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  1. Re: Invading privacy? on Malls In California Are Sending License Plate Information To ICE (theweek.com) · · Score: 1

    The first time it's a misdemeanor, the second time it's a felony.

  2. There is a December 2004 born Sri Lankan girl called Tsunami.

    if there's only one, she won't be affected.

  3. Re: Free TV? Who knew? on Millennials Unearth an Amazing Hack to Get Free TV: the Antenna (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you still need a license to watch ITV, or other independent broadcast channels that DO have commercials?

  4. Re: Doesn't belong here on Seeking YouTube Fame, A Teenager Kills Her Boyfriend (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It's also completely different if you shoot a book lying on the ground, vs one held up in front of a soft target.

  5. Re:HILLARY SHOULD OF WON on Congressman Steve Scalise Among 5 Shot at Baseball Field (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    After Reagan lost what, exactly?

  6. How do you connect to the "cloud" without a network? Wi-fi is LAN, or are you assuming LAN is only ethernet?

    i subscribe to optimum as my cable provider. Their optimum wifi hotspots extend into my home, and i suppose if i wanted to, i could forgo a lan, and use their infrastructure instead. I can't forsee myself doing that, but i wouldn't put it past someone who's less technically inclined.

    ...Nobody out there is going to give you a free cellular data plan...

    7 years ago, i bought a kindle with a free cellular data plan. Amazon is still paying the freight on books that I purchase from them over that device.

  7. Re:Popcorn's ready... on FBI Finds 14,900 More Documents From Hillary Clinton's Email Server (go.com) · · Score: 1

    The difference between the two is, Trump's tax returns reflect the taxes of a private citizen. (Which he was before he started running for office) Hillary's work related emails do not belong to her, they belong to the United States of America. Trump should show his tax returns, but if he does or doesn't has no legal bearing. Hillary's emails were subpoenaed. I have no problem with people being democrats, but if you support this woman, your willful blindness is dangerous.

  8. Re: In other news on Clinton Regrets, But Defends, Use of Family Email Server · · Score: 1

    There are exactly three possible paths a gov't employee can take if they decide to ever send a personal email while holding office: 1) All email, personal and official, sent on government account - no outside account. 2) all email, personal and official, sent on a private, non-government account - no government account. 3) All personal email sent on personal account, all official email sent on official account. Hillary could have gone with option 1, but I suspect she was afraid of filling up government email archives with her personal yoga workout routines. Condi Rice went this route. She could have gone with option 3, but as was witnessed when the Bush White House was found having email servers paid for by the GOP and used by GOP officials to conduct GOP business, the public had a hard time making sense of what they tried to do, and focused on the occasional misstep. No, Hillary went with option 2, and opened herself up to many, many problems. Answer this question - how do Chuck Schummer, Harry arris, and Nancy Pelosi conduct DEMOCRAT PARTY BUSINESS, on private email servers or on government servers? They, being law-abiding legislators I'm certain comply with the Hatch rule and conduct no party business in their offices or on official email accounts. Just like the Republicans did under Busg.

    I'm pretty sure she didn't give a rats ass about her yoga routines clogging govt. archives. Hillary is not an idiot, she knew that by hosting her own server, she had control over what was released back to the state department, or anywhere for that matter. If you think she didn't think of this, you are way too trusting, and probably get ripped off a lot. The fact that she did this, shows she values transparency just as much as the Obama administration, and, she's not deserving of office. Hopefully better candidates will be available come 2016....

  9. Your time might be cheap. Mine is not. I'll gladly pay a specialist to deal with it for me, while I do my own specialization.

    I hope you don't think that the local lube shop is staffed by specialists. I spent my high school years working in gas stations, and I can tell you that they're like hot dog factories. you really don't want to know what goes on there.

  10. Re:gullwing doors on Tesla Makes Improvements To Model S · · Score: 1

    My $8,000 Yamaha FZ-09 does 0-60 in 2.7 seconds...

  11. Re:So when will the taxi drivers start protesting? on Google Unveils Self-Driving Car With No Steering Wheel · · Score: 1

    . ...When you violate those laws you become even more of a risk (in the vast majority of cases)....

    vast majority? the vast majority of road users around here break one or more laws every time they get in a car, and a very small percentage of them are having accidents on a regular basis. so, even if they are becoming even more of a risk, it's at best a slightly incremental one.

  12. Re:Next target, please on Driverless Cars Could Cripple Law Enforcement Budgets · · Score: 1

    But this wouldn't make you pay more in taxes IF the police force was sized accordingly. If there are fewer laws to enforce, then there should be fewer law enforcement officers, and thus, smaller law enforcement budgets. I suppose the RIF'd police officers could claim harm...

