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[06:55:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Let the slide begin - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:55:25] <exec> 08└─said it wanted to focus on exclusive content.
[06:55:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03slinches [5049] (Score:2) 02Re:Let the slide begin - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 706 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:55:26] <exec> 08└─I don't think they want to be just another TV channel. I'm betting that the content rights owners are trying to jack up their contract rates now that they're expiring and some of Netflix's competitors are more willing to pay a premium for content to help improve their position in the market. Maybe e...
[06:55:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Reality begins to assert itself - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 1850 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:55:29] <exec> 08└─This is nothing more than reality beginning to assert itself. Question: Who thought Netflix could offer all of the content of cable/sat at pennies on the dollar while ALSO producing original content? Answer, that couldn't but .com unreality allowed them to lose money on every subscriber and make it...
[06:55:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Reality begins to assert itself - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:55:30] <exec> 08└─when they memory hole a movie or show it will STAY in the hole.
[06:55:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Reality begins to assert itself - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:55:32] <exec> 08└─If you stop watching cable they will get you on streaming,
[06:55:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Reality begins to assert itself - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:55:34] <exec> 08└─Don't give them ideas.
[06:55:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score:2) 02No Netflix here. - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:55:35] <exec> 08└─Waste of money, poor service, and they love giving the finger to non-Chrome Linux users, and until recently, Linux users in general.
[06:55:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Netflix just doesn't provide the whole experience - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:55:37] <exec> 08└─There's no way I'm going to pay to see a movie unless I get the whole moviegoing experience: giant screen, bag of popcorn, super big gulp, dirty seat, sticky floor, and a guy sitting behind me yelling "YES I AM TALKING DURING THE MOVIE BECAUSE I AM AN ASSHOLE."
[06:55:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Offtopic) 02lubricate my back door - 06 Slippery Coating Dramatically Cuts Power Plant Carbon Emissions - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:55:42] <exec> 08└─I'm gonna buy "Big Bruce" and invite him in!
[06:55:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Alert phrases! - 06 Slippery Coating Dramatically Cuts Power Plant Carbon Emissions - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:55:44] <exec> 08└─. . . that could dramatically cut . . .
[06:55:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score:2) 02Down time - 06 Slippery Coating Dramatically Cuts Power Plant Carbon Emissions - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:55:46] <exec> 08└─so, they need to control temperature, and pressure while this stuff is applied. Which means they need to shut down and drain sections of power plants. The cost saving has to be greater than the shut down cost, or this will only be used on while building a new plant, or possibly when re-furbishing on...
[06:55:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score:2) 02Re:Down time - 06 Slippery Coating Dramatically Cuts Power Plant Carbon Emissions - 903 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:55:47] <exec> 08└─I also wonder how much of the coating adheres to the surface of the condenser and how much goes out the stack? There's only so much that can be deposited at a time, and in the US, we have the general rule "more is better." So, no matter what the adhesion rate, the chemicals will be dumped at a rate...
[06:55:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02much manpower! such wow! - 06Three More Astronauts to Launch to ISS Soon - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:55:54] <exec> 08└─How many astro-men does it take to install planet-facing spy-satellites anyway?
[06:55:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:much manpower! such wow! - 06Three More Astronauts to Launch to ISS Soon - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:55:55] <exec> 08└─They now have fully manuverable pods propelled by ion thrusters [wikipedia.org] that can physically manipulate other satellites. What that means exactly I can't tell you but they don't need humans in space to do it.
[06:55:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03jrmcferren [5500] (Score:1) 02Always forgetting the Satellite Downlink - 06Three More Astronauts to Launch to ISS Soon - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:55:57] <exec> 08└─Remember, if you have a Free to Air TV system capable of C-Band Reception, you will get better picture by pointing your dish to AMC 18 C at 105 degrees West.
[06:55:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02live now - 06Three More Astronauts to Launch to ISS Soon - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:55:59] <exec> 08└─http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ [nasa.gov] Stream just showed a Russian Orthodox priest blessing the three astronauts.
[06:56:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Firsts in Space - 06Three More Astronauts to Launch to ISS Soon - 417 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:56:01] <exec> 08└─Yesterday I saw a story on PBS Newshour about how Kennedy's intent was to have the first three men on the moon be a white guy, a black guy and an asian guy. But after he died, the black guy was hounded out of the program and the asian guy never got a chance either. So I was curious. Turns out the US...
[06:56:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Firsts in Space - 06Three More Astronauts to Launch to ISS Soon - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:56:02] <exec> 08└─I heard from Doctor Who that Nixon was a racist homophobe so it must be true.
[06:56:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Firsts in Space - 06Three More Astronauts to Launch to ISS Soon - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:56:04] <exec> 08└─Nixon was racist, anti-semitic, and homophobia was just normal.
[06:56:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Why not send them up to do nothing - 06Three More Astronauts to Launch to ISS Soon - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:56:06] <exec> 08└─They don't have anything on Earth for them to do, so might as well send them up to do nothing.
[06:56:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Touché) 02I only visit .org - 06New Study Maps the Web's Shadiest "Neighborhoods" - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:56:09] <exec> 08└─because i'm a freeloading open source weenie
[06:56:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02TLDs are meaningless in a Google world - 06New Study Maps the Web's Shadiest "Neighborhoods" - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:56:11] <exec> 08└─Somewhere Ethanol-Fueled is off transferring his bitcoin botnet farms to report back to imnotanalcoholic.church. I'm so old domain names with dashes in them look scary still.
[06:56:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Funny) 02Re:TLDs are meaningless in a Google world - 06New Study Maps the Web's Shadiest "Neighborhoods" - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:13] <exec> 08└─Are you kidding? I'm so old domain names that begin with a numeral just look wrong to me. 3com.com always gave me the willies. I'm glad it's gone.
[06:56:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:TLDs are meaningless in a Google world - 06New Study Maps the Web's Shadiest "Neighborhoods" - 913 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:14] <exec> 08└─3Com corporation is defunct (now part of HP) but the domain name is still registered. Domain Name: 3COM.COM Registrar: MARKMONITOR INC. Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 292 Whois Server: whois.markmonitor.com Referral URL: http://www.markmonitor.com [markmonitor.co...
[06:56:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:TLDs are meaningless in a Google world - 06New Study Maps the Web's Shadiest "Neighborhoods" - 432 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:16] <exec> 08└─> I'm so old domain names that begin with a numeral just look wrong to me. 3com.com always gave me the willies. Ironic since Metcalfe invented ethernet and went on to found 3com to commercialize it (because PARC couldn't get their head out of their butt). On the other hand he thought wireless would...
[06:56:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:TLDs are meaningless in a Google world - 06New Study Maps the Web's Shadiest "Neighborhoods" - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:18] <exec> 08└─Mockapetris wrote the specification for DNS and if you check RFC 882 Appendix 1, you will see that the "preferred syntax of domain names" indicates to start with a letter A-Z. RFC 882 is dated November 1983.
[06:56:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:TLDs are meaningless in a Google world - 06New Study Maps the Web's Shadiest "Neighborhoods" - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:20] <exec> 08└─Fuck. porn.church is already taken.
[06:56:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Just an Advertisement - 06New Study Maps the Web's Shadiest "Neighborhoods" - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:56:21] <exec> 08└─This is just an advertisement for this company. Who seem kinda shady themselves with respect to names since they call themselves "Blue Coat" and stylize the 'o' to look like a shield in order to visually link them to the blue-cross/blue-shield health insurer. Plus they don't actually give a total nu...
[06:56:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Hilarious - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:56:26] <exec> 08└─Network producers think there's "too much on television" and people think "there's nothing to watch on television". Who is right? Well, how about we look at the rising trend of people cancelling their cable subscriptions.
[06:56:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03naubol [1918] (Score:2) 02Re:Hilarious - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:28] <exec> 08└─TV != cable in this context.
[06:56:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Hilarious - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 1356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:30] <exec> 08└─Both. The standards for what is and isn't watchable has grown substantially for many viewers. When I was a kid there were about 7 or 8 channels of programming available. And you had to choose which one you'd watch. Now, with even basic cable packages having at least 150 channels which can be DVRed,...
[06:56:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02Re:Hilarious - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:32] <exec> 08└─Now, with even basic cable packages having at least 150 channels which can be DVRed, there's a ton of programming out there.
[06:56:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1, Flamebait) 02Excuses, excuses. - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:56:33] <exec> 08└─Big Cable should have seen this coming - A la Carte eating the fuck out of its lunch. Like every other big media instsitution it has to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century. " Media stocks tumbled earlier this month over what analysts said was a lack of confidence in cable bundles...
[06:56:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Touché) 02Re:Excuses, excuses. - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:35] <exec> 08└─Nobody thinks Big Bang Theory is intelligent. It's a nerd farce, a sign of the times that nerds are now cool enough that nerd culture jokes and sex jokes can be on even footing at the center of the most popular sitcom currently on television. Some might call that cultural appropriation, others would...
[06:56:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Excuses, excuses. - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:37] <exec> 08└─Nobody thinks Big Bang Theory is intelligent.
[06:56:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:Excuses, excuses. - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:38] <exec> 08└─I had heard BBT was intelligent, funny, and geek oriented so I watched a couple episodes. What I saw was a bunch geek tropes and tired out social ineptitude jokes. It wasn't even remotely funny.
[06:56:39] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03niceholejohnson [4934] 02Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 601 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:56:40] <exec> 08└─There's not enough reason to commit to shows on american television because they're highly prone to cancellation. Why should I commit to a show if the network won't? I've seen too many shows run on for a long time (gotta milk that cash cow until it dies, apparently) and then get cancelled before con...
[06:56:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:42] <exec> 08└─Meh! I'd rather watch a series that had a beginning and a pre Planned end, a pre-determined number of episodes. Then it Ends. Go out and find something new. Writers run dry after a while. They need to move on. So do you! Battle Star Galactica, (say what you will) at least came to an end, but that en...
[06:56:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 871 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:44] <exec> 08└─Meh, I can kinda understand. Captain Kirk narrated the beginning of every episode of Star Trek: ToS with the assertion that it was a "five-year mission," but it lasted only 3 years. Star Trek: TNG, DS9, and Voyager all lasted 7 seasons. That's a good number to grow and explore as a series before goi...
[06:56:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:46] <exec> 08└─Enterprise sucked ass, but we all knew it would. Was that Sammy Hagar singing the title song?
[06:56:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 507 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:47] <exec> 08└─Three of those are widely acclaimed and decorated directors. LeVar Burton is a board member of the DGA, Robert Duncan McNeill has directed on the order of 100 projects and Dawson has a reasonable resume as well. If you count in Jonathan Frakes and others, Star Trek, as a series, created an astonishi...
[06:56:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:49] <exec> 08└─"Star Trek Enterprise" was a holodeck program by Will Riker. It sucked ass because it was fiction-within-fiction like "Dixon Hill" or "Captain Proton"
[06:56:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:51] <exec> 08└─0) The OP was complaining about TV series being cancelled. You're talking about something else - TV series being planned with beginning, ending and predetermined number of episodes. Shows like that still get cancelled. 1) The newer BSG had a really crappy ending that made little sense and was quite...
[06:56:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 1115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:53] <exec> 08└─It is extremely rare for a show to ever really 'finish.' Practically zero shows go into production with even the vaguest sense of an ending or even a middle. They make it up as they go along. The fact that shows get canceled before they can 'end' isn't a problem with the network committing, its a pr...
[06:56:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:55] <exec> 08└─Good point, which is why I started watching British TV shows. The crap coming out of Hollywood is... well... shit. The last show produced in North America I liked was Fringe, and they screwed that up in the last season.
[06:56:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03blackhawk [5275] (Score:1) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:56] <exec> 08└─Humans, Luther, Dr Who (sometimes), Torchwood (sadly now over), Silent Witness, In The Flesh, Life on Mars (original), Orphan Black (UK + US), Sherlock, The Fall...heck, most of what I've watch lately has come from the UK. Not only do they generally make a much better show, with less pandering but t...
[06:56:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:56:58] <exec> 08└─Even the Canadians make a better show. And then end them too.
[06:56:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:00] <exec> 08└─Those stargate shows went on forever...
[06:57:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:02] <exec> 08└─Not anymore, unless you count Dark Matter as a stargate show.
[06:57:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 516 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:03] <exec> 08└─and then there is the ones that finished and shouldn't have: Lost comes to mind. We're dead... or angels, or something... or, well... make up something so we can end it, put it into disc form and try to make MOOLAH, LOTS AND LOTS MOOLAH, HAHAHA!!! THEY'LL EAT IT, SO F*CK THEM, THEY'RE STUPID ANYWAY...
[06:57:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:05] <exec> 08└─On 2 July 2014, Sherlock was renewed for a fourth series. The three-episode series is scheduled to be filmed in early 2016, following a full-length Christmas 2015 special that went into production in January 2015.
[06:57:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:07] <exec> 08└─Wow, they're calling 3 episodes a "season" now? Damn. That's taking it to a whole new level of "waiting a whole year for another 5 episodes of Being Human."
[06:57:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:08] <exec> 08└─Sherlock episodes are basically movie length. 85-90 minute running time each.
[06:57:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 334 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:10] <exec> 08└─What's done? When Fonzi jumped the shark, had Happy Days reached its conclusion? When Buffy & crew were put under a spell that outed all the secrets (because the writers had twisted themselves in an unbreakable knot), was Buffy done? I'd say yes, but both shows ran on for seasons after that. It's ov...
[06:57:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:12] <exec> 08└─"not enough reason to commit to shows" What does that even mean?
[06:57:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:14] <exec> 08└─"not enough reason to commit to shows" What does that even mean?
[06:57:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Investments? - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:57:15] <exec> 08└─I hear it all the time," says Lombardo. "People going, 'I can't commit to another show, and I don't have the time to emotionally commit to another show.'
[06:57:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Investments? - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:17] <exec> 08└─You are not qualified to comment on this subject because you are obviously not an ordinary person. Ordinary people are fully emotionally invested in cheating on their significant others and chronic backstabbing of friends, neighbors, and coworkers. This is how ordinary people live, and you are just...
