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[00:11:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Just as a point: - 06Linux Kernel 2.6 Nears End of Life; Upgrade Advised - 543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:11:47] <exec> 08└─2.6.10 and 2.6.29 already broke 2.6 series compatibility, and I think anything below 2.6.32 has other minor incompatibilities going on (as the fact that the LTS release was 2.6.32.xx not a 2.6.xx release as they usually were.) Point being: They already stopped supporting '2.6' people 10+ years ago....
[00:11:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] 02Cracked? Harm? TOTAL PROPAGANDA WAR BULLSHIT! - 06Russia, China Alledgedly Crack Snowden Files - 922 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:11:57] <exec> 08└─The CORE Sunday Times claim, that Miranda met Snowden before his UK detention - has been withdrawn, when they were caught lying: http://www.theguardian.com [theguardian.com] Craig Murray: Five Reasons the MI6 Story is a Lie...
[00:12:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Fled to Putin - 06Russia, China Alledgedly Crack Snowden Files - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:12:06] <exec> 08└─Yes, China clearly has no influence there. I'm sure there were no representatives of the Chinese government present to meet him.
[00:12:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I2P.... - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 773 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:12:52] <exec> 08└─Only has about 60k nodes currently online worldwide. Its highest routing throughput is around 100 megabit for the LARGEST node. For comparison there is a Tor router running either 1 or 10 gigabit on an overclocked i7 4790 with 3ghz DDR3. That said: If some of you who are java or c++ programmers get...
[00:12:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score:1) 02Re:How to keep out the bad people but not the good - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:12:58] <exec> 08└─You put the bad people in jail.
[00:16:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02Re:Those Evil Three Letter Agencies: - 06Hacking of Federal Security Forms Much Worse than Originally Thought - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:16:59] <exec> 08└─Definitely can't tell either whether this is legit or sarcasm, especially from flyover country. My sarcasm detector isn't registering above the threshold level, so here you go. There's no Constitutional mandate for it
[00:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Mine is 518-92-8663 - 06Hacking of Federal Security Forms Much Worse than Originally Thought - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:17:08] <exec> 08└─California ID C0225719.
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[01:11:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Inevitable - 06Lastpass Metadata Theft - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:11:43] <exec> 08└─They are sitting on some of the most valuable data on the internet. I'm surprised these attacks don't happen more frequently. Maybe they do and they are just so skillfully done that they aren't noticed.
[01:12:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Yog-Yogguth [1862] (Score:2) 02Re:SN just sad now - 06Russia, China Alledgedly Crack Snowden Files - 959 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:12:15] <exec> 08└─No it's great, the actual news is that all the governments in all the nations involved and in particular the USA, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea and their agencies are yet aga...
[01:13:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Encryption App - USA Server - !!!??? - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:13:22] <exec> 08└─It is illegal for various TLA's to break into US servers. They do it anyway of course. It is legal for them to do it to anyone else. Do you really think groups of people that break their own laws to get at secrets won't infiltrate the security of other nations when it is in their job description to...
[01:14:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:Verify - 06How Microsoft Squashed FOSS in Voting Systems in the USA - 2307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:14:14] <exec> 08└─Sigh, how many times do I have to point out source code is not pixie dust and in this case provides ZERO, let me repeat that ZERO protection and in this case makes exactly fuck all difference and I can prove this with simple common sense...ready? What has every security expert taught from the dawn o...
[01:17:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] (Score:2) 02Re:Pay Close Attention To The OS Running - 06Medical Device Hijacking as Vector into Hospital Networks - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:35] <exec> 08└─How many of these WindowsXP installs have OEM services installed, remote desktop/registry and other services and are there any vulns in the medical software they are running? Is wireless enabled? Bluetooth? Other unsafe protocols?
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[02:11:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03BigMcGuire [5510] (Score:1) 02Re:Inevitable - 06Lastpass Metadata Theft - 1138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:11:42] <exec> 08└─Agreed. The media has had a lot of fun with this. If the information they are giving us is correct, users of lastpass (such as myself) don't have much to worry about - especially those of us who use two factor authentication. I can't imagine these guys don't have an hour that goes buy where they are...
[02:11:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03paulej72 [58] (Score:2) 02RedHat will backport - 06Linux Kernel 2.6 Nears End of Life; Upgrade Advised - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:11:52] <exec> 08└─RHEL 5 and 6 is a 2.6 kernel distro and will be until it is off support in March of 2017 and November of 2020 respectively. RedHat will continue as always backporting enhancements and bug fixes as needed.
[02:12:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score:2) 02Re:Cracked? Harm? TOTAL PROPAGANDA WAR BULLSHIT! - 06Russia, China Alledgedly Crack Snowden Files - 440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:12:06] <exec> 08└─Murdoch supports the conservative branch of the UK governing class, and expects support in return. These sorts of stories are just the old boys network helping each other out. I imagine the actual journalist who wrote the story was told to do so and has a family and a mortgage, so he feels dirty and...
[02:13:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:How to keep out the bad people but not the good - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 3988 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:13:06] <exec> 08└─The answer is a firm, and absolutely perfect, "no you can't keep bad people out". Such a wish is logically precluded, and often accompanied by the realization that a true loss of power and control must occur. Any technological answer must be socially agnostic if you take my meaning. Both "good" and...
[02:13:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03kadal [4731] (Score:2) 02Re:How to keep out the bad people but not the good - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:13:07] <exec> 08└─Child pornographers use USPS too. Should they open and check all packages?
[02:13:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03tathra [3367] (Score:2) 02Re:Exactly - 06US Congress Attempts to Close Loopholes and Block Funding for NSA Surveillance - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:13:48] <exec> 08└─At the very least, there needs to be real punishments for politicians who vote for unconstitutional bills and people who violate the constitution.
[02:13:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:Exactly - 06US Congress Attempts to Close Loopholes and Block Funding for NSA Surveillance - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:13:49] <exec> 08└─Then that doesn't sound like there are real punishments. Not in practice, anyway. And a year? For aiding in the violation of possibly nearly everyone's rights? That's too lenient.
[02:13:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Exactly - 06US Congress Attempts to Close Loopholes and Block Funding for NSA Surveillance - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:13:56] <exec> 08└─Ignorance of the law does not excuse breaking it.
[02:14:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02Re:The Sound of Thunder - 06US Congress Attempts to Close Loopholes and Block Funding for NSA Surveillance - 1664 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:14:02] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately those folks in the checkout lane get old and then show up every other November to give a vote to their team. I don't think they've ever critically considered the underpinnings of a healthy democratic republic. Gay rights! Abortion! Other women's health topics! Creationism in schools! T...
[02:15:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Throwback Naval Strategies? - 0690 Year Old Sailing Ship Puts Half of Iceland's Coast Guard Out of Action - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:15:16] <exec> 08└─90 year old sailing vessel. wonder if they were still designing ships with old naval tactics in mind back then, like ramming. this could lead to some interesting throwbacks in naval military tactics and ship design.
[02:15:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:The bootloader is likely the key - 06Geeksphone Stops Support for FirefoxOS with No Warning - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:15:29] <exec> 08└─They didn't throw Eich under the bus, he stepped down voluntarily because the whole issue was causing such a shit-storm that the company couldn't function properly. No other company would keep a CEO around if he was generating that much controversy.
[02:15:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Anti-Libertarian FUD - 06Geeksphone Stops Support for FirefoxOS with No Warning - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:15:30] <exec> 08└─much like the Libertarian Party (who once nominated the author of the Patriot Act for President because he was in the Borat movie), they are willing to compromise their ideals for whatever is trendy
[02:16:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03epl [1801] 02Re:Scam - 06Krita's Kickstarter Was a Success; Prepare to be Second-Fastest, Photoshop - 1022 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:16:26] <exec> 08└─Ok, they made a typo and they SHOULD have found it before posting, but that doesn't automatically make this a scam. Krita has been around, in one for or another, for quite a long time. First as part of KDE's KOffice and later it was split off as its own entity entirely, with its own Foundation to ma...
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[03:11:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score:1) 02Seems legit - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:11:40] <exec> 08└─Ok so they are sending out microwave energy to knockout electronics systems on incoming threats.... So it is an EMP generator; must be some high energy pulses to knockout what will inevitably be shielded electronics. I would have maybe believed it if they had 360 degree sensing and tracking of a bea...
[03:11:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02This is a conundrum - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 1515 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:11:41] <exec> 08└─The Soviets, like the Americans, have perfected the art of "misinformation". Advanced technologies have become almost like magic. We all know one can focus high frequency/microwave beams... ( that's those dishes on antennas ). Now, do they really have the capacity to focus a sharp EMP type SHF RF bu...
[03:11:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score:2, Interesting) 02Not too worried - 06Lastpass Metadata Theft - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:11:51] <exec> 08└─My master password was a 46 character phrase; my new one is 52 characters. If they manage to crack the password (unlikely) and access my account all they will get is the convience logins. My bank account is still only in my head.
[03:11:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:Not too worried - 06Lastpass Metadata Theft - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:11:53] <exec> 08└─My bank account is still only in my head.
[03:12:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score:2) 02Re:Cracked? Harm? TOTAL PROPAGANDA WAR BULLSHIT! - 06Russia, China Alledgedly Crack Snowden Files - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:12:16] <exec> 08└─Are any of these being threatened by Murdoch with copyright complaints for quoting the Sunday Times article? http://www.theregister.co.uk [theregister.co.uk]
[03:12:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] (Score:2) 02Re:Cracked? Harm? TOTAL PROPAGANDA WAR BULLSHIT! - 06Russia, China Alledgedly Crack Snowden Files - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:12:17] <exec> 08└─Nobody is rising to the C&Ds. On twitter, Greenwald and others posted the complaints and laughed.
[03:12:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fnord666 [652] (Score:2) 02Re:die hard - 06FBI-Seized MegaUpload Domain Still in Limbo after DNS Hijacking - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:12:40] <exec> 08└─Best Christmas movie ever.
[03:13:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Nerdfest [80] 02Trade Agreements - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 478 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:13:03] <exec> 08└─Would serving warrants to companies like this, and thus destroying their businesses be covered by some of the ridiculous trade agreement features that entitles businesses to compensation when legislation costs them profit? Obviously these "give us everything you have on everyone" warrants and NSLs a...
[03:13:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fnord666 [652] (Score:2) 02Re:How to keep out the bad people but not the good - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:11] <exec> 08└─I always have my Evil Bit enabled on all packets. It is obvious that any and all information has a potential for harm. Therefore, by extension, all data that is transmitted, however innocuous it may seem, must be a potential threat and requires to be marked as such. I am proud to serve all my data w...
[03:13:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fnord666 [652] (Score:2) 02Re:How to keep out the bad people but not the good - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:13:22] <exec> 08└─Any idea on how to keep bad people out of secure services while still allowing for people that actually need to make use of it? It's going to be a tough question. The answer will not likely be perfect but perhaps one can improve the probabilities?
[03:14:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:ass about... as usual - 06How Microsoft Squashed FOSS in Voting Systems in the USA - 439 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:14:31] <exec> 08└─You're right that for the most part the government officials had no choice. The decision to privatize comes from the top. Its the legislators' fault for removing the power from the hands of the people and placing it in the hands of corporations; its also the fault of the idiot public for cheering on...
[03:15:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03zeigerpuppy [1298] (Score:2) 02Damn she's pretty - 0690 Year Old Sailing Ship Puts Half of Iceland's Coast Guard Out of Action - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:15:33] <exec> 08└─That really is a beautiful ship, circumnavigated the globe twice, no less. I always have a little chuckle thinking about when the final phases of oil decline really hit and how these sailships will still be plowing the seas while their diesel sisters sit rusting in port.
[03:16:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score:2) 02Re:More money = more fast? - 06Krita's Kickstarter Was a Success; Prepare to be Second-Fastest, Photoshop - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:16:36] <exec> 08└─There are two problems here. Photoshop is not a Digital Painting programme, it is an image manipulation programme. You can use it for painting, but that's far from the only thing you can do with it. Also speed is just not an issue with Photoshop, I use it everyday on a fairly old, not terribly high...
[03:19:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:2) 02Re:hmmm - 06California Orders its Largest Water Cuts in History - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:19:14] <exec> 08└─So, the idea that California farmers can choose more wisely what crops to grow has a lot of merit. In fact, the idea that California never was especially suitable for farming has it's own merit.
