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  1. Re:If treasonous collusion isn't a crime... on The Kronos Indictment: Is it a Crime To Create and Sell Malware? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    And some percentage of oxygen atoms are involved in murders; it doesn't make them the cause.

  2. Re:Rule #1: Never Trust The Client on For 20 Years, This Man Has Survived Entirely By Hacking Online Games (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Eh, I once played a dial-up days online game where you could bet currency for a 50/50 chance to return 1.8 times the currency.

    You couldn't bet more than you had.

    So I bet -10,000,000,000 and lost.

    Which meant I gained 10,000,000,000 currency.

    Which overflowed the currency counter.

    Which crashed the game instance.

    Which dumped me to a remote command prompt.

    Which allowed me to download the unencrypted user password file.

  3. Re:Something smells on For 20 Years, This Man Has Survived Entirely By Hacking Online Games (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    EverQuest (1) is 10:1 from copper:silver:gold:plat, always has been.

  4. Re:get your big fake ass titties out of here on UK Security Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Outbreak Arrested in US (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    "Until Today"

  5. Re:Some people got rich overnight on Why the Bitcoin Network Just Split In Half and Why It Matters (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Except, for the moment, there is nowhere to cash them out.

  6. Re:Literally a joke on Why the Bitcoin Network Just Split In Half and Why It Matters (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Exactly to destroy it.

  7. Literally a joke on Why the Bitcoin Network Just Split In Half and Why It Matters (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Most on the mining power for 'Bitcoin Cash' aka 'BCash' was applied as a joke; they have less than 7% of the hashing power of BTC; and could be easily taken over with a 51% attack on mining.

    https://bitsonline.com/hong-ko...

    it's not split in half, it's split off a sliver.

    Disclosure, I own one quarter of one Bitcoin/BCash.

  8. Re:Terrible news on US Nuclear Comeback Stalls As Two Reactors Are Abandoned (theaustralian.com.au) · · Score: 1

    You seem to have forgotten that batteries exist.

  9. Bought some shelves at yesterday. on Privacy Watchdog Asks FTC To Look Into Google's Offline Shopping Tracker (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I spent a while in the shelving department at a store; did no related searches, took no pictures.. (was there to look at PS4 vs Xbone game selections, so was looking for shelves to put it on, maybe) ended up buying a unit with cash.

    Today I got multiple ads for shelving units on sale at that same store.

    I keep location services turned off...

  10. Re:How will this work? on Bitcoin Splits in Two Amid Feud (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    " no value beyond hype"

    And what gives U.S. Dollars value?

  11. Re:Do unto others ... on The US Congress Is Investigating Government Use Of Kaspersky Software (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Federal elections are every 2 years.

  12. Re:Surprise, surprise, surprise! on Hacker Cracks Smart Gun Security To Shoot It Without Approval (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    It sounds harder to hack this gun, than for a machinist to make a new gun from a block of metal.

  13. Trumpsters /say/ "Buy American!" then go shopping at Wal*Mart.

  14. The version from China will cost a fraction of that.

  15. Re:This is what tariffs were made for. on Microsoft's Wilsonville Jobs Are Going To China, Underscoring Travails of Domestic Tech Manufacturing (oregonlive.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fascism it is then.

  16. Re:No, Google should be prosecuted - on Should Burger King Be Prosecuted For Their Google Home-Triggering Ads? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    No, BK should be sued for harming Google's trademark by using it in their ads, I think their use falls outside of 'fair'.

  17. Re:It's a good thing it happened. on Should Burger King Be Prosecuted For Their Google Home-Triggering Ads? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    In the Kinect Hardware, there is a very lower power custom hardware circuit that only detects the phrase 'XBox On", and nothing else. I would guess other devices work in a similar fashion.

    This saves hardware and electrical costs when spread over millions of devices that are always 'on' by allowing them to be in a low-power state, yet still able to respond when triggered, without it people would be complaining about the constant waste of the power drain.

  18. Actual technical reasons on Should Burger King Be Prosecuted For Their Google Home-Triggering Ads? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    There are actual technical reasons for using one name.

    In the Kinect, there is a very lower power custom hardware circuit that only detects the phrase 'XBox On", and nothing else. I would guess other devices work in a similar fashion.

    This saves hardware and electrical costs when spread over millions of devices that are always 'on' by allowing them to be in a low-power state, yet still able to respond when triggered, without it people would be complaining about the constant waste of the power drain.

  19. Re:I realize this is bad for 'purists' but... on What the Death of CRT Display Means For Classic Arcade Machines (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    > simulate burn in

    Just use an LG panel.

  20. They were dead 10 years ago. on After 19 Years, DMOZ Will Close, Announces AOL · · Score: 2

    Massively out of date and useless, and not accepting new volunteer help as well for the last 10 years.

    A dead organization.

  21. Windows Store apps can have granular control...

  22. Re:Because Human Nature on Bill Gates: The Robot That Takes Your Job Should Pay Taxes (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    "The whole point of every story of Utopia ever written is that Utopia CAN NOT EXIST!"

    made up scary stories are not proof of anything.

  23. Re:Well, duh! on Your Personal Facebook Live Videos Can Legally End Up on TV (thememo.com) · · Score: 2

    But... what was newsworthy about it?

    where is the 'Public Interest'? (which legally speaking, requires more than just people wanting to see it.)

  24. Re:Even the safest cars will kill you on Father of Driver In Violent Tesla Crash Blames Sedan's 'Rocket-Ship' Acceleration (autoweek.com) · · Score: 2
  25. Is it by weight not volume?