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  1. Re:They are not real, they do not care on Leaked 'Standing Rock' Documents Reveal Invasive Counterterrorism Measures (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    The pipeline doesn't need to be complete to be transporting. I've worked oil transport. The pipeline is still viable to deliver oil to other areas that it currently services. The Illinois section is sending stuff to Iowa.

    Perhaps you should understand how oil transport works before opening your mouth on it.

  2. And with that, Netflix account cancelled on Netflix CEO Says Net Neutrality Is 'Not Our Primary Battle' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Fuck you, Reed Hastings, right back at you.

    Let's start flooding Twitter with #BoycottNetflix hashtag. Bet that'l wake the fucker up.

  3. Re:what games fit on a 128GB SSD? on Intel's Massive 18-core Core i9 Chip Starts a Bloody Battle For Enthusiast PCs (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    About 1/8 of those games probably have an engine port that you could use instead of running them through DOSBox (Like Doom, Descent, Quake, etc) so your folder wouldn't be that large. I mean, yea, I've got one, and I've been playing PC games since Jill of the Jungle, but even my DOSBox folder isn't any larger than 40GB.

  4. Re:what games fit on a 128GB SSD? on Intel's Massive 18-core Core i9 Chip Starts a Bloody Battle For Enthusiast PCs (pcworld.com) · · Score: 0

    DOS.

  5. Re:They are not real, they do not care on Leaked 'Standing Rock' Documents Reveal Invasive Counterterrorism Measures (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    " If you are supporting the protestors you are supporting the POLLUTION of the local watershed."

    Dude, within the past two weeks that fucking pipeline has had several hundred gallons of oil leak out - that's far more damaging to the watershed than the dump truck full of mostly-biodegradable trash the protestors left behind.

    It's obvious that you don't have a fucking clue about ecology, so as someone that works in the industry, I'm just going to tel you to shut the fuck up right now and I'm forever barring you from speaking upon this subject again until you go back to high school and take some basic earth sciences classes.

  6. It does worse than that!!! on Security Analyst Concludes Windows 10 Enterprise 'Tracks Too Much' (xato.net) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I caught Microsoft fucking my entire system over when I got new hardware and HAD to go with Windows 10 - after installing Windows 10 (Legit license) I had to install an audio driver.

    Naturally, the driver prompts me to reboot.

    First fucking thing it does - go straight into the "Updating computer, please wait."

    It wasn't updating. What it was doing was scanning my hard drive and wiping out anything that wasn't Microsoft-related - EVERYTHING in my Windows.old directory was wiped out - my music player (which was then replaced by Groove Player,) anything that was in my old Windows 7 user profile (in-progress design work, photography work I had JUST paid for and received, future business plans, almost-finished bylaws drafts,) the ONLY things it did not touch in the Windows.old directory were Microsoft's own things, anything and everything else was deleted from my system during that 'update.' PRogram Files (x86) and regular x64 directories were wiped of anything that wasn't Microsoft, as well.

    And there was no reason for that to happen, I had over 300GB free space on my drive and I know full and goddamned well Windows 10 updates didn't need to free up any space.

    So, here's see what Microsoft's Windows 10 actually does:

    1. Violate antitrust law by removing competing programs and replacing them with their own.
    2. Violate CFAA by purposefully scanning and deleting files without explicit permission.
    3. Violate IP law by destroying IP which doesn't belong to them.
    4. Possibly committing corporate espionage by sabotaging plans for the formation of corporations by destroying their charter and bylaw data which is in construction.
    5. Trespass to Chattels by violating the state of my system.
    6. Wire Fraud by committing such crimes over wire.

    I'm heading to the DA's office Tuesday to file charges. I'm done with these motherfuckers and I'm personally going directly after Satya Nadella's fucking wallet.

  7. Old T2150 laptop, 3GB RAM, 60GB SSD - 4 hours on 7, 7 hours on Linux, doing the exact same thing - streaming video off Youtube in FireFox.

    That was like five years ago, loser.

  8. There's a history of installing Linux on many Windows-based laptops only to receive better battery life.

  9. Re:Sextortion was tried on me on Facebook Flooded With 'Sextortion' and Revenge Porn, Files Reveal (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    If only Geocities hadn't closed down and wiped my page. Though I'm sure there are a few stalkers out there (see half the AC comments replying to me) that have a copy.