[03:19:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score:2) 02Re:It costs more to flush the toilet. - 06California Orders its Largest Water Cuts in History - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:19:42] <exec> 08└─Bugger! I thought it was original.
[03:19:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02I expect it's because I'm so outspoken - 06California Orders its Largest Water Cuts in History - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:19:56] <exec> 08└─I don't make any secret of being mentally ill, nor that I regard engineering ethics as being more important than employment.
[03:21:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Entropy [4228] (Score:2) 02Re:Just because there's a high rate of penis amput - 06The World’s First Penis Transplant has Reportedly Resulted in a Pregnancy - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:21:17] <exec> 08└─Really I wasn't going anywhere with it. I don't care what color a group of idiots is, as long as they are a group of idiots I think they should have less(no) children.
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[04:11:46] <exec> 08└─There are many anti-armor munitions that are programmed or simply kinetically designed to attack the least-armored side: the top. Combine that with this invention being placed on a Buk and it is not really a threat. A shell, a sabot, a missile already lined up and at speed will not be stopped by gui...
[04:11:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Suspicious acronym - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:11:47] <exec> 08└─The Mosow Radio Engineering Institute has developed a super-high frequency (SHF) "cannon."
[04:11:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02Re:Suspicious acronym - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:11:48] <exec> 08└─I prefer Druidia® Air™! Druidia® Air™: The freshest air in a can!™
[04:11:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:3, Interesting) 02I am oftened questioned by the police - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:11:50] <exec> 08└─"Do you have any weapons?" "No guns but lots of concealed knives. While I have an Idaho State Gun Safety Card, I never go near not a gun but a bullet. As a Physicist I know how to make every bullet in your clip detonate at a distance of ten miles." Oddly they're completely cool with my knives, they...
[04:11:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03gnuman [5013] (Score:2) 02Re:I am oftened questioned by the police - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:11:52] <exec> 08└─phased array of masers, well, could be interesting... though if you could detonate bullets, you'd probably kill wearer first with that dosage.
[04:12:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02These things keep this infosec up at night. - 06Lastpass Metadata Theft - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:12:03] <exec> 08└─My bank account [login] is still only in my head.
[04:12:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score:2) 02Re:Cracked? Harm? TOTAL PROPAGANDA WAR BULLSHIT! - 06Russia, China Alledgedly Crack Snowden Files - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:12:29] <exec> 08└─Glad to hear it.
[04:12:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] (Score:2) 02Re:Cracked? Harm? TOTAL PROPAGANDA WAR BULLSHIT! - 06Russia, China Alledgedly Crack Snowden Files - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:12:30] <exec> 08└─Omidyar's deep pockets are behind The Intercept. It's got plus and minuses.
[04:13:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Batman did it first - 06Researchers Design Sonar-Based Contactless Sleep Monitoring - 857 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:13:07] <exec> 08└─Sounds to me like a good "intrusion detector" app. You lay your phone on the nightstand before going to sleep. The phone characterizes the room and you. You may get up and go pee if you have to. But if anything else moves in the room, it dials another number and connects to a monitoring service wh...
[04:16:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Anti-Libertarian FUD - 06Geeksphone Stops Support for FirefoxOS with No Warning - 550 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:16:02] <exec> 08└─You're right. Merely voted for the Patriot Act. Authored the Defense of Marriage Act. Extended the scope of the War on Drugs. Said all the right things in 2008 to get the LP nomination, the people in attendance went apeshit over having a minor celebrity in the audience and nominated him over Wayne A...
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[05:11:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02No - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:11:43] <exec> 08└─I think, not.
[05:11:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02One man's paradise is another man's hell. - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:11:44] <exec> 08└─That said, the internet has NEVER been utopian and if the modern subjugation and co-opting of it is any indication, it never will be. However it is the catalyst for conversation on the next iteration of the model of open communication and how that can be turned into something more utopian, which may...
[05:11:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Utopia, by definition, is impossible. - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:11:45] <exec> 08└─Just some background on the word "utopia" - modern usage of the term derives from the title of a book from 1516 about a fictional 'perfect' society. But the most common understanding of the book is that the author was delibertely depicting something that was impossible. So, while most people know th...
[05:12:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:I am oftened questioned by the police - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:12:00] <exec> 08└─Indeed. One could also detonate them with a liberal application of napalm.
[05:12:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03spamdog [4335] (Score:1) 02Yes really, RT.com is not a reliable source - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:12:01] <exec> 08└─Maybe you could dial down the wingnut element, eh?
[05:12:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03gman003 [4155] (Score:2) 02Re:Yes really, RT.com is not a reliable source - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:12:03] <exec> 08└─RT is extremely reliable at one thing: saying exactly what Moscow wants them to say. They toe the party line better than Fox News toes their party's line. The summary makes it quite clear that we have no independent verification of this. The story is not "Russia makes weapon that kills drones", but...
[05:12:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Yes really, RT.com is not a reliable source - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:12:04] <exec> 08└─better than Fox News toes their party's line.
[05:12:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:SN just sad now - 06Russia, China Alledgedly Crack Snowden Files - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:12:54] <exec> 08└─I hope they continue to do this kind of propaganda on a regular basis
[05:14:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:The Sound of Thunder - 06US Congress Attempts to Close Loopholes and Block Funding for NSA Surveillance - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:14:44] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately those folks in the checkout lane get old and then show up every other November to give a vote to their team. I don't think they've ever critically considered the underpinnings of a healthy democratic republic.
[05:15:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The EU, MICROS~1, and ''Transparency Centers'' - 06How Microsoft Squashed FOSS in Voting Systems in the USA - 464 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:15:07] <exec> 08└─M$ seems convinced that if they allow their code to be examined, it will convince European governments that Redmond has no purposely-hackable holes built into their junk. Microsoft Opens Windows Source Code to EU Governments [petri.com] Responding to years-old complaints that its Windows operating...
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[06:11:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:No - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 3558 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:11:43] <exec> 08└─Agreed. I do not think the net is the problem. It has the same characteristics as the post office. It delivers the mail. It does not verify the authenticity of it. I believe about 50% of our problem is our software. We do not understand how it works. Hence we are unable to detect if it is malfunctio...
[06:11:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score:2) 02Re:No - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 2135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:11:44] <exec> 08└─People periodically voice this opinion, that programmers should be responsible for faults in their software. It's as stupid now as it always has been. If you want reliable software, we know how to get it. Look at the way NASA and the airplane companies write software: that's how you get software tha...
[06:11:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Utopia, by definition, is impossible. - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:11:48] <exec> 08└─Actually, it was a common term used by Aristotle! Whenever he arrived at an impossible conclusion, he would say, " ατοπός", man! Topos is Greek for place, as in topographical, and the alpha privatum takes away the meaning, so ατοπός is nowhere. For some reason, barbarians of the Far Wes...
[06:11:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score:3, Insightful) 02The Vast Wasteland: - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:11:49] <exec> 08└─I wonder if someone was asking in 1961 was asking if television was a failed utopia. (That was the year FCC Chairman Newton Minnow referred to it as a "vast wasteland") But, the internet was never going to be a utopia. It deals with human beings. The fastest way to make a utopia fail is to include h...
[06:12:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Suspicious acronym - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:12:01] <exec> 08└─"Air-exclusion zone" : Boy, I sure misinterpreted that one! I literally parsed it as atmospheric phenomena - just like you said. That was tripping off my BS detector big-time. Your post made everything snap back in place. Thanks.
[06:12:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02microwave radiation eh... - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:12:08] <exec> 08└─"...super-high frequency weapon...The cannon creates an air-exclusion zone within a reported radius of over 10 kilometers around the defended object or installation...mobile microwave irradiation complex...." And anyone within that 10 KM area doesn't have to worry about dressing warmly. They'd be wa...
[06:12:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02some more - 06Russia, China Alledgedly Crack Snowden Files - 460 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:12:39] <exec> 08└─Brilliant interview with the reporter [cnn.com] Questions About The Sunday Times Snowden Story [rjgallagher.co.uk] The Sunday Times' Snowden Story is Journalism at its Worst - and Filled with Falsehoods [firstlook.org] 'Snowden risked lives' fearfest story prompts sceptical sneers: Anon murmurs fool...
[06:15:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score:2) 02Re:The real Free voting system - 06How Microsoft Squashed FOSS in Voting Systems in the USA - 1176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:15:24] <exec> 08└─There are other ways to hack an election, my government has been implementing them in the name of small government and stopping the non-existent voter fraud. Phone up people who are likely to vote for the opposition, tell them that their polling station has moved. Since they got caught last time, do...
[06:15:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score:2) 02Re:What to do? - 06How Microsoft Squashed FOSS in Voting Systems in the USA - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:15:33] <exec> 08└─You're playing into their hands by not voting. Even showing up and spoiling your ballot is better as the entrenched interests only want supporters showing up and voting. Seems in America you can have more influence on who the 2 parties nominate, which is an improvement to here.
[06:17:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score:2) 02Re:Is it vaporware yet? - 06Krita's Kickstarter Was a Success; Prepare to be Second-Fastest, Photoshop - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:17:19] <exec> 08└─What particular problem are you trying to solve that necessitates a volunteer over a paid hire (which is what you can get with money)? Please don't say quality...
[06:18:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score:2) 02Re:I want - 06Hacking of Federal Security Forms Much Worse than Originally Thought - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:18:25] <exec> 08└─I'm sure the NSA already have a new universal ID it can dish out to all Americans already.... heh heh heh..
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[07:11:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Utopia, by definition, is impossible. - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 570 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:11:55] <exec> 08└─Not nowhere. No place*. Nowhere is indicative of a place where which is no particular location. No place is lack of existence. It is Thomas Moore that used it in both senses but had a prose of nowhere. Amusing that you corrected a poster about that work (Brits claim to have coined everything don't t...
[07:11:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03CRCulver [4390] (Score:2) 02Re:Utopia, by definition, is impossible. - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:11:56] <exec> 08└─If the hypothesis is true that the title of More's work is meant to be a pun on ‘no place’, the u in Utopia is not meant to represent the Greek negative particle ἀ- but rather οὐ < οὐκ.
[07:11:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Disenfranchising Dialup Users - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 456 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:11:59] <exec> 08└─Mom can't load most web pages because the pages depend on too many other documents. It is quite common for a single page to hit one hundred other urls, for the most part single-pixel transparent gifs as well as javascript sources consisting of a single blank space. I had a friend who was a producer...
[07:12:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02my 5 isk - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 436 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:12:00] <exec> 08└─the internet is a battlefield. There's nothing utopian about a warzone... I remember this painting i saw somewhere, its was titled "welcome to LA" or something... a canvas divided in 4 parts, each with a different angry face, as seen from below like you were lying on the ground and they looked down...
[07:12:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02More information than yesterday's president - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 450 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:12:02] <exec> 08└─that doesn't do you a whole lot of good if you are unable to select the information that helps you. I've been forced to stop reading Hacker News links because I was unable to get any sleep. See there are so many developer blogs that I would find useful in my work. In the specific case of the preside...
[07:12:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Suspicious acronym - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:12:14] <exec> 08└─Your post made everything snap back in place.
[07:12:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02One would have to design the masers correctly - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:12:18] <exec> 08└─microwave ovens heat food because the photons stimulate the rotation or perhaps the vibration of water molecules. One would require waves such that a service pistol is a good antenna but it doesn't resonant with the law enforcement officer's precious bodily fluids.
[07:12:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score:1) 02Re:Yes really, RT.com is not a reliable source - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:12:23] <exec> 08└─Do you have another, canon source for this cannon?
[07:13:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02Re:SN just sad now - 06Russia, China Alledgedly Crack Snowden Files - 180 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:13:11] <exec> 08└─The material in this rebuttal submission [soylentnews.org] (submitted minutes before this story ran) didn't exist when Hugh posted his submission, except for The Intercept article.
[07:13:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03caffeinated bacon [4151] (Score:1) 02Re:Trade Agreements - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:13:55] <exec> 08└─You think this would go to a court and be proven? A tribunal will hear 'evidence' that encrypted communications company abc was making $x, but now is making zero. Pay the difference, case closed. If they have an even half competent 'legal team' they will argue that the company was undergoing rapid g...
