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  1. Re:Why? on 3D-Printed Gun Bought and Displayed By London Art Museum · · Score: 1

    Try making an AK from raw materials. Now try printing a firearm from raw materials. Tell me which is easier.

  2. Easy solution on Ohio Judge Rules Speed Cameras Are a Scam · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Change the penalty for moving violations from a monetary fine to a mandatory community service.

    The incentive for police to write frivolous tickets will disappear, and people who are caught will be made to spend real time helping their community in some way, benefitting them, and costing them time, which is more valuable than money.

  3. Re:This is the long term future on A Humanoid Robot Named "Baxter" Could Revive US Manufacturing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The original luddites were afraid of this very thing - advances in loom technology turned weaving jobs from highly skilled labor into a job someone could learn in a few hours.

    This sort of thing will happen over and over again. And as progress marches onward, most of us still manage to find work.

  4. As a photographer myself... on Ask Slashdot: Best On-Site Backup Plan? · · Score: 2

    As a photographer myself (Though only around 4TB of photos at current) here's my setup:

    Onsite backup: Drobo to Drobo.

    Offsite backup: Backblaze. I pay $4/mo (2 years prepaid). This is a secondary backup. It still has everything, but I rely on the local backup to retrieve something should my primary storage fail, and the offsite is for when things burn to the ground or someone steals my stuff or lightning takes everything out. Really it's cheap, it's just that initial backup which takes an eternity and might get you in trouble with your ISP. Fortunately I was able to use the local university 1gbit connection to reduce my initial backup time to just 18 days (straight).

  5. Re:really??? on Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle · · Score: 1

    In the context used by most people including the media, an Assault Rifle is semi-auto. An Assault Weapon is either a rifle or a handgun that meets certain scary cosmetic configurations.

  6. Re:really??? on Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle · · Score: -1

    No. An Assault rifle cannot fire in fully-automatic mode. Assault Rifle, as generally used today, refers to semi-automatic firearms ONLY (Since fully-automatic firearms have been largely banned since 1986, with old ones grandfathered in if you pass a 4-month federal background check process and pay the tax). Way to spread the FUD.

    In Fact, Assault rifles differ from their brothers, "hunting" or "Sporting" rifles, in cosmetics only.

  7. Re:Well that presumably shouldn't be a problem on Blocking Gun Laws With Patents · · Score: 1

    You're right. They'll steal some gun from your underwear drawer, and use it to kill someone, thereby tracing the crime back TO YOU.

    Criminals are funny. They don't really care what the law is, by definition. So they'll break whatever laws they need to in order to get it done.

  8. Re:Sounds cool on Sprint Orders All OEMs To Strip Carrier IQ From Their Phones · · Score: 1

    But doesn't Sprint have a reputation for handing data over to the cops without a warrant? http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/12/sprint-fed-customer-gps-data-to-leos-over-8-million-times.ars

  9. U of M on World Solar Challenge About To Start · · Score: 2

    It's The University of Michigan. Go Blue!

  10. Re:2 weeks on Lawsuit Claims Sony Canned Security Staff Just Before Data Breach · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or - they were fired, and two weeks later hacked into the systems themselves.

  11. Re:Deep Thought on iPad Account Hacker Pleads Guilty · · Score: 1

    That's not the same. With a GET, I'm actually asking a server for something, and the server gives it to me, tells me no, or ignores me. This is akin to knocking on the door and asking for a cup of sugar. They say the internet is like a giant corkboard on your front door for a reason - and that we should be careful in what we should put online. So should corporations with other people's data.

  12. Move Along, Citizen. on Apple Patents Tech to Stop iPhones Filming in Venues · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How long till cops put these on their cars, or make some belt-attached version to stop citizen recordings?

  13. Re:Good Idea on Man Creates Open Source Flashlight · · Score: 1

    Any flashlight that takes 18650 batteries can also use CR123a batteries at a 2-for-1 ratio (2xCR123a = 1x18650 Li-Ion). So if you're that worried buy a 10-pack of CR123s at walmart.

  14. Re:US Employment Rights on Worker Rights Extend To Facebook, Says NLRB · · Score: 1

    No holiday time, no sick leave, no maternity leave, no restrictions on hours worked, no mandated breaks, few health and safety regulations, can be fired without notice or reason, can legally discriminate, etc. It is like working in the third world. Between this and health care the US is low on my list of places I wish to work.

    Check (10 days off/year), Check (15 days off/year, 6 months extended sick leave which renews every 5 years), Check (Paternity leave, counts as sick time), True (but if I'm over 40 hours I get overtime - knew I was on call taking this job), True (no mandated breaks, but my work environment allows for them whenever), No safety issues to worry about here, True (I'm not a "right to work" state, I'm in an "at will" state), and Discriminate? ooohkay. Come to the states sometime. See what it's really like.

  15. Re:Really? on ATM Hack Gives Cash On Demand · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I know of a couple of restaurants that have their own ATMs with a "cash only" policy for acceptable payments. Anyone without cash is directed to the ATM they own. Instead of it costing them a percentage to accept cards, they make money off the ATM.

  16. Re:DIsclaimer on Bionic-Eyed Man Wants To Stream Eye Video Online · · Score: 1

    Then maybe you shouldn't go in public. By definition, there is no expectation of privacy in a public place, or a place open to the public. Some states have asinine laws about recording that FORCE privacy in public (which is why we're seeing police prosecute citizens for recording them in the performance of their duties), but most don't.

  17. Re:The cloud attack isn't new on The "Hail Mary Cloud" Is Growing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I changed SSH to a nonstandard port and reduced attempts by 95%. Then I started a whitelist (hosts.allow) for SSH. That took care of the rest.

  18. Re:So? on Google Under Fire For Calling Their Language "Go" · · Score: 1

    You don't copyright a name. If you would - there's no real paperwork involved. Copyright is automatic.

  19. Re:gross on Future Astronauts May Survive On Eating Silkworms · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://www.baconsalt.com/ "Bacon Salt is a Zero-calorie, Zero fat, Vegetarian, and Kosher seasoning that makes everything taste like bacon."

  20. Re:52 kilowatt Hours? on EEStor Issued a Patent For Its Supercapacitor · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You can't triple its range if the *size* of the capacitor is the same as the battery. Just because it weighs less doesn't mean it has the same density.

  21. Re:And... on Sony Hit With $1M Penalty For COPPA Violations · · Score: 1

    A good parent would teach their kids not to do bad stuff online, and have a good rootkit installed on the machine the kids use to make sure they don't. :-P

  22. Re:Special license... on Copper Thieves Jeopardize US Infrastructure · · Score: 1

    Maybe if that "special license" was your homeowner's building permit...

  23. Re:Their fears were justified. on Microsoft Feared Mac Vs. Vista In '05 · · Score: 1

    It's not so stupid when you consider both Apple and Google's cash on-hand. Apple has $25bn in the bank, Google: $14.5bn.

  24. Re:28K what? on RED's New Digital Stills and Motion Camera Pushing the Limits · · Score: 1

    What sucks is that a 261MP photo at typical RAW format is roughly 400MB in size. You'd fill up a 1TB disk (900GB Formatted) with just 225 images.

  25. Re:Could someone tell me... on RED's New Digital Stills and Motion Camera Pushing the Limits · · Score: 2, Interesting

    93.33x31.11 Inches at 300DPI.