Catch up on stories from the past week (and beyond) at the Slashdot story archive

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror
×

Comment Re:Omicron doesn't cause negative reviews (Score 1) 71

And I seem to remember this from back before Alpha was a thing in more like April or May of 2020.

But this certainly isn't exactly new news, and probably will keep getting posted at least once a year after COVID becomes endemic, timed shortly after we enter flu and COVID season every winter.

Comment Re:LTE is fine, but what about other networks? (Score 1) 49

If your phone is compatible with the network technology. Like, your analog bagphone from like 1994 ain't gonna make a 911 call unless you find somewhere where there's an AMPS signal, which seems unlikely since as far as I know there hasn't been an AMPS network anywhere since 2010.

That said, it wouldn't surprise me if they broadcast a bit of LTE band 2 or something in a way that only accepted emergency calls

Comment Re:Amazing (Score 1) 194

I'd guess it might be higher than 41% because it seems plausible that people more likely to get COVID (people in corrections facilities, nursing homes, or other similar living arrangements, essential workers, etc) are also more likely to have gotten vaccinated.

Comment Re:Once again, (Score 2) 148

Except I'm pretty sure that Parler still isn't allowed on the Play Store. However, since Android allows sideloading apps Google doesn't approve of, Parler is able to offer an Android version of their app for download and Google can't really do anything about it.

Comment Re:What's the point (Score 1) 104

Depending on the copying process, it's plausible...
Like, if there's somehow a lossy encode generation (or an analog generation or five) between the original and copy or if the CD is burned so poorly it's audibly skipping or if it's done in a way that inserts gaps between tracks
But if you don't do something wrong, nah.

Comment From the writeups of this I've seen... (Score 4, Insightful) 242

Apparently the company has instructions for how to unlock the device with a screwdriver. And the security researchers who found the issue had a couple of other ideas https://www.pentestpartners.co...

Internet-connected penis prisons still seem like a really fucking dumb idea, though.

Slashdot Top Deals

"Show business is just like high school, except you get paid." - Martin Mull

Working...