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  1. Re:at $15 a gig in overages they will pay off the on Verizon Vows To Build the First 5G Network In the US (networkworld.com) · · Score: 2

    That would be great and all, except there are Verizon wireless towers here that haven't seen a maintenance truck for any repairs or upgrades in the last four years, to the point that the lock & chain they use on the security fencing is rusted shut. Please tell me more about how they spend tons of money on maintenance and upgrades.

  2. This isn't true at all. BTW, all licenses of Windows 10 come in OEM (such as you'd find from Dell, Lenovo, etc), OEM System Builder (what used to be Retail and plain OEM you'd buy to put on computers you're selling or using), and Enterprise with sub-designations for Home, Pro, and Enterprise (OEM & System Builder OEM). Your former Retail key got converted into OEM System Builder, and has 1000 resets/activations, and can be phone activated if you decide to replace hardware or replace the machine entirely.

  3. Re:Damned if you do, damned if you don't on Feds: Your Employer Can't Stop You From Recording Conversations At Work (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Except as we've all learned, property rights mean jack and shit when the government gets involved. What, you think that deed that has your name on it makes that property yours? LOL, no, just refuse to pay your taxes and you'll find out exactly how quick you're wrong about that idea.

  4. Re:2 can play at that game-revoke DL of TSA employ on TSA Moves Closer To Rejecting Some State Driver's Licenses For Airline Travel (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Wrong, because carry/firearms licenses are also not-cross border, that constitutional argument went right out the window.

  5. ... there goes about 45% of "content" on Slashdot.

  6. Re:Legal review on Khronos Delays Vulkan Graphics API To 2016 Release (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    When something like this comes up for legal review, that is generally referring to "does it violate anyone else's patents".

  7. Re:Misleading? on Reddit Is Banning Users That Post Star Wars 7 Spoilers (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    /r/all and /r/front are being hit by this because /r/4chan mods have tagged everything from their sub that hits the front page with legit spoilers from the movie, so it is no longer confined to just certain subreddits or users via PM.

  8. Re:Ultimate spoiler on Reddit Is Banning Users That Post Star Wars 7 Spoilers (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, it isn't just small pieces - these people have been posting the entirety of the major plot points and scenes that could very well ruin the entire experience for someone looking forward to watching it in the theater.

  9. They are quite good, if you can get over the "eww, a bug" factor.

  10. Re:So I Have To Have A Dual Socket Server? on Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Moving To Per-Core Licensing (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Games like FO4 & The Witcher III are much better at being able to utilize multiple thread processing, if the cores to do so are available. It might end up being better to run them on Enterprise/Server than it is on Home/Pro.

    That being said, this is a niche use and if you aren't going to also use the particular benefits of this OS version for the other things it is ostensibly used for, it will end up being a waste of money and compute cycles in the end.

  11. Re:Save the bananas on Disease Threatens 99% of the Banana Market (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    There are many banana varietals available in the US, it's just that most places with bulk displays stock Cavendish bananas. I have no idea why,outside of being able to purchase them in bulk, because there are many varietals (such as the "Red Banana") that taste so much better and come at a similar cost per pound at non-bulk rates.

    Quite frankly, Cavendish bananas taste like chalk.

  12. Re:Don't forget the conflict of interest on Congress Joins Battle Against Ticket Bots (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course they do this, it's how they keep the damned thing afloat - it wouldn't work otherwise.

  13. Re:This is one reason I don't use smart TV apps on Millions of Smart TVs, Phones and Routers At Risk From Old Vulnerability (trendmicro.com) · · Score: 1

    People have found ways to replace those "blown" fuses. Do some digging around man. You might require some knowledge of how to use a soldering iron.

  14. This is a known issue right now with many of their GPU families and affects all of the major OSes, but is especially prevalent on the latest version of OSX, Win8, Win8.1, Win10, and various kernel versions & distros of Linux.

    They are also having pretty big issues with video acceleration (which might be your issue with Chrome corruption) & subtitle rendering (either not showing subtitles at all, or rendering the entire screen black when the subtitle is supposed to display) during video playback.

    You are more than likely going to have to use one of the various driver tweaking programs out there from someplace like Guru3D to dig around in the driver settings and disable some "features" at that level.

