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  1. Re:wasteful on Latest Target In War On Drugs: Google Autocomplete · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I don't understand how this is going to prevent anything. Or do people ONLY accept autocomplete results? When 'prescription drugs online' doesn't give you the option you want, then keep typing 'without a prescription' then hit return. OBVIOUSLY enough people already did that for it to be a top autocomplete suggestion.

  2. Re:SVN sucks on windows on Subversion 1.8 Released But Will You Still Use Git? · · Score: 1

    Which on Windows happens a lot because every damn SVN client has enough bugs you need to use multiple tools to get work done.

    My company has used SVN for the last 5 years, and I've used it personally a tad longer, on windows. Never had a DB corruption, nor heard of anyone having one. While I don't NEED to use multiple tools, I do sometimes, mainly for ease of use. Sometimes the GUI is better, sometimes just using the CLI is better.

  3. Re:Google "DIY Steadycam" on Helicopter Parts Make For Amazing DIY Camera Stabilization · · Score: 1

    Your example are great, but you can't change the aim of the camera in shot. Which I believe is part of the point of this DIY

  4. Re:yes because of course labor is free on Helicopter Parts Make For Amazing DIY Camera Stabilization · · Score: 1

    And yet people do EXACTLY that all the time (even your example of building (or restoring) a car...

  5. Re:Who needs conspiracy theorists? on Snowden NSA Claims Partially Confirmed, Says Rep. Jerrold Nadler · · Score: 1

    So much for "Hope and Change".

    Of course things changed. Back then the conspiracy theories were just theories... now they are fact.

  6. Re:Actions to take on Snowden NSA Claims Partially Confirmed, Says Rep. Jerrold Nadler · · Score: 1

    The media is telling you that the people are afraid, but have you actually witnessed people being afraid?

    Just look at the number of people here who claim "the tsa is ok, as long as one person is saved" or "its ok for them to listen to our phonecalls, if it saves just one life." That is fear talking.

  7. Re:Reading code is hard on Ask Slashdot: How To Start Reading Other's Code? · · Score: 1

    Less is generally better. Fewer lines (I should say fewer statements) are generally easier to read, and typically have fewer errors. Of course that doesn't mean you have to cram everything into one line.

  8. Re:How to read code on Ask Slashdot: How To Start Reading Other's Code? · · Score: 1

    Honestly, I wouldn't get too comfortable with a given IDE -- some of them (I'm looking at you, Visual Studio) abstract away and hide a lot of the code and it can make for some really confusing times for you. Just open up the raw .c or .cpp files with whatever is comfortable...

    I don't know what you think an IDE does, but any good IDE pretty much ONLY allows you to work on the "raw" .c or .cpp files. IDEs will usually have dialog editors that allow you to visually edit the resource files. But this is about the only "abstracting" away an IDE will do for you. Of course the advantage of using an IDE, the IDE will allow you to jump around and access definitions and declarations much easier.

  9. Illegal Search and Seisure on Officials Say NSA Probed Fewer Than 300 Numbers - Broke Plots In 20 Nations · · Score: 1

    ok, so they collected data from corporations, by "court order" without a reasonable suspicion. (And no, "something might possibly happen" isn't a reason). Then when a foreign suspect pops up (notice how they use the word "terrorist" but here a person is innocent until proven guilty, so they are at best a suspect) They then search ALL the data they illegally collected. This also sounds like an unreasonable search. Then and only then did they then "follow proper procedures" and laws. And that somehow makes it ok?
    It is still unconstitutional. We have the right to be secure in our persons and our belongings. This meant we were secure.
    All thanks to the boogey man.

  10. I really wish that you would show up the next time someone inn the US dies from what would have been preventable through analysis of the call records. That way you could say "sucks to be you" the the family. It's the part right after that that I'd enjoy..

    So, what you are saying is, all of the people who HAVE given their lives for the freedom of our country, wasted their life? They shouldn't have bothered. They should have saved themselves, stayed alive. Because it is more important to be alive, than to be free?

  11. Re:Low Quality on Congress Proposes Strategy For Fighting Patent Trolls · · Score: 1

    If you make it difficult to use patents and copyrights as "offensive" weapons, then how do you protect your patent or copyright? And how are the more corporation focused than inventor/artist focused?

  12. Re:Genius judge on Federal Judge Says Interns Should Be Paid · · Score: 1

    If you have to pay interns like regular employees, what's the point of hiring interns?

