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  1. Re:Because.... on Ask Slashdot: Why Are There No True Dual-System Laptops Or Tablet Computers? · · Score: 1

    They do include that in servers. Its called iLo or iDRAC.

    But, who pays $2500 for a laptop now? You have to go out of your way to spend over $1000. And yes, I can find tons of examples of expensive laptops, but by far most are no where near $2500. You weaken your argument when you use exaggerated examples. I like the previous answers that say go buy a $50 Amazon Fire. It is a small/cheap computer. It also has its own power source and screen so if your main box fails you aren't totally out of luck on all fronts.

  2. Re: If you work in tech on Nearly a Third of Tech Workers Are Ready To #DeleteFacebook (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd be less likely to hire someone who would be less likely to hire someone who would be less likely to hire someone who had a Facebook account, because it implies that:

    I am experiencing some sort of Inception

  3. Be a tourist on 'How I Went Dark In Australia's Surveillance State For 2 Years' (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Couldn't she have just bought a NEW card list a tourist would and then ditch it? At best, the "man" could determine she visited the airport once in her life. She could have also called a cab, had them take her to an ATM, and then paid cash. Or, she could have walked. Or, she could have called a friend/family.

  4. Re:time to bring back USENET? :) on Reddit Bans Subreddits Related To Selling Guns, Drugs, Sex, and More (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    With that logic, then civil rights are a violation to free speech. If some restaurant doesn't want to serve to blacks/chinese/norwegians/whatever then they should be able to discriminate. Otherwise, they are being forced to contribute to integration which they may not agree with.

  5. "my vehicle provides me with a substantial amount of mobile storage as well as the ability to deviate from the pre-planned route/destination at will"

    You could pay extra for having the car to yourself for those times you need extra space or to deviate. For me, that is maybe 5-10% of the time.

  6. "congratulations - you just invented the bus"

    But buses generally have defined routes. If some algorithm figured out you and 3 other people in your neighborhood are going from there to a narrowly defined destination, then it could offer carpooling//bus service at a reduced rate and therefore possibly allow a 75% decrease in vehicles on the road. The rates could vary depending on if you wanted to ride alone or were ok with 2-3 fellow passengers. Even better if the system determined all this on the fly and you could mix it up somedays.

    Plus, for all you basement dwellers, this could be an opportunity to be in a car with a female that isn't your sister/mother!

  7. What if you're burning down a band camp?

    One time at band camp I....

  8. Re:California is headed for default on California Senate Defies FCC, Approves Net Neutrality Law (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    "The wealthy are fleeing California in record numbers"

    OMG. You're right. At this rate, no one will be left in a few years.
    https://www.google.com/search?...

    Now, I know you said the "weathy". So from 1990-2016 this ( https://www.statista.com/stati... ) shows the per capita income went from 21k to 56k.

  9. Re:Why would they need a court order on US Says It Doesn't Need a Court Order To Ask Tech Companies To Build Encryption Backdoors (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    Just because you have an account doesn't mean you have to upload pics and statuses. If its your job, do what you have to do and no more. Then you aren't any more exposed than using any other web site including this one.

  10. Re: CIA Director doesn't trust the CIA? on Trump Is Looking at Plans For a Global Network of Private Spies (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "which is why we also don't have the truth about things like Benghazi"

    How do you know "we" don't know the truth?

  11. Re:Great idea on Trump Is Looking at Plans For a Global Network of Private Spies (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    "If the liberals weren't so racist against Russians"

    When did being Russian become a definable race?

  12. Re:I think someone without a degree wrote that sum on Why More Tech Companies Are Hiring People Without Degrees (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    "they just don't want to pay what it's worth"

    Labor is worth exactly what someone will pay. The same goes for real estate, vehicles and baseball cards. Just because some magazine says a rookie card is worth $20, that doesn't mean you can ever find someone willing to pay that rate.

  13. Re:Thinking people aren't breeders. on Amazon Will Refund Millions of Unauthorized In-App Purchases Made By Kids (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 0

    Sorry you aren't getting laid...

  14. " maybe you should just pack up shop and move there. You're welcome to make that choice with your own life. You are not welcome to make that choice for others."

    That was the same mentality used for centuries to keep women and minorities out of the workforce.

  15. Re: required by treaty on DJI Proposes New Electronic 'License Plate' For Drones (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    Except you don't. Farmers use aircraft all the time that have no radios, transponders, etc.

  16. Re:Scapegoating on London Terrorist Used WhatsApp, UK Calls For Backdoors (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    They "need to prioritise their resources on these thousand people rather than spend billions on mass data farming that apparently isn't helping them whatsoever"

    How do you know it isn't helping? Perhaps they have quietly stopped and/or deterred hundreds of terrorist plots before they came to fruition.

  17. Wow. You're the kind of employee every company wants!

    You would "would make them fire" you and then when you don't get "a severance package" that you deem fair, you "would get a lawyer and start a class action."

    I didn't know "bad faith" was something you could sue for damages over. You sound as if a company ever makes a business decision you don't like, they may very well be in legal jeopardy.

  18. Re: Independent contractors on Two More Executives Are Leaving Uber, Drivers May Unionize (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you have to be an employee to unionize?

    And if they are not employees, how much grounds does Uber have to stop people who THEY argue aren't their employees from forming some sort of a collective?

  19. Re:Failure is always an option on Two More Executives Are Leaving Uber, Drivers May Unionize (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Double sounds like an arbitrary number. Why not 1.5 time? Or triple time? Or, you get to name your rate each time? I'd prefer that. Sometimes you may care more about your time than others. If your daughter is having a big event maybe you need 5x pay to compensate. If your daughter is out of town on a band trip, maybe you are happy with 1.25 times your regular pay.

  20. Re:Counterpoint on Two More Executives Are Leaving Uber, Drivers May Unionize (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I may be mistaken, but isn't it true that a driver doesn't know their passenger's destination until they agree to accept the fare?

  21. Re:4 steps to a police state on UK: New Drivers Caught Using a Phone Will Lose Their License (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    While the law seems reasonable, if the DMV was forced to list every law applicable to someone driving a vehicle it would likely seem onerous.

  22. Re:Theoretically on Shamed In Super Bowl Ads, Verizon Introduces Unlimited Data Plans (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    "if there was truly a free market, one of them would have the fucking balls to say "here's 100gb fast-as-we-can-deliver for less than the other guys' 10-25. enjoy!""

    Do you think there is no cost to offering 100GB plans? Do you think they are holding back because they don't like you? With that logic, you might as well say the car companies are screwing us by not offering brand new $500 Cadillac. Or Starbucks sells us coffee for $5 that is a penny's worth of water. If you really believe that, but stock in Telcos or whoever and be on the winning side of the equation.

  23. Anytime a computer or device is seized, the person in possession potentially has "WRITE access". Sometimes you can't access a phone or other device without write access. That's ok as long as you document it and can explain why you didn't/couldn't use read only or write blocking technology.

  24. Re:Against TOS on US Visitors May Have to Hand Over Social Media Passwords: DHS (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 0

    Before you pass through Customs you aren't on American soil. Therefore you are not bound by US law. Therefore, you haven't broken any US law.

  25. Works with 1s also on You Can Make Any Number Out of Four 4s Because Math Is Amazing (youtube.com) · · Score: 0

    You can do 1, or 1+1, or 1+1+1, or 1+1+1+1, or 1+1+1+1+1, or ...