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  1. ...experience the consequences (that are hopefully also only mildly bad)

    Not a chance. These places have zero-tolerance for anything lest they been seen as liable. Get around a firewall? Welcome to juvie, you little cyber-terrorist.

  2. Re:The most popular TED talks on Ask Slashdot: What Would Your TED Talk Be About? (ted.com) · · Score: 1

    The Tenerife crash is a case study at the Naval School of Aviation Safety for crew resource management. It's basically summed up as "no one is too junior to say something and no one is too senior to listen."

  3. Re:The reason: Stores did not want to change signs on DST-Hating Reps in Washington State Vote To 'Ditch the Switch' (komonews.com) · · Score: 1

    Mine opens at 9 (10 on Sundays) to keep good relations with the neighbors.

  4. I tend to argue for the same thing for IoT gadgetry. Still won't happen, but I like to think that someday wifi router makers will incorporate easy-mode "IoT VLAN" for those that can't/won't properly lock down their devices.

  5. Because it's Apple! You'll be able to pay a monthly subscription charge for carefully-curated, GMO/gluten/cruelty-free, artisanal news! Any plebian can nab the latest Orange-Man-Bad clip of the Colbert/Oliver/Bee Hegemony, but what you, my friend, are purchasing, is quality Apple feed!

  6. Except those little wood sticks that came with the ice cream cups. Eating off those is the culinary equivalent of nails on a chalkboard.

  7. Re:e-cigarrettes arent tobacco on Tobacco Use is Soaring Among US Kids, Driven By E-cigarettes (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    That along with "If it saves even one life, it's worth it" garbage.

  8. Bah. Then you'd get same idiots, but this time whining about "gouging" and "net neutrality." Their grasp (or lack thereof) of the concepts are irrelevant, because shut up.

  9. Re:Reassuming? on House Democrats Tell Ajit Pai: Stop Screwing Over the Public (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    No idea. I just thought it was a funny reply to OP's "on vacation" quip. Politics honestly bores me these days.

  10. Re:. . . the funds were simply "resting" . . . on Software Executive Exploits ATM Loophole To Steal $1 Million (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    They're stunned! He stunned them just as he was about to transfer them!

  11. Re:Reassuming? on House Democrats Tell Ajit Pai: Stop Screwing Over the Public (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2
  12. Re:I'm going to have to believe Google on this one on DuckDuckGo Warns that Google Does Not Respect 'Do Not Track' Browser Setting (spreadprivacy.com) · · Score: 1

    It's now "Meh. Evil is judgy. Don't judge."

  13. How to safeguard on UltraViolet Digital Movie Locker is Shutting Down (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    The best way to safeguard your library is to rip the disc. This is just the latest service to go under or change their TOS.

  14. Re: It sure is, homo. on Samsung Develops the First 1TB Storage Chips For Phones (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    "Well, no offense, but if that is a woman it looks like she was beaten with an ugly stick!" --Austin Powers

  15. Re:Reporter coders? They'll just use stackoverflow on Twitter Might Punish Users Who Tweet 'Learn To Code' At Laid-Off Journalists (reason.com) · · Score: 1

    "Top 25 ways to manage your data trees! Number eight will SHOCK you!"

  16. Re:Strong media needed on Amid Chaos Venezuelans Struggle To Find The Truth, Online (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    "they then state their errors" BWAHAHAHAHA! *sniff* Oh man, that was a good one, thanks!

  17. Re:Late Stage Socialism on Amid Chaos Venezuelans Struggle To Find The Truth, Online (npr.org) · · Score: 4, Informative
  18. My Comcast DVR does this also.

  19. One could simply whitelist their calls; unrecognized numbers go to voicemail. If it's important, they'll leave a message, call back right away, or both. No app for tracking contacts needed.

  20. Including Washington, despite their constant efforts to do so.

  21. Seattle has a zoning problem: these are the idiots that thought buying a bunch of tiny houses instead of building an apartment complex was a Good Idea.

  22. Completely agree. Wish I had mod points for you.

  23. Re:No One Has Respect For Consumers on Car Manufacturers Want To Monitor Drivers Inside Their Cars (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The maxim "even it saves only one life" is being (ab)used to justify every kind of evil behavior.

  24. Wait for it... on Car Manufacturers Want To Monitor Drivers Inside Their Cars (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    "You may cross this intersection after this ad..."