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  1. New Encryption-ware on Running "rm -rf /" Is Now Bricking Linux Systems (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Next up, instead of encrypting your files, they'll just demand a bitcoin or permanently ruin your hardware...

  2. Re:Newegg is the abuser? on Newegg Sues Patent Troll After Troll Dropped Its Own Lawsuit (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Rosewill was poor when it first came out. It has improved quite a bit for a cheap storebrand.

  3. Re:And stupidly enforced mandatory extension signi on Firefox 44 Arrives With Push Notifications (mozilla.org) · · Score: 1

    And now, if we want to do something revolutionary with an Extension that they haven't foreseen, well, too bad. You need their permission which some negative nancy will refuse to grant because "powerful".

  4. Re:It was just a test... on Discrepancy Detected In GPS Time · · Score: 1

    This happens occasionally already. We throw that kind of data away, because it's clearly not valid for some to travel a mile in a millisecond.

  5. Re:Faulty sat? No problem... on Discrepancy Detected In GPS Time · · Score: 4, Informative

    As someone who works in GPS software, you see these kinds of off-by-miles readings from time to time. If it was one time and not constant, we already have software in place to ignore the anomalous reading.

  6. Re:An Oscar in the works? on Filmmaker Forces Censors To Watch 10-Hour Movie of Paint Drying (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    You mean rainbow paint?

  7. Re: Pounds or dollars on Filmmaker Forces Censors To Watch 10-Hour Movie of Paint Drying (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Exactly. You have to make sure you catch them cheating when they agree to your G rating.

  8. Re:Freedom of the Press? on Online Ad Czar Berates Adblockers As Freedom-Hating 'Mafia' (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    There's so much wrong with Randall's "rich and self-righteous" comment that I don't even know where to start.

    People always accuse others of their greatest sin. It's a guilt thing.

  9. Re:Ok, but... on Hollywood Turning Against Digital Effects (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    That's true. I've seen some AMAZING homemade effects that look better than many live-action movies.

    My daughters LOVE watching Zack King on Vine and Instagram and he's putting out better digital effects than many studios these days, with almost zero budget.

  10. Re:As long as... on Hollywood Turning Against Digital Effects (newyorker.com) · · Score: 2

    That was bad. But the summary is correct. The Hobbit river barrel scene is the worst CGI scene ever.

  11. Re:No, it's just a marketing ploy... on Hollywood Turning Against Digital Effects (newyorker.com) · · Score: 2

    I don't care that Star Wars doesn't feel real. I'd be more impressed if JJ Abrams made a Star Wars that feels like Star Wars and not some shallow copy.

  12. Re:CGI jumped the shark a long time ago on Hollywood Turning Against Digital Effects (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Captain America?

  13. Re:when will astronomy follow? on Hollywood Turning Against Digital Effects (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, then, you are going to be REALLY disappointed by origins science, then.

  14. Re:Trend? on Hollywood Turning Against Digital Effects (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    I assume you're not talking about Netflix Daredevil, as that was VERY realistic. Ben Affleck just makes everything look fake.

  15. Re:When I said I was a fan of transparency on Edward Snowden Is Tired of Being Bombarded By Suitors (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    It will be interesting to see. People predicted EXACTLY what would happen to Julian Assange before it actually happened.

  16. Re:Hardcore Mormons wont like it. on Utah Bill Would Require IT Workers To Report Child Porn (ksl.com) · · Score: 1

    "My bigotry" - There, I quoted it for you.

  17. Re:Where is deniability? on Utah Bill Would Require IT Workers To Report Child Porn (ksl.com) · · Score: 1

    Or drawings, apparently.

    Look, nobody (except some seriously sick perverts) wants kids to be raped. But the problem is that there are way too many things that don't involve rape or even any harm to a child which have ruined people's lives.

  18. Re:Where is deniability? on Utah Bill Would Require IT Workers To Report Child Porn (ksl.com) · · Score: 1

    Also:

    Kids in a bath? Child porn?

    Family vacation at nudist colony?

    An underage girl sent a topless picture to her boyfriend on her phone.

    If you are testing your judgement skills, 1 and 2 are legal and 3 is illegal in most jurisdictions (but it varies widely), because 3 is intended to arouse. But 2 and 3 are VERY difficult to tell apart.

  19. Re:Where is deniability? on Utah Bill Would Require IT Workers To Report Child Porn (ksl.com) · · Score: 2

    Remember, potential jurors: no mens rea (guilty mind) no conviction, no matter what the law says. Just vote Not Guilty.

  20. Re:no it isn't on Netflix's Doomed Battle Against VPNs Begins (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    Not really the end. Do you hate the military? Because their credit cards are usually in the US but they are overseas.

  21. Re:Larry Ellison on Google Paid $1 Billion To Keep Search On iPhone (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    You can't steal open source software. That's why it is open source.

  22. Re:Capitalism on Google Paid $1 Billion To Keep Search On iPhone (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep. Apple design sued Samsung for design patent infringement for $1 billion. Samsung turned around and charged them $1 billion more dollars in parts (allowed by the contract) claiming "unforeseen litigation".

    Samsung is the only one that makes a lot of these chips. Apple has to keep paying them no matter what. Apple won a VERY Pyrrhic victory.

  23. Re:Of course its gonna get checked on 10-Year-Old Muslim Boy Probed For 'Terrorist House' Spelling Error (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    How so?

    What we fail to understand today is that in the Old Testament, God has different rules for different societies. Societies that had degenerated into little more than roving bands of serial murderers were wiped out. Societies that were kind to others and lived harmoniously they were told to spare. This is no different than the Allies going to war against Germany and Japan in WWII.

    At no point does God tell Christians to kill their enemies. We are to love our enemies and treat them kindly in hopes that they will see a better way.

  24. Re:This is stupid on Apple, Samsung, and Sony Face Child Labor Claims (amnestyusa.org) · · Score: 1

    Thank you for voting with your money. If everyone was responsible enough to do this, the world would be a much better place.

  25. Re:Maybe it shouldn't have a computer on Before I Can Fix This Tractor, We Have To Fix Copyright Law (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    It's so funny that everyone on Slashdot will argue that "Global Warming/Climate Change is 100% real and caused by your SUV, soccer mom!"

    But then when someone wants to reasonably control air quality so that we can all breathe, the same people are saying, "Tear out the computer and bypass it and burn as much dirty diesel as you want to!"