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Comment Re:The simple answer is college (Score 1) 643

I can accept you received a score of four because the mod thought this was an interesting 'idea'. However it's an idea that looks to be entirely wrong.

Here's why, "The shift toward higher rates of sexual inactivity among Millennials and iGenâ(TM)ers was more pronounced among women and absent among Black Americans and those with a college education."

Here's the link. http://link.springer.com/artic....

Key word=absent. While what you think is correct is incorrect, I can see how many people are intuitively grasping at the concept.

Submission + - Private company wins U.S. clearance to fly to the moon. (reuters.com)

chasm22 writes: Reuters) — A Florida-based company won U.S. government permission on Wednesday to send a robotic lander to the moon next year, the firm's founder said, marking the first time the United States has cleared a private space mission to fly beyond Earth’s orbit

Comment Re:Yep... (Score 1) 41

Not sure if it matters but I never signed up for an account. And I don't have any options to enable /disable the cloud sync and/or enable/disable a personalized dictionary.

I was wondering if you opened an account? I double checked by opening settings/account and got nothing but an invite. One of the linked articles implied that having an account was needed for this bug to be enabled.

If it isn't, I'll probably keep SwiftKey. However if they're leaking data from everyone or just at random , I'll be joining you in looking for another keyboard.

Comment Explain something to me. (Score 1) 84

From the article in The Hacker News, "Once getting hold of this key, an attacker could perform a brute-force attack to grab the user password, PIN or lock, cracking Android's full disk encryption."

Why not just get the user password by brute force attack to begin with since it will unlock the encrypted files for you? I know I'm missing something. If you go through this process only to wind up having to mount a brute force attack, what is gained?

Comment Re: How about No! (Score 1) 266

And how does this square with that. Are we to assume that an i{hone will become the judge and jury for every 'bad' decision we make? Next it will start slowing down your car if you exceed the speed limit while driving a car that employs Carplay? Or writes you a ticket if you roll through a stop sign.

This is crappy thing to patent. Apple--The new marshal is in town.

Submission + - Microsoft co-founder is building the world's biggest plane - 76% done (newser.com)

schwit1 writes: Paul Allen, billionaire earthling and co-founder of Microsoft, has long been obsessed with space, and his pet project Stratolaunch Systems is beginning to bear fruit. The Washington Post reports that Stratolaunch, shaping up to be the world's largest airplane, is now 76% assembled—no small accomplishment given the sheer size of the beast, a twin-fuselage behemoth expected to weigh (payload included) 1.3 million pounds, be powered by six 747 engines, boast landing gear with 28 wheels, and house 60 miles of wiring, among other feats. But to what end? Well, to shuttle rockets up to 35,000 feet and launch them into low Earth orbit. Oh, and to do this by the end of this decade. That's right: Someday it may actually be routine to transport people and objects in the couple-hundred-miles-above-Earth section of space, and Allen is willing to bet big on it.

Comment Re:Huawei is crap (Score 1) 97

Hey have you thought of getting out once in awhile. You know, like read up about who makes the top super computer? Or which country makes the iPhone? Or even which company makes arguably the best smart watch? Certainly looks better than anything coming out of the US. Oh wait, there's nothing being made in the US.

I'm pretty sure the Huawei code is open source and they do provide a direct path to unlocking the bootloader.

It's about time some of us wake up to reality. The same companies that used to make shit products in America now make shit products in China. Conversely, companies such as Apple contine to make the same quality products as before.

China will be more than happy to give you either type. Just don't go buying a $200 smartphone and expect to get an Apple.

Huawei sells at both ends of the spectrum. Let me tell you which end has the best products. Surprise! It's the high end.

In closing I would suggest that if you think that all Chinese products are crap , switch the locations you're shopping. If you still think all Chinese products are crap see an optometrist or, more to the point perhaps, open your eyes.

Comment Re:Completely fucking pointless! (Score 1) 87

So you're claiming that a wealth of products already exist "to provide State, County, and Municipalities with purpose built solutions for track and trace ('seed to sale' in the cannabis industry) "?

Or perhaps you misread the article. This isn't about software for the cannibis grower, this is software for the cops basically. This is also where Microsoft in general is gearing products for. Government and businesses.

I tried googling track and trace software and I didn't see anything except software for the growers. This ain't that. This is software aimed at making sure growers and/or clubs are correctly reporting everything so the government can take their cut.

I don't like or hate Microsoft. I just don't think about them too much. But I have to say that this software might be a big money maker for them in the future if pot continues to become legal in more and more states..

If Microsoft gets a head start on the software used by government agencies, it doesn't take a genius to see that the reports these agencies require of growers and sellers will, in all likelihood, be more easily prepared on some form of the same proprietary software. Proprietary and unique and in demand. Profit.

Submission + - Uber Hired Former CIA Officer in Probe of Lawsuit Opponent (nbcnews.com)

chasm22 writes: Todd Egeland had a long career with the CIA, serving in senior positions like chief strategy officer, chief of cyberthreat analysis and chief of counterintelligence assessments, according to his bio.

But Egeland, whose bio says he retired from the CIA in 2008, has been involved in an investigation for an unlikely paymaster — Uber, CNBC has learned.

Part of the problem is he apparently lied in order to gather information. The investigator allegedly falsely said he was compiling a profile of "up-and-coming labor lawyers in the United States."

Submission + - Increased marrying, and mating, by education level not affecting genetic make-up (phys.org)

chasm22 writes: While the latter half of the 20th century showed a widening gap between the more and less educated with respect to marriage and fertility, this trend has not significantly altered the genetic makeup of subsequent generations, a team of researchers has found.

"Undoubtedly, spouses are increasingly sorting themselves with an eye toward the education they've received—among other traits," observes Conley. "But while the existence of education-association genes has been well-documented, choosing partners with education levels similar to our own has not resulted in children who have meaningfully altered the genetic makeup of the U.S. population."

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