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Comment Metamaterial needed (Score 1) 73

I wonder if anyone is addressing this problem by researching how to deflect the space radiation by designing meta-materials, with a negative refraction index, that would function at the specific energies and wavelengths that would cause damage to neurons. This might take decades, but seems like one possible solution. If you can't block the radiation, move it around you.

Comment Re:Finally (Score 0) 63

How do we know you're not part of a competing firm, like Symantec? Posting as AC doesn't give us any reason to believe that your statements are true and plenty to doubt their veracity. I use 360 TS. If the company genuinely sucks, I'd like evidence of it, not anecdotes. Please post some links that can verify your comments. Have there been any incidences of Qihoo bullying firms outside of China? Are they trying to be a 1990's Microsoft-style company?

Comment Not really an issue (Score 3, Informative) 63

The company submitted 360 Total Security with Bitdefender enabled to the antivirus test firms. It was very highly rated. The 360 TS and TSE base products let you enable Bitdefender and Avira engines, but does not come with them pre-enabled. They also have a version that comes with Bitdefender enabled called 360 TSE Enhanced. This is what was submitted, as I understand this issue. I'm not convinced that there was any "trickery". It more than likely was poor communication between the firms.

Comment Raised awareness of "scary" news (Score 3, Interesting) 127

Drew was instrumental in raising awareness that television news is designed to scare people into watching it with teasers that are titillating, BREAKING NEWS (when it's not) scrolls, and far more. Quite a stunt to pull off some years back and I respect him for it. FARK was built with humor in mind and early on was mined by late night talk shows for content. My question is: what will you do to get a skeptical, and possibly hostile, media to present you as a serious candidate?

Comment Future visit to the eve doctor (Score 1) 34

Need a better seeing eye? So, what'l it be? On the high end we have the fashionable Borg and Terminator models. If you're looking for something a little less flashy, we have the used LED model. Now, let's try one one for size. Oooh. Can you see okay? No, the bright red laser doesn't look at all creepy. It's kinda cute.

Comment Send an email (Score 1) 21

Every one of the one million people should send an email, stating their feelings about this bone head move, to the person that made the decision to release the email addresses. That person's email address should be readily available. If not, hopefully, someone will make it so. The clown(s) needs to see what happens when email addresses submitted in confidence are disclosed to the public.

Comment It likely is true (Score 1) 165

There are plenty of qualified American engineers in all fields. The public has been lied to about this, but doesn't care because there is plenty of entertainment to distract us. Gates may not be a different man from the early days of Microsoft when he was quite a cutthroat. He may be continuing an agenda that has been in play for decades. I don't know the man. I know he has no qualms about lying with a smile, as he did to Congress about H-1B wages almost a decade ago. He is still out for corporate interests, while he helps cure malaria in Africa. He is a complex person. He is simultaneously selfish and generous. I don't trust Bill Gates.

Comment Policies (Score 1) 190

I presume that this is policies being dumber down for use on all versions of Windows 10, not just Pro or Enterprise. I'm happy with the policies we set that only allow installations from specific mapped locations. Our workstation that is running Windows 10 preview to see how useful it is, updated directly from Windows 7 Pro, imported all the policies perfectly. I hope that doesn't change..

Comment Our customers won't know (Score 3, Insightful) 107

The majority of our customers have no idea how routers work, let alone that they can update its firmware. When we explain that a router is a mini-computer that offers a high level of control to them, some of their eyes glaze over as they think a port is what you plug a cable into. When told that firmware can be updated using DD-WRT or the latest OEM version to patch vulnerabilities, only a few understand how to do this, even when we explain it to them. We do offer to perform the work for them, but most don't care unless their router is acting wonky. Unless D-Link sends letters, not an email that would likely be perceived as spam, to registered owners with simple instructions on how to update firmware. very few of their routers will be patched in the real world.

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