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[01:16:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Obey! or no future for you. - 06A Whiff from Hell - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:16:12] <exec> 08└─Friends and family will disown you and your boss will fire you, not just because you smell bad, but because you dared to disobey authority. OBEY OR you will have NO FRIENDS and NO FAMILY and NO FUTURE.
[01:16:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Hmf - 06A Whiff from Hell - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:16:13] <exec> 08└─law-enforcement agencies in America which, after riots in Ferguson and Baltimore, crave better ways to scatter rioters without killing or injuring them.
[01:16:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:0, Troll) 02Re:Hmf - 06A Whiff from Hell - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:15] <exec> 08└─Speaking of ethnics, this kind of thing won't have any negative effect on American ethnics because they smoke the skunk (weed*, that is) on a daily basis and not only raw but in flavored blunt-wraps. If anything this new formula would have the same effect as catnip on a cat. * Slang for Marihuana
[01:16:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02Re:Hmf - 06A Whiff from Hell - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:16] <exec> 08└─I prefer purple haze myself. Then there's chronic. ymmv Wait… isn't TFS actually talking about jenkem [wikipedia.org]? *ducks*
[01:16:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hmf - 06A Whiff from Hell - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:18] <exec> 08└─If your weed smells like shit, your dealer is taking you for a ride, cat.
[01:16:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Invitation to the Police Station - 06A Whiff from Hell - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:16:20] <exec> 08└─Seems like if you are sprayed with this stuff that is just the cops' way of inviting you to come down to the station and sit politely in their lobby.
[01:16:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Americans have a right to peaceably assemble - 06A Whiff from Hell - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:16:21] <exec> 08└─I can see the point of this if one is not peaceable. If this is ever used on peaceable protestors it will be a case for the Supreme Court.
[01:16:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Skatol... AKA "Liquid Ass" - 06A Whiff from Hell - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:16:23] <exec> 08└─Commonly used for elevator pranks and clearing out coffee shops [liquidass.com]
[01:16:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Viral Ad for a viral ad agency - 06Russian Billboard Advertising Contraband Hides When it Recognizes Cops - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:16:28] <exec> 08└─Pretty sure this was debunked as a stunt. If not, would there be any way to extend the range on the recognition/ad swap? That's still pretty apparent.
[01:16:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02warm italy - 06Russian Billboard Advertising Contraband Hides When it Recognizes Cops - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:16:30] <exec> 08└─offering authentic Italian prosciutto, ricotta, mozzarella...
[01:16:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score:2) 02Tweaked for Defcon - 06Russian Billboard Advertising Contraband Hides When it Recognizes Cops - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:16:31] <exec> 08└─Perhaps they could tweak this for DEFCON if they still play spot the fed. That is if it's not a stunt or fake of some kind.
[01:16:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Tweaked for Defcon - 06Russian Billboard Advertising Contraband Hides When it Recognizes Cops - 1502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:33] <exec> 08└─Possibly not faked. I remember some dude's AI squirrel-shooting turret. All he did was program it recognize some shapes, which would seem to be no different than recognizing shapes associated with law enforcement. The turret was able to differentiate between birds and squirrels too against the backg...
[01:16:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Tweaked for Defcon - 06Russian Billboard Advertising Contraband Hides When it Recognizes Cops - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:34] <exec> 08└─impersonating a police officer is pretty much illegal everywhere
[01:16:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02It's natural - 06Russian Billboard Advertising Contraband Hides When it Recognizes Cops - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:16:36] <exec> 08└─Do you act the same in front of your parents as you do in front of your big brother, or your friends? Why should billboards be any different?
[01:16:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It's natural - 06Russian Billboard Advertising Contraband Hides When it Recognizes Cops - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:37] <exec> 08└─Do you act the same
[01:16:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03gallondr00nk [392] (Score:2) 02Russian shop owner hides advert. - 06Russian Billboard Advertising Contraband Hides When it Recognizes Cops - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:16:39] <exec> 08└─Then, feeling pleased with himself, does an interview for the news, which then gets plastered it over the entire Internet. Good job, Don Giulio Salumeria. The CIA would be proud of that kind of subterfuge. More likely, the whole thing has been done for publicity.
[01:16:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Advertisement! - 06Russian Billboard Advertising Contraband Hides When it Recognizes Cops - 919 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:16:41] <exec> 08└─It's not illegal to **sell** sanctioned foods in Russia! Why to 'hide' this from cops! You are not allowed to **import** them. Clearly a **advertisement** video as Russian community pointed out! Also, the video uploaded by "Don Giulio Salumeria" in youtube, if they want to hide, they did **not** pub...
[01:16:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02(臨時ニュースを申し上げます！ - 06Godzilla Receives Japanese Citizenship - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:16:44] <exec> 08└─(臨時ニュースを申し上げます！ゴジラが Soylent News の方に向っています！
[01:16:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:(臨時ニュースを申し上げます！ - 06Godzilla Receives Japanese Citizenship - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:45] <exec> 08└─🗾 soylentnews_jp_nexus++ 🐙
[01:16:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:(臨時ニュースを申し上げます！ - 06Godzilla Receives Japanese Citizenship - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:47] <exec> 08└─How dare you? My mother is a saint.
[01:16:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:(臨時ニュースを申し上げます！ - 06Godzilla Receives Japanese Citizenship - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:48] <exec> 08└─Tru, yo mama's alright. Send her my regards.
[01:16:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Re:(臨時ニュースを申し上げます！ - 06Godzilla Receives Japanese Citizenship - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:50] <exec> 08└─(臨時ニュースを申し上げます！ゴジラが Soylent News の方に向っています！
[01:16:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:(臨時ニュースを申し上げます！ - 06Godzilla Receives Japanese Citizenship - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:51] <exec> 08└─Translation: Breaking news: Godzilla is headed for Soylent News Probably a reference to the original film, though I wouldn't know.
[01:16:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:(臨時ニュースを申し上げます！ - 06Godzilla Receives Japanese Citizenship - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:53] <exec> 08└─It's from the BOC song.
[01:16:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:3, Funny) 02As is custom... - 06Godzilla Receives Japanese Citizenship - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:16:55] <exec> 08└─I, for one, would like to welcome our passport-bearing lizard overlord.
[01:16:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:As is custom... - 06Godzilla Receives Japanese Citizenship - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:56] <exec> 08└─" Sony Pictures could lose its license to make James Bond films after an agreement with Metro Goldwyn-Mayer expires later this year. "
[01:16:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:As is custom... - 06Godzilla Receives Japanese Citizenship - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:58] <exec> 08└─Keep on praying, choirboy.
[01:16:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:As is custom... - 06Godzilla Receives Japanese Citizenship - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:16:59] <exec> 08└─That's funny. I wonder what "it" would look like with all those attributes.
[01:17:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score:2) 02Re:As is custom... - 06Godzilla Receives Japanese Citizenship - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:01] <exec> 08└─It will be like the black Stephen Hawking in a pink tutu rolling around giving it up to everyone and everything while hearing no complaining as he delivers awesome Austin Powers like pickup line is his robotic voice, or at least that is how I just imagined it.
[01:17:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:4, Interesting) 02"Non-existant" - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:03] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't go that far. Tools exist to take dumps of VRAM. They're cagey and prone to synchronization issues, require kernel level driver access, and other things. But none of that is going to stop you if you're the kinda person who sees copyright protection schemes as a challenge. Not as black box...
[01:17:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03arulatas [3600] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Tools don't exist - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:05] <exec> 08└─Debugging tools for OpenGL are not good enough, and reverse engineering tools for OpenGL are non-existent.
[01:17:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Tools don't exist - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:06] <exec> 08└─That is a spot on observation. On top of this it smells of security thru obscurity. This assumes no one can write an emulator or walk the code manually. There are vids of people out there reverse enginering blu-ray external USB drives. I seriously doubt doing something in the framebuffer (which is e...
[01:17:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The Real Objective? - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:08] <exec> 08└─Debugging tools for OpenGL are not good enough, and reverse engineering tools for OpenGL are non-existent.
[01:17:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimshatt [978] (Score:2) 02Platform vs reverse engineering - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:10] <exec> 08└─Why is it easier to reverse engineer on Linux and Android?
[01:17:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03middlemen [504] (Score:2) 02Re:Platform vs reverse engineering - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 727 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:11] <exec> 08└─Android has most apps using Dalvik bytecode: androguard, dex2jar, dare are some of the decompilers that can literally decompile all your Android apps at the price point of $0. Refer Android Hacker's Handbook [wiley.com]. Linux has radare [radare.org] and many other in-built tools to ease reverse eng...
[01:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Platform vs reverse engineering - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:13] <exec> 08└─Radar works on Windows, Mac OS too
[01:17:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Platform vs reverse engineering - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:14] <exec> 08└─In contrast, Windows requires you to purchase something like IDA Pro [hex-rays.com] which costs about $2500 or more per license.
[01:17:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Interesting) 02GPU malware alert... - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:16] <exec> 08└─This looks like a great way to write GPU resident malware that poses as a nice game for the users. Brilliant !
[01:17:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score:2) 02Re:GPU malware alert... - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:18] <exec> 08└─Damn you Minecraft! Your clever trickery not only steals all my time and PC resources, but also participates in a malignant botnet army!
[01:17:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03gnuman [5013] (Score:3, Informative) 02Right... - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:19] <exec> 08└─Game piracy is a real problem for independent game developers, especially on platforms like Android and Linux where reverse engineering games is quite easy.
[01:17:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Right... - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 634 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:21] <exec> 08└─It is easier in two respects. First is the obvious s/easier/cheaper/ Super-powerful tools exist for all platforms, but Linux, by the nature of the people who use it, has most of them available for free. Windows not so much, at least for well known ones (and maybe the scene has secret ones or can oth...
[01:17:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Right... - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:22] <exec> 08└─But wait, isn't all FOSS simply a reimplementation of something that some hard working programmer or businessman designed, thus ripping off money from a working person? /sarcasm
[01:17:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:Right... - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 1455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:24] <exec> 08└─Not to mention, at least from what I've seen, the indie devs aren't being "reverse engineered" they are being plain old knocked off. Hell look at companies like Zinga or King.com who have made fortunes literally just ripping off wholesale the designs of others games, no snatching off actual code is...
[01:17:25] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Tork [3914] 02Why? - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 346 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:26] <exec> 08└─I don't really have any particular opinion on copy-catting. Frankly, my naive view is that you should be happy for the free marketing. But I do want to chat about copy restriction of games: Game piracy is a real problem for independent game developers, especially on platforms like Android and Linux...
[01:17:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02pirating through reverse engineering? - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 716 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:28] <exec> 08└─Most pirate through copying. Not reverse engineering. All the encryption in the world isn't going to stop people from making identical copies of your encrypted stuff which will have to be decrypted to be used. So how are you going to stop copying of what is used to decrypt? You can encode/encrypt/tr...
[01:17:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03meisterister [949] (Score:2) 02How long will this last? - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:29] <exec> 08└─Before either someone develops the OpenGL debugging tools necessary or integrated GPUs become powerful enough that these games will be played on them anyway? The integrated GPU argument comes from the fact that HSA and other such things are increasingly bringing CPUs and GPUs into the same address s...
[01:17:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03acharax [4264] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Here we go again... - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:31] <exec> 08└─If it can be decrypted by the client the client can dump it.
[01:17:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02defeated by HSA? - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:32] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't HSA where CPU and GPU share address space defeat this? (Not that many folks running Linux would allow copyprotected crap to run on their computers anyway)
[01:17:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:defeated by HSA? - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:34] <exec> 08└─As far as I understand, Mesa has a complete implementation of OpenGL in software. Therefore you could just run the code using Mesa, instructing it not to use OpenGL hardware (or simply on a machine where the necessary drivers for OpenGL hardware are not installed). No need for HSA in that case.
[01:17:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02A real problem - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:35] <exec> 08└─Game piracy is a real problem for independent game developers
[01:17:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:A real problem - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:37] <exec> 08└─I would think piracy affects independent game developers even less than AAA developers. In fact, piracy is probably good for indies who need the kind of exposure that piracy gives them, lacking the multi-million dollar marketing budget of large companies. Players are also more likely to buy indie ga...
[01:17:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02no - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:39] <exec> 08└─> reverse engineering tools for OpenGL are non-existent So laughably wrong! Plus, when a hacker needs a tool... a hacker builds a tool. Oh you meant crackers? I guess they probably do the same thing.
[01:17:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03No.Limit [1965] (Score:2) 02non-protection - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:40] <exec> 08└─This is just a laughable non-protection. Not only are there software implementations available for OpenGL (see mesa [mesa3d.org]: "If Mesa can't use its hardware accelerated drivers it falls back on one of its software renderers") that will keep everything on the CPU, but even if it runs on the GPU...
[01:17:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimshatt [978] (Score:2) 02Bundle!? - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:42] <exec> 08└─So what's with the Link + Controller bundle exceptional supreme value offer? A controller is $49.99 and the Link device is $49.99 but if you order now you'll get both at $99.98! Awesome!
[01:17:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:Bundle!? - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:43] <exec> 08└─As with first month console releases, the goal here is to soak the fans who will pay virtually anthing at maximum price. $50 is actually quite high for a controller, and after it actually arrives in stores, I'd bet on a totally planned cost reduction. And up-selling tactics like bundling deals. Just...
[01:17:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03gman003 [4155] (Score:4, Informative) 02Re:Bundle!? - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:45] <exec> 08└─$50 is actually quite high for a controller
[01:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimshatt [978] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:Bundle!? - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:46] <exec> 08└─Flight-sim fans are the weirdest. Except maybe for air-traffic-controller-sim fans :)
[01:17:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Bundle!? - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:48] <exec> 08└─Sticker-shock might lead you to believe that. But consider that one investment will work on virtually (all?) of the games they are passionate playing. Having dropped near that amount on game consoles and video cards, it's hard for me to be too smug about it.
[01:17:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02so - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:50] <exec> 08└─Linux games only?
[01:17:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03jummama [3969] (Score:2, Informative) 02Re:so - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:51] <exec> 08└─Yes and no. The Steam machines come with SteamOS, which is a Debian fork, and will natively only run Linux compatible games. Windows games are playable however, in two ways: 1. In home streaming - Does all the rendering/processing on another machine, which could be a Windows box. Think Onlive, excep...
[01:17:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hawkwind [3531] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:so - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:53] <exec> 08└─I haven't found confirmation that this'll work but there's also Wine and PlayOnLinux. Steam has made money off me with those options so I'm hoping they don't do something stupid ... what corporation would ever do something stupid?
[01:17:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Re:so - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:54] <exec> 08└─Steam (Valve) can't count to three, so you may be bitterly surprised at some point...
[01:17:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:so - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:56] <exec> 08└─Seems like a lot of expense for such a miniscule market. Still, pretty hardware...
[01:17:57] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Techwolf [87] 02but... - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 22 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:57] <exec> 08└─But will it run Linux?
[01:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:4, Touché) 02Re:but... - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:59] <exec> 08└─The Linux-based SteamOS running on top of console-sized Steam Machines for the living room...
[01:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03CoolHand [438] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:but... - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:01] <exec> 08└─whoosh!............
[01:18:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:but... - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:02] <exec> 08└─It's not a joke to not be familiar with the news. That's called "not reading the article".
[01:18:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03CoolHand [438] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:but... - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:04] <exec> 08└─exactly... The OP was making a joke on the old meme "yah, but, does it run (on) Linux?". In this case, it's funny, because it does, in fact run Linux, and I'm 99% certain the OP knew that, which is why he made the funny.. Sense of humor, man.. It's Friday.. :)
[01:18:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:but... - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:05] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but a lot of people don't know that. Which is why I bothered to answer. But fine. I'm the fool here for answering a meme question sincerely. I can accept that.
[01:18:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:but... - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:07] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but a lot of people don't know that. Which is why I bothered to answer.
