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  1. So much winning here.

  2. So they have included "free ad-supported shows" for $5/month? Hmmmm.....

  3. Not the right strategy on Cable Lobby Seeks Better Reputation By Dropping 'Cable' From Its Name (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't drop "cable" from your name, drop the shit from your game.

  4. Re:Why would they? on How Badly Are We Being Ripped Off On Eyewear? Former Industry Execs Tell All (latimes.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've been buying from Zenni for about 5 years. Many pairs of glasses. Some of them are sort of cheap and others were really nice. But at those prices, who cares? I buy multiple pairs just to have variety and some fashion and I still save hundreds of dollars. And I've never had an optical formula problem with any of them, around 20 pairs.

  5. It's funny, but... on Windows Defender Becomes First Antivirus To Run Inside a Sandbox (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I always thought that a multi-user, multi-tasking operating system by definition, was expected to isolate users and tasks in a way that they could not interfere with each other. That's what an OS does - provide isolation, virtualization, and security between processes so that the OS is stable, and any one badly behaved task can't interfere with either other tasks or the OS itself (subject to certain permissions).

    While I applaud Microsoft's announcement, it seems to me that the need to do this shows a fundamental weakness in the their OS in the first place. It shouldn't be needed.

  6. Re:I trust US Mobile Carriers as far as I can spit on US Carriers Introduce Project Verify To Replace Individual App Passwords (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, especially Verizon is about the worst possible company you would ever want to trust on this.

  7. Frontier has it all wrong on Net Neutrality Gives 'Free' Internet To Netflix and Google, ISP Claims (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Perhaps they should consider raising their rates if they think things are free. That is what the fees are for. I've not heard of them, but what unlucky slobs get Frontier in their geographic area?

  8. A rocket that looks like a phallus sustained 10Gs in a short "spurt" of time.

  9. I believe that the pre-Microsoft Skype was encrypted peer-to-peer. WIth the Microsoft takeover and subsequent mess-ups, they have made it client-server (hence MS servers) and they can intercept all calls, including for the government. Isn't Big Brother a wonderful thing?

  10. Re:Cook yaps out of both sides... on Tim Cook Says Ads That Follow You Online Are 'Creepy' (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The tyranny of the default. He's definitely marketing. Apple's hands are far from clean, his company has horrible environmental practices in spite of their "green" marketing.

  11. I suspect Intel went to the i3/5/7 numbering because they could not continue to raise clock speeds. The new numbering obfuscates performance. For example, I'm running an i3 desktop that while 2 core, each core is faster than many i5 single cores. That means I get great performance out of a single thread at a much lower price. It's just not as good at handling numerous simultaneous processes.

  12. No problem, and thanks on Slashdot Outage Update · · Score: 2

    I've been coming here for over 12 years. Always interesting, always insightful. We appreciate you. It's a rough world out there, sorry about the DDOS.

  13. I have 8.1.0 on my Pixel on Android Can Now Tell You How Fast Wi-Fi Networks Are Before You Join Them (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    ...and as of right now I don't see any evidence of that capability. Perhaps in a further point release?

  14. Well you know these things happen in THREES.

  15. SQRL is a possibility on The Case Against Biometric IDs (nakedcapitalism.com) · · Score: 1

    If Steve Gibson ever gets the coding completed (the spec is already public I believe) this could be a potentially good solution, not perfect but much better than SSNs.

  16. Re:Hope the scapegoat got paid off too! on Former Equifax CEO Blames Breach On One Individual Who Failed To Deploy Patch (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Not when your entire business is IT.

  17. Somebody in Management decided to hire a totally incompetent and unqualified CSO. Nice omission there Mr. BS CEO.

  18. It's always this way on Intel's Upcoming Coffee Lake CPUs Won't Work With Today's Motherboards (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I keep my systems at least 3 years. Although the theory is that you can swap to a better CPU I've only done this one time. Most of the time Intel deliberately continues evolving the sockets, not for any real technical reason AFAIKT, but to keep you buying those motherboards. This is one of the reasons that I don't upgrade processors very often (I skip a few generations) as the gains are small enough that it's just not worth it for the cost and hassle.

  19. FDA Stability Requirements on The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates (propublica.org) · · Score: 2

    Typically the expiration date is set at the time period when the potency reaches 90% of labled. But it takes years to do the studies. Once long enough has shown reasonable stability, the manufacturer says "OK, 3 (or watever) years is good enough". And they never study the long term stability. Most drugs are very stable. That's why I never hesitate to take expired meds (aspirin, Tylenol, etc.). I'd worry if it were super critical medications, lifesaving, etc.

  20. Re:Sounds like we're back to the 90s on Google May Face Another Record EU Fine, This Time Over Android (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    The difference is that Microsoft *charged* for their OS. AOSP is free. Google is staying in business by monetizing Android with a deal: "you install our apps on your phone and we will give you Google search and access to the App store". All of which cost Google money. So they need to recoup their investment somehow. Apple does it by charging high prices. Google does it by giving it away but requiring a bundle to use any of their own software components.

  21. But "Touchwiz isn't so bad..." on Samsung Left Millions Vulnerable To Hackers Because It Forgot To Renew a Domain (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Plus all of those Samsung crap apps.

    That's why I use stock Android on my Nexus, and my next phone will be a Pixel. It's a shame because the Samsung hardware is really nice (except the Galaxy S7 of course).

  22. A Missing Detail on Microsoft Finally Reveals What Data Windows 10 Really Collects (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They are transparent about the Creator's Update. But they have reduced the telemetry by about half, saying that they realized they didn't find all telemetry useful. So you don't really know what they *have been* collecting prior to the Creator's Update. For all we know they've removed a bunch of more onerous details that could have *upset* us.

  23. Re:Because most people already assume the worst on The Most Striking Thing About the WikiLeaks CIA Data Dump Is How Little Most People Cared (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I think at this point we know we are bent over and being reamed by the three letter agencies, not to mention the ISPs.

  24. Re:If only they'd do this in USA on Samsung Chief Lee Arrested In Corruption Investigation (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    What a great post, I was about to post something similar. While I was generally a fan of Obama, this is one area where his administration fell down. And the big banks should have been broken up.

  25. Re:Oh...Microsoft... on Microsoft Delays February Patch Tuesday Indefinitely (sans.edu) · · Score: 1

    Yes but it kind of sucked as it looked like "little Windows". The iPhone was a revolutionary new paradigm.