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Comment Re:hmm (Score 2) 778

Your trail of "facts" would be compelling if they were true, but they are not. Carter Page was part of the Trump team since at least March 2016 when he was identified by Trump as a foreign policy consultant. Halper was never part of the Trump team and didn't meet Page until July 2016. So I don't know how you think Halper was responsible for Page getting hired by Trump.

Comment Re:WiFi? (Score 2) 122

What good is a computer that is not connected to the internet? I see this suggestion all the time to air gap important stuff. But how do you expect to get anything interesting on or off the computer? Sure, if it's blueprints for an atomic bomb or missile launch codes, then air gap it. But what about intelligence briefings that need to be reviewed? Documents regarding military strategy? If people can't access this stuff, then it might as well not exist.

Comment Re: you forgot that x / y * y = x (Score 1) 602

EPA estimate for economic value of a human life (7.5 billion dollars)

This ALSO seemed dubious so I looked it up. According to the NY Times, EPA value of a human life is 9.1 million dollars in 2011. One mistake I'd be willing to forgive, but two factual errors makes it seem like you are deliberately using misinformation to steer opinion in your direction. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02...

Comment Re:Backlight time (Score 1) 231

On a laptop or tablet, the backlight probably draws far more juice than the CPU. So if the CPU can complete a task more quickly by not hitting the HDD or eMMC as often, the backlight won't need to be on as long, which saves power. I wonder whether this is a simple enough task to be put on the little cores in ARM's big-little configuration.

That's kind of a silly thought. It's not like the backlight gets turned off when the CPU is done. It gets turned off when the workday ends. You don't get to leave early just because your CPU compiled your code faster or that web page loaded a bit faster.

Comment Re:Overkill for MOBAs (Score 1) 85

The 5870 is still a very capable GPU that is on par with a 750 ti. Definitely not what would be considered typical stock hardware. The 950 is replacing the 750 ti. So for MOBA, no compelling reason to upgrade, but this is Nvidia's offering at the ~$150 price point for people who are in the market today for a card.

Comment Re:this already exists (Score 2) 288

This doesn't prevent suspicion and it doesn't prevent your from being arrested. The police arrest you and seize your property because they think you've committed a crime - at that point, there's no convincing them that you didn't. This is about avoiding conviction or keeping highly sensitive information secret. Of course, if the information on your computer isn't highly sensitive and you aren't doing anything illegal, and you are not super paranoid about your privacy, then you probably shouldn't be using this, because it is suspicious. This isn't for the general public. This is for people who REALLY need to keep their data secret. Even at the risk of raising suspicion.

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