[01:18:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03CoolHand [438] (Score:2) 02Re:but... - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:08] <exec> 08└─Well, fool is kind of harsh, I wouldn't go that far.. :)
[01:18:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Techwolf [87] (Score:2) 02Re:but... - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:10] <exec> 08└─As the OP, thank you mods. Yes, it was a joke on the "but does it run Linux?" meme. But I didn't get the meme quote perfect, but as least the joke wasn't lost on everyone. :-)
[01:18:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03penguinoid [5331] (Score:1) 02Re:but... - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:12] <exec> 08└─"Not reading the article" is a joke too.
[01:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score:3, Interesting) 02The Steam VNC is good - if only it was useful - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:13] <exec> 08└─I've used the Steam Link a few times. For games - it isn't perfect, but impressive. However, it is a pretty snappy VNC client overall. With some games you can trick it into running (Age of Empires II comes to mind) to demo it. If Steam made the Steam Link less game dependent, it would be huge for me...
[01:18:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02And review sites are already warning people away.. - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 1688 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:15] <exec> 08└─For exactly the same reasons I predicted, too many systems equals too many variables (removing the "it just works" of consoles which frankly is pretty much their only positive IMHO) and more importantly the only game in the Steam top 10 which will actually run is over a decade old [theverge.com] whi...
[01:18:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03jummama [3969] (Score:1) 02Correct me if I'm wrong, but... - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:16] <exec> 08└─It seems to me that the amperage output from such a contraption would make it quite useless for a lot of the stuff you'd use AA batteries with. Might work for something like a TV remote, but I seriously doubt it would work well for something like a game controller.
[01:18:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Not correcting you at all. - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 642 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:18] <exec> 08└─With electrical and electronic gadgets, sometimes the voltage is more critical than the amperage. Sometimes, the amps have to be consistent, and the voltage is less critical. My LED flashlight behaves very differently than a more conventional flashlight bulb. The incandescent bulb continues to shine...
[01:18:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03gnuman [5013] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Not correcting you at all. - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:20] <exec> 08└─With electrical and electronic gadgets, sometimes the voltage is more critical than the amperage
[01:18:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03pogostix [1696] (Score:2) 02Re:Not correcting you at all. - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:21] <exec> 08└─R is not constant. R actually goes up as I goes down. Which creates a positive feedback loop that drains the battery ever faster. One of the fun facts about incandescence.
[01:18:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03pogostix [1696] (Score:2) 02Re:Not correcting you at all. - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:23] <exec> 08└─Nope I'm wrong.... as V drops, I also drops. As the filament then cools, it's R goes *down* which increases I, draining the battery ever faster.
[01:18:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03pogostix [1696] (Score:2) 02Re:Not correcting you at all. - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:24] <exec> 08└─End result is a cold filament... which is basically a piece of wire, shorting out the battery.
[01:18:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03fnj [1654] (Score:2) 02Re:Not correcting you at all. - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:26] <exec> 08└─I don't know anyone that has a proper LED control chip in a flashlight though.
[01:18:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Leakage - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 642 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:28] <exec> 08└─Batteries usually start leaking after they are drained and left in a device. This product will keep the device running with a battery drained down past where it would normally be disposed of and replaced. If it is a low usage application that could mean it sits in the device for months in the 'drain...
[01:18:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Leakage - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:29] <exec> 08└─To the extent this thing works at all, battery will fail suddenly, not gracefully. There will come a point when the voltage regulatrr can not maintain 1.5, is it will fail very very fast at that point. So I doubt anyone will leave it in the device. More likely they will be in a mad dash to find more...
[01:18:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02... - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 726 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:32] <exec> 08└─It's called a joule thief: http://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Good LED flashlights typically employ them to use as much current as the battery can produce. Even if the battery is drained past the forward voltage of the diode, the joule thief boosts the voltage. One thing is cer...
[01:18:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03gallondr00nk [392] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Not quite true. - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:33] <exec> 08└─A completely new alkaline battery is rated to generate 1.5 volts, but once its output drops below 1.35 or even 1.4 volts, it effectively becomes useless to many devices.
[01:18:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Not quite true. - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 822 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:35] <exec> 08└─The whole claim is based on the Lie you point out. Yes, many things are becoming more sensitive to voltage these days, but that sensitivity rarely kicks in at 1.4 volts. It used to be that a wireless mouse would just about drain a battery completely before throwing in a towel. Newer ones do cut out...
[01:18:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02more coils pls? - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:36] <exec> 08└─saw that "joule thief" link. not sure how it will work if it needs to power a inductive load (motor). of course if it's high enough frequency and we can't see that it's actually off half (or more) of the time ... now the question: did battery makers know about this? if yes, what was the reason to sa...
[01:18:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Do the math - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 880 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:38] <exec> 08└─> the big drop off doesn't occur until around 82% of the capacity has been drained, and therefore only about 18% remains. Well, if that toy lets me use another 10%, extending the battery life by about 1/9th, is it worth $2.5 ? For stuff that drains batteries fast. This is not the right answer: use r...
[01:18:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Do the math - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:39] <exec> 08└─Even if it doesn't work as advertised it might be useful if you could use this on a rechargeable battery to boost the voltage from 1.2 to 1.5. Of course the problem is some devices would stop alerting you that they are running out of power since it'll stay 1.5 and then suddenly go poof :). For thing...
[01:18:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score:1) 02Re:Do the math - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 901 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:41] <exec> 08└─Well, if that toy lets me use another 10%, extending the battery life by about 1/9th, is it worth $2.5 ? Devices typically cut out below 1V, not 1.4V (!!) - no rechargeable battery would work in a device that did that as those batteries start at 1.2V. At 1V, you've used 90%+ of the battery capacity,...
[01:18:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02The EEVBlog already covered this - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:43] <exec> 08└─The EEVBlog already covered this. https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] One one the things I love is that he actually takes real measurements on real devices. Tends to ramble on, but usually worth the watch.
[01:18:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03fnj [1654] (Score:2) 02Re:The EEVBlog already covered this - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:44] <exec> 08└─Jesus, what a blowhard presentation all packaged for people too stupid to read and who have the rest of their lives to waste on being fed a video IV drip. I gave up on it after about a minute, when the elapsed time marker had barely started moving. Please give me a proper written presentation, minus...
[01:18:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:The EEVBlog already covered this - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:46] <exec> 08└─I gave up on it after about a minute,
[01:18:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:The EEVBlog already covered this - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 575 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:47] <exec> 08└─Think his objection is mostly to video vs text, something I tend to agree with. I read a lot faster than most video presents information at. I know any documentary is a lot more watchable through MythTV since I can shift it to 130% playback speed, they all plod at the normal rate intended for normal...
[01:18:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:The EEVBlog already covered this - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:49] <exec> 08└─>You can't speed up YouTube But you can. Use youtube-dl to download and play with your favorite video player, or you can buffer and play a video directly using a player like mplayer or mpv.
[01:18:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03pogostix [1696] (Score:2) 02Re:The EEVBlog already covered this - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:50] <exec> 08└─Or go into settings and change playback speed to x1.25 or x1.5
[01:18:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonTechie [2275] (Score:2) 02Thanks, Editors ... - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:52] <exec> 08└─For investigating further and including more information about this device. Your edited version looks way better than what I had submitted. Keep up the good work.
[01:18:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02I was distressed to see human controlled - 06The DARPA Robotics Challenge This Weekend (6th & 7th June) - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:18:54] <exec> 08└─I was hoping these would be fully autonomous bots. Maybe next year's challenge will be the same thing, but no human controllers.
[01:18:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:I was distressed to see human controlled - 06The DARPA Robotics Challenge This Weekend (6th & 7th June) - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:55] <exec> 08└─> assisting humans in responding to natural and man-made disasters I'll take a human-controlled robot for now. Last thing you need is an AI glitch causing more trouble when you're already in an unsafe situation
[01:18:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:I was distressed to see human controlled - 06The DARPA Robotics Challenge This Weekend (6th & 7th June) - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:57] <exec> 08└─That sounds completely reasonable. How am I supposed to have an angry internet argument with you when you're throwing around completely sane points?
[01:18:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:I was distressed to see human controlled - 06The DARPA Robotics Challenge This Weekend (6th & 7th June) - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:58] <exec> 08└─That sounds completely reasonable. How am I supposed to have an angry internet argument with you when you're throwing around completely sane points?
[01:18:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:I was distressed to see human controlled - 06The DARPA Robotics Challenge This Weekend (6th & 7th June) - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:00] <exec> 08└─More to the point, if there's a human controller it's not a robot, it's a telefactor. God damn headline based corruption of English.
[01:19:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Sparkfun's AVC - 06The DARPA Robotics Challenge This Weekend (6th & 7th June) - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:02] <exec> 08└─Pomona is a bit of a jaunt for me. On the hobbyist front Sparkfun is holding their annual Autonomous Vehicle Challenge, though. This year with a combat league! June 20, Information @ Sparkfun. [sparkfun.com] I plan on going since that is in my area. Any other Soylentils attending or compe...
[01:19:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Invalid Challenge - 06The DARPA Robotics Challenge This Weekend (6th & 7th June) - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:03] <exec> 08└─Needs Blackjack. And Hookers.
[01:19:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Well... - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:05] <exec> 08└─...at least they're consistent.
[01:19:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kromagv0 [1825] (Score:2) 02Re:Well... - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:06] <exec> 08└─I'll just leave this [despair.com] here.
[01:19:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:Well... - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:08] <exec> 08└─All he has to do is move his sight down...
[01:19:09] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Proof Threat Is Effectively Zero - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 417 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:10] <exec> 08└─The fact that the TSA misses 95% of weapons and yet there have been no successful terrorist attacks is proof that the threat is too small to measure. Keep in mind that the TSA has never once apprehended someone who was convicted of anything remotely terror related. In fact, the one and only guy they...
[01:19:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kilo110 [2853] (Score:2) 02Re:Proof Threat Is Effectively Zero - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:11] <exec> 08└─Well clearly then it must be the NSA's massive dragnet that's keeping us safe. /s
[01:19:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03ghost [4467] (Score:1) 02Re:Proof Threat Is Effectively Zero - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:13] <exec> 08└─The TSA is very good at finding criminals. Unfortunately, they find them in their employ. Maybe because they advertise on pizza boxes and at gas stations?
[01:19:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Proof Threat Is Effectively Zero - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:14] <exec> 08└─The fact that the TSA misses 95% of weapons and yet there have been no successful terrorist attacks is proof that the threat is too small to measure.
[01:19:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Proof Threat Is Effectively Zero - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:16] <exec> 08└─>> Keep in mind that the TSA has never once apprehended someone who was convicted of anything remotely terror related. > > More to the point there has been damn few un-successful terrorist attacks on planes. You were saying?
[01:19:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Proof Threat Is Effectively Zero - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:17] <exec> 08└─>> Keep in mind that the TSA has never once apprehended someone who was convicted of anything remotely terror related. > > More to the point there has been damn few un-successful terrorist attacks on planes. You were saying? Careful reading is important. Those measure two different things. TSA hasn'...
[01:19:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03iwoloschin [3863] (Score:4, Interesting) 02Not Surprised - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 1304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:19] <exec> 08└─The last few times I've flown my Apple "Magic Mouse" has been singled out by the TSA because the agents looking at the x-ray say, "It's got a 9V battery." In reality, it's got two AA batteries, which looks nothing like a 9V, either the exterior shell, or the 6 AAA cells that go into a 9V battery. No...
[01:19:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03pe1rxq [844] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:Not Surprised - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:21] <exec> 08└─I am guessing the 9V batteries are conspiring with the nail clippers.
[01:19:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03dime [1163] (Score:1) 02Re:Not Surprised - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:22] <exec> 08└─9v's can be daisy chained (without any extra tools) to create a super battery. So in case you manage to smuggle on 11.1264 kG of 9v batteries, you could do something like this: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[01:19:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not Surprised - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:24] <exec> 08└─None of the agents have been able to explain to me why a 9V battery is bad
[01:19:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score:2) 02Re:Not Surprised - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:25] <exec> 08└─They check for 9V batteries because all explosives require 9V batteries.
[01:19:26] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02Alarming? To whom? - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 1040 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:27] <exec> 08└─"While this report is alarming by itself," Why would anyone be alarmed? To be alarmed at this report, one would first have to be convinced that the TSA serves some purpose beyond theater. That is ALL the TSA is, security theater, designed to make the sheep feel better. WTF did TSA find it's employee...
[01:19:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Alarming? To whom? - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:28] <exec> 08└─Well, it's a real problem blown completely out of proportion for the total harm. But then again, if the US government put this kinda rights violation and money proportionally towards what kills americans, we'd all be dragged out for mandatory daily exercise at gunpoint.
[01:19:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Alarming? To whom? - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:30] <exec> 08└─You've got a point. But then, I'm aging, and my knees hurt all the time. If they tried to drag me out at gunpoint, I'd probably just shoot first, thereby committing "suicide by cop".
[01:19:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Alarming? To whom? - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 454 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:31] <exec> 08└─As an aside, I used to let my knees excuse things too. I'd recommend, low impact, high intensity cardio(like elliptical machines or swimming) for not dying, and squats without weights to build the strength of your knees. The more that's wrong with your body the harder exercise gets. The less you exe...
[01:19:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Alarming? To whom? - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:33] <exec> 08└─"Unless you're over 50," Uhhhhh - yeah. The pain was manageable until I was about 50. Today, if I run, the pain manages me instead. Being on my feet for an eight hour shift is about all I can manage these days. And then I come home feeling like I'm wearing twenty pound lead weights on each foot. Tod...
[01:19:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:Alarming? To whom? - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 1307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:35] <exec> 08└─Squats are bad for anybody. Partial squats, until the thigh is horizontal are generally reasonable, unless you have severe knee problems. Exercise doesn't help cartilage problems, but low stress exercise is generally good. Most people, even with mild knee problems, can walk. Don't jog if you're over...
[01:19:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Replacing the administrator won't help - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 508 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:36] <exec> 08└─They are dealing with a situation where they most sort one true positive for each of literally tens of millions of true negatives. Being suspicious of everyone who travels is just untenable. Unless there's a dead giveaway, they're not catching anything. No training, technology, or administrator will...
[01:19:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Replacing the administrator won't help - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:38] <exec> 08└─Unless, of course, we're willing to accept numerous completely unjustified false positives with all the unnecessary detention, and injustice that entails.
[01:19:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03CortoMaltese [5244] (Score:2) 02Security theater - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 481 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:39] <exec> 08└─Most people have known this for years, (see for example Jeffrey Goldberg hilarious account of stuff he passed through an airport with, including a Bin laden shirt http://www.theatlantic.com) [theatlantic.com] the TSA is in short a security theat...
[01:19:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Covalent [43] (Score:2) 02Re:Security theater - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 658 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:41] <exec> 08└─I came here to say this, but I'd like to add that in addition to the TSA being security theater, it almost certainly makes us less safe in general. For starters, you regularly have long lines at the airport due to screening backups. As many people have mentioned, it would be far easier to bomb a lin...
[01:19:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:Security theater - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:42] <exec> 08└─There's a YouTube series on weapons that you can make in the airport from things that you can buy in the airport once you're past security.
[01:19:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Insightful) 02So make the tests easier - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:44] <exec> 08└─...the methods employed in these regular tests are deliberately designed to be unrealistically hard...
[01:19:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kromagv0 [1825] (Score:2) 02Re:So make the tests easier - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:46] <exec> 08└─By unrealistically hard they probably mean the object was sent through the X-ray machine in a coat pocket or left in a waistband or rear pants pocket, and not just left out in the open and labeled gun, bomb, or knife in big red letters. Or at least that has been my experience, but god forbid you hav...
[01:19:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score:4, Insightful) 02The one correct response... - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:47] <exec> 08└─So: TSA is ineffective, which is simultaneously proof that there is no real threat. The response is entirely obvious, isn't it? And yet, nowhere in the MSM have I seen anyone suggest it: eliminate TSA, return security to airlines and airports just as it used to be. Government bureaucracies never die...
[01:19:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:The one correct response... - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 1087 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:49] <exec> 08└─I have had insight into how government works through the window of an American President I used to work for. Through that window, I've also had insight into how most of the major NGO's you've heard of in the world operate. Even the ostensibly highly specialized ones are clusterfucks of unimaginable...
