Comment Adblock, FTW (Score 5, Insightful) 203
Seriously, who even sees ads anymore?
Comment Re:Insect Overlords (Score 1) 333
Missing option: Welcome
Justice Department: Default Encryption Has Created a 'Zone of Lawlessness' 431
Jason Koebler writes: Leslie Caldwell, an assistant attorney general at the Justice Department, said Tuesday that the department is "very concerned" by the Google's and Apple's decision to automatically encrypt all data on Android and iOS devices.
"We understand the value of encryption and the importance of security," she said. "But we're very concerned they not lead to the creation of what I would call a 'zone of lawlessness,' where there's evidence that we could have lawful access through a court order that we're prohibited from getting because of a company's technological choices.
"We understand the value of encryption and the importance of security," she said. "But we're very concerned they not lead to the creation of what I would call a 'zone of lawlessness,' where there's evidence that we could have lawful access through a court order that we're prohibited from getting because of a company's technological choices.
Comment Re:That must be an interesting relationship--- (Score 1) 252
Bitter much?
Comment Re:Well That About Wraps It Up For God (Score 1) 755
See, science has this thing where many scientists and science faithful feel the need to disprove God.
I respectfully disagree. I do agree that many of the God faithful perceive science and scientists in this way, but I don't think that this need of disproof is central to science or the scientific mindset. Many scientists that I have known personally believe in the existence of God. In fact I met a biology professor who claimed that the longer he studied biology the more convinced he became that God not only exists, but has a sense of humor.
Science is about what you can observe and measure in the world around us, and what you can conclude from those observations, the what, where and how of the universe, so to speak. Philosophy in general, and religion in particular, deal with the why of the universe. There is no real reason for these two disciplines to be at odds with each other, but here we are. Again.
Comment Re:Missing Option (Score 1) 214
I am actually running dual head (1900x1200x2), and these LCD's are about three years old, but I probably wont get upgraded this year.
Comment Missing Option (Score 5, Funny) 214
1920 x 1200
Comment Re:Team America World Police and Pay/Streaming Rel (Score 1) 589
Congratulations, you've just fallen victim to the reverse-Streisand. Can't say that I blame you though, this is the biggest one since New Coke.
Comment Re:excuse me while I kiss this guy... (Score 2) 244
This guy is crying. Can't you see the tears roll down the street?
Comment Re:Try deepfried at least once (Score 1) 189
Take the easy way out, and buy a precooked fried turkey. I tried Bojangles this year, and was moderately impressed.
Comment Re:I don't mind driving (Score 1) 307
The approach Google is taking with their self-driving cars is all wrong. The self-driving car should not look like a Smart car or a Fiat, it should look and work like a limo. I should be able to get comfortable and relax so I can use my time productively, carry on a conversation, sleep, or whatever else happens in the back of a limo.
Comment Re:SI Units for nerds, please (Score 1) 258
I know not these "inches" of which you speak.
Comment Re:Perl? (Score 1) 547
Unmaintained windows packages? Are you using ActiveState? Try Strawberry Perl instead. It comes bundled with a Mingw32 build of GCC, which might seem like overkill, but it has been able to build from source any package I have thrown at it. Just use cpan.bat instead of ppm.bat.
Comment Re: Perl? (Score 1) 547
Shit is what's left after all the sorting is done and the useful parts have been sent where they're needed.
Comment Re:Who said they were smart? (Score 4, Funny) 399
There are 10 kinds of people
