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  1. Don't forget Australia on Second Gravitational Wave Detected From Ancient Black Hole Collision (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    there are two detectors not one, one is based in Australia the other in the USA. Also many of the parts used in both sensor arrays were designed and created in Australia.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIGO

  2. I covered a piece of flexible plastic (your average office plastic folder and scissors does the trick) with some aluminium foil that is the same size as a paper note. Then insert the new rfi blocker in the walled like a note. Now the tap and go doesn't work while the card is in the wallet I have to take it out. You can also get special card covers that do the same thing but my solution is cheap and works fine.

  3. This offer, to repair a defective part in exchange for a non-disclosure agreement, is unheard of in the auto industry.

    This is actually false as it is common for many (insert car maker here) to have a non disclosure agreement on major failures even if the car "is in warranty". Car manufacturer dealers forcing customers to sign NDA's for fixing obvious lemons is now part of the course with owning a car in many parts of the world (especially in Australia where car manufacturers are trying to stop the introduction of lemon laws).

  4. Your do realise that if the UK left the EU they could initiate free trade deals that do actually help the UK's economy. As it stands right now a bunch of socialist wingnuts in the EU are blocking free trade deals because they want to protect every buggy whip maker they represent.

  5. Re: I'm sure Drump is all torn up over it on BuzzFeed Ends $1.3M Advertising Deal With RNC Over Donald Trump (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    That's because the US has a history of white supremacy, an ideology that was widespread among whites of all social strata and systematically applied by those in power

    What a pile of liberal horse shit, lets blame history for making me black crap doesn't float any more. You remember way back in the 50' they had the korean war and even earlier in the 70s they had the Vietnam war. Thousands of refugees from both conflicts immigrated to the USA with no money, no education, and no english language skills. The Vietnamese and Koreans went off worked hard got an education and also made sure their kids had an education. So now explain to me why the Koreans and the Vietnamese living in the USA don't have the same issues as black african americans. Times up for black african americans, sorry the "slave" jar of forgiveness is empty and now holds zero weight when considered by american citizens of all races.

  6. Re:Headache...or Clue? on Universe Is Expanding Faster Than We Thought (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    "at this time"

  7. Re:Headache...or Clue? on Universe Is Expanding Faster Than We Thought (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think the issue here is space is far weirder than humanity can grasp as this time in its development especially considering humanity still hasn't grasped how complex inter-dimensional forces can be. What humanity views as dark mater may be in fact the result of dimensional space interaction causing one part of the standard dimensional space time bubble time to be slightly out of sync with another.

  8. [cough] so you are saying auditors in the USA have never tweaked a companies reports to make them look good, I think someone needs a history lesson.

  9. Terminators Already Exist on Researchers Teaching Robots To Feel and React To Pain (ieee.org) · · Score: 0

    A few people every year get killed by robots in factories usually because they wander into a restricted zone by accident. This type of research is needed especially with more automation happening in factories,

  10. Johnny Cab on Toyota Forms 'Strategic Partnership' With Uber (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    They better make sure the human interface unit robust or some muscle bound austrian-american womaniser will try and rip the thing out.

  11. Re: Yakuza, maybe... on Attackers Steal $12.7M In Massive ATM Heist (mainichi.jp) · · Score: 1

    never has this [WOOOSH] award been so deserving. The act of burning the CDR was "symbolic" in that it showed how a CDR can be easily damaged thus removing the backup as a viable option. The original poster was correct though, the Japanese are seen as the gods of technology but when it comes to software and security you would think their servers were setup by the dumbest IT guy they could find.

  12. Re:Not funneled into on Cupertino's Mayor: Apple 'Abuses Us' By Not Paying Taxes (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    eer Apple doesn't pay taxes overseas either because on-line sales internationally are processed via a tax haven sub entity.

    Apple should change its design moto from Designed in California to Freeloaded in California.

  13. Multi Layered Logins on The Government Wants Your Fingerprint To Unlock Phones (dailygazette.com) · · Score: 2

    If this starts happening people will just use a multi layer logins ie a sequence of fingers prints instead of just one or a fingerprint and a pass sequence. Also regarding terrorists, they just use burner phones for no more than a day or two now and use cryptic key words that mean nothing to your average key word search engine.