[01:19:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02why does it still exist, then? - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 591 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:50] <exec> 08└─<tinfoilhat> The organizational structure and current benign task of the TSA sounds like it already attracts and organizes a certain kind of people interested in working there. Let's call them RWA's for abbreviation. All you'd need to additionally do, is teach them how to march, tell them there's an...
[01:19:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:3, Informative) 02not sexist - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:19:52] <exec> 08└─advocacy groups, including the National Organization for Women and Even the Score, have suggested that the FDA is being sexist by holding the drug to a higher standard than drugs, such as [REDACTED], for male sexual problems
[01:19:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:not sexist - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:53] <exec> 08└─in this case, it messes with neurotransmitters
[01:19:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:not sexist - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 2437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:55] <exec> 08└─I asked about the filter (check the original submission link). The [REDACTED] is probably here to stay for now, because many dumb bots will use the unredacted words and generated thousands of comments at some point. --- Certainly, the first drug for female sex drive may not be the most effective. Ju...
[01:19:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:4, Touché) 02Re:not sexist - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:57] <exec> 08└─Certainly, the first drug for female sex drive may not be the most effective. Just because the idea was underfunded for decades
[01:19:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:not sexist - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:58] <exec> 08└─heh ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)ノ💰
[01:19:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02How about a male libido pill? - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:00] <exec> 08└─We soak women already with THE pill. Let's tune down men's much higher libido?
[01:20:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:How about a male libido pill? - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 535 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:01] <exec> 08└─As far as I know, the only way to do that is to lower testosterone, which would have the effect of lowering muscle mass, sexual and professional drive, and increasing weight gain, diabetes risk, and depression. I think we need to get away from the ideal of flawless monogamy and have open relationshi...
[01:20:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:How about a male libido pill? - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:03] <exec> 08└─Maybe instead they should just do like the Greeks, and train men to learn to enjoy sex with each other.
[01:20:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03morgauxo [2082] (Score:1, Redundant) 02Re:How about a male libido pill? - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:05] <exec> 08└─Wow, I bet you have a happy partner.
[01:20:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Re:How about a male libido pill? - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:06] <exec> 08└─It's called marriage.
[01:20:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:How about a male libido pill? - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:08] <exec> 08└─We soak women already with THE pill.
[01:20:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:How about a male libido pill? - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:09] <exec> 08└─That guy didn't actually say any of the things you're yelling at him about.
[01:20:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:How about a male libido pill? - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:11] <exec> 08└─His wording shifts responsibility from the women to the unstated "we" who "shower women" with this type of drug. One would naturally assume that "we" means "society" given the context and typical English language conventions, so the statement becomes "society already showers women in the pill", whic...
[01:20:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Unintended consequences - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:12] <exec> 08└─So this stuff makes women horny and drowsy? Expect to see hysterical headlines soon denouncing it as a date-rape drug.
[01:20:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:14] <exec> 08└─I was going to say this as well. I'm flabbergasted that the NOW wants this drug available.
[01:20:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:16] <exec> 08└─I was going to post more, but I kept getting the dreaded filter error about spam. Reading more into this, I don't think this drug can actually be used for date rape. I'd advise a review of the Wikipedia article on the drug. Apparently, this is a drug that one must take daily and doesn't really show...
[01:20:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anne Nonymous [712] (Score:2) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:17] <exec> 08└─> So this stuff makes women horny and drowsy? Yes, it's like beer, but for women.
[01:20:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:19] <exec> 08└─And like alcohol, men will buy it for women, hoping to get laid more.
[01:20:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 1369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:20] <exec> 08└─This article is making my angry, because those commenting are uninformed of such things. Disclaimer - I have had in the past a prescription for an erectile-dysfunction drug, which was revoked when the doctor suspected that I had been using it recreationally. I gave up on looking for the article, bu...
[01:20:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:22] <exec> 08└─Drowsy the following day. Read.
[01:20:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score:1) 02Can't win with these people - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:23] <exec> 08└─If they just rubber-stamped it through without any testing, and it turned out to have some bad effect they would accuse the FDA of being sexist and it being a conspiracy to repress women.
[01:20:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:3, Insightful) 02magic pills - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 890 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:25] <exec> 08└─People are obsessed with magic pills to "cure" things that might not be problems at all, and might respond better to environmental factors. And Big Pharma eggs us on. As VLM touched on above, money is a powerful drug itself. Most people feel hornier when times are good. Depression doesn't always jus...
[01:20:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:magic pills - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 625 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:27] <exec> 08└─Yeah don't end up like the Black Knight, keep on saying it's just a flesh wound. I agree that depression is a disease. However some of the supposed treatments seem about as bad as the disease. It's a bit analogous to someone having a disease that makes them feel hungry all the time, and people treat...
[01:20:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score:2) 02Sexist, huh? - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 642 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:28] <exec> 08└─> The company and some advocacy groups, including the National Organization for Women and Even the Score, have suggested that the FDA is being sexist by holding the drug to a higher standard than... Yeah, the sexist pigs never change. It's just like the old days when that evil Dr. Kelsey wouldn't ap...
[01:20:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02This Drug Has Been Around for Years - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:30] <exec> 08└─It's called cash.
[01:20:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:2) 02Re:This Drug Has Been Around for Years - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:31] <exec> 08└─Also, if people start using the actual pharmaceutical, they won't be contributing anything to the economy. Something tells me this is undercover economic warfare.
[01:20:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03ragequit [44] (Score:2) 02Alternate markets - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:33] <exec> 08└─I wonder if pimps will buy this fo' they's hoes?
[01:20:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03TK [2760] (Score:2) 02Re:Alternate markets - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:34] <exec> 08└─Pimps don't care if they's hoes enjoy it. Plus they'd be sleepy the day after. Your productivity drops and you're going feel the back side of the pimp hand.
[01:20:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Air con? - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:36] <exec> 08└─It's clearly summer and we've still got the heating on, you insensitive clod!
[01:20:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Air con? - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:38] <exec> 08└─It's clearly summer
[01:20:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Side (or is it hight?) effects - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:39] <exec> 08└─A city with a super-busy sole airport [wikipedia.org], with only 3 runways and curfew over night Now, imagine all the roofs in the 'burbs reflecting the sun's light back.
[01:20:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Side (or is it hight?) effects - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:41] <exec> 08└─It's not really super busy. It's only fractionally busier than the single runway London Gatwick, so not sure where the "only 3 runways" comment comes from. Plus the majority of flight-paths will be over the sea, so reflective roofs aren't going to be a problem.
[01:20:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:3, Insightful) 02we need power to save use from sunlight! - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:42] <exec> 08└─Now researchers at the University of Technology in Sydney have developed a neat new material that can keep roofs cooler than the air above them, even in direct sunlight. By preventing roofs from warming up, homeowners can expend less energy on air conditioning, and reduce the heat island effect in t...
[01:20:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ken_g6 [3706] (Score:2) 02Re:we need power to save use from sunlight! - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:44] <exec> 08└─Solar panels work best on the equator-ward side of a sloped roof. This would be useful to put on the poleward side. In the winter the poleward side hardly gets any sun, so solar panels aren't useful. But in the summer it gets a lot and needs to reflect the heat away.
[01:20:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:we need power to save use from sunlight! - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:46] <exec> 08└─Does a solar panel generate enough electricity to power a house's AC?
[01:20:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 0250 Fahrenheit difference ~ 28 degs Celsius - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:47] <exec> 08└─$ units '50 degF' 'degC' * 27.777778 (for absolute conversions, see the manual page) I was wondering whether placing a black grid above (the cool material, at some height) would help as it would create wind movement?
[01:20:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:50 Fahrenheit difference ~ 28 degs Celsi - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:49] <exec> 08└─I was wondering whether placing a black grid above (the cool material, at some height) would help as it would create wind movement?
[01:20:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheLink [332] (Score:2) 02Might be cheaper than Stanford's version - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 489 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:50] <exec> 08└─This one is plastics + silver which might be cheaper than Stanford's quartz and silicon carbide version (if you can get the silver layer really thin, or do away with it using total internal reflection - assuming the silver is solely for reflective purposes): http://www.kurzweilai.net
[01:20:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Dust? - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:52] <exec> 08└─The popsci article didn't mention how easily it is degraded by dust, birdshit, etc. If you look at cool roof ratings [coolroofs.org] they measure both initial performance and performance after 3 years. Also, if you have asphalt shingles the most cost-effective way to reduce heat absorption is to pai...
[01:20:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kromagv0 [1825] (Score:2) 02Re:Dust? - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:53] <exec> 08└─It sounds like it might be cheaper even if you do live in a high rainfall area. $14 and a few hours of work isn't much.
[01:20:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Dust? - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:55] <exec> 08└─1) What happens if the rain water from your hydrated lime roof gets into someone's eyes? 2) Can it be a problem to pilots if all the roofs in a huge area start reflecting sunlight really well?
[01:20:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Dust? - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:57] <exec> 08└─> 1) What happens if the rain water from your hydrated lime roof gets into someone's eyes? I dunno. What happens? > ) Can it be a problem to pilots if all the roofs in a huge area start reflecting sunlight really well? Can it? Just asking is all.
[01:20:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score:2) 02Shade it with PV - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 833 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:20:58] <exec> 08└─Ballpark numbers (for Germany): Total price per square meter flat rooting that unskilled citizens pay to licensed craftsmen: 200 EUR (It's a bit of a seller's market now, with the low interest rates). Price per square meter for 2 layer reinforced modified bitumen roofing included in the above, the s...
[01:20:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03penguinoid [5331] (Score:1) 02Also cools the planet - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:00] <exec> 08└─This also cools the planet (increases albedo) and helps reduce the heat island effect of cities.
[01:21:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03sudo rm -rf [2357] (Score:2) 02Re:previously-existing conditions - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:01] <exec> 08└─Many infections leave behind permanent damage. (I couldn't find the English technical term, my dictionary gives me "persistent defect after healing"*). So having survived a lot of infections does not necessarily make you healthier. *for those interested, the medical terms are Reparatio (complete hea...
[01:21:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:previously-existing conditions - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:03] <exec> 08└─Or an idiot who takes absurd chances and so is a higher risk to the insurance company.
[01:21:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] 02OCD-types are doomed - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 179 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:04] <exec> 08└─I can see this being a big problem for people with a compulsive need to complete sets and collections. "Let's see, I've got the full set except for HIV, Hep C and Dengue Fever..."
[01:21:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:OCD-types are doomed - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:06] <exec> 08└─And when you complete the set, you win the Darwin Award! Go for it! Could win Darwin Award. Could become first known Homo-Sapiens-Sapiens-Sapiens. I say go for it!
[01:21:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:OCD-types are doomed - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:08] <exec> 08└─Homo-Sapiens-Sapiens-Stupidus
[01:21:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Validation? - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:09] <exec> 08└─Probably the same as so-called industry self-regulation: "Trust me."
[01:21:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:Validation? - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:11] <exec> 08└─IIRC, Measles resets the memory of infections, so if you had measles after mumps, you could lose your immunity to mumps. (Though, to be honest, my memory also says that mumps infections of different organs require different immunities...so you can get it more than once anyway.) In any case, I don't...
[01:21:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Validation? - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:12] <exec> 08└─IIRC, Measles resets the memory of infections
[01:21:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02What about assassinations? - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:14] <exec> 08└─Scientific progress bringing health to the masses, or more efficient ways to kill an enemy? Dictatorships around the world are going to love this. Now they will know what diseases you are NOT protected against and infect you with them (preferrably a combination) causing quick or slow death and agony...
[01:21:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:What about assassinations? - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:15] <exec> 08└─It's as unnecessarily convoluted as the plot of a Harry Potter book. By the time you obtain the information you need, and get the right things to fall right where you need them to deliver the response, including the luck of having the subject react as you'd hope, there is at least a thousand simpler...
[01:21:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:What about assassinations? - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:17] <exec> 08└─Simple solutions are too Stalinist. Anyone can catch a "normal" disease unexpectedly and then die. Just like what happens these days to people who've become inconvenient. No one suspects anything foul. The guy caught a cold and then died. What no one knows is that this "cold" was specifically recomm...
[01:21:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Ask a virologist - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:19] <exec> 08└─I was told that minute mutation leads to practically infinite variety of common cold viruses that we don't bother cooking up vaccine/treatment for it. How could this test for all of those?
[01:21:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Ask a virologist - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:21] <exec> 08└─"In total over 200 different viral types are associated with colds." - Wikipedia.
[01:21:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ask a virologist - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:22] <exec> 08└─So this test catches all/most of these cold viruses?
[01:21:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Ask a virologist - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 853 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:24] <exec> 08└─It looks like many cold viruses (rhinovirus) get recognized as 1 "species". Both snippets from the EurekaAlert release: "VirScan works by screening the blood for antibodies against any of the 206 species of viruses known to infect humans." "As a group, the bacteriophage displayed all of the protein...
[01:21:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ask a virologist - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:26] <exec> 08└─Thanks for the reply. Looks like there are at least two points of contention: 1. Semantics of viral "species" 2. Relationship between an antibody type and a viral species (one-to-one, one-to-many, none-to-one, etc.)
[01:21:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:Ask a virologist - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 550 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:27] <exec> 08└─Takyon, Different AC here. I take issue with this explanation. If antibodies are what make us immune to each cold virus, and the test finds one antibody that recognizes all the different cold viruses, then there should be no symptoms of the later colds. Also 'surprisingly people have generated the e...
[01:21:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ask a virologist - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:29] <exec> 08└─Surprisingly, many people had generated the exact same antibodies to infections; researchers believed people's immune responses to be more diverse, Elledge says.
[01:21:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Ask a virologist - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:30] <exec> 08└─http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endogenous_retrovirus [wikipedia.org] ?
[01:21:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ask a virologist - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:32] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure if those show up in BLAST searches. Most of the proteins are not expressed (at least supposedly), but we'd have to check the BLAST code/documentation to find out.
[01:21:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Will it also detect computer viruses?? - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:33] <exec> 08└─On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
[01:21:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02And I care because? - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:35] <exec> 08└─Virus attacked me, I beat it, it can't hurt me anymore. Why do I care? Think I'm going to get a tattoo that says "Virus: 0 Me: 623"?
[01:21:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:And I care because? - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:37] <exec> 08└─> it can't hurt me anymore That is not strictly true for all viruses. Immunity wanes over time for many viruses.
[01:21:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re:And I care because? - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:38] <exec> 08└─The ones I've seen research data for (parvovirus, distemper, rabies) -- immunity waned about 4 years after vaccination, which is nothing more than a controlled exposure to a virus for the purpose of generating antibodies.
[01:21:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score:2) 02Re:And I care because? - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:40] <exec> 08└─I envision this as a huge boon for international travel for high risk areas. A Carte Jaune can be forged, however Yellow fever antibodies in your blood is a bit more conclusive that you've been immunized.
[01:21:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] (Score:1) 02Validity - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:41] <exec> 08└─TLDR I am concerned about sensitivity especially. It is well known that infections to not induce antibody reactions in all individuals. Unless this effect is evaluated in larger cohorts the test seems not trustworthy. Also specificity could be problematic as it is again known that antibodies can be...
[01:21:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score:1) 02Re:Presidential Directive - 06NASA Releases Nuclear Power Assessment Study - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:43] <exec> 08└─Probably written in Perl.
[01:21:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Space nukes - 06NASA Releases Nuclear Power Assessment Study - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:44] <exec> 08└─I don't know enough about physics or engineering and I can't see anything easily mentioned in the linked report. What would happen in a Challenger/Columbia type event -- catastrophic failure and disintegration upon exit or re-entry? Would that be like setting of a nuke in the atmosphere? Which sound...
[01:21:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Space nukes - 06NASA Releases Nuclear Power Assessment Study - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:46] <exec> 08└─Hem... [wikipedia.org] Not a decay device.
[01:21:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:2, Informative) 02Re:Space nukes - 06NASA Releases Nuclear Power Assessment Study - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:48] <exec> 08└─I don't know enough about physics or engineering and I can't see anything easily mentioned in the linked report. What would happen in a Challenger/Columbia type event -- catastrophic failure and disintegration upon exit or re-entry? Would that be like setting of a nuke in the atmosphere? Which sound...