[06:57:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Investments? - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 577 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:19] <exec> 08└─I have to suspect that this could be a cyclical thing. I may be missing a few generations here, but: Long-running radio serialsfollowed by soap operasreplaced by lighter sitcoms and short-story-arc seriesreplaced by heavy, continuity-rich dramatic seriesleading to media commitment fatiguepossibly pr...
[06:57:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Investments? - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:21] <exec> 08└─I can't remember the last time I had a real emotional investment in a TV show.
[06:57:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Infomercials... - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:57:23] <exec> 08└─Now shown 6 hours per day on most channels. Everything you can think of, I fell asleep while watching Comedy Central and woke up to a sex toys infomercial. That was...???
[06:57:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Infomercials... - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:24] <exec> 08└─The most important question is: did you buy it?
[06:57:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Infomercials... - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:26] <exec> 08└─Would you buy something called "Big Bruce"? Sorry, but this guy is not an "In through the out door" kinda guy.
[06:57:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02I don't own a TV - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:57:28] <exec> 08└─Timeslots mean nothing to me. I see all my streaming video series on the Internet, where I enjoy the wide selection of series to choose from.
[06:57:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Touché) 02Re:I don't own a TV - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:30] <exec> 08└─I do it by torrent. Download and watch later.
[06:57:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Re:I don't own a TV - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:31] <exec> 08└─There's two big advantages for people who use mass transit; one is that you aren't burning battery and bandwidth downloading while you ride, and two is the dead spots don't interrupt the show. Too bad such a valid use case isn't enough for big media.
[06:57:33] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Daiv [3940] 02Interpretation - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 545 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:57:33] <exec> 08└─Here's the interpretation you should take away from this: "We have lost all negotiating power since all these show creators can take their show so many other places. We can't resurrect old crap anymore for guaranteed income, but we're not risky enough to bet on new material. We even tried to lock as...
[06:57:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score:2) 02Meanwhile in TV-land - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 2026 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:57:35] <exec> 08└─It's somewhat interesting to note they complain about there is to much on TV and then with their next breath they admit that there is a huge challenge in finding original stories. They don't see the connect here? There is not an infinite amount of quality to go around if you have to push out content...
[06:57:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Meanwhile in TV-land - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:36] <exec> 08└─On the other hand are these not the people that talk about how important it is with diversity and many different views and culture and all that? Seriously. Can't have the cake, eat it and complain at the same time about the pieces getting smaller.
[06:57:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:3, Funny) 02What a steaming load - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 1738 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:57:38] <exec> 08└─Really? We might have 400 series in the near future? On cable systems with almost that many channels. Am I the only one who was laughing while reading that load? Guess Amazon and B&N and every other bookseller was a bunch of friggin idiots with their publishing hundreds of new books a month model, h...
[06:57:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02There is Simply Too Much BAD Programming on TV - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:57:40] <exec> 08└─ftfy
[06:57:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I'm already gone. - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:57:42] <exec> 08└─Too bad for them that I'm already using Pale Moon.
[06:57:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I'm already gone. - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:43] <exec> 08└─Comodo IceDragon [comodo.com]
[06:57:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0, Disagree) 02Re:I'm already gone. - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:45] <exec> 08└─You don't belong here, Windows user.
[06:57:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:I'm already gone. - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:47] <exec> 08└─Have you read the terms and conditions as well as their distribution agreement? Screw that.
[06:57:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I'm already gone. - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:49] <exec> 08└─Pale Moon is Free and Open Source software, distributed under the terms of the MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license. Redistribution of the binaries is subject to Pale Moon's redistribution policy: http://www.palemoon.org [palemoon.org]
[06:57:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:I'm already gone. - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 511 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:51] <exec> 08└─Even though Pale Moon is open source and the source is supplied under the Mozilla Public License, redistribution of the Pale Moon binaries is limited by certain conditions under a proprietary license by Moonchild Productions, as permitted under 3.2b of the MPL v2.0. This has been required because of...
[06:57:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:3, Informative) 02hell no - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 469 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:52] <exec> 08└─from: https://www.comodo.com [comodo.com] Product Download Downloading a product will often require the input of personal information. This information will be used by Comodo or its affiliates to contact the customer about Comodo's products and services, including prod...
[06:57:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:hell no - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:54] <exec> 08└─No I don't. That's why I leave the completely optional email box blank when I run Comodo Setup, and they have never ever contacted me.
[06:57:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I'm already gone. - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 806 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:56] <exec> 08└─I think Pale Moon has the same problems as Firefox where security like that is concerned though. I'm not sure since I haven't used it in a while; I actually went back to standard old Firefox and just deal with the problems as they come. Anyway, the problem is that even if you have the browser set to...
[06:57:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Spam) 02C is for Cookie - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 1043 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:57:58] <exec> 08└─[Now what starts with the letter C? Cookie starts with C Let's think of other things That starts with C Oh, who cares about the other things?] C is for cookie, that's good enough for me C is for cookie, that's good enough for me C is for cookie, that's good enough for me Oh, cookie, cookie, cookie s...
[06:57:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:C is for Cookie - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:57:59] <exec> 08└─In every browser there is a way to delete cookies after every session. In most browsers (at least Pale Moon and Dragon and Opera) you can block third party cookies, if not within the settings, then by use of add-ons. If you can't remember all your passwords you belong to way too many sites that requ...
[06:58:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrNemesis [1582] (Score:2) 02Re:C is for Cookie - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:01] <exec> 08└─Even better than blocking third party cookies and deleting cookies at the end of a session is deleting cookies from non-whitelisted domains as soon as you close the last tab [mozilla.org].
[06:58:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Interesting) 02No Complaints Here - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:58:03] <exec> 08└─For once a mozilla improvement that most will agree is an actual improvement! I hope they make it smart enough to automatically switch containers based on website - so when I go to twitter it automatically kicks off my twitter container, go to espn and it automatically kicks off my espn container. E...
[06:58:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Redundant) 02Re:No Complaints Here - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:05] <exec> 08└─I agree with submitter. Mod me up for agreeing with the crowd. Mod me up.
[06:58:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:2) 02Re:No Complaints Here - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:06] <exec> 08└─Can't, I ran out of mod points.
[06:58:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No Complaints Here - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:08] <exec> 08└─> I agree with submitter. Mod me up for agreeing with the crowd. Mod me up. Well, he did ask for snark and you provided, so ... points?
[06:58:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:3, Interesting) 02One problem ... - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 595 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:58:10] <exec> 08└─So as I understand it, the basic idea is to blend multiple profiles into a single profile, yet cause that to behave like multiple profiles. It isn't clear to me the mechanism put in place to do this, but it seems like a big risk would be a user accidentally leaking data from one profile to the other...
[06:58:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:One problem ... - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 983 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:11] <exec> 08└─> Of course the same can be true when swapping profiles, but I would think it sort of obvious where you are by the types of bookmarks in the toolbar. I have over ten different profiles and bookmarks on the toolbar is not enough to keep it sorted. I use an extension that lets me put arbitrary text in...
[06:58:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:One problem ... - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:13] <exec> 08└─Presumably, they'll do it based upon login and website. Which would probably be a lot easier to code and a lot less likely to have things accidentally leaking due to user error. I'm not sure how they'll handle things like using a FB log in on 3rd party sites though.
[06:58:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02TF? - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:58:15] <exec> 08└─Great, what kind of tracking will be built into *that* codec?
[06:58:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:TF? - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:17] <exec> 08└─A DRM locked to a mac address or some other BS. Anything MS is going to be questionable as far as I care.
[06:58:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:TF? - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:18] <exec> 08└─lol - no media will play (even if the file is local) unless you are connected to a public net AND the ping-test has passed to all 'necessary' upstream ip's and domains. (just kidding. ping-test only has to reach 80% of those.)
[06:58:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03mtrycz [60] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:TF? - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 638 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:20] <exec> 08└─Microsoft isn't special: they too have to pay royalties for codecs, each and every one of them, and they certainly want to keep thei Media Player (or what's it called in 2015) relevant. A new, free, coded is a win to everyone, including the big names in this list. Or just calculate the royalties You...
[06:58:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:TF? - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:22] <exec> 08└─and does it "play for sure"?
[06:58:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Lawyers meet to form Patent Pool - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:58:24] <exec> 08└─In other news, lawyers for big media were meeting to form a patent pool of all patents allegedly violated by the as yet disclosed codec. (You think I jest, but the last codec that came out has a patent pool formed before the codec hit the streets).
[06:58:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:Lawyers meet to form Patent Pool - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:25] <exec> 08└─"there must be something bad with this." "why do you say so?" "look who is in favor of it." and yes, I'm serious. of those guys like something, especially all of them, then it can't be good news.
[06:58:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02I don't understand the cisco part of this - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 732 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:58:27] <exec> 08└─I see why the rest might like to control media and the encode, decode, transmission and reception (plus the metrics! the sweet, sweet metrics!). but I'm not seeing what cisco has to gain from anything like this. my farthest reach is that cisco wants to be able to DPI your traffic better than anyone...
[06:58:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:I don't understand the cisco part of this - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:29] <exec> 08└─Cisco and AMD can add a lot to a codec, by handling some of the work in GPUs, or programmed gate arrays. You want them involved. Cisco also has been big in teleconferencing, so, yes, they are a media company. The question you should be asking is where is AMD and Nvidia?
[06:58:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:4, Informative) 02Re:I don't understand the cisco part of this - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:31] <exec> 08└─Here, let them explain it to you: http://blogs.cisco.com [cisco.com]
[06:58:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:I don't understand the cisco part of this - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 643 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:32] <exec> 08└─Cisco is the one who started this. And from the excellent link you gave: As a result, we released project Thor to the community two weeks ago. We open sourced the code, which you can find here: http://thor-codec.org. [thor-codec.org.] We also contributed Thor as an input to the Internet Engineering...
[06:58:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03tempest [3050] (Score:2) 02Re:I don't understand the cisco part of this - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:34] <exec> 08└─Cisco does video conferencing, and I imagine their phone ecosystem could benefit from a next gen codec as well.
[06:58:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score:2) 02If only there was a pre-existing open project... - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:58:36] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daala [wikipedia.org]
[06:58:37] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02Re:If only there was a pre-existing open project.. - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 478 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:37] <exec> 08└─http://m.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/01/alliance_for_open_media/ [theregister.co.uk] The new codec won't need to be built from scratch. Several of the Alliance's members have already been working on royalty-free video codecs independently, including Cisco's Thor, Mozilla's Daala, and Google's VP10. T...
[06:58:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02This is the new 'open' - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 1640 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:58:39] <exec> 08└─Of course this is the new sort of 'open' where the big non-media companies win and everybody else loses. Google and Microsoft really do not like paying royalties for every encoder and decoder, paying for every stream, etc. So they can see the benefit of putting a stop to MPEG LA and their troll game...
[06:58:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:This is the new 'open' - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:41] <exec> 08└─Implied DRM? DRM already exists [w3.org] and it doesn't need to be part of a codec. I seriously doubt that both Mozilla and Google would sign on to an "open codec" plan that required DRM. Let's wait and hear what Xiph [xiph.org] has to say about this before we start crying wolf. They may even join t...
[06:58:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:This is the new 'open' - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 987 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:43] <exec> 08└─Actually it was Xiph's absence that set off the alarms because there is no way in Hell they would work in a group planning anything foul. They (ok, mostly Monty and the mouse in his pocket) are experts at codec development and implementation and should be there, having actually succeeded at developi...
[06:58:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:This is the new 'open' - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:44] <exec> 08└─> MozCorp is enemy territory as far as I'm concerned. Daala is a collaboration between Mozilla and Xiph.
[06:58:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02cheap basement - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:58:46] <exec> 08└─"[money] has decided to partner to create next-gen codec". "we will be holiday-tripping to the moon in a few years." "we will cure cancer in a few years." "we will have fusion in 20 years." "everybody will have enough to eat." ... as joda says: "Don't try! DO!" i think this is a covert request for a...
[06:58:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03dingus [5224] (Score:1) 02Re:First person to say "Global warming" get shot* - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:48] <exec> 08└─It's a harmonic thing. El Nino and La Nina do their normal cyclical jazz, but they will probably get more and more pronounced/frequent as time goes on.
[06:58:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:First person to say "Global warming" get shot* - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:50] <exec> 08└─I've seen one paper broaching the subject with a maybe. Do you got something bigger?
[06:58:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03dingus [5224] (Score:1) 02Re:First person to say "Global warming" get shot* - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:52] <exec> 08└─No, just me talking out my ass. I assume we'll see more weather extremes in the next few centuries though.
[06:58:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:First person to say "Global warming" get shot* - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:53] <exec> 08└─Don't let your emotional reaction overshadow your analytics. Ikanreed's first point was to acknowledge AGW.
[06:58:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bob_super [1357] 02Like a good washing machine... - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 106 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:58:55] <exec> 08└─Someone's gotta churn the Great Garbage Patch every now and then, or the plastic soup will get too sticky.
[06:58:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Like a good washing machine... - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:58:59] <exec> 08└─Let's hope the surf's up in California. It's been really flat and shitty the past month or two.
[06:59:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:First recorded occurence - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:02] <exec> 08└─Well one source stated it was the first time in RECORDED history, the other source simply stated it was the FIRST time. Its probably happened a lot, but when there were no airplanes, and ships were slow, you wouldn't even know there was another storm over the horizon, because you would be too busy t...
[06:59:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:First recorded occurence - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:05] <exec> 08└─It's right there in the summary, first quoted sentence from the weather channel: "... first recorded occurrence ..." Way too much angst going on, jumping on the most insignificant detail! Is it probably made to grab viewers? Yes. Is it a valid statement? Also yes. Obligatory http://xkcd.com [xk...
[06:59:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03dingus [5224] (Score:1) 02Re:First recorded occurence - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:09] <exec> 08└─I think it's safe to say that it is extremely unlikely that our records include *any* time that is an actual record weather pattern within the holocene epoch or even since the dawn of human civilization. The world is just so variable and the climate is so vast. Hell, we might not see new records for...
[06:59:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:3, Funny) 02Weird - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:59:12] <exec> 08└─This thread is the first time I noticed 7 posts in less than 45 minutes on September 1st on Soylent News. Weird coincidence.
