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Comment Re:Obviously bullshit statement there (Score 2) 397

by billrp on Monday October 02, 2017 @10:25AM (#55292263) Attached to: Code is Too Hard To Think About

That's right, there isn't just 100 million lines of code, it's more than 150 million lines. This probably includes all libraries and OS fully expanded. Google is your friend for finds LOC in cars, eg http://www.thedrum.com/opinion...

Comment Re:I doubt D-Link claimed their products were secu (Score 1) 100

by billrp on Thursday September 21, 2017 @04:22PM (#55240487) Attached to: Judge Kills FTC Lawsuit Against D-Link for Flimsy Security

"PR material" is different from claims on the product or packaging or the warranty. And the

Comment I doubt D-Link claimed their products were secure (Score 1) 100

by billrp on Thursday September 21, 2017 @03:23PM (#55240127) Attached to: Judge Kills FTC Lawsuit Against D-Link for Flimsy Security

If D-Link had included statements that their products were secure, then the FTC would have probably had a stronger case. But because there was probably no security guarantee then no case. "Let the buyer beware."

Comment So they think it's so easy to uninstall Kaspersky (Score 4, Interesting) 91

by billrp on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @04:19PM (#55190753) Attached to: Kaspersky Software Banned From US Government Systems Over Concerns About Russia

Will they try to use the Kaspersky uninstall tool and expect everything to be removed? Only a full clean reinstall of Windows will remove everything. And is there an independent tool to run to confirm that Kaspersky has actually been removed?

Comment Robots will need a third hand (Score 1) 228

by billrp on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @09:13AM (#55062449) Attached to: Bricklaying Robots and Exoskeletons Are the Future of the Construction Industry

To dole out cash payments to building inspectors to pass their work. The construction industry, developers, and government inspectors are all very corrupt.

Comment Re:Build a Wall (Score 1) 164

by billrp on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @11:14AM (#54925741) Attached to: NASA Is Looking For Someone To Protect Earth From Aliens -- And the Job Pays a Six-Figure Salary

And the wall could be made out of CO2

Comment Will be filled by H1B ... aliens (Score 2) 164

by billrp on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @11:07AM (#54925693) Attached to: NASA Is Looking For Someone To Protect Earth From Aliens -- And the Job Pays a Six-Figure Salary

no doubt

Comment JDPowers ranks us at Number 1 (Score 1) 66

by billrp on Thursday June 08, 2017 @06:13PM (#54580641) Attached to: US Ranks 28th In the World In Average Wireless Broadband Speeds

... when compared to countries with population of exactly 321.4 million people

Comment Buffer overrun exploits (Score 2) 77

by billrp on Thursday March 30, 2017 @06:01PM (#54146851) Attached to: Twitter Will No Longer Count Usernames Against a Tweet's 140-Character Limit

are in Twitter's near future

Comment FCC will say this outage was good for consumers (Score 1) 53

by billrp on Thursday March 09, 2017 @08:17AM (#54005503) Attached to: FCC Investigating Coast-To-Coast 911 Outage For AT&T Wireless Users

FCC now lives in the world of alternative facts

Comment Intel will probably close an older fab in Chandler (Score 3, Insightful) 217

by billrp on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @05:08PM (#53828741) Attached to: Intel To Invest $7 Billion in Factory in Arizona, Employ 3,000 People

Fab 12 opened in 1996, and I suspect they will close that when Fab 42 opens, so there might not be any actual net increase in employers once construction is complete.

Comment Re:Obviously bullshit statement there (Score 2) 397

Comment Re:I doubt D-Link claimed their products were secu (Score 1) 100

Comment I doubt D-Link claimed their products were secure (Score 1) 100

Comment So they think it's so easy to uninstall Kaspersky (Score 4, Interesting) 91

Comment Robots will need a third hand (Score 1) 228

Comment Re:Build a Wall (Score 1) 164

Comment Will be filled by H1B ... aliens (Score 2) 164

Comment Congress will simply use this data to extort (Score 1) 233

Comment A pedestrian tax will be next (Score 4, Interesting) 708

Comment Re:Back up a sec...Zillow was NOT right. (Score 5, Informative) 118

Comment Which of a,b,c,or d applies to Google? (Score 1) 362

Comment JDPowers ranks us at Number 1 (Score 1) 66

Comment Buffer overrun exploits (Score 2) 77

Comment FCC will say this outage was good for consumers (Score 1) 53

Comment Intel will probably close an older fab in Chandler (Score 3, Insightful) 217

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