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  1. Re:How about scheduled delete? on Gmail Turns 15, Gets Smart Compose Improvements and Email Scheduling (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    just create a filter that send them to the bin. messages in the bin that are older than 30 days are automatically deleted

    I still want them to show in my Inbox because I still need to see that jobs ran successfully. Rummaging through the trash is more inconvenient that clicking Delete.

  2. How about scheduled delete? on Gmail Turns 15, Gets Smart Compose Improvements and Email Scheduling (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I would love to have a filter to delete my email after X days. I get lots of mail generated from daily and weekly jobs. I don't need to keep for more than a week or two and it would be nice if they could delete themselves.

    Why is there no simple way to automate this?

  3. Particles from bottle manufacturing? on Microplastics Found In 93 Percent of Bottled Water Tested In Global Study (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps these particles are the result of the bottle manufacturing and are already inside the empty bottle before the water is added? Certainly they're not manufactured in a cleanroom so there must be some amount of plastic dust in the air that will find its way inside bottles.

  4. More troubling: Wholesalers looking the other way on Drug Firms Shipped 20.8 Million Pain Pills To West Virginia Town of 2,900 (foxnews.com) · · Score: 1

    It was two drug wholesalers that knowingly shipped all those pills and looked the other way. There is no way they would not have seen this as suspicious, but why question a huge revenue stream?

    Ohio-based Miami-Luken drug wholesaler reportedly sold 6.4 million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills to Tug Valley Pharmacy between 2008 and 2015, the company told the panel, according to the outlet. In 2008, the company’s shipments to the town tripled compared to the previous year.

    Some executive(s) needs to go to prison and become a warning to other wholesalers.

  5. Laziness: the first great virtue of a programmer on Being Lazy Is a Sign of High Intelligence, Study Suggests (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Laziness: The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy expenditure. It makes you write labor-saving programs that other people will find useful, and document what you wrote so you don't have to answer so many questions about it. Hence, the first great virtue of a programmer. Also hence, this book. See also impatience and hubris.

    --Larry Wall, Programming Perl (2nd edition) p.609

  6. Re:The thought police are coming...if we let them! on This October Was the Hottest Ever Measured (scienceblogs.com) · · Score: 1

    Penalties for racketeering are up to $25,000 in fines and 20 years in prison so imprisonment is implied.

    Science has always progressed through rigorous debate of differing theories. However, these debates should be done in the labs -- not in courtrooms with the intent to destroy any opposition.

  7. The thought police are coming...if we let them! on This October Was the Hottest Ever Measured (scienceblogs.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A recent Rasmussen poll states:

    But 68% of Likely U.S. Voters oppose the government investigating and prosecuting scientists and others including major corporations who question global warming.

    Seriously? 32% of Americans are not opposed to imprisoning scientists having theories that differ from the political establishment?!

    Ridiculous you say? It's already happening with a number of climate scientists calling on Obama to bring racketeering charges on skeptics:

    The science on global warming is settled, so settled that 20 climate scientists are asking President Barack Obama to prosecute people who disagree with them on the science behind man-made global warming.

    Scientists from several universities and research centers even asked Obama to use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to prosecute groups that “have knowingly deceived the American people about the risks of climate change, as a means to forestall America’s response to climate change.”

    Have we really not progressed from the inquisition of Galileo? Time to wake up, America!

  8. Hard to take the "facts" seriously on We Stopped At Two Nuclear Bombs; We Can Stop At Two Degrees. · · Score: 1, Informative

    It's hard to take the "facts" seriously when there appears to be obvious fraud involved. Climategate continues as temperature data seem to be systematically falsified:
    https://notalotofpeopleknowtha... (Yes, it's a wordpress site, but data is from nasa.)

    How can you take scientists seriously when being "right" becomes the agenda instead of pursuit of the truth? Critiques should be embraced to ensure we didn't miss something instead of being quickly dismissed as ignorant "deniers". Present ALL the facts transparently and truthfully - including funding - and let the scientific community draw the conclusions. Chips and heads fall where they may.

    Fear of losing credibility, reputation, and funding is corrupting scientists and ruining science.

  9. Bingo! on U.S. Students/Grads Carrying Over $1 Trillion In Debt · · Score: 1

    This is precisely the issue! Universities are no different than any other market; it's ruled by supply and demand. When the government provides an nearly endless supply of money, is there any surprise that rates hikes will follow? They charge more and more because they can.

  10. We'll destroy your data for you... on Google Avoids Fine Over Street View WiFi Snooping, Ordered To Delete Data · · Score: 1

    Eric,

    Just send us your hard drives, we'll gladly save you the trouble of thoroughly deleting your data at no charge!

    Regards,

    Keith B. Alexander
    National Security Agency Director

  11. How about smtp.nsa.gov? on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Email Encryption Gateway For a Small Business? · · Score: 1

    I hear they have excellent decypt...I mean encryption. I'm sure they'd be delighted to handle all your sensitive information for you! Also saves them the trouble and bandwidth of having to rerouting your email to them.

  12. TSA is not ALLOWED to exercise common sense on TSA's mm-Wave Body Scanner Breaks Diabetic Teen's $10K Insulin Pump · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It's not that they don't have common sense (I'm not saying they do), but they're not ALLOWED to exercise common sense. There is so much hubbub about patdowns of 90 year old grandmothers and 3 year old toddlers, but they're instructed to treat everyone equally. Otherwise, it would be profiling.