[01:21:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonymousCowardNoMore [5416] (Score:2, Interesting) 02Re:Space nukes - 06NASA Releases Nuclear Power Assessment Study - 983 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:49] <exec> 08└─It's happened before. E.g. the USSR lost the nuclear-powered satellite Kosmos 954 [wikipedia.org] over Canada. That's a satellite with a "real" nuclear reactor, not the plutonium-238 RTGs you see in some probes. As per treaty the Russians paid for the material to be cleaned up and that's really all...
[01:21:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03gnuman [5013] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Space nukes - 06NASA Releases Nuclear Power Assessment Study - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:51] <exec> 08└─I don't know enough about physics or engineering
[01:21:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Lovely... - 06NASA Releases Nuclear Power Assessment Study - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:21:52] <exec> 08└─> "it remains in a 1300-km altitude, 'nuclear-safe' orbit, although debris-shedding events of some level may have occurred," Not the most confidence-inspiring statement I've ever read... It's a big planet, it will fall on someone else.
[01:21:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Lovely... - 06NASA Releases Nuclear Power Assessment Study - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:54] <exec> 08└─Falling debris burns up in the atmosphere.
[01:21:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:Mach 5? Please. Done in the 60's. - 06The US Air Force Wants its New Hypersonic Aircraft Ready by 2023 - 910 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:56] <exec> 08└─They want to do it "themselves" now. Until the 60's, the work was being done by kidnapped German Nazi (OMG!!!!) scientists. Then those kidnapped scientists retired, and the U.S space race halted. Its been quite a while since then and they want to repeat the work done in the 60's. And why would they...
[01:21:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Mach 5? Please. Done in the 60's. - 06The US Air Force Wants its New Hypersonic Aircraft Ready by 2023 - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:57] <exec> 08└─Just want to transfer more money at hypersonic speeds... With all the trillions the US military has been spending I would have expected flying saucer tech or warp drives or antigrav (there seems to be tiny progress on this - but not via the military...) or better.
[01:21:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03beardedchimp [393] (Score:1) 02Re:Mach 5? Please. Done in the 60's. - 06The US Air Force Wants its New Hypersonic Aircraft Ready by 2023 - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:21:59] <exec> 08└─It's not just about going Mach 5. Unlike ramjets, scamjets don't need to slow the air down to subsonic speeds before combustion, this makes it very efficient and sets a high upper bound for possible velocities. The upper limit is above 20,000Km/hr! Existing plane velocities have stagnated under curr...
[01:22:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Mach 5? Please. Done in the 60's. - 06The US Air Force Wants its New Hypersonic Aircraft Ready by 2023 - 700 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:00] <exec> 08└─Concorde was officially breaking even up until the accident, which is better than most flagship supertech usually does. It failed commercially because the US banned it for NIH violation. Boeing and Airbus need 10-figure amounts to develop passenger planes using gradual increments of tech. The next p...
[01:22:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Mach 5? Please. Done in the 60's. - 06The US Air Force Wants its New Hypersonic Aircraft Ready by 2023 - 794 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:02] <exec> 08└─Yep. Now, what I was looking for, was the NUCLEAR POWERED craft that did even higher speeds than these. No crew, and fly 'em one time, because A: they were to hot to land again and B: they lost all maneuverability at merely supersonic speeds. And, guess what? A few quick, simple searches, and I've c...
[01:22:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03novak [4683] (Score:2) 02Re:Mach 5? Please. Done in the 60's. - 06The US Air Force Wants its New Hypersonic Aircraft Ready by 2023 - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:03] <exec> 08└─You mean Project Pluto? [wikipedia.org] Or maybe SLAM? [wikipedia.org]
[01:22:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Mach 5? Please. Done in the 60's. - 06The US Air Force Wants its New Hypersonic Aircraft Ready by 2023 - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:05] <exec> 08└─Yes, and yep. But - the research was carried at least a step further, according to my memory. At least one craft was flown at hypersonic speeds, and ditched into the ocean. Either that, or I'm just getting fucking senile, and I've superimposed some work of fiction on top of the genuine research. Dam...
[01:22:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03novak [4683] (Score:2) 02Re:Mach 5? Please. Done in the 60's. - 06The US Air Force Wants its New Hypersonic Aircraft Ready by 2023 - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:07] <exec> 08└─The X43 was, but that's not from the 60s. Other than that... I'm not sure.
[01:22:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03novak [4683] (Score:2) 02Re:Mach 5? Please. Done in the 60's. - 06The US Air Force Wants its New Hypersonic Aircraft Ready by 2023 - 484 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:08] <exec> 08└─Mach 5 was done in the 60s, but only under rocket power. Mach 3-4 is feasible for a ramjet engine, but mach 5 is pushing it. A scramjet is capable of going not only mach 5 but mach 10 or 15, or even more- look at the X43 project. What the air force wants is an aircraft, not a rocket plane and not a...
[01:22:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02Re:Mach 5? Please. Done in the 60's. - 06The US Air Force Wants its New Hypersonic Aircraft Ready by 2023 - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:10] <exec> 08└─Ah, yes, that SR-71, the secret one with the special engine modifications that were never talked about in public. I know the one you mean. By the way, it's time to walk down to the pen to feed the Greys. They get really angry if their fried chicken is even five minutes late and they make us wait a m...
[01:22:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wants? - 06The US Air Force Wants its New Hypersonic Aircraft Ready by 2023 - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:11] <exec> 08└─SIgn me up for one too.
[01:22:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:What does this mean for Obama? - 06The US Air Force Wants its New Hypersonic Aircraft Ready by 2023 - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:13] <exec> 08└─Don't worry the next president puppet will be installed on time and speak and do what we say. I think this new model will feature boobs. But the agenda will be the same.
[01:22:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:What does this mean for Obama? - 06The US Air Force Wants its New Hypersonic Aircraft Ready by 2023 - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:14] <exec> 08└─"I think this new model will feature boobs." So - the R's are going to nominate a female? The D's are looking at a boob, but I'm not sure that it ever had boobs. I find it hard to believe how many people actually support that sleaze bag. That only proves that the D's are at least as stupid as the R...
[01:22:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Aurean [4924] (Score:1) 02FAA - 06How You Can Track the FBI’s Spy Planes - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:16] <exec> 08└─You'd think the FAA might have something to say about operating not just cell phones, but entire cellular towers out of aircraft in US skies...
[01:22:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02He interrogated the transponder? - 06How You Can Track the FBI’s Spy Planes - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:18] <exec> 08└─Seems what he did is he interrogated the transponder (167 MHz?) of each plane and logged it? Nothing really complicated?
[01:22:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fnord666 [652] (Score:3, Informative) 02Customized Radio Receiver - 06How You Can Track the FBI’s Spy Planes - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:19] <exec> 08└─And by "Customized Radio Receiver" they mean a cheap ($20 US) USB DTV dongle and open source SDR software. Ain't life grand these days?
[01:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03TestablePredictions [3249] (Score:1) 02Follow-up on John Wiseman needed - 06How You Can Track the FBI’s Spy Planes - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:21] <exec> 08└─Is he being hounded and harassed by the spooks yet? He probably will be.
[01:22:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:They scored that high? - 06Why Americans Loathe Cable Companies - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:22] <exec> 08└─Me too. And then I remembered that more than 90% of Congress gets re-elected. "The one I have is not great, but what's the alternative? The single other choice clearly worse, and I kinda get some of the stuff I expected anyway, so my choice must have been valid" Ain't confirmation bias a great thing...
[01:22:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Data is easier - 06Why Americans Loathe Cable Companies - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:24] <exec> 08└─premium TV is where they make the biggest profits,
[01:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:Data is easier - 06Why Americans Loathe Cable Companies - 911 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:25] <exec> 08└─I'm not buying data from them, but I'm using Comcast's internet service since AT&T jacked up the price for DSL. But I haven't had POTS or cable for well over a decade. When cable was first available to me, it was a great deal. Analog TV had ghosts, snow, etc, but cable gave you those channels crysta...
[01:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Data is easier - 06Why Americans Loathe Cable Companies - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:27] <exec> 08└─I'm not buying data from them, but I'm using Comcast's internet service
[01:22:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:Data is easier - 06Why Americans Loathe Cable Companies - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:29] <exec> 08└─Funny thing, unless you use HTTPS and/or VPN all the time, you'll soon start seeing ads in your data too... I don't know if being common carriers forbids that or not, but the ISP will try to find a way around it.
[01:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I don't loathe cable - 06Why Americans Loathe Cable Companies - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:30] <exec> 08└─It's relevant because his attitude is mostly justified.
[01:22:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:I don't loathe cable - 06Why Americans Loathe Cable Companies - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:32] <exec> 08└─It's relevant because his attitude is mostly justified.
[01:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I don't loathe cable - 06Why Americans Loathe Cable Companies - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:33] <exec> 08└─Kids these days...
[01:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02I'm not homeless, and I'm not refusing treatment - 06Kim Dotcom Thwarts U.S. Asset Grab and More - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:38] <exec> 08└─I've been in treatment for my illness since November 1984. I spent $60,000.00 of my own money to pay just one psychotherapist when I was living in Santa Cruz. What leads you to believe I'm refusing treatment? That I'm homeless?
[01:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I don't know about New Zealand, but in the US.. - 06Kim Dotcom Thwarts U.S. Asset Grab and More - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:39] <exec> 08└─Which is garbage, because it (likely intentionally) makes it nearly impossible to challenge unconstitutional laws, especially if what is being done is being kept secret, or the government invokes the "national security" excuse (which shouldn't at all interfere with a trial). We are all harmed when t...
[01:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Forfeiture... - 06Kim Dotcom Thwarts U.S. Asset Grab and More - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:44] <exec> 08└─https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150326/18041530458/how-us-government-legally-stole-millions-kim-dotcom.shtml [techdirt.com] Here's some older discussion of it. As for interstate asset forfeiture in general, I'm sure the drug war is involved.
[01:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02How do you know Judiciary is really rotten? - 06Kim Dotcom Thwarts U.S. Asset Grab and More - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:45] <exec> 08└─Even rich people can't get justice any more...
[01:22:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] 02Features our corporate overlords don't want - 06How the Tech Behind Bitcoin Could Stop the Next Snowden - 236 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:53] <exec> 08└─Sounds like a great idea. Until they realize that such a system would hold those senior execs & IT managers to the same standards as everyone else. What they really wants is everyone else's data, but the ability to ghost theirs at will.
[01:22:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Features our corporate overlords don't want - 06How the Tech Behind Bitcoin Could Stop the Next Snowden - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:57] <exec> 08└─He modified the logs of the accessed data it seems. Kind of "vi /var/log/messages"..
[01:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score:2) 02Re:Features our corporate overlords don't want - 06How the Tech Behind Bitcoin Could Stop the Next Snowden - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:22:59] <exec> 08└─No, I think the idea is that you take a copy of the log file, hash it, and then insert the hash into the blockchain. The integrity of the .log file can then be verified against the hash signature in the blockchain to confirm that it hasn't been altered. This would make it impossible to cover your tr...
[01:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score:2) 02Re:Features our corporate overlords don't want - 06How the Tech Behind Bitcoin Could Stop the Next Snowden - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:23:00] <exec> 08└─Ugh, just reread your comment... Sorry, I think I need more coffee.
[01:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Yeah, until... - 06How the Tech Behind Bitcoin Could Stop the Next Snowden - 950 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:23:03] <exec> 08└─you realize how much bandwidth a bitlog system would waste, and consider this on a high demand, high reliability network like is being discussed. All you need to do to slow this down is get a few key systems spamming out log entries and the entire network would grind to a halt. And if it DIDN'T it w...
[01:23:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Wouldn't have stopped Snowden at all. - 06How the Tech Behind Bitcoin Could Stop the Next Snowden - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:23:10] <exec> 08└─Agree. You seem to be the only one reading it the same way as I do. If this technology were in place, and a whole bunch of other conditions, then Snowden wouldn't have been able to get away with it. Hmmm, but he didn't get away with it. So this technology made no difference.
[01:23:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:This tech is nothing new - this is PR for sucke - 06How the Tech Behind Bitcoin Could Stop the Next Snowden - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:23:14] <exec> 08└─The catch is how do you sign the signature of the previous log without that signature also being compromised.
[01:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03trimtab [2194] (Score:1) 02Re:This tech is nothing new - this is PR for sucke - 06How the Tech Behind Bitcoin Could Stop the Next Snowden - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:23:16] <exec> 08└─If you are using text like in PGP, you simply chain multiple new signatures as you add data to log and sign all the previous log data with later signatures that include the previous signatures. It could all be in text files with marks and signatures at whatever rate you are willing to use CPU to cre...
[01:23:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:perhaps I may be of service - 06U.S. Government Employees Hit By Massive Data Breach - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:30] <exec> 08└─My ssn is 567-68-0515
[01:23:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:perhaps I may be of service - 06U.S. Government Employees Hit By Massive Data Breach - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:31] <exec> 08└─My ssn is 567-68-0515
[01:23:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Re:Editors are on their game - 06U.S. Government Employees Hit By Massive Data Breach - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:34] <exec> 08└─Fuck that. I demand a month earlier!
[01:23:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03sudo rm -rf Slashdot [5424] (Score:1) 02Re:Misuse of the term breaking news - 06U.S. Government Employees Hit By Massive Data Breach - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:42] <exec> 08└─You may think that is the case, but I, utilizing my brain, deduced that Soylent News received the information from the links provided within TFA.
[01:23:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03arulatas [3600] (Score:1) 02Re:Thanks NSA! - 06U.S. Government Employees Hit By Massive Data Breach - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:46] <exec> 08└─It is easier for them to break something than to fix it.
[01:23:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03cyrano [1034] (Score:2) 02Will they never learn? - 06U.S. Government Employees Hit By Massive Data Breach - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:48] <exec> 08└─"The email will come from opmcio@csid.com..." Is that a kind of an invitation to start phishing? Seems like good business too. Find a hole, get payed. Find an intrusion, sell insurance. Follow up problem, bill the government... Endless possibilities.
[01:23:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Will they never learn? - 06U.S. Government Employees Hit By Massive Data Breach - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:50] <exec> 08└─If I read the statement right, only employees that had their email compromised (on file) will get the identity theft service email. A disaster on top of a disaster.
[01:23:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03TK [2760] (Score:2) 02Re:Will they never learn? - 06U.S. Government Employees Hit By Massive Data Breach - 440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:51] <exec> 08└─There's got to be a list of .gov email addresses floating around somewhere. Hell, it may even be publicly available on one of the .gov sites. This really does seem like the perfect setup for a phishing email. wARMING! yOUR aCCOUNT mAY bE cOMPROMISED In accord with government mandate. You are entitle...
[01:24:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03TLA [5128] (Score:2) 02Re:would you like help eating your food too? - 06New SOHO Router Security Audit Uncovers Over 60 Flaws In 22 Models - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:24:02] <exec> 08└─I use a Chinese offbrand Busybox wired router off the Netgear cable router supplied by Virgin Media as a go-between (basically because I don't trust the Netgear which is userwalled to shit). I've had that Busybox for ten years now, never gave me a bit of trouble.
[01:24:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Roll your own - 06New SOHO Router Security Audit Uncovers Over 60 Flaws In 22 Models - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:24:06] <exec> 08└─And when the wireless standards progress and you need to upgrade. The upgrade procedure requires digital Houdini art and the wireless stuff is not possible to upgrade. There's usually a requirement for special architecture and weird drivers too. Hardware upgrades are essentially impossible.
[01:24:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score:2) 02Re:Roll your own - 06New SOHO Router Security Audit Uncovers Over 60 Flaws In 22 Models - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:24:08] <exec> 08└─So what? An entire new inexpensive router costs the same as a wireless usb adapter.
[01:24:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03hash14 [1102] (Score:2) 02Re:Roll your own - 06New SOHO Router Security Audit Uncovers Over 60 Flaws In 22 Models - 621 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:24:09] <exec> 08└─For one, you're basically guaranteed compatibility and have a broad range of choice in the hardware you use. If you buy a packaged router, you're basically locked into the firmware and hardware it provides. As for the ethernet ports, you could always attach a switch/hub and again, you have the optio...
