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  1. What is the VPN's response to MPAA takedown? on How Can You Decide Which VPN To Trust? (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    IMO the only useful metric is how the VPN provider responds to a request from MPAA about a clien't's torrent activity.

    My use case doesn't consider Chinese govt' monitoring important. I would be curious to hear why non-Chinese slashdot readers would consider this a threat.

    IMO the major threat is MPAA.

  2. Don't forget the Tempe Police Department immediately placed all blame on the pedestrian.

  3. Alex Jones: canary in coal mine on Facebook Removes Hundreds of Accounts Spamming Political Info (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Caitlin Johnstone documents this was a coordinated attempt by Facebook and Twitter to remove content offensive to the corporate masters.

    Alex Jones was the canary in the coalmine, now they will continue ensuring Sanders (and other upstarts) never gets a second chance.

    She writes:

    Regardless of where you’re at on the political spectrum, if you oppose the status quo then opposing internet censorship of any political speech is now a matter of simple self defense. If this wasn’t obvious to you when they shut down Alex Jones, it should damn well be obvious to you now. If you want to change the existing system in any way which takes power away from those currently in power, your voice is next on the chopping block. They’re locking all the doors down as fast as they can to keep us trapped in this Orwellian oligarchy until they get us all killed by war or ecocide. If they shut down the public’s ability to share dissident information, they’ll have locked the final door. Don’t let them.

  4. AGPL v3 -- iTextSharp -- license interpretation on How Can We Fix The Broken Economics of Open Source? (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    OK, I'm asking in good faith... Is the AGPL v3 license in accordance with what the owner of iTextSharp says? There appears to be a huge disconnect in the licensing terms for AGPL v3 vs. what iTextSharp says.

    The ambiguity is apparently so sharp that Google forbids usage of any open source software using AGPL:

    WARNING: Code licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) MAY NOT be used at Google.

    The license places restrictions on software used over a network which are extremely difficult for Google to comply with. Using AGPL software requires that anything it links to must also be licensed under the AGPL. Even if you think you aren’t linking to anything important, it still presents a huge risk to Google because of how integrated much of our code is. The risks heavily outweigh the benefits.

    Do not attempt to check AGPL-licensed code into google3 or use it in a Google product in any way.
    Do not install AGPL-licensed programs on your workstation, Google-issued laptop, or Google-issued phone without explicit authorization from the Open Source Programs Office.


    Given this confusion, does anyone wishing to speak about the economics of open source want to actually talk about the legal amgiguities of open source licensing?

  5. California poverty rate on Silicon Valley Has Been Treating Workers 'Miserably' Since the 1970s, Economic Historian Says (recode.net) · · Score: 3, Informative

    "This week, State Assembly Republican Leader Chad Mayes called poverty California’s No. 1 priority during a forum of legislative leaders in Sacramento. Mayes, who represents parts of San Bernardino and Riverside counties, claimed the state’s poverty rate is higher than any state in the nation when considering factors such as cost-of-living."

    We decided to fact-check whether the report Mayes cited really shows that California has the highest poverty rate in the nation.

  6. Tempe Police are corrupt on Uber Self-Driving Cars Back On Public Roads, But In Manual Mode (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Please don't forget that the Tempe Police Dept. immediately placed all blame on the pedestrian. We now know that the Uber car know of the obstruction and had enough braking time to have reduced it to a non-fatal accident.

    Please remember the faked darkened videos, when the street was well lit.

    I have no idea what is happening in this accident in Tempe... Any locals have a clue?

  7. The reporting for the stock market is just as bad. You can have movements of 50% within a day, but if the final number evens out, it is reported as a "modest" change, with just 10 points change in the Dow, etc., when in reality there were major changes. Day traders could make a ton of money while the average Joe thought nothing was going on.

    NPR's "Market Place" is a fantastic example of the corrupt (it is so bad I don't think it is merely incomptence) reporting. IMO the "incomptentence" is deliberate, and a feature.

    PS -- wow, it has been such a long time since I commented, I forgot how abysmal Slashdot's editing system is...

  8. SSRI is fraud on Major New Study Confirms Antidepressants Really Do Work (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Wiki says:
    Several studies have associated paroxetine with suicidal thinking and behavior in children and adolescents.[10]

    and

    GlaxoSmithKline has paid substantial fines, paid settlements in class-action lawsuits, and become the subject of several highly critical books about its marketing of paroxetine, in particular the off-label marketing of paroxetine for children, the suppression of negative research results relating to its use in children, and allegations that it failed to warn consumers of substantial withdrawal effects associated with use of the drug.

    The smoking gun :
    Published in July 2001 in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), which listed Keller and 21 other researchers as co-authors, study 329 became controversial when it was discovered that the article had been ghostwritten by a PR firm hired by SmithKline Beecham; had made inappropriate claims about the drug's efficacy; and had downplayed safety concerns.

    Yet the United States continues to hand out SSRIs like candy to children. Many school shooters were taking SSRIs, yet the topic is censored in mainstream media.

  9. Convservatives must support USPS on Trump Wants Postal Service To Charge 'Much More' For Amazon Shipments (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    This is easy! Conservatives (aka Repubs) have to support the USPS, because that old white man Ben Franklin created the USPS!

    Come on Republicans, are you really going to argue against Ben Franklin???

  10. Re:Why keep calling it fake news? on The Fake News Machine: Inside a Town Gearing Up for 2020 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Ron Paul received this sort of treatment when he ran for president (as R) in 2012. His censorship from the press prepared me for Sanders' run in 2016. The tricks were the same...

