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Comment Boeing canâ(TM)t be trusted (Score 2) 59

Boeing canâ(TM)t be trusted to build reliable safe planes that have human pilots. Who in their right mind is going to get into a pilotless vehicle built by these Bozos?

Boeing management has destroyed all trust in the company and their products. It will take a generation to restore this companies reputation.

Comment I still run a copy of XP and Win 3.1 (Score 1) 130

I have a netbook I keep a copy of XP running because I have software & hardware I need that will not run on any other platform. I don't use it on a regular basis, but I do when I need it.

Where I work there are similar issues. There are production machines that only use Windows XP and they would cost millions of dollars to replace. Since they work well, XP continues to be used.

I even have a DOS / Windows 3.1 machine I use because there is software I use occasionally that will not run on a newer platform. Same thing at work. Old machines that require Windows 3.1 to run.

Comment they could shut down spammer web sites too (Score 1) 140

Many spammers use Cloudflare to shield their web sites from being taken down. Even when abuse@cloudflare.com is presented with overwhelming evidence they are protecting spammers, they do nothing. I can only assume they believe it is more profitable for them to ignore the takedown requests than spend money taking care of the problem.

Comment VMODA ear buds take the most ABUSE (Score 1) 448

I am hard on gear. I use an Otterbox case for my iPhone, if I did not I would have destoyed it long ago.

VMODA headphones are great sounding, but not the absolute best. What makes them the best ear buds is the quality of the wiring and the offset plug on the cable that makes them last far longer than other brands.

I have had other high end earphones that died within a few weeks to months becasue the wire broke internally. The offset plug on the vmoda headphones prevents the majority of severe strains on the wire when you bump the phone with the headphones plugged into an object. The wire breaking internally at the plug is where all of my non VMODA headphones have died. My VMODA ear buds far outlast any other brand I have tried including Sennheiser, Bose, and Shure.

Piracy

Ubisoft's Authentication Servers Go Down 634

ZuchinniOne writes "With Ubisoft's fantastically awful new DRM you must be online and logged in to their servers to play the games you buy. Not only was this DRM broken the very first day it was released, but now their authentication servers have failed so absolutely that no-one who legally bought their games can play them. 'At around 8am GMT, people began to complain in the Assassin's Creed 2 forum that they couldn't access the Ubisoft servers and were unable to play their games.' One can only hope that this utter failure will help to stem the tide of bad DRM."
Earth

Officials Sue Couple Who Removed Their Lawn 819

Hugh Pickens writes "The LA Times reports that Orange County officials are locked in a legal battle with a couple accused of violating city ordinances for replacing the grass on their lawn with wood chips and drought-tolerant plants, reducing their water usage from 299,221 gallons in 2007 to 58,348 gallons in 2009. The dispute began two years ago, when Quan and Angelina Ha tore out the grass in their front yard. In drought-plagued Southern California, the couple said, the lush grass had been soaking up tens of thousands of gallons of water — and hundreds of dollars — each year. 'We've got a newborn, so we want to start worrying about her future,' said Quan Ha, an information technology manager for Kelley Blue Book. But city officials told the Has they were violating several city laws that require that 40% of residential yards to be landscaped predominantly with live plants. Last summer, the couple tried to appease the city by building a fence around the yard and planting drought-tolerant greenery — lavender, rosemary, horsetail, and pittosporum, among others. But according to the city, their landscaping still did not comply with city standards. At the end of January, the Has received a letter saying they had been charged with a misdemeanor violation and must appear in court. The couple could face a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for their grass-free, eco-friendly landscaping scheme. 'It's just funny that we pay our taxes to the city and the city is now prosecuting us with our own money,' says Quan Ha."
Idle

Submission + - Police called over 11-year-old's science project (boingboing.net) 2

garg0yle writes: Police in San Diego were called to investigate an 11-year-old's science project, consisting of "a motion detector made out of an empty Gatorade bottle and some electronics", after the vice-principal came to the conclusion that it was a bomb. Charges aren't being laid against the youth, but it's being recommended that he and his family "get counseling". Apparently, the student violated school policies — I'm assuming these are policies against having any kind of independent thought?

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