Comment Re:That was quiet (Score 1) 175
Red Bull didn't sponsor him because they gave everybody who ever drank their product $10.
FTDI Removes Driver From Windows Update That Bricked Cloned Chips 572
New submitter weilawei writes: Last night, FTDI, a Scottish manufacturer of USB-to-serial ICs, posted a response to the ongoing debacle over its allegedly intentional bricking of competitors' chips. In their statement, FTDI CEO Fred Dart said, "The recently release driver release has now been removed from Windows Update so that on-the-fly updating cannot occur. The driver is in the process of being updated and will be released next week. This will still uphold our stance against devices that are not genuine, but do so in a non-invasive way that means that there is no risk of end user's hardware being directly affected." This may have resulted from a discussion with Microsoft engineers about the implications of distributing potentially malicious driver software.
If you design hardware, what's your stance on this? Will you continue to integrate FTDI chips into your products? What alternatives are available to replace their functionality?
If you design hardware, what's your stance on this? Will you continue to integrate FTDI chips into your products? What alternatives are available to replace their functionality?
Comment Am I dense? (Score 1, Informative) 191
I thought that law enforcement had always been allowed to do this in sting operations and the like. The police are under no obligation to tell the truth when confronting a potential suspect. Yes, their wording to her may have been deceptive, but, frankly, I don't have much faith in someone saying, "Yes I gave them consent to use my photos, but not like this!" It sounds a good deal like buyer's remorse.
If the officer in question were reasonable, he would have used images that are in public record of her, so I can see the outrage to that portion as reasonable, but, frankly, I don't see how this is terribly surprising and front page news.
PS...since when is BuzzFeed considered to be even remotely a reputable news source?
Comment Re:Possible? (Score 2) 225
Pretty sure you're in the wrong there bub. About the only things that come to mind are choreography and fashion designs. Otherwise, most things are copyrightable.
Comment Re:How about... (Score 1) 482
No programming though, she's a music teacher. If it isn't midi, she's clueless about computers.
Introduce her to Max/MSP sometime. You two might find a new, shared passion.
Comment Re:Then eBay can become a bank. (Score 2) 76
"Then eBay can become a bank. "
Since July 2007, PayPal has operated across the European Union as a Luxembourg-based bank.
But within the US they are not considered a bank, allowing PayPal to freeze funds of US citizens with no legal reason or ramifications. Additionally, point to make towards the OP, PayPal has owned Bill Me Later for a long time, and have been lending for years.
Comment Re:Dupe? (Score -1, Redundant) 330
Haven't we seen this story before?
That was speculation where as this is fact.
Okay, I see now, maybe because the full amount has been publicized. I'm just a little curious why so many Minecraft stories have been bubbling to the front page recently.
This is
Comment Re:ELI5 please (Score 1) 354
Actually, that's not quite right. From my understanding, Bukkit, a separate plugin that is dependent upon the Server, was created using GPL. As such, Bukkit itself should be GPL. But saying that the Server should be as well, that's like saying because I wrote a GPL piece of software for Windows, Windows must be GPL'd.
Comment Re:"Death to Gamers and Long Live Videogames" (Score 1) 1134
Scrutiny is not hard evidence. At best, it is circumstantial evidence. And it is not at all associated with the aforementioned situation.
Comment Re:*Dons asbestos suit* (Score 1) 1262
As far as I can tell, both of you are making mountains out of molehills.
That being said (yes, I'm going to help with that mountain, let me pull a car analogy), if I said I have no interest in driving, you would fault me as a liar when I mean I have no interest in driving a semi and would love to drive a Shelby Cobra, so I kinda gotta side with i kan read on this one. I don't think you would go ahead and defend my example as imprecise so much as lying (I clearly have interest in driving, just not one specific style of it). She clearly wants to play games, just not shooters. I'm not a huge fan of shooters, so it's perfectly reasonable to me to think of being a gamer without playing shooters.
This isn't a "knee jerk" reaction, it's a logical statement.
Comment Re:Will the cameras work? (Score 1) 643
It may be missed in this debate, but cameras should change the behavior of citizens also. If a moron is arrested, claims the usual 'brutality' defense, and is confronted with video that prejudices the judge or jury against them to the tune of some time in jail, perhaps they will stop short the next time and try not to pile on additional charges.
Well this point was made in the summary by the senator who wants this to be requiredso I doubt it's lost, just lost on
Comment Re:Fleeing abusive companies? (Score 1) 257
Aw forget the whole thing.
Students From States With Faster Internet Tend To Have Higher Test Scores 175
An anonymous reader sends word of correlation found between higher internet speeds and higher test scores. Quoting:
The numbers—first crunched by the Internet provider comparison site HSI — show a distinct trend between faster Internet and higher ACT test scores. On the high end, Massachusetts scores big with an average Internet speed of 13.1Mbps, and an average ACT test score of 24.1. Mississippi, on the other hand, has an average speed of just 7.6Mbps and an average score of 18.9.
In between those two states, the other 48 fall in a positive correlation that, while not perfect, is quite undeniable. According to HSI's Edwin Ivanauskas, the correlation is stronger than that between household income and test scores, which have long been considered to be firmly connected to each other. The ACT scores were gathered from ACT.org, which has the official rankings and averages for the 2013 test, and the speed ratings were taken from Internet analytics firm Akamai's latest report.
In between those two states, the other 48 fall in a positive correlation that, while not perfect, is quite undeniable. According to HSI's Edwin Ivanauskas, the correlation is stronger than that between household income and test scores, which have long been considered to be firmly connected to each other. The ACT scores were gathered from ACT.org, which has the official rankings and averages for the 2013 test, and the speed ratings were taken from Internet analytics firm Akamai's latest report.
Comment New Featur? (Score 1) 26
Really? Can't even finish headlines anymore?
Comment Re:8 years or 125k miles (Score 1) 174
And your previous comment ignored TFA where it is stated that, if it were out of warranty, that's how much it would cost. A number of people have needed that repair, but it does not mention that those people ever were out of warranty.
