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  1. Re: What about the nitrogen oxides? on Volkswagen Says Carbon Deviations Much Smaller Than Suspected (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    don't forget the S04.

  2. Verify - then don't trust on Volkswagen Says Carbon Deviations Much Smaller Than Suspected (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    They're Germans.

    They lie.

    Just like they lied about how they needed to keep using coal, and were caught on that lying when their own scientific studies showed it was an utter fabrication.

  3. Also appears to nuke some video drivers on Microsoft Kills Many Critical Flaws, Some 0-Days, Un-Trusts One Wildcard Cert · · Score: 0

    I've noticed any machines not going with the Win 10 forced upgrade are having their video drivers nuked.

    Every PC you do that too is another PC that will slip through your hands, Darth MSFT.

  4. This is double plus ungood on Eric Schmidt Proposes 'Hate Spell-Checker' For Radical and Terrorist Content (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Just think of all the poor 10 yo's posting in WoW trade chat.

    What will they do?

    "First they came for the posters of hate speech"

    "Then they came for people who objected to TPP"

    "Then they came for me."

  5. you're confusing data - which they say they don't collect - with metadata, which has the meaning of the data they collect, stored.

    It's easy to say you're not collecting data, when you're actually storing the metadata after you process the data.

    The end result is the same.

  6. wasn't that Google's motto?

  7. I am shocked that there is gambling in this casino on Google Calls Out EFF Over Claims That It Snoops On Students With Chromebooks (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    (Google hands bribe to regulators)

    Shocked I tell you!

  8. Aging is a highly complex thing, with many factors. Just thinking of PSEN-1 PSEN-2 APOE and all the other ones, this is a dream.

    Unlike fusion energy. We actually have a working fusion reactor on the UW Seattle campus. That does exist.

  9. Airplanes weren't safe for the first ten years on 15,000 Hoverboards Seized As Unsafe In United Kingdom (nationaltradingstandards.uk) · · Score: 1

    Didn't stop people described as "aviation hobbyists" from building and using them.

    Lots of people did lots of unsafe things in those.

    And now they're safer than cars.

  10. Going to be a sweet payload on Nokia's $60,000 Virtual Reality Camera Goes On a Drone Test Flight (roadtovr.com) · · Score: 1

    1. Drone with high grade camera.

    2. Flies over property.

    4. Profit!

  11. Re:Should only be transit or electric cars on London's Deputy Mayor On Ditching Diesel · · Score: 1

    Half is not zero. Please retake kindergarten.

    Electric cars have half the maintenance of other cars, and reduce emissions to nil.

    Great, where can I buy these electric cars that don't need tyres?

  12. Even worse than that on VTech Hack Gets Worse: Chat Logs, Kids' Photos Taken In Breach (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Expect fake lost kids emails and other much worse things.

    There is evil. And then there's Evil.

    This is the latter.

  13. Switching back to a Droid then on Pursuit of Slenderness May Mean No More Headphone Jack In iPhone 7 (pcmag.com) · · Score: 1

    No headphone, no buy.

  14. Should only be transit or electric cars on London's Deputy Mayor On Ditching Diesel · · Score: 1

    Period.

    Transit means lower emissions per person, less wasted road space for parking and use.

    Electric cars have half the maintenance of other cars, and reduce emissions to nil.

    End all tax subsidies and tax exemptions for anything else.

  15. You just say that cause we could on Engineers Nine Times More Likely Than Expected To Become Terrorists (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, please.

    Just because we could easily do it, and be undetected, doesn't mean you aren't just jealous cause we pull down the big bucks.

    Live in Fear little monkeys. Hide under your bushes.

    That's what the actual terrorists want.

  16. NASA sends you on one way trips somewhere else.

    NASCAR sends you around and around and you never get anywhere.

  17. Security through obscurity on Police Find Paris Attackers Coordinate Via Unencrypted SMS (techdirt.com) · · Score: 2

    The best method of encryption is no encryption at all, using word or phrase replacement.

    All the spy measures in the world are pretty useless against people who understand that.

  18. No.

    Look, an out of control surveillance regime which can't even stop terrorists from getting 1000 weapons in the US will spy because they can, no matter what they say.

    There's your budget deficit.

  19. Nuclear fission costs 10-20 x more than solar/wind on UK's Coal Plants To Be Phased Out Within 10 Years (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    But, hey, that's just economics.

    Cameron is a pig.

  20. Overqualified is code for "Excuse to import" on Value of University Degree Continues To Decline (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Let's face it, saying they are overqualified is business speak for "we want an excuse to import foreign workers, because we're unpatriotic scum".

    Period.

  21. Simple checklist on Ask Slashdot: How To Determine If One Is On a Watchlist? · · Score: 0

    1. Are you American. You're on an unconstitutional and illegal watchlist.
    2. Are you Canadian. You're on an unconstitutional and illegal watchlist.
    3. Are you European. You're on an illegal watchlist.
    4. Are you from anywhere else? You're on a watchlist, but it's probably legal.

    Oh, and they are tracking your cell phones. Always.

    And, yes, your xBox One and PS are spying on you, as well as Windows 10.

    Should you be paranoid? Doesn't matter, actually.

  22. Any child of an EU or Canadian citizen can sue on DNA Data From California Newborn Blood Samples Stored, Sold To 3rd Parties (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    DNA is Data.

    The EU/US Data Treaty and the US/Canada Data Treaty both give citizens of those countries, even if born in the US, data privacy.

    I smell class action lawsuits.

  23. Fingerprints can be hashed on Unhashable: Why Fingerprints Are Weaker Security Than Passwords (hackaday.com) · · Score: 2

    Most match protocols use point algorithms to store the points and patterns.

    The fact that you've never seen this does not mean we don't have it. We just don't tell you.

    However, all biometrics are highly hackable. Including and especially facial recognition.

    The chief way to stop people is to pay attention to your actual vulnerabilities and concentrate on those, and vary the more easily defeated protocols.

    Stop believing movies. Most of what you see in those are fake.

  24. This is part of the forced outsourcing culture on Dorms For Grownups: a Solution For Lonely Millennials? · · Score: 1

    The same people pushing these are the ones that have 50 percent of millenial workers being outsourced without benefits.

    They're not your friends.

    They're not your allies.

    But they do embrace National Socialism.

  25. Re:Solution: dissolve Comcast on Comcast Expanding Data Cap Locations, Training Reps To Avoid Subject (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Read. The. Fracking. Informative. THREAD SUBJECT.

    God, ever since we let you n00b2 on the Internet, it's been more of this whiny carp.