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  1. Genius on New Nail Polish Alerts Wearers To Date Rape Drugs · · Score: 1

    Now this is quite simply and honestly pure genius! I think they have something that really contributes to safety. These kids should patent it and make money - they deserve it.

  2. We could only be so lucky on No, a Huge Asteroid Is Not "Set To Wipe Out Life On Earth In 2880" · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Sometimes I think what America needs is mother nature hitting the proverbial reset button on us. Americans have become greedy and hate riddled. There, you have my two cents. Let the catastrophe happen.

  3. You can slap a new name on it but in the end, all you have is a shiny pile of shit.

  4. Occam's Razor on EFF's Cell Phone Guide For US Protesters · · Score: 2

    Only apply the simplest amount of technology to remain efficient. This is a case where too much technology is the enemy. Go back to CB, Amateur, and walkie talkie radio for communication. Use a camera that can record to an SD card and periodically switch out the card and find a safe place to "dead drop" it. This way, the police can glean very little, if anything at all.

  5. Re: No, you don't need AV, even on Windows on Ask Slashdot: How Dead Is Antivirus, Exactly? · · Score: 1

    What happens if you receive an email with malware attached that activates simply when it downloads off of the server to your mail reader application without you actually opening it? I've seen this happen before. How do you know for certain that you DON'T have a virus? It is possible for legitimate websites like CNN or The Weather Channel to develop an infection and pass it to tend user.

  6. Re: End state and private capitalism. on Ask Slashdot: How Dead Is Antivirus, Exactly? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In an ideal world we would be a bunch of smurfs helping each other out when needed. However, this would simply be utopian. This lifestyle might work for small communities of 5-25 people where everyone is dependent upon each other for friendship, socialization, and survival.

  7. Re: End state and private capitalism. on Ask Slashdot: How Dead Is Antivirus, Exactly? · · Score: 0

    It's been tried before and failed miserably. The experiment was called Communism and basic human nature precluded it from the being successful.

  8. Hoping on Broadband Subscribers Eclipsing Cable TV Subscribers · · Score: 1

    Here's to hoping that IP TV will finally takeoff and we can just choose the channels we want. I only watch 10 or 15 channels out of the 500+ that I'm forced to pay for.

  9. Re:Not Government on Web Trolls Winning As Incivility Increases · · Score: 1

    Absolutely! The moment the government gets its grubby mitts on anything it gets fucked up forever!

  10. My 0.02 on Web Trolls Winning As Incivility Increases · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The only reason trolls win is we give them the reaction that they are looking for. If people just ignored them more often instead of getting all bent out of shape, the trend would go away. Trolls would quickly get bored because they won't have an outlet for their frustration. Trolls are nothing more than school yard bullies that never quite grew up.

  11. A complaint on Cisco To Slash Up To 6,000 Jobs -- 8% of Its Workforce -- In "Reorganization" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From the article: “If we don’t have the courage to change, if we don’t lead the change, we will be left behind,” Chairman and CEO John Chambers said on a conference call. In reality, Cisco doesn't have courage at all. If they had courage, they would work to retrain a capable workforce and buck an ever growing trend in employment. By laying off 6,000 people, they are showing cowardice and a lack of confidence in their existing workforce. They would sooner send 6,000 people to the unemployment line then work work with a known, reliable quantity. The move is shortsighted because it costs money to hire someone and the new person must then learn the culture, infrastructure, and the business. Add to it the potential for the starting salary to be higher and any positives from the "courage to change" are negated. Bravo on another epic failure of the corporate world. I would have had more respect for honesty and integrity.

  12. Re: Sure I did. on Ask Slashdot: Why Are Online Job Applications So Badly Designed? · · Score: 1

    I would say, if the job market opens up, not when. There are only a finite number of jobs and there are even greater numbers of people competing for them.

  13. I'd rather Google come in and bust the telecom monopoly in my home town where I have a choice between Verizon FiOS and Comcast Xfinity ... if you want to call that a choice. The lesser of the evils is Verizon FiOS. At least the FiOS is truly fiber optic!

  14. Won't work on DARPA Wants To Kill the Password · · Score: 2

    You can kill the password in favor of strong security tokens but if the underlying code is poorly written and full of security holes, then it won't be any more secure than what we have now. If you can steal a few retinal images through an exploit, you could, in theory, make a model with the retinal pattern.

  15. .02 on Planes Can Be Hacked Via Inflight Wi-fi, Says Researcher · · Score: 1

    It seems epically stupid that wifi access for passengers is not on a physically separate system. Something as sensitive as this should NOT be even a virtual LAN.

  16. This is a good reason to host your own email server with domain name. There are plenty of howtos out there. Hosted vms can be had cheap too.

  17. Why would anyone voluntarily help the US Government spy on its people. Fuck Uncle Sam! I won't do anything to help big brother.

  18. Good luck on US States Edge Toward Cryptocoin Regulation · · Score: 1

    The fact that it is decentralized means that it can neither be regulated nor banned. I'd rather our politicians did something useful for once but a useful politician is kind of an oxymoron.

  19. Sure enough on Verizon Boosts FiOS Uploads To Match Downloads · · Score: 1

    I didn't believe it but ookla resulted in a symmetric 50mbps up and down. Now I have to read the article to see why they did this.

  20. Dr. Fischer on Endorphins Make Tanning Addictive · · Score: 2

    Dr. David Fisher, commented, "It sounds like a cruel joke to be addicted the most ubiquitous carcinogen in the world.' This doesn't seem like a really intelligent thing to say. Smoking is probably just as addictive due to nicotine and clearly, it's a carcinogen as well. I guess that would be a cruel joke too?

  21. Sounds on Harley-Davidson Unveils Their First Electric Motorcycle · · Score: 1

    They could always digitize the sound of the Harley. That would be cool.

  22. I would opt out immediately. This is an immensely devious way to get other people to pay for a large WiFi buildout. I guess that there is no low that the telecom industry will stoop to in the name of a buck.

  23. Re:You lose this war... on Ask Slashdot: Taking a New Tack On Net Neutrality? · · Score: 1

    Social media will quickly be your company's undoing as no one will want to live in place where they are forced to pay for a crippled internet as a condition of living in one of your properties. There will quickly be expensive lawsuits essentially forcing your company to decouple your internet service from the rent and making it optional. I would simply waggle my middle finger at your company and find a different place to live.

  24. Questionable at best on The Light Might Make You Heavy · · Score: 0, Troll

    The causes of obesity are a multitude of factors. This article makes an overly simplistic suggestion that sleeping in a darker room will magically help one shed weight. As someone that has lost over a hundred pounds, I'll tell you this: it is making good food choices, counting calories, and getting physical activity. Certainly adequate rest is helpful but there is no credible study to suggest that someone that is doing these things yet doesn't get enough sleep is obese.

  25. Hypocritical on Cisco Complains To Obama About NSA Adding Spyware To Routers · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I find it funny how the US government accused Huawei and ZTE of building in backdoor access while engaging in the exact same practice. I don't doubt that they do, they just haven't been caught red-handed. Pun full intended. I'm guessing that even if Obama were to issue an executive order halting the process, it would be largely for show. The actions will continue under renewed secrecy.