    He didn't say you had to pay the interns. You only have to pay them if you make them do essentially grunt work. You hire interns to train them. They may still do some lower end jobs, for free, as long as they are learning.

  13. Re:F*cking bullshit on Your License Is Your Interface · · Score: 2

    And we all do this.

    No, no we don't. Just because you do, doesn't mean everyone else does as well.

  14. Re:Maybe they don't care? on Your License Is Your Interface · · Score: 1

    I guess it is too hard to say "I release this work to public domain?" yep too much effort to type...

  15. Re:Danger on Your License Is Your Interface · · Score: 1

    Technically, you cannot release unlicensed software. Sure, go ahead and post it to a public repository, but without an explicit license, copyright law forbids anyone else to make use of it.

    That is the thing, EVERY repository in github has a license. Perhaps only 14.9% are explicit. And perhaps it is because the younger generation doesn't know better, not because they care or don't care. Even if you release it to public domain, that is a license.
    The way I read the summary was "blah blah blah" 85% of github falls under copyright, meaning you can't copy it without permission.

  16. Re:and if license picking were mandatory... on Your License Is Your Interface · · Score: 1

    Obscurity is a perfectly valid layer of security as long as the security mechanism's integrity is not based solely on that obscurity.

    You do realize that EVERY means of security IS based solely on obscurity. Its just some stuff is more obscure than others.

  17. Re:and if license picking were mandatory... on Your License Is Your Interface · · Score: 1

    Obfuscation pretty much never has a place in security.

    Pretty much by definite security IS obfuscation. The question is, how obscure is it.
    That pirates gold is pretty safe if you don't have a map...

  18. There is no "Terrorism" on Majority of Americans Say NSA Phone Tracking Is OK To Fight Terrorism · · Score: 1

    There is no such thing as "terrorism." It isn't a country, or even a large group. This so called "terrorism" is just one or two criminals (or small groups) that try to incite terror. Fighting "terrorism" is like fighting murder, or any other type of crime. They make this sound like these "terrorists" are out to destroy our country and way of life, and yet this is exactly what the NSA is doing, destroying our way of life.
    Boehner, the speaker of the house, claims Snowden is a traitor, saying Snowden is hurting national security. Boehner also said that, while they collected the data, they won't use it, unless they find a connecton... The problem is Boehner took an oath of office, promising to defend the Constitution, against ALL enemies. Instead he is supporting the attackers of the Constitution, and attacking the defenders of it. Boehner is the one who is a traitor.

  19. Re:Give the guys a break ... on Proposed NJ Law Allows Cops To Search Phones At Crash Scenes · · Score: 1

    1) There's no mention in the summary or TFA that the cell phone will be perused at the scene of the accident. Just that it will be confiscated.

    TFS certainly implies the cell phone will be perused at the scene:

    The measure would allow cops — without a warrant — to thumb through a cell phone

  20. Re:The point... on Proposed NJ Law Allows Cops To Search Phones At Crash Scenes · · Score: 2

    What "probable cause" could they POSSIBLY have..

    None. That is why they are introducing this law. IF they had probably cause, they wouldn't need this law.

  21. Re:Yes on Proposed NJ Law Allows Cops To Search Phones At Crash Scenes · · Score: 1

    I think you forgot to include the "except for cell phone" clause in there.

  22. Re:Insurance Policy? on Hacker Releases 1.7TB Treasure Trove of Gaming Info · · Score: 1

    by putting it out there he all but guaranteed his arrest

    From TFA:

    Last Kotaku heard SuperDaE was out on bail.

    So it looks like he is already arrested.

  23. Re:How stupid is a Mac Pro Cylinder? on Apple Shows Off New iOS 7, Mac OS X At WWDC · · Score: 1

    Speaking of cases, expect lots and lots of cylindrical PCI expansion chassis and RAID arrays from third party soon.

    The case looks kind of cool. But I've learned that round things aren't very stackable.

  24. Re:Better Application Hooks on What Features Does iOS 7 Need? · · Score: 1

    I want apps to open new links in Chrome instead of their own embedded browser.

    The OS doesn't really have (nor should it) control over this. The app can choose to embed a browser, or sent the link to your "default" browser. Taking this ability away from the app developer would just be insane.

  25. Re:themes. on What Features Does iOS 7 Need? · · Score: 1

    other stuff: start adding resolution and density independent ui elements. you know, so that you wouldn't be so fucked as apple is with osx.

    Start? You do know that iOS has density independent ui elements? You know that on the iPad everything made for the iPad2 looks just fine on the retina version? This actually one of the things Apple did right.