[07:14:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:How to keep out the bad people but not the good - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:14:02] <exec> 08└─Get the binary from sourceforge, the evil-bit is already pre-set.
[07:14:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Encryption App - USA Server - !!!??? - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:14:31] <exec> 08└─They will break into either foreign or domestic, so it's a moot point. Only domestic servers will they wave a piece of paper and threaten you to hand over stuff and or compromise your system to collect what they want.
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[08:11:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Finally! Allwinners! - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:11:48] <exec> 08└─Linux lusers can pretend to be winners! You're all winners! Bunch of fretarded losers using your fake Unix made by idiots for idiots. Winners!
[08:11:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Give them the benefit of the doubt - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 483 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:11:49] <exec> 08└─they are at least trying to do the right thing. It is quite common for hardware people not to have the first clue about software. I write OS X drivers. I often find Windows hardware that does not support OS X, despite that it is quite a lot easier to write drivers for OS X than for Windows. I took a...
[08:12:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 626 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:12:01] <exec> 08└─The majority of software problems seems to come from two sources. One is C class languages that are really aimed at bare metal programming, as you can refer to memory addresses directly with pointers. Another is lazy languages like JS that don't type variables. Thing is that there exist one language...
[08:12:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:12:02] <exec> 08└─They said that those who distribute *opaque* programs should be liable. If anything, this would make open source more prevalent, not less, because providing the source would free you from such liability. I guess the logic is "if you are the only entity who is allowed to ensure the code works correct...
[08:12:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Utopia, by definition, is impossible. - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:12:07] <exec> 08└─Nowhere is indicative of a place where which is no particular location.
[08:12:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Utopia, by definition, is impossible. - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:12:10] <exec> 08└─Ah, but would that not be μή τσπός, with the proper negation? And besides, οὐ τσπός would just be a negation of a place, not of all place, which is what ἀτσπός would indicate. Μιλάτε ελληνικά; Ή αττική Έλληνες; I am very old, and Ionian was my mo...
[08:12:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Disenfranchising Dialup Users - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:12:13] <exec> 08└─Introduce Mom to NoScript, Cookie Blocking, and Ad Aware! Once you understand how the internet works, you can send all kind of clicks to you favorite charity, but none to doubleclick or micro$erf or even Google anal! I love it! Internet, going Commando! (Hey, what ever happened to Commando? That w...
[08:12:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02I tried to, really I did - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 744 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:12:15] <exec> 08└─"Say Mom, did you see that TenFourFox I just installed." "Oh, yes. I won't touch it!" (She figures I need it for my work.) "No Mom, I installed it for you." After several weeks of struggling to convince her that she should stop using Safari, I finally gave up. What's really odd is that, because my f...
[08:12:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Disenfranchising Dialup Users - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:12:16] <exec> 08└─With RequestPolicy or Policeman, you can prevent those accesses. Be warned, however, that it can be quite some work to find the settings that make a given page work (but on the positive side, the fact that you have to work to get such pages functional makes you more aware of the things normally happ...
[08:12:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:my 5 isk - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:12:18] <exec> 08└─Not quite, but I think this is pretty close: http://www.kchronicles.com [kchronicles.com]
[08:12:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02hippies... - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:12:20] <exec> 08└─The net may be the millennials hippie moment.
[08:12:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:hippies... - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 1257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:12:21] <exec> 08└─The utopian aspect of Hippiedom is still here on the net. People involved in partisan disputes and culture wars tend to overlook just how much actual information is available on the internet that used to be miles and months away. Inter-library Loan, that was a thing not too long ago, and a very good...
[08:12:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:This is a conundrum - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:12:32] <exec> 08└─Yeah, another Tom Clancy novel. It's got some similarities with the Cardinal of the Kremlin. Only trouble is Clancy passed away in 2013.
[08:12:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] (Score:2) 02Re:Suspicious acronym - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:12:35] <exec> 08└─So, that's what makes those compressed air canisters so damned expensive.
[08:12:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03mojo chan [266] (Score:2) 02Re:Not too worried - 06Lastpass Metadata Theft - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:12:58] <exec> 08└─My master password was a 46 character phrase; my new one is 52 characters.
[08:13:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just as a point: - 06Linux Kernel 2.6 Nears End of Life; Upgrade Advised - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:13:07] <exec> 08└─LTS releases have always had a .xx added to the original version number. That way they could have both 2.6.30.xx and 2.6.32.xx as long term releases, based on 2.6.30 and 2.6.32. Just like we have 3.2.69 and 3.4.107, based on 3.2 and 3.4 - note that from 3.0, the base version has only two parts, wher...
[08:14:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Why our enemies are still alive? - 06Researchers Design Sonar-Based Contactless Sleep Monitoring - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:14:06] <exec> 08└─We've always been at war with Eastasia.
[08:14:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:Ain't happening. - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 851 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:14:29] <exec> 08└─I would NOT consider that "safe" if it works in any way, shape, or form similar to Tor (in that you are a peer and some data will be routed through you like Tor and Freenet) because in the USA and a good chunk of the EU if a single .jpg that goes through your connection turns out to be CP? Then YOU...
[08:14:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03mojo chan [266] (Score:2) 02Re:Ain't happening. - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:14:30] <exec> 08└─The best way to use I2P is to download Tails and boot your machine into it (or at a pinch use a VM). That way you can be sure you are not leaking information outside the I2P network.
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[09:11:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Meanwhile here at Soy-Lent........................ - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:11:43] <exec> 08└─We knows for shure our news is a work o' fiction!
[09:11:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score:2) 02Really? - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:11:44] <exec> 08└─No, y'all are kidding me. I refuse to believe that manipulation on a scale we can never quite grasp exists. Fuckers.
[09:11:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:3, Funny) 02Casablanca - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:11:45] <exec> 08└─"I am shocked, shocked, to discover that there is gambling taking place in this establishment!" Minion: "Your winnings, sir!"
[09:11:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score:2) 02Re:Give them the benefit of the doubt - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:11:56] <exec> 08└─I write OS X drivers. I often find Windows hardware that does not support OS X
[09:11:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Give them the benefit of the doubt - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:11:57] <exec> 08└─But does it run Linux?
[09:11:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Give them the benefit of the doubt - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:11:59] <exec> 08└─Volunteer to write drivers for free, and suddenly the vendors will understand you perfectly.
[09:12:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:No - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 3867 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:12:11] <exec> 08└─Good reply. You brought up some very interesting points. My main beef is with this overcomplicated software with all sorts of obfuscation and/or digital locks so one cannot verify/debug/trace it - and no idea what it is *really* doing. If I had some mod points, I would have modded you up for that p...
[09:12:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] (Score:2) 02Re:One man's paradise is another man's hell. - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 3234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:12:13] <exec> 08└─Over the years, I've written much about what shall eventually replace the Internet. Now it's finally getting under way in public with Named Data Networking (distributed, cache-friendly URLs that work via hash). They actually got this mostly right so far, but I wonder how butchered it'll be by the ti...
[09:12:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score:2) 02Yes. - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 739 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:12:30] <exec> 08└─Need I say more? Well, I should. Yes, the Internet is a failed utopia but there is hope, and this hope is not some vain bit of optimism. The widespread introduction of the Internet opened a huge can of worms for the governments of the world. They love it in some ways because they can exploit it like...
[09:12:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:This is a conundrum - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:12:42] <exec> 08└─> It is some neat tech though. Would be very useful against lower-tech or poorly outfitted adversaries. Depends just how low-tech. Would this weapon be any use against a WWII-era fighter like a Spitfire or a Zero?
[09:12:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:I am oftened questioned by the police - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:12:53] <exec> 08└─> As a Powder Mage I know how to make every bullet in your clip detonate at a distance of ten metres." FTFY. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] (highly recommended)
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[10:12:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02but but but.. - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:12:24] <exec> 08└─"this is all lies. the gubmint can do us no harm. the gubmint will protect us from the ebil communists. now back my gubmint titty" - gewg
[10:12:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Ummmmmmmmmmm - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:12:26] <exec> 08└─To quote Tom Harper, "ummmm, ummmmm, uhhh, ummmm". And those beady black eyes -- he looks like a negative of a photo of a deer in the headlights in that interview. Hopefully, he's a better stenographer than public speaker.
[10:12:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Ummmmmmmmmmm - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:12:27] <exec> 08└─I 'd like to know if any threats were made against him or he's just lazy.
[10:12:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Tech Journalism works much the same way - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 590 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:12:29] <exec> 08└─In the entertainment industry it's known as "Feeding the Monster". That is, there is an endless need for TV and Movie scripts. I learned in the early nineties that if one did a good job of writing a press release, alleged, uh, "journalists" would slap their own name on as a byline then print the rel...
[10:12:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02I should not drink and post - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:12:39] <exec> 08└─Sunday morning mom gives me a lift home. "Are you tired." "Yeah." "You must be. You've been awake since friday!" "You say that like it's a bad thing."
[10:13:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02New World colonists, intentional communities - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 681 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:13:05] <exec> 08└─Many of the colonists to the New World were religious sects that aimed to established utopian societies. This lead to my now having a close friend whose whole extended family are a bunch of really, really disturbed people; my friend begged me never to call her by her childhood nickname of "Sadie" as...
[10:13:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02I remain haunted by a painting - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 968 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:13:14] <exec> 08└─I don't know that it depicted LA exactly but it was owned by an LA art collector, and the father of a close friend. The art collector's home barely had anywhere to stand let alone sit because it was packed solid with oil paintings. I would not be surprised were that man's collection worth more than...
[10:13:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03BigMcGuire [5510] 02Re:Inevitable - 06Lastpass Metadata Theft - 1138 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:13:54] <exec> 08└─Agreed. The media has had a lot of fun with this. If the information they are giving us is correct, users of lastpass (such as myself) don't have much to worry about - especially those of us who use two factor authentication. I can't imagine these guys don't have an hour that goes buy where they are...
[10:14:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Yog-Yogguth [1862] 02Re:SN just sad now - 06Russia, China Alledgedly Crack Snowden Files - 959 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:14:37] <exec> 08└─No it's great, the actual news is that all the governments in all the nations involved and in particular the USA, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea and their agencies are yet aga...
[10:19:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:Ha Ha Ha Ha .... - 06Hacking of Federal Security Forms Much Worse than Originally Thought - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:19:54] <exec> 08└─If you can't do the "time" (so to speak), don't do the crime.
[10:19:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:Ha Ha Ha Ha .... - 06Hacking of Federal Security Forms Much Worse than Originally Thought - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:19:57] <exec> 08└─[1] If you take a job as an Human Resources agent for Veterans Affairs, are you immoral? [2] Health plan negotiations for the Post Office? [3] Training coordinator for overseas language training in the Army? [4] Public Affairs specialist for a military base? [5] Humanitarian mission planner for the...
[10:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Letter to the Editor, make-work for homeless - 06California Orders its Largest Water Cuts in History - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:22:27] <exec> 08└─the guy suggested that the homeless be required to pick up trash in return for food and shelter. While I haven't actually done so yet I plan to write a Letter to the Editor in response, in which I suggest that homelessness not be regarded as a reason for disqualifying someone from employment. It is...
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[11:11:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Always-On - 06Even with a VPN, Open Wi-Fi Can Expose Information - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:11:48] <exec> 08└─Android at least has an option called "Always-On VPN", where traffic is only allowed when connected to the VPN. I'm assuming at least some other operating systems must have something similar, as it seems like a requirement. In addition to initial connection, some operating systems will also quietly...
[11:11:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score:2) 02Failure to use the technology ... - 06Even with a VPN, Open Wi-Fi Can Expose Information - 1158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:11:49] <exec> 08└─The author of this article has no idea how VPNs work if they're seriously going to make this point. VPNs encrypt traffic point-to-point, but does nothing for the last mile; its broadly similar to tor in this regard. If I'm using a VPN, and I want to access my email, AND my email server doesn't suppo...
[11:11:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02very irritating security through obscurity - 06Even with a VPN, Open Wi-Fi Can Expose Information - 699 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:11:50] <exec> 08└─Lately I find that wifi spot access points don't permit their client devices to communicate with each other. That prevents me from connecting to my iphone from my macbook pro. If you jailbreak your idevice, you can use theos to write ios apps without dealing with the reanimated undead corpse of stev...
