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  1. I bet they were impressed with what could be done at that point in time...

  2. Is more what they are than morally bankrupt...

    Hanlon would agree.

  3. Re:Same reason they keep remaking Skyrim on Senators Demand To Know Why Election Vendors Still Sell Voting Machines With 'Known Vulnerabilities' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    If I had mod points and the ability to mod, this would be high on my funny list. That being said, I've honestly never played any of the Elder Scrolls games. I've heard it's well worth my time, but I also don't have the time to commit to any of them (and I hate not starting at the beginning of a series)...

  4. Re:Same reason they keep remaking Skyrim on Senators Demand To Know Why Election Vendors Still Sell Voting Machines With 'Known Vulnerabilities' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Nothing. But the head of Bethesda literally said that about why they keep remaking Skyrim on different ports.

  5. People keep buying the machines. Just like people keep buying the new versions of Skyrim.

  6. Looks like one of their engineers filed for a patent on this periscope design a few years ago: https://patents.google.com/pat... In the five minutes I took, I couldn't find the Konica Minolta patent, but I'd imagine it ran out right before this one got filed.

  7. Ok, but what about pictures that you are in, taken and uploaded by someone else without your consent?

    Standard /. IANAL response: like it or not, our current copyright system has no protections for you in that situation. Only the person who photographed you. Now, if they were invading your privacy doing so, you have grounds for recompense, but if you were in a public place and/or gave them permission to take your photo, legally, they had the right to take the photo and do what they want with it.

  8. Re:it's kind of funny, on Salon: Republicans Are Launching Fake Local News Sites To Spread 'Propaganda' (salon.com) · · Score: 2

    "Alternative Facts" however- that's ALL the Trump Whitehouse, they came up with that one.

    I thought it was Orwellian in nature?

  9. Re:Because they want it to be better! on Microsoft Open-Sources Windows Calculator (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Does Windows not have a "Paste and match style" option? It's been about a decade since I booted a computer into Windows, and I honestly don't remember if it did at that point or not.

  10. Re:This is what people voted for on Senate Confirms Former Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler To Lead EPA (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    They need to be given an alternative that does actually not do this incredible amount of damage.

    Isn't that what GP is point out with the paragraph about the "Green New Deal"?

  11. Re:Good potential on Gab Wants To Add a Comments Section To Everything On the Internet (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It could be a good way of exposing just how prevalent censorship has become in the modern town square.

    I don't think it would. As, based on my understanding of the tool, one would have to be using "Dissenter" in order to view the comments on it, while anyone can view the comments directly on the website, many people will never see the "Dissenter" comments.

    I foresee it being more of a situation where one side will primarily post publicly and then the other side would post on "Dissenter" and it turns into a twisted echo chamber...kind of like Facebook.

  12. Re:slur? on IBM Apologizes For Racial Slurs On Its Recruitment Webpages (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Per Google search, using the search phrase, "etymology of mulatto":

    late 16th century: from Spanish mulato ‘young mule or mulatto’, formed irregularly from mulo ‘mule’.

    so it was from Spanish, and does have to do with mules.

  13. Re: I sympathize on Starbucks' Music Is Driving Employees Nuts (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    My understanding is that as long as it's employee facing not customer facing, they don't have to pay a licensing fee. IE a restaurant can have any music playing in the kitchen without having to pay a licensing fee, but if it's based in the dining area, they have ASCAP/BMI/etc to pay. ASCAP is one of those agencies that I would fear getting on the wrong side of...

  14. Re:Beyond what? on Thirty-Million-Page Backup of Humanity Headed To Moon Aboard Israeli Lander (cnet.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Moon wouldn't be the Moon because it wouldn't be a moon,.

  15. Re:Consumers will pay for this on Visa, Mastercard Mull Increasing Fees For Processing Transactions: Report (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    It was never illegal, it was prohibited by the contract.

    And it hasn't been prohibited for a couple years as of now.

  16. PayPal actually charges my company the lowest fee outside of our company branded credit card. They're just atrocious to deal with.

  17. Re:Totally not collusion on Visa, Mastercard Mull Increasing Fees For Processing Transactions: Report (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    There is no ban on passing the fee on to the customer. It is perfectly legal in all 50 states to offer a "Cash Discount" and does not violate the terms of the merchant agreement.

  18. Re:Consumers will pay for this on Visa, Mastercard Mull Increasing Fees For Processing Transactions: Report (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    No. Cash discounts are entirely legal and many retailers will offer it on products where it's worthwhile. One can not make more money off of the credit card transaction though, thus a 1-3% discount being a reasonable amount as most credit card transactions are 3% or greater.

  19. To be fair, Gary does smell something awful...

  20. (Standard Slashdot style disclaimer, IANAL, I have taken a few law classes and am intrigued by how our system works/is manipulated) You're clearly not familiar with the US "Common Law" court system. Precedent exists and other courts will consider the precedent of another state even if it doesn't have jurisdiction over the case as a general rule of thumb. Hell, there have been cases in the US where the precedent of the UK court system has been considered. Stare decisis is a thing and something that one must be aware of.

  21. I feel like this question was preparing us... on Criminals Are Tapping Into the Phone Network Backbone to Empty Bank Accounts (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    ...for the stories today: https://ask.slashdot.org/story...

  22. Re:Has anyone tried using on Locast, a Free App Streaming Network TV, Would Love to Get Sued (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I was just thinking about trying that. Maybe this weekend when I have some spare time.

  23. Re:This is actually good for broadcasters on Locast, a Free App Streaming Network TV, Would Love to Get Sued (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Article outlines that this is one of the precarious legal loopholes he's working it, you must be in the appropriate BTA or you cannot use the Locast from that area.

  24. The irony of his talk of "FREE" on Locast, a Free App Streaming Network TV, Would Love to Get Sued (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    While the story is being covered by the, often paywalled, New York Times...

  25. I doubt they're going to get 30+ launches done in a year, unless they've been playing things really close to the vest. But I am delighted to see someone else get into what used to be called the Space Race in a big way.

    A shame that no one from NASA can (officially) collaborate with them...