    Paul had second place in the Iowa primaries, but his name was never mentioned by the mainstream media. They seamlessly transitioned from first to third place without blinking an eye. An uninformed primary voter would not have heard of Ron Paul. If I recall correctly, he was unable to purchase ads in key markets.

    Fast forward to 2016, and magically we're concerned about the popular vote numbers while never mentioning super delegates. Google and Facebook now get to "filter" so the hapless voter is protected from thoughtcrime.

  11. 1, Microsoft has always had a disclosure that their OS is not suitable for life-critical applications

    2. NSA has a dual mission -- the second (neglected) mission is to ensure the security of domestic computer networks

  12. Not far enough on Mozilla's Proposed Conclusion: Game Over For WoSign and Startcom? (google.com) · · Score: 1

    Take a look at Mozilla's trusted CAs. It is a joke. They need to be harsher. First abuse cut them off. It also needs to be easier for users to remove trusted CA's from Firefox.

    Read the account of how WoSign handed out the key to githib.

  13. Editors: Please stop posting stupid topics on Which Programming Language Is Most Popular - The Final Answer? (zdnet.com) · · Score: 0

    Yes, these idiotic posts get lots of responses... But do you really want to be the next Gawker?

    For any young programmers out there, forget these stupid polls. Instead, take a look at job postings on craigslist, indeed, etc. to see what your local market demands. This post, for instance, excludes c# which is a very marketable language. Ditto w/ SQL.

  14. OpenBSD to the rescue!!! on Someone Is Learning How To Take Down the Internet, Warns Bruce Schneier (schneier.com) · · Score: 1

    You seem to be advocating the user is responsible for their actions, a la the car model.

    Oddly, you seem to an OS recommendation. Surely you recommend OpenBSD, correct?

    You also realize anti-virus software is garbage, right?

  15. Manna - this was done years ago (fiction) on When Your Boss Is An Algorithm (ft.com) · · Score: 2

    As geeks, you should aready know this story.

  16. Sarbanes-Oxley evidently does not apply to banks on Wells Fargo Fires 5,300 Employees For Creating Millions of Phony Accounts (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) was supposed to mandate C-level knowledge and responsibility for all actions. Yet here we are with no SOX charges.

    WF's C-levels were either aware of the activity or ignorant. If ignorant then this is a SOX violation.

    As a bonus, this is Elizabeth Warren's province, and she is exposed for the toothless sellout she really is.

    FYI, a much better article on the subject.

  17. Re:Could you gush a little more? on Slashdot Asks: What Are Your Favorite Java 8 Features? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    The incredible -- or just-precious -- part of it is that InfoWorld believes there is enough of any critical mass of programmers or software industry decision-makers who still frequent Slashdot to make this a worthwhile media buy for them.

    Well, I'm both a programmer and a decision maker, and I really wonder about the motivation of someone who would pick Java for a new project. Oracle is beyond toxic.

    I'm a certified Java Programmer (1.4) and really don't advertise it any more. Oracle's Java is dead to me.

  18. Re:For those that didn't read TFA, esp in regards on Princeton Researchers Announce Open Source 25-Core Processor (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    For those wondering why the distrust, here is a good article describing why the US govt is not to be trusted.

  19. SF has covered the suicide aspect in the excellent but tragically little-known Mockingbird written by Walter Tevis, who also wrote _The Man Who Fell To Earth_ and _The Color Of Money_.

  20. Suicide is a good point. SF has addressed this in the excellent but tragically little-known Mockingbird written by the author of _The Man Who Fell to Earth_ and _The Hustler_.

    PS - Why can't I use html underlining???

  21. The Future of FireFox is Pale Moon on The Future of Firefox is Chrome (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I haven't seen anyone pitch Pale Moon so far, so here goes. I've been using it since it first came out and have no complaints. It is what Firefox used to be.

  22. This idiotic story has been done already on Raspberry Pi 3 Is a Nice Upgrade, But Alternatives Exist With Faster Performance (phoronix.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This story is at least two years old -- everyone knows that the reason to go with the Pi is the community support, not the benchmarks.

  23. President is in charge of Dept of Justice on Anonymous Hacks Donald Trump's Voicemail and Leaks the Messages (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Under the Consitution, the Congressional branch is the most powerful, and can certainly stall either a Sanders or Trump.

    However, the President controls the Dept of Justice, so can bring significant charges against the banking and medical industries. Imagine an SEC that actually does it's job. Ditto w/ the Dept of Treasury. A President should be able to cause significant disruption for the Federal Reserve.

    Were either Sanders or Trump to win, to me the greatest threats are assassination and removal from office by the Senate. Impeachment by the House is almost a given.

  24. Re:Can a Hillary supporter step up and explain? on Perfect Coin-Toss Record Broke 6 Clinton-Sanders Deadlocks In Iowa (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Sorry for the Fox link, but here is an example of email that cannot be justified. People will die as a result of this.

    "At least one of the emails on Hillary Clinton's private server contained extremely sensitive information identified by an intelligence agency as "HCS-O," which is the code used for reporting on human intelligence sources in ongoing operations, according to two sources not authorized to speak on the record."

  25. Re:Can a Hillary supporter step up and explain? on Perfect Coin-Toss Record Broke 6 Clinton-Sanders Deadlocks In Iowa (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 2

    You say " the information in those emails was not classified at the time it was sent, then there has been no real wrongdoing here".

    Demonstrably false. If the person had reason to believe the material should be classified then they are obliged to treat it as classified.

    Given that we know some e-mails were SCI-level intelligence, there is reasonable suspicion she should have believed it should be treated as classified.

    If you disagree, is she really competent to be reading classified material in the first place?