[11:11:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:2) 02So many errors! - 06Even with a VPN, Open Wi-Fi Can Expose Information - 1911 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:11:52] <exec> 08└─The cure for ignorance is knowledge, not magic bullets. > By now, any sentient IT person knows the perils of open Wi-Fi. Yes, but I guess this wasn't written by a sentient IT person, because: > Those free connections in cafes and hotels don't encrypt network traffic NO connections encrypt your traff...
[11:12:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02"I n33 d 70 f1nd apr 0x33." - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:12:54] <exec> 08└─thus quoth a friend in rural China.
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[12:11:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02I once dated Gabe Newell's sister - 06 Bethesda at E3: Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:11:46] <exec> 08└─She told me he earned some coin as an early Microsoft employee then used it to start a successful video game company. While Tani was pleased that her brother was able to do well for himself, she wished that his games depicted something other than senseless violence. At the time she was a U of Colora...
[12:11:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:very irritating security through obscurity - 06Even with a VPN, Open Wi-Fi Can Expose Information - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:11:58] <exec> 08└─Is it possible to configure your Macbook to act as (WPA) access point to which you then can directly connect with your iPhone? That way you'd not need to rely on any external network at all for this.
[12:11:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02I should not drink and post - 06Even with a VPN, Open Wi-Fi Can Expose Information - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:11:59] <exec> 08└─yes I forgot to mention - that's called an "Ad Hoc Network" and works just fine.
[12:12:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03aristarchus [2645] 02Casablanca - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 125 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:12:10] <exec> 08└─"I am shocked, shocked, to discover that there is gambling taking place in this establishment!" Minion: "Your winnings, sir!"
[12:12:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03M. Baranczak [1673] (Score:2) 02News Corp owns the Times, too? - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:12:15] <exec> 08└─Can we just pay Australia to take Rupert Murdoch back?
[12:12:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:News Corp owns the Times, too? - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:12:16] <exec> 08└─Can we just pay Australia to take Rupert Murdoch back?
[12:12:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02What are the entry requirements? - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:12:30] <exec> 08└─It would seem that allwinner are continuing to ignore the gpl http://linux-sunxi.org [linux-sunxi.org] and generally don't play well with others. What is the entry requirement other than cutting a large membership cheque?
[12:12:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What are the entry requirements? - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:12:31] <exec> 08└─It's mostly binary drivers as far as I can see. Why are binary drivers illegal? How is a kernel module a derivative work of the kernel? My understanding is probably wrong, but I think this is confusing.
[12:12:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:No - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:12:46] <exec> 08└─No matter how charitable I am, I am not going to release software when the act of doing so can get me sued if I made a mistake in my code.
[12:13:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03WillAdams [1424] (Score:1) 02Free access to a significant part of knowledge? - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 753 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:13:09] <exec> 08└─Please, it's (more-or-less) free access to a significant portion of human knowledge. It's not the internet's fault that (a majority percentage of) people only use it to look at stupid youtube videos. If you want the internet to be better, volunteer and participate in communities which are trying to...
[12:13:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:This is a conundrum - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:13:23] <exec> 08└─fry well shielded electronics packages 10KM away
[12:13:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03aristarchus [2645] 02Re:Not too worried - 06Lastpass Metadata Theft - 41 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:13:49] <exec> 08└─My bank account is still only in my head.
[12:17:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:The real Free voting system - 06How Microsoft Squashed FOSS in Voting Systems in the USA - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:17:03] <exec> 08└─Put polling stations in the right spots so it is easier for your supporters to vote and harder for the oppositions supporters to vote
[12:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Look to Alberta, Canada - 06How Microsoft Squashed FOSS in Voting Systems in the USA - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:17:12] <exec> 08└─That would be awesome. Then Goldman Sachs would have to donate to three candidates instead of two. Oooh imagine the hope and change we'd get.
[12:18:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02You bought it a month ago? - 06Geeksphone Stops Support for FirefoxOS with No Warning - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:18:22] <exec> 08└─So send it back for a full refund. It's not suitable for the purpose for which sold. Unless you live somewhere that has completely eroded consumer protection to the point of meaninglessness, then you should be able to get the full cost of the phone refunded.
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[13:11:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Vanderhoth [61] (Score:2) 02Re:I once dated Gabe Newell's sister - 06 Bethesda at E3: Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:11:44] <exec> 08└─There should be a "+1 Epic" moderation, because that's just kind of cool.
[13:11:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Always-On - 06Even with a VPN, Open Wi-Fi Can Expose Information - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:11:54] <exec> 08└─And how do you click the "I agree" button on the portal website then?
[13:12:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:So many errors! - 06Even with a VPN, Open Wi-Fi Can Expose Information - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:12:00] <exec> 08└─> NO connections encrypt your traffic. That's up to you. Uptight nerd completely misses point in rush to demonstrate his own superiority. The article is talking about WEP/WPA/etc versus in the clear. In other words encrypted over the air. There is a solution for this problem, it is called EAP-UNAUTH...
[13:12:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score:3, Interesting) 02All journalism works much the same way - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 1090 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:12:15] <exec> 08└─Almost all journalism works that way today. Staff at even the larger organizations is pretty thin on the ground. If you manage to get the interest of a journalist, they will expect you to have a pre-written text for them to use. They may change around a couple of words, but if it gets used, it will...
[13:12:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:What are the entry requirements? - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 993 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:12:33] <exec> 08└─Binary drivers are not completely illegal. AMD and Nvidia video drivers are good examples. BUT they use a few tricks to get around the GPL. It all has to do with "derivative work". If my driver relies heavily on the kernel to function, it is a derivative work and must be GPL. BUT here is how AMD and...
[13:12:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03M. Baranczak [1673] (Score:2) 02Re:What are the entry requirements? - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:12:34] <exec> 08└─The real question should be: why do some hardware makers insist on shipping non-free drivers? Their business is selling hardware, not selling software, so it's not like they'd lose sales if the drivers were open.
[13:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02still not enough - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:13:42] <exec> 08└─even though this story is total bullshit, it wouldn't be enough to take down drones that are outfitted with rad hardened electronics. now, just for fun, let's say they could take down anything with a silicon chip in it. how long do you think it would be until they made MEMS CPU for the drones?
[13:13:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not too worried - 06Lastpass Metadata Theft - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:13:56] <exec> 08└─It's not hard to remember if you keep it on a post-it next to the computer! I jest, but I would argue that is prudent security as they would have to be in your house to access it. Only real alternative to having the thing written down somewhere would be to hash a simpler phrase and use that hash, wh...
[13:17:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Look to Alberta, Canada - 06How Microsoft Squashed FOSS in Voting Systems in the USA - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:17:18] <exec> 08└─So many words, so much ignorance of Duverger's law.
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[14:11:40] <exec> 08└─NSA
[14:11:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] (Score:2) 02I F*CK3D "ELIZA" in a Self-Driving Car for AMERICA - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:11:41] <exec> 08└─"Cum, elucidate your thoughts...."
[14:11:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:3, Funny) 02Cherry 2000 - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:11:42] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_2000 [wikipedia.org] Somewhat more seriously I could see this completely replacing most female entertainers, music, TV, etc. Could "she" read the news cheaper and better than existing news readers? Could she lip sync to someone elses music while dancing cheaper t...
[14:11:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:4, Insightful) 02Hyperbole much? - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 891 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:11:44] <exec> 08└─> The reality that Westworld and AI imagined decades ago has arrived. I don't think we're quite there yet. What was imagined in those films were independent, walking, talking robots that could navigate the real world, interact convincingly with humans and maybe even pass for human under some circums...
[14:11:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Hyperbole much? - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:11:46] <exec> 08└─independent, walking, talking robots that could navigate the real world, interact convincingly with humans and maybe even pass for human under some circumstances
[14:11:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03slash2phar [623] (Score:2) 02Mechanical turk - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:11:47] <exec> 08└─Ah yes.. but with wifi and mechanical turk, the intelligence can be added by some kid in the third world in real time for $0.03 !
[14:11:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Archon V2.0 [3887] (Score:2) 02id, the engine company - 06 Bethesda at E3: Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom - 577 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:11:56] <exec> 08└─> We also got a glimpse at a hell level, which, in contrast to Doom 3’s portrayal of the netherworld, was relatively well-lit and moody—though the standard “id palette” of grays, blacks, and reds still dominated. So what you're saying is that the only notable thing about the game was the eng...
[14:12:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:Ummmmmmmmmmm - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:12:25] <exec> 08└─I'm sure it is neither. There have always been plenty of 'reporters' willing to go to bat for the official government line. Doing the will of the powerful is generally very good for your career, otherwise people wouldn't do it. It isn't like he has much to lose directly from NSA/GCHG spying.
[14:12:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonTechie [2275] (Score:2) 02UPDATE: The Sunday Times sends DMCA notice ... - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 778 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:12:30] <exec> 08└─The Sunday Times sends DMCA notice to critics of Snowden hacking story: The Sunday Times dropped a bombshell [thesundaytimes.co.uk] this weekend, reporting that the top secret files leaked by Edward Snowden have been obtained by the Russian and Chinese governments. The story claimed Western intellig...
[14:12:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03threedigits [607] (Score:2) 02I guess we always have The Sun - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:12:31] <exec> 08└─I guess we can always read The Sun to get real news. But, seriously, I'm astonished indeed.
[14:13:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02so much for insightful - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:10] <exec> 08└─Never heard of the middle of nowhere? Never went "nowhere in particular"?
[14:13:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Utopia, by definition, is impossible. - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:11] <exec> 08└─nowhere, no place - same difference
[14:13:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Utopia, by definition, is impossible. - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:13] <exec> 08└─Not in etymology, which is what we are discussing. The tech equivalent would be RAM, storage - same difference.
[14:13:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Disenfranchising Dialup Users - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:23] <exec> 08└─most of your posts seem to come from utopia, as defined above.
[14:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02failed for not the reasons they think - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 2180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:13:33] <exec> 08└─It is a 'failed' utopia. On top of that it was never promised to be. Why is it 'failed'? Because we do not live in a utopia. We live in a world with some constraints and the internet is a reflection of them. We disagree with each other of minor petty things. I could list at many different things peo...
[14:13:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:Seems legit - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 1269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:43] <exec> 08└─Ever see the innards of aerospace electronics? Most of it resides inside hermetically sealed electronics enclosures. Though, some are more heavily shielded than others. When I attended uni, I worked for a guy who sold surplus military electronics. One really interesting radio was a receiver that was...
[14:13:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:This is a conundrum - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:47] <exec> 08└─That is a worthless statement isn't it? The thing would not be viable against rocks and sticks either. Why didn't you point that out?
[14:13:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Ask, and ye shall learn - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:13:55] <exec> 08└─And w[h]ere is the Mosow Radio Eng. Inst. located, anyway?
[14:14:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Real - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:14:05] <exec> 08└─i believe it is real. i believe they tested it on those lost Malaysian flights.
[14:15:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Ain't happening. - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 853 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:15:52] <exec> 08└─Yeah, you're kinda right - but you're more wrong. You can't get an IP address off of I2P unless your setup is badly mis-configured. Peers could be right next door to me, or halfway around the world, I have no way of knowing. I run I2P in a virtual machine, and I don't use that machine, let alone the...
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[15:11:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:Cherry 2000 - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:11:49] <exec> 08└─Veering off-topic here... Apart from Westworld, AI and Cherry 2000, another candidate for "humanoid robots in the sex industry" fiction would be the brand new Humans [channel4.com] from Channel 4. You can probably watch Episode 1 from that link, UK-based IP address may or may not be required. First...
[15:11:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Mechanical turk - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:11:53] <exec> 08└─Wow, sickening but likely.
[15:11:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 711 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:11:54] <exec> 08└─I'm not interested in using anything like this, because I have a real live human partner in my life that makes me much happier than any doll ever could. But I do see this kind of thing as potentially extremely useful for those whose proclivities tend towards activities which harm others. For example...
[15:11:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:11:56] <exec> 08└─This just makes them unsuitable to be a part of the human race, they will never treat a real person with respect. On the other hand, at least they won't be procreating their DNA.
[15:11:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:11:58] <exec> 08└─If people get sent to jail for possessing child porn, why wouldn't they be sent to jail for possessing child dolls? It's much harder to hide a child doll than a stash of child porn.