[01:24:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Roll your own - 06New SOHO Router Security Audit Uncovers Over 60 Flaws In 22 Models - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:24:11] <exec> 08└─Using old PC as router is efficient and flexible. And enterprise stuff usually comes with a price tag to match. Not fun when a transient fries your enterprise investment. With an old PC you can get a real operating system and thus do subnet management with a low price point.
[01:24:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Free Software Foundation OS recommendations - 06New SOHO Router Security Audit Uncovers Over 60 Flaws In 22 Models - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:15] <exec> 08└─https://gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html#small-distros [gnu.org] Be free & be safe.
[01:24:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03TLA [5128] (Score:2) 02one or the other - 06New SOHO Router Security Audit Uncovers Over 60 Flaws In 22 Models - 924 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:17] <exec> 08└─There is no compromise solution worth even discussing here: you have have a secure system or you can have a system that's easy to use. A consumer box has to be easy to use; you're dealing with people even those who think they're clever by setting up their own home networks, who think shit should jus...
[01:24:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:one or the other - 06New SOHO Router Security Audit Uncovers Over 60 Flaws In 22 Models - 488 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:24:18] <exec> 08└─I disagree. Once you setup something like OpenWRT it is fairly non intrusive. However you can not forget about it. You still have to update it. The bugs were already there. They just have not been discovered yet. Even a toaster needs maintenance. You still have to dump it over and get the crumbs out...
[01:24:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:So repetitive - 06Cure for Cancer One Step Closer After 'Spectacular' Breakthrough - 526 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:24:42] <exec> 08└─This is so true. The cause behind these kinds of silly news is "evolution is boring, revolution is newsworthy". Yet at the same time they manage to conflict themselves in the headline already, "one step closer" vs. "'spectacular' breakthrough"... that's some vast difference there! Fuck the "journali...
[01:24:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] 02Delayed progression != cure - 06Cure for Cancer One Step Closer After 'Spectacular' Breakthrough - 503 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:43] <exec> 08└─Fighting cancer is hard, but Newsweek needs to use their words right. This is not a cure! It looks a lot more effective than our previous treatments, at least for this one specific nasty type, but all that study says is that it'll stave things off about a year. For probably a cost well into six figu...
[01:24:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Price tag - 06Cure for Cancer One Step Closer After 'Spectacular' Breakthrough - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:24:50] <exec> 08└─"Because you're worth it"
[01:24:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Excuse me? - 06Cure for Cancer One Step Closer After 'Spectacular' Breakthrough - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:24:53] <exec> 08└─I'm saying you can't cure cancer if the "cure" only works on 58% of people.
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[02:16:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Obey! or no future for you. - 06A Whiff from Hell - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:16:15] <exec> 08└─You sound like one of those "independent libertarians" who, well, just happens to depend heavily on your employer, your family, your friends, and especially the government.
[02:16:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Obey! or no future for you. - 06A Whiff from Hell - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:16:16] <exec> 08└─As opposed to you, small business owner with a shop on the corner. Uh-oh, Walmart's coming to town. No more customers for you. Whatever will you do, successful businessman dependent on no one?
[02:16:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Invitation to the Police Station - 06A Whiff from Hell - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:16:22] <exec> 08└─Stinking up the lobby is disorderly conduct. Into the cells with you, criminal.
[02:16:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Americans have a right to peaceably assemble - 06A Whiff from Hell - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:16:25] <exec> 08└─You think you have rights? You don't have any rights. Your fellow Americans forfeited your rights when they elected Bush Jr. Try to keep up with the times please.
[02:16:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02SCOTUS sometimes gets it right. - 06A Whiff from Hell - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:16:27] <exec> 08└─Consider their recent decision that the police can't make you wait around for a drug sniffing dog to arrive.
[02:16:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02SCOTUS sometimes does things I agree with, - 06A Whiff from Hell - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:16:28] <exec> 08└─but everything else is the worst injustice in history!
[02:16:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Americans have a right to peaceably assemble - 06A Whiff from Hell - 518 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:16:30] <exec> 08└─Bush? Really? The Constitution was pretty much null and void by the time President Wilson put it out its misery. Tis been dead long before anyone posting here was born, before most of our parents. It is just since the 'return to normalcy' backlash after Wilson they all went to a lot of trouble to pr...
[02:16:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Americans have a right to peaceably assemble - 06A Whiff from Hell - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:16:31] <exec> 08└─Wilson, really? Have you forgotten how Lincoln trampled states' rights, declared martial law, suspended habeas corpus, declared war on fellow citizens?
[02:16:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Americans have a right to peaceably assemble - 06A Whiff from Hell - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:16:33] <exec> 08└─They already have tools like tear gas to break up violent protests. When you consider that police departments often employ undercover officers in protests, they can invent a ready made pretext, via agent provocateurs, to hose peaceful protests down. Plus, where's the violent protests that justify us...
[02:16:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02High tech my ass - 06A Whiff from Hell - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:16:34] <exec> 08└─Why not simply use post-treatment sewage instead? Fucking morons.
[02:16:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02headline implies Hell is in Israel - 06A Whiff from Hell - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:16:36] <exec> 08└─Which is apt because the biblical Hell referred to a flaming garbage dump outside Jerusalem.
[02:16:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03penguinoid [5331] (Score:1) 02Gotta get some of this - 06A Whiff from Hell - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:16:38] <exec> 08└─After the police inevitably use this to disperse a peaceful protest, you can spray other people to automatically mark them as having participated in the protest.
[02:16:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gotta get some of this - 06A Whiff from Hell - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:16:39] <exec> 08└─Guilt by association doesn't work in our enlightened society, surely.
[02:16:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score:2) 02Re:Tweaked for Defcon - 06Russian Billboard Advertising Contraband Hides When it Recognizes Cops - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:16:48] <exec> 08└─Only in public.
[02:17:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03TLA [5128] (Score:2) 02Re:As is custom... - 06Godzilla Receives Japanese Citizenship - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:17:10] <exec> 08└─We need a "-1 The fuck did I just read??"
[02:17:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03TLA [5128] (Score:2) 02As long as Disney doesn't get Bond - 06Godzilla Receives Japanese Citizenship - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:11] <exec> 08└─The last thing the paragon of English gentlemanly perfection needs is a JJ Abrams patented lens flare.
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[03:16:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Hmf - 06A Whiff from Hell - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:16:21] <exec> 08└─It's Friday and Ethanol-Fueled needs attention.
[03:16:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hmf - 06A Whiff from Hell - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:16:22] <exec> 08└─But wait, isn't Ethanol-Fueled a unemployed drunken loser? How can you be sure I even know it is Friday?
[03:16:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hmf - 06A Whiff from Hell - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:16:23] <exec> 08└─I'm plenty gay! You square peg hole.
[03:16:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Hmf - 06A Whiff from Hell - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:16:25] <exec> 08└─I agree, get rid of the bastard, so nobody here will be offended, ever. [google.com] Ban him for life. Things will be happy that way.
[03:16:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Americans have a right to peaceably assemble - 06A Whiff from Hell - 521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:16:34] <exec> 08└─No I didn't. Somebody has reading difficulties but it ain't me. Wilson 'put it out of its misery' kinda implies (remember, Reading Is Fundamental) that it was mostly dead already. It is just that bringing up the crimes of Lincoln almost always diverts the discussion into yells of RACIST and nothing...
[03:16:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Goddddwin - 06A Whiff from Hell - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:16:35] <exec> 08└─Lincoln was worse than Hitler.
[03:16:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Skatol... AKA "Liquid Ass" - 06A Whiff from Hell - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:16:38] <exec> 08└─Waste of money. It's easily made with Baking Soda, Sulfur, and water.
[03:16:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score:2) 02Re:Gotta get some of this - 06A Whiff from Hell - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:16:43] <exec> 08└─If they have not already they will eventually add some dye that won't wash out for days or one that glows under black-light (or similar). "We can see here that you attended the unlawful protest that turned into a riot and looting ..."
[03:16:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Easy solution - 06A Whiff from Hell - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:16:45] <exec> 08└─Send your personal telepresence robot to attend the protest instead.
[03:16:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03rigrig [5129] (Score:1) 02Unrelated? - 06A Whiff from Hell - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:16:46] <exec> 08└─It remains to be seen how this "collective environmental punishment" will go over in the streets of the US where people call the police on dog walkers that fail to pick up after their pet.
[03:16:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unrelated? - 06A Whiff from Hell - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:16:48] <exec> 08└─Well, no. The civilized reaction is to raise the topic at the next town council meeting and suggest signs be posted reminding folks to "please pick up after your pet." The uncivilized reaction is to carry a gun around the neighborhood to shoot pets and their owners. Calling the police lies somewhere...
[03:18:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03TLA [5128] (Score:2) 02Re:Not correcting you at all. - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:18:37] <exec> 08└─I don't know anyone that has a proper LED control chip in a flashlight
[03:18:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03fnj [1654] (Score:2) 02Re:The EEVBlog already covered this - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:18:53] <exec> 08└─Thank you. You nailed it. When I want to watch a video, it is because I want to kill some time. Watching is passive. When I want to learn something, I read. Reading is active. There is actually a lesson here between learning and being taught.
[03:18:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03fnj [1654] (Score:2) 02Re:The EEVBlog already covered this - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 676 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:18:54] <exec> 08└─Just for the record, I have a high regard for the real eevblog.com, and by extension, the guy. The forums at that site are absolutely great. And I certainly didn't knock the video spoon-feed based on his enthusiasm about his subject. Anyway, you overreached just a bit when you brought in the EE. It...
[03:18:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03fnj [1654] (Score:2) 02Re:The EEVBlog already covered this - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:18:56] <exec> 08└─For the love of god, whoever the high and mighty asshole is who marked my post flamebait: (1) get over yourself, and (2) learn to get the point. Shitty moderation is killing this place.
[03:19:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:why does it still exist, then? - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:19:48] <exec> 08└─Maybe Dick Cheney can come out of retirement to lead the (T)SA to their well-deserved glory No, it looks like Hillary wants the job.
[03:20:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:How about a male libido pill? - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:20:05] <exec> 08└─That would be the end of the h man race.
[03:21:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:Mach 5? Please. Done in the 60's. - 06The US Air Force Wants its New Hypersonic Aircraft Ready by 2023 - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:21:33] <exec> 08└─It failed commercially because the US banned it for NIH violation.
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[04:16:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Oh no, now they'll get me. - 06NSA Monitors Americans' International Internet Traffic to Hunt Hackers for FBI - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:16:21] <exec> 08└─I knew I shouldn't have downloaded that free OS from Ireland!
[04:16:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02They protect us from the bad man. - 06NSA Monitors Americans' International Internet Traffic to Hunt Hackers for FBI - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:16:22] <exec> 08└─They protect us from the bad man. The bad man watches us while we PPPPP EEEEE EEEEE PPPPP EEEEE EEEEE P P E E P P E E PPPPP EEEEE EEEEE PPPPP EEEEE EEEEE P E E P E E P EEEEE EEEEE P ...
[04:16:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Americans have a right to peaceably assemble - 06A Whiff from Hell - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:16:51] <exec> 08└─Yeah. Remember all those race riots while W was in office? Me neither.
[04:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:2) 02Or even ... - 06A Whiff from Hell - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:17:03] <exec> 08└─The civilized solution could be to spray it with this stuff. That might doubly get the point across.
[04:17:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Shoot or scoot. - 06A Whiff from Hell - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:17:04] <exec> 08└─Civil War II is necessary.
[04:17:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shoot or scoot. - 06A Whiff from Hell - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:17:05] <exec> 08└─Why don't you blog about it?
[04:22:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Presidential Directive - 06NASA Releases Nuclear Power Assessment Study - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:22:02] <exec> 08└─wrong. the surgeon general. "Sign two of these and call me in the morning."
[04:22:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Space nukes - 06NASA Releases Nuclear Power Assessment Study - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:22:05] <exec> 08└─well, shit. global warming mystery solved.
[04:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03el_oscuro [1711] (Score:2) 02Here is why - 06Why Americans Loathe Cable Companies - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:23:23] <exec> 08└─Because they are shitty?
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[05:16:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Requiring intercontinental transit is brilliant. - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:16:13] <exec> 08└─NSA gets to scan everything in transit. So many selfies of hot shirtless guys. I'm getting all warm just thinking about them.
[05:16:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Refugee from beyond [2699] (Score:1) 02A wild Lameness filter would like to battle - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:16:14] <exec> 08└─No Party may require the transfer of, or access to, source code of software owned by a person of another Party, as a condition of providing services related to such software in its territory.
[05:16:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03timbojones [5442] (Score:1) 02Re:A wild Lameness filter would like to battle - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:16:16] <exec> 08└─I wasn't aware that FOSS was owned by any person of any party.
[05:16:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Next Revolution - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 967 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:16:18] <exec> 08└─I wonder if the next revolution in the first world will be against a nation state, or a multi-national corporation that manipulates politics in that state. In many ways, the importance of the nation state is waning and it looks like the next centers of power in the world will be corporate. Certainly...
[05:16:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Obey! or no future for you. - 06A Whiff from Hell - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:16:34] <exec> 08└─Anti-authoritarianism is not indicative of libertarian sentiment, in fact the later is very compatible with authoritarian governance since it only insists on economic freedom. An oligarchic corporocracy is the wet dream of right-wing libertarians.
[05:16:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hmf - 06A Whiff from Hell - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:16:43] <exec> 08└─The link in parent comment is NSFW.
[05:16:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03_1156277 [5139] (Score:1) 02Re:Goddddwin - 06A Whiff from Hell - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:16:54] <exec> 08└─What of Abradolf Linkler?
[05:17:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re:High tech my ass - 06A Whiff from Hell - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:17:00] <exec> 08└─In case the question is serious -- post-treatment sewage is not necessarily free of pathogens, and is loaded with bacteria that can cause serious illness or even death should they enter a wound or get into your eyes or lungs.
[05:20:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03juggs [63] (Score:2) 02No mention of cost... - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:20:21] <exec> 08└─The material is made from layers of specialized plastics stacked on top of a layer of silver.
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[06:16:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02the irony, it burns - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:16:16] <exec> 08└─Oh looky here, a rebel against the corporations. Lucky for you SoylentNews is a corporation too! That's it, complain about the evil corporations on your favorite corporate news site. Idiot.
[06:16:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hmf - 06A Whiff from Hell - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:16:46] <exec> 08└─With a tiny winky like that, I wouldn't put a pic on the internet.
[06:16:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Hmf - 06A Whiff from Hell - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:16:47] <exec> 08└─It may not be remarkable but it's thick enough for your mama.
[06:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Skatol... AKA "Liquid Ass" - 06A Whiff from Hell - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:17:03] <exec> 08└─[Citation needed], unless you're joking that such a mixture is a worthy substitute for skatole. Just googling around, true skatole synthesis requires precursors that aren't sitting around in your kitchen... unless you count your own ability to produce the stuff.
[06:17:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gotta get some of this - 06A Whiff from Hell - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:17:09] <exec> 08└─Guilt by association doesn't work in our enlightened society, surely.
[06:17:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score:1) 02Re:warm italy - 06Russian Billboard Advertising Contraband Hides When it Recognizes Cops - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:17:26] <exec> 08└─I misread prociutto.
[06:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Platform vs reverse engineering - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:17:57] <exec> 08└─OllyDbg, while nice, has nowhere near the functionality of IDA Pro. Nothing does, period. Honestly most people pirate it, and the people who are not willing to do that use the IDA free version.
[06:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:GPU malware alert... - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:18:00] <exec> 08└─Indeed. If you're going to abuse your client like this, you could at least do something useful, like mine some bitcoins...
[06:21:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03sudo rm -rf [2357] (Score:2) 02Re:previously-existing conditions - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:21:06] <exec> 08└─Seems to be working again. I have an idea what could have happend and will try to provoke it. And I will use IRC in the future, promise! :)
[06:21:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03juggs [63] (Score:2) 02Re:previously-existing conditions - 06A $25 Blood Test Could Detect Every Virus That has Ever Infected You - 567 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:21:07] <exec> 08└─There was a short time where the backend was falling over like a drunk on a bad weekend, so things were not getting updated consistently, but I think we have it sorted. But do let us know if that is not what you experience, we can't be everywhere all the time and some bugs go under the radar. Github...