[06:59:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02I doubt that very much - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:59:15] <exec> 08└─The first time in recorded history - ok. The first time since hurricanes have been monitored, ok. The first time in historical record, ok. But the first time - in the billions of years the Earth has been around? I don't buy it.
[06:59:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Offtopic) 02Welcome! - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:59:18] <exec> 08└─I, for one, welcome our new hurricane overlords!
[06:59:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Global Warming Muthafuckas! - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:59:20] <exec> 08└─See subject mothafuckas.
[06:59:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02No doubt.... - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:22] <exec> 08└─Due to the conservative Christian powers that be feeling that having a similiarly fundamentalist religious regime would be the best way to handle those 'Heather' Soviets and their Atheistic ways! People often forget than Communism was also linked with a push against religion, which was often seen as...
[06:59:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:I guess Google is my friend again. - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 460 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:24] <exec> 08└─Women who try to prevent it happening end up dead at the hands of their husbands or fathers. Its been going on so long, they know no other way. Some, perhaps most, willingly believe this is the right way, when in fact it is the only way allowed by the men. Cattle don't get to decide when they will b...
[06:59:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I guess Google is my friend again. - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:25] <exec> 08└─He has no suggestion. It might be easy to miss if the only context you have for cubancigar is that singular post, but pay attention to his posting history and you'll see he is a ultra-misogynist taliban wannabe. Knowing that, go back and read his post again and it is super obvious.
[06:59:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score:2) 02Re:I guess Google is my friend again. - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:27] <exec> 08└─Ugh... yeah you are right, it definitely is not because I might be sleeping.
[06:59:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:I guess Google is my friend again. - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 3866 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:29] <exec> 08└─That is a nice story, 50% of population has devised an intricate system that works on every level, all connected, resulting in large number of deaths in this same group, but the other 50% of population has got nothing to do with it... they are just too weak, resulting in several times less deaths in...
[06:59:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03zocalo [302] 02Re:I guess Google is my friend again. - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 1430 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:31] <exec> 08└─How people feel about the Taliban ought to be moot in this decision. These are still historical documents by which future generations will judge the Taliban so they ought to be archived in places like the British Library, if only to serve as a datum in the argument that history is written by the vic...
[06:59:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:I guess Google is my friend again. - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:32] <exec> 08└─How people feel about the Taliban ought to be moot in this decision.
[06:59:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:4, Insightful) 02Re:I guess Google is my friend again. - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 580 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:34] <exec> 08└─Education has always been the proper response to crazy ideas. Censorship has always proven worse, creating ideological martyrs. I'm all for an annoyance gate to access, but a law about providing recruitment materials is a ridiculous argument. They would not be promoting the Taliban, and I'm sure any...
[06:59:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score:2) 02Re:I guess Google is my friend again. - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:36] <exec> 08└─That was actually targetted more at Runaway1956 rather than the British Library's legal advice.
[06:59:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score:4, Insightful) 02Re:I guess Google is my friend again. - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 543 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:38] <exec> 08└─Yep. If both sides understand that they can't win against the other you get either peace based on mutual understanding or a stalemate. Either way you avoid war, which is the only way to really win one. Sun Tzu believed that if you have to resort on military force to win a battle you have failed as a...
[06:59:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:I guess Google is my friend again. - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:39] <exec> 08└─A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?
[06:59:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score:2) 02Re:I guess Google is my friend again. - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:41] <exec> 08└─Shatranj Ke Khilari - Satyajit Ray [youtube.com]
[06:59:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02Gawd - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 119 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:59:43] <exec> 08└─Can't you leave the ideological purging of ideas incompatible with the prevailing culture from academia to the Taliban?
[06:59:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Mein Kampf - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:59:45] <exec> 08└─So would you also tell World War II historians not to read Mein Kampf out of fear that neo-Nazi hate groups will get hold of der Führer's writings? The Taliban writings are of similar historical value to those studying the present era.
[06:59:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gertlex [3966] (Score:1) 02Re:Thank you, Soylent - 06'KeyRaider' IOS Malware Targets Jailbroken Devices - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:47] <exec> 08└─One detail I failed to glean from the summary (or the comments) is how this 'malware' is spread to devices. Is it an app you have to install via Cydia? Bundled into other apps in Cydia? Jumping from the Safari browser onto iOS devices? But agreed, hooray otherwise informative summary! (though the ca...
[06:59:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02Re:Over-fucking-blown - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 338 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:51] <exec> 08└─And, note the demographics of the supposed offenders are as predictable as the offendees. Its basically a witch hunt. The Salem witch hunts ended up being run against old women, and weaponized microaggressions exist to be used against white men, different target but same outlook and goal. Sorta a le...
[06:59:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2, Insightful) 02Re:Over-fucking-blown - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 1723 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:53] <exec> 08└─It is worse already. There are already cases of law schools that can't teach about the laws regarding rape because it might trigger a student. Future lawyers won't know what to do, good luck if you are accused of rape and need a defense lawyer. Of course the prosecutor will be equally clueless in t...
[06:59:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02Re:Over-fucking-blown - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 1742 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:58] <exec> 08└─The original idea of "trigger warnings" was to help those with a diagnosed mental illness such as PTSD from having an experience that would "trigger" a mental health episode. This was probably a good move: You don't want somebody in class suddenly screaming about what Father O'Malley did to them whe...
[07:00:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Over-fucking-blown - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:00:07] <exec> 08└─I went to a very liberal and progressive college a bit over 10 years ago, and I didn't see a single trigger warning throughout my time there. They may have existed, but it wasn't something that I came across. In fact, there was one time in particular when somebody scrawled the details of the Gwen Ar...
[07:00:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Trigger warning: SJW - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:00:19] <exec> 08└─Think whatever you want, but you and the company you keep and every facist dictator have something in common: the desire to eliminate anyone that did not think as they do.
[07:00:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Trigger warning: SJW - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:00:22] <exec> 08└─In other words, we are already in Hell but there are still lower levels we are sinking down towards. Yup, can't argue with that.
[07:00:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Warnings, not avoidances - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:00:26] <exec> 08└─That's funny because when I studied mythology in grade school, never once did any teacher try to rape anyone. But if you guys and gals would rather run from a lecture screaming rape rather than learn something... I dunno, maybe you should be spending mommy's and daddy's money on something other than...
[07:00:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02That Sounds Right - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:00:27] <exec> 08└─I don't have much use for my alma mater generally, but that excerpt from the University of Chicago's Law School rings true to me.
[07:00:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Warnings, not avoidances - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:00:29] <exec> 08└─OK, so what do we "trigger warn" for? There's so many things that can be "triggering", so we just need to trigger warn everything! Ah, and there's the rub. You see, now that we've trigger warned everything we can actually remove the trigger warnings as they're simply implied when one consumes inform...
[07:00:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03korger [4465] (Score:1) 02Just a rock - 06NASA Names New Horizons' Next Target - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:00:47] <exec> 08└─2014 MU69 is a rather insignificant space rock of perhaps 40 km in diameter, completing a full orbit in 300 years. Once visited, it will have the distinction of being the farthest object ever visited by a spacecraft for at least 30 more years, unless a chance discovery reveals another object in New...
[07:00:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] 02copying is not theft - 06White House Readying Sanctions Against Chinese Companies for Cybertheft - 1287 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:00:56] <exec> 08└─Frustrated? Frustrated?!? If so, they're so full of crap. Whenever officials throw around loaded terms such as "theft", "stealing", and "plundering" when they really mean copying, they make us all look bad. The base assumption that copying is somehow unfair or bad, is plain wrong. It is cooperation...
[07:01:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:Idiots, all of them - 06White House Readying Sanctions Against Chinese Companies for Cybertheft - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:01:09] <exec> 08└─I buy electronics DIY things from ebay/china (I try to minimize it, but sometimes it can't be helped as they are the only sellers for some things that I need). 99% of the time, they do NOT release code or schematics. they STEAL like motherfuckers! if I wrote code, they'd steal it and embed it in the...
[07:01:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Super - 06White House Readying Sanctions Against Chinese Companies for Cybertheft - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:01:10] <exec> 08└─There goes ordering some more cheap Arduino parts, and a new phone direct from the mainland... Thanks "O"
[07:01:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03patrick [3990] 02Darwin Harbour - 06Fish and Snake Caught Mid-battle by Australian Fisherman - 151 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:01:24] <exec> 08└─"the world's most venomous fish""highly venomous snake""on a World War Two wreck""he drew on his experience of fishing pythons out of his chicken coop"
[07:01:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Of course it changed - 06Bush Considered Using Nuclear Weapons Against Afghanistan After 9/11 - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:01:46] <exec> 08└─And before that it was the facists, then the socialists, then the facists again, then the anarchists, the confederates, the savages, and then those loyal to the crown. There has always been boogeyman.
[07:01:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Re:Of course it changed - 06Bush Considered Using Nuclear Weapons Against Afghanistan After 9/11 - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:01:51] <exec> 08└─9/11 was also the start of the endless use of the marquee text scrolling across the bottom of the screen.
[07:02:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Large scale PSYOPS are normal operating procedu - 06Bush Considered Using Nuclear Weapons Against Afghanistan After 9/11 - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:02:14] <exec> 08└─Meh. There was a Tom Clancy novel where an airline pilot crashed his plane into the Capitol building, during the State of the Union or something. Of course it was a setup for Clancy's protagonist to become president.
[07:02:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''devastation...a nuclear attack would unleash'' - 06Bush Considered Using Nuclear Weapons Against Afghanistan After 9/11 - 750 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:02:25] <exec> 08└─I was recently reading an article [counterpunch.org] that mentions how poor an understanding most people have of the destructive capability of a nuclear warhead. [google.com] (Thanks, corrupt bureaucrats for making up the lies and thanks corrupt Lamestream Media for repeating the soft-pedaled crap.)...
[07:02:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:what if we had? - 06Bush Considered Using Nuclear Weapons Against Afghanistan After 9/11 - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:02:27] <exec> 08└─Still, the chances are pretty good that a tactical nuke in the right area (actually finding that area with sufficient degree of confidence being another matter) would have met the US' stated objective of bringing Osama to justtice
[07:04:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Scholars? - 06Carbon Dating Shows Koran May Predate the Prophet Muhammad - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:04:38] <exec> 08└─See, there's this university in Egypt. But we can't be politically incorrect.
[07:04:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] (Score:2) 02Re:Scholars? - 06Carbon Dating Shows Koran May Predate the Prophet Muhammad - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:04:39] <exec> 08└─You could pick up that much carbon sitting in a room full of candles or by a fire.
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[07:55:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03NickFortune [3267] (Score:1) 02Morrowind - 0640 Computer Role-Playing Games That Did Their Own Thing - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:55:38] <exec> 08└─Excellent support for roleplaying, a leisurely pace that lets the story emerge as you play rather than forcing it down your throat, a truly alien setting, fascinating main quest and the flat out best game lore ever. Nothing really like it before, and sadly unlikely to be anything like it again, judg...
[07:55:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Reality begins to assert itself - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:55:52] <exec> 08└─Nah, no risk, they wouldn't even recognize such an intellectual construct.
[07:55:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02To answer the question... - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:55:55] <exec> 08└─Will this change in their library make you more or less likely to subscribe, or continue to subscribe?
[07:57:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:57:08] <exec> 08└─Ahhh! The Game of Thrones. I remember that well. Every morning! Three sisters. Two bathrooms.
[07:57:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Interpretation - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:57:27] <exec> 08└─Look, whole industries outsourced to China/India and reaped profit but cutting the costs... maybe the networks should start considering at Bollywood/HK? Surely Bollywood is able to make the same level of crap, only much cheaper. (grin)
[07:59:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Locked case - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:59:33] <exec> 08└─One of my cousins went into the viewing-only section of the local library, with his backpack. The dipshit picked up a bunch of books, dropped them in his bag, and then went to a local second hand store to sell these antique books. They took them out back to "value" the books, and instead rang the po...
[08:00:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03mojo chan [266] (Score:2) 02Re:Over-fucking-blown - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:00:11] <exec> 08└─Speaking of false equivalence, look at TFA. It goes from "students request trigger warnings" to "avoiding trigger topics". Clearly if they are requesting trigger warnings they want to discuss those things, so it really makes no sense to then assume that those topics are off limits.
[08:00:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Over-fucking-blown - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:00:19] <exec> 08└─Fuck you.
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[08:55:24] <exec> 08└─You can find plastic ones that are cheaper, but a CO2 cap like this may be interesting to you. I use them often. http://www.amazon.com [amazon.com] Depending on how much you drink, a 5 gallon pony keg might also be something to acquire. Keep it on CO2 and put it on tap.
[08:55:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score:2) 02Balkanization has begun. - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 811 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:55:25] <exec> 08└─The great thing about Netflix was that just about anything I wanted to watch was available. Now, not so much. Exclusive deals balkanize the marketplace. The way things are going, I'll have to subscribe to twenty streaming services if there are twenty movies I want to watch. That's not going to happe...
[08:57:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03mtrycz [60] (Score:2) 02People hating on Mozilla are just a bunch of ungra - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:57:27] <exec> 08└─People hating on Mozilla are just a bunch of ungrateful pricks. Thank you for your attention.
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[09:55:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Barry Obama, the actor?! - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:55:19] <exec> 08└─Obama the Anti-Reagan neglects public service to become a celebrity on the TV box. Americans should be so proud that their Prez has nothing better to do with his valuable time while their country circles the fucking drain.
[09:55:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03BasilBrush [3994] (Score:2) 02Re:Barry Obama, the actor?! - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:55:20] <exec> 08└─Climate change is the most important issue facing humanity in the 21st century. His political power in this regard is limited due to the huge opposition funded by the fossil fuel companies. So he's highlighting the issue via the media. First the interview with David Attenborough, now this. It's got...
[09:55:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02First President - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:55:22] <exec> 08└─He is the first president to appear on the show
[09:55:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02angband.. - 0640 Computer Role-Playing Games That Did Their Own Thing - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:55:32] <exec> 08└─.. was for me the game.
