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  1. Re:Impossible on Google Foresees Ads On Your Refrigerator, Thermostat, and Glasses · · Score: 1

    DD-WRT allows you to re-route known ad servers to 127.0.0.1

  2. Re:Breaking news on Zuckerberg's $100 Million Education Gift Solved Little · · Score: 1

    We went to the moon with taxpayer-funded money.

  3. Re:$100K is not "living the life" on Tech People Making $100k a Year On the Rise, Again · · Score: 2

    you still have to budget if you expect to keep growing that money for retirement.

    This never stopped being true. It's true at $20k a year and true at $1M a year.

  4. Re:WTF is Google Now? on Google Now Arrives In Chrome For Windows and Mac · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's a location-driven, search-driven, email-driven user interface that reads your, well 1) searches, 2) emails/contacts/birthdays/meetings, and 3) location and delivers you what it thinks will be the most relevant information to you. Have an Amazon package? It will read your email from Amazon, parse the tracking info, and display the tracking info for you. Read a blog recently? It will display the latest blog post as soon as it's updated. Searched for "March Madness"? It'll display scores, game broadcast times, ticket prices, etc. Searched for "Frozen showtimes"? It'll display showtimes at the nearest theaters. I'm not saying it isn't creepy. But the service is pretty neat...

  5. Re:Infrared Blind on Your Car Will Soon Sense If You're Tired Or Not Paying Attention · · Score: 2

    According to the Indian journal of ophthalmology: IR radiation can lead to cataracts... "The protein of eye lens is very sensitive to IR radiation which is hazardous and may lead to cataract." Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pm...

  6. Re:Privacy nutjobs take note on Facebook's Face Identification Project Is Accurate 97.25% of the Time · · Score: 1

    Even if it's disabled, your "friends" can still type in your name. It might not appear on your feed or Photos... But they already learned your face.

  7. Where was the money sent? on SpyEye Botnet Nets Fraudster $3.2M In Six Months · · Score: 1

    If his profits reside in a single account (or many accounts?) all his... Couldn't this be used to potentially track him?

  8. Re:And this is a surprise? on Win 7's Malware Infection Rate Climbs, XP's Falls · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What would one expect as usage of XP decreases and Win7 increases?

    The changing usage rate between the two OS's is controlled for. FTFA: It's infection rate per 1000 machines.

  9. So you named a few isolated incidents on Do Geeks Make Better Adults? · · Score: 1

    But what percentage of geeks and those who got picked on *actually* turned out successful? My guess? Not very high.

  10. Re:How long till on Voyager Set To Enter Interstellar Space · · Score: 1

    If by "dead" you mean out of juice, then yes. If you think it'd become spacecraft spaghetti then no. The odds of it bumping into another celestial is slim to nil. Space is VAST!

  11. Re:Pot calling kettle on Why Science Is a Lousy Career Choice · · Score: 1

    Law is another lousy choice (non-top 15) right now. But that's a whole 'nother can of worms....

  12. Re:guilty eh? on Bizarre Porn Raid Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Risks · · Score: 1

    ... Or you can lock it with WPA1/2 and avoid the issue altogether. Good luck breaking my WPA2 encryption password "aljfdlkj1!!!ijkcijdifjlekjaifekic83784kjdu82lj8d".

  13. But when does it start paying off? on Solar Panels Increase Home Value · · Score: 1

    Spend 30k now only to have to wait ten years to break even? By then, you'll probably be in another house, in another city. But, I do agree. Solar power should have been installed since day one. Next generations of city planners and engineers will have to (when the oil wells run dry) go "F, maybe this was a good idea after all."

  14. Hello, Americans on Salt Lake City To Launch Mobile Payment System · · Score: 2

    Japan's been doing this for quite some time now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FeliCa

  15. Trade-offs on Google Mobile-Payment Patent Raises Privacy Flags · · Score: 1

    Want greatest privacy? Use cash. Want to give up privacy for the convenience? Use mobile payment. And, if we know Google well enough, they'll most likely let you track your spendings in neat little infographics. Obviously if you don't want your wife to know you bought a Fleshlight then don't use a credit card. But for mundane payments like a burger at McD, why the he'll not?

  16. US users can already text for free via data on Facebook May Bust Up the SMS Profit Cartel · · Score: 1

    Google Voice plus a few other services already offer this (sms only, no mms) via an app download. Only thing is that you'd have to tell your friends about your new number.

  17. Not saying anything new on Hard Disk Sector Consolidates Amid Uncertain Future · · Score: 1

    >>SSDs are going to fail just like hard drives will

    Like saying old stuff fail and get replaced. You can't, as hard disk producer, market products with high or infinite durability and be profitable. You want your shit to fail (within reason) so that people will spend more money on your products. We can very produce a lightbulb that never dies but we're not going to.

  18. Obligatory bash.org on Can For-Profit Tech Colleges Be Trusted? · · Score: 1

    A: "My son got into DeVry." B: "What did he do? Open the door?"

  19. The "problem" won't go away on Music Execs Stressed Over Free Streaming · · Score: 1

    Evolve or die. Invest more in services like Pandora and GrooveShark. A few lawsuits here and there will not get you to your former glory.

  20. So be smart about it. on Study Calls Craigslist 'a Cesspool of Crime' · · Score: 1

    If you're going to meet someone for a deal, agree to meet at a public place with lots of people like a Starbucks or something.

  21. Control groups and larger sample size? on AT&T Sued For Systematic iPhone Overbilling · · Score: 1

    Very bad experimental methodology. The guy needs to set up a control (phone off) as well as using more phones to try toget a better feel of what's causing the 3mb traffic.

  22. Cool "we-can-do-this, so-we-did-it" thing... on Smart Wallets React To Spending By Shrinking · · Score: 1

    ... but. How about just connect your bank accounts to your smart phones and use the phones as currency? We'd need short-range data transmission technology (with adequate encryptions and securities). That way, we can see our balance live and put up safety measures that prevents spending. The technology is already there.

  23. It's not like they'll stop the recent leaks on Interpol Issues Wanted Notice For Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    They will possibly delay and/or undermine future leaks.

  24. Re:At least two? on Will Mars be a One-way Trip? · · Score: 1

    genetic drift No. We don't need to worry about the fact that there's no breathable atmosphere. Nope. Not at all.

  25. Re:Third hotkey down on the right... on Optimus Keyboard Starts Shipping · · Score: 1

    That's probably t.A.T.u. The author used it to map it to his music player?