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  1. Re:Common sense? In MY judiciary? on Judge Says You Can Warn Others About Speed Traps · · Score: 2

    Traffic tickets need to cite what law was broken. Officers can't write tickets for random activities and then let a judge decide later.

    In this case it was "[a] state law that prohibits motorists from flashing after-market emergency lights, even though it's not clear that the lights Kintner used were after-market" which is clearly bullshit. It does not align with what the person did at all. I am impressed that the officer knew local code well enough to cite that specifically on the ticket.

  2. Re:Classic Slashdot on Why the Latest FISA Release By Google Et Al. Means Squat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I do not understand what they're attempting to fix and how they think this new version resolves those issues.

  3. Dreaming of code? on The Moderately Enthusiastic Programmer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't get this psudo-nerd bragging right. I've worked jobs I hated and had dreams about them, too.

  4. Re:GPE on South Korean Court Rules That Phone Bloatware Must Be Deletable · · Score: 1

    On my Google Play Nexus 4 I can either update Google Wallet, which wants new permissions, or I can sit there with the update notice forever, but I can't uninstall it.

    Google Currents, Google+, Google Wallet, Google Drive, Google Hangouts, Keep, Movie Studio, News & Weather, Photos, Gallery, Play Movies & TV, Play Music, Play Newsstand, Play Store, Quickoffice, Voice Search, Calendar, Clock, Downloads

    Really, it's just Google branded bloatware. Using a custom shell I hid ~75% of the applications inside the launcher because I can't uninstall them, and I don't use them, ever.

  5. Re:This sort of software ought to be abolished on Sites Blocked By Smartfilter, Censored in Saudi Arabia · · Score: 0

    1 person to categorize each domain's content? The parent post was indicating the ludicracy of exactly this.

  6. Re:So they bugged my sister's phone? on NSA Collects 200 Million Text Messages Per Day · · Score: 4, Funny

    lol kk

  7. Re:Target needs to be sued on Target Admits Data Breach May Have Up To 110 Million Victims · · Score: 1

    Have the police at the station asking to see the name on the credit card people are swiping?

    I'm not sure we allow that, for good reason.

  8. Re:ZOMG! Thank You! on 4 Tips For Your New Laptop · · Score: 1

    Trolling is when they're not trying to be obvious... or I'm getting trolled right now... DAMN IT!

  9. Re:Advancing in what direction? on A Flood of Fawning Reviews For Apple's Latest · · Score: 1

    I believe this is now the only Apple product to not solder RAM directly to the board.

  10. Re:It also beefs up security. on Google Makes It Harder For Marketers To Collect User Data · · Score: 1

    Sorry, my point was obscured because it ate my html. I was saying you could send a link like img src="http://10.10.10.10/things/delete?id=9" and that being in an email, gets sent with your auth cookies to the server and issues the delete without you realizing it.

    In that sense it's a big plus for security, but also hurts your privacy like you're saying.

  11. It also beefs up security. on Google Makes It Harder For Marketers To Collect User Data · · Score: 1

    If I could likely deduce that inside our local software you owned an item with the id 9, I could email you:

    Because the request goes out with your authorization cookie it'll executes successfully.

    This is why you should only accept post requests for actions that change data and use xsrf tokens (that aren't stored in cookies, local storage, etc).

  12. Re:Worse are sites with password constraints on Leaked Passwords On Display At a German Museum · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've worked with designers that though more rules = more secure, which is the opposite of true. More rules = less key space.

  13. Re:And, Folks, stay tuned.. on Tesla Model S Battery Drain Issue Fixed · · Score: 1

    40watts is how much power the charger is using, not how much the car really needs to idle.

    You're taking a hit in the AC->DC conversion, you're also taking a crap shoot at what the batteries need for amperage/voltage. A float charge, for 12volt batteries, is 13 to 13.8 volts at whatever for amperage. ~2amps hitting the batteries sounds reasonable to me.

    It's not different than having a battery charger on your start battery plugged in.

    I lived off grid for a year on a battery based system. You get OCD about it.

  14. Re:Importance on Anonymous Member Sentenced For Joining DDoS Attack For One Minute · · Score: 2

    My morality stops me from doing what's wrong. Fear of punishment is what stops me from breaking the law.

    Laws are very [citation needed] in origin, they're not all based on morality or facts.

  15. Re:People really need to get a life on Property Managers Use DNA To Sniff Out Dog Poop Offenders · · Score: 2

    It's a small scale example of tragedy of the commons, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

  16. Re:Porn browsing? on NSA Planned To Discredit Radicals Based On Web-Browsing Habits · · Score: 2

    Much of your list is valid only because prostitution is illegal.

  17. Re:Spoof the line as disconnected.. on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop a Debt Collection Scam From Targeting You? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Pardon, you actually want the intercept, not no circuit, tone :)

  18. Re:Spoof the line as disconnected.. on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop a Debt Collection Scam From Targeting You? · · Score: 2

    It's sometimes called "the triple tone."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_information_tones

    There's live samples that can be played there. IVR systems automatically detect the no circuit tones and removes or deprioritizes a number.

    Playing the wikipedia sample by holding the phone to the PC speaker should be enough, I recon.

  19. Re:How to revert the uppercase menus on Microsoft Adds Node.js Support To Visual Studio · · Score: 1

    That's like taking a harrier jet to your mailbox and complaining the engines take forever to warm up.

    If you want to peek the contents of a text file, open it in a text editor. It'll be a while when using xcode^H^H^H^Heclipse^H^H^H^H^H^Hvisual studio.

    Also, SSD.

  20. Re:The score so far on Warner Bros. Admits To Issuing Bogus Takedowns · · Score: 1

    I just googled it, as requested, and the second entry was "No, The RIAA Is Not Asking For $72 Trillion From Limewire (Bad Reporters, Bad)"

  21. Re:Irrelevant on 1.2% of Apps On Google Play Are Repackaged To Deliver Ads, Collect Info · · Score: 2

    Complete control over a platform isn't justified by non-techies not knowing any better.

    Apple owes everything to that not being a pre-existing model to computers.

  22. Re:Where are they listed? on Stolen Adobe Passwords Were Encrypted, Not Hashed · · Score: 4, Insightful
  23. Encrypting passwords is "outdated?" on Stolen Adobe Passwords Were Encrypted, Not Hashed · · Score: 1

    I don't think that was ever considered an acceptable practice...

  24. Re:S&H is taxable in NJ on Amazon Botches Sales Tax, Overcharges NJ · · Score: 1

    I assume it's to stop the 0.99cents buy price + $9.99 s/h scheme of tax avoidance.

  25. Re:One button to the main screen! Is that changed? on Ars Technica Reviews iOS 7 · · Score: 1

    I'm sure everyone has dozens of applications on Windows and Linux where unless you right click, you won't realize there's a lot more depth to what can be done.

    Ya, right mouse button is too obvious for Apple.

    [In xcode] When the find/replace bar appears at the top of the editor, holding down the option key on the keyboard causes "Replace in Selection" to appear in lieu of "Replace All."

    That's from stackoverflow.