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  1. It has a purpose: to relieve consumers of their money.

    This is horrendously expensive: $2000 for a phone that won't be supported after 2 years? No thanks.

  2. I don't see Perl anywhere on the list. Not popular, not hated, not paid, not used. I can't be the only person still regularly using it.

    The Perl programmers are too busy constructing that perfect recursive regex (with look-ahead and look-behind) to be able to take part in a survey.

  3. Re:US prisons = labour camps on More Jails Replace In-Person Visits With Awful Video Chat Products · · Score: 2

    That was my point.

    A limited form of slavery is legal in the USA -- it's false to make the claim that slavery was abolished, because it still exists and is legal.

  4. Re:US prisons = labour camps on More Jails Replace In-Person Visits With Awful Video Chat Products · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They're all private labour camps at this point.

    Use the right word: slavery. Yes, slavery was not abolished by the 13th amendment, merely limited.

  5. Re:Good luck with that on Microsoft Drops 'Safe Removal' of USB Drives As Default In Windows 10 1809 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Much as I hate Microsoft, I don't think you are correct. I don't think you understand the change. If you read the MS page (not the summary, or the article on betanews), this become clear.

    I think that what is changing here is that the OS will attempt to write to USB drives as quickly as possible, instead of caching the data and delaying the write in a manner that would improve performance.

    The net result is that, at any given moment, your data is more likely have been written to a USB drive, and hence it is more likely to be safe to remove the drive.

  6. Re:Please change the title on After 15 Years, The Humble Space Telescope Can No Longer Be Powered Up (twitter.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I congratulate you on being so humble.

  7. They didn't just advertise it. They put on fraudulent "demonstrations" to potential investors.

  8. Re:Not all run it as root ... on Apache Web Server Bug Grants Root Access On Shared Hosting Environments (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    This isn't new.

    Some years ago, I had some moron disputing the way a fresh installation of mysql started on CentOS/RedHat. The moron accurately described how things work on Debian (and Debian-derived distros), but, even though I pasted the exact commands and responses from a CentOS system that showed my point, the moron kept disputing it.

  9. Re:Not all run it as root ... on Apache Web Server Bug Grants Root Access On Shared Hosting Environments (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Since both debian and redhat based systems do not work that way,

    I find it so funny when morons "correct" me.

    From a CentOS 7 system:
    $ sudo service httpd start
    [sudo] password for .....:
    Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start httpd.service
    $ ps -Af | grep [h]ttpd
    root 21827 1 0 22:47 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
    apache 21829 21827 0 22:47 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
    apache 21830 21827 0 22:47 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
    apache 21831 21827 0 22:47 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
    apache 21832 21827 0 22:47 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
    apache 21833 21827 0 22:47 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND

    See that first process (PID 21827) : it's running as root.

  10. Re:Not all run it as root ... on Apache Web Server Bug Grants Root Access On Shared Hosting Environments (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    On most systems, the the worker processes run as "apache" or some other unprivileged user, but there is a parent process which still runs as root (you need root privileges to bind to port 80).

  11. I see to remember reading that they only store your credentials or oath token if you enable Sparks services like smart notifications.

    I think you are wrong:
    "OAuth login or mail server credentials: Spark requires your credentials to log into your mail system in order to receive, search, compose and send email messages and other communication. Without such access, our Product wonâ(TM)t be able to provide you with the necessary communication experience. "

    I think it means that the app won't work without your password, which is part of "Information we [Readdle] collect"

  12. Re:I don't do that today thanks to pre-check on Laptops To Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology To Airports (bgov.com) · · Score: 1

    If you too sign up for the TSA trusted traveller program, you can go through security without removing bags, you can leave your jacket and watch and belt and shoes on, and go through a metal detector instead of the pervy superman vision booth.

    If the TSA Pre line is open, which isn't always true.

  13. Re:Security theater - TSA failure rate is 95% on Laptops To Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology To Airports (bgov.com) · · Score: 1

    "Every plane"?

