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  1. Only scary when terrorists do it? on GPS Spoofing With $3000 Worth of Equipment and a Laptop · · Score: 1

    I think it raises some serious issues for being used at all by anyone. Not just terrorists.

  2. Re:I'm sorry on 'Smart Gun' Firm Wants You To Fund Its Prototype · · Score: 1

    Those that support gun disarmament that actually have a clue are not going to contribute to this. They won't contribute to anything that will enable continued gun manufacture. In other words, they don't want guns to be safer, they want them to be gone.

    Sorry, mate, but you're dreamin'.

    Get rid of guns, and in 10 years, you're fighting the war against swords and knives. After that one, it's only 5 years before the war against knuckle dusters begins. Once that's ended, it's the ones with big muscles that'll have all the power.

    You might as well have stopped at guns. Violence is a war that will never end as long as there is incentive for violence. Get rid of that, and every weapon ever made will be wide out of memory as well.

  3. Don't aid them. Let them fail. on 'Smart Gun' Firm Wants You To Fund Its Prototype · · Score: 1

    Don't do it. If there's a market for this product, it will stand on it's own.

    Any tool that is meant to protect you and your loved ones, but can't provide protection any longer after you're dead is a broken tool.

    This is broken by design only to appease opponents who are either misguided or overzealous about a bad solution to a perceived problem, or are simply attempting to hinder your rights through obfuscation.

    Don't do it.

  4. This is why you don't completely trust hardware. Ever.

  5. How? I'll tell you how. on How Do You Give a Ticket To a Driverless Car? · · Score: 1

    A fucking ass-load of regulations and "licensing" fees, that's how. I expect it will get more expensive for us commuters without any access to public transportation. It really sucks.

  6. Fresh penguin of Antartica on West Antarctica Warming Faster Than Thought · · Score: 1

    Innnn... West Antartica, born and raised...
    On an iceberg is where I spent most of my days...
    Chilling out maxin' relaxin' all cool
    And shooting some icicles outside the school...

    I'll spare you poor folks the rest...

  7. UPDATE! on New Hampshire Cops Use Taser On Woman Buying Too Many iPhones · · Score: 1

    There has been a recent update in this report. Officers have now stated that upon searching the woman's vehicle, they discovered an accordion. Authorities have not commented on additional charges being filed, however New Hampshire is a right to silence state, opening up the possibility of a life sentence for crimes committed with an obnoxious instrument.

  8. Big loss of customization. on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    I tend to buy a higher end motherboard and a mid-range CPU. Unless they really go overboard on model options, I highly doubt this will be possible anymore with Intel chips being soldered to the board. For instance, if I wanted better performing or well-featured motherboard, then I would be forced to also purchase the more expensive CPU that is inextricably coupled with it instead of simply buying a less features CPU with just the amount of processing power I need.

    The customer loses in this respect.

    I'm also not used to swapping motherboard as often as Intel users, since AMD is much more sane in socket changes. I dislike installing motherboards.

  9. Re:Fake nerds on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    Many of us still appreciate the elegance of mercury-filed tubes. Those of us who haven't yet gone completely mad, that is.

  10. Re:Even if this was true... on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    Good luck storing multiple sample libraries on SSDs. Maybe on a NAS housed in a separate room from the recording area. With sample-based production, atmospheric noise doesn't matter anyway, though.

  11. Re:Multi-Lib Linux. on Ask Slashdot: Best 32-Bit Windows System In 2012? · · Score: 1

    I mean 64-bit, obviously.

  12. Multi-Lib Linux. on Ask Slashdot: Best 32-Bit Windows System In 2012? · · Score: 1

    I personally favor a multi-lib Linux environment (Slackware multi-lib, currently) for my desktop. It's not that hard to set up and once you do, you get all the 32 and 64-bit libraries running seamlessly together without any conflicts. This way,you can utilize more then 3.5 (4.0) GB RAM without sacrificing your apps that haven't made the transition to 32-bit yet (looking at you, Citrix).