[09:56:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Vacuum engines? - 06 Slippery Coating Dramatically Cuts Power Plant Carbon Emissions - 924 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:56:02] <exec> 08└─People stopped making vacuum driven engines a long time before turbines were invented. It is the steam pressure that drives the turbine. Of course, it may be the article that is a load of tosh, rather than the invention. Of course, a steam engine has a condenser after the turbine, and it is possible...
[09:56:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03mtrycz [60] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:much manpower! such wow! - 06Three More Astronauts to Launch to ISS Soon - 1204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:56:12] <exec> 08└─You're a little late to the show. At least if you're going to go full tinfoil, do it right. https://theintercept.com [theintercept.com] The NSA/GCHQ had all the infrastructure to do so, and actually spied all of the traffic on the first civilian/busin...
[09:56:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrNemesis [1582] (Score:2) 02Re:Excuses, excuses. - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:56:52] <exec> 08└─I best saw it described by the following quip: Big Bang Theory is stupid jokes about clever people. Arrested Development is clever jokes about stupid people.
[09:57:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03NickFortune [3267] (Score:1) 02Re:I'm already gone. - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:57:45] <exec> 08└─Seems to be the same trademark restrictions the Mozilla have (and which caused the iceweasel fork). Not a big deal, really. Certainly nothing that would keep me using Firefox :) http://forum.palemoon.org [palemoon.org]
[09:58:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jmorris [4844] 02Re:This is the new 'open' - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 987 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:58:24] <exec> 08└─Actually it was Xiph's absence that set off the alarms because there is no way in Hell they would work in a group planning anything foul. They (ok, mostly Monty and the mouse in his pocket) are experts at codec development and implementation and should be there, having actually succeeded at developi...
[10:01:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:How About ... - 06White House Readying Sanctions Against Chinese Companies for Cybertheft - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:01:20] <exec> 08└─If only people would fortify their houses properly, burglary could be eliminated.
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[10:55:12] <exec> 08└─Only US president, perhaps. There are other countries in the world you know.
[10:55:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:First President - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:55:14] <exec> 08└─Fine, we can use the general meaning of president. Then the first president on the show was during the first episode which featured Zac Efron, who played a president in a movie that was out at the time: Zac Efron stars in ‘Neighbors’ as Teddy Sanders, a fraternity president who wants to leave a...
[10:55:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score:2) 02Grizzly - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:55:15] <exec> 08└─I'm sure there are some Obama haters who hope that Bear and Obama run into a real bear and get eaten for performing such a stunt.
[10:55:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:3, Interesting) 02The real deal - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 1733 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:55:17] <exec> 08└─Bear Grylls plays a survivor on TV. Cody Lundeen is the real deal and has been for decades. An open letter to President Obama from Cody Lundin: Dear President Obama, My heart sank when I learned that you will appear with Bear Grylls on a hyper-scripted television show. Your decision to “learn” s...
[10:55:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No Netflix here. - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:55:41] <exec> 08└─That's better than the other streaming content providers. Hulu just changed their player to require HAL. Amazon also requires HAL. You know a piece of software that has been dropped by every distribution.
[10:55:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score:2) 02Re:Netflix just doesn't provide the whole experien - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:55:43] <exec> 08└─Funny, that was only ever my experience at the old cheapo strip-mall movie theater in the 80s & 90s — all of the other theaters in the area upgraded in the late 1990s to high-backed soft chairs in stadium-seating arrangement (so we're unlikely to see/hear anyone unless they're REALLY loud), and th...
[10:55:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rivenaleem [3400] (Score:2) 02Can we get a list of upcoming movies? - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:55:48] <exec> 08└─I don't mind so much if they are culling their back catalogue, of movies I've had ample opportunity to watch already. I'm more interested in the potential movies I have not yet seen that would have been added to Netflix.
[10:56:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Blue Coat - 06New Study Maps the Web's Shadiest "Neighborhoods" - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:56:32] <exec> 08└─FTFCO [bluecoat.com]: Blue Coat is a leader in enterprise security, providing on-premise, hybrid and cloud-based solutions for protecting web connectivity, combating advanced threats, and responding to security breaches. Blue Coat is the global market leader in securing connection to the web and cou...
[10:56:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Dunbal [3515] 02Hilarious - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 221 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:56:42] <exec> 08└─Network producers think there's "too much on television" and people think "there's nothing to watch on television". Who is right? Well, how about we look at the rising trend of people cancelling their cable subscriptions.
[10:58:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02A hard wind's gonna blow... - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 980 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:58:50] <exec> 08└─Weather observation for shipping, civil aviation, and all manner of military purposes has been going on for much longer than we have had satellites aloft; when the National Weather Service says it's an historical first, that means the first in over a nearly 100 year span, and most likely longer. A c...
[11:00:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03dyingtolive [952] (Score:2) 02Re:Over-fucking-blown - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:00:14] <exec> 08└─Thank you.
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[12:26:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03sce7mjm [809] (Score:2, Informative) 02Kill CEIP - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:26:58] <exec> 08└─Heres some instructions as to how to disable it https://pubs.vmware.com [vmware.com] I'm still on the lookout to see is I can kill it off completely.
[12:26:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03melikamp [1886] (Score:2) 02Re:Kill CEIP - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:26:59] <exec> 08└─Here's even more comprehensive instructions: https://trisquel.info [trisquel.info]
[12:27:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Fools! - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:01] <exec> 08└─That's why those of us in the know stay with Windows 98. Win98 Forever!
[12:27:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Windows 7 Ultimate - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:02] <exec> 08└─At least my install of it did not automatically install any of the mentioned updates in the summary, nor any others I found after googling. I don't remember doing it myself, but the option to install recommended updates is not turned on, so I only get important updates. There are some of the 'bad' u...
[12:27:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Other updates to be avoided - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:04] <exec> 08└─Some people are reporting these are to be avoided as well: KB2505438KB2670838 – Windows 7 Only (breaks AERO functionality and gives you blurry fonts on some websites)KB2952664KB2976978 – Windows 8 onlyKB3021917KB3035583KB3075249
[12:27:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03boltronics [580] (Score:1) 02Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:06] <exec> 08└─How is Microsoft getting away with this? Why isn't every Windows user up in arms, trying to sue them and/or switching away? Or has everyone with a clue left Windows already? I'm struggling to think of people I know running Windows, and those few that I can think of are for some reason massive Micros...
[12:27:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Biden get ready! - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:27:18] <exec> 08└─Seriously, Biden needs to be ready in case something happens. Is Biden ready?
[12:27:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Grizzly - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:27:19] <exec> 08└─How could they encounter a bear when they're nowhere near the wild [youtube.com].
[12:27:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Justin Case [4239] 02The real deal - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 1733 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:20] <exec> 08└─Bear Grylls plays a survivor on TV. Cody Lundeen is the real deal and has been for decades. An open letter to President Obama from Cody Lundin: Dear President Obama, My heart sank when I learned that you will appear with Bear Grylls on a hyper-scripted television show. Your decision to “learn” s...
[12:27:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:The real deal - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:27:22] <exec> 08└─Next up a complaint that hollywood sometimes gets computers and internet wrong. And engineering and physics and ... Do they get anything right, ever?
[12:27:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedBear [1734] (Score:4, Interesting) 02Seward Glacier? What's a glacier? - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 1357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:24] <exec> 08└─My wife and I went on a road trip up north a couple of summers ago. We went to the Seward area and drove out to see Exit Glacier. We kept seeing these funny little brown signs by the roadside, with white lettering. We couldn't figure out what they were for. They didn't seem to be mile markers. They...
[12:27:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Seward Glacier? What's a glacier? - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:27:25] <exec> 08└─It's exasperating living in a nation where half the population puts on blinders and pretends there's absolutely nothing wrong with the climate, and that nothing bad will ever happen.
[12:27:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Funny) 02Change we Don't Need? - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:27] <exec> 08└─Let me get this straight. After campaigning and winning on a position of CHANGE, The Holy Bama has made a two-faced about-face and is now advocating AGAINST CHANGE? Why should anyone believe the LIAR-In-Chief now?
[12:27:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Morrowind - 0640 Computer Role-Playing Games That Did Their Own Thing - 641 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:27:34] <exec> 08└─I really enjoyed playing it for about 2-3 years But.. 'twas easy to game it by exponential grow in potency of intelligence boost potions* (make one, drink it, repeat; keep the last ones to sell to get money for ingredients to make the next batch); once you get a potion boosting your intelligence wit...
[12:27:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03NickFortune [3267] (Score:1) 02Re:Morrowind - 0640 Computer Role-Playing Games That Did Their Own Thing - 582 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:27:36] <exec> 08└─Yeah. you need to exercise restraint with alchemy or the game breaks. Me I use alchemy sparingly and rarely with int levels above 5k, but there are mods that disable that feature entirely if you can't get past it. On the other hand I love the fact that it lets your character do things befitting the...
[12:27:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Dungeons of Daggorath - 0640 Computer Role-Playing Games That Did Their Own Thing - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:38] <exec> 08└─Dungeons of Daggorath (1982)
[12:27:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03WillAdams [1424] (Score:1) 02Baldur's Gate --- replaying the Enhance Editions - 0640 Computer Role-Playing Games That Did Their Own Thing - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:39] <exec> 08└─Having a lot of fun w/ the new Enhanced Editions of Baldur's Gate --- they play wonderfully on a tablet w/ an active stylus.
[12:27:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02No Vampire the Masquerade - 0640 Computer Role-Playing Games That Did Their Own Thing - 342 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:27:41] <exec> 08└─I thought it interesting that in page 2, Arcanum got the treatment I expected Vampire the Masquerade to get for the same reasons. In both games your selected class dramatically significantly affected gameplay. The example for Arcanum wan't too interesting but in the Vampire games you'd have to play...
[12:27:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Netflix just doesn't provide the whole experien - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:27:58] <exec> 08└─I may not know much about AC, but I do know AC does not have teen / tween children. Yup that's pretty much my living room movie viewing experience. Next time you want to watch something, just let me know, I can send over a couple kids to "improve" your experience.
[12:28:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03esperto123 [4303] (Score:1) 02Only valid in the US - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:28:04] <exec> 08└─Removed titles will include the Hunger Games and Transformers movies.
[12:28:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Quoted as system, but not. - 06 Slippery Coating Dramatically Cuts Power Plant Carbon Emissions - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:28:16] <exec> 08└─dramatically cut the emissions from power plants by making them far more efficient.
[12:29:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hilarious - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 1126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:29:03] <exec> 08└─Shows need at least 100 episodes (~4 full seasons of 24-26 episode seasons, or ~7.5 seasons of 12-13 episode seasons) to run in syndication (reruns, basically). There aren't many shows that run longer than 100 episodes, and lots don't even make it that long (some, if they get close, will add extra c...
[12:29:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:29:16] <exec> 08└─1) The newer BSG had a really crappy ending that made little sense and was quite stupid in many ways. That end didn't look very well planned.
[12:29:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03theluggage [1797] (Score:2) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:29:18] <exec> 08└─I'd rather watch a series that had a beginning and a pre Planned end, a pre-determined number of episodes. Then it Ends.
[12:29:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03MrNemesis [1582] (Score:2) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 1581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:29:26] <exec> 08└─There's even a trope about it: British Brevity [tvtropes.org]. Essentially, british shows frequently have only one person, a "show runner", behind them instead of the authored-by-committee nature of a lot of US shows. Likewise there's no real drive here for what I think you guys call syndication (in...
[12:29:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:29:32] <exec> 08└─Thanks! :) I figured they would be too expensive now that they're 'SUPER STARS'!
[12:29:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:29:34] <exec> 08└─Season 4 is coming at the start of next year. The promos [youtube.com] are out (you can find more there). Please forgive the music, it's that no-talent hobo Lorde murdering that song. I don't know what the hell it did to her, yet she killed it but good. There are a couple of frames in the promos tha...
[12:29:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Investments? - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:29:41] <exec> 08└─The concept of people having to "commit" to to a show.
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[13:27:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03SDRefugee [4477] (Score:2, Insightful) 02Re:Kill CEIP - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:27:12] <exec> 08└─The trouble with a lot of the "kill it" tips, is that if enough people *do* kill it and MS thinks its not getting its daily dose of OUR DATA, they just send out another "update" to UN-kill it.... I suspect those who value their privacy *and* still use Windows (????) will be playing whack-a-mole with...
[13:27:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03SDRefugee [4477] (Score:2, Informative) 02Re:Kill CEIP - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:27:13] <exec> 08└─They are however very determined in their function if allowed to be installed, going so far as to ignore such venerable solutions as additions to the HOSTS file, which has historically been a way to knobble phone-home behaviour:
[13:27:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03SDRefugee [4477] (Score:1) 02Re:Windows 7 Ultimate - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 673 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:27:17] <exec> 08└─MS wants to get that crap on the older versions, and I doubt they'll "play fair" by putting those updates into the "optional" catagory. I found a listing of ip addresses that correspond to the the telemetry endpoints, and that list is now resident in my firewall, with a "-j DROP". Of course, the onl...
[13:27:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Other updates to be avoided - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 729 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:27:20] <exec> 08└─Some descriptions for the KBs KB2505438 - Slow performance in applications that use the DirectWrite API on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 KB2670838 – Windows 7 Only (breaks AERO functionality and gives you blurry fonts on some websites) ...
[13:27:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score:2) 02Re:Other updates to be avoided - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:27:22] <exec> 08└─Disclaimer; I have not actually tried these, but it came up near the top of a search I did for the terms: wusa uninstall KB3068708 KB3080149 KB3075249 Fix Windows 7/8.1 Privacy [isleaked.com].
[13:27:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:27:23] <exec> 08└─autodesk
[13:27:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03mtrycz [60] (Score:2) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:27:25] <exec> 08└─It's not like each and every windows user is an architect. Also autodesk should really start porting their software by now.
[13:27:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:27:27] <exec> 08└─Same reason the Linux community accepted systemd. As individuals, we don't really have much say. Sure you can vote with x, x being money, ballot or distribution preference, etc. But after a while some things become status quo and fighting them is almost impossible.
[13:27:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03SDRefugee [4477] (Score:1) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 548 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:27:29] <exec> 08└─Yup... People with clue and those who value their privacy have moved off Windows.. I run a small local shop that specializes in migrating people OFF Windows onto one of several Linux distros. We also do "windows janitorial services" and up till now, with the Windows 10 fiasco, we'd done mostly Windo...
