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  1. Re:How Can The USMS Sell These? on Winners of First Seized Silk Road Bitcoin Auction Remain Anonymous · · Score: 1

    These were the "Silk Road" bitcoins, not Dread Pirate Roberts' (Ross Ulbricht's) bitcoins. He said, "they aren't mine". The government gave time for anyone to claim them. Nobody did.

  2. Re:Unbelievable on Winners of First Seized Silk Road Bitcoin Auction Remain Anonymous · · Score: 1

    You are overlooking many things, but they aren't that obvious to newcomers.

  3. Re:begging the question... on Ninety-Nine Percent of the Ocean's Plastic Is Missing · · Score: 0

    The same science that only accepts "old" ice instead of any ice in global warming calculations. Then, they can make graphs "clearly showing" that all the ice is gone when in fact there is more ice in the arctic circle than in 2 decades.

  4. Re:One switch to rule them all? on Windows 9 To Win Over Windows 7 Users, Disables Start Screen For Desktop · · Score: 1

    The ribbon allows you to set multiple items at once. This was never possible pre-ribbon. I love saving all those dialog boxes to get a nice look. So, yeah, there's a learning curve, but at least it's for a good reason.

  5. Re:US car companies are NOT finance companies on Google, Detroit Split On Autonomous Cars · · Score: 1

    And a couple years ago, I read that the only profitable division of GM was GMAC and the only profitable division of GMAC was Ditech.com. So not because of cars at all.

  6. Re:detroit vs SV? on Google, Detroit Split On Autonomous Cars · · Score: 1

    My 10-year-old Acura touchscreen was 10 times easier to use than my new Mercedes click-wheel. Also, most features now take multiple clicks where they were 1-2 clicks on the Acura So they are getting much worse.

  7. Re:Best line ever... on Intuit Beats SSL Patent Troll That Defeated Newegg · · Score: 1

    They both agreed as to WHICH claim was in question but they disagreed as to its meaning.

  8. Re:Oh Joy! on Making an Autonomous Car On a Budget · · Score: 1

    I drive a partially automated system in my Mercedes and it's way safer than not having anything. My car literally won't hit another car in front of me unless they cut me off badly or screech to a very sudden stop. It's very relaxing when you're in stop and go traffic.

  9. Re:Why do people believe that? on Venture-Backed Bitcoin Miner Startup Can't Deliver On Time, Gets Sued · · Score: 1

    They DO use it themselves. That's why they are constantly shipping them late.

  10. Re:The elephants are stomping on us again on WikiLeaks Publishes Secret International Trade Agreement · · Score: 1

    Christians believe that God destroys societies that accept homosexuality. That's why they believe it's their business.

  11. Re:Administrators on Teaching College Is No Longer a Middle Class Job · · Score: 2

    Stanford has all their classes online, as do many universities. You can LEARN all you want. You can get a top-notch education for free. But people need the PAPER that gets them by the HR tollbridge.

  12. Re:This affects our entire industry on Will 7nm and 5nm CPU Process Tech Really Happen? · · Score: 1

    There are always new things to do and never enough people to do them. I for one will be surprised if developers have a culling in the next 20 years. There are too many other jobs to eliminate first.

  13. Re:How will Congress monitor this? on US House of Representatives Votes To Cut Funding To NSA · · Score: 2

    And LIE to Congress?!? They would NEVER do that...

  14. Re:Did anyone care anymore? on After 47 Years, Computerworld Ceases Print Publication · · Score: 1

    The web only started in 1994, so it's not that surprising that people didn't use it before that.

  15. Re:If you get the NSL, can you consult your attorn on TrueCrypt Author Claims That Forking Is Impossible · · Score: 2

    Yeah, sounds fun. Why don't you try it and let us know how it goes?...

  16. Re:Designed and tested by? on Chinese-Built Cars Are Coming To the US Next Year · · Score: 1

    Passing initial tests is easy. But just like American cars, what happens in 3 years?

  17. Re:It's about Design Specs, I Would Think on Chinese-Built Cars Are Coming To the US Next Year · · Score: 1

    We have a limited run of manufacturing where I work. Recently we had to make several software changes because they silently swapped out components (which is against the contract).

  18. Re:The difference is obvious on Chinese-Built Cars Are Coming To the US Next Year · · Score: 1

    It improves the Mexican economy?

  19. Re:Early days of KIA repeated on Chinese-Built Cars Are Coming To the US Next Year · · Score: 1

    The 5-year car may only last 3 years, though, where the 50-year car may only last 30. Big difference when you want a car for 5 years.

  20. Re:Chinese Quality? on Chinese-Built Cars Are Coming To the US Next Year · · Score: 2

    Ask Mercedes how this worked out when they bought Chrysler...

  21. Re:Many, many companies do this ... on Kingston and PNY Caught Bait-and-Switching Cheaper Components After Good Reviews · · Score: 1

    I've never thought of this but I'll be doing this from now on. Thanks.

  22. Re:Nice, but money is the root problem here on FWD.us: GOP Voters To Be Targeted By Data Scientists · · Score: 2

    The solution is to vote out your incumbent. Period. It's the only way to get Congress to listen to us.

  23. Re:Why not just an outlet? on Starbuck's Wireless Charging Stations Won't Work With Most Devices · · Score: 2

    What about a MicroUSB cable? That would have supported 99% of stuff.

  24. Re:No, we don't on Google Engineer: We Need More Web Programming Languages · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yep, and even if you use the correct tool for the job people rewrite it anyway. I used XSLT to turn XML into a different XML. It was 20 lines and worked great. I came back later and somebody had replaced it with 2500 lines of C#.

  25. Re:not just obsessive collectors on Physical Media: Down, But Maybe Not Out · · Score: 1

    Not true. ALL my CDs and DVDs still work, including almost all the ones I burned. Over the weekend I found a burned disc from 20 years ago that was pretty severely discolored, but I tried it and it read just fine.