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You can fuse anything together (everything above Uranium is man-made... well there was this cave in Africa that flooded thousands of years ago and there were reports of "natural" Plutonium, but that's a different story), though to get more energy out than you put into it, the atoms have to be very small, hence the use ...
In all seriousness, Obama has had this coming for a while, but I'm going to offer an explanation from my perspective as someone who works in the information security sector. Working in the military and government is about recognizing the tasks of protecting the American people. Whether that's gathering more phone call ...
No. ಠ_ಠ I do hope either you're still young, or this was sarcasm and I missed it. All the cool shit has been found or made by curious dreamers. Most were not looking for profit, and most did not make any. Mathematics, arts, health, astronomy, physics, chemistery, electricity, electronics, etc... Look at all...
The government is fully corporate controlled, as it is one of the most corrupt governments on Earth. This isn't about freedom or management, piracy is a huge profit center for the Ukrainian Mafia, and organized crime is behind a significant percentage of corporate/business ventures in the country. If they could police ...
Since they're built in without being "user serviceable", they do away with the locking mechanism and make them in whatever shape fits their computers.
With crazy enough capacity, this can be put off a fair bit. For instance, I have a netbook that will give me about 8 hours of web surfing. Once the battery is "shot," it may give me 3-4 hours, which is still nice for a "laptop." Though really, I have a Dell laptop from around 2004, and while the hot-swappable battery...
Not much honestly. The only reason they disclose information is if they have seriously done something bad ( illegal ), and in that case they only release relevant information. Most of these requests would be "lost" (probably stolen ) iPhones, or situations related to illegal stuff.
Then don't post valuable information in reddit comments? With things like art you're just posting the link text so you're ok there. The big thing is probably authors posting their books or something in a comment; but honestly books are such a poor investment I doubt anyone would want to steal someones book and try to ...
You know what website you're on, right? I'm sure a lot of people (including me) come straight to the comments to get the
The only people taking surveys are the unhappy people. I think there a point for every large company, no matter the industry, where all you hear is complaints; simply because there is a large enough customer base to have complaints. You don't actually hear satisfaction, because people who are happy don't complain. ...
This is the most common pro-patent argument but it glosses over quite a few things and is missing some key information. >I think drugs would be the best example. Medicine is very expensive to research and test and can take years to get through regulation. A big part of the cost of research is because of the patents...
Re: paragraphs 1 and 2 - you overlook the fact that there are numerous possible solutions to a problem. The fact that one way of solving it is patented doesn't foreclose all the other options. Re: paragraph 3 - it's a pointless discussion. Read the Federalist papers or move to a country with no patent protections and...
You can, actually. Let's say that i invented the PDF format. It's useful, universal, and i have the only code that can read/write it. In doing so, i solved a number of problems that had never been conquered before. I never release the code, and i rake in licensing money from some form of monetization scheme. Then y...
Dammit. I'm in DC and we charge about that much.
It is good once it has matured, it's good if it's architected to be that way to begin with, it's good if it's a good match between program compute weight and thin-client ability. It's bad if you're trying to catch up, run heavy programs in a light environment and push a system design in a way it wasn't meant to go.
There is validity on both sides as far as I'm concerned. On Verizon's side the "read behind the lines" excuse is that since they aren't peering directly with them (aka mob-shakedown Comcast) they can claim latency on the CDN Netflix is using. While this is most likely accurate, what they FAIL to address is that the b...
Comcast user here who has gone through this nightmare. The problem is, the casual (read "not very technical") user will not have an easy time finding how to disable this. For one, it is activated the moment you set up the modem. I am an IT tech and I happen to live down the street from an Xfinity, pole-mounted, hotspot...
I've had the same thing over the last 6 months - off and on. Turns out (so they say) that there's substation infrastructure issues in my area. Here's what worked for me - contacting customer service (local stores are best) and be adamant that you're seeing high packet loss, and you need a tech to come out. They'll in...
