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  1. Non-Hyphenated Title on New Horizons Gets Closer to Pluto, But Mystery Spots Now Out of Sight · · Score: 1

    How'ed ya do it Timothy??

  2. 12oz curls on Ask Slashdot: Have You Tried a Standing Desk? · · Score: 1

    In the olden days we called them bars..

  3. Exactly how many on SlideN'Joy Extender Adds Up To Two More Screens For a Multi-Monitor Laptop · · Score: 0

    Blowjobs does it take to get my Kickstarter linked as news?

  4. Re: Cost of making the USA piss their pants: Price on Analysis: Iran's Nuclear Program Has Been an Astronomical Waste · · Score: 2

    " Something I think Iran won't be doing unless they want to deal with every country in the region."

      Which is something we will never have to deal with because the worlds greatest spy network (Israel) will assure that all expenditures made toward nuclear proliferation are wasted at the most optimum timeline.

      If that had or will happen, chances are the world won't ever know.

  5. Quickest way I know on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Service Providers When You're an IT Pro? · · Score: 1

    "May I please speak to someone who speaks English as their native tongue?" Followed by, "I'm sorry but I have a hearing disability and it's real difficult for me to communicate with other than native speakers".

      Not a gaurentee but this generally expedites a solution.

  6. FUD on Droning For Sharks · · Score: 1

    "Some have worried drones could be used to leer at unsuspecting beachgoers or to see inside the homes lining the shore.

    The wide angle lenses on the majority of prosumer/consumer devices make concerns over privacy ridiculous. And finally it's not a drone unless it's flying autonomously. Here it's a quadcopter with FPV video.

         

  7. Re:Plumbing. on Ask Slashdot: How to Avoid The Worst of a Tech Bubble? · · Score: 1

    honest dollar (Euro actually,....

          Don't worry you'll be back to Drachmas soon.

  8. Re:Now THAT'S A Job I Want on Professional Internet Troll Sues Her Former Employer · · Score: 1

    You would also have to know how to appropriately use

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    8====D

  9. Cheap fix on Amtrak Installing Cameras To Watch Train Engineers · · Score: 1

    Compared to automating or more frequent inspection of tracks prone to fatigue do to shared freight use.

  10. Re:End-to-end encryption cannot come fast enough. on San Bernardino Sheriff Has Used Stingray Over 300 Times With No Warrant · · Score: 1

    Redphone since 2010 https://whispersystems.org/ .
    Silent Phone since 2012 https://silentcircle.com/ .

  11. What I was wondering? on 25 Years Today - Windows 3.0 · · Score: 2

    When and if would would ever multitask as well as DESQview did.

  12. Re:and dog eats tail on Feds Order Amtrak To Turn On System That Would've Prevented Crash · · Score: 1

    The section of rail where the accident occurred was shared with CSX who has been known for operating overweight trains that require much more frequent rail replacement. Many assume that the rails were at least a partial issue but you don't hear anyone talk about it.

  13. "resulting from abuse of the drug" on Cocaine Use Can Now Be Tested In Fingerprints Using Ambient Mass Spectrometry · · Score: 1

    So are we to assume consumption that's not abusive won't leave detectable metabolites? Or, are the researchers assuming all use is abuse? And, can you imagine how much this test costs?

  14. Re:Yo dawg, I heard you like keychains... on Ask Slashdot: What's On Your Keychain? · · Score: 2

    "Bottle Opener"

    Amateur..

    FYI http://gizmodo.com/5960021/how...

  15. Re:Seriously? on British Pilots: Poll Data Says Public Wants Strict Rules For Drones · · Score: 0

    "I am a fixed-wing pilot, anything that can fly through my window at 140MPH pisses me off. Birds are bad enough, but at least they're not metal."

      How often do you fly in uncontrolled airspace at less than 800' agl without major focus on your field of travel? Because if something "flies through your window at 140mph" in uncontrolled airspace, I would have to blame that on pilot error. And, surely that something could not be a DJI Quadcopter because their flight control systems won't allow function in ANY airports controlled airspace (much less approach path). In addition, within a 5 mile ring they limit altitude to 500" agl http://www.dji.com/fly-safe/ca....

  16. What they really want. Just annother Clipper... on James Comey: the Man Who Wants To Outlaw Encryption · · Score: 1

    " They only want backdoorsâ"to break encryption, but just for the good guys."

    And

    "âoeThe FBI makes this proposal to look like theyâ(TM)re looking for a simple law to add a simple feature,â says Robert Graham, CEO at Errata Security. âoeBut when you look into it, what theyâ(TM)re really asking for is dramatic, itâ(TM)s a huge thing. Theyâ(TM)d need to outlaw certain kinds of code. Possessing crypto code would become illegal.â

      But that boat has sailed, just ask Zimmerman.

  17. Defendants on Single Verizon IP Address Used For Hundreds of Windows 7 Activations · · Score: 1

    Why wasn't Verizon subpenaed for the identity of the lessees of the IP and named in addition to the Doe's? Additionally, how does John Doe (1-10) defend against process that hasn't been served, how can a court try a civil case in absentia?

  18. All the devout know.. on Two Gunman Killed Outside "Draw the Prophet" Event In Texas · · Score: 1

    it's not the eternal bliss...it's the birkaless virgins (infidel)!

  19. Why are they asking the exchange to halt trading? on How One Tweet Wiped $8bn Off Twitter's Value · · Score: 1

    When listed securities are traded with one specialist who has the ability to halt trading in order to match buyers and sellers and maintain an orderly market. Specialists don't have to ask to stop the market, they halt it until they can figure out what the market is pricing it at (keeping it orderly and making the spread).

  20. Actuaries... on The Engineer's Lament -- Prioritizing Car Safety Issues · · Score: 2

    had and probably still have more control over production than engineering. Ford figured it would add an $11 per car cost of manufacture to make safe and dead bodies were cheaper. I doubt it's changed..

    http://www.cnbc.com/id/1025899...

  21. Re:It was just karma. on Google Insiders Talk About Why Google+ Failed · · Score: 1

    There real crime here was Usenet.

  22. Re:Not all of these are equal... on New Privacy Concerns About US Program That Can Track Snail Mail · · Score: 1

    What about the children?

  23. Loon Production on Google Ready To Unleash Thousands of Balloons In Project Loon · · Score: 1
  24. Mandate Gun Control on The Upsides of a Surveillance Society · · Score: 1

    Requiring everyone to carry a side arm also, will increase more cooperative social behavior.

  25. CAN vs SPI on John Hawley Talks About UAV Controls (Video) · · Score: 1

    A significant part of the video is dedicated to an opinion that using UARTS for peripheral communication is best. The reasoning for this contention is:

    #1 It's been around forever
    #2 It uses plain text to transfer information
    #3 Everyone understands it
    #4 It's been around forever

      Correct me if I'm wrong, but a SPI generally only defines the transmission of a byte, whereas CAN defines the packets. Isn't another disadvantage of using a serial bus in this type of application the fact that basically we're looking at a "master/slave" relationship?

      If I want to drop in a telemetry stream to my video down-link, isn't it significantly more effective to use CAN? With the vast amount of peripheral devices, servos, video, barometers, magnetometers, GPS and who knows what else (not necessarily needed for flight control), why is it better to use the controller for handling communication timing and then figuring out how to talk, when CAN does it so effectively?

      I'm seriously soliciting more in-depth reasoning for preferring a SPI (using a UART) than what's been mentioned on the video.