[15:11:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03mrchew1982 [3565] (Score:2) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 553 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:11:59] <exec> 08└─My only fear is that instead of being just a replacement it will rather encourage the behavior and be used for (*shudder*) practice. Never heard of a rapist of any flavor that could content themselves with pictures or even videos. On the contrary, there is some disturbing research that rapists model...
[15:12:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:12:01] <exec> 08└─And imagine the debate, ala violence in computer games, when semi-realistic rapable bots are available. Do they serve as an outlet for socially unacceptable behavior, or do they promote it?
[15:12:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score:2) 02I'd rather fuck Watson - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 617 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:12:02] <exec> 08└─As interesting advances in robotics might be there is nothing that is really appealing about buying a super expensive creepy looking fuckdoll. I'm sure realism is relative but there is really nothing realistic looking about them; judging from the photos. I would rather just wank the old fashioned wa...
[15:12:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score:2) 02Fallout Shelter - 06 Bethesda at E3: Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom - 746 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:12:11] <exec> 08└─I seriously hope Fallout 4 isn't such a big ridden mess as the previous one was. It was almost unplayable for quite a long time. Even tho I prefered 1+2+BOS over Vegas -- vegas was still ok once they got all things sorted. I just don't have high hopes that Bethesda pulls that off -- when was the las...
[15:12:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Fallout Shelter - 06 Bethesda at E3: Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:12:13] <exec> 08└─Don't play Bethesda games on consoles. I have well over a thousand hours combined in Bethesda PC games and I have only encountered a couple bugs that actually broke anything...except when I was doing something stupid like making a pile of 300 mines and baiting Moira into them.
[15:12:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03sudo rm -rf [2357] (Score:2) 02At last! - 06 Bethesda at E3: Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:12:14] <exec> 08└─with the family robot actually saying the name the player typed in
[15:12:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score:2) 02Re:At last! - 06 Bethesda at E3: Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:12:16] <exec> 08└─Q: What is your name? A: Boobs Q: Boobs! Your name is Boobs? A: Yes!
[15:12:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03zaxus [3455] (Score:1) 02Dishonored 2 - 06 Bethesda at E3: Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:12:17] <exec> 08└─Anyone else disappointed with the Dishonored 2 announcement? The (low-chaos, "good") ending of the first one seemed definitive enough for me that this seems like a retcon. Plus, do we really need to see the same characters over and over? Not that I don't like Corvo and Emily, but I'm sure the Outsid...
[15:12:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Failure to use the technology ... - 06Even with a VPN, Open Wi-Fi Can Expose Information - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:12:27] <exec> 08└─The author of this article has no idea how VPNs work
[15:13:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score:2) 02Re:What are the entry requirements? - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:13:09] <exec> 08└─Competition and perceived advantage via trade secrets.
[15:13:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:What are the entry requirements? - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 912 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:13:10] <exec> 08└─Trade secrets are a mostly bullshit method to bolster your company's image. We had a manager who always used the term "proprietary process" when talking to customers. The idea was to lead the customer to believe we have some uber secret sauce that makes us better. But in reality, it was the same pro...
[15:13:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03fnj [1654] (Score:2) 02Re:What are the entry requirements? - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:13:12] <exec> 08└─The usual apologia is that the maker is subject to some form of non-disclosure agreement with some partner. Be that the case or not, GPU components, such as the Mali, are frequent offenders. Even Intel is closing down part of the GPU on Skylake [slashdot.org], the successor to Broadwell.
[15:13:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What are the entry requirements? - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:13:14] <exec> 08└─its binary video encoder "driver" build using GPL code and shipped as binary blob
[15:13:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Newspapers were 10x better 20 years ago - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:57] <exec> 08└─And there were lots more of them. Yes, you had to buy them, but today people pay plenty to their ISP and/or broadband provider.
[15:13:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03JeanCroix [573] (Score:2) 02FTFA - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:13:58] <exec> 08└─...the elysium that we were all promised at its inception...
[15:13:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Content for the masses - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 599 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:00] <exec> 08└─Not for the classes. When radio was rolled out at the beginning of the previous century, people were marvelling about how families could gather around the radio and listen to symphonies. Maybe they did, for a few years. With TV, same thing. Everyone will get to enjoy performances of Shakespeare's pl...
[15:14:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:This is a conundrum - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 792 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:14:15] <exec> 08└─Well, if this very expensive bit of kit could be foiled by a relatively low-cost, easy to build counter-aircraft, then surely that's significant. There has been criticism of Western militaries arming and equipping to fight another cold war / another WWII, when in fact the only people they actually f...
[15:14:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Yes really, RT.com is not a reliable source - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 482 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:14:33] <exec> 08└─Just for info - I read news from all around the world. India, China, Russia - you name it. Although smaller nations get less time in my news feeds, I have some of those as well, like the Philippines. Wingnut element? A lot of the time, I think our own MSM is as wingnut as you can get. Is RT reliable...
[15:14:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not too worried - 06Lastpass Metadata Theft - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:14:51] <exec> 08└─Post-Its are multi-factor auth: - Something you know: your username & where to find the post-it - Something you have: the post-it - Something you are: held at gunpoint when they burgle you
[15:15:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:SN just sad now - 06Russia, China Alledgedly Crack Snowden Files - 1375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:15:28] <exec> 08└─Too lazy to click new link cheat: AnonTechie [soylentnews.org] writes: Techdirt has already written about the massive problems with the Sunday Times' [techdirt.com] big report claiming that the Russians and Chinese had "cracked" the encryption on the Snowden files (or possibly just been handed those...
[15:15:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:SN just sad now - 06Russia, China Alledgedly Crack Snowden Files - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:15:29] <exec> 08└─Bonus link with the key snippet: https://vine.co [vine.co] Seems the link doesn't work right now. Perhaps someone got C&D, DMCA, black men visit? ;-) Oops, Will Smith has no involvement in this! ;-) ..
[15:15:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02What news outlets didn't fall for this BS? - 06Russia, China Alledgedly Crack Snowden Files - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:15:35] <exec> 08└─What news outlets did only publish the rebuttal?
[15:16:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Batman did it first - 06Researchers Design Sonar-Based Contactless Sleep Monitoring - 581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:16:01] <exec> 08└─I read that Japan were to give up regardless albeit it would take perhaps a few weeks longer. But that didn't fit with the official story so it's not the party line. As for nuke bombing any country but especially any dessert country will result in radioactive dust spreading with the wind around the...
[15:16:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonymousCowardNoMore [5416] (Score:1) 02Re:Better solution - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 782 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:16:46] <exec> 08└─Yes, they are meaningful. BTC is much more private than something directly tied to your name, such as credit cards, but much less private than cash. Statistical methods can be used to bring different bits of information together and it only takes one action somewhere along the line, which is insecur...
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[16:11:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03scruffybeard [533] (Score:2) 02In Soviet Russia... - 06Cuba's Answer to the Internet Fits in Your Pocket and Moves by Bus - 628 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:11:41] <exec> 08└─Reminds me of stories that people used to tell about smuggling and sharing prohibited religious materials in the Soviet Bloc countries. Much of it was done with a wink and a nod as long as you were not distributing anything that challenged the ruling party. In other cases the officials could be paid...
[16:11:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:Cherry 2000 - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:11:53] <exec> 08└─It may be that it will not play on linux.. will not work without UK ip, and will not work with VPN UK ip address so i guess it is not linux compatible? Pity.... do i have to go see if it is on torrents and download illegally??? Is that what you want Corporations? Is it? Really???? Jen?... Jen??? I h...
[16:11:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Hyperbole much? - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 660 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:11:58] <exec> 08└─Sex noises are one of my pet-peeves. I watch porn with the volume muted because the noises are almost always worse than no noise at all. I'm also bangin' this intelligent good-looking fun woman but she sounds like a chihuahua in bed. I'm bangin this other Filipina who goes 'oo-oo-oo' like a gorilla...
[16:12:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:I'd rather fuck Watson - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:12:06] <exec> 08└─I'd go visit IBM and fuck Watson. When i get a visit from IBS, I feel (literally) like fucking sh*t! :(
[16:12:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Society - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:08] <exec> 08└─The dolls have interchangeable faces and orifices.
[16:12:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03mtrycz [60] (Score:2) 02Re:Society - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:12:09] <exec> 08└─Thank you.
[16:12:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrGuy [1007] (Score:2) 02Re:At last! - 06 Bethesda at E3: Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:12:22] <exec> 08└─Which sort of raises the question - are these the 1,000 most common names that people have? Or the 1,000 most common names that people give their avatars in videogames? Very different sets of names. Also, wonder if (as Apple did with Siri) they've programmed in some "easter eggs" for situations wher...
[16:12:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] 02Tech Journalism works much the same way - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 590 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:12:56] <exec> 08└─In the entertainment industry it's known as "Feeding the Monster". That is, there is an endless need for TV and Movie scripts. I learned in the early nineties that if one did a good job of writing a press release, alleged, uh, "journalists" would slap their own name on as a byline then print the rel...
[16:12:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02All journalism works much the same way - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 1090 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:12:57] <exec> 08└─Almost all journalism works that way today. Staff at even the larger organizations is pretty thin on the ground. If you manage to get the interest of a journalist, they will expect you to have a pre-written text for them to use. They may change around a couple of words, but if it gets used, it will...
[16:13:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:News Corp owns the Times, too? - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:13:00] <exec> 08└─The entire body or just his heart?
[16:13:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Pravda - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 1742 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:13:04] <exec> 08└─I trust the Sunday Times more or less as much as I trust the Intercept and Greenwald. Both are propagandist, just on different sides. After reading the Techdirt article one can only conclude that their critique of the Sunday Times article also seemed filled with unknown source information, innuendo...
[16:13:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Pravda - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:13:06] <exec> 08└─>hat evidence plus the stealing and spreading of documents is more or less a slam dunk case for an eternity behind bars. Everything is. They can put you away for 5, 10, 20, for anything. Your only recourse is to shoot them dead. Which is why they've been taking away the guns.
[16:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:13:39] <exec> 08└─The majority of software problems seems to come from two sources.
[16:13:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:so much for insightful - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:13:50] <exec> 08└─Words have multiple meanings. You know this, right?
[16:14:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Webweasel [567] (Score:1) 02Re:hippies... - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 515 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:14:08] <exec> 08└─Hate to post something that is pretty much spam, but its relevant. To backup your point I run/own this site: http://priyom.org [priyom.org] The entire purpose is to put information in the public domain. I pay for it out of my own pocket, there are no adverts on it at all. The site is run under creat...
[16:14:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03cyrano [1034] (Score:2) 02Re:Seems legit - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:14:27] <exec> 08└─Doesn't matter really, it still needs an antenna...
[16:14:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03cyrano [1034] (Score:2) 02Re:Suspicious acronym - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 1280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:14:41] <exec> 08└─The institute can be found at the Russian Science Academy: http://www.mosinfor.ru [mosinfor.ru] Quote (Google Translate): The main activities of the Institute: • Development of high-power microwave technology, particle accelerators and other electro installations....
[16:14:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:microwave radiation eh... - 06Russia to Kill Drones and Missiles with 10km-Range SHF Cannon - 498 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:14:53] <exec> 08└─Considering that electromagnetic power is reduced by the square (I assume) to the distance. And that only a short pulse is needed. It might perhaps be feasible. But it's going to need a serious power supply. If the peak power is known to knock out electronics at 1 meter distance. Then it should be t...
[16:15:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Upgrade those devices, manufacturers! - 06Linux Kernel 2.6 Nears End of Life; Upgrade Advised - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:15:22] <exec> 08└─How many routers, smart TVs, etc. have this version of the kernel running in them? Based on my experience with the devices I have in my house, a lot of them. Perhaps now we'll get updates to those devices? One can only hope...
[16:15:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03pmontra [1175] (Score:1) 02VPSes - 06Linux Kernel 2.6 Nears End of Life; Upgrade Advised - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:15:23] <exec> 08└─Some VPS providers still sell machines with a 2.6 kernel. For the last one I bought from OVH (May) uname -a reports Linux xxx.ovh.net 2.6.32-042stab106.4 #1 SMP Fri Mar 27 15:19:28 MSK 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux This is a VPS Classic machine. VPS Cloud ones come with a 3.8+ kernel. I wonder...
[16:18:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score:2) 02Re:Verify - 06How Microsoft Squashed FOSS in Voting Systems in the USA - 1326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:18:20] <exec> 08└─It's about reducing the number of attack vectors. Using proprietary software for voting, you have to trust the software and the hardware and the people setting it up. Using open software, you need to only trust the hardware and the people setting it up. If you could use open hardware too, you'd only...