    No, nothing like that. It's probably less than 1%.

  14. Re:so let me get this straight... on Laptops To Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology To Airports (bgov.com) · · Score: 1

    1. Those CT scans don't cost as much as you think -- your insurance company gets a massive discount.

    2. The cost is inflated by graft. Doctors will contact MRI centers and demand huge payments to send patients to the center. I assume the same holds true for CT scanners.

  15. Re:It's like traveling in the future. on Laptops To Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology To Airports (bgov.com) · · Score: 1

    the metal detector sensitivity was set high enough so belts wouldn't set it off.

    In my experience, my belts don't set off the metal detectors in the USA. In the UK, I seem to always set off the metal detector, despite removing every piece of metal, except my wedding ring.

  16. Re:Pronounced like the peanut butter most moms lov on What's The Correct Way to Pronounce 'GIF'? (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 1

    The "Jif" brand used to be called "Vim" in my country.

    I think you are confusing peanut butter with a cleaning product.

  17. April 1? on Devuan.org Now Points To 'Pwned' Page With Gopher URLs (devuan.org) · · Score: 1

    It's April 1 somewhere.

  18. Re:Pronounced like the peanut butter most moms lov on What's The Correct Way to Pronounce 'GIF'? (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "vi" is the worst. I have heard it pronounced "vee-eye", "vee", "vie" (like "pie"), and "six".

    That's easy. I pronounce it "vim".

  19. Re: So is TIFF pronouced as SHIFF? on What's The Correct Way to Pronounce 'GIF'? (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 1

    How do you pronounce "git"?

  20. Re:"Jif", like the peanut butter on What's The Correct Way to Pronounce 'GIF'? (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 4, Informative

    English is defined, not by the originators of words, or an Academy, but by usage. English dictionaries do not define words, they document them.

    If a hard g is the way it is commonly pronounced, that's the correct way.

  21. Girl with the Dragon tattoo on Scientists Find Genetic Mutation That Makes Women Feel No Pain (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Isn't this part of the plot of the "Girl with the dragon tattoo" books? Only it's a man, not a woman with the immunity from pain.

  22. Re:Net neutrality and colocation on Bill That Would Restore Net Neutrality Moves Forward Despite Telecom's Best Efforts To Kill It (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you know how much it costs to collocate a 2U system in a datacenter? $400/month buys you a whole cabinet (42U) in a datacenter in California. As for the amount of data: go read the articles about Netflix's system.

    What about my point that the ISP is saving a lot of money on peering costs? You can't talk about one cost while ignoring the other.

    As for taking a chill pill -- you are the one who desperately needs it.

  23. Re:Net neutrality and colocation on Bill That Would Restore Net Neutrality Moves Forward Despite Telecom's Best Efforts To Kill It (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    What a load of utter bullcrap.

    Site maintenance and power? Trivial amounts of money. It's a 2U appliance. How about the ISP pays Netflix for their reduced cost of peering?

    Republicans? I did not mention Republicans or any political parties. Perhaps you should pull your head out of whatever orifice it is in, while searching for a way to deflect criticism of what is obviously your chosen party. Criticism that you are obviously very sensitive about, because I did not write it.

    I did not write many of the things you appear to be attempting to refute. Your posting is almost entirely a strawman argument.

  24. Re:Net neutrality and colocation on Bill That Would Restore Net Neutrality Moves Forward Despite Telecom's Best Efforts To Kill It (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    If we are going to talk about Netflix, they already offer (or used to offer) your proposed solution. Many ISPs generally refused to accept these boxes because it undercut their arguments about getting Netflix to pay them.

    https://openconnect.netflix.co...

  25. Re:Solution looking for a problem? on Trump Administration Dims Rule On Energy Efficient Lightbulbs (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Some people have found that LED bulbs interfere with the RF communications between the remote and the garage door opener.