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  1. Re:Always wondered... on VPN Provider's No-Logging Claims Tested In FBI Case (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    There's been more than one occasion where I've heard of video evidence of somebody buying a pre-paid phone at the register.

    In some places, you can buy a burner phone at a liquor store counter along with a pack of philly blunts (or Skoal) and a five-hour energy drink.

    There are Mobil stations that sell burner phones for cash in Chicago.

  2. Re:In B4 the union blaming on Hertz Had Sheriffs On Hand the Day It Cut IT (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    the managers conspiring are not going to jail, so why would unions make any difference?

    When unions were ubiquitous, there was no place for companies like Hertz to hide. If the electricians struck a company in Chicago, the teamsters would strike them in Pennsylvania. And so on.

    Globalization and the concerted union-busting efforts have left American workers to dangle.

  3. Re:In B4 the union blaming on Hertz Had Sheriffs On Hand the Day It Cut IT (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Even California is right to work

    No it isn't.

    and majority of all states.

    Only as of a couple of weeks ago, when West Virginia because the 26th right-to-work state. So it's pretty evenly divided.

  4. In B4 the union blaming on Hertz Had Sheriffs On Hand the Day It Cut IT (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Just so you all know, Oklahoma is a "right to work" state, having implemented such laws in 2001 via a constitutional amendment.

    And, it's fucking Oklahoma you know? I'm surprised that there are actually any people still living there. The fact that Hertz would have their headquarters in Oklahoma is proof that they don't care about their employees.

  5. Re:A Settlement Needs Your Help on Qubes OS 3.1 Has Been Released · · Score: 1

    Yes, you probably could run Fallout 4 on Qubes IF you installed an additional graphics card on the system and assigned its PCI device to the VM were you installed the game. Qubes cannot yet virtualize 3d GPU access, so VMs either have to go through the shared virtual 2d mode or have a whole (additional) graphics card assigned to them via the IOMMU.

    This is why I love Slashdot. Ask a stupid question and get a thoughtful, serious answer that might actually be useful.

    Thanks, Burz. You're OK.

  6. A Settlement Needs Your Help on Qubes OS 3.1 Has Been Released · · Score: -1

    So, can I run Fallout 4 on this bad boy or what? Or is it just for journalists, privacy activists, criminals, and members of ISIS?

  7. Re:Hawking is no brain surgeon on Stephen Hawking and 150 Royal Society Scientists: Brexit Disaster For UK (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Not against the wall, in the wall.

    The beautiful, classy wall will be multi-use.

  8. Final Solution on 'Serious Sam 1' Engine Released As Open Source · · Score: 1

    Maybe someone can open source the code for Arkham Knight so modders can finally make it work.

  9. Re:80 freaking grand? on FDA Approves Indego Exoskeleton For Clinical And Personal Use (vanderbilt.edu) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It better not be my tax or insurance dollars that pay for these damn things.

    It costs 80 grand for a week of certain cancer medicines. Take it easy, bucko. You haven't made enough money to pay taxes since you got your associate's degree in Computer Technology.

  10. Black boxes on Obama: Government Can't Let Smartphones Be 'Black Boxes' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why's it always gotta be about race with this guy?

  11. Re:The horse is way out of the barn on DARPA Wants Ideas On Weaponizing Off-the-Shelf Tech (ieee.org) · · Score: 2

    There's a guy who has successfully flown a model plane across the Atlantic twice.

    He's not kidding. Maynard Hill actually did that. I'm glad I looked it up because I had no idea.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com...

  12. Re:Hawking is no brain surgeon on Stephen Hawking and 150 Royal Society Scientists: Brexit Disaster For UK (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Trump is rich because his parents were rich real estate developers, he studied real estate, was given a job at his father's real estate company, and was helped, by his parents, with his first real estate project. He went on to have a mediocre business career.

    OK, buddy, you just made the list. When Trump becomes President, you'll be the first one up against the wall.

  13. Re:Hawking is no brain surgeon on Stephen Hawking and 150 Royal Society Scientists: Brexit Disaster For UK (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    If Trump is so smart, why ain't he a world-renown physicist?

    Physics is for losers. And anyway, if Trump was a physicist, he'd be the classiest physicist.

  14. Hawking is no brain surgeon on Stephen Hawking and 150 Royal Society Scientists: Brexit Disaster For UK (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    Don't ask a scientist about politics. You will usually be disappointed. Anyway, if Stephen Hawking's so smart, why ain't he rich? Trump 2016.

  15. The only thing I would add is that if all Mr Nicholl wanted to do was silence the cellphones, he could've left the jammer in the bag.

    Yeah, that's it. It really sounds like he got busted for being a dick.

  16. Chicagoan here - technically no booze allowed on the Chicago Transportation Authority (CTA)

    Have you ever taken the Red Line to a Cubs game?

  17. Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer. CONFIRMED.

  18. Re:Apple does in 2 cores what Samsung needs 4 for on Galaxy S7 vs iPhone 6S: Samsung Has the Upper-Hand, For Now (hothardware.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The average person shouldn't be buying an Android device without getting some guarantee that it will run all future versions of Android, otherwise you're just throwing away money.

    Has there ever been an Apple device that comes with a guarantee that it will run all future versions of iOS?

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sci...

  19. Re:Something something omelettes eggs on In Brazil, Police Overstep Court Order To Sieze Former President's Email · · Score: 1

    I have respect for someone who knows his Clint Eastwood movies.

  20. Re:Something something omelettes eggs on In Brazil, Police Overstep Court Order To Sieze Former President's Email · · Score: 1

    All nine people wounded during a dramatic confrontation between police and a gunman outside the Empire State Building were struck by bullets fired by the two officers, police said Saturday, citing ballistics evidence.

    I'll bet both of those cops had seen Dirty Harry.

  21. Re:Something something omelettes eggs on In Brazil, Police Overstep Court Order To Sieze Former President's Email · · Score: 1

    You do realize its a movie, right?

    Well, of course. I even said as much ("But then, we're discussing a fictional character.")

  22. Re:Something something omelettes eggs on In Brazil, Police Overstep Court Order To Sieze Former President's Email · · Score: 1

    Dirty Harry stretched what was permissible for a police detective to do under the law but he would have never murdered bystanders to get at one punk.

    Well, yes and no. There are scenes in Dirty Harry and Magnum Force where Harry shoots into a crowd of people "to get at one punk". It almost makes the scenes somewhat humorous. Of course, as long as he has 100% confidence in his aim, and belief that his bullets won't penetrate and hit a bystander, I guess it's OK, but it's not exactly ideal police procedure. But then, we're discussing a fictional character.

    I'm especially thinking of one scene where some black guys (of course) are robbing a restaurant and Harry pulls his hand cannon and starts blowing away bad guys while civilians are running all around.

  23. The US doesn't start fights.

    Well...

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  24. Re:But luckily ???? on 4chan Founder Chris Poole Will Try To Fix Social At Google (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    They have an 'about' on their webpage.

    Yes, and their about page doesn't say anything about how this multi-billion dollar company makes money from free email. Are they giving it out of the goodness of their hearts?

  25. Re:Get Medieval on Feds: Brink's Employee Makes Off With $196,000 In Quarters (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    They were just two-bit thieves.