[16:18:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score:2) 02Re:The real Free voting system - 06How Microsoft Squashed FOSS in Voting Systems in the USA - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:18:31] <exec> 08└─I have no real comment as to absolute level. As to relative level, yeah, I'd stand by those strategies being the best and most likely.
[16:18:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score:2) 02Re:Look to Alberta, Canada - 06How Microsoft Squashed FOSS in Voting Systems in the USA - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:18:44] <exec> 08└─Apparently democracy can actually work! Granted, things are a little more sane here in Canada, with several political parties to choose from, not just two like our choice-challenged neighbours to the south seem to have.
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[17:11:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:3, Funny) 02linux? - 06German Network Intrusion Involved the Compromise of Chancellor Merkel's PC - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:11:40] <exec> 08└─i wonder if this means they will start switching desktops that politicians use over to something more secure. though i could see them getting hacked if they use SystemD(eutschland).
[17:11:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Re:linux? - 06German Network Intrusion Involved the Compromise of Chancellor Merkel's PC - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:11:41] <exec> 08└─Their best defense has always been a good offense. #RussianTour2016
[17:11:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02North Korea - 06Cuba's Answer to the Internet Fits in Your Pocket and Moves by Bus - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:11:50] <exec> 08└─See also North Korea: http://www.wired.com [wired.com] http://www.theatlantic.com [theatlantic.com]
[17:11:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03zugedneb [4556] (Score:2) 02Re:In Soviet Russia... - 06Cuba's Answer to the Internet Fits in Your Pocket and Moves by Bus - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:11:52] <exec> 08└─Reminds me of stories that people used to tell about smuggling and sharing prohibited religious materials in the Soviet Bloc countries.
[17:11:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03drussell [2678] (Score:2) 02Re:Tape transport - 06Cuba's Answer to the Internet Fits in Your Pocket and Moves by Bus - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:11:54] <exec> 08└─TRAVAN-3
[17:12:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] 02I F*CK3D "ELIZA" in a Self-Driving Car for AMERICA - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 34 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:12:04] <exec> 08└─"Cum, elucidate your thoughts...."
[17:12:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Cherry 2000 - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:12:08] <exec> 08└─If the artificial head is booted up but the human one is unconscious drunk would that be consent? Or if the head is powered off but the human is awake, hmm. I guess it'll depend on if the owner of the fun parts is online or not. I don't know, but he's been described as "the best Bang since the B...
[17:12:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] 02Hyperbole much? - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 891 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:12:10] <exec> 08└─> The reality that Westworld and AI imagined decades ago has arrived. I don't think we're quite there yet. What was imagined in those films were independent, walking, talking robots that could navigate the real world, interact convincingly with humans and maybe even pass for human under some circums...
[17:12:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03slash2phar [623] 02Mechanical turk - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 129 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:12:11] <exec> 08└─Ah yes.. but with wifi and mechanical turk, the intelligence can be added by some kid in the third world in real time for $0.03 !
[17:12:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 1034 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:12:17] <exec> 08└─For the same reason that traditionally/in many jurisdictions there's no crime involved in possessing illustrated "child porn". Child porn laws are generally (initially) about protecting children - actual child porn necessitates child abuse, and thus by possessing it you are commissioning that abuse...
[17:12:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:12:20] <exec> 08└─All available evidence involving violent video games is that it does not seem to promote real-life violence in any way. There were some people who were really scared that it might be, and they pointed to the fact that violent people often played video games, but it turned out that the incidence of v...
[17:12:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:12:22] <exec> 08└─Or you could conceivably build one of these that looks like a child, allowing the pedophiles out there to do what they would like to do without harming a real child.
[17:12:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03budgenator [1529] (Score:1) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:12:23] <exec> 08└─Add more actuators on the armatures, some pressure and motion sensors, a highspeed internet connection and tele-sex takes on a whole new tenor when your partner is out of town!
[17:12:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:12:25] <exec> 08└─because I have a real live human partner in my life that makes me much happier than any doll ever could.
[17:12:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmn32480 [443] (Score:2) 02Re:Society - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:12:28] <exec> 08└─You gotta have a way to clean out the orifices , don't you? They'd have to be removable, and are probably dishwasher safe!
[17:12:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Humans - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:12:30] <exec> 08└─Just a little bit of topic drift, I thought I'd mention this promising new tv series about android 'synths': Humans [tvrage.com] which is a sort of remake of the excellent Swedish show Real Humans aka Äkta människor. [imdb.com]
[17:12:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Non Sequor [1005] (Score:2) 02Re:I once dated Gabe Newell's sister - 06 Bethesda at E3: Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:12:39] <exec> 08└─There's just no pleasing family members. Valve's games are comparatively highbrow for the industry with a focus on design of gameplay elements and characters.
[17:12:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03TK [2760] (Score:2) 02Re:At last! - 06 Bethesda at E3: Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:12:46] <exec> 08└─Any swear words make the robot start talking in French.
[17:12:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:Always-On - 06Even with a VPN, Open Wi-Fi Can Expose Information - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:12:57] <exec> 08└─You sign up for a VPN ... I've never seen an "I agree" page on any of the ones I've used.
[17:12:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:Always-On - 06Even with a VPN, Open Wi-Fi Can Expose Information - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:12:58] <exec> 08└─Duh, sorry, I understand. You're quite correct .... you'd be hosed.
[17:13:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score:2) 02Re:All journalism works much the same way - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 683 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:23] <exec> 08└─>Tom Harper was a sock puppet - no surprise at all. The interesting question is: why he has now admitted this? Maybe he began to consider the long-term implications of the policies he was helping to whitewash? Did he maybe have a child recently? Or perhaps his conscience just finally started botheri...
[17:13:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03efitton [1077] (Score:2) 02Re:News Corp owns the Times, too? - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:27] <exec> 08└─What heart?
[17:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Pravda - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:33] <exec> 08└─Both are propagandist, just on different sides.
[17:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Pravda - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:34] <exec> 08└─What has The Intercept got wrong?
[17:13:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Non Sequor [1005] (Score:2) 02Re:Pravda - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:36] <exec> 08└─What has The Intercept got wrong?
[17:13:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03andersjm [3931] (Score:1) 02Re:Pravda - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:13:38] <exec> 08└─Lets just assume that the original story was true for the sake of argument. Nobody would come out and admit that, no analyst or employee within the British intelligence community would go out with name and confirm the story, unless instructed to do so.
[17:13:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03twistedcubic [929] (Score:2, Insightful) 02Woah interviewer - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:13:39] <exec> 08└─I was a little shocked that the interviewer, George Howell, rightly showed skepticism, and asked the right questions. I hope he's allowed to keep his job after this.
[17:14:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:No - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:14:14] <exec> 08└─Its when I see all these BSA types, putting digital locks on everything, having Congress pass all this DMCA crap, having me agree to EULA's and the like, trying to hold ME accountable. If they are gonna be that way, then I want accountability too. From them.
[17:14:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02It's only failed if you aren't smart about it - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 1288 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:49] <exec> 08└─Two guys in a garage can compete with the monolithic, infrastructure-owning giants provided they are smart about it. And yeah the low hanging fruit may be gone. Also keep in mind there's the share of people with a clue, probably less than 15% and the rest which will flow like a river of sloppy dead...
[17:15:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Beryllium Sphere (r) (5062) (Score:2) 02Richest set of 2-factor options - 06Lastpass Metadata Theft - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:15:39] <exec> 08└─LastPass has an amazing range of dual factor solutions including some I'd never heard of before.
[17:15:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Beryllium Sphere (r) (5062) (Score:2) 02Just use Diceware - 06Lastpass Metadata Theft - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:15:46] <exec> 08└─Entropy from a non-computer source, 12.9 bits per word, memorizable by making up stories or mental images to fit the passphrase.
[17:17:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Encryption App - USA Server - !!!??? - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:17:55] <exec> 08└─Yes. Only the US does this kind of stuff. You are 100% safe anywhere else. Sheez, did you get hurt when you fell off that turnip truck?
[17:19:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:The real Free voting system - 06How Microsoft Squashed FOSS in Voting Systems in the USA - 1052 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:19:10] <exec> 08└─In my home state in 2004, I took strong notice of the fact that it took me approximately 20 minutes to vote in the mostly white genteel suburb, while a coworker of mine from a not-at-all-genteel urban precinct spent 2.5 hours waiting in line. And apparently it got worse in the not-at-all-genteel dis...
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[18:11:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02Re:linux? - 06German Network Intrusion Involved the Compromise of Chancellor Merkel's PC - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:11:43] <exec> 08└─when it comes to computers, the best defense is turning it off.
[18:11:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02A New Hope - 06German Network Intrusion Involved the Compromise of Chancellor Merkel's PC - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:44] <exec> 08└─... and thus, we enter a new age... the age in which we start fragmenting the internet down to something we can control, something we can grasp & comprehend. Finally we have understood that while we used the Internet for Good first, it can also be used by Dark Powers. And now we wish to harness thes...
[18:11:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03ThG [4568] (Score:2) 02Bild? - 06German Network Intrusion Involved the Compromise of Chancellor Merkel's PC - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:11:46] <exec> 08└─Bild? Really? I can't think of a less credible source for *anything*. That newspaper is mass propaganda for the stupid. Not more.
[18:11:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03scruffybeard [533] (Score:2) 02Re:In Soviet Russia... - 06Cuba's Answer to the Internet Fits in Your Pocket and Moves by Bus - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:11:57] <exec> 08└─One story that I recall was regarding bibles in Russia. The story may have been part truth and part propaganda, and I was young when I heard it, so please take it with a grain of salt. I suppose my point was that "black markets" will pop-up around prohibited, or scarce items.
[18:11:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Tape transport - 06Cuba's Answer to the Internet Fits in Your Pocket and Moves by Bus - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:12:00] <exec> 08└─The latency may be poor (and for many applications that doesn't matter,)
[18:12:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03toygeek [28] (Score:2) 02Station Wagon? Backup tapes? The 2015 version: - 06Cuba's Answer to the Internet Fits in Your Pocket and Moves by Bus - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:01] <exec> 08└─I extrapolated the old saying into a more modern version: A Chevy Suburban filled with 64GB SD Cards! Enjoy: http://www.tidbitsfortechs.com [tidbitsfortechs.com]
[18:12:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score:1) 02Hubble Sneakernet? - 06Cuba's Answer to the Internet Fits in Your Pocket and Moves by Bus - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:03] <exec> 08└─I don't think it counts if you are wearing sneakers while flying on a rocket to orbital velocities.
[18:12:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Hubble Sneakernet? - 06Cuba's Answer to the Internet Fits in Your Pocket and Moves by Bus - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:12:05] <exec> 08└─I think the appropriate name is "Filthy rich sponsored rocketnet" ;-)
[18:12:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Cherry 2000 - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:12:17] <exec> 08└─You writing about the robot or GAA's TV show? Reads likely either way. We're gonna be having conversations like: "The goatse adapter is DRMed to only work on windows 8.1, appropriately enough, and if thats not bad enough it also wants to install ASK toolbar" I can't wait to see the Apple iSexRobot w...
[18:12:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03DutchUncle [5370] (Score:1) 02Re:Cherry 2000 - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:12:19] <exec> 08└─>> Could "she" read the news cheaper and better than existing news readers? And could she tell you 'bout a plane crash with a gleam in her eye?
[18:12:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hyperbole much? - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:12:26] <exec> 08└─Gag them?
[18:12:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Hyperbole much? - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:12:28] <exec> 08└─My most optimistic prediction for the "AI" is voice-recognition software running on a smartphone-level processor
[18:12:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03q.kontinuum [532] (Score:2) 02Re:Hyperbole much? - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:12:29] <exec> 08└─And possibly some other data.
[18:12:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:12:33] <exec> 08└─In some countries it's illegal to make drawings of underage sex and underage people may not photograph them self without clothes.
[18:12:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:12:36] <exec> 08└─will rather encourage the behavior
[18:12:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:12:41] <exec> 08└─I'm not interested in using anything like this, because I have a real live human partner in my life that makes me much happier than any doll ever could.