No, it's really complicated. It was a trend that Barack Obama set (you never HAD to go public, most just did because it looked good and is more of a sure thing, plus there were caps on company donations so the side that would have benefited most from it stayed away) to start private financing. The rest of the decisio...
one-year-old-account Because of course this is my first account. > Reddit has always been wary of self-promotional content. And the algorithm, not money, was supposed to fix that. Now instead of the algorithm sorting out spam from potentially valuable content, money will do the job instead. Read my posting hi...
I live in Europe and I have: A tax on blank media (hard disks, SD cards, phones...) that fund the movie industry. I'm funding the artists and I don't even get anything in return. It should be illegal. DRM on most medias which means that I cannot backup my movies and music which is a legal right. It's illegal. M...
I live in Europe France You gain the right to make backups and transfer your media to other mediums. DRM isn't illegal in the EU. If you are referring to Mulholland Drive case, the ban was specific to a movie not indicating explicit enough that the DVDs had DRM. Importation is a legal way to get foreign...
You gain the right to make backups The law says I can make backups. It's the law, not a stupid "gain." > If you are referring to Mulholland Drive case No. I'm refering to ALL the DRM included in ALL the DVDs and Blurays, some protected audio CDs that do not properly play in the car, and most software with any kin...
I went to the music store to buy a physical CD for christmas. It's a new album release and this artist gets plenty of radio time (thought not all of her songs are radio friendly). I went to the music store and tried to find a physical copy of the disc. The person I'm giving it to already has the music on her phon...
Consider the fact that only one artist in 2014 (Taylor Swift) has made a platinum certified record. That means shes sold over 1 million records. Until November, 2014 was the first year to have zero platinum certified records since the billboard things inception. Why? Because she's the only one putting out original mu...
I wouldn't be surprised if they would run afoul of laws regarding some forms of speculative investing. I can't recall exactly what the rules are but there is a reason why kickstarter is NOT investing. Investing in this way has a minimum that means you cant have exactly what you are asking for. I did a quick search ...
I'm sorry that you don't see anything wrong with sleeping your way to a better career. I'm sorry you don't find it morally reprehensible for someone to file a vindictive lawsuit when sleeping their way to the top fails them. I'm sorry that you have a problem with the advocation of society punishing something which is m...
Gamergate is a bunch of people pissed off because a fairly talentless "developer" was fucking some jackass at Kotaku, along with perhaps up to 4 or 5 other people, to rate her shitty game highly so it'd sell. While she had a boyfriend who also worked in the gaming industry, in some capacity. It all came to light whe...
Ha! There is far too much content already in the public domain to ever consume it all. Although copyrights should be shortened (another discussion). I have more books, games, movies, shows, magazines and music on my shelves (both physical and digital) then I will finish in my lifetime. Plus the consumption of media...
This is going to be one of those downvoted to oblivion comments, but here goes. Is it not enough for you people for these websites to be free? Most websites are not these financial giants that you can just use with AdBlock and they don't suffer. My web company has had several hundred people made redundant in recent y...
Pretty much. Maybe society was superficial before the internet, but the stuff we have nowadays takes superficial and narcissism to whole new levels. You have waves of brainless zombies taking narcissistic self-portraits , I'm sorry, selfies and of other petty objects and/or occurrences in their lives and then glorifyi...
The whole point of the 5.56 round was that the US Army didn't see a need in long range sharpshooting any more. Considering most conflicts, including Iraq, are primarily urban and close range, this thinking is correct. However the article is all confused. the AK fires 7.62x39 while the SVD fires a full rifle round whi...
With regards to the "second part" I'd have to say I was most impressed with [William Grey Walter's]( turtle. I don't tend to think about it as "think like humans" which some people have criticized (even within this post) as being egotistical. I like to think about it as robot or creature with a known set of directi...
Very nice. They're such a useless ISP. I had them for about two months. It was great for a while, then suddenly I was getting dialup-like speeds in the evenings. They gave me the runaround for a week before telling me that my slow speeds were due to throttling and all I could do about it was to use less of my "unlimite...