  15. Re:Jar Jar Binks on George Lucas: "I'm Done With Star Wars" · · Score: 1

    I think I can answer that - when a Jedi (or Sith) becomes a Force Ghost, they take the form they were when actually at the peak of their raw power in, and connection to, the Force.

    For Annakin, this means before he became Vader, because he lost a significant amount of his power once he had to be maintained within the life support suit.

  16. Re:How would it outlaw zero knowledge encryption? on UK PM Wants To Speed Up Controversial Internet Bill After Paris Attacks (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    The part where encryption makes it impossible to retain the data for a year, of course.

  17. Re:My sample size is small... on SteamOS Gaming Performance Lags Well Behind Windows (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    They suck Microsoft's left testicle, jiggle and lick Google's right testicle all the while stroking the entire shaft of that Apple dong. But then again, that's what certain Ars writers tend to do, fanboy/girl the shit out of their favorites.

  18. I can quite understand the thought processes behind that in Florida though - considering the entire state is an absolute disaster in the making when sea levels do rise and hurricanes become even more frequent and destructive. I am not saying they are right to put their heads in the sand and push denial over everything, but when faced with the possible fact that you might lose that entire land mass, everything built on it, and its population in a very short time period, it can lead someone to do all sorts of things to deny the awful truth.

  19. It isn't just him. There's been support from both sides of the political isle in Congress to do something about the "hypersensitive PC crowd" since the mid 1990's, and they quite recognize that the best place to start fixing the problem, is where it began (in the US, at least) - in the universities. How this will be accomplished without a First Amendment violation, I have no idea, but then again, this is Congress and they passed the PATRIOT Act. I have a feeling we'll see some mixture of audits of professors and their class material coupled with forced removals if they fail the audits under penalty of losing any and all public funding to the university. Sociology departments will be hit the hardest by this, as all of the various "gender/racial" studies courses come under especially close scrutiny.

  20. Re:That coalition isn't that large, really on National Coalition Calls for Campus Censorship of "Offensive" Speech (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Have you been inside the Sociology departments at many universities lately? What these groups are asking for, is actively taught and encouraged with absolutely no reprimand, nor even a peep from university admins or governing boards.

  21. Re:Crappy Web site contest on In Battle With Ad Blockers, Ad Industry Fesses Up To Alienating Users (iab.com) · · Score: 2

    Yes. The mobile version of Slashdot. Fscking atrocious.

  22. Re:Not really related to Amazon. on Private Medical Data of Over 1.5 Million People Exposed Through Amazon · · Score: 1

    I never knew Tribbles were capable of this kind of dastardly plot.

  23. Re:HTTPS scanning on AVG Proudly Announces It Will Sell Your Browsing History To Online Advertisers · · Score: 1

    It won't happen, not with how many government systems I am aware of run on some version of the Linux kernel with a myriad of shells and desktop spaces on top of that kernel. Oh, and much of their network equipment also runs on some form of Linux as do many of their security terminals. Now if we could just get the military to stop using Windows on important things like nuclear powered naval ships...

  24. Re:Good guy teleco emplyees... on AT&T Says Malware Secretly Unlocked Hundreds of Thousands of Phones · · Score: 1

    Some people do pay more than one company - especially if you travel a bit and have a dual-band/sim phone. I know when I visit relatives in Canada, I have a SIM I got just for the provider in their area (prepaid), while the other slot holds the SIM I use here at home (contract).

    I imagine it's much the same going from the US to Europe or Asia and vice versa.

  25. Re:Seriously? on YouTube 'Dancing Baby' Copyright Ruling Sets Pre-Trial Fair Use Guideline · · Score: 1

    My ISP takes this a bit more seriously (fortunately). They reject "shotgun" automated takedown/infringement notices by default, especially if there is no official contact information (name, title, email, phone number - all four must be present) with an actual person in the company filing the notice, included. Said information also can't just be some random law firm, it -must- be from the actual company in question or my ISP rejects it out of hand.

    I think one of the main reasons is because they are owned by a Canadian ISP who also takes the same approach, and who has the cash and lawyers on retainer to handle any issues that may arise.