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  1. Re:ugh on Ubuntu Core Gets Support For Raspberry Pi 2 GPIO and I2C · · Score: 1

    Or at least for people who know that other peoples' time is valuable and will try a google search before asking a question that's easily answered thereby...

  2. Re:Can it self restart? on Google Announces a Router: OnHub · · Score: 1

    Counterpoint anecdote: I had a WRT54GS with OpenWRT that ran for ~8 years without outage. Probably would have run longer but I moved and finally upgraded to a faster connection and needed/wanted a faster router.

  3. Re:Read the specs. on Google Announces a Router: OnHub · · Score: 1

    You don't have to. It's got a speaker, which if hooked up to an A-to-D can act as a microphone.

  4. Re: automatically install firmware updates on Google Announces a Router: OnHub · · Score: 1

    Get back to me when you've made a toaster (or a pie!) "from scratch".

  5. Re:We are rapidly getting to a point where it's... on Hackers Remotely Cut a Corvette's Brakes · · Score: 1

    Or "more pressure" == "hack congress critter's teen's car"

  6. Re:Don't buy the cheapest cable on $340 Audiophile Ethernet Cable Tested · · Score: 1

    From HDMI.org (not certain that's the official standards site...)
    http://www.hdmi.org/installers...

      Like all HDMI-enabled components, cables must be tested to meet the Compliance Test Standards set by the HDMI Licensing, LLC. Cables must successfully pass a signal of a certain strength (Standard cable must deliver a signal of 17Mhz; High Speed must deliver a signal of 340Mhz) to pass compliance.

    The HDMI specification does not dictate cable length requirements.

  7. Or, you could live somewhere nice like Santa Barbara and have both :-)

  8. Re:Don't buy the cheapest cable on $340 Audiophile Ethernet Cable Tested · · Score: 1

    Pretty sure the HDMI specs don't say anything about the physical characteristics of the cable, only the electrical ones.

  9. Wouldn't be all that useful to me... on Sharp Announces Sales of DC Powered Air Conditioner, Other Products To Follow · · Score: 1

    I don't turn on the A/C until late in the day when i get home from work and the sun is already at a low angle. I suppose if I had a Tesla battery to go with my PV system it'd make a bit more sense...

  10. I think the problem with your A/C unit is the location. It appears to be located in an unbearable hell-hole :-)

  11. Re:Encryption on Obama's New Executive Order Says the US Must Build an Exascale Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    Facepalm

  12. Re:Insurance Costs on When Do Robocars Become Cheaper Than Standard Cars? · · Score: 1

    I could see it being like solar. Some people will have 3rd parties put panels on their house and buy the power at a reduced rate, and others will want to own the panels, but sell unused power back to the utility.

    I could see owning my own car, and having it drive for Uber when I'm working. I'd know (for the most part) when I'd need it again, so I'd have it not make long trips just before I want to go home.

  13. Re:See..... on A Tweet-Sized Exploit Can Get Root On OS X 10.10 · · Score: 1

    Meh. My "hobbies" at burning man involved doing the naked-bike-ride, drinking a lot, trying to avoid the dust and enjoying the art.

  14. Re:Negative on A Tweet-Sized Exploit Can Get Root On OS X 10.10 · · Score: 1

    It doesn't work for me, as I have sudo setup to require my Yubikey, but that'd be a small speedbump, since the same exploit could be used to change the /etc/pam.d/sudo config...

  15. Re:See..... on A Tweet-Sized Exploit Can Get Root On OS X 10.10 · · Score: 1

    I've wondered about that... what about just wearing chaps & a stetson? :-)

  16. Re: Echo just another gimmicky product on Amazon Opens Up Echo's Alexa To Developers · · Score: 1

    That'll teach me to read the manual for things I buy! :-)

  17. Re:GMOs have so many different problems on Controversial Trial of Genetically Modified Wheat Ends In Disappointment · · Score: 1

    He/she means that companies won't invest in the Research & Development when they can't patent the result to help ensure they can make back their investment (and more).

  18. Echo's voice recognition is good, but... on Amazon Opens Up Echo's Alexa To Developers · · Score: 1

    Echo's voice recognition is good, but the intelligence behind it just isn't there yet. I'm curious if the SDK for it will mean more usability, but for now it's (for the most part) an audio streamer, timer, clock, and shopping list maintainer...

  19. Re:Echo just another gimmicky product on Amazon Opens Up Echo's Alexa To Developers · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure it's not a bluetooth speaker. WiFi speaker maybe, but pretty sure it's not bluetooth...

  20. Re:Amen brother! on Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Search Engines Left That Don't Try To Think For Me? · · Score: 1

    + is now broken in google search. It now searches Google+ pages. (that is, it's fucking useless)

  21. Re:Who the fuck would use something like that? on LastPass Reporting a Security Breach, Including Authentication Hashes and Salts · · Score: 1

    Woosh!

  22. Re:Who the fuck would use something like that? on LastPass Reporting a Security Breach, Including Authentication Hashes and Salts · · Score: 1

    I do this, and I need one of two Yubikey Neo's to decrypt.

  23. Re:WRT54GL? on New SOHO Router Security Audit Uncovers Over 60 Flaws In 22 Models · · Score: 1

    I was running OpenWRT on a WRT54GS, but moved and ended up with 50Mbit Comcast (crap) rather than ~2Mbit Sonic.net (awesome! but too damn slow due to distance from CO). If discovered the WRT was limiting thruput to ~12Mbit rather than the 50Mbit I had on the other side of it, so I'm using an Apple Airport Express with stock firmware until I can get OpenWRT setup on a Netgear WNDR3700.

    And I thought I was way behind the times when i was still running the WRT54GS. So I guess my question is, is anyone still running that ancient hardware for their main connection?

  24. Re: What use? on Facebook Now Supports PGP To Send You Encrypted Emails · · Score: 1

    No, I was just trying to put myself in the head of the wack-a-doodles who think that FB & Google are out to get them in particular, rather than to just make billions of $$$s.

  25. Re:What use? on Facebook Now Supports PGP To Send You Encrypted Emails · · Score: 1

    It's a public key. It does nothing to prove ownership. I could easily download any public key from a keyserver and add it to my account.