My belief is that Itunes gave people the option to avoid purchasing all the filler (crappy songs) the filled out every CD. Suddenly instead of paying $16 for a CD, when all you wanted were 2 songs (essentially $8 per hit) you were able to get the them for a dollar a pop. Shortly after itunes came out, music labels w...
Blame the music companies. When CDs came out, the COGS was ~$4 each vs $.50 for tapes or LPs. CD prices were double the price for tapes. Music companies made big profits as CD demand for new music and people upgrading to CD quality drove sales. As CD COGS fell to $.50, the music companies did not adjust their pri...
for whatever reason, possibly the same as I'm getting downvoted for You're getting downvoted for making a wild claim that is counterintuitive and failing to back it up. And speaking of backing it up, the article you linked to doesn't do a very good job of that. Off the top of my head, here are some of the things I ...
Frankly, they're not that smart, and they're not that stupid. You're ascribing to them a convoluted scheme which would be fairly impossible to do. In reality, the reason the IPs are logged and the location info gathered is to prevent fake petitions with robot signatures, thus ensuring that the petitions are actually ...
Hosted in Ashburn, VA" . As a web host & supplier of VPS / hosting services, this is why all of my servers are in the EU now after spending two months migrating them. 5+ servers moved to Europe because I saw this coming. All hostnames are now Lithuanian. Best bet is 1984hosting.com in Iceland which has the best fre...
what I just posted to facebook I 'm as mad as hell! Has anyone tried using anything served by Megaupload today? If you can't it's because the United States government has unsealed an indictment for copyright infringement a day after the blackout demonstration. The grandstanding and shows of force by both sides appear...
Thomas Jefferson]( said it better than I know how to say it. > It has been pretended by some, (and in England especially,) that inventors have a natural and exclusive right to their inventions, and not merely for their own lives, but inheritable to their heirs. But while it is a moot question whether the origin of an...
Yeah but who does the stage show production next time? Sometimes companies don't have anything to negotiate with except the hard work they plan on doing and so they'll take a big hit for this event in hopes of a good relationship with...Universal. I heard the woman who puts together the VIP lounge/bar/dining area at th...
I've read the full indictment now. There is a serious criminal case that has a huge pile of evidence against the Defendants. I would encourage you all to read the Indictment that was filed JANUARY 5th, 2012 ([here's the link]( The timing with SOPA is unfortunate, but they have been working on this case for MORE THAN ...
At least, each country in UE is responsible for his own laws, and there is not hundreds millions of people fucked in the same bill. Then, still in UE, some countries already had to face this try to dominate the web, and representatives weren't like All VS 1. That's why texts have been reformulated and consequences do...
Good questions. Now you're getting into semantics, and for me that brings up morality. There are many things that are morally wrong, but not prohibited by law. There are many things that are prohibited by law that aren't morally wrong. In my mind laws are a guideline with the intent to keep order and justice. In prac...
I think that, while it sucks, we should have seen this coming from a mile away. Clearly Megauploads was engaged in, while not direct piracy, turning its head away from blatant acts of piracy under its very nose. Megavideo is mostly pirated tv shows. And Icefilms, a very blatant pirate site, is very clearly linked to me...
At first thought I agree with you. But then I thought of it another way. Lets say I knowingly had a house full of crack cocaine and distributed it to people who visited, but I raise a Godly family in that house. If the cops raided my house I'd probably be fined enough to lose my house. MegaUploads lost their house. ...
In an effort to get people to use IE Microsoft blinds you with info that no but a college level computer student could understand (or redditors), and smothers you with graphs and superfluous facts.
My personal take on this issue. I am glad that the writer began his article by taking a look at how HBo limits access to it's content. The fact that I don't have cable means the only means I have to access this content legally is to wait for it on DVD or Itunes or wherever. Its important to understand I would gladly ...
