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  1. The pacemaker is part of him as much as my finger is part of me. Pacemaker logs are like a fingerprint, they both record an event that came from a person.

  2. Re:How far? on First Human-Pig 'Chimera' Created in Milestone Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Having an organ grow in a pig can result in many environmental differences in how the organ turns out. E.g. a pig is smaller and may not "exercise" the heart enough to make it useable in humans. There is also the issue of removing all the pig from the organ for a clean transplant.

  3. Microsoft has a backup plan on Court Denies US Government Appeal in Microsoft's Overseas Email Case (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    If worse comes to worse, Microsoft will give its foreign branches enough independence (enough to make it a separate company) to deny any request it wants from the US branch.

  4. Re:Microsoft is positioned for success with c# on Is Microsoft 'Reaping the Rewards' From Open-Sourcing Its .NET Core? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Native binaries will only be faster if you have an optimization guru, otherwise garbage collection will win over more traditional memory management solutions.

  5. Re:Update available! on Windows 10 Update Broke DHCP, Knocked Users Off the Internet (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I think uninstalling is faster than a rollback though. If you're using Windows, go to the "View Installed updates", right click on the one you don't want and select uninstall.

  6. Re:Update available! on Windows 10 Update Broke DHCP, Knocked Users Off the Internet (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    3rd party drivers break all the time. This is the standard solution (minus the update part).This gets attention as Microsoft is held to a higher standard than OEMs, and device manufactures.

  7. Re:Update available! on Windows 10 Update Broke DHCP, Knocked Users Off the Internet (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Uninstall patch, then update?

  8. Re: Alterterior Motives... on Feds Unveil Rule Requiring Cars To 'Talk' To Each Other (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    No, the op mentioned transmitter not recievers. That is a different issue.

  9. Re:Alterterior Motives... on Feds Unveil Rule Requiring Cars To 'Talk' To Each Other (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    It uses short range radio. You could gain the same information as a camera reading license plate numbers.

  10. Re:This makes sense on Microsoft Joins the Linux Foundation (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Kind of. They just don't think it will remain profitable in the long term. And they really don't want to end up like oracle, which just sits on its IP and racks in as much profit it can.

  11. Does EA sell this currency themselves? If so, then some people would buy cheaper illegal coins, rather than ones from official sources. If not, then anyone who legally sells them is losing money.

  12. Re:Microsoft: You can have any color car... on Microsoft Stops Selling Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 To Computer Makers (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    I wouldn't be surprised if we get Windows "obsidian" some time in the future. It's not "black" right?

  13. Re:The first step.... on Satya Nadella: 'We Clearly Missed the Mobile Phone' (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    People need to stop thinking of Microsoft as one entity. It is a diverse company where each division is fairly independent. Yes, Microsoft makes mistakes, it is part of "no risk, no reward"

    (Insert Windows Phone vs Amazon Phone discussion here)

  14. And if they instead lowered the price, would you say "Microsoft is trying to push people to use their services by discounting them and latter increasing them, when everyone is too far invested?"

  15. Maybe those that use macs are mostly graphic artists or whatnot. And maybe they run into fewer issues than your standard software engineer.

  16. This follows Amazon's business model on Amazon's Kindle Unlimited Is a Victim of Its Success in Japan (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Amazon banks on most people not maximizing their use of a service. E.g. there is so much in Prime right now that it is pretty to have Amazon lose money on an individual. Twitch just offered "Twitch Prime", part of Amazon Prime, which includes 1 free subscription per month. That 1 free subscription translates to $2 to $3 a month to the streamer per subscription.

  17. Re:The last mover disadavantage on Microsoft Expands Azure Data Centers To France, Launches Trust Offensive vs AWS, Google (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Last time I checked the price difference between Linux and Windows is about the same for AWS vs Azure. Microsoft doesn't discount Windows on Azure, it would open up a lot of antitrust lawsuits if it did.

  18. Re:don't get your hope up on No Man's Sky Under Investigation For False Advertising (polygon.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Maybe if I bitch and moan about something I really don't care about, I can get free money" - A lot of people

    I think getting $1/hr of entertainment is a good deal for anyone wanting to get the latest game hot off the presses. Better $/hr than a movie is.

  19. Re:don't get your hope up on No Man's Sky Under Investigation For False Advertising (polygon.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Anyone? Even people who put 100+ hours into the game? It shouldn't take that long to determine that the game doesn't live up to expectations.

  20. Yes, but I'd rather die later than sooner. And I'm willing to be that people at the end of their life won't be fit enough to go.

  21. Re:Ah the 90s. on Kindergarteners Today Get Little Time To Play, and It's Stunting Their Development (qz.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I didn't get glasses until I was 30. I was told that I should have had them as a child, but I didn't know any better. Sure you turned out fine, but what if things were different? Could you have been better, more creative if you had more time to play? Or maybe the schooling you did have made you more focused? We will never know.

  22. Re:Also kicks out scores from third party purchase on Valve Finally Takes On Steam User Review Score Manipulation (eurogamer.net) · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't help much. There are companies that sell positive reviews, and probably have a tool to fool the system into thinking the game they are playing is active (or just ask the developer to add a startup configuration app for the game). They will have active accounts (although you could flag them as having a large steam library of product-key activated games).

  23. Re:Laws should be changed... on Ubuntu Torrent Removed From Google Due To DMCA Complaint (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    No one would want to be leader of a country then. Every decision that is made can cost lives, whether it be sending troops into battle or allocating funds to one place or another.

    If we worry about not hurting everyone with every action we take, we would get nothing done, which would end up hurting everyone in the long run.

  24. Re:Laws should be changed... on Ubuntu Torrent Removed From Google Due To DMCA Complaint (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I'm not disagreeing with you that the penalty should be higher. Rather, I am simply stating that it doesn't make sense to scale cost on the fully company resources.

    I do however disagree with the resources thing. Adding a torrent is far easier than finding it, properly verifying it infringes, and sending a takedown notice. If a company has a legit takedown notice for 10,000 items, 5 of which are wrong, it is really fair to fine them $750,000 despite having an accuracy rate of 99.95%? If it were 90% (which it probably is) then it is a problem.

  25. Re:Laws should be changed... on Ubuntu Torrent Removed From Google Due To DMCA Complaint (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The problem with this is twofold:

    1. It wouldn't work. Companies would just create shell companies that don't make any money, which are responsible for the take-down notice.

    2. It unfairly punishes big companies which are involved in a lot of things, and as a result, make a lot of mistakes.