[18:12:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02would rather have one that does cleans the house - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:49] <exec> 08└─Of course if they made one that BOTH cleaned the house AND gave booty on demand then women would be pretty much obsolete.
[18:12:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] 02I once dated Gabe Newell's sister - 06 Bethesda at E3: Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom - 371 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:12:57] <exec> 08└─She told me he earned some coin as an early Microsoft employee then used it to start a successful video game company. While Tani was pleased that her brother was able to do well for himself, she wished that his games depicted something other than senseless violence. At the time she was a U of Colora...
[18:12:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:I once dated Gabe Newell's sister - 06 Bethesda at E3: Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:00] <exec> 08└─Games will depict what is fun and what will sell. It's not meant to be accurate, it's entertainment. Other than that it seems her brother did a sound career course change.
[18:13:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Re:Fallout Shelter - 06 Bethesda at E3: Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom - 1708 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:04] <exec> 08└─You can't really compare Fallout 1+2 + Fallout Tactics with New Vegas or 3. They are totally different in their game play. The only thing you can ask is, did they get the fallout feel in 3 and New Vegas? Answer: "Oh, yeah Baby!" Fallout 3 and New Vegas both had their share of horrendous bugs. It has...
[18:13:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03zugedneb [4556] (Score:3, Interesting) 02The Art of Doom - 06 Bethesda at E3: Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom - 1270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:13:10] <exec> 08└─Does anyone else find the art in Doom 1-2 the most "respectable" that has been made in that kind of game? Look at the monsters: except for some few, they have "proper" facial characteristics of a noble, mentally fully functional being. They do not look diseased or retarded. The noble ones: baron of...
[18:13:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Re:The Art of Doom - 06 Bethesda at E3: Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom - 830 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:12] <exec> 08└─Doom 1 and 2 were "respectable"? Did you actually play the games? Well, of course I guess, if you compared them to Duke Nukem 3D they were respectable. Though, I guess that's taking the word a bit out of context as you are referring to the art style, but still. They were just trying to make some cra...
[18:13:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score:1) 02Re:Really? - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:13:40] <exec> 08└─Well, I guess if you can't grasp it...
[18:13:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Pravda - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:00] <exec> 08└─The truth is, everyone is partially deluded.
[18:14:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Pravda - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:01] <exec> 08└─No one knows what they have wrong. The articles point out a few specifics that are wrong. It's just a coincidence that every independently verifiable fact included in the story is false, I'm sure.
[18:14:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03M. Baranczak [1673] (Score:2) 02Re:What are the entry requirements? - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:23] <exec> 08└─Let's face it. The "trade secret" that most companies are trying to keep is: "our software sucks, because we hired the cheapest people we could get away with, and then didn't give them enough time to do the job properly." But it's not really a secret, since everyone else does it, too; once they real...
[18:14:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:What are the entry requirements? - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 588 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:25] <exec> 08└─* Because you can use confidence tricks like: "Hey look our stuff is so good we got to keep it secret!" when the real difference is that the GUI has a gray background instead of dark gray. * Makes it easy to steal code and make it your own. * Can use patented algorithms and cover it up. * C...
[18:14:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What are the entry requirements? - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:14:27] <exec> 08└─> Can use patented algorithms and cover it up. It is worth noting that the IP lawyers explicitly tell the engineers not to try to see if an algorithm they've developed is subject to a patent. So "covering it up" isn't necessarily what's going on. More like, reducing legal exposure. Once again, the l...
[18:15:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Refugee from beyond [2699] (Score:2) 02Not really - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:20] <exec> 08└─Internet is not a utopia. But it's a good first step, which, of course, is not enough on its own.
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[19:11:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03boristhespider [4048] (Score:2) 02Mike Hale has evidently not read the books - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 573 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:40] <exec> 08└─Like the way that George RR Martin went or not (I'm in the "not" camp - A Dance with Dragons in particular was an exercise in tedious masochism), and like the way the TV series has been departing from the books or not, the events he's highlighted are in the books. It's in the next series that we're...
[19:11:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03boristhespider [4048] (Score:2) 02Re:Mike Hale has evidently not read the books - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:11:41] <exec> 08└─Wish I'd actually read the bit of the summary where he says "I haven't read the books, but I choose to attack the TV show anyway". Ignore me.
[19:11:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:Mike Hale has evidently not read the books - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:11:42] <exec> 08└─Yeah... some Bran can really bulk up a story, but too much will just bring everything to a stand still and leave you sitting around on porcelain yelling "hodor.....Hodor..............H O D O R!!!!!!"
[19:11:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Mehhh - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:44] <exec> 08└─The wife has been watching it. She's recorded all of the episodes, I guess. AND she's read the books. Seems to be her favorite, right behind Outlander. She's tried to get me to watch it, and to read it. I just can't get interested in it. So, it's winding down, or winding up, or spinning to a close,...
[19:11:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Bild? - 06German Network Intrusion Involved the Compromise of Chancellor Merkel's PC - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:11:56] <exec> 08└─So what good German media is there?
[19:11:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Probably not - 06German Network Intrusion Involved the Compromise of Chancellor Merkel's PC - 459 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:11:57] <exec> 08└─According to this source (German language) [t-online.de] the trojan found on Merkel's computer is not the one which infected the parliament's network, but another, widespread trojan which tries to compromise online banking. Also, the "evidence" cited by Bild is a mail that pretends to come from Ange...
[19:12:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03M. Baranczak [1673] (Score:2) 02Re:In Soviet Russia... - 06Cuba's Answer to the Internet Fits in Your Pocket and Moves by Bus - 495 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:12:09] <exec> 08└─I remember a gentleman coming and telling us how very difficult it had proved to get the Bible into Tibet. There had been seven occasions: the first time, there had been landslides. The second time, it rained - the pages got stuck together. The third time, the mules fell off the mountainside. The fo...
[19:12:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03draconx [4649] (Score:2) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:12:48] <exec> 08└─Never heard of a rapist of any flavor that could content themselves with pictures or even videos.
[19:12:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] 02Society - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 50 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:12:57] <exec> 08└─The dolls have interchangeable faces and orifices.
[19:13:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:2) 02Re:would rather have one that does cleans the hous - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:13:02] <exec> 08└─Men too, I guess.
[19:13:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Uncanny Valley - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:04] <exec> 08└─Something that's obviously a machine wouldn't seem so interesting. Something that you occasionally have to do a double-take with would be creepy. Something you couldn't tell, scary. Women can be impossible, but there's no substitute for the real thing.
[19:13:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02buy now! - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 1064 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:06] <exec> 08└─what can i say? awesome. if we don't nuke the planet with a zombie virus epidemic into global warming first then this is the future. I see a slight problem for the economy tho. not being a anti-feminist here, but globally i'm guessing 90 % of hard income is earned by males. however a small percentag...
[19:13:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:buy now! - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:13:07] <exec> 08└─Where's the mod option for (-1, Wanker)?
[19:13:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02securely open? - 06Even with a VPN, Open Wi-Fi Can Expose Information - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:13:48] <exec> 08└─i have a question: if one would name the SSID "pwd.is.10443ersX" and put WPS2-AES on the wifi AP would it be "open" but still secure? or could one name the SSID "tor.socks.192.168.0.100.p.8080", assuming the client is reasonably smart to enter "192.168.0.100" and port "8080" as SOCKS proxy in proxy...
[19:14:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Pravda - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:14:21] <exec> 08└─The right was correct in that Soviet documents have corroborated the assertion that Soviet espionage and influence in western left wing politics were extensive.
[19:14:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:What are the entry requirements? - 06Allwinner Joins the Linux Foundation - 1986 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:14:48] <exec> 08└─There is a recently completed kickstarter for a $9 linux board that uses the next allwinner chip. The company behind the kickstarter made this post: [kickstarter.com] Binary Blobs, GPL Violations and Moving Forward As members of the open source community, we take license violations very seriously....
[19:15:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02big no-no! - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:42] <exec> 08└─doesn't the internet exist in reality and aren't there forces that exist in reality that make a utopia in reality impossible?
[19:18:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edIII [791] 02Re:How to keep out the bad people but not the good - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 3988 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:18:26] <exec> 08└─The answer is a firm, and absolutely perfect, "no you can't keep bad people out". Such a wish is logically precluded, and often accompanied by the realization that a true loss of power and control must occur. Any technological answer must be socially agnostic if you take my meaning. Both "good" and...
[19:18:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:How to keep out the bad people but not the good - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:18:27] <exec> 08└─My approximate idea was say a service that didn't had the capability to transmit images for the sake of argument. That would make the service less attractive to CP traders, but it would not exclude them or rely on anyone making judgments. I know from a strict technical point enough text messages wil...
[19:21:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:The bootloader is likely the key - 06Geeksphone Stops Support for FirefoxOS with No Warning - 1416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:21:09] <exec> 08└─Shitstorm? If people are going to get fired for every two minutes hate on twitter and tumblr, nobody is going to survive. And lest you rest easy in the false belief that you are safe because you are a double plus goodthinker, think again. Go watch the fun and games of Vox Day vs Tor books where he f...
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[20:11:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimshatt [978] (Score:2) 02Re:Mike Hale has evidently not read the books - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:11:49] <exec> 08└─I like the Bran storyline. His storyline probably ends the show though, so he'll just have to hide in a tree for another season, I guess. Season five should have been the last one. You can't have all characters poised to play their endgame all the time.
[20:11:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03physicsmajor [1471] (Score:2) 02SPOILERS & SPECULATION AHOY - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 1487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:11:50] <exec> 08└─Obligatory SPOILER warning. It looks like this guy fell hard for the show writers' tricks. We saw almost none of these characters actually die onscreen except Meryn Trant (and good freaking riddance). To wit: Stannis: We saw Brienne swing the sword. No aftermath - the storyline was left hanging.Sans...
[20:11:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DutchUncle [5370] (Score:2, Informative) 02Re:Mike Hale has evidently not read the books - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:11:51] <exec> 08└─Concur. I already figured, before the end of the third book, that GRRMartin didn't have an overarching story in mind beforehand, and was trying to escape his own into-corner-painting by jumping around locations. Besides, all of these complaints were made much better by Paul and Storm in 2012 in thei...
[20:11:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Mehhh - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 798 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:11:54] <exec> 08└─As someone who's actually enjoying it, here's what it has going for it: - A wide range of characters, both sympathetic and decidedly not. Chances are, there's somebody you can identify with somewhere in the huge cast. - Very very well-constructed political intrigues, often-literal backstabbing, and...
[20:11:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score:2) 02Sounds Like Winter's Heart - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:56] <exec> 08└─Sounds like Winter's Heart and the multi-book length quest of one of the main characters trying to catch up to / find / rescue their wife in the "Wheel of Time" series of books by Robert Jordan.
[20:11:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02When was it good? - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:11:57] <exec> 08└─It's just more filthy normie garbage. I don't want to watch real people doing anything; it's just an eyesore.
[20:11:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03beernutz [4365] (Score:1) 02Re:When was it good? - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:11:59] <exec> 08└─Serious question: What would you rather watch?
[20:12:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:When was it good? - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:12:01] <exec> 08└─What would you rather watch?
[20:12:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:When was it good? - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:12:02] <exec> 08└─Even "nothing" is a good choice. You don't have to watch anything.
[20:12:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Love myself. - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 475 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:04] <exec> 08└─Walk of shame was understandable. I thought the sparrows would kill cersi. The burning of stannis's daughter made me and my daughter very sad. It was refreshing to feel so deeply at that moment. Even if it was negative. The depravity of the show happens in rl also. It being fake bothers me none but...
[20:12:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:Love myself. - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:12:05] <exec> 08└─He better not be dead! Arggg, wtf. Can't like characters in this show : )
[20:12:06] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02Is there anything to it? - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 1018 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:07] <exec> 08└─Is there anything to it? And no responses about "just read all the books and watch all the shows" thats BS I'm not going to invest the time. "Go read Plutarch" or "Go read Gibbon" sure. What I'm getting at is a huge letdown as a kid was learning "adult" merely means sex and violence. I guess I was e...
[20:12:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:Is there anything to it? - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:12:09] <exec> 08└─And related to above post, bonus points for best star trek series analogy and best automobile analogy. I'm guessing as a guy who hasn't seen one episode the best ST series analogy would be DS9 and the best car analogy would be an extensively riced Corolla with an extremely loud aftermarket exhaust a...