3 months ago my girlfriend and I were really cash strapped. It killed me as a father to do it to my 5 year old who loves watching cartoons after playing outside all day. But, i had no choice. I had to cancel the cable tv. I was running the bill way too high. as a soccer fan and the fact that I have 2 big ass LCD's i ...
Actually, not. Someone actually read more than the article:
I hope that this hasen't been mentioned before or is completely OT from the conversation, but the fact of the matter is that cable isn't going to go away (at least not anytime soon). I know that a lot of us are waiting patiently for the demise of Big, Bad Ol' Mr. Comcast (for those of you who have it) but yet still wan...
I don't agree with this whole everyone should code mentality coming out lately. The whole point of coding is making things that other people can use. Why should everyone know coding? It only kills the purpose of choosing use friendly software. Why do you think Apple is so successful? They make stuff more user frien...
Mmmn, nah. As a programmer and former teacher, I can't see this working unless things are at a very basic level (such as a visual language used by manipulating picture objects on the screen, for example - if so, this is a good thing to teach logic and critical thinking skills from a young age, but hardly practical). Ev...
I sent it to my grandfather in law who was a head cryptographer at the NSA a number of decades ago. I'll let you know what he comes up with! Update: This is the response that I got. "My primitive hand techniques probably wouldn't do much if the pros can't break the code. I imagine NSA could do a lot, but even ther...
I'll try this one. It's not about how it feels on your hand or pocket. The s3 is and always will be slightly awkward to hold due to the large screen. Now that I have had the large screen awhile the I phone screen just looks tiny. The big difference is in the operating system. Android and ios have very similar capabil...
Because they cant sell you XP every 2 years can they? So they make a new OS and fix everything that's not broken and stop supporting the old one which was a perfectly fine OS, so you have to buy the new "improved" one.
I tend to agree with him, just because this is the direction M$ is urging you to go (Metro instead of jump-to-desktop). I don't have a problem with people pissed at OS developers for trying to force them to use something they don't like. I've seen all the "yeah, but download extension A, B, and C, change the settings...
The issue isn't subterfuge in regard to the pricing/sale deadline. Also, a grand opening sale would be the first contact with a company. This isn't our first rodeo with Microsoft. MS has had several opportunities to provide this same offer in every previous version of Windows. They have not, because they didn't nee...
So here's a fun story. I'm still on my family's mobile plan and we've been off contract for over 8 years now. Despite me having a smartphone (NEXUS 4) we do not have a data plan. My dad bought my mom a cheap Android 2.0 phone a few years back. It shipped from China. After a month or so we started suddenly noticing da...
I did state it was "overly complicated", and just because I didn't waste my time with it and you did doesn't make you special.
I was messaged four times on facebook from friends to apply for Mars One and ended up giving a professor grade lecture (at 20 years old) to show that this program/scam is garbage from stem to stern and despite my impeccable will to go to the Red planet is firm... I wouldn't touch Mars One with a 10 foot pole. Besides...
Everybody gets swept away without ever knowing how these things actually work. Another classic case of sensationalism in journalism. All they're reporting on is the MAPP program which has been in place for years. All vetted members of the defensive security industry get advanced warning on vulnerabilities that exist ...
Three charts are incomplete and the commentary laughable. The reality is that most of those 'smart phones' they were making a killing off were S60 pieces of shit that only sold because they were much cheaper than Apple and Android sucked. No one I know liked them, but most people had them, especially outside the US wh...
The better question is if the pay out from Microsoft to be exclusively WP was more than they would have earned if they went Android as well. People talk about Nokia using WP being unique but Samsung, HTC, and others used both platforms so it wasn't like Nokia had anything special. In fact remember when Nokia got screwe...
Nokia has been slowly dying for years. Gone are the heady pioneering days of the 90's, and what remains is a shadow of its former self. Its true that Microsoft acquires a bunch of patents... eclipsed patents that is, and as usual with all American companies, they will outsource, redistribute and stack rank the business...