  14. Re:This guy is high on Chinese pollution on Apple Is Outdated, Says Chinese Conglomerate LeEco CEO (cnbc.com) · · Score: 0

    lol @ most profitable company in the world statement, the pharma industry have returns on products that would make Apple execs drool with envy.

  15. Re:I've been saying this... on Hearing Aid Business Under Pressure From Consumer Electronics · · Score: 1

    why would they be glistening his bin.

  16. Re:They all did on Mitsubishi Motors Pulls a Volkswagen; Shares Drop (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually Im wondering why everyone is getting upset over VW playing the software to get around emissions regulations. Emission Recall NISSAN ID: R1408 ECM REPROGRAM 2009 NISSAN ROGUE 2.5 AWD VIN: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX EFFECTIVE DATE: October 06, 2014 Summary Some high mileage vehicles may experience higher than expected exhaust gas temperatures, leading to increased tailpipe emissions. Remedy Nissan dealers will reprogram the Engine Control Modules (ECMs) of affected vehicles.

  17. The real shocker on Google Admits That Google.com Is Partially Dangerous (eweek.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    is that a US billion dollar corporation is being honest for a change and applying the same rules to themselves as others.

  18. Re:Yes, but will it be chap 11? on World's Largest Private Coal Company Files For Bankruptcy (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    accept if you run the numbers that's not possible within the next 20 years. Even with China pumping out insane amounts of solar panels renewable's are hardly making a dent in the market. China, Africa and India's energy consumption growth numbers are just insane, for example just to keep up with china's growth you have to build the whole UK power grid every year.

  19. Re:Really...??? on Tesla Recalls 2,700 Model X Cars, Highlighting Risk of Massive Model 3 Rollout (bgr.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    i agree, I read an article 3 years ago when Toyota was having issues with recalls and they mentioned in England alone they have over 30 recalls a month 4-8 of them serious the rest to be fixed on the next service.

  20. New Geek Ride Service on All-Female Ridesharing To Debut In Boston (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    Many IT professionals complained they had issues with Uber drivers who ask inane technical questions once they found out their customer was an IT professional. This has lead to a new taxi service where all the drivers must have advanced emacs and vi skills thus helping their customers avoid having to ask the driver "have you tried turning it off and on again".

  21. Lies, Lies and more Lies on FBI Telling Congress How It Hacked iPhone (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    So we only have the FBI's word that they have hacked the iPhone, they may have found the password via other means for all we know. This may be an attempt by the FBI/NSA/CIA to scare people away from using iPhones as a secure communications medium. Also US laws on restricting encryption mean nothing to criminals because they will just buy a stock android phone of ebay and install a secure locked down firmware package that has encryption built in.

  22. I recently read an article that showed the method most western governments use to measure who is over weight is actually not that accurate. In fact many professional sports people or gym junkies would be classified as overweight based on the measurement systems used. Trying to define who is overweight with a single measurement doesn't work due to lifestyle and genetic variations.

  23. Re:Regardless of the reasons... on The World's Largest Renewable Energy Developer Could Go Broke (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This has nothing to do with solar panels, in this case the directors (like many retarded MBA's coming out of US universities) went with the 5 year insane growth model that just doesn't work with solar power production. If I was going to blame anyone it would be US universities training students to be bad business managers.

  24. Re:So pretty much everyone, now. on Cisco Issues Patch For Nexus Switches To Remove Hardcoded Credentials (csoonline.com) · · Score: 2

    I know a few guys who make home brew managed switches running a BSD flavour and lately they have been very busy building open source/hardware switches. You would think the switches are expensive and run slow but in fact they are way faster than the big name switches often with built in solid state storage and still cost less. No one in their right mind trusts any big brand switch maker any more because legally they "have to" install a back door and then they"legally" have to lie about it. Also if you go cheap you have the chinese installing back doors at the hardware level and when they get busted they call it a service feature not removed before sale.

  25. From what I can see as long as the default distribution install is GPL compliant anything else is a user selectable customisation. For example cars that meet strict design regulations when sold by a dealer will often if prompted by the buyer modify the car that often leads to the car not comply with the regulations the car was certified under (just changing the exhaust can do this).