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  1. Re:Going to invent wormholes or so? on Game Streaming's Latency Problems Will Be Over in a Few Years, CEO Says (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Latency has nothing to do with it. People have been gaming online for decades. Bandwidth is the real issue. Assuming I'm doing my math right one second of 1080p 32 bit color video at 24 frames a second is just under 190 megabytes of data to move every second. 4K video is 759 megabytes of data to move every second. 24 frames is generally considered a shit frame frame for PC gaming. Games are routinely called out on consoles when they are locked to 30 frames. Granted that assumes zero compression which is a no magic bullet since lack of buffer means compression directly translates to latency or reduced frame rate.

  2. Re: My God they got it right! on US Court of Appeals: An IP Address Isn't Enough To Identify a Pirate (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    ifconfig ethX down
    ifconfig ethX hw ether aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
    ifconfig ethX up

  3. ifconfig ethX down
    ifconfig ethX hw ether aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
    ifconfig ethX up

  4. Re:Why build when they can buy on Google Is Planning a Game Platform That Could Take On Xbox and PlayStation (kotaku.com) · · Score: 1

    Except that Steam has none of the functionality listed in the article. Sure it has streaming from one local PC to another but that's in a controlled high bandwidth, > DVI, and effectively no latency environment. But that's not what Google's aim is.

  5. Short answer: pay cash, use public transit/ a car without gps, don't bring a laptop. Honest answer: If someone who can pull your credit card history and data from your vehicle is targeting you there's nothing that can be done to stop it except to walk out on literally everything and start a new life with a new identity.

  6. None of the alternatives to cable carry my local stations. A digital antenna, a TiVo, and Playstation VUE is less per month than cable and we get everything we watched on cable except for Comedy Central. $15 a month is well worth me not having to get a list of everything everyone wants to watch and then downloading it. Over 5 years a homedbrew DVR PC would be cheaper but I don't want to deal with maintaining another set of hardware and training family members on yet another interface. The TiVo works exactly like and sits extactly where the settop box was.

  7. Does the grid have capacity? on All Fossil-Fuel Vehicles Will Vanish In 8 Years, Says Stanford Study (financialpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Does the power grid have enough surplus capacity to handle all cars being switched over?

  8. Re:huh - how did we get to this point? on Bill Would Stop Warrantless Border Device Searches of US Citizens (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Judicial says no. Legislative says fine we make one that does. That's how the system is set up.

  9. Re:So many flaws.... on Dutch Scientist Proposes Circular Runways For Airport Efficiency (curbed.com) · · Score: 1

    you'll only be able to run 2 corridor of landing and 2 corridor for lift-off at all time

    2 not 4. You both take off and land into the wind. So you'd only have 2 "runways" at any given time, one on either side of the circle. Say the wind was blowing perfectly north to south you'd have 2 "runways" facing due north. Once you start deviating from this you are creating crosswind landings which is against the core design principle.

    The quoted number of 3 simultaneous operations only exist in a zero wind situation. If there's any wind one will be fine. At least two will have cross winds. The only way to avoid the third "runway" having a tailwind would be to have all three with a crosswind. Which as mentioned is against the core design principle.

    The designer clearly has no aviation experience.

  10. attached to an air compressor

    Fatal flaw.

  11. Wisconsin has a very strong Caste Doctrine law. If someone forces entry to your home you can kill them.

  12. Re:America is the Worst on TSA's Precheck Registration Program Causing Longer Security Lines (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    The drink container idea may not work that well. The explosive would be limited in size, contain zero to almost zero shrapnel, and be surrounded by dampening water. The other ideas are exactly what happened in Belgium.

  13. How do you know if the switch turns off the light but not the mic?

  14. Re:Ah, but it's the effort to deter that counts. on JavaScript User Prohibitions Are Like Content DRM, But Even Less Effective (teleread.com) · · Score: 1

    Except that keeping people out isn't the point of "No Trespassing" signs. A legal requirement of trespassing is that you have to be told that you are not allowed there. Thus if there are no signs then you cannot be prosecuted unless an authorized agent finds you in the act and requests your departure.

  15. Re:+1 for privacy supporters -1 for gun control on Judge: Defendant 'Had a Right' To Shoot Down Drone (wdrb.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Since it was a group of houses 91.119b is more applicable so it would be 1000 ft.

  16. Re:Do you know how far bullets fly? on Judge: Defendant 'Had a Right' To Shoot Down Drone (wdrb.com) · · Score: 1

    Please read up on the facts of the case before commenting. He used #8 bird shot. Very safe to shoot in the air.

  17. Re:I wish I'd thought of that on Car Thieves and Insurers Vote On Keyless Car Security · · Score: 1

    Covering your VIN is illegal in some jurisdictions. In some it's printed on required registration stickers more easily visible on your dash.

  18. Re:keep calm everyone.... on WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak An International Emergency · · Score: 0

    If you admit your ignorance how can you reject the claim?

  19. Corrected Title on Ask Slashdot: What To Do About the Sorry State of FOSS Documentation? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ask Slashdot: What To Do About the Sorry State of All Software Documentation Everywhere?

  20. Re:Connect with a VPN on Verizon's Accidental Mea Culpa · · Score: 2

    Verizon is most likely telling the truth in a highly deceptive way. Technically there is no throttling. There are not fucking with any packet that comes through that connection. They are not actively doing anything to inhibit the flow from Netflix. They've simply chosen to architect a bottle neck which only impacts one provider. The end result is the same but they can truthfully say they're not throttling.

  21. Re:Easiest way to cancel service from any ISP... on Comcast Customer Service Rep Just Won't Take No For an Answer · · Score: 1

    If they fish for details simply ask if they provide service in random foreign country.

  22. We tried and dropped it due to cost on Ask Slashdot: Replacing Paper With Tablets For Design Meetings? · · Score: 2

    We tried something similar. We ended up dropping it because we couldn't justify the cost. Each ipad costs around 20,000 printed pages for the hardware alone. That's before labor and ancillary software licensing.

  23. Auther has never heard of first sale doctrine? on Are DVDs Inconvenient On Purpose? · · Score: 1

    The writer needs to do better research. Physical DVD rentals happen because of the First Sale Doctrine. The studios don't allow physical DVD rentals. They're powerless to stop them. Once they've sold a copy of the DVD they lose all control over what is done with it.

  24. Re:How can they be certain no one survived? on How Satellite Company Inmarsat Tracked Down MH370 · · Score: 1

    Stipulates that the plane crashed into the ocean at night in such a manner than people could evacuate. Water is worse for landing than land. It moves and doesn't compress.

  25. Re:Flight recorder on How Satellite Company Inmarsat Tracked Down MH370 · · Score: 1

    The cause of the crash is fuel starvation of the engines. What killed the crew I think we will never know for sure since the black box only records a 2 hour loop. If they recover it it's going to show 2 hours of autopilot flight in a mostly straight line until the fuel ran out and the engines shut down.