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  1. Re: Hello? on FTC Targets Group That Made Billions of Robocalls · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, if you press 1 you'll eventually get connected to a soulless husk that was formerly human but now is unable to feel warmth. They're also pretty quick to hang up, so I just shout at them.

  2. FTC, meet NSA on FTC Targets Group That Made Billions of Robocalls · · Score: 3, Funny

    We can find robocallers. We just need them to sufficiently piss off a decision maker at the NSA. Then, BRING ME THE HEAD OF "RACHEL" FROM CARDMEMBER SERVICES.

  3. Johnny Depp Approves on Author Says It's Time To Stop Glorifying Hackers · · Score: 1

    Hackers=bad but we'll make movies about swashbuckling pirates until the wheels fall off.

  4. Re:About time. on China Says It Is the Target of US Hack Attacks · · Score: 1

    It's wrong to do it. It's more wrong to NOT do it.

  5. one of these days it's going to get streamed on Man Charged With HIPAA Violations For Video Taping Police · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Doesn't the justin.tv app stream to a remote server while it's recording? Good luck deleting the video there, officer.

  6. class action sloptrough on AIG Contemplates Joining Stockholder Suit Against US Gov't · · Score: 1

    I expect the settlement (whatever the end value is) to be 90% cash to the plaintiff attorneys and 10% to be distributed to the plaintiffs in the form of AIG stock.

  7. Don't forget Zioneyez on Kickstarter Introduces New Hardware and Product Design Project Guidelines · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Perspective on Apple Confirms iPhone 5 Preorders Top 2 Million In 24 Hours · · Score: 1
    Upon rereading, it appears you're right. I can't even spot satire anymore.

    Fuck it, I'll blame autocorrect.

  9. Re:Perspective on Apple Confirms iPhone 5 Preorders Top 2 Million In 24 Hours · · Score: 1

    So we should believe the metric when it works in your favor but disbelieve it when it doesn't. Are you running for public office? And your metric is bullshit. "Superiority" is subjective and best left to the individual. That's what choice is all about.

  10. Of course they are. They ALL are. on Samsung Beats Apple In Tokyo, Itching To Sue Over LTE Patents · · Score: 1

    Sammy probably buys several of every new cellphone to examine them for unlicensed IP to keep the lawyers busy. I'm pretty sure all of them do this.

  11. Re:Another high-paying job to be lost to automatio on Harvard Software 3D Prints Articulated Action Figures · · Score: 1
    Or, it's good for the marketplace in that there will be more choice for consumers and lower prices all around, with a lower cost of entry to those who wish to produce. The industry will also have a larger, cheaper talent pool to select from, lowering their costs. Markets will open up for custom parts that didn't exist before. LOTS of money will change hands, stimulating the economy. Lawyers will benefit because this surely will be a hotly litigated subject for the next few decades.

    Those who already work in the industry probably won't be supplanted by this anyway. Designing for a run of 10,000 is a different skillset than designing your own Iron Man Mark 1 action figure and hoping it doesn't crash your MakerBot.

  12. Who cares? on Critics Blast Apple's Cheesy New Ad Campaign · · Score: 2

    Really, why does this matter?

  13. foresight on RIAA Admits SOPA Wouldn't Have Stopped Piracy · · Score: 1

    That just means they'll try harder next time.

  14. shame the cop wasn't dumber on Man Claims Cell Phone Taken By DC Police For Taking Photos · · Score: 1

    it would have been great if he had simply blanked the memory card and handed it back. It would have given a forensics app something to work with.

  15. Rounded to the nearest cent, it's $0.00 per unit. Maybe they're hoping to write Apple a check for zero dollars and zero cents.

  16. Re:Apple is about fashion not technology on Apple Goes Back To EPEAT · · Score: 1
    I'd bet most of Apple's customers don't even know what EPEAT is. Or anyone else's customers, for that matter.

    "Oh my word, this product lacks EPEAT certification! I cannot purchase this!" -- absolutely no one in an Apple store, ever.

  17. Re:TWO moronic 'Americanisms' in one sentence! on Nearly Half a Million Yahoo Passwords Leaked [Updated] · · Score: 1

    Hey, you're right. You're a nobody and you noticed. Attaboy, AC!

  18. Re:I like John Dvorak. on RIM CEO On What Went Wrong · · Score: 1

    I give him credit for having a reliable game plan. If he needs page views, he bashes Apple and gets at least one fact wrong. Word will spread among The Apple Faithful(tm), and they'll read his work and argue it endlessly, not realizing or caring that every click lines his pockets. He has done this for at least a decade.

  19. most of the people here can make a computer lie on Kaspersky Says Lack of Digital Voting Will Be Democracy's Downfall · · Score: 1

    I want to go back to voting with punch cards. It's cheap, simple (unless you're a retiree in West Palm Beach), there are less opportunities for shenanigans, and there's an archive to go back to for a recount rather than "oops, district 733 crashed; they don't count this year".

  20. Re:Duh - Who else would have done it? on US, Israel Behind Flame Malware · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sabotage: yes. Cyber terrorism? No. Warfare, yes, but not terrorism.

  21. back of the envelope calc on NSA Claims It Would Violate Americans' Privacy To Say How Many of Us It Spied On · · Score: 1

    (A (Campaign contributions) * B (number of years of service) ) + ( C (cost of jobs given to friends/relatives ) - D (their actual productivity) ) + E (speaking fees paid to the senator after the senator's retirement) = TCO Now subtract TCO from the gains from favorable legislation and you'll see that your average senator can be a real bargain. Collect them all!

  22. Re:Guilty? on Assange Loses Latest Round In Extradition Fight · · Score: 1

    I won't consider him guilty until he's convicted, and maybe not even then. He had to know as soon as he gave up anonymity, something like this would happen to him. The powers that be will ruin him as much as they can, as publicly as they can, both as a warning to others and as a distraction from the truths he helped reveal.

  23. Re:99.999% false positives? on Could Cops Use Google As Pre-Cogs? · · Score: 1
    Even a false positive might only be false after the fact. In this case, I think if the cops showed up asking about the curious searches that they a) wouldn't have gone through with it and b) might have been busted for possesion even if they still would have.

    The female doesn't seem to have been arrested yet but the boyfriend has. I'm expecting a breakup.

  24. Re:Hashes list link on LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked Online · · Score: 1

    Great post. I was able to find my own hash without the 00000. I wasn't able to find common passwords until I swapped out the first five chars for 00000 and now they're all over the place.

  25. Re:Database itself on LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked Online · · Score: 2

    Good link. The file seems legit. My hash is in there. Fucking Idiots at Linkedin.