[13:27:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 843 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:27:30] <exec> 08└─Because people have no idea how much of their information is being collected, analyzed, sold, and used against them by: - Marketers as inputs to a ad models of psychological manipulation to buy shit they don't need. - Cell providers are selling your metadata to whomever can afford it.[1,2,3] - Gover...
[13:27:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:27:32] <exec> 08└─> switching away Yeah, my great-grandma just got pissed about this an installed Slackware.
[13:27:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02You've blown it M$ - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:34] <exec> 08└─It's sad and pathetic that it's come to this as a gamer but I'm done with this. From now on my Windows box will be for gaming and occasional Windows development only. A separate Linux box will be used for web surfing, documents and future software projects. If Linux ever gets anywhere close to Windo...
[13:27:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Better Ars Article Available - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:36] <exec> 08└─Ars has a much better writeup at http://arstechnica.com [arstechnica.com] , and indicates that these 'features' are easily stopped at the firewall as well as just disabling the services.
[13:27:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Oakenshield [4900] (Score:1) 02Re:Grizzly - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:27:47] <exec> 08└─How could they encounter a bear when they're nowhere near the wild.
[13:27:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anne Nonymous [712] (Score:2) 02Re:The real deal - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:27:50] <exec> 08└─> an actor who plays a survival instructor on TV An actor doing a show with a politician? If there's one profession that's involves more simulation than acting, it's politics.
[13:27:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Shitty PR stunt. - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 459 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:54] <exec> 08└─Bear Grylls? Really? First off, the guy isn't an American. Why wouldn't the president of the United States partner with a citizen of his own country who is a trained survivalist? It's insulting that he would pick a foreigner to "teach" him survival in his own country. And second, Bear Grylls is not...
[13:28:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03riT-k0MA [88] (Score:1) 02Re:Morrowind - 0640 Computer Role-Playing Games That Did Their Own Thing - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:28:06] <exec> 08└─I never did get the hang of alchemy in Morrowind... Oblivion and Skyrim, on the other hand, were dead easy (after a UI overhaul mod).
[13:28:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:Netflix just doesn't provide the whole experien - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:28:28] <exec> 08└─When my wife and i watch netflix, we watch TV shows (although, my wife enjoys all the schlocky old horror movies, etc). I rarely go to the movies (too expensive, YES!), so i pick and choose. Yes, went to the Star Trek Reboots... 'cause! (Green lovelies in their underwear, lol) And went to see the Dr...
[13:28:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Can we get a list of upcoming movies? - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:28:34] <exec> 08└─You can google for the list, it is comprised of crap.
[13:29:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:29:56] <exec> 08└─Those stargate shows went on forever...
[13:30:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:30:06] <exec> 08└─It's over when the advertisers say it is.
[13:30:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Infomercials... - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:30:17] <exec> 08└─You don't have to buy it for yourself...
[13:30:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:One problem ... - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:30:50] <exec> 08└─They have a new "Forget" button you can use. https://support.mozilla.org [mozilla.org]
[13:32:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03tathra [3367] (Score:2) 02Re:I guess Google is my friend again. - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:32:01] <exec> 08└─Can you explain how Afghanistan went from this 50 years ago to the hell hole it is today?
[13:33:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Over-fucking-blown - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:33:18] <exec> 08└─"political correctness" ... is literally a communist term
[13:33:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Trigger warning: SJW - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:33:36] <exec> 08└─It can varyingly mean any of the following:
[13:33:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Trigger warning: SJW - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:33:40] <exec> 08└─Hilary Clinton will be President
[13:33:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:That Sounds Right - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:33:47] <exec> 08└─Alma Mater? https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[13:34:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Of course it changed - 06Bush Considered Using Nuclear Weapons Against Afghanistan After 9/11 - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:34:59] <exec> 08└─Quite right too! That is the real reason for the rapid development of face-tracking technology, never again will we need to worry about those evil facists and their belief that everyone is entitled to their own unique face! Now we can quickly locate them, follow their movements and take them and the...
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[14:27:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02All that money - 06Uber Drivers Granted Class-Action Status in California - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:02] <exec> 08└─Hehehe, all them investor money being squeezed dry!
[14:27:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02fuber - 06Uber Drivers Granted Class-Action Status in California - 448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:03] <exec> 08└─Leaked docs suggest is going to IPO in 18-24 months. I would avoid them (from an investor perspective, no comment on the user perspective). their hyper growth will start slowing down. regulations, lawsuits, and lack of profit will start catching up. This turd will tank soon after the IPO -- if not s...
[14:27:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Other updates to be avoided - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 1649 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:27:22] <exec> 08└─My list looks like: [Taken from an earlier post on Windows 10/8.1/8/7 privacy ] ---> https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] ==================================================================================== Obligatory list of updates to remove: KB2652664...
[14:27:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Other updates to be avoided - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:27:23] <exec> 08└─http://www.hakspek.com/security/windows-script-to-remove-all-windows-10-telemetry-updates/ [hakspek.com] ignore the 'windows 10' in the title, this applies to 7 and 8.
[14:27:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03boltronics [580] (Score:1) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:27:29] <exec> 08└─I'm still fighting systemd. Debian Jessie GNU/Linux here, with a custom pinning file. :)
[14:27:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Better avoid linux too. GRSecurity is going commer - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:36] <exec> 08└─https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=9265¬e=&title=GRSecurity+Linux+Kernel+patch+to+end+public+accessability+of+stable+patches. [soylentnews.org]
[14:27:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Better avoid linux too. GRSecurity is going com - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:27:37] <exec> 08└─testing will still be available to the GP. It may not, in GR's view, be good enough for production. But it'll be good enough for my stuff at home.
[14:27:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03cyxs [124] (Score:1) 02Re:Better avoid linux too. GRSecurity is going com - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:27:39] <exec> 08└─and when did GRSecurity == Linux?
[14:27:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03BasilBrush [3994] 02Re:Barry Obama, the actor?! - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 471 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:27:47] <exec> 08└─Climate change is the most important issue facing humanity in the 21st century. His political power in this regard is limited due to the huge opposition funded by the fossil fuel companies. So he's highlighting the issue via the media. First the interview with David Attenborough, now this. It's got...
[14:27:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Grizzly - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:27:55] <exec> 08└─I can't confirm it, but a friend of mine that has first hand experience in these matters says that "bear" grylis is a "bear" -- a hairy homosexual man. That's cool and all, just, well..... President Obama, if you wake up and find vaseline on your asshole, I told you so.
[14:27:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03RedBear [1734] 02Seward Glacier? What's a glacier? - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 1357 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:59] <exec> 08└─My wife and I went on a road trip up north a couple of summers ago. We went to the Seward area and drove out to see Exit Glacier. We kept seeing these funny little brown signs by the roadside, with white lettering. We couldn't figure out what they were for. They didn't seem to be mile markers. They...
[14:28:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Life imitating art? - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:28:03] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5wHRryA2aw [youtube.com]
[14:28:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03JeanCroix [573] (Score:2) 02Darklands - 0640 Computer Role-Playing Games That Did Their Own Thing - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:28:18] <exec> 08└─From 1992, I believe. That one always stands out to me, mostly due to its setting (15th century in the Holy Roman Empire) and its equipment and inventory scheme. The actual dungeon crawls got pretty tedious, though.
[14:29:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Excuses, excuses. - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 2531 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:29:50] <exec> 08└─Like most shows after about 3-4 seasons they have run out of jokes. The good stuff was in the first few seasons. The first few seasons were funny. I am sure by this point they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. I am sure if I watched the show now I would enjoy it but would be thinking 'what have...
[14:30:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03quacking duck [1395] (Score:2) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 340 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:30:01] <exec> 08└─Babylon 5 (whatever other faults it had) did the cliffhanger bit quite well with "nothing's the same any more" being the typical end-of-season state. It did nicely illustrate the problem of stretching a planned story over 100+ episodes (it was really limping at the end), though, and was at its best...
[14:30:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03quacking duck [1395] (Score:2) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:30:09] <exec> 08└─Those stargate shows went on forever...
[14:30:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03quacking duck [1395] (Score:2) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:30:17] <exec> 08└─That's why the Brits call an annual run of episodes a "series" rather than a season.
[14:30:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:C is for Cookie - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:30:54] <exec> 08└─If you're remembering passwords instead of managing them, your length and complexity is almost certainly lacking, xkcd notwithstanding. Who are you to say how many different sites people chat/shop/share content at (or how many accounts per site they have)? That kind of practice strongly encourages t...
[14:31:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score:2) 02Nice! - 06Mozilla to Add Contextual Identities to Firefox - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:31:04] <exec> 08└─Mozilla is the only major browser vendor that doesn't also own an advertising network. And it's pretty evident from the features they've been coming up with lately. Protect the users while slightly sabotaging the competition's revenue stream. Well played indeed :)
[14:31:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:A hard wind's gonna blow... - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:31:58] <exec> 08└─when the National Weather Service says it's an historical first, that means the first in over a nearly 100 year span, and most likely longer. A category 4 typhoon is hard to hide.
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[15:27:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03miljo [5757] (Score:2) 02Protect Your Keys - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:01] <exec> 08└─Assuming that something is private is no excuse for being lazy when it comes to protecting your keys, secrets or other means of authentication.
[15:27:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03fadrian [3194] (Score:2) 02Settlement... - 06Uber Drivers Granted Class-Action Status in California - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:11] <exec> 08└─The settlement will be $$$ for the plaintiff's lawyers and a voucher for three free Uber rides for the plaintiffs. Because it is still a class-action suit, after all, and so will be settled.
[15:27:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03sce7mjm [809] (Score:1) 02Re:Kill CEIP - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 837 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:27:25] <exec> 08└─Well I've been a linux user (desktop and servers since 2000) and never paid for windows on any of my own personal devices. I still have to support software that runs on windows and support my users so I have accepted a laptop as a trade in and am using that for that purpose. I've purged a lot of the...
[15:27:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Other updates to be avoided - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 1501 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:27:33] <exec> 08└─My anonymous friend, It seems that you will need to repeat the posting of this data regularly. I fear that without regular promotion, the lack of uproar that people wonder about... seems to be adequately explained somehow by your needing to repost this regularly. I would like to see SN take a poll t...
[15:27:38] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 265 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:27:39] <exec> 08└─Same reason the Linux community accepted systemd. As individuals, we don't really have much say. Sure you can vote with x, x being money, ballot or distribution preference, etc. But after a while some things become status quo and fighting them is almost impossible.
[15:27:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score:2) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 1570 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:27:42] <exec> 08└─Part of my problem is that I've run out of alternatives that don't mind if I retain control of my data. I have to search back in time to get what I want. I don't think complaining has done anything, and I don't know who I can give my money to that will provide what I want. Even the idealists have be...
[15:27:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 1087 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:27:43] <exec> 08└─I don't think your comment is flamebait; I think you're on to something. There's a kind of network effect, discovered by IBM: "no one ever got fired for buying IBM" is a meme that the IBM-ers gladly percolated through their prey/customer base. The only counter-effect is that corporations that have t...
[15:27:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:27:47] <exec> 08└─How is Microsoft getting away with this? Why isn't every Windows user up in arms, trying to sue them and/or switching away?
[15:27:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score:2) 02Re:Better Ars Article Available - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 898 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:27:50] <exec> 08└─I think the main issue here is more that you have to take action to STOP data from being sent to MS than the data being sent in the first place. If it was an opt-in with the default being to NOT send data, and have the OS really abide by that setting, no one would have an issue with it and we would...
[15:27:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Better Ars Article Available - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:27:52] <exec> 08└─The other thing is if you did the same sort of thing in some countries you'd be breaking computer crime laws.
[15:27:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Better avoid linux too. GRSecurity is going com - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:27:55] <exec> 08└─That's just plain silly. I've been running Linux for over a decade, and I've never yet run anything from GRSecurity. I don't see it in any of my embedded stuff at work, it's certainly not on my home machines - it's not there. WTF is GRSecurity? * No one at all, in the world of Linux, IMHO. *I read t...
[15:27:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score:2) 02Hosts is not a security tool - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:57] <exec> 08└─All the updates can be removed post-installation – but all ensure the OS reports data to Microsoft even when asked not to, bypassing the hosts file and (hence) third-party privacy tools.
[15:27:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score:2) 02Password security? - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:59] <exec> 08└─snapshots of memory to investigate crashes, and so on.
[15:28:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Seward Glacier? What's a glacier? - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:28:20] <exec> 08└─They are called conservatives. The idea that the status quo, or what once was the status quo, is plenty good enough for the foreseeable future is conservationism... Okay, they are more like ~45% of the population in the US.
[15:28:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Seward Glacier? What's a glacier? - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:28:21] <exec> 08└─Can you find one person claiming to be a conservative (or even anyone at all) that claims "nothing bad will ever happen"?
[15:28:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinho [759] (Score:2) 02Conservatism vs Conservationism - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 801 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:28:23] <exec> 08└─Please be careful not to conflate Conservatism with Conservationism. They look a lot alike, and philosophically come from the same roots; however, a Conservationist is much more likely to be aligned with the Green Party and the Sierra Club than the GOP. A Conservationist is concerned about the susta...
[15:28:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] 02Shitty PR stunt. - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 459 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:26] <exec> 08└─Bear Grylls? Really? First off, the guy isn't an American. Why wouldn't the president of the United States partner with a citizen of his own country who is a trained survivalist? It's insulting that he would pick a foreigner to "teach" him survival in his own country. And second, Bear Grylls is not...
[15:28:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shitty PR stunt. - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:28:28] <exec> 08└─> First off, the guy isn't an American. Why wouldn't the president of the United States partner with a citizen of his own country who is a trained survivalist? Because he is not promoting survivalism, he's promoting conservation and he's looking for the show with the most eyeballs. > That is what ma...
[15:28:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shitty PR stunt. - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:28:29] <exec> 08└─> That is what makes this PR stunt especially insulting. Only for people looking to be insulted.
[15:28:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shitty PR stunt. - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:28:31] <exec> 08└─Because the "citizens of your own country" seem to like this guy better for "survival skills teaching" TV Ratings matter, man!
