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Comment Wrong decision, probably because of bad defendant (Score 2) 146

Wrong decision, probably because of bad defendant case. This is often how bad decisions are made. They argued the 5th,.. but this case is a 4th amendment case.

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,"

Secure in papers and effects (phone is effects).

Secure in their persons, who does the thumb belong to?

Comment Major design flaw (Score 1) 32

That jet has a major design flaw IMHO. The two fuselages are interconnected at a single point. Were an engine or mechanical failure to impact one side of the aircraft, it is likely the torque will be so great that it will tear the aircraft apart.

The tail should have been connected like a P-38 to minimize flex so that the aircraft doesn't torque itself apart.

=(

Comment Been using webMethods at work for about 2-3 years (Score 1) 11

Not impressed in the least. I mean, how can you have an API Management product that didn't even provide a count of consumers registered for a given API. And did not even apply an alphabetic sort on the list. SMH

What sucks is that this acquisition will probably mean we are stuck with webMethods for a few more years.

*sighs*

Comment But what type of problems (Score 1) 172

I always hate Consumer Report's problem statements because it's like failed transmissions and peeling paint or poorly fitted trim are treated equivalently.

I want to know serious problems only, motors, transmissions, suspension/breaking, HVAC. The big pricey things. I am far less concerned about cosmetics.

Comment Let's not forget the worstq (Score 1) 242

Change password every 30 days?

Why, worst security choice ever. This results in one of two things.

1) People writing password down on things like sticky-notes.

2) People having to rely on patterns. Which means, on or about the first of every month, you will see passwords change. You can almost guarantee most of those changes will be 11 > 12, or Nov > Dec. On January, a large portion of all passwords will change from 23 > 24.

If you want to reduce the effort for hackers to crack a stolen password list, requiring your users to change their password every 30 days is the way to go.

Just DUMB.

Require longer passwords, pass phrases, and you can have way more complexity and people will still remember it.

Comment Actually, that is the one valid argument (Score 3, Insightful) 138

At first I was planning to come on and be dismissive of Mr. Nolan. But he made the one point that I believe is valid. His point isn't really about streaming but about ephemeral existence. With Blu Ray, you buy it, you have it. In a 100 years people can find that copy. But the movie studios, and big industry in general, no longer want us to own anything, be it a movie or a farm tractor. They want it all to be pay-to-use licensing models.

The result of this, is that ONLY the existence of piracy is protecting movies. If SONY decides a movie they made is no longer politically acceptable, we may never see it again. Unless someone pirated the stream and illegally made a copy.

This is a totally legit concern.

Comment No... (Score 1) 170

Glass is too fragile, rather it would have to be a laminate to ensure the glass can flex a small amount but won't be overlyflexed.

It should be holographic, or rather multi-dimensional read. Utilizing the dimensionality to ensure data integrity with parity data.

Comment I used to be concerned about such, but no longer (Score 1) 171

Okay, so these viruses are 50,000 years old (million years old, etc.). I used to be concerned about us unearthing ancient microbes. But then I thought about it. Ancient microbes versus modern microbes that have had 50,000+ years of evolution and advancement.

I wager our immune system has developed and advanced in order to keep on par with modern viruses. I wager these older less evolved microbes would have the same problem that many lesser evolved species have when in a competitive habitat, they are out-competed and generally go extinct.

Comment Uh big, DUCK YOU (Score 2) 113

Ya, time to sell that stock.

No, this has NOTHING to do about productivity. Without a doubt, I am far more productive not spending 2-3 hours a day in traffic. Not having to take days off unexpectedly for vehicles with 100K+ miles to sit in the shop.

Nope, this is all about control and lack of trust. And it needs to end. And frankly, I would rather see the entire economy collapse and America dissolve than return to mandatory in-officework for jobs that do not necessitate it.

Comment Call me odd (Score 1) 288

But I have actually been enjoying it. I think I have had more fun watching TPotR than I have House of Dragons, She-Hulk, or Andor.

Not that I haven't enjoyed those to varying degrees. Except for maybe House of Dragons, which seems to be EVERYTHING I hated about Game of Thrones without any of the beloved characters to cheer for (i.e., Jon Snow, Arya Stark, and Tyrion Lannister)

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