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  1. This has always struck me as a dumb implementation. Why not simply require passcode to enable USB data mode with no timer? Plug in USB, get prompted for passcode. No passcode, no data.

  2. Obviously you're going to have to ensure any connection to the barbarians on the outside be sanitized by government protectors.

  3. ASUS routers are rock solid on Ask Slashdot: Which Is the Safest Router? · · Score: 1

    I've been loving my older ASUS wifi router. If I were buying one today, I might get something like this model:

    https://www.amazon.com/RT-ACRH...

  4. Re:$250 domains? - correction on Top-Level Domain .App Is Now Open For General Registration (googleblog.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, it seems like some domains are listed for more than others, but most are $17/yr.

    Currently $17 (along with most available ones): https://www.name.com/domain/se...

    Currently $250/yr for some reason: https://www.name.com/domain/se...

  5. $250 domains? on Top-Level Domain .App Is Now Open For General Registration (googleblog.com) · · Score: 1

    Glad they're keeping the riff-raff out.

  6. Re:3% velocity on Building a Full-Auto Gauss Gun · · Score: 1

    The article mentions an actual speed of 40m/s, which converts to 144km/h or around 90 MPH. Still not setting any records, but the video does indicate these things can do some damage.

  7. Re:Judgement day is coming! on Apple-Liquidmetal Joint Patent Could Enable Futuristic-Looking Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    Glass is a solid at ambient temperatures, and does not flow at all below its melting temperature of 500-600 degrees Celsius. The idea that window panes flow downwards over centuries is a myth which has been disproved. Blown glass window panes were thicker on one edge, and were typically installed with the thick side down for stability. There were cases of panes being installed with the thick side up or sideways, thought to be through negligence.

    http://dwb.unl.edu/Teacher/NSF/C01/C01Links/www.ualberta.ca/~bderksen/windowpane.html

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass#Behavior_of_antique_glass

  8. Good News! on Do Recreational Drugs Help Programmers? · · Score: 1

    You'll be happy to know the cannacode.com domain is available, should someone wanna make that happen.

  9. Microsoft is doing it for us on John Carmack: Kudos To Valve, But Linux Is Still Not a Viable Gaming Market · · Score: 2

    Thankfully, Microsoft is making Linux a viable gaming platform by so utterly screwing up the Windows gaming platform with Windows 8. Valve is just covering its bases.

  10. Re:Do you ever wonder... on BigDog Robot Gets Much Bigger · · Score: 1

    Versus how many gallons of gas to run this thing for a day? How many days' worth of fuel can this thing haul? My guess is a pack mule has it beat.

  11. Re:Do you ever wonder... on BigDog Robot Gets Much Bigger · · Score: 1

    Not only cheaper and easier, but much more practical as well. They don't give away you position from a mile away (unless startled/attacked), and they refuel with grass and water, which are much easier to come by on a mission than gasoline. This looks like just about the biggest waste of money I've ever seen.

  12. Re:non-interventionist != anti-war on How the GOP (and the Tea Party) Helped Kill SOPA · · Score: 1

    You mean FDR had the audacity to sanction and cut diplomatic ties with nations both actively engaged in the savage oppression of two entire continents full of people? Have you read anything about the genocide the Germans were busy carrying out in Europe at the time? And the savage conduct of the Japanese in China, Korea and around the Pacific islands? These weren't issues that were suddenly going to be resolved around the negotiating table. The US joining the war was not an option at the time; it was a necessity.

    Strangely, you then go on to argue that FDR didn't go far enough, that he should have gotten us into a war with Russia over control of Eastern Europe. Your post just makes me thankful that he was in charge at the time, rather than you.

  13. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? on Translator Puts Us Closer To Dolphin Communication · · Score: 1

    With any luck, the dolphin words we'll "make up" will already have the meaning of "your mother is a goat", and they will simply be offended.

  14. Re:Requires TPM on White House To Drop Details of Cyber ID On Tax Day · · Score: 1

    Voting from your iPhone?

  15. Re:The iPad is the new IE6 on Apple Handcuffs Web Apps On iPhone Home Screen · · Score: 1

    Unlike IE6, the iPad auto-updates.

  16. Re:WebM has critical mass on Ars Thinks Google Takes a Step Backwards For Openness · · Score: 1

    Except that Firefox, Chrome and Opera all ship with Flash, which does support h.264 playback, and so a single h.264-encoded file can be served to everyone; natively in the tag for browsers that support it, and handled by Flash by those that can't. No one is going to re-encode all their content to WebM if they can avoid it.

  17. Re:Licensing fees on Ars Thinks Google Takes a Step Backwards For Openness · · Score: 1

    It's an invalid point in any case, as Google is already likely to have reached their maximum licensing cost cap with the MPEG 4 license, from their Youtube and Android divisions. I doubt this move will affect their licensing costs in any way.

  18. Re:Smart meters are not the solution anyway on California County Bans SmartMeter Installations · · Score: 1

    The point is so they can automate bringing power stations online/offline based on real-time usage data, ultimately increasing power generation efficiency and reducing electricity costs.

  19. Re:1415 bugs fixed... on Firefox 4 Beta 8 Up · · Score: 1

    Same here. I'm getting unusably bad text rendering with FF4 b7 in Vista, and am disappointed to see it's not fixed in b8. I'm still sticking with 3.6.x for now, but this had better be fixed by the time FF4 gets released.

  20. Re:the usual stalking horse on The French Government Can Now Censor the Internet · · Score: 1

    OK, well, that distinction wasn't made.

  21. Re:the usual stalking horse on The French Government Can Now Censor the Internet · · Score: 1

    I would never condone censorship or be a proponent of political intervention in Internet infrastructure, but I do object to labeling pedophiles as "peaceful", as someone who engages in such behavior is obviously anything but.

  22. Re:the usual stalking horse on The French Government Can Now Censor the Internet · · Score: 1

    By networking, I mean to establish contact with each other, potentially leading to sharing their victims with each-other. There have been several high-profile busts of child porn rings involving just such occurrences.
    Here's one in the news today:
    http://www.examiner.com/sex-trafficking-in-national/fbi-busts-international-child-pornography-ring-with-roots-child-sex-tourism

  23. Re:the usual stalking horse on The French Government Can Now Censor the Internet · · Score: 1

    Unless it's used by these people to network with each other to facilitate the abuse of children.

  24. Re:the usual stalking horse on The French Government Can Now Censor the Internet · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Umm, peaceful except for that whole assaulting and raping defenseless children part...

  25. Re:Doomed on Michael Moore Posts Julian Assange's Bail · · Score: 1

    I have no more examples, as they've all fleeted from memory. I'm simply giving my impressions of him based on the last few movies I've seen. I remember thinking that at the time, but no longer what made me feel that way, and I don't care enough about the subject to revisit it.