  13. Re:Um, why? on New Ford Mustang May Have Electronic "Burnout" Button · · Score: 1

    Ever hear of bracket racing?

  14. Re: 1940s technology, here today! on New Ford Mustang May Have Electronic "Burnout" Button · · Score: 1

    I think it was a 351 Cleveland.

  15. Re: 1940s technology, here today! on New Ford Mustang May Have Electronic "Burnout" Button · · Score: 1

    Why would younger people put a V8 in a car that was already available with a V8? The mustang could be purchased with a 260 from the get go. (later to be upgraded to a 289, then 302. etc. etc.) the birth of the "Muscle car" is generally attributed to John DeLorean, and his 1964 Pontiac GTO. The mustang was the first "Pony Car" to be followed by Chevrolet's Camaro.

  16. Re:lock front brakes + accelerate on New Ford Mustang May Have Electronic "Burnout" Button · · Score: 1

    Watch the guys that are making big HP, and they burnout all the way across the start line. Then, back up and stage. The idea being this would leave a strip of sticky rubber on the ground for them to launch off of.

  17. Re:Burnouts are illegal. on New Ford Mustang May Have Electronic "Burnout" Button · · Score: 1

    So, do a burnout on the lawn.

  18. Re:why replace once you have the screwdriver? on iFixit Giving Away 1,776 "iPhone Liberation Kits" · · Score: 1

    I haven't had an issue with Torx cam-out. my Husqvarna is held together mostly with torx fasteners, and I find that if the right size is used, it's not an issue. i find that cam-out is only really useful tightening, it's undesirable when loosening.

  19. Re:why replace once you have the screwdriver? on iFixit Giving Away 1,776 "iPhone Liberation Kits" · · Score: 1

    Triple square gives more torque than torx. nothing wrong with it.

    Pro tip for all the people here that seem to be unable to not strip socket cap screws - make sure the head is clean so you can fully seat the tool.

    And use the right size tool.

  20. Re:I have a better idea... on Richard Stallman's Solution To 'Too Big To Fail' · · Score: 1

    ... I guarantee you that those people running FAILED banks will never work again(except at McDonalds)....

    They will get snapped up in a heartbeat. Failing is still experience. now they have a better idea of what NOT to do. Besides, the Banking/Wall St industry is so incestuous, everyone knows everyone, and their buddies over at one of the other big firms will get them a job.

  21. Re:Almost no one is killed by "assault weapons" on 3D Printable Ammo Clip Skirts New Proposed Gun Laws · · Score: 1

    Given enough time to muster a response, the cops do show up in overwhelming numbers and either kill the shooter or cause them to kill themselves This means that the main question is how efficient they can be during the time that they have.

    So all we need to do is make guns so hard to load, that the cops have time to arrive. so, outlaw breech loading weapons, allow only muzzle-loaders? still they take a minute or so to load. that'll slow down the mass murderers right? /sarcasm. Seriously, limiting magazine capacity will do next to nothing to slow down a determined shooter. Better that he has multiple armed opponents, preferably unknown to him. Imagine how much harder a time the columbine shooters would have had if they'd had to evade more than 1 armed opponent. shooting fish in a barrel might not be so attractive if the fish were able to shoot back. I don't currently own a gun, but i would feel much safer if criminals had to live with the uncertainty that their intended victims might be armed.

  22. Re:Clip on 3D Printable Ammo Clip Skirts New Proposed Gun Laws · · Score: 1

    If you take for instance, a small block chevy, the camshaft is driven via a chain that connects to the crankshaft. the "sprockets" that are on the ends of these shafts are known as timing gears - i've never heard them called timing sprockets. misnomer?

  23. Re:Occam wanna sell you a razor on Ask Slashdot: Should Employers Ban Smartphones? · · Score: 1

    Pictures are not the only threat that this policy would seek to avoid. Would you allow people to bring a laptop into your datacenter? probably not.

  24. Re:Buy crap tools! on Ask Slashdot: Server Room Toolbox? · · Score: 1

    +1 real tools are the way to go. as for flashlights, get an LED headlamp. keeps your hands free and doesn't fall into the raised floor as easily. If you must get a hand held flashlight, try to get one that's square, so it doesn't roll off the shelf as easily.

  25. Re:also tools on Ask Slashdot: Server Room Toolbox? · · Score: 1

    I would imagine magnetic labels would be a pain. ordinary labels peel off just fine if you want to change things around. magnetic ones fall off more easily especially when you don't want them to.