More precisely Nokia, had a fantastic hardware division and a software division which had been destroyed by management incompetence. Aside from missing out on what Apple discovered people really wanted in smart phones, they were simultaneously pouring money into three different UI systems and two different Operating ...
Yeah.... That's a really shitty source. It was $13.25 when Elop took over, and it was $3.90 yesterday, so roughly 75% down. But, look at it closer, and the price was $39.19 2 years prior almost to the day. In the 2 years prior to Elop, the stock had plunged from $39 to $13, which is huge. Any sane person would real...
I will preface with this- I hate driving and only hate it due to getting jerked around by insurance companies, being hit by multiple unfit and uninsured drivers, and am currently bleeding 60% of my menial paychecks in commuting costs. Take this with a grain of salt but its time someone said it. Lets be honest: in the...
So my original comment was correcting someone about "if it is in a hotel then the WAP won't let devices see each other" which is objectively false. My comments about encrypted packets were merely to drive the point home. If you're using WiFi, I can see your traffic, even if it is encrypted, open, radius auth, doesn't m...
Actually, if you want a serious answer, hotels target either private travelers or businesspeople because businesspeople want to keep away from private travelers as much as possible. For example, you can pay for a clear card, pay for united lounge, pay for first class + boarding priority, and have a car (not a taxi) ...
User data Instabridge may collect and store data from the User, including but not limited to Facebook profile name and picture, Facebook friends, e-mail address, the phone number You may have registered with Instabridge, phone numbers from Your address book that are registered with Instabridge, data on and login cred...
All my software collects anonymous usage statistics. i'd like to know: how often you sort columns which columns which direction how long the sort takes how often you use instant search how long the instant search text is how long instant search took how many times you clicked Search , verses pressed ...
Kind of a lengthy explanation, but I'm including some details that may make it more clear to people that don't have as much experience with this sort of thing. Background Facts/Info Netflix and content providers have to pay for internet access in order to provide their services (some people don't seem to know this)...
Slashdot drove me away with their bullshit. Back then it was completely controlled by the moderators. I switched to the earliest version of reddit. After a while reddit drove me out because no one could create their own sub, and the main page.. changed. I spent a lot of time on hacker news, and eventually returned...
That's the point that I'm making... that it seems you're missing a step here. The supercomputer that is Watson uses data at it's "fingertips" to make decisions/calculations/predictions of outcome. They're not just going "Ok, Watson is now going to compile all of the data like our current computers already do, replacing...
Good question. We see this with interpretation of ECG scans. ECG scans, to put as simple as possible, gives a print out of the electrical data of the heart. It can identify some heart attacks, and many different arrhythmias. Someone built a neural network that more accurately diagnosed heart attacks that a trained card...
As someone working in the tech industry, I'm kinda not that disheartened at the idea of moving abroad. It'd be an opportunity to experience life elsewhere in the world.
It doesn't matter if they're allowed to "officially" because supervisors turn a blind eye to the calls being dropped. They only look at sales metrics, calls dropped while holding and package/bundle add ons per rep. Oh and don't forget how long you took a bathroom break when you were supposed to be taking calls and knoc...
Did you ever think that maybe, JUST MAYBE, the reason the U.S. hasn't had a single major Islamic terrorist attack since 9/11 is precisely because the Department of Defence got their shit together? They've had to contend with the retards of both the Bush and Obama administrations and yet they've been successful. I don...
It depends. Some reps have the power to sell and make deals and others don't. That's why when you call to cancel your Internet service the first guy offers you the standard package deals. You say no and he transfers you to the cancellation department that halves your bill just because they want to keep you. Some reps h...
As soon as I got my raise, my hours got cut. My checks got smaller overall. A few months after they gave me a "pay card" because they decided not to give out checks anymore. The card took about $40 in fees before I realized and switched to direct deposit. The support number put me on hold for 25 minutes before I got an...