    We need to learn from the Israelis that have the best security, but they do lots of common sense profiling.

  13. Re:PEBKAC on Mac Malware Evolves - No Install Password Required · · Score: 1

    On windows, don't the trojan makers try to install without you noticing. I find it really amazing that many people would get infected by this application.

    No. By definition, a trojan is something other than what it claims to be and works be tricking the user to install something good that they want and instead delivering something evil.

    Social engineering is only getting better and better. As long as the OS allows the execution of unsigned code obtained from any source, the user will be the weakest link. As much as I hate the idea of a closed app-store, Apple might be on to something here which may become the way of the future - i.e. the OS only allowing execution of software from a known trusted source. Malware writers are becoming so good, you can no longer trust the user to be wise. These decisions need to be moved back into the OS via signed code and certs.

  14. But now how do I read iPad for Dummies? on Negroponte On OLPC's New Path, Plans For XO 3 · · Score: 1

    But now how do I read my iPad for Dummies when I don't know how to turn this thing on?

  15. Where are the binaries with OpenSSL??? on Serious Apache Exploit Discovered · · Score: 1

    Looks like none of the download mirrors nor the Apache's backup contain the MSI installer that includes OpenSSL. Where is it? Only the non-ssl version is available.

    The only exception appears to be the filehat mirror. There is no pgp signature on apache's main server to verify its integrity either.

    Was it pulled? Anyone know why it's unavailable?

  16. Why is mod_isapi enabled by default? on Serious Apache Exploit Discovered · · Score: 1

    Good point! I had just assumed it was required to run php/mysql, but seems that it is only needed if you're going to run ISAPI extensions intended for IIS. I just disabled it on my WAMP servers with no side effects.

    There seems to be very little need for this extension - it should be disabled by default.

  17. Not an option till after their AT&T contract i on Should Apple Open Source the iPhone? · · Score: 1

    I'd be willing to bet that AT&T is forbidding Apple from opening up their development because the last thing want is for Skype to be ported to the iPhone which might cut into their profits.

    Hopefully after their exclusive contract with AT&T is up, Apple will offer the iPhone without a service contract so users can pick their own carrier, which would also lift the restrictions that AT&T has likely imposed.

  18. Re:Why... on D-Link DIR-655 Firmware 1.21 Hijacks Your Internet Connection · · Score: 1

    Sure. It was supposed to be added to the firmware, but disabled by default. Riiight...

    And in the docs it was supposed to say "If you want to enable this cool feature that will randomly intercept your web traffic and send you to an ad promoting even more of our cool stuff, then check this box here!" Yeah, I'm sure that is how it was SUPPOSED to happen.

    Or maybe they intended it to be implemented with a configurable url for April Fool pranksters....

  19. Re:Apple on Ask Jeremy White and Alexandre Julliard About the Future of WINE · · Score: 1

    This build is up to date with the latest WINE sources and the first OS X port I've ever had any luck with. I'm amazed at how many Windows apps I can run now on 10.5.3 on my Intel MacBook Pro!

    While I would love to see Apple support WINE, I doubt we'll ever see them provide financial or development support for it since that would be a direct attack at Microsoft and they don't want further alienation from them. MS Office is very important for Apple.

  20. Perhaps more like... on DOJ To Oversee Windows 7 Development · · Score: 1

    Ensure cooperation between a OS powerhouse (Microsoft) and a music/movies powerhouse (RIAA/MPAA)

  21. How much are these same vendors MAKING from OS? on Free Open Source Software Is Costing Vendors $60 Billion? · · Score: 1

    If a vendor wants to complain about how much open source is hurting its business, then first stop USING any open source software, libraries, or open standards. Let's see how well you do without the internet or even email.

    Sure sounds like biting the hand that feeds you....

  22. With "human bots", it's a losing battle! on Windows Live Hotmail CAPTCHA Cracked, Exploited · · Score: 1

    Spammers are already using cheap labor to have "human bots" figure out captchas for them. So the battle to try to figure out the difference between a computer and a human is already a lost cause. I've heard that spammers are offering free pr0n to those willing to complete a captcha.

    We instead need invest efforts in different approaches, such as quickly identifying mass account creations or quickly shutting down the ones that send out spam.

    Captchas will continue to be useful for small sites, but not the major ones.

  23. Irony? on Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion For Yahoo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Today, the market is increasingly dominated by one player, who is consolidating its dominance through acquisition," Microsoft said. "Together, Microsoft and Yahoo can offer a credible alternative."

    Am I the only one who sees the ironic humor of this statement?

  24. Re:Yes, but... on Can Blockbuster be Sued Over Facebook/Beacon? · · Score: 1

    Wait a minute.... If this is indeed true, how is this technically possible? How can one domain even detect the presence of a cookie for a different domain (besides exploiting a cross-site scripting bug)?

  25. Is demand for ethanol really the cause? on Ethanol Demand Is Boosting Food Prices Worldwide · · Score: 1

    The article states:
    Rising oil prices >> rising ethanol demands >> rising food prices

    What about:
    Rising oil prices >> rising transportation costs >> rising food prices

    Naw, that answer would be too simple....