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  1. Re: My Dell XPS that came with Linux installed... on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Linux Laptop? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sounds like the typical Linux WiFi experience, may have worked at some point but is randomly broken and never fixed but will still be listed as supported for years

  2. Re:If only on Chrome 55 Now Blocks Flash, Uses HTML5 By Default (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should cleanup all the malware.

  3. Re:Not just WebLogic, also JBoss, Websphere, 1300 on Muni System Hacker Hit Others By Scanning For Year-Old Java Vulnerability (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Sorry but that isn't entirely accurate. The issue is that an application is deserializing arbitrary objects from untrusted sources. The foxglove article also overstates how frequently object serialization is used, it was largely replaced by XML and later JSON.

  4. It didn't become popular because of free speech, it became popular as a centralized provider of free forums that any idiot could find, use and create.

  5. FAQ Seems Clear on Facebook Cuts Off Competitor Prisma's API Access (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    The FAQ does not imply the opposite, it pretty much explicitly says its for other HQ cameras.

  6. Re:How is Prisma a Facebook "competitor"? on Facebook Cuts Off Competitor Prisma's API Access (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    Remember Instagram, all it did was add shitty Polaroid-like effects.

  7. Incompetent Summary & Title on Muni System Hacker Hit Others By Scanning For Year-Old Java Vulnerability (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A vulnerability in WebLogic is no more a Java vulnerability than an old httpd is a C vulnerability.

  8. Doesn't Oracle have some clause about not being able to post benchmarks of their database? Would this apply here since its arguably a review?

  9. Re:Government should get piece of the action. on Japan Fukushima Nuclear Plant 'Clean-Up Costs Double,' Approaching $200 Billion (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    They could be required to post a bond or carry insurance. Ultimately it affects the rate payer but it should be factored into the cost of that utility. While I'm a believer in nuclear power, much like coal (which I don't believe in) it shouldn't be cheaper at the cost of society.

  10. As a long time Windows & Linux user. The Windows 7 desktop was by far the best, however the Windows 10 is categorically terrible.

  11. View Only on Buying Stuff On Your Phone Still Sucks (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Not sure about anyone else but I found that tablets and phones were only really good for quick views of things. I can't even be bothered to write email on the devices.

  12. Re:And flat look [Re:Infinite web pages] on Ask Slashdot: Has Your Team Ever Succumbed To Hype Driven Development? (daftcode.pl) · · Score: 1

    Do you have trouble with the buttons on your microwave? ;) I think you're confusing flat which just means no illusions of raised edges with some bullshit styling.

  13. Re: Infinite web pages on Ask Slashdot: Has Your Team Ever Succumbed To Hype Driven Development? (daftcode.pl) · · Score: 1

    He might be referring to the fact many news sites load some random next article when you hit the bottom of the one you were actually interested in.

  14. Let's cut the corporate tax down as close to zero as possible. Let's only allow deductions for expenditures related to the business (new equipment, etc)...and that's it.

    We'd have companies flocking to our shores to set up shop, and we'd be employing lots of US citizens in the process.

    What you're suggesting is becoming a tax haven, and in reality what happens is a lot of multinationals have headquarters in law firms or post office boxes not actual corporate presences.

  15. Can't you already tune into their BBC radio online internationally? Is their plan to stop that and charge for it?

  16. Re: Dear Apple fans: on Trump Says He's Going To 'Get Apple To Build a Big Plant In the United States' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, they should fix the tax loop holes that allow multinationals to dodge their fair share of the tax burden.

  17. The Tesla is also a 5000lb sedan which is problematic when you want to corner or brake at high speed on a track.

  18. You either do a lap in that time or you do not, there is no 'capable'.

  19. flipped positions on New York's District Attorney: Roll Back Apple's iPhone Encryption (mashable.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The irony is that years ago the USA has laws against exporting strong encryption, now the move is that domestically you can't have strong encryption but people outside the country can..... One also wonders what the police did before crooks had cell phones they could search? Real detective work perhaps?

  20. it may only mean that Amazon is going to license the show to local distributors

  21. Re:What a ripoff on Apple Launches 'Touch Disease' Repair Program For iPhone 6 Plus (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Depends on whether the car bent while you just drove normally around town.

  22. I think we all know the majority of social media has no value. In fact the poster should pay the rest of society for wasting their time.

  23. Re:Censorship has never improved society on German Minister: Facebook Should Be Treated Like a Media Company Rather Than a Technology Platform (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    Laws against hate speech are not new, the US is the anomaly and one wonders whether the correlation of high levels of mistreatment of minorities when compared to other western countries may be related...

  24. Re:don't know their right from their left on Twitter Suspends American Far-Right Activists' Accounts (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you should consult with a dictionary to learn the meaning insurrection.

  25. Re:What about the far-left? on Twitter Suspends American Far-Right Activists' Accounts (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    At this point he probably doesn't need to contact the authorities, the secret service is actively looking for threats...