CeasedCaring - Slashdot User

Comment Slashdot MotD for this story (Score 0) 54

by CeasedCaring on Thursday June 26, 2014 @06:44AM (#47322905) Attached to: Australian Government Seeks To Boost Spy Agencies' Powers

"Love your country but never trust its government." -- from a hand-painted road sign in central Pennsylvania

Comment Re:Planck trumps Moore (Score 5, Funny) 183

by CeasedCaring on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @07:20AM (#47304663) Attached to: How Vacuum Tubes, New Technology Might Save Moore's Law

Maybe he does, maybe he doesn't. I'm uncertain...

Comment Re:Next! (Score 1) 164

by CeasedCaring on Friday June 20, 2014 @10:45AM (#47281427) Attached to: US House of Representatives Votes To Cut Funding To NSA

By double I meant $2

Comment Re:Next! (Score 1) 164

by CeasedCaring on Friday June 20, 2014 @10:44AM (#47281421) Attached to: US House of Representatives Votes To Cut Funding To NSA

"Doesn't matter, the Senate will shoot it down faster than Cheney's hunting partner on a fowling expedition."
They won't need to. For every dollar NSA funding is publicly cut, their "Black Budget" funding will increase by at least double .

Comment Re:Which is why sometimes small engines ... (Score 4, Informative) 238

by CeasedCaring on Monday May 26, 2014 @08:35AM (#47091675) Attached to: Official MPG Figures Unrealistic, Says UK Auto Magazine

In the UK, road tax has not been linked to displacement since March 2001 - it's all about emissions (CO2 in g/km) these days. See https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax...

Comment Re:Two things... (Score 1) 107

by CeasedCaring on Thursday May 08, 2014 @08:40AM (#46948097) Attached to: ACLU and EFF Endorse Weaker USA Freedom Act Passed By Committee

Won't help. It's the unelected civil service running things, not your elected figurehead/scapegoat.

Comment Next year (Score 1) 92

by CeasedCaring on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @07:00AM (#46937817) Attached to: What Was the Greatest Age For Indie Games?

I direct your attention to Chris Roberts' "Star Citizen" which has so far raised north of $43million purely from crowdfunding.
(Roberts was the mastermind behind the "Wing Commander" series.)

Comment Commit a crime (Score 1) 245

by CeasedCaring on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @06:27AM (#46876669) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How To Back Up Physical Data?

The police will then be able to ID you at all times via fingerprint, DNA & facial recognition.

Comment Re:I second the MegaForce motion (Score 1) 93

by CeasedCaring on Saturday April 26, 2014 @06:34AM (#46847119) Attached to: DARPA Develops Stealth Motorcycle For US Special Forces

You're claiming they haven't? O_o

Comment Re:Lay off the Freedom Loving Punch (Score 1) 504

by CeasedCaring on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @07:57AM (#46813725) Attached to: Oklahoma Moves To Discourage Solar and Wind Power

Things like electricity supply are monopolies by their very nature. Most people can't choose to have another company's cables hooked up to their house.

Here in the UK, we can choose exactly this.

This is because the gubmint (in their infinite wisdom) separated the cables from the suppliers.

Thus we have National Grid in charge of distribution, but consumers buy power from one of dozens of energy suppliers.

Comment Re:Why (Score 1, Redundant) 75

by CeasedCaring on Saturday April 19, 2014 @05:32AM (#46793785) Attached to: DARPA Developing the Ultimate Auto-Pilot Software

Why would they use an auto-pilot for an airplane? Shouldn't they use a plane-pilot for planes?

Auto refers to automatic not automobile.

Comment Re:Can't wait (Score 1) 77

by CeasedCaring on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @12:50PM (#46695427) Attached to: European Court of Justice Strikes Down Data Retention Law

"Not required to..." != "Prohibited from..."

Comment Re:Ukrainian hackers? (Score 5, Interesting) 148

by CeasedCaring on Thursday April 03, 2014 @09:40AM (#46648541) Attached to: Russian GLONASS Down For 12 Hours

Actually, it was last weeks NCIS:LA "Zero Days", which aired 3/25/14, and involved the NCIS techies corrupting GLONASS to divert a missile aimed at San Francisco. See TVRage

Comment I'll never see these ads. (Score 2) 212

by CeasedCaring on Monday November 04, 2013 @04:51PM (#45329891) Attached to: Tesco To Use Face Detection Technology For In-Store Advertising

From what I've read elsewhere, these will be placed inside the shop.
All Tesco petrol pumps have "Pay at Pump" where a card reader is built into the pump, so there's never a need to go into the shop.

Besides, Asda is usually a little cheaper in my area.

Comment Re:Hmmm... (Score 1) 159

by CeasedCaring on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @04:01PM (#45284617) Attached to: Car Hackers Mess With Speedometers, Odometers, Alarms and Locks

GP probably intended to say "Required to read within +10%/-0%".
In addition, no MOT == no insurance (also compulsory in UK), leaving the vehicle owner open to prosecution resulting in large fines, disqualification from driving, and possibly even confiscation & destruction of the vehicle.

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