  10. Sextortion was tried on me on Facebook Flooded With 'Sextortion' and Revenge Porn, Files Reveal (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My first response was "So, you're going to blackmail me with pictures of me doing shit that everyone's already seen me doing in the past? Get a life you fucking broke-bitch virgin. Release them, I'll make more money than you will."

    Doesn't work very well when your intended 'victim' already had a bit of a career in porn, and also freely showed themselves the moment they were legal, 16 years ago.

    If people were more like me, this kind of problem wouldn't exist.

  11. Re:Lignite? They're still burning brown coal? on Switzerland Votes To Abandon Nuclear Power In Favor of Renewables (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    A shame, since some lignite actually looks really damned good polished as a cabochon, almost looks like psilomelane to some degree.

  12. Get CowboyNeal elected as India's PM!

  13. Sounds like a good way to fuck yourself Netgear on Netgear Adds Support For "Collecting Analytics Data" To Popular R7000 Router · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Where is this traffic being sent, DNS and IP-wise? How is the data configured for their systems?

    Figure these out, and then you could just flood the shit out of their systems with legit-looking bogus data that appears to come from their routers with whatever data you want.

    Bonus points if you use this to gain yourself escalated access inside their own network (which wouldn't surprise me given Netgear's security track record.)

  14. Re:It's a fad! on Netgear Adds Support For "Collecting Analytics Data" To Popular R7000 Router · · Score: 1

    "unless transmitting that data is critical to the advertised functionality of the device or app. "

    In case you haven't paid attention, app makers are already kinda doing that so they can collect data they should not be collecting.

  15. Re:Slashdot reader schwit1... on New Evidence of a Decline In Electricity Use By U.S. Households (wordpress.com) · · Score: 1

    Tell that to my OLED TV.

    That's what I thought, dipshit!

  16. Re:While I'm not arguing against efficient homes on New Evidence of a Decline In Electricity Use By U.S. Households (wordpress.com) · · Score: 1

    " $1500 isn't what it costs to do a good job insulating a home."

    You're right. It cost more like $600 to get an entire 20' x 60' x 14' (front) x 20' (back) building insulated with 4" thick spray-fill insulation.

    BUT that was while the building was undergoing its original construction. Retrofitting would probably run about $2500 including drywall patch work.

  17. Re:also, energy efficient computing on New Evidence of a Decline In Electricity Use By U.S. Households (wordpress.com) · · Score: 1

    "Building a serious VR rig will easily get you up over 600W real-world power consumption."

    I only needed 350W when running a P3/TNT2 with shutter glasses back in the late 90s.

  18. Make it a RICO suit since this was obviously nothing more than a racket/money grab.

  19. What happens when methane combusts? on China Successfully Mines Gas From Methane Hydrate In Production Run (oilprice.com) · · Score: 1

    This is what happens. You get CO2 and water vapor.

    Much better solution as you're outputting far less CO2 versus burning coal.

  20. The noticeable gap is because John Deere went on a rampage buying out tractor parts outfits in the beginning of the year 2000 and closing them down. I used to work for one.

  21. Lack of Financial Sense on Apple Is Lobbying Against Your Right To Repair iPhones, New York State Records Confirm (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You're being given another source of (potentially more lucrative) aftermarket repair product sales, such as controller chips, processors (many shops can reflow these on no problem) headphone jacks, charge ports, etc.

    You can charge money for the access to the documentation.

    There's so much money to be made that if I were a SMART manufacturer, I'd be sitting here opposing anyone that opposed this law, and going ahead and doing this anyways, and start eating straight into the sales of Apple, Verizon, etc.

  22. Not enough PCI-E in consumer Threadripper on AMD Unveils 'EPYC' Server CPUs, Ryzen Mobile, Threadripper CPU and Radeon Vega Frontier Edition GPU (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I want to be able to actually saturate all three of my GPUs while still having enough PCI-E lanes for my M.2 drives and have some room left for expansion (additional USB 3.0 add-on cards, etc.)

    80 lanes minimum, please.

  23. Re:I'll still use Ogg/Vorbis on MP3 Is Not Dead, It's Finally Free (marco.org) · · Score: 1

    I know how compression works. MP3 has been well understood for two decades.

    I also know how music mastering and mixing works. You've already cut out and lost a LOT of the original sound of anything that isn't purely digital.

    Loss is involved even before then - from analog to digital you've already lost signal going down the wires.

    Do you record music?

  24. I said *most* which is a rather key word, here.

  25. Pardon, I meant oldest MINERALOGICAL non profit.