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[07:16:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03K_benzoate [5036] (Score:2) 02Definitions - 06Microsoft Tries to Defend BitLocker Disk Encryption - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:16:23] <exec> 08└─"We don't put back doors into our products; we simply give the government a spare key to the front one."
[07:16:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Illegal - 06NSA Monitors Americans' International Internet Traffic to Hunt Hackers for FBI - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:16:38] <exec> 08└─Pardon me for asking, but isn't just about every aspect of that illegal, going against both the intent and letter of several laws, the Constitution, and the mandates of both agencies?
[07:17:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score:2) 02lawsuits - 06A Whiff from Hell - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:31] <exec> 08└─If police used this in the USA they'd probably get hit with lawsuits from business owners claiming lost business due to the lingering stench.
[07:17:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Allegedly drinkable - 06A Whiff from Hell - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:32] <exec> 08└─So, just like DDT then...
[07:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03soylentsandor [309] (Score:2) 02Re:Tweaked for Defcon - 06Russian Billboard Advertising Contraband Hides When it Recognizes Cops - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:17:47] <exec> 08└─Not necessarily indeed. Saw this a couple years ago: a cat door [hackaday.com] that uses what they describe as facial recognition to decide whether or not to unlock. This way, the cat can't bring dead animals in.
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[08:16:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02At this point... - 06Microsoft Tries to Defend BitLocker Disk Encryption - 1255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:16:15] <exec> 08└─I wonder if, given their track record, Microsoft could ever release a product people would actually trust, no matter how rigorous the code actually is? I believe their image has gone the same way the perceptions of quality of American cars went in the 70's. All this talk of NSA backdoors, "working w...
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[09:16:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:At this point... - 06Microsoft Tries to Defend BitLocker Disk Encryption - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:16:23] <exec> 08└─Hey! Cool, bro! Could you, like, post a selfie of the Anti-Microsoft Bunker you are standing in front of? That would make your post soo much cooler and believable, in a social media kinda way.
[09:16:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:A wild Lameness filter would like to battle - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:16:34] <exec> 08└─Translation: We spent such a great deal of $s to write those backdoors. We want them to work stay hidden, dammit.
[09:17:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:headline implies Hell is in Israel - 06A Whiff from Hell - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:17:31] <exec> 08└─Gehenna? I don't want to go to Gehenna!
[09:17:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Allegedly drinkable - 06A Whiff from Hell - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:17:44] <exec> 08└─Sea Shepard has been using this stuff against fish pirates all around the world for quite a while. If it's good enough for criminals on the high seas, it's good enough for criminals on the high seats.
[09:19:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:but... - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 472 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:19:25] <exec> 08└─I just wanted to say, that finally it has come to this! Mandatory XKCD: ahref=https://xkcd.com/1022/ [soylentnews.org]" rel="url2html-12709">https://xkcd.com/1022/> So it has come to this. In the future, people will not know where to put their onions, and the fathers of the fathers will not be able...
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[10:16:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Beige [3989] (Score:1) 02Does not require Sherlock Holmes - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 561 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:16:16] <exec> 08└─The summary already explained how they found the building; someone posted a photo of it on a social media account. Since it took 22 hours I assume the photographer wasn't stupid enough to enable photo geotagging in the EXIF metadata. However, if the government was able to get a list of IPs the user...
[10:16:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Does not require Sherlock Holmes - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:16:17] <exec> 08└─Here is another question: How did they know it wasn't the next version of swatting? Another: Do they even care?
[10:16:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Maintain social media silence. - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:16:18] <exec> 08└─Selfies will reveal our position. A cell phone is a radio?! Who would have thought?
[10:16:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Re:Little Brother Loves You - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:16:44] <exec> 08└─You are talking to yourself - you can get treatment for that.
[10:16:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Little Brother Loves You - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:16:45] <exec> 08└─I prefer talking to myself because I have more interesting things to say to me than you ever could.
[10:17:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Not needed in US - 06A Whiff from Hell - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:17:52] <exec> 08└─American pigs already smell like shit, except when they smell like Krispy Kreme donuts.
[10:19:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03rleigh [4887] (Score:1) 02Re:non-protection - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 797 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:19:06] <exec> 08└─I'm also unsure who this is intended to "protect" against. It certainly seems like snake oil at first glance. It doesn't help with game "piracy" by end users; they'll just copy the whole thing and it'll decrypt the stuff on the GPU, but the game will still play. Unless there's additional licence key...
[10:19:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:but... - 06Steam Machines, Link, and Controller to be Released November 10th - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:19:35] <exec> 08└─And no longer will links to XKCD [xkcd.com] be rife in the land. Or do I have to a href the bloody thing? Looks like I do. Changing allowable HTML is not as funny as "but does it run on Linux" comments.
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[11:16:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Bluebook - 06Facebook Opposes "Designbook" Startup Trademark - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:16:37] <exec> 08└─So when's the merger between Google and Facebook to defictionalize that Bluebook we've all heard about?
[11:16:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Kelley Blue Book - 06Facebook Opposes "Designbook" Startup Trademark - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:16:38] <exec> 08└─Forget your stupid movie, when will Facefuck try to sue Kelley Blue Book into oblivion, fucking lose, and go bankrupt?
[11:16:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02new book just like the old - 06Facebook Opposes "Designbook" Startup Trademark - 839 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:16:40] <exec> 08└─Designbook may sell, rent, lease or otherwise provide the Non-Personally Identifiable Information or Personally Identifiable Information that you supply to Designbook (or that Designbook generates from any Non-Personally Identifiable Information or Personally Identifiable Information or any other in...
[11:16:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:new book just like the old - 06Facebook Opposes "Designbook" Startup Trademark - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:16:41] <exec> 08└─I won't notice because I never read my email.
[11:16:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Does not require Sherlock Holmes - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:16:51] <exec> 08└─Here is another question: How did they know it wasn't the next version of swatting? Another: Do they even care?
[11:16:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Funny) 02Selfie - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:16:53] <exec> 08└─That's what I call a photobomb.
[11:16:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonTechie [2275] (Score:2) 02Seems Suspicious - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:16:55] <exec> 08└─Seems Suspicious that the US Intelligence Officers would leak this info to the media. If this is as useful a technique as they claim, they should use it to take out many such targets and they would not let media know how they acquire these targets. Old saying: "Fore warned is fore armed"
[11:16:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02Re:Seems Suspicious - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:16:56] <exec> 08└─Seems Suspicious that the US Intelligence Officers would leak this info to the media.
[11:16:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Seems Suspicious - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:16:58] <exec> 08└─Part of our government's PR philosophy is to pat itself on the back whenever possible to counter the negative effects of all the illegal & immoral activities that keep geting exposed.
[11:16:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03caffeinated bacon [4151] (Score:1) 02Or - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:16:59] <exec> 08└─Unless they want ISIS to 'find out' and be more wary of what they post online, disrupting their recruiting ability. Or it's just parallel construction to keep their spy hidden.
[11:17:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02obviously backdoored - 06Microsoft Tries to Defend BitLocker Disk Encryption - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:17:08] <exec> 08└─Microsoft spokesperson would not answer whether Microsoft could comply with a lawful request to unlock a BitLocker-encrypted disk.
[11:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Little Brother Loves You - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:17:25] <exec> 08└─Zow! The ping time inside my head is so low!
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[12:16:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02fuckface.com - 06Facebook Opposes "Designbook" Startup Trademark - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:16:18] <exec> 08└─fuckface.com is apparently available. facefuck.com, unfortunately, is already taken.
[12:16:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:fuckface.com - 06Facebook Opposes "Designbook" Startup Trademark - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:16:19] <exec> 08└─Sure, if you want to buy fuckface.com from a cybersquatter, go ahead.
[12:16:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Netscape - 06Facebook Opposes "Designbook" Startup Trademark - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:16:20] <exec> 08└─Back in the '90s after Netscape struck it rich, I remember a wave of startups with names that either began with "Net-" or ended in "-scape". Suing would've been a colossal waste of time and money, so they didn't.
[12:16:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Netscape - 06Facebook Opposes "Designbook" Startup Trademark - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:16:22] <exec> 08└─They didn't because they couldn't afford it. Netscape was nowhere near as rich as Facebook.
[12:16:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Facebook should patent trademark applications. - 06Facebook Opposes "Designbook" Startup Trademark - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:16:24] <exec> 08└─Everybody who applies for any trademark should owe Facebook money.
[12:16:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Placebook - 06Facebook Opposes "Designbook" Startup Trademark - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:16:25] <exec> 08└─Other sites, like Placebook
[12:16:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Seems Suspicious - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:16:39] <exec> 08└─> Seems Suspicious that the US Intelligence Officers would leak this info to the media. My response to General Hawk Carlisle is ... pics or it didn't happen.
[12:16:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:2) 02Possible - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:16:41] <exec> 08└─> It's also possible that US intelligence could have actively engaged with the original poster Or, is it possibly a false flag operation? 1. Find building you want to bomb. 2. Oops, all my bombs are already boom. 3. Oh, I know, I'll get my enemy to bomb my other enemy. 4. Hey, USA, I'm over here! 5....
[12:16:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Language - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:16:42] <exec> 08└─Are now the US generals recruited from teenagers? Or does the language evolve too quickly for my old age?
[12:16:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:At this point... - 06Microsoft Tries to Defend BitLocker Disk Encryption - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:16:53] <exec> 08└─A basement is now a bunker?
[12:17:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Little Brother Loves You - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:17:13] <exec> 08└─You shouldn't trust yourself. Have you noticed that you've set up perfect surveillance on yourself? You can even read your thoughts!
[12:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheLink [332] (Score:2) 02Re:Easy solution - 06A Whiff from Hell - 489 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:18:12] <exec> 08└─Yeah I wonder why people in the USA are still sticking to traditional forms of protesting. There are so many other ways of doing it. I'd thought that some of the car-happy bunch would be doing stuff like driving around the target's home or something - the cops could tell you to drive off, or find so...
[12:18:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Tweaked for Defcon - 06Russian Billboard Advertising Contraband Hides When it Recognizes Cops - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:18:36] <exec> 08└─I know in the US at least, WRT more than one business model, have ruled that the ultimate beneficiary (the company or product being advertised) is held accountable during marketing. This was to close the loop hole of having foreign companies doing the marketing (Philippine call centers) to remain ou...
[12:19:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03SacredSalt [2772] (Score:2) 02Now that Japan is radioactive... - 06Godzilla Receives Japanese Citizenship - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:19:02] <exec> 08└─Its only fitting now that all of Japan is radioactive that they allow Godzilla his papers.
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[13:16:36] <exec> 08└─Perhaps. To me it reads like a bit of a one-off, such as a burglar who forgot his drivers license at the place he broke into. Basically, what the person did was so stupid that you don't expect anyone to do it again, and there is no great tactical loss in warning would-be criminals not to fall asleep...
[13:17:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hmf - 06A Whiff from Hell - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:17:44] <exec> 08└─Speaking of ethnics, this kind of thing won't have any negative effect on American ethnics
[13:18:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02It detects uniforms? - 06Russian Billboard Advertising Contraband Hides When it Recognizes Cops - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:18:39] <exec> 08└─So I get Russia has no plainclothes policemen?
[13:20:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not correcting you at all. - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:20:22] <exec> 08└─Wow, I'm sure your penis must be huge and impressive too. Seriously, I'm sure there aren't that many people with the flashlights you own so using them as a counterexample to the AC's claim won't work so well as using more "mainstream" examples.
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[14:16:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02seems like they have a good case - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 784 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:16:16] <exec> 08└─from http://www.genome.gov [genome.gov] The Administration favors enactment of legislation to prohibit the improper use of genetic information in health insurance and employment. The Administration supports House passage of H.R. 493, which wou...
[14:16:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score:2) 02Maybe they should have brought the police in - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:16:17] <exec> 08└─Since this is a place where food is stored, I would hope that leaving "offending fecal matter" would be illegal.
[14:16:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score:2) 02Re:Maybe they should have brought the police in - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:16:19] <exec> 08└─They likely can't compel people to give DNA for such a thing either. It's not like they are running around knifing people..and the only 'evidence' is "Well, they were working around that time.."
[14:16:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Maybe they should have brought the police in - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:16:21] <exec> 08└─I would hope that leaving "offending fecal matter" would be illegal.
[14:16:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score:1) 02Re:Seems Suspicious - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:16:52] <exec> 08└─More generally (sorry), I think it a certainty that his statement was only the skin of the onion. He just dumped the onion in ISIS's lap and invited them to find the layer of truth...
[14:16:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Seems Suspicious - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:16:56] <exec> 08└─It is funny how we think how inept, dumb, and mired in a bureaucratic morass they are when it suits our needs, but we then think of them as cunning, organized, and coordinated when it suits other needs. No matter what, we can find evidence to support whatever we think of them.
[14:17:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Gravis [4596] 02obviously backdoored - 06Microsoft Tries to Defend BitLocker Disk Encryption - 130 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:10] <exec> 08└─Microsoft spokesperson would not answer whether Microsoft could comply with a lawful request to unlock a BitLocker-encrypted disk.
[14:17:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:obviously backdoored - 06Microsoft Tries to Defend BitLocker Disk Encryption - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:17:11] <exec> 08└─I thought the same thing. I wish I knew who to blame though. Is Microsoft gladly helping the government or are they being forced to do this by some judge or secret court order? Maybe it's a little of both?
[14:17:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Corporate hijacking of the nation state - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:33] <exec> 08└─"No Party may require the transfer of, or access to, source code of software owned by a person of another Party, as a condition of providing services related to such software in its territory."
[14:17:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oh no, now they'll get me. - 06NSA Monitors Americans' International Internet Traffic to Hunt Hackers for FBI - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:17:41] <exec> 08└─Not to worry. Judging from the OPM hack they're not very good at it.
[14:17:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Illegal - 06NSA Monitors Americans' International Internet Traffic to Hunt Hackers for FBI - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:17:45] <exec> 08└─Yeah, so? Regards, The US Government
[14:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03kadal [4731] (Score:2) 02More links - 06NSA Monitors Americans' International Internet Traffic to Hunt Hackers for FBI - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:46] <exec> 08└─Or as Schneier [schneier.com] puts it, the NSA is operating a signature-based intrusion detection system on the Internet backbone
[14:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Invitation to the Police Station - 06A Whiff from Hell - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:18:12] <exec> 08└─Unless the cells are on a separate A/C system that doesn't seem like a good option. Wonder if that stuff transfers easily while the prisoner is being assaulted/arrested/booked?
[14:18:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Unrelated? - 06A Whiff from Hell - 296 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:18:40] <exec> 08└─There's usually signs already posted. The dog owners are simply assholes who don't feel like picking up after their pets. So calling the police seems to be the only realistic answer; when people are assholes like that, the only thing which will make them change their ways is the threat of force.
[14:18:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Unrelated? - 06A Whiff from Hell - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:18:41] <exec> 08└─Are there crowds of dog walkers that refuse to pick up after their dogs, Yes. This is America, where a large portion of the population is composed of self-centered assholes who don't feel like doing anything they aren't literally forced to (like by armed policepeople), because they think it's "benea...
[14:19:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03acharax [4264] 02Here we go again... - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 60 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:19:53] <exec> 08└─If it can be decrypted by the client the client can dump it.
[14:21:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03drussell [2678] (Score:2) 02Dupe the public - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:21:08] <exec> 08└─Anyone with any knowledge of electronics knows that this kind of "batterizer" device will only help at all on a very poorly designed product and any other time will be a detriment. (Sometimes a HUGE one.) Most products are not so poorly designed as to only use a few percent of a battery's capacity....
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[15:16:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Mars Orbiter was not a failure of the units - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 790 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:16:10] <exec> 08└─The failure was with the contract officers, system engineering, and unit testing. It didn't have a damn thing to do with the unit system used. That stuff is spelled out very clearly in the system and sub-system requirements documents, the ICDs, and the contracts and subcontracts. If they are not, it...