[15:28:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02They left my comment out of the story... - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:33] <exec> 08└─Here it is... ROFLMFAO!
[15:28:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marneus68 [3572] (Score:2) 02Arcanum, Arena, Daggerfall... - 0640 Computer Role-Playing Games That Did Their Own Thing - 1178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:28:47] <exec> 08└─That's an interesting list, that's for sure. I'm glad to see Arcanum in it, however, I don't really understand how Fable and Omikron got on here, as far as I'm concerned they belong in the vague action adventure category. There is now way to even consider these as RPG's, let alone CRPG's. Something...
[15:28:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Let the slide begin - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 719 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:28:58] <exec> 08└─Begins? This has been going on for years. I remember when they raised their rates substantially just prior to them losing a bunch of content. The online catalog is still not very good and if it gets much worse, I'm not sure I'm going to even bother giving them money. They no longer allow you to buff...
[15:29:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Down time - 06 Slippery Coating Dramatically Cuts Power Plant Carbon Emissions - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:29:27] <exec> 08└─Plants do need periodic downtime as a normal part of operation.
[15:30:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Hilarious - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:30:17] <exec> 08└─That's not true. There's a ton of original programming out there, it's just that most of it is niche. Look at all those reality programs. You and I might not like them, but that is original content. There's all those talk shows, made for TV movies and what have you. Most of it is crap, but it's new...
[15:32:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03morgauxo [2082] (Score:2) 02Can somebody explain why? - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 1550 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:32:03] <exec> 08└─Why do we need new codecs? I'm genuinely confused and would like to understand. Is it an issue of patents and royalties? I know I've been watching videos on my computer since about 1995. The patents on those codecs should be expired. Also, I use a lot of Linux and open source and have since about 19...
[15:32:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:First person to say "Global warming" get shot* - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:32:20] <exec> 08└─But I've read that a growing frequency of El Ninos is linked to climate change. (And note I didn't say those two words that get you shot. ;-))
[15:34:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02Re:Trigger warning: SJW - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 746 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:34:15] <exec> 08└─You are one lucky motherfucker to not have been drawn into that debate and been exposed to the term "Social Justice Warrior" It can varyingly mean any of the following: *Anyone even remotely progressive on social issues(most common usage nowdays, the stupidity of which seems to have made people edge...
[15:34:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Trigger warning: SJW - 06How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:34:25] <exec> 08└─San Jose Wussies
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[16:27:05] <exec> 08└─I don't know. If I sent a private message to someone on a website, containing my credit card number, I'd be pretty annoyed if it also made a public post. That's an unacceptable break.
[16:27:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:2, Insightful) 02Re:Protect Your Keys - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 464 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:27:06] <exec> 08└─Indeed and I'd be surprised if any of the people responsible would pay for the damages. From the looks of it, Amazon ought to be on the hook for the portion of the charges that happened after he reported it. It shouldn't take 2 hours of calls during which more charges are being racked up for the pro...
[16:27:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Protect Your Keys - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:27:07] <exec> 08└─At bare minimum they ought to have locked the account until things were straightened out.
[16:27:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Protect Your Keys - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 610 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:27:09] <exec> 08└─It's a matter of motivation. It's about time we prevented companies from disclaiming any liability due to their own incompetence. Granted software that's given away for free ought to get some sort of limit to liability, but there's too many commercial products out there where the limits on their res...
[16:27:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Interesting) 02Another Cloud victim - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:11] <exec> 08└─Once something is out there, it is out there. I know the code was supposed to route his commit to a private repo, but...Visual Studio and GitHub? What a shotgun wedding! Pretty impressive how quickly bots found his AWS keys too. Wow.
[16:27:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02where to store authentication tokens? - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 2265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:12] <exec> 08└─In the old days (like 80s, 90s) admins were pretty merciless in making fun of people who put sensitive passwords on command lines as command line arguments (so the passwords show up in the output of ps) or hard coded passwords into source code. Nice to see after 20-30 years of amateur hour, nothing...
[16:27:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:where to store authentication tokens? - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 646 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:27:14] <exec> 08└─There is only one person to blame... Carlo van Wyk For three reasons: 1) Do not store anything you need to trust on ANY machine you do not have direct and complete control over. 2) Do not store anything you need to trust on ANY machine you do not have direct and complete control over. 3) Do not stor...
[16:27:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:fuber - 06Uber Drivers Granted Class-Action Status in California - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:27:22] <exec> 08└─With an estimated $50B valuation, lots of people will make lots of cash. Then people will notice how the whole concept is worthless the morning after patents expire. Looking forward to actually meeting some neighbors on SoylentRide
[16:27:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:fuber - 06Uber Drivers Granted Class-Action Status in California - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:27:24] <exec> 08└─their hyper growth will start slowing down
[16:27:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Settlement... - 06Uber Drivers Granted Class-Action Status in California - 691 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:27:26] <exec> 08└─Uh, you do understand that the Class here are the Uber drivers, not the passengers, right? So any settlement will involve the drivers getting something, not the passengers. But I do agree with you: because it is a class action there most likely will be a settlement - I don't see Uber risking their w...
[16:27:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score:2) 02How to get a list of installed updates - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 595 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:27:43] <exec> 08└─So how do I know what updates have been installed on my windows system? It would be nice to be able to issue a command and get a list of all installed updates, save that away as a file, and then see if any undesirable updates have been installed. I did a search and came upon Quick and Easy Way to L...
[16:27:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03OrugTor [5147] (Score:1) 02Re:Other updates to be avoided - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:27:49] <exec> 08└─I need one more option: Windows Updates permanently off. I can't believe people take the risk of updates on a home computer. Mind you, that's easy for me to say, I'm on XP.
[16:27:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:28:00] <exec> 08└─But man! Isn't Miley's dress HOT! She could fix deflategate in a heartbeat! Um'gonna retweet it to the bros. (priorities, priorities...)
[16:28:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score:2) 02Re:Hosts is not a security tool - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 2818 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:28:12] <exec> 08└─Nor was the simple lock on my desk, or even what came with the house on the front door. Or my garage door opener. But I could change those locks, I could make the code harder. I won't keep out anyone determined, and can direct traffic to what name you want it to go to. The OS should not be hijacking...
[16:28:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score:2) 02MS *thinks* they can get away with this - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:14] <exec> 08└─MS thinks they can get away with shit like this, but it's only a matter of time before some non-techy media like Forbes starts making noise and the shit will hit the fan. This shit is just over the top.
[16:28:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:First President - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:28:28] <exec> 08└─Today is the first ever September Wednesday since 2014. "journalists" drive me nuts.
[16:28:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score:2) 02Re:Biden get ready! - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:28:31] <exec> 08└─Is Biden ready?
[16:28:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Joke - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 776 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:50] <exec> 08└─Prima facie, my reaction to this is about the same as when Bush made monkey faces while dancing on stage with performers in Africa. Hey, Obama, if you want to make an actual difference on climate change, how about implementing carbon credits? Or, if you want to take action without having to talk to...
[16:28:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Why not Les Stroud? - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:28:51] <exec> 08└─Les Stroud of Survivorman would have been a superior choice. Bear Grylls is a buffoon that will get people killed with his "advice." Jumping into a stream of water that's disappearing into a glacier? Excellent way to wind up dead, NOT a sound survival tip.
[16:29:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonymousCowardNoMore [5416] (Score:2) 02Re:Morrowind - 0640 Computer Role-Playing Games That Did Their Own Thing - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:29:04] <exec> 08└─Morrowind is a roleplaying game, and single player at that. If you want to break it, you're doing it wrong. In any case, just hit ` and you can do anything, or open the construction set if you're too lazy to look up the commands: you can literally just give yourself stuff or edit your stats either w...
[16:29:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Old school? - 0640 Computer Role-Playing Games That Did Their Own Thing - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:29:11] <exec> 08└─If the first three digits of your game release year starts with 199, you ain't old school. GTFO my lawn, Skippy.
[16:29:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Reality begins to assert itself - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:29:28] <exec> 08└─> This is nothing more than reality beginning to assert itself. Nah, this is more about you just being unfamiliar with the way netflix works. Netflix has been rotating content in and out of their streaming library since the beginning. [time.com] This is a non-story, business as usual.
[16:29:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score:2) 02Re:Balkanization has begun. - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:29:38] <exec> 08└─Agree. It is this sort of bollocks that causes piracy to be a leading markey alternative... No ads. All content. And on demand. These 3 things are fundamentally different to media from 50 years ago...
[16:29:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:Vacuum engines? - 06 Slippery Coating Dramatically Cuts Power Plant Carbon Emissions - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:29:55] <exec> 08└─Vacuum is a relative term in this case. For a turbine to work, it needs high pressure on one side and low on the other. From the perspective of the high pressure side, the low pressure side is at least a partial vacuum. The value of this is that it could allow a lower cost capacity expansion in an e...
[16:30:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03morgauxo [2082] (Score:2) 02.church? - 06New Study Maps the Web's Shadiest "Neighborhoods" - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:30:33] <exec> 08└─I think they are seriously underestimating the number of scams with .church domains!
[16:31:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Babylon 5 - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 890 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:31:29] <exec> 08└─Babylon 5 seems standard now, because most shows follow a larger story arc. At the time, they were practically the only ones doing it. Most big SciFi shows were Star Trek or Star Trek spin-offs, and, as such, incredibly episodic with no connective tissue. The special effects were much better than St...
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[17:27:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02And so it begins... - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:04] <exec> 08└─And so it begins... the internet is getting cut up into little intranets. Soon this failed experiment of expression will cease to exist. Technological Feudalism is knocking on our door. On the bright side, no more online tracking or getting pestered with ads
[17:27:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:And so it begins... - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:27:05] <exec> 08└─Or, maybe, just maybe, Putin is a totalitarian fascist, Russia is a democracy in name only, and some nations are doing far better than others about not pulling this kind of shit. (No, this is not an endorsement of the US and it's not-so-great laws)
[17:27:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:And so it begins... - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:27:07] <exec> 08└─It's a source of concern, but there's a huge number of people in other countries that enjoy a relatively free experience on the internet. I'm personally a lot more concerned with tracking that goes on and the push to closed networks like FB rather than a proper town square.
[17:27:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:And so it begins... - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:27:09] <exec> 08└─The Russian approach isn't fundamentally different from the US's.
[17:27:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I do too - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:10] <exec> 08└─I block Russia, China, and other often malicious countries at the edge router. They have nothing I want and plenty of hackers I don't.
[17:27:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Clickity click - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:12] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I did the clickity click thing. It didn't tell much, so I switched over to Google. It's not exactly the end of the world, or anything. Data on Russian citizens must be maintained in Russia. It's kind of a protective measure. Russian wants to protect Russians from being spied on by the US UK EU...
[17:27:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Protect Your Keys - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:27:23] <exec> 08└─Actually ALL software (and website) unless stated by law (and even then it questionable across boarders)... IT IS ALWAYS YOUR FUALT.
[17:27:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Protect Your Keys - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:27:24] <exec> 08└─That's not true. If that were true, then it wouldn't have to be added to the EULAs and ToS of all those software packages. This isn't any different from any number of other products where the manufacturer is responsible for damages when they're device doesn't work as designed or does something that...
[17:27:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02where to store authentication tokens? - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 2265 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:27] <exec> 08└─In the old days (like 80s, 90s) admins were pretty merciless in making fun of people who put sensitive passwords on command lines as command line arguments (so the passwords show up in the output of ps) or hard coded passwords into source code. Nice to see after 20-30 years of amateur hour, nothing...
[17:27:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:fuber - 06Uber Drivers Granted Class-Action Status in California - 667 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:27:39] <exec> 08└─I was just reading a column in the paper today and the pay for Uber drivers is ridiculous. From the airport into town with a cab is $45 and about $20 with Uber. But, the Uber drivers around here are only making like $3 an hour from the driving. Which means that you absolutely do have to tip them a r...
[17:27:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Settlement... - 06Uber Drivers Granted Class-Action Status in California - 1046 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:27:42] <exec> 08└─If the drivers win, and get a judgment that says they are employees and not independent contractors, then they will reap all sorts of gains from that, like: - Health insurance, if they work more than 29 hours a week. - Minimum wage. - Overtime pay. - Compensation for gas and mileage on their vehicle...
[17:28:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:28:12] <exec> 08└─It's not like each and every windows user is an architect.
[17:28:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 814 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:28:16] <exec> 08└─freebsd is a viable alt for many of the things that linux does (in some ways, some things are better on bsd). I used to run a lot of bsd at home and at various workplaces. linux was so-so (fun, but not production qual) and bsd was great as a server and kind of, as a desktop. 10 yrs ago or so. then,...
[17:29:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score:2) 02Meanwhile in Russia... - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:29:12] <exec> 08└─I wouldn't be surprised to see Putin hosting his own survival show. He pretty much does it already.
[17:29:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Meanwhile in Russia... - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:29:13] <exec> 08└─Well, Putin did just release his own workout video [vox.com] with all the production quality you would expect from the USSR.
[17:29:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Let the slide begin - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 525 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:29:45] <exec> 08└─What do you mean? They picked up a whole bunch of "History" Channel shows. You know the ones that aren't very good and even then aren't complete. Hell they can't even get How It's Made or Modern Marvels. And their movie selection? Try finding a scifi that wasn't part of the Epix package you want to...
[17:29:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Let the slide begin - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 1087 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:29:46] <exec> 08└─I probably should have been more clear. It's mostly things that I'm likely to want to watch. I seem to have to work harder and harder to find things that I'm interested in watching. Even just watching things that I've already watched is getting rather hard. I'll probably start keeping a bit of a log...
[17:29:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Netflix just doesn't provide the whole experien - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:29:58] <exec> 08└─Don't call that new drivel Star Trek. It doesn't have the right. Tom Baker Dr. Who on the other hand.. ::thumbsup::
[17:30:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Strategic Move - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 2797 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:30:07] <exec> 08└─I think that Netflix is a very data-driven company, much more so than their rivals in Cable. They have extremely granular information on how people watch shows, where they drop off, which shows they try based on shows they know, etc. Remember that big contest they had several years back to come up w...
