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  1. Re:News on 800,000 Using HealthCare.gov Were Sent Incorrect Tax Data · · Score: 1

    How does "maternity care for a 60 year old woman" increase premiums? That seems like a very small market

  2. Re:... and this is surprising how? on Samsung Smart TVs Don't Encrypt the Voice Data They Collect · · Score: 1

    True - my samsung non-smart TV has plenty of bugs - you can't even scroll through OTA channels for very long without it freezing up - something QA should have easily caught. If they can't do basic QA to make sure features work, they're definitely not doing anything to make sure it's secure.

  3. Re:Why Under the Sea? on Mooted: An Undersea Link From Finland To Estonia · · Score: 1

    I'm no expert on it, but I imagine it's because the sea bed isn't particularly flat, so lots of support structure would be needed in order to make a road that's somewhat flat and that's difficult to do under water. Going beneath everything ensures there's a solid foundation the entire way.

  4. Re:HSBC Banking Leak Shows Tax Avoidance, Dealings on HSBC Banking Leak Shows Tax Avoidance, Dealings With Criminals · · Score: 2

    No - as an HSBC customer it makes me quite annoyed since I have problems just cashing a check online.

    I mean this was suppose to be the #1 bank for money laundering- they could at least make is a smoother process.

  5. Re:Why are you throwing your money away on BTC? on Alleged Bitcoin Scam Leaves Millions Missing · · Score: 1

    Intriguing! And what will I be able to do with these slips of paper?

  6. Re:Hey Apple, here's some free consulting on Apple Said To Be Working On a Pay TV Service · · Score: 1

    The most annoying thing on hulu are the "web only" shows that mean I have to switch from the roku connection to my TV to the PC connection to by TV. Still unskippable ads either way, but the web ones are often interactive so they don't do anything.

  7. Re:Hey Apple, here's some free consulting on Apple Said To Be Working On a Pay TV Service · · Score: 1

    I don't think that was the original premise - although there are a few channels without advertising, it was more of a better connection to get broadcast channels.

  8. Re:200 files...... on Ask Slashdot: What Tools To Clean Up a Large C/C++ Project? · · Score: 1

    But it's large enough that you'd want to do some automated stuff to it first, not manually read over the whole thing.

  9. Re:Common Sense people... common sense on Art Project Causes Atlanta Police To Close Highway and Call Bomb Squad · · Score: 1

    That's a pretty poor mounting job - the tape it going to leave a mess. If you're going to attach a camera (or bomb) to something, you'll want a clamp that looks a little sturdier and more professional.

  10. Re:More proof on Music Doesn't Feature In the Pirate Bay's Top 100 Biggest Torrents · · Score: 2

    That third one sounds like a bit of a fire hazard depending on the amp.

  11. Re:Other sources for music on Music Doesn't Feature In the Pirate Bay's Top 100 Biggest Torrents · · Score: 1

    Well in that case, they released it online at the same time it was released in theaters since there was the North Korea attacking movie theater fear. More surprising is that it took them a month to go world wide online

  12. Re:The DEA is just doing their job on DEA Planned To Monitor Cars Parked At Gun Shows Using License Plate Readers · · Score: 1

    First, do please define "sensible gun regulation".

    Well to start with there could more more required background checks - that's extremely popular, but NRA blocked it because it was legislation involving guns.

    As for the regulations - guns are dangerous! They were designed to kill! If other legal consumer goods are as dangerous, they are also regulated. Just look at how regulated medicine is.

  13. Re:Apologies for slight errors in the article on George R. R. Martin's "The Winds of Winter" Wiill Not Be Published In 2015 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe the books are 0-indexed

  14. Re:What complete and utter bullshit. on Anonymous No More: Your Coding Style Can Give You Away · · Score: 1

    I find the statistics dubious as well - they also dropped the dataset to nearly 1/10 while roughly doubling the code input and the results were 2% better, so it's possible if we follow the trend it will reach the 20% you seem to quote.

  15. Re:I'm a Canadian on "Mammoth Snow Storm" Underwhelms · · Score: 1

    There are plenty of backwards local/state laws that can place additional restrictions.

  16. Re:I'm a Canadian on "Mammoth Snow Storm" Underwhelms · · Score: 1

    The main problem is some people aren't equipped to drive in it and because of that they will get stuck in snow causing problems for the plows. I'd say most of the people in the north east US use all weather tires which won't handle more than a few inches of snow. Additionally, there isn't space for the plowed snow to go in a lot of cities so it has to be trucked out or melted. If the roads are clear then they can be back to full capacity within hours of the storm ending (including removal of snow from city streets)

    As for the alcohol thing - sounds like an ignorant waiter since it's not illegal for parents to give their children alcohol in their presence (at least not nationally). There are a lot of local laws (weird dry towns and such) so it might have been something like that.

  17. Official Caturday on Fark's Drew Curtis Running For Governor of Kentucky · · Score: 5, Funny

    As his first act - Caturday will be a recognized (weekly) holiday and Kentucky will adopt the squirrel as it's mascot.

  18. Re:Simple solution on Ask Slashdot: Where Can You Get a Good 3-Button Mouse Today? · · Score: 1

    Yes. For people who use real computers, middle button = "paste selected text".

    Clicking the scroll wheel will do that as well. But I guess you know that since you're a "real computer" user.

  19. Re: The government needs to stay out of car design on Government Recommends Cars With Smarter Brakes · · Score: 1

    But that is solved by automatic headlights that turn on when it gets dark. No need to do something manually that can be automated

  20. Re:Wow... Just "no". on Healthcare.gov Sends Personal Data To Over a Dozen Tracking Websites · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Wow... Just "no". on Healthcare.gov Sends Personal Data To Over a Dozen Tracking Websites · · Score: 1

    But just because something is medically related, doesn't mean it's protected by HIPAA. Target knowing a customer is pregnant isn't required to protect that information. For healthcare.gov, this article states it does not need to comply.

  22. Re:Wow... Just "no". on Healthcare.gov Sends Personal Data To Over a Dozen Tracking Websites · · Score: 1

    Despite its name, healthcare.gov does not handle medical data so it can't violate HIPAA laws.

    Still, it should not be doing it.

  23. Re:instant disqualification on Justified: Visual Basic Over Python For an Intro To Programming · · Score: 1

    The original code is correct except that you have to define "n" as the limit. Basically it'd be in a function like:
    def primes_upto(n):

    It uses the functional programming style available in python which allows single liners that can do a lot (though ideally you will split them up a bit for readability).

  24. Re:Communism requires strict govt control by defin on China's Engineering Mega-Projects Dwarf the Great Wall · · Score: 1

    Maybe people are just looking at all the governements in history that have called themselves communist?

  25. Re:It's the post office on Four Facepalm Bugs In USPS Label-Printing Site · · Score: 2, Informative

    But there's a whole stupid section on how he "reverse engineered" the prices. Perhaps he did this by clicking the "Calculate Postage" link and filling out the form? It's spelled out pretty clearly how flat rate vs normal postage works.