[15:16:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03tynin [2013] (Score:2) 02Re:Mars Orbiter was not a failure of the units - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:16:11] <exec> 08└─Yet it is like having an instruction manual, where different sections are in different languages and neither of these languages share the same tools. Sure the workers can read both languages and can buy both sets of tools. But at some point it might just make sense, for inventory and ongoing mainten...
[15:16:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Go full metric.. - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:16:13] <exec> 08└─Make all speed signs specify the speed limit in meters/second [m/s]. No more funny constants like 3600 involved and all plain basic units. The cost can be returned by speeding fines ;) (perhaps we should have road signs that says "probability to die on this section 0.02/passing"..)
[15:16:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Logic - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 627 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:16:14] <exec> 08└─I'm just happy he put forth a real operational thing to be fixed. I wish more politicians were focused on our water, energy, food, and logic operations. I cannot say that any other candidate has actually mentioned a single thing I have heard, it's all just power word white noise "MARRIAGE, GUNS, GOD...
[15:16:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03mechanicjay [7] (Score:1) 02Yeah...right - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 785 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:16:16] <exec> 08└─From my view the biggest issues facing this country are in no particular order: Corporate/Govt. collusion at the highest levelsCrumbling infrastructurePublic Education in a dead spinAccelerated widening of the weath gapunchecked military spending I'd personally place "metric system conversion" some...
[15:16:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02You should have tried to prove yourself wrong - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 1831 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:16:17] <exec> 08└─Random guy bases three arguments for his cost estimate. The first one is a report by a fellow in 1915. Now note that, according to Wiki, in 1920 only 25 percent of the world used the metric system. This fellow did a calculation for how much it cost the US to not go metric and he came up with a numbe...
[15:16:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Maybe they should have brought the police in - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 590 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:16:28] <exec> 08└─You bitch about there "not being evidence", when collecting these samples was done to try to find a concrete link between the defecate and the defecator. The overlap between the shift scheduling and the appearance of the defecate is enough to raise suspicion. But it is obviously not enough to pinpoi...
[15:16:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Maybe they should have brought the police in - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 569 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:16:29] <exec> 08└─In particular, plaintiffs argued Atlas violated 42 U.S.C. § 2000ff-1(b), which makes it “an unlawful employment practice for an employer to request, require, or purchase genetic information with respect to an employee.” Atlas unpersuasively countered that the cheek tests are not genetic tests b...
[15:16:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Maybe they should have brought the police in - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:16:31] <exec> 08└─Never heard of "The ends don't justify the means."?
[15:16:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score:2) 02Needs to be said - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:16:33] <exec> 08└─What a shitty move! And this... [theregister.co.uk]
[15:16:48] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] 02Placebook - 06Facebook Opposes "Designbook" Startup Trademark - 27 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:16:48] <exec> 08└─Other sites, like Placebook
[15:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Seems Suspicious - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:17:08] <exec> 08└─> No matter what, we can find evidence to support whatever we think of them. Well, perhaps that is because there is more than just one of them.
[15:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Language - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:17:12] <exec> 08└─What language are you referring to? I didn't find any quotes from the General in the article that I would consider to use language that is generally only used by teenagers. In fact it is just the term "selfie" which I would possibly consider to be "teenage language" and "selfie" appears not to featu...
[15:17:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Vanity Kills - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:14] <exec> 08└─vanity is the most prevalent trait in modern society. I often find myself disgusted by it, in this case it brought its own karmic retribution.
[15:18:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Skatol... AKA "Liquid Ass" - 06A Whiff from Hell - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:18:37] <exec> 08└─I learned this in high school chemistry. It smells like fishy poop. That skatole website looks like a ripoff and the OP is probably connected to it in some way to boost sales for something that can be made at 1/10th the cost. The sulfur in the recipe can be found in some fertilizers.
[15:20:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03acharax [4264] (Score:2) 02Re:non-protection - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 468 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:20:13] <exec> 08└─This is a common tendency among game developers, they believe the GPU is a magical contraption that's completely isolated from the CPU. It's easy to observe when it comes to matters of performance where way too much attention is put on the magical domain of GPU hardware acceleration without realizin...
[15:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unintended consequences - 06Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:22:43] <exec> 08└─This is correct. Those little blue pills work just as well for women as they do men. There's no need as a "Viagera for women" because viagera already works just fine for women.
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[16:16:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score:1) 02In the repository - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:16:10] <exec> 08└─You should be able to find them in your distro's repository.
[16:16:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03DarkMorph [674] (Score:2) 02Re:In the repository - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:11] <exec> 08└─And in the case of mobile, https://f-droid.org [f-droid.org] is worth a look. It's essentially an index of open-source Android applications with links to home pages and source code for all entries, as well as warnings for undesirable features any of these applications may have. On the off-chance y...
[16:16:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Techwolf [87] (Score:2) 02f-droid - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:16:12] <exec> 08└─Easy, just use the f-droid store.
[16:16:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:f-droid - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:14] <exec> 08└─https://f-droid.org/ [f-droid.org] Lame filterhhhhjderffrgghgffghughjhh
[16:16:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Mars Orbiter was not a failure of the units - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 916 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:24] <exec> 08└─No, it is not like that at all. The highly complex program is made up of many subsystems and each subsystem delivers largely independently of the others. Everything is managed by ICDs. And for a class A program, everything is tested umpteenth times against a requirement, which is specified in whatev...
[16:16:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02What's causing the SoylentNews failures? - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:25] <exec> 08└─Is the Metric System causing the SoylentNews website failures that are happening more and more? Fuck, I think I've seen this message at least 5 times today: OK The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrato...
[16:16:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What's causing the SoylentNews failures? - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 668 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:27] <exec> 08└─I shit you not, when I just posted that comment, this is what the goddamn result page showed: Submitted Comment Comment Submitted. There will be a delay before the comment becomes part of the static page. What you submitted appears below. If there is a mistake...well, you should have used the 'Previ...
[16:16:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:You should have tried to prove yourself wrong - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:31] <exec> 08└─Mars climate orbiter? Gimli Glider?
[16:16:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should have tried to prove yourself wrong - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:32] <exec> 08└─See the very first comment. MCO had nothing to do with units.
[16:16:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should have tried to prove yourself wrong - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:34] <exec> 08└─Can you please provide some citations?
[16:16:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You should have tried to prove yourself wrong - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:35] <exec> 08└─For what? The 1915 paper is here [jstor.org] (the linked article has a bad link). The 1992 paper I took from the description of the argument as described in the article description.
[16:16:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:3, Interesting) 02It won't happen though - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 582 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:16:37] <exec> 08└─Basically, the American exceptionalist types will utterly refuse to consider it, solely because that's what the rest of the world uses. And dumb people will utterly refuse to consider it because they don't want to have to learn how big a centimetre is. And politicians will mostly dismiss it because...
[16:16:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:It won't happen though - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 648 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:39] <exec> 08└─We don't in the UK. Speed limits are 70mph, my car does 47mpg, and I drink pints of beer. Of course our definition of car, gallon, pint and beer differ, but it shows you can run a dual system for long enough until the old codgers die off. When I was a kid petrol was priced in gallons and litres, the...
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[16:16:40] <exec> 08└─Here's the problem though: In the US, there was a significant move towards dual systems in the 1970's and 1980's, with the intent of following that exact plan. Growing up in approximately that era, I was taught to measure things in both metres and feet, and could recognize km/h versus mph fairly eas...
[16:16:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:It won't happen though - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:42] <exec> 08└─Just do the same as you did with the imperial units: Use the same name, but change the amount it describes. Then you can sell gasoline by the U.S. litre and feel patriotic. ;-)
[16:16:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It won't happen though - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:43] <exec> 08└─Basically, the American exceptionalist types will utterly refuse to consider it, solely because that's what the rest of the world uses. And dumb people will utterly refuse to consider it because they don't want to have to learn how big a centimetre is. And politicians will mostly dismiss it because...
[16:16:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Replace on Schedule - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:16:45] <exec> 08└─All highway signs have a replacement schedule per the federal highway acts. I think it's something like 10 years. In that stretch we could add metric speeds to all signs, and then another 10 to take off the imperial units. Added cost: zero. I'm more worried in the conversion from imperial to metric...
[16:16:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score:2) 02Re:seems like they have a good case - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:50] <exec> 08└─"We won't fire the pooper. We just want to know the truth!"
[16:16:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Maybe they should have brought the police in - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:56] <exec> 08└─Are you from India, where it's socially acceptable to shit wherever you please, even if it's on food and in drinking water? That's the only reason I could think of for somebody not willing to go to any length to find who committed a fecal crime. Anyone living in a civilized society would fully suppo...
[16:16:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03bitrotRnotbitrot [5444] (Score:1) 02Re:Maybe they should have brought the police in - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:57] <exec> 08└─Maybe installing cameras would be a better approach than taking everybodies DNA that may have been in the vicinity of said unnecessarily weaponized fecal matter.
[16:16:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Maybe they should have brought the police in - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:16:59] <exec> 08└─A person's appearance is part of their genetics. Using video footage to identify the perpetrator is no different than using DNA testing to identify the perpetrator. If you consider using DNA testing to be wrong, then you automatically consider using video footage to be wrong, too.
[16:17:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Touché) 02Re:Maybe they should have brought the police in - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:17:00] <exec> 08└─Because there's no problem at all with handing your DNA to people who will sequence it and stick it in a database somewhere.
[16:17:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimshatt [978] (Score:2) 02Re:Needs to be said - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:17:02] <exec> 08└─They should have posted a picture on fecesbook! It's their duty!
[16:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03rts008 [3001] (Score:2) 02These are the missions of the Devious Defecator... - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:04] <exec> 08└─To boldly go where no man has gone before...coming to a food warehouse near you this summer! The sequel: 'The Hunt for the Devious Defecator'(not starring Harrison Ford or Sean Connery) is slated for release soon after. This stuff just keeps squirting out. ;-) Our misfits can be an entertaining bunc...
[16:17:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I would have given them a DNA sample - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:05] <exec> 08└─However, I would have given it to them in poop.
[16:17:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Facebooks are old dead trees - 06Facebook Opposes "Designbook" Startup Trademark - 553 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:21] <exec> 08└─Back in ye olde tymes, a facebook was a yearbook for incoming college students. [yahoo.com] Back in the old, old days, before computers, colleges would put together a book for the incoming freshman with the photos and name of each student, taken from the photo sent in with their application. The bo...
[16:17:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Seems Suspicious - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:17:42] <exec> 08└─Congress has been considering letting parts of the intelligence community lose their authorization to spy on the internet, because Americans don't like the idea of government spying on them through social media. Suddenly we get a patriotic story about how our fearless and crafty internet soldiers ma...
[16:17:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02This is why they want you on "social media" - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:17:48] <exec> 08└─The bombs may be guided but they still required coordinates.
[16:18:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Next Revolution - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:18:23] <exec> 08└─I think the declaring a corporations to have rights as humans was a short sighted affair. You can see why it was thought necessary.
[16:18:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03bitrotRnotbitrot [5444] (Score:1) 02Re:Next Revolution - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 671 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:18:24] <exec> 08└─It will fall back to nation states as soon as shit hits the fan (and it will). For instance, us Euros are not going to accept the current available texts, there is way too much to lose and people are already extremely wary of overreach from abroad. People in the more nationalist countries will be th...
[16:18:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Next Revolution - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:18:26] <exec> 08└─they are another transfer of certain state powers to private business and are pushing us toward a future where the largest planet-wide businesses might also be the government.
[16:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:So make the tests easier - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:22:53] <exec> 08└─Because the people who really do want to smuggle bombs and weapons onto planes won't make them "unrealistically hard" to find.
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[17:16:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:In the repository - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:14] <exec> 08└─I seem to remember some apps in F-Droid with ads, but I believe you are warned. I may also be remembering incorrectly and am too lazy to check.
[17:16:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03cosurgi [272] (Score:3, Informative) 02Use the repository, playonlinux is nice too - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 1405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:16:17] <exec> 08└─I agree with the other guy: use your distribution's repository. Though you didn't mention the real culprit: I suppose that you are trying to use windows. Or maybe other non opensource OS. Only opensource guarantees that you will stay free of spyware or ads. Because if someone adds them, someone else...
[17:16:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Use the repository, playonlinux is nice too - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 1789 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:19] <exec> 08└─I agree with the other guy: use your distribution's repository. Though you didn't mention the real culprit: I suppose that you are trying to use windows. Not necessarily: he could be using Android or iOS. Yes, if you're talking about a desktop PC, the answer is plain and simple: use a good Linux dis...
[17:16:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Use the repository, playonlinux is nice too - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 507 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:21] <exec> 08└─I, uhhhh, have to disagree with you, at least in part. Android really IS a good open source OS. If anything, it's too open. Somewhat like a BSD license, vendors are permitted to bend and stretch Android into any contortions they like. Something got lost along the way, with phones being "locked" into...
[17:16:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Use the repository, playonlinux is nice too - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:22] <exec> 08└─Usually when someone uses the word apps I assume mobile phones, iphone, Android. Now all of this advice about a distros and compiling your own, and windows, fly out the window for 99.9999% of the people in the world. If Sailfish OS, and a couple of others that are closer to linux ever takes off this...
[17:16:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Use the repository, playonlinux is nice too - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:24] <exec> 08└─You can make the network stack (firewall) to only allow specific type of packets through? Ease up until the app works?
[17:16:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03mrsam [5122] (Score:1) 02Pay attention to app permissions - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 890 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:16:25] <exec> 08└─I don't have many apps on my Googlephone. But lately, while browsing for new apps, I started paying attention to the permissions the app requests, before installing. So, let's say I'm looking to install some useless game. A timewaster. Now, for some reason it suddenly wants "Device ID & call informa...
[17:16:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Pay attention to app permissions - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:27] <exec> 08└─I'm anxious to see someone explain to me why a dumb game up wants to know my phone number,
[17:16:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Proper sandbox plz - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:16:29] <exec> 08└─As others already mentioned F-Droid [f-droid.org], change the operating system into one that can properly sandbox and fake queries.
[17:16:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Mars Orbiter was not a failure of the units - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:37] <exec> 08└─KISS is letting your German-only speaking group deliver their instrument that meets the requirements specified in the Chinese ICD.
[17:16:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Mars Orbiter was not a failure of the units - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 1650 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:38] <exec> 08└─No, they must deliver a product that meets the Chinese ICD. That is the sole reason you have ICDs in the first place. If the ICD says they need to attach to a mount plate using M6 screws, then that is what the German device will use to attach. If the German unit doesn't function, I don't want the Ch...
[17:16:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:Yeah...right - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:44] <exec> 08└─If his stance on Snowden (he should be allowed to come home) is any indication, he's probably not bad on the issues you mentioned. He's also anti-drone. https://firstlook.org [firstlook.org]
[17:16:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Replace on Schedule - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 770 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:55] <exec> 08└─I'm more worried in the conversion from imperial to metric the speed limits will be lowered back to multiples of five, rather than raised. This is probably part of the problem, seriously. People distrust government measures like this for a good reason: it usually isn't progress, it's regressive. A...
[17:17:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Seems Suspicious - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:17:59] <exec> 08└─BINGO! Yes, it does seem likely that this story was released for the benefit of Congress, and those scared ninnies who will write to Congress, imploring them to enable our fearless military and intel to continue spying on everyone in the world. Makes sense to me!
[17:18:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:There's no meaningful audit it - so it's fucked - 06Microsoft Tries to Defend BitLocker Disk Encryption - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:18:19] <exec> 08└─The problem is that there may be another function altering the inputs and output of that function
[17:18:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:There's no meaningful audit it - so it's fucked - 06Microsoft Tries to Defend BitLocker Disk Encryption - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:18:20] <exec> 08└─On a CPU you've designed and constructed yourself, don't forget that.
[17:18:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Next Revolution - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:18:43] <exec> 08└─But creeping rights assigned to corporations, the right to free speech
[17:18:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Next Revolution - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:18:44] <exec> 08└─I think the declaring a corporations to have rights as humans was a short sighted affair.
