white-on-black styles? Do you think it's "easier to read" than (eg) the page you're looking at right now? Put them side by side and take a good look.

    If so, we found the problem. (shrug)

  24. Newspaper printing rules don't apply because those extensively developed serif fonts don't work well on 72dpi monitors.