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Comment Re:Stolen? Steam? (Score 1) 264

Stolen does not mean to deprive another of ownership, it means to take without permission.

And what does take mean? When your definition was penned, taking something clearly deprived the former possessor of ownership.

I'll concede that re-using the word "stolen" isn't a terrible choice for this new "take-a-copy" action, but let's not pretend that this is what its meant all along.

Comment Re:New Plan (Score 1) 158

you can upload encrypted files anonymously to a server and download all the messages periodically. Whichever ones you can decrypt with your keys are addressed to you. It's very inefficient, but there's no way to figure out who got your messages without either seizing your computer or hacking it..

I like this idea, and think it can be made plenty efficient by decreasing the number of recipients that "share" a given inbox -- say 1000 users or so.

Yes, please secure email me at 3013@mailinator.com using my public key.

Submission + - DefundTheNSA - Call Congress About July 24th Vote (defundthensa.com)

Jah-Wren Ryel writes: It's been just over a month since the NSA’s dragnet surveillance program was leaked to the public. Tomorrow, Congress is voting on an amendment that would block funding for NSA programs that collect the call records of innocent Americans.

A win tomorrow may start a chain reaction — but it won't happen unless we speak up. We have one day to convince Congress to act.

Submission + - We're Number 9! U.S. Slips in Internet Speed Rankings

curtwoodward writes: The United States of America: The greatest country in the world, the last superpower, born of divine providence. Unless you're trying to connect to the Internet. The latest State of the Internet Report from network optimization company Akamai shows that the US has slipped in the global rankings of average connection speed, despite nearly 30 percent of yearly growth. That puts ol' Uncle Sam behind such economic powerhouses as Latvia and the Czech Republic. Oh, and we pay more, too. Is it finally time to shake up the ISP market and make Internet connections a public utility, on par with electricity and water? Or will edge projects like Google Fiber make a dent soon?

Comment Re:Wonderful, but see it for what it is (Score 2) 89

Solar is never going to replace any of the real gas guzzling aircraft that carry hundreds of passengers.

Hahaha.. I love statements like this.

How about a craft with mile-wide wings that unfold at altitude? How about solar power being beamed to the craft from a ground or satellite system (still qualified as solar powered in my book)? The old adage "never say never" exists for a reason.

Comment Re:Ultrasound (Score 1) 40

Surely, with the right processing, a more accurate model could be constructed of a fetus/internal organs from these units?

Definitely an interesting possibility for a Tricorder.

3D ultrasounds are already being done, in real time. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_ultrasound -- we had one of these done. It mathematically combines the 2D images into a 3D representation. Building a full 3D model (internal and out) of the fetus seems very plausible.

While I found the 3D view extremely helpful (and it makes great printouts for the folks!), interestingly the ultrasound tech could "see" much better in the traditional 2D ultrasound view that looks like a fuzzy blur to non-techs. A big part of this besides her obvious training/experience was that the framerate of the 2D view was much higher.

Comment Re:Linux shouldn't be hard, geek elitism has to go (Score 1) 185

Things like this "Linux the Hard Way" is the last thing we need. We need better tutorials, better documentation in general

Agreed that better tutorials, better documentation, better defaults, and things that "Just Work (TM)" out of the box are wonderful and needed. But it's so easy to fall off the other slope when you start making "Linux for the masses" -- the needs of the "masses" are simply not the same as the needs of sysadmins and programmers. If you're not careful you get projects like Gnome and Windows 8 that hide everything useful in the name of the "Easy Button".

Comment Re:Raise your hand.. (Score 1) 271

I only received one around perhaps 3pm central?

It was a single overlay window with the Cox logo, white box, black text, in the bottom-right corner of the Netflix browse titles page, with small red x in the corner to close the overlay.

Obviously injected, very obnoxious, but not intrusive to the browsing experience. Not an acceptable practice for an ISP.

  -Ben

Comment I find your lack of faith.. disturbing (Score 1) 1113

Wow, as a Christian reading at +3, I've never seen such a intolerant, hatred-filled discussion on Slashdot.

Reddit, sure, it's typical and expected, but wow.. my heart sank with comment after comment.

It won't be long now before Christianity is actively, brutally, persecuted in this country. Get ready, Christians and others, if you can.

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