[17:18:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Corporate hijacking of the nation state - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:18:49] <exec> 08└─So we are now in a state where corporations are allowed to hijack the democratic process?
[17:18:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Corporate hijacking of the nation state - 06TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:18:50] <exec> 08└─Not new, just present state.
[17:21:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Here we go again... - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:21:07] <exec> 08└─If it can be decrypted by the client the client can dump it.
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[18:16:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Use the repository, playonlinux is nice too - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:16:26] <exec> 08└─The spyware authors are all wise to this, and http or https for just about everything. I occasionally use a hub upstream of my wifi router just so I can use wireshark to grab packets and IP Addresses.
[18:16:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Maybe they should have brought the police in - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:16:55] <exec> 08└─Since this is a place where food is stored, I would hope that leaving "offending fecal matter" would be illegal.
[18:17:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Or - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:17:42] <exec> 08└─If you dig into the articles disruption is exactly what they are looking for. Specifically "Our ability to change the way they fight and change the way they mass is pretty impressive," Carlisle said They accomplished their goal.
[18:20:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Right... - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:20:42] <exec> 08└─Except that none of the projects you mention is by the "Linux faithful". Valve is hardly a FOSS project. And this is just a silly poc. One example doesn't make much much of trend.
[18:20:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:A real problem - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:20:52] <exec> 08└─You misunderstand. It's hard for independent game developers to make good games based on piracy themes. And of course the GPU helps rendering those pirate ships. ;-)
[18:20:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:non-protection - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:20:57] <exec> 08└─They just want to make the lives of modders harder so they don't need to compete against their own old products.
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[19:16:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03canopic jug [3949] 02In the repository - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 60 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:16:13] <exec> 08└─You should be able to find them in your distro's repository.
[19:16:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Use the repository, playonlinux is nice too - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 998 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:16:21] <exec> 08└─Browser based apps would work equally well for most of the cases you cite, notification is a solved problem too. Your phone already has a connection to Google's messaging service along with something called A MOBILE PHONE. No, the 'app' world mostly exists because they want to put the other crap on...
[19:16:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02No one has mentioned PPAs yet - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 2022 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:16:22] <exec> 08└─wipe out your Windows install [...] and install Linux First, it would have been good if the submitter had mentioned what OS he is actually using. No more viruses, spyware, adware, bloatware, etc. This far into The Decade of Linux on the Desktop, yours is sage advice. It is the rare app these days th...
[19:16:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score:2) 02Re:Pay attention to app permissions - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:16:29] <exec> 08└─So the game is responsible to check if the phone is ringing or in a call.
[19:17:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Selfie - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 31 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:18] <exec> 08└─That's what I call a photobomb.
[19:17:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Seems Suspicious - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:17:22] <exec> 08└─You are probably correct, and it is probably working, because ISIS is reportedly now banning cell phones in many of the places they occupy. So either way, trick or real, it has a desired effect of hampering the communications capabilities of the enemy. It just has to work a few times to get them bac...
[19:17:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mike [823] (Score:1) 02We don't use the term 'backdoor' - 06Microsoft Tries to Defend BitLocker Disk Encryption - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:17:54] <exec> 08└─So to summarize, Microsoft's response to claims that Bitlocker is insecure is, we don't use the term 'backdoor'. awesome
[19:21:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] 02... - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 726 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:21:11] <exec> 08└─It's called a joule thief: http://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Good LED flashlights typically employ them to use as much current as the battery can produce. Even if the battery is drained past the forward voltage of the diode, the joule thief boosts the voltage. One thing is cer...
[19:21:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03dak664 [2433] (Score:1) 02More savings the other way around - 06Batteriser is a $2.50 Gadget that Extends Disposable Battery Life - 840 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:21:29] <exec> 08└─A larger savings can often be had using buck conversion to always run the device at the lowest voltage it can tolerate. If that is 3.0 volts then the energy savings from bucking say 4.5 volts from fresh batteries down to a constant 3.0 would exceed the amount of energy left after battery voltage dro...
[19:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No mention of cost... - 06Heat Reflective Roof Material Could Help Keep Your House Cool - 721 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:22:44] <exec> 08└─I think the silver might be the least of the problems, since it's bound to be vapor deposited or electrocoated in a very thin layer. Probably not much more expensive than your average plastic mirror. I would think the problem would be the plastics, and especially the difficulty of making them UV sta...
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[20:16:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score:2) 023 electrodes - 06"Brainprints" Could Replace Passwords - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:16:11] <exec> 08└─The study was, obviously, pay-walled so information is lacking but from the abstract one can read "Even better, the high degree of labeling accuracy achieved in all cases was achieved with the use of only 3 electrodes on the scalp—the minimal possible number that can acquire clean data.". Cool ide...
[20:16:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Definition - 06"Brainprints" Could Replace Passwords - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:16:11] <exec> 08└─such as FBI and DVD
[20:16:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DarkMorph [674] 02Re:In the repository - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 505 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:16:27] <exec> 08└─And in the case of mobile, https://f-droid.org [f-droid.org] is worth a look. It's essentially an index of open-source Android applications with links to home pages and source code for all entries, as well as warnings for undesirable features any of these applications may have. On the off-chance y...
[20:16:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Pay attention to app permissions - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 667 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:16:42] <exec> 08└─I've seen statements to that effect in the websites of many app developers, ones that i tend to trust. I might be misinterpreting them. I've also seen articles by developers trying to explain it. Some examples: http://www.androidcentral.com [androidcentral.com] http://ww...
[20:16:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03mamer-retrogamer [5447] (Score:1) 02Thank you SoylentNews! - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:16:44] <exec> 08└─I found this site via a post on another site (which shall remain nameless), and in 2 minutes of reading intelligent comments in this story, I've gleaned more knowledge than in the last two years on the nameless forebear of this site. Kudos SoylentNews.
[20:16:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03mtrycz [60] (Score:2) 02Start with a spyware-free OS first. - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 2417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:16:45] <exec> 08└─Virtually all of modern devices come with spyware preinstalled. It comes in both the form of vendor apps and google apps. Google apps is separate from the android operating system, and is closed source; but many android apps depend heavily on it, and it's a big part of the so-called "android experie...
[20:17:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Does not require Sherlock Holmes - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:17:46] <exec> 08└─How did they know it wasn't the next version of swatting?
[20:18:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] (Score:2) 02Re:Possible - 06US Bombs ISIS Command Center After 'Moron' Posts Selfie Online - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:18:03] <exec> 08└─Or, is it possibly a USA false flag operation? 1. Find building you want to bomb. 2. Oops, how will I explain how I knew to bomb this place? 3. Oh, I know, I'll have my CIA mole pretend to take a selfie which basically says: 4. Hey, USA, I'm over here! 5. Building blown, but cover isn't. 6. War Prof...
[20:18:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02_NSAKEY - 06Microsoft Tries to Defend BitLocker Disk Encryption - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:25] <exec> 08└─_NSAKEY [wikipedia.org].
[20:21:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Alarming? To whom? - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 472 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:21:09] <exec> 08└─That's crossfit promoted pseudoscience. It's not true. Are full barbell squats bad for your knees [leanitup.com] So there you have it. Perform deep, full squats and your butt, quads, and hamstrings will be toned like never before, AND you’ll put your knee joints at decreased risk of injury. Plent...
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[21:16:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] (Score:2) 02Boondoggle and Bullshit. - 06"Brainprints" Could Replace Passwords - 1255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:16:15] <exec> 08└─Biometrics are one of the areas where what seems "intuitive" and "correct" are almost completely WRONG, when applied to the domain of authentication security. It seems attractive because you avoid the pitfalls of remembering something complex, and it's so clearly "you". In actuality? The fingerprint...
[21:16:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Cancellabilty - 06"Brainprints" Could Replace Passwords - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:16:17] <exec> 08└─brain biometrics are appealing because they are cancellable
[21:16:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 029.5s is 9.5s whether 1 used disallowed drugs ornot - 06Computer Scientists are Astir After Baidu Team is Barred From A.I. Competition - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:16:25] <exec> 08└─"If you run a 9.5-second 100-meter sprint, but you are on steroids, then how can your result be trusted?" The result is that you ran a 9.5 second 100m sprint, you can trust it because you measured it yourself. How does another’s steroid use affect your ability to use a stopwatch?
[21:16:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:9.5s is 9.5s whether 1 used disallowed drugs or - 06Computer Scientists are Astir After Baidu Team is Barred From A.I. Competition - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:16:27] <exec> 08└─And how does getting advice from a wireless device affect a chess player's ability to move the pieces during a tournament?
[21:16:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score:2) 02Learning, limits and cheating. - 06Computer Scientists are Astir After Baidu Team is Barred From A.I. Competition - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:16:28] <exec> 08└─If this is what they did they broke the test parameters or limits in a cheating fashion. Not much to say about that really. That said it seems like a silly limit, two submissions per week. Would you not want to learn, teach, create and show off the best and not some crippled product? Unless the comp...
[21:16:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03PizzaRollPlinkett [4512] (Score:2) 02So you want FREE apps, huh? - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 722 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:16:55] <exec> 08└─People want free and 99-cent apps, and they get them. The app stores are full of them. The spyware/adware/tracking stuff is the real price you pay. You want free apps, then the time, expertise, equipment (which ain't cheap), and training to create them has to be paid for somehow by someone. Someone...
[21:16:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:So you want FREE apps, huh? - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:16:56] <exec> 08└─You want free apps, then the time, expertise, equipment (which ain't cheap), and training to create them has to be paid for somehow by someone Interesting. In the real world we all use software that is free. Really free. I'm not aware of any adware/spyware/tracking in the linux kernel, or apache, or...
[21:16:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03drussell [2678] (Score:2) 02Re:So you want FREE apps, huh? - 06Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:16:58] <exec> 08└─Why is mobile software so different?
[21:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Mars Orbiter was not a failure of the units - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:17:13] <exec> 08└─Yes! Rage, rage against the powers that be that are stuffing decimal-based measuring systems down our throats of FREEdom!! Every sovereign citizen is entitled to whatever systems of weight and measures they want to implement. And just because what I call a pound is only equivalent to 394 grams, no b...
[21:17:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02An additional failure of Rehash - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:17:16] <exec> 08└─Trying to read this thread (page) without &highlightthresh=n in the URL will show no comments. I noticed this flaw several days ago but it cleared up quickly. Now, today, it's back. I can see this screwing up my use of old bookmarks. I can see someone clicking a link at e.g. Google will also get an...
[21:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Chafee on the issues - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:17:26] <exec> 08└─When I saw his announcement the other day, I looked him up. Lincoln Chafee on the issues [ballotpedia.org] His position on guns surprised me. His position on weed is authoritarian and out of touch. For comparison, here's Bernie Sanders. [ballotpedia.org] -- gewg_
[21:17:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Replace on Schedule - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:17:43] <exec> 08└─All highway signs have a replacement schedule per the federal highway acts. I think it's something like 10 years. In that stretch we could add metric speeds to all signs, and then another 10 to take off the imperial units. Added cost: zero.
[21:17:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02HA HA HA - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 519 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:44] <exec> 08└─US has been metric since 1893! http://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Do not forget Carter trying in the 1970's. http://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Get over it all. Using metric is common public systems it dead. The population has vot...
[21:18:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02Re:Maybe they should have brought the police in - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 1521 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:04] <exec> 08└─By that logic it's wrong to be an eyewitness. A video camera most certainly is an acceptable way to watch for crime. It is also an acceptable way to watch the police. Is anyone really surprised that the police are abusing their authority? That when citizens began capturing video of police, it would...
[21:18:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Maybe they should have brought the police in - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:05] <exec> 08└─We could just shoot everyone. Then there would be no one to commit these heinous crimes!
[21:18:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Needs to be said - 06Company Demands DNA Swabs From Employees During Hunt for Rogue Pooper - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:10] <exec> 08└─Maybe it was a shitty job!
[21:19:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03juggs [63] (Score:2) 02A Subject - 06Microsoft Tries to Defend BitLocker Disk Encryption - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:22] <exec> 08└─BitLocker uses an encoding engine, AES-CBC, and originally used the "Elephant diffuser" to protect encrypted files from being modified to become malicious by an attacker with physical access. Microsoft removed the Elephant diffuser because it hurt performance and is not compliant with Federal Inform...
[21:21:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02"Non-existant" - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 392 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:21:57] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't go that far. Tools exist to take dumps of VRAM. They're cagey and prone to synchronization issues, require kernel level driver access, and other things. But none of that is going to stop you if you're the kinda person who sees copyright protection schemes as a challenge. Not as black box...
[21:21:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] (Score:2) 02Tools exist, they're the ones crying about Piracy. - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 2356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:21:59] <exec> 08└─Software only MESA / OGLES reference drivers = debug tool to dump decrypted assets. Probably most who rip-off games wouldn't know how to use them, but it's kind of incorrect to say no tools exist. In fact, there are many perf tools for hooking into OGL, and some even can fetch texture data. So, it's...
[21:22:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jesus_666 [3044] (Score:2) 02Re:pirating through reverse engineering? - 06Using OpenGL to Protect Software Assets - 2632 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:22:17] <exec> 08└─On the other hand, putting parts of the game online is a great way to burn customer goodwill. Look at the Sim City disaster: Nobody could play the game at launch day because the servers buckled under the stress and everybody knows that at some point EA will shut down the servers and any non-cracked...
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[22:16:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Boondoggle and Bullshit. - 06"Brainprints" Could Replace Passwords - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:16:17] <exec> 08└─To that you have to add changes over time. Iris and prints change slowly, but how you feel about the FBI may change radically overnight. Maybe after every beer, or reefer. And the mere fact that they have to have something to compare it to suggests that there is a database ripe for stealing, and whe...
[22:16:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Oh, great! - 06"Brainprints" Could Replace Passwords - 936 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:16:20] <exec> 08└─Used to be I just had to worry about someone stealing the post-it note from the underside of my keyboard. Then I started worrying about some one cutting off one of my fingers. Got nine more! But then, stealing my retina? Only got two, and even losing one means there goes depth perception. But this...
[22:16:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score:1) 02Hold on a minute... (*hic*) - 06"Brainprints" Could Replace Passwords - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:16:22] <exec> 08└─What if I'm pissed when they take my brainprint? I'm a completely different person after three or four pints...
[22:16:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:9.5s is 9.5s whether 1 used disallowed drugs or - 06Computer Scientists are Astir After Baidu Team is Barred From A.I. Competition - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:16:32] <exec> 08└─It improves it. If the goal is to play good moves then all players ought to be computer assisted. The only reason to forbid it is because the goal isn't to play good games, it's to demonstrate virtuosity.
[22:16:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] (Score:2) 02Re:9.5s is 9.5s whether 1 used disallowed drugs or - 06Computer Scientists are Astir After Baidu Team is Barred From A.I. Competition - 826 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:16:33] <exec> 08└─And that's why timed sports analogies don't work for machine learning. This is a competition for accuracy. The teams competing are generating incredibly complex models to attempt to understand a test set of data. They do not have this test set, they only have a public training set. The only way to k...
[22:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:Chafee on the issues - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:17:08] <exec> 08└─Sigh. What a shame.
[22:17:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:HA HA HA - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 504 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:17:27] <exec> 08└─You mean the population of the early 80s voted. That was 30 years ago and an entire world away in terms of technology. Maybe the kids of today will tire of for example, having to figure out the decimal equivalent of 5/32 when working with whatever 3D drawing program they are using. So much easier to...
[22:17:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02We can't even agree about climate change - 06Presidential Metrics: Lincoln Chafee and le Système International - 678 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:17:28] <exec> 08└─We can't even agree about undocumented immigrants here. Why should we be looking for new big things to fix, that don't need fixing? Most of the blue collar industries would yell en masse, "these metric system regulations are anti business, they're causing us huge costs and forcing us to lay off wor...
[22:23:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Proof Threat Is Effectively Zero - 06TSA Tests Consistently Evade Own Airport Screenings - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:23:26] <exec> 08└─> Careful reading is important. Those measure two different things. Yes, yes it is. So what if there have been a couple of who got through NON-TSA airports? The TSA is domestic only.
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