[17:30:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:TLDs are meaningless in a Google world - 06New Study Maps the Web's Shadiest "Neighborhoods" - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:30:55] <exec> 08└─I remember going to www.com one time and it took a clearing of the history before I could browse the internet again. Certain domain names are abominations and the owners should be burned at the stake.
[17:31:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Excuses, excuses. - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:31:20] <exec> 08└─Or take a show like dukes of hazard. Basically a poor chase movie in TV form.
[17:31:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:31:28] <exec> 08└─Meh, I can kinda understand. Captain Kirk narrated the beginning of every episode of Star Trek: ToS with the assertion that it was a "five-year mission," but it lasted only 3 years.
[17:31:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:31:52] <exec> 08└─Well, that phenomenon is not restricted to TV series. After all, Douglas Adams also didn't plan for five hitch-hiker books; the third book marked a natural end of the story.
[17:31:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:31:55] <exec> 08└─Well, the meaning of "show" is that it is shown. The stuff clearly is shown, therefore the term "show" is appropriate. The term "entertainment" however might not be appropriate.
[17:32:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Babylon 5 - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 1413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:32:03] <exec> 08└─Yeah and I did see the Trek counter-reaction of DS9 and Voyager. They get picked on a lot, but were not really all that awful. Since Enterprise they don't get picked on as much, no longer the worst, etc. It'll be interesting seeing the cause so long after seeing the result. I didn't read Tolkien unt...
[17:32:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Novel Approach - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 750 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:32:04] <exec> 08└─Ha, that's a novel approach. But it kind of does make me think that more than a few of us are trying to wring out the last drops of a dying form of entertainment. Me, I started to watch telenovelas to learn Spanish along with my kids who are in a dual language program. It is a good way to learn a la...
[17:34:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Watchlisted - 06British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:34:16] <exec> 08└─Am I on a watchlist for clicking that Bing link now?
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[18:27:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:And so it begins... - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:27:11] <exec> 08└─You. I included that second sentence for you.
[18:27:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:And so it begins... - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:27:12] <exec> 08└─He thought it was your signature.
[18:27:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Clickity click - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:27:15] <exec> 08└─"15 minutes could save you 15% or more on your car insurance"
[18:27:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Clickity click - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:27:17] <exec> 08└─Is this true? Because I have 100 minutes to spare in order to never pay that again!
[18:27:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02How is most of this different from the US? - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:27:19] <exec> 08└─s/t
[18:27:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:Another Cloud victim - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:27:33] <exec> 08└─That was "criminals" too. Imagine what state level bots are doing and how many times your very post has been keyword searched.
[18:27:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:where to store authentication tokens? - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:27:37] <exec> 08└─The agreements says the product is not good off anything that is claimed or today they say 'sure it is fine' What about tomorrow? Or after the whole rack is sold off to someone else because you ran out of money? What gets me is the dude has enough smarts to get VS installed, build projects using it,...
[18:27:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02Re:where to store authentication tokens? - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:27:38] <exec> 08└─But does not have his own private repo onsite?
[18:27:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:fuber - 06Uber Drivers Granted Class-Action Status in California - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:27:51] <exec> 08└─Cabs are expensive, but a lot of that has to do with the drivers needing to make an actually living at it.
[18:28:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Fools! - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:28:11] <exec> 08└─Too bad they took down the patches from windows update :(
[18:28:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score:2) 02Re:Other updates to be avoided - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 826 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:28:21] <exec> 08└─I think "superior OS" would fall under XP's umbrella, but I approve of your addition. Sure, XP doesn't have aero or direct x beyond 9c... that probably is a deal breaker for most. Superior being subjective if the graphics aren't as good. Once my norton AV expired in like 2012 or so, the machines hav...
[18:28:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:28:37] <exec> 08└─Yes, my brother and his "I don't care I have nothing to hide." I know we are adults now but God I should just beat him like he is 9 still :/
[18:28:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hosts is not a security tool - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:28:48] <exec> 08└─But I could change those locks, I could make the code harder.
[18:28:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03etherscythe [937] (Score:2) 02Re:Password security? - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:28:51] <exec> 08└─There's probably EULAs that will be in conflict over this, too. I believe Facebook tells you you're not allowed to share your password with anyone. So, if Microsoft shares it for you, what then? I know it's hypothetical to say they would kill your account, but they would at least be legally in the r...
[18:29:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:First President - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:29:07] <exec> 08└─This is why you failed Journalism 101.... "According to Ocean Data Climate Models, Today is the Hottest ever September Wednesday since 2014!"
[18:29:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Grizzly - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:29:13] <exec> 08└─As Obama's approval ratings continue fall, he is increasingly going after stunts like this to pander to his cheerleaders. Better watch those approval ratings! At this rate he'll never get re-elected.
[18:29:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score:2) 02Yes, well... - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 669 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:29:24] <exec> 08└─If you specifically go back to 1850 or so, a large part of the difference is due to the ending of the "Little Ice Age". In some winters towards the end of the 18th century, New York harbor froze solid. The Little Ice Age officially ended around 1850. Sure, people have an influence on the climate, bu...
[18:29:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:Why not Les Stroud? - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:29:35] <exec> 08└─From my above post, Les Stroud would be much more welcome as: A. He is a trained survivalist. B. Sure he's Canadian, but the USA and Canada are neighbors with many cultural ties. C. Alaska is geographically part of Canada. So it's not unfamiliar to Stroud.
[18:29:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score:2) 02Probably a subliminal advertisement - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:29:38] <exec> 08└─Obama will probably use this show to tell the Americans: "Come and live in Alaska! There's room here!" BTW what happens to roads when the permafrost under them melts?
[18:30:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03anubi [2828] 02To answer the question... - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 102 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:30:24] <exec> 08└─Will this change in their library make you more or less likely to subscribe, or continue to subscribe?
[18:30:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Well, TPB will keep offering that whole catalogue - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:30:32] <exec> 08└─Good job :)
[18:31:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02Re:Hilarious - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:31:39] <exec> 08└─Sorry I didn't equate it to content in the same way as I don't equate dog food with "food". Reality TV is just laziness from a production crew devoid of any creativity. I don't consider that "content" any more than I consider the interactions between cars on my drive home "content".
[18:31:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02Re:Hilarious - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:31:40] <exec> 08└─Oh and another thing since you got me started on that subject, I don't think those shows that just take stuff from the internet (or before the internet, from people's home videos) and put it on television "content" either. Seriously. The best bit is when I've already seen those videos and know exact...
[18:32:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:32:09] <exec> 08└─I wholeheartedly agree about Carnivale. I had fallen in love with that show and poof it was gone right when it was getting into the main plot. I was very disappointed and I keep hoping (against hope I know) that someone will pick it up again and run with it.
[18:33:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02Re:I don't understand the cisco part of this - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 149 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:33:12] <exec> 08└─Here, let them explain it to you: http://blogs.cisco.com [cisco.com]
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[19:27:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score:2) 02Who cares? - 06NSA Bulk Call Records Collection Extended for Last Time - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:05] <exec> 08└─Domestic phone record metadata are probably the least interesting that the NSA collects.
[19:27:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02News in June - 06NSA Bulk Call Records Collection Extended for Last Time - 358 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:06] <exec> 08└─Old news. Subject covered back in June. These automated Knackerbracket submissions are becoming annoying. Story automatically generated by StoryBot Version 0.0.1f (Development). Note: This is the complete story and will need further editing. It may also be covered by Copyright and thus should be ac...
[19:27:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:And so it begins... - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 891 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:27:18] <exec> 08└─The tracking that goes on in the US seems to be primarily for advertising purposes. (Or that is what the trackers claim, but recent articles suggest that even the trackers have no idea about what to do with all that data [business2community.com] they are drowning in). Click on a few articles about [...
[19:27:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:And so it begins... - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 430 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:27:19] <exec> 08└─Why would the government bother to track us when they can just use an NSL to get access to the information that companies have? It's much more cost effective than actually doing their own data collection. This is one of the reasons why I'm so uncomfortable with companies like FB and Google tracking...
[19:27:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:And so it begins... - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:27:21] <exec> 08└─It's much more cost effective than actually doing their own data collection.
[19:27:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:And so it begins... - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:27:26] <exec> 08└─I appreciate the thoughtful anticipation. I'm touched. I had to use the springboard provided by how well you worded it,
[19:27:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:And so it begins... - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:27:27] <exec> 08└─The Russian approach isn't fundamentally different from the US's.
[19:27:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:And so it begins... - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:27:29] <exec> 08└─The US intelligence theory seems to be: Knowing that you did something is worth more than preventing you from doing it.
[19:27:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:3, Insightful) 02sanity checks! - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 2999 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:27:53] <exec> 08└─This is ridiculous. How many times now has the outrageous bill happened? You'd think that someone who spends a few dollars on apps once in a while isn't going to suddenly run up a big bill. Someone's 3 year old child gets hands on Mommy's or Daddy's smartphone, and accidentally spends $6000 on apps...
[19:28:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score:2) 02Re:fuber - 06Uber Drivers Granted Class-Action Status in California - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:28:08] <exec> 08└─Isn't that their claimed business model? Or at least it used to be, sharing the cost of driving to somewhere you were going anyway.
[19:28:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:28:44] <exec> 08└─Also autodesk should really start porting their software by now.
[19:28:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:28:56] <exec> 08└─The downplay goes like this: A) You'd have to be really stupid to let Microsoft do this to you as a customer. B) I'm not stupid! C) Therefore, it's really not too bad. D) Hey, look, all those other people are also not actively trying to replace Microsoft! I was right.
[19:29:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02What would happen if? - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 702 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:29:11] <exec> 08└─What would happen if some district attorney decides to convince a judge that this constant stream of information back to MS, Apple, Google etc (from tracking, voice command (e.g. Siri, Cortana...) and all those other things) means that everyone and their lawyer has a reduced expectation of privacy a...
[19:29:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Biden get ready! - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:31] <exec> 08└─Nah.... he could never be ready. Oh, he could do the job well enough, but Hillary could mop the floor with his balding pate come election time. She's a much more powerful politician in every sense.
[19:29:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Oakenshield [4900] (Score:1) 02Re:Grizzly - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:35] <exec> 08└─Better watch those approval ratings! At this rate he'll never get re-elected.
[19:29:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Grizzly - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:29:37] <exec> 08└─why I no longer take Bear Grylls seriously;
[19:30:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - 0640 Computer Role-Playing Games That Did Their Own Thing - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:30:20] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vECZ_6PF9U#t=13m25s [youtube.com] Problem is the common version out there is the broken one. Has a missing characters due to the break.
[19:31:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03soylentsandor [309] (Score:2) 02Re:Down time - 06 Slippery Coating Dramatically Cuts Power Plant Carbon Emissions - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:31:09] <exec> 08└─Which means they need to shut down and drain sections of power plants.
[19:31:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03unzombied [4572] (Score:1) 02Faith in Religious Sites - 06New Study Maps the Web's Shadiest "Neighborhoods" - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:31:47] <exec> 08└─Maybe .church rates better than you'd guess from this 2011 Symantec study [symantec.com] (PDF), which says religious web sites are worse than porn for delivering malware.
[19:32:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Hilarious - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 1008 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:32:07] <exec> 08└─I get that, unfortunately, we seem to be in the minority. I briefly enjoyed the Real World for a couple seasons back when the reality TV thing was a bit less transparent, but I stopped watching those well before Survivor and the whole industry blew up. There's some good scripted TV shows that come o...
[19:32:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score:2) 02Re:Hilarious - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 1520 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:32:08] <exec> 08└─I was surprised to learn firsthand this year that the paradox of choice can apply to this situation. After being bored with videos for almost 20 years, I decided to see if there were any oddball ShoutCast streaming channels left and found a short list of the consistent free ones [thugie.nl]. One of...
[19:32:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Excuses, excuses. - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:32:12] <exec> 08└─Since your content-free "nah-uh" response was considered insightful, I guess you are probably right about how little it takes to be considered genius.
[19:32:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Excuses, excuses. - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:32:17] <exec> 08└─You took it too personally. The bimbo is the butt of her fair share of jokes too - first she was a loser actress waiting tables and now she's a big pharma rep selling drugs she doesn't understand to doctors by looking pretty - and that 'ineptitude' is just a variation of what is in all sitcoms. The...
[19:32:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Bullshit, there's another, more serious issue - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:32:53] <exec> 08└─The more appropriate terms are "exposed" or "shamed".
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[20:27:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Sure... - 06Magnetic Fields Provide a New Way to Communicate Wirelessly - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:04] <exec> 08└─Intercept that, NSA! Next step: mesh networking (grin)
[20:27:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Refugee from beyond [2699] (Score:2) 02Re:Sure... - 06Magnetic Fields Provide a New Way to Communicate Wirelessly - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:27:05] <exec> 08└─Mandatory probe installed at birth. Problem solved.
[20:27:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Oblig - 06Magnetic Fields Provide a New Way to Communicate Wirelessly - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:07] <exec> 08└─Now, someone tell me what's wrong with the good ol' nerves [xkcd.org] as a transmission medium? (grin... yes, I'm a Linux user)
[20:27:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Who cares? - 06NSA Bulk Call Records Collection Extended for Last Time - 331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:27:17] <exec> 08└─Meta-data is who you are, where you are, who you are talking to and how long...at any given point in time. I'd be interested in using that data if I wanted to track you movements and communications....even if all I could do was point a stingray in your general direction. I could then still get your...
[20:27:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03K_benzoate [5036] (Score:2) 02Re:Who cares? - 06NSA Bulk Call Records Collection Extended for Last Time - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:27:19] <exec> 08└─That's the point. It's the least useful thing they can give up, but it sounds important to normies. It's a basic negotiating tactic; give up something you don't actually mind losing in order to appear willing to compromise. It protects the really important things you want to keep.
[20:27:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:And so it begins... - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:27:33] <exec> 08└─That's a fair point. But, I suspect that's more about sustaining the military-industrial complex than anything else. It's certainly not about getting better data as they already have so much data that they can't analyze more than a small portion of it. At best it's useful after the fact to try and i...
[20:27:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:And so it begins... - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:27:34] <exec> 08└─Why would the government bother to track us when they can just use an NSL to get access to the information that companies have?