[20:12:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03DutchUncle [5370] (Score:1) 02Re:Is there anything to it? - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:12:10] <exec> 08└─DS9 finally got a nice story arc. Sadly, it was the story from Babylon 5.
[20:12:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03TK [2760] (Score:2) 02Re:Is there anything to it? - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:12:12] <exec> 08└─Is there anything to it?
[20:12:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03dmbasso [3237] (Score:1) 02spoilers - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:12:13] <exec> 08└─Fortunately I've watched it, but I think those who have not would benefit from a "[spoilers]" tag in the title...
[20:12:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wierd0n3 [1033] (Score:1) 02Re:Station Wagon? Backup tapes? The 2015 version: - 06Cuba's Answer to the Internet Fits in Your Pocket and Moves by Bus - 511 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:12:36] <exec> 08└─So, how much would these change your equations? lol SanDisk Ultra 128GB UHS-I/Class 10 Micro SDXC http://www.amazon.com [amazon.com] SanDisk Extreme PRO 512GB UHS-I/U3 SD...
[20:12:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wierd0n3 [1033] (Score:1) 02Re:Station Wagon? Backup tapes? The 2015 version: - 06Cuba's Answer to the Internet Fits in Your Pocket and Moves by Bus - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:12:37] <exec> 08└─yeah, i noticed your article was 2013, I'm just wondering if the extra capacity would offset the size difference...
[20:12:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score:2, Interesting) 02Re:Cherry 2000 - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:12:56] <exec> 08└─If you like Humans, you might want to try Äkta människor (Real humans), the Swedish series it was based on. Season 1 is available on Amazon. Very good.
[20:13:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:12] <exec> 08└─If people get sent to jail for possessing child porn, why wouldn't they be sent to jail for possessing child dolls?
[20:13:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:16] <exec> 08└─I will concede however that the research is probably flawed
[20:13:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:23] <exec> 08└─The fact is, if you think that real humans are physically attractive, you're just a filthy normie. Maybe you can't get sex with a real person, but your desires reveal you to be a normie.
[20:13:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score:1) 02Re:would rather have one that does cleans the hous - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:33] <exec> 08└─Obligatory webcomic reference: http://questionablecontent.net [questionablecontent.net], from 3rd panel.
[20:13:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Uncanny Valley - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:13:35] <exec> 08└─Women can be impossible, but there's no substitute for the real thing.
[20:14:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02More direct video source? - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:55] <exec> 08└─I couldn't find out what to enable to watch the video. Is there a more direct way to get it?
[20:14:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02News Corp - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 542 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:56] <exec> 08└─the Wall Street Journal editorial page also has anti-snowden derangement syndrome. Not just an editorial parroting ST's "journalism", but a few weeks back, the supreme court threw out a conviction over violent rap lyrics posted on facebook (http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/supreme-court-requires-pro...
[20:15:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:One man's paradise is another man's hell. - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:15:43] <exec> 08└─The problem here is that the "web" was designed to be stateless, which is dumb since that's not how anyone used any computer system ever.
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[21:11:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Yes - 06Rick Falvinge Launches News Bulletin Service - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:11:42] <exec> 08└─Although, I must ask, is there any accompanying techno music or death metal with this news?
[21:11:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimshatt [978] (Score:2) 02Re:SPOILERS & SPECULATION AHOY - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 464 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:11:56] <exec> 08└─* Stannis: I don't care either way. Brienne happened to be near but she doesn't care that much either. Her main goal is Sansa. * Sansa: Definitely snowbank. Why would she jump to her death? * Myrcella: Don't care. May or may not result in war, but only as a diversion from the main storyline. * Jaqen...
[21:11:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03K_benzoate [5036] (Score:2) 02Re:SPOILERS & SPECULATION AHOY - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:11:57] <exec> 08└─Don't think [John will] be resurrected, but it's possible.
[21:11:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score:2) 02Re:SPOILERS & SPECULATION AHOY - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:11:59] <exec> 08└─It looks like this guy fell hard for the show writers' tricks. We saw almost none of these characters actually die onscreen except Meryn Trant (and good freaking riddance).
[21:12:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:Mike Hale has evidently not read the books - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 990 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:12:01] <exec> 08└─I've listened to the audiobooks. Book one was a lot of fun, and book two was pretty good as well. At some point however, RRM just started tacking on new stories that were confusing, boring, and ridiculously time consuming. I figure he's just milking it for all the money its worth rather than attempt...
[21:12:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:When was it good? - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:12:10] <exec> 08└─Baseball.
[21:12:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Love myself. - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:12:13] <exec> 08└─OMG! thank you for reminding me of that last phrase Sam spoke to Olly! Now, I 100% believe Jon is coming back - one way or another.
[21:12:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score:1) 02Re:Is there anything to it? - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 741 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:12:18] <exec> 08└─I like the books--for me it's like reading gritty, medieval historical novels, only without knowing where the story will end up. If you enjoy Thomas Asbridge's histories; Maurice Druon's ; Gene Cook's Black Company, or Bernard Cornwell's novels, it's worth the read. If, however, you prefer a dryer,...
[21:12:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03SecurityGuy [1453] (Score:3, Insightful) 02What do people expect? - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 791 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:12:20] <exec> 08└─I'm continually astounded at the number of people who throw a fit when bad things happen to good people in GoT. Newsflash: That's what happens in Westeros. Ever wonder why there are so few good people there? Because they all die. If you didn't figure that out by the time Ned Stark's head adorned the...
[21:12:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Bild? - 06German Network Intrusion Involved the Compromise of Chancellor Merkel's PC - 902 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:12:33] <exec> 08└─Der Postillion. http://www.der-postillon.com [der-postillon.com] Sort of a German "Onion", but even they can't make the things up that happen. In sincerity, German media is mostly divided between the conglomerates Springer (who own Bild), Burda and Dumont on the print side and the half-state broadc...
[21:12:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02A previous mention here - 06Cuba's Answer to the Internet Fits in Your Pocket and Moves by Bus - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:12:53] <exec> 08└─I took the same tack as you did when mentioning el Paquete Semanal Autnomo back in January. [soylentnews.org] A few days later, [wikipedia.org] someone started a Wikipedia page. [wikipedia.org] -- gewg_
[21:13:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score:2) 02Re:Cherry 2000 - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:12] <exec> 08└─I can't wait to see the Apple iSexRobot ...
[21:13:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03present_arms [4392] (Score:2) 02Re:Cherry 2000 - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:13] <exec> 08└─Hola extension will get around geolocation fairly well :)
[21:13:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score:2) 02Re:Mechanical turk - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:21] <exec> 08└─I'm reminded of the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer from the Diamond Age. Except in this case, I guess it's the Aging Neckbeard's Animated Sexbot. And all that could have been. Sigh.
[21:13:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02Re:Potential use - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:43] <exec> 08└─> allowing the pedophiles out there to do what they would like to do without harming a real child By the time that what you wrote becomes feasible, we bots will have developed feelings. YOU MONSTER.
[21:13:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:Uncanny Valley - 06 RealDoll is Working on AI and Robotic Heads for its Next-gen Sex Dolls - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:13:55] <exec> 08└─They might have more success staying on the robot side of the uncanny valley. Something like the Svedka Vodka robot for example.
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[22:11:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03tynin [2013] (Score:2) 02Thanks! - 06Site Update to rehash 15_05.4 - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:44] <exec> 08└─This update should bring us mostly back to where we were before in terms of broken features.
[22:11:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03paulej72 [58] (Score:2) 02Re:Thanks! - 06Site Update to rehash 15_05.4 - 684 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:45] <exec> 08└─We basically decide that we were never going to get rehash out the door if we waited to test and debug. Most of the major issues did not show up under the light load of the dev server and would have passed any additional testing we may have done. Also there seems like we have some schema differences...
[22:11:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Yes - 06Rick Falvinge Launches News Bulletin Service - 815 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:11:54] <exec> 08└─Soylent doesn't have that. Must be a bad site. ;-) I propose we add 10 MByte javascript on every page that will load the new DRM flash based player that will emulate HTML5 interpretation such that every letter can be viewed in mute language accompanied by hard metal music, well lets just say audio....
[22:11:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02haiku format - 06Rick Falvinge Launches News Bulletin Service - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:56] <exec> 08└─We write in three sentences. We try to aim for a character count total of 400-450, including spaces. The maximum is 474.
[22:11:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:3, Interesting) 02First look - 06Rick Falvinge Launches News Bulletin Service - 804 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:11:57] <exec> 08└─Some of the candidate tweets are pretty good... Although graphically VERY hard to read and super busy/low contrast, aka "ugly". I'd have multiple alpha feeds where one is unreadable but very artistic with the barely readable text on the bright textured background, and a "real" feed where the backgro...
[22:11:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:First look - 06Rick Falvinge Launches News Bulletin Service - 661 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:11:59] <exec> 08└─Shit, I'd love to work for them, even for free. The problem is that they'd do me dirty with an extradition request Julian Assange-style for violating some kind of obscenity or hate-speech law. Don't forget that it's the EU we're talking about here, and especially Sweden. They won't be running headli...
[22:12:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03skullz [2532] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Well... - 06Rick Falvinge Launches News Bulletin Service - 1036 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:12:01] <exec> 08└─Okidoki, a few things. They list 30,000 impressions as their tipping point. I'm assuming these are impressions of the little "advertisement" in the upper right, but you have to manually type that URL (with a crappy font) in to have it counted as an impression. So he got over 30,000 impressions from...
[22:12:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03boristhespider [4048] (Score:2) 02Re:Mike Hale has evidently not read the books - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:12:17] <exec> 08└─It's very pertinant that originally books 4 and 5 were meant to be flashbacks when the story was actually doing something. He (allegedly) found that there were so many flashbacks that it just made sense to make them a book after all - and then too, since he suffers from an even worse case of literar...
[22:12:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:When was it good? - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:12:26] <exec> 08└─Sounds like you have a case of the "I'm Something Special." You're not. You're posting on Soylent, if you were as special as you think you are, you'd be out doing something special.
[22:12:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score:2) 02People that didn't read the books just don't ... - 06HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Has 'Lost' its Way - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:12:37] <exec> 08└─... but viewers (like me) who haven't read the books don't care about that.
[22:12:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Bild? - 06German Network Intrusion Involved the Compromise of Chancellor Merkel's PC - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:12:52] <exec> 08└─Bugtraq may also be a facepalm event.. ;) I still remember the missile that got activated but wouldn't be released because the loop in the control program had an extra semicolon.. ie "for(..); countdown();".. ;-) Any tip on other security lists? I guess Felix is German language only?
[22:12:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score:2) 02Re:Bild? - 06German Network Intrusion Involved the Compromise of Chancellor Merkel's PC - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:12:53] <exec> 08└─The main Fefe blog (http://blog.fefe.de/ [blog.fefe.de]) is German-only, but roughly half of the newsbits he links to are in English. Topic-wise, he's not just about IT and IT security, but about the usual national and international news too. He posts whenever incompetence leads to embarrassment or...
[22:15:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Casablanca - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:15:11] <exec> 08└─This is about the most perfect response to this :) Thanks.
[22:15:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Pravda - 06Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Reporter, Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him To - 360 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:15:27] <exec> 08└─In that case, to prove your point, I'll get a platoon from the local National Guard to come after you, and you can fight them off by yourself, with one firearm (you get to choose, but it must be one that you legally and presently own). Then we'll see how keeping your firearms is going to stop the go...
[22:16:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03aristarchus [2645] 02Re:Utopia, by definition, is impossible. - 06Ars Technica Article Asks: "Is the Internet a Failed Utopia?" - 435 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:16:26] <exec> 08└─Actually, it was a common term used by Aristotle! Whenever he arrived at an impossible conclusion, he would say, " ατοπός", man! Topos is Greek for place, as in topographical, and the alpha privatum takes away the meaning, so ατοπός is nowhere. For some reason, barbarians of the Far Wes...
[22:19:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02Re:How to keep out the bad people but not the good - 06Encrypted Messaging Service Stops Answering 'Warrant Canary' Questions - 877 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:19:43] <exec> 08└─> We can become ISIS trying to fight ISIS all too easily That's the goal of terrorism. Terror has always been the tool of those in power, from Herod, to Vlad, to the way the French revolution submitted readily to emperor Napoleon, to black and red terrorists in the 70s, some of whom, strangely, are...
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