Story time (and what put me over the falls as far as TW hatred): I had HD cable service, but was thinking about getting rid of it because I download everything now and everything on cable (save for sports) is crap or can be downloaded anyhow. So, I kept putting it off, and finally was going to do it. But on the way hom...
37 min vid.
I used to work at a 3rd party call center that did sales for twc and that pricing sounds about right depending on your region. They are very shady with their fine print and that price they were quoting you was probably for a slower speed of Internet. I have done so many sales for them (regrettably and I got my ass out ...
Something similar happened to me about three years ago. At the time, I had the all-in-one package (phone, internet, cable), and they sent a letter saying that I could get the exact same package for nearly half the price I was currently paying per month. I called, got dicked around for 45 minutes and they said that I ...
You haven't dealt with corporate thinking much eh? He has ultimate internet. Already paying for 1/2 of the targeted upgrade TWC is tempting customers to pay for. Since he already has it, and is already paying for it, they don't stand to make any money just tacking on starter tv. They know it, and despite the mislea...
Problem is no matter how unjustified these companies are they would rather fight you in court with more money and influence that goes far beyond what would be normal in any other field - solely to make you give up. Sure we can file law suites but they'll just drag it out for YEARS just to prove their point, instead o...
There are a few problems with this post. One, it's trend hating on cable companies. I get that that's a big thing now, but these kinds of posts are getting a little carried away. Also, does the letter even have OP's name on it? It might just say "Resident." If so, the offer was never intended for OP to begin with. ...
Subscription to a qualifying Time Warner Cable Triple Play package and proof of switch from previous provider required. Greyed out. Small text. So shady. But on the same page: >Dell device offer ends 10/18/14. Subscription to a qualifying package, proof of switch from previous provider or proof of current...
Yes, if course. We all have stories like this, that are just hilarious demonstrations about how fundamentally the blue haired set doesn't get technology. But many folks over 60 do understand the tools they're using just fine. You just don't hear stories about them. By extension, this asinine petition makes the Reddit...
His mother was American; he's naturalized. That is the only birth requirement for president and he would STILL have been qualified to run for president. Why? Because his mother was from fucking Kansas, you don't get any more American than Kansas.
I am in the very small category with no access to wired internet, only wireless. It fucking sucks. Try downloading a one gigabyte game on steam and see how long it takes you. It takes me about 7-8 hours. I have at the maximum around 250-500 kbps internet speeds. It is very odd because I am 10 minutes outside of the sub...
Bonus Information: The [United States has more fibre than all of Europe]( What people don't realize is that the U.S. is big , and at $50,000/mi to run fiber, it's a huge money sink to get high-speed everywhere. I am all for the government borrowing the remaining $900 billion needed to run high-speed to everyone's ...
I've seen that linked, a lot. The interesting point, and the point that is glossed over, but it's mentioned in the piece, is that those investment tax breaks were to wire up hospitals and universities. And it was also to run fiber backbones. Which all happened. There is another piece, about Pennsylvania Bell, and h...
I try to avoid explaining Apple but since you seem actually curious here's my attempt to explain it. This is all qualified by the fact that I think it's important to understand why people like a product even if you don't like it. For example I totally get the appeal of android but it has zero appeal to me personally. ...
Ok, this is more in depth than I wanted to go with this subject, but I guess I owe you an answer after the well written posts you have made (which I appreciate :) ). Keep in mind that I am an engineer and as such I value cost and actual measurable details more than I do more extravagant and fancy (not exactly the ter...
This what worries me. We've forfeited any power we have as citizens. Our elected representatives were put there to enact our will, what we've collectively voiced as the best course for our future. They've mutated into a ruling class though, doling out edicts and laws they hold themselves above and slowly chipping away ...
When I tried 3D, it worked. I even did a recording during the beta. Agh! I just went looking for it, and now youtube has closed my account that uploaded the video. :(
The following explains what is going on in Firefox. The audio is mp3 only which is a patent encumbered format thus not eligible for inclusion in Firefox.