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  1. Re:What is it good for? on Google Announces a New Processor For Project Ara · · Score: 1

    "I don't think this is going to be a popular platform with the carriers"

      Isn't it time for the POTS (and it's younger brother cellular) system to die? Stateside termination is more fragmented than Android. One of the largest stateside carries uses termination that's not compatible with the rest of the world, designed to control income and users, not to provide quality services to it's clients. Available termination devices are designed to increase income for providers, not to provide the cutting edge of technology.

      Project ARA is a big threat to the proprietary hold communication carriers have on the stateside voice communication market.

      Whereas Joe Sixpac doesn't know it, anyone with little
    technical ability can have a dialup number without any service plan from ANY carrier.

      The separation between "data plans" and "phone plans" is ridiculous, but every carrier likes to make differentiations between the receiving device and the price they charge.

      At the very least, project ARA is being supported by a company that clearly discloses it's participation in the services it provides, provides clear notifications to it's users when it changes those terms, and is a strong enough player to take on the legislated inequities the current players in the communication market are benefiting from.

  2. Re:Competiton, good for everyone? on Berlin Bans Car Service Uber · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ". Is it wrong for the people of a sovereign state to have rules?"
      No, it's just wrong for a public utility to use legislation to eliminate competition (thereby lowering the quality of service) instead of raising their level and competing on the same field of play.

  3. Picking nits.. on Berlin Bans Car Service Uber · · Score: 2

    First off TFA is about as weak on details as it is in verb conjugation. And we just clip and paste without editing?

      What is proper insurance cover(age)? Are the limits too low, or not commercially based? Or not vetted properly?

      Quite honestly, I've never "Ubered" a substandard ride. I've had a few tardy ones I canceled, sans expense. Nothing compared to ANY taxi service. When I "Uber" a ride I get immaculately clean vehicles, professionally dressed drivers who own high end vehicles. Compared to a possible slacker, who's leased a 200k mile sled with vinyl seats and a plexiglas separator, talking on his bluetooth earpiece and bitching when I want to settle with a card and not cash.

      It would sure be nice to read an article with USEFUL UTILITY (not to mention an edited summary).

     

  4. "The FBI has been developing".. on Fugitive Child Sex Abuser Caught By Face-Recognition Technology · · Score: 2

    Definition: they've been using it for 5 years.

  5. Re:Why is on Netflix Now Works On Linux With HTML5 DRM Video Support In Chrome · · Score: 1

    Reaching a "tech" that's not scripted on the first, second or third call is just as rare.

  6. A valid warrant on Obama Administration Says the World's Servers Are Ours · · Score: 1

    It will be interesting to see how the world sees creditability of a US issued "valid" warrant. There was a time when a stateside judicial order meant something. Probably before the time that habeas corpus had no exceptions, probably before the time that temporary exclusions to the bill of rights were waived.

      Kinda kills credibility, doesn't it?

     

  7. If you legislate tax law on Google May Be $1 Billion Behind In Tax Payments To France · · Score: 0, Troll

    And a company follows the letter of that law, and due to the
    way the law was written, a company creates wealth for their shareholders against the INTENT of your law, they did not break the law! Write the law as you intent to enforce. Don't cry foul when you fail to write proper law, or fail to amend your law.

      And I'm sorry for this (not really).

      Fuck the French anyway..

  8. Re:Since when is every search engine Google? on New 'Google' For the Dark Web Makes Buying Dope and Guns Easy · · Score: 1

    Kermet was just a terminal emulator. Before FTP we used Zmodem.

  9. Astalavista on New 'Google' For the Dark Web Makes Buying Dope and Guns Easy · · Score: 0

    N/T

  10. Why won't the vote this nut out? on Peoria Mayor Sends Police To Track Down Twitter Parodist · · Score: 2

    Total abuse of power.

  11. How long before on GoPro Project Claims Technology Is Making People Lose Empathy For Homeless · · Score: 1

    The cameras get traded for food...or worse.
       

  12. Shoot for the moon.. on Russia Wants To Establish a Permanent Moon Base · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The Crimea is significantly less costly.

  13. An OG on Technocrat James Schlesinger Is Dead At 85 · · Score: 1

    Economic hitman.

  14. Have you ever thought about traveling to S. Americ on Interview: Ask John McAfee What You Will · · Score: 1

    Many countries, namely Colombia and Ecuador have significantly less intolerance than Central and North America. The dollar is strong, food is fresh and cheap and the current political situation there is stable and welcoming. Why Belize over Colombia or Ecuador?

  15. Reputation on In the Unverified Digital World, Are Journalists and Bloggers Equal? · · Score: 1

    The utility of news and is based on reputation. It does not matter any longer if reputation is based on the publisher or the author. Reputation can be easily researched by readers.

  16. "provides marketplace platforms" on Alibaba Confirms Plans To Offer IPO In US · · Score: -1, Troll

    Translation, They have a website.

  17. Re:Sure, let's lose the unsavoury stuff. on UK Government Wants "Unsavory" Web Content To Be Removed · · Score: 1

    The legal profession would like to thank the professions in positions 3-5 for being more unsavory.

  18. Re:I envy the religious on Religion Is Good For Your Brain · · Score: 2

    Your cat is looking down at you wondering if you know your reason for existence, to provide housing, food and message in between his naps.

  19. Re:Safe just from prying eyes? on Eric Schmidt, Jared Cohen Say Google Data Now Protected From Gov't Spying · · Score: 1

    Have we seen any "evil" that wasn't via warrant yet?

  20. Re:I'm SHOCKED! on The Facebook Ads Teens Aren't Supposed To See · · Score: 1

    Porn and children, terrorism, drugs, atheists, homosexuality, evolution.

  21. Radio Shack on The Emerging RadioShack/Netflix Debacle · · Score: 5, Funny

    You've got questions?
                                            We've got stupid looks.

  22. "Is there anything Stackoverflow can't do?"

    Divide by zero?

  23. I call bullshit on ICE License-Plate Tracking Plan Withdrawn Amid Outcry About Privacy · · Score: 2

    What they really shelved was the public acknowledgement of the desire for the program, I doubt they shelved the plans.

  24. Re:TPB legit? on Hyperlinking Is Not Copyright Infringement, EU Court Rules · · Score: 2

    No they don't, they link to information that contains an infohash or to a file containing swarm and file information to a group that may or may not be sharing copy-written data, dependent upon the users location and fair use rights.

    Lots of maybes there..

  25. It should be required on Cops With Google Glass: Horrible Idea, Or Good One? · · Score: 1

    for use in an arraignment at the minimum. A sworn affidavit and the video evidence. it makes any look of impropriety or bias, out of the question. Why on earth would anyone that wants fair and impartial justice oppose this? Especially considering the question of incarcerating someone who's not yet found guilty?