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  1. Most cars already have speed limiters on Volvo To Impose 112mph Speed Limit On All New Cars From 2020 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The only news here is that they're doing it across the entire lineup... but even that's not shocking, since it isn't like they have a serious sports car in their lineup. Many, many typical cars are already limited by the manufacturers. For instance, Mazda limits them at 118 mph.

  2. Re:A feature "we take for granted"? on Apple Completes Shazam Acquisition, Will Make App Ad-Free For Everyone (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Piracy, I'll assume

  3. Re:Makes Perfect Sense on Coinbase Ordered To Report 14,355 Users To the IRS (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    All coinbase users must be tax evaders simply because ... uh ... uh ... Okay well not ALL users just the ones who bought more than $20k because that sounds like a really big number to [edited] people who are afraid of spooky numbers and computers and stuff

    Actually, given the figures, that's not that unreasonable. The estimated figures say under 900 users reported bitcoin earnings from 2013-2015, during which time 14,000 users at Coinbase sold, sent or received more than $20k worth. Now, clearly not all of those users are committing tax fraud. But that's not the point of a tax probe. It's likely that enough are to make a review worth it. Transactions of that magnitude are routinely monitored in the world.

  4. So companies chase profits? Wow. Heck, even if it was a public utility, not all are equal. The less density the less likely to have sewer or water, for instance.

  5. Re:One month of data only!! on Tesla Sales in Hong Kong Dry Up After Gov't Drops Tax Break (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Meh, going to zero is a pretty interesting data point, even if it is only a month. I'm sure they'll publish more as more data comes out.

  6. What about Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt enclosures, though?

  7. Re:Wait... bad summary? on Publish Georgia's State Laws, You'll Get Sued For Copyright and Lose (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    That's... entirely untrue. The Official Georgia Code is the law of the land. Annotations are just that - annotations. It's available here, for free: http://www.lexisnexis.com/hott...

  8. Re:NASA already tried that on Scientists Sent a Rocket To Mars For Less Than It Cost To Make 'The Martian' (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    Well yeah, that was the goal. The problem was that they weren't cutting the risk by more than the cost cutting. They lost two "cheap" missions in a row. It isn't like there's so many of these that it easily averages out.

  9. Re:NASA already tried that on Scientists Sent a Rocket To Mars For Less Than It Cost To Make 'The Martian' (backchannel.com) · · Score: 2

    Because you're less likely to lose the expensive mission - more testing, better technology, etc. FBC sounds good because you don't care as much if you lose any given mission. But if you start losing multiple, even that adds up.

  10. You mean, for their motives? Yes. We do that every day. "Motives" are not protected free speech. They're a way of determining the reason something negative happened. If he had simply developed the software as a tool, that's one thing. To market it for the express purpose of illegal activity is another. If you own a gun store and sell people guns that may end up being used illegally, that's fine. If you own a gun store and sell a gun to someone that says they're going to use it for illegal acts, that's another.

  11. Re:So old an issue... but nip it in the bud. on Librarians As the First Line of Privacy Defense · · Score: 2

    Yep, that's what almost every library does, and for that very reason.

  12. Re:We're fucked on Librarians As the First Line of Privacy Defense · · Score: 2

    That's true, many are not good with technology. But they don't have to be. Their tech services departments push out certain systems that they use. Most libraries don't maintain client records, for instance, because of this. Actually really annoying from a usability standpoint, but good from a privacy one.

  13. No they didn't on Blackberry Defeats Typo In Court, Typo To Discontinue Sales of Keyboard · · Score: 5, Informative

    They reached a settlement agreement. BB did not defeat Typo "in court."

  14. Surprise? on Android, Chromecast To Get HBO Now · · Score: 3, Informative

    How is this a surprise announcement? We knew Apple only had it as an exclusive for a few weeks.

  15. Re:Unpaid shill for BlackBerry.. on Google Can't Ignore the Android Update Problem Any Longer · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure I understand how this is different from any phone. An iOS define would be bricked, too, and plenty of them are out there running modern apps as well.

  16. Re:Nexus all the way on Google Can't Ignore the Android Update Problem Any Longer · · Score: 1

    The Nexus is the biggest example of this problem... it isn't getting updates when they are released either, and there's no excuse of other manufacturers to ameliorate the problem.

  17. Re:Is this Google's fault? on Google Can't Ignore the Android Update Problem Any Longer · · Score: 1

    I'm not even sure what this is supposed to mean, or what your point is? What does the fact that Apple pushed a U2 album have to do with anything? What does the fact that updates take space have to do with anything? Heck, beyond that, updates don't take space if you do them while connected to iTunes. So I really don't get what your point is in all this?

  18. Re: Uninformed court? on Indiana Court Rules Melted Down Hard Drive Not Destruction of Evidence · · Score: 1

    I agree with that, if that's the reason. But the reason can't be "because there's no possibility of evidence" on it. Now, the article is a little different than the headline, I'm just being clear.

  19. Uninformed court? on Indiana Court Rules Melted Down Hard Drive Not Destruction of Evidence · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That seems like a weird decision... I mean, even if the drive itself has failed it doesn't mean the platters have no data on them that could be recovered. Of course, the secondary question is whether the destruction was intentional or not, but as for the question at issue here, I don't see how a court could say that there is no evidence that was destroyed. The likelihood is completely opposite.

  20. No surprise on Netflix To Charge More For 4K Video · · Score: 1

    They charge more for BD, so why wouldn't they charge more for 4K? It's a good opportunity for them to be able to raise fees.

  21. Re:Ooh look! on EU Should Switch To ODF Standard, Says MEP · · Score: 1

    That's the point though... this really isn't a push for open formats. We could scour the web looking for mentions in a lot of places. Until it's actually close to a policy it means absolutely nothing.

  22. Ooh look! on EU Should Switch To ODF Standard, Says MEP · · Score: 0

    Ooh look, a MEP said something! I think we should have a front page post on /. anytime Boehner says something too. I mean, seriously? Someone said something and it used a TLA so therefore it's /. news, apparently.

  23. What's it worth to you? on How Do You Backup 20TB of Data? · · Score: 1

    I have a Mac Mini server set up hosting about 8 TB of primary data on mirrored USB3 drives. I then have it running Time Machine on all of that to a 16 TB RAID5 array on a NAS. Total cost (not including the server itself)? About $1,000... and that's for two sets of backups, one for drive errors (primarily) and one that has an always-available actual backup.

  24. Re:Dont watch it on US Cord Cutters Getting Snubbed From NBC's Olympic Coverage Online · · Score: 1

    Unless you're like a thousand years old there has never been a time it hasn't been political. The Olympics are entirely a political statement... it's all about interaction of nations.

  25. I hate to say it on Mobile Spyware Conferences Into Your Calls · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Was Steve Jobs right? Is a single, restrictive & tested, marketplace the way to go?