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Comment Re:no (Score 1) 437

If we talk about near future it seems unlikely that an autonomous car will be able to handle all possible situations

You know what else isn't able to handle all possible situations? A human driver.

In fact, human reaction times are pretty lousy compared to computers. If anything, allowing a vehicle's occupants to override an automated system could lead to more accidents rather than fewer ones.

Comment Re:NO Photoshop for you! (Score 1) 164

No, it only increases Adobe's control over their own software. This does not give them control over you.

You're being intentionally obtuse. It not only gives Adobe control over their software, but also control over your ability to use the software. That's the only kind of "control over you" Dogtanian was talking about.

The fact that Adobe once offered an unlimited license to their software was their choice at the time. It didn't entitle you to anything regarding their future business.

None of which is in dispute, as I'm sure you know.

Comment The right to remember (Score 2) 153

Any "right to be forgotten" needs to be accompanied by a "right to remember". Information legitimately published should never have to be removed from the web or pruned from search results. Information disclosed illegally is, of course, a different matter, but legitimate information, once published, should never be suppressed.

Yesterdays decision is a blow to freedom of speech. It allows sweeping factual, legitimately published information under the rug simply because the subject doesn't like the fact that the information is public. It is censorship and nothing less.

Comment Re:Censorship (Score 1) 199

"That's actually what the law does - it doesn't allow removal of say, newspaper articles. It does however allow the removal of links to such articles."

The law doesn't allow removal of the newspaper articles; It only allows removal of any and all external references to it. That makes me feel soooo much better.

Comment Re:Dumb move... (Score 1) 107

They are a barely alive gaming platform and they are starting remove features they were built upon...

On the other hand, requiring developers to offer "free to play" versions of their games makes the platform less attractive to them, and a console is nothing without developers.

Comment Re:It's not arrogant, it's correct. (Score 1) 466

But instead of buying more bandwidth, or purchasing from additional upstream providers, they yell about other people's networks not having enough andwidth.

Wrong. Netflix is "yelling" about being charged extra for bandwidth that Netflix's own provider has already negotiated with AT&T.

Comment Re:It's not arrogant, it's correct. (Score 1) 466

In a typical peering arrangement, both sides of the link pass roughly equal amounts of data to the other side. Netflix, however, gives Cogent so much data that the peering links are lop sided.

That's something for the peers to negotiate between themselves. AT&T can negotiate a better peering arrangement with Cogent, which would then be free to raise prices on Netflix. That's the way to do it without violating neutrality.

Comment Re:It's not arrogant, it's correct. (Score 1) 466

If net neutrality is forcing ISPs to accept peering arrangements with anyone, then take me off the list of supporters.

Net neutrality does not force ISPs to accept peering arrangements of any kind, nor is Netflix demanding ISPs be forced to do so. Netflix wants traffic that goes through an in-between ISP to be treated the same as all other such traffic. They don't want to pay a premium to not have their traffic artificially crippled by AT&T once it enters their network.

But, of course, you already knew that. Next time, try your weak arguments on a less educated crowd.

Comment Re:Lame (Score 1) 452

"Something must be wrong with this library (that is used successfully by everyone else)"

There's always a first person to report a bug, and some bugs are only apparent under specific circumstances. Always assume your code is to blame, but don't mistake that to mean that "nothing can be wrong with this library, because others have been using it successfully".

Comment Re:Not MITM (Score 1) 572

The submission suggests that the corporation is exploiting some security vulnerability, when really it is just using trust in a completely appropriate* way.

The problem is not that there doesn't exist a trust relationship between the client device and the proxy (there does), but that the original trust relationship between the client and the website is being violated by the the proxy's interception and modification of the website's SSL certificate. If a malicious third party somehow struck a deal with a trusted certificate authority and used it to monitor targeted communications (remember, trusted != trustworthy), we wouldn't call it anything other than a Man in the Middle attack.

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