  13. Razor products on Why Would a Mouse Need To Connect To the Internet? · · Score: 2

    Razor products are just shitty. I've purchased only one item from them, a copperhead mouse, but that'll be all I ever buy. I returned that thing three times for three different problems. All of them were known issues that they just chalked up to being part of the process of owning a Razor product. Logitech gets my money now. It's a mouse that only does mouse stuff and does it well.

  14. Re:THERE GOES CABLE! on FCC To Allow Cable Companies To Encrypt Over-the-Air Channels · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can watch Daily Show and Colbert Report for free online.

  15. Why? If they're so worried... on Proposed Posting of Clients List In Prostitution Case Raises Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    If they're so worried that their lives would be disproportionately scarred (obtaining or keeping a job, treatment of members of their families within the community).. then why not just LEGALIZE prostitution already? That way you won't have to hurt anybody's social ego, and it couldn't be used as an extortion tool as efficiently. This prompts me to believe that some familiar names are on this list...

    The logic in this boggles the mind otherwise.

  16. Open Source and the "Cloud Creep" on Linus Torvalds Will Answer Your Questions · · Score: 1

    Looking at distros like Ubuntu, and the general way general computing is becoming increasingly more focused on walled gardens and subscription-based services, it seems that there's a definite push towards cloud-based distribution and handing of data even within open source projects. In your opinion, what steps should the open source community, Linux and other open operating systems in particular, be taking to stay relevant in the face of all this drastic change?

  17. Re:Intel, wifi = disaster on Intel Demos 7Gpbs Wireless Docking · · Score: 1

    Maybe you just don't know any better?

  18. Living in the area on West Nile Virus Outbreak Puts Dallas In State of Emergency · · Score: 2

    It's not that bad. the disease is mostly affecting people with weakened immune systems, the really young and the really old. This is not too different than the flu in that regard, except it's much more difficult to control the spread of it and it has some really nasty side effects if it goes untreated.

    That said, I think treating it like a dire emergency is not the right way to go. I really don't want me or my children breathing in any chemicals unnecessarily. If any of us get sick from the virus, we'll go to our doctors that we trust or a emergency room. With all the pollution we already have on top of allergens, I really don't want to know what adding those chemicals to the mix will do, but there's a chance that it may be even less treatable than the disease.

  19. Re:Not Just English Speakers. on Russian Wikipedia Shutters In Protest of Internet Blacklist Plans · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, we've been known to pork pork or buffalo Buffalo buffalo from time to time.

  20. Re:His work? on Julian Assange Served With Extradition Notice By British Police · · Score: 1

    It's got people talking about the (perceived, at least) blunders of their governments, at the very least. This is a worst a start. It definitely has made me question my own government (US) more, and it sends the message that they are not immune to scrutiny.

  21. Re:Predictably... on High-Frequency Traders Are the Ultimate Hackers, Says Mark Cuban · · Score: 1

    If it was the same fixed amount of time, then essentially nothing would change. It's still a race, albeit a race in which all competitors legs are weighted. If the weights were randomly interspersed with air sacs instead of lead, then that would make the race no longer to anyone's benefit to even run.

  22. This is a troll attempt. on Kaspersky Says Lack of Digital Voting Will Be Democracy's Downfall · · Score: 1

    Disclaimer: I am biased and no longer trust Kaspersky.

    They should know that computers are merely tools and that they are a tool that is poorly suited to free and democratic voting. This is a simple conclusion to come to, and something that I'd expect a well-bred security company to understand. You don't utilize a hammer to drill holes. I'm sure you could compromise in some situations, but it won't be a pleasant experience.

  23. Re:In high-tech Japan, film renders screen! on New Film Renders Screen Reflection Almost Non-Existent · · Score: 1

    Missed a prime Soviet Russia opportunity.

  24. Re:Not surprising on Aussie Telco Lays New Fiber For Microsecond Trading Boost · · Score: 5, Informative

    There was a good talk at Defcon about those networks. They can't afford to run any security, even as an afterthought and they are completely open with nothing but a dust-thin layer of obscurity covering them. All in the name of the dollar.

  25. Obligatory... on Comcast Refusing To Comply With Piracy Subpoenas · · Score: 1

    Sudden outbreak of IT'S A TRAP!