[20:27:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:And so it begins... - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 533 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:27:42] <exec> 08└─While I mostly agree, it's more the targets than the methods which differ. The US seizes domains left and right, including in other countries, to protect Private Interests as much as to take down botnets. While president Obama doesn't shutdown Truther sites, any more than President Santorum would sh...
[20:27:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02President Santorum would shut down sites! - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:27:43] <exec> 08└─While president Obama doesn't shutdown Truther sites, any more than President Santorum would shutdown porn sites
[20:27:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:And so it begins... - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 998 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:27:45] <exec> 08└─The USA does use a different approach. When the U.S. Cyber Command blocked Wikileaks, it did so only for its own governmental networks: http://www.theguardian.com [theguardian.com] https://publicintelligence.net
[20:27:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Refugee from beyond [2699] (Score:2) 02Re:Clickity click - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:27:51] <exec> 08└─> Russian wants to protect Russians from being spied on by the US UK EU AU Canada, China, etc ad nauseum. “Russian government wants something good for its popultion” sounds as legit as alien rapture in frozen Hell.
[20:27:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Who cares? - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:27:53] <exec> 08└─Who cares if Russia wants to lobotomize themselves. Let them go right ahead. It will make the rest of the world more competitive in comparison.
[20:28:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:sanity checks! - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:28:14] <exec> 08└─When the infamous Therac 25 calculated a dose of x-rays that would be fatal, that simple, final sanity check of the improbable number could have saved lives. But the manufacturer removed the hardware limiters, to save money, relying on the software to do that job. All the software needed was a final...
[20:28:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:fuber - 06Uber Drivers Granted Class-Action Status in California - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:28:29] <exec> 08└─I actually looked and I'm guessing thats lyft. Or another competitor. Uber is the wanna be taxi driver one of the crowd. They (all?) seem to distance themselves from from the old college travel rideshare board mentality.
[20:28:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Kill CEIP - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:28:48] <exec> 08└─the inevitable subscription only upgrade to windows 10.
[20:29:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:29:19] <exec> 08└─...and those few that I can think of are for some reason massive Microsoft fans/apologists...
[20:30:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:The real deal - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:30:01] <exec> 08└─Do they get anything right, ever?
[20:30:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Seward Glacier? What's a glacier? - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:30:07] <exec> 08└─Can you find one person claiming to be a conservative (or even anyone at all) that claims "nothing bad will ever happen"?
[20:31:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score:1) 02Re:Vacuum engines? - 06 Slippery Coating Dramatically Cuts Power Plant Carbon Emissions - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:31:35] <exec> 08└─Also, you could run the turbine without a condenser, just venting the steam to the atmosphere (away from people, presumably). In this case, normal air pressure would create the suction that pulls steam through the turbine. That would be, of course, much less efficient.
[20:34:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:A hard wind's gonna blow... - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:34:46] <exec> 08└─Yeah, because they totally didn't bother to measure wind-speed before the new scale. Therefore, it's impossible to know if category 4 hurricanes existed before then.
[20:34:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:A hard wind's gonna blow... - 06Three Simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:34:47] <exec> 08└─I have no idea if thats what they did, but this news article is worthless without explaining all that.
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[21:27:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Yeah, right - 06Magnetic Fields Provide a New Way to Communicate Wirelessly - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:07] <exec> 08└─In the future, people are going to be wearing more electronics, such as smart watches, fitness trackers and health monitors.
[21:27:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinho [759] (Score:2) 02Hypochondria trigger? - 06Magnetic Fields Provide a New Way to Communicate Wirelessly - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:27:08] <exec> 08└─I'm really hoping that the crazies who complain of EM hypersensitivity (e.g. allergy to WiFi and power lines) will simply self-select to not use this instead of starting a class-action lawsuit against the chipmaker who miniaturizes the send/receive units for this technology...
[21:27:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Who cares? - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:27:53] <exec> 08└─Who cares if Russia's rulers want to lobotomize the populace. Let them go right ahead. There will never be a need for Russians to co-operate with us in the rest of the world; life is a zero-sum game and the worse off they are, the better for the rest of us.
[21:27:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03FreeUser [5423] (Score:1) 02Not sure that's what s/he meant - 06Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:27:55] <exec> 08└─Who cares if Russia's rulers want to lobotomize the populace. Let them go right ahead. There will never be a need for Russians to co-operate with us in the rest of the world; life is a zero-sum game and the worse off they are, the better for the rest of us.
[21:28:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score:1) 02Re:Kill CEIP - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:28:52] <exec> 08└─It is possible to make windows 7 useable on those old netbooks if you turn off enough crud.
[21:29:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03SDRefugee [4477] (Score:1) 02Re:Hosts is not a security tool - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:29:35] <exec> 08└─Block this crap at your external hardware router/firewall.... you *do* have one of those, right???
[21:30:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Oakenshield [4900] (Score:1) 02Re:Grizzly - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:30:01] <exec> 08└─So that implies that you at one time did take it seriously? Clue: You will never see anything on a scheduled series that was not staged.
[21:30:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Why not Les Stroud? - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:30:25] <exec> 08└─Maybe Les Stroud was asked...and decided that hosting the Prez *and* all his secret service staff, was going to cause too much ecological damage.
[21:30:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:Meanwhile in Russia... - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:30:28] <exec> 08└─That explains a lot. Putin and Medvedev are obviously gay lovers.
[21:30:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:Probably a subliminal advertisement - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:30:33] <exec> 08└─Hey!...with global warming Alaska might turn out to be a decent place to live.
[21:31:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Hulu begins to assert itself - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:31:11] <exec> 08└─Hulu just announced a commercial-free subscription option. That one-two might be enough to get people to switch.
[21:31:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Can we get a list of upcoming movies? - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:31:25] <exec> 08└─So you are saying more transformer movies?
[21:31:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Flyingmoose [4369] (Score:1) 02Streaming sucks... - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:31:30] <exec> 08└─Netflix's DVD by mail service is a much better option, they literally have pretty much everything. The selection on streaming is shit.
[21:32:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02Re:Hilarious - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 711 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:32:42] <exec> 08└─Oh I won't say there are no good TV shows. Gotham I quite like. Breaking Bad was awesome. Everyone raves over Game of Thrones - personally I've never seen it. But be honest, we (millions of people) are paying $50+ (or in my case with HD channels, etc $100+) per month to these people, every month. An...
[21:34:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:This is the new 'open' - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:34:26] <exec> 08└─> Actually it was Xiph's absence that set off the alarms because there is no way in Hell they would work in a group planning anything foul. Monty is happy with it. [livejournal.com]
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[22:27:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02America is the Land Of Management - 06West's Only Rare Earth Mine Closes. Yet Chinese Monopoly Fears Are Baseless - 277 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:05] <exec> 08└─Mining is shit work for fucking yellow people. Americans are on top, managing the whole wide world. Continue working, world. Your American managers will be busy attending very important meetings. Keep your Americans in the loop so Americans can continue to tell you what to do.
[22:27:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Baseless? - 06West's Only Rare Earth Mine Closes. Yet Chinese Monopoly Fears Are Baseless - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:27:06] <exec> 08└─If 97% of the supply and production is located within one country, the monopolistic fears are never baseless.
[22:27:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oblig - 06Magnetic Fields Provide a New Way to Communicate Wirelessly - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:27:18] <exec> 08└─But does it insert Randall Munroe's rigid erection into your rancid yeasty vagina on demand? Where's that ERECT PENIS [xkcd.com] you promised me, Randall?? Where is it???
[22:27:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hypochondria trigger? - 06Magnetic Fields Provide a New Way to Communicate Wirelessly - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:27:21] <exec> 08└─You know, it's very unscientific of you to dismiss out of hand any claims that you may dislike due to personal bias just because proof of those claims is not immediately forthcoming. Wi-Fi has become so pervasive that telling people not to use Wi-Fi is akin to telling people to get the fuck out of y...
[22:28:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Protect Your Keys - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:28:23] <exec> 08└─You got the clue x 4! It is why it is in every EULA!!!!
[22:28:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:Protect Your Keys - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:28:24] <exec> 08└─At some point, those commissioned droids effectively become a party to the crime. It's time to start enforcing that.
[22:28:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:where to store authentication tokens? - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:28:32] <exec> 08└─So, I'm guessing you are a cash only kind of person then since you have no control over the POS or ATM that would otherwise enaable use of your card.
[22:28:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:where to store authentication tokens? - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:28:34] <exec> 08└─Hell, I wrote some of that code in late 80's. You would not believe how bad the rest of the system is!! (my code was prefect.)
[22:28:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:where to store authentication tokens? - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 677 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:28:35] <exec> 08└─The bug in a plugin caused the source to be committed to the wrong repo. What makes you so sure another bug wouldn't bypass .gitignore? He explicitly selected that the upload be to a private repo. Instead, it was made public. In your analogy, it's like using a program that properly asks you for your...
[22:29:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:29:35] <exec> 08└─IT WORKS to keep sufficient obedient "Stockholm syndrome" customers from exploring cheaper and better alternatives.
[22:30:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02First President - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 47 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:30:08] <exec> 08└─He is the first president to appear on the show
[22:30:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Probably a subliminal advertisement - 06Obama to Test Survivor Skills on Bear Grylls Show - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:30:52] <exec> 08└─The wealthy will live in Alaska from September through March, and jet to Antarctica for the rest of the year, when Alaska will be too hot.
[22:31:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Strategic Move - 06Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S. - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:31:49] <exec> 08└─a handful of film/TV buffs
[22:34:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Can somebody explain why? - 06Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec - 522 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:34:52] <exec> 08└─WE need new codecs because we can save a bit of HD space and use those 8 core CPU, but OUR needs are already covered by vp9, theora and the like. THEY need to control stuff, including codecs. It doesn't matter who owns the patent, it matters for the corporation, but not for the system, who sees only...
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[23:27:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Baseless? - 06West's Only Rare Earth Mine Closes. Yet Chinese Monopoly Fears Are Baseless - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:27:06] <exec> 08└─You missed it. That was five years ago. The number now, after this closing, is 100%.
[23:27:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02I don't get it - 06West's Only Rare Earth Mine Closes. Yet Chinese Monopoly Fears Are Baseless - 502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:07] <exec> 08└─China is eroding their monopoly yet a western mine goes out of business? Nice argument totally disconnected from the reality. There will be no more RE mines in the West. How does this make the Chinese monopoly "weaker"? Pretty smart to get everyone to bring their plants into China. More local employ...
[23:27:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03gman003 [4155] (Score:2) 02Re:I don't get it - 06West's Only Rare Earth Mine Closes. Yet Chinese Monopoly Fears Are Baseless - 836 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:27:09] <exec> 08└─China tried to use their monopoly to force rare-earth-product factories to move to China. The external market saw that it would be cheaper to develop rare-earth mines and refineries outside of China. Basic infrastructure was completed and was functional at small-scale, preparing to ramp up. China sa...
[23:27:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I don't get it - 06West's Only Rare Earth Mine Closes. Yet Chinese Monopoly Fears Are Baseless - 546 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:27:11] <exec> 08└─Yes, but TFA implies that the Western mines can be competitive for the low-end RE's, but not the high-end ones, even if China raises their prices. So China does have a defensible monopoly for high-end RE's: Amazingly, both Molycorp and Lynas have deposits that are very high in those cheapo REs and...
[23:27:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondoctor [2963] (Score:2) 02Re:I don't get it - 06West's Only Rare Earth Mine Closes. Yet Chinese Monopoly Fears Are Baseless - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:27:13] <exec> 08└─Word. All they have to do is close the borders (extreme case) or tie up all exports with quotas and red tape and they have total control. All the mines and processing located within a totalitarian state is a good thing? Got to disagree on that one.
[23:27:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:3, Insightful) 02recycle REs! - 06West's Only Rare Earth Mine Closes. Yet Chinese Monopoly Fears Are Baseless - 541 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:14] <exec> 08└─One thing that is clear is that RE metals are useful in anything that is electric and moves. What we should do is make recycling these metals a legal requirement. This way we don't need to dig up more of the Earth than we have to and profits stay in our own economy. If it costs more to recycle than...
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[23:27:16] <exec> 08└─Not that I'm against this, but this idea gets really out of hand really quick. Here's just a small bucket list. Who's going to pay to collect the e-waste for recycling? It's not going to get to the plant by itself. Who's going to pay to sort it? It's not all going to contain materials we can recycle...
[23:27:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02limited usefulness - 06Magnetic Fields Provide a New Way to Communicate Wirelessly - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:27:28] <exec> 08└─it has to be a complete band around part of your body. :( Researchers noted that a limitation of this technique is that magnetic fields require circular geometries in order to propagate through the human body. Devices like smart watches, headbands and belts will all work well using magnetic field h...
[23:27:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:limited usefulness - 06Magnetic Fields Provide a New Way to Communicate Wirelessly - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:27:29] <exec> 08└─yes, it's called the right hand rule.
[23:28:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Another Cloud victim - 06Bug in Visual Studio GitHub Commit Tool Leads to $6,500 Amazon Web Services Bill - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:28:35] <exec> 08└─Once something is out there, it is out there.
[23:29:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''stealing their lunch'' - 06Uber Drivers Granted Class-Action Status in California - 899 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:29:01] <exec> 08└─I also thought of that notion, though I generally hear it as "eating their lunch". My thoughts went back to Napster and how MAFIAA -could- have made their own app and pulled the rug out from under the nascent service. Instead, the incumbents decided to fight the tide--and in the process lost money,...
[23:29:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Question - 06Avoiding the Windows 10 Upgrade Due to Privacy Concerns? Be Concerned Anyway! - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:29:39] <exec> 08└─As a scientist, I am quite happy that our professional tools are multi-platform. Where I am the majority of us use linux or Macs. Those engineers can keep their Windows tools.
[23:33:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Excuses, excuses. - 06There is Simply Too Much New Programming on Television - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:33:23] <exec> 08└─Or sometimes they decide to 'switch the formula'. My goto example for this is the John Larroquette show. The first season I dont think I have ever laughed that hard at a TV show. The second season though? Well there was a reason it was canceled. They tropped everyone up and ruined the formula. It co...
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