Comment Most expensive.... (Score 1) 80
According to the Guinness Book Of Records, the Artemis II flight is the most expensive game of Hide and Seek in Solar System history!
Comment Let the inverse be true (Score 1) 55
If these co pansies do not want cancelling to be as easy as signing up, then let’s not have the rule. Instead, let’s have a rule that signing up should be as difficult as cancelling. Any company with difficult cancellations that is too easy to sign up to should be heavily penalized.
Yeah. I think that’ll do it.
Comment If they're serious.... (Score 1) 50
If they're serious, they'll have a dead tree newsletter version of the website people can get snail-mailed to their door.
There's a joke in here somewhere...
Comment Re:A pity you don't have any ... (Score 1) 264
Ironically, most other first world countries are policed "by consent," and consider the US to be policed "by force."
Comment Re:I'm picturing someone with an adding machine.. (Score 1) 111
No, but the NSA will use high-pressure sales tactics to sell you freedom.
Cos that's what they're selling.
No, really!
Stop laughing!
Comment Re:What is a cutting machine? (Score 1) 174
Merchantability is only one element of that two pronged fork. Fitness for purpose is the second. They cannot disclaim fitness for purpose or subsequently render the item unfit for purpose unless that condition was stated prior to sale.
Comment I'd like to see.... (Score -1) 145
I'd like to see an environmental impact study. The Van Allen radiation belt is still all pumped up from 60's nuke testing. Getting to Mars in half the time is nice'n'all, but if that also means a DOS attack on satellites and manned spaceflight in general, is it worth it?
Mars is worth the wait.
Comment Re:Hopefully capitalism is restored. (Score 4, Insightful) 431
Apple doesn't allow others to have their own stores. Apple isn't just controlling their store, but are also suppressing other stores.
Comment Re:atoms in a vacuum (Score 4, Funny) 22
It's all about atomic distancing, these days.
Comment 2000... (Score 3, Insightful) 198
The year 2000 called and wants its headline back
Comment Re:VW (Score 1) 279
I have one. Since they "fixed" it, it gets 32mpg instead of 41mpg actual. I'm more worried about CO2 and am happy to burn 3x more DEF to keep the other emissions down. DEF is cheap. Give me back my power and economy.
Comment Honestly... (Score 5, Funny) 77
Honestly, if we can't solve the problem of nag screens on car radios telling us not to use them when moving EVERY SINGLE TIME WE START THE CAR then solving a beeper problem in a hospital might be a bit beyond us.
Submission + - The California DMV Is Making $50M a Year Selling Drivers' Personal Info (vice.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The California Department of Motor Vehicles is generating revenue of $50,000,000 a year through selling drivers’ personal information, according to a DMV document obtained by Motherboard. DMVs across the country are selling data that drivers are required to provide to the organization in order to obtain a license. This information includes names, physical addresses, and car registration information. California’s sales come from a state which generally scrutinizes privacy to a higher degree than the rest of the country.
In a public record acts request, Motherboard asked the California DMV for the total dollar amounts paid by commercial requesters of data for the past six years. The responsive document shows the total revenue in financial year 2013/14 as $41,562,735, before steadily climbing to $52,048,236 in the financial year 2017/18. The document doesn't name the commercial requesters, but some specific companies appeared frequently in Motherboard's earlier investigation that looked at DMVs across the country. They included data broker LexisNexis and consumer credit reporting agency Experian. Motherboard also found DMVs sold information to private investigators, including those who are hired to find out if a spouse is cheating. It is unclear if the California DMV has recently sold data to these sorts of entities. In an email to Motherboard, the California DMV said that requesters may also include insurance companies, vehicle manufacturers, and prospective employers.
In a public record acts request, Motherboard asked the California DMV for the total dollar amounts paid by commercial requesters of data for the past six years. The responsive document shows the total revenue in financial year 2013/14 as $41,562,735, before steadily climbing to $52,048,236 in the financial year 2017/18. The document doesn't name the commercial requesters, but some specific companies appeared frequently in Motherboard's earlier investigation that looked at DMVs across the country. They included data broker LexisNexis and consumer credit reporting agency Experian. Motherboard also found DMVs sold information to private investigators, including those who are hired to find out if a spouse is cheating. It is unclear if the California DMV has recently sold data to these sorts of entities. In an email to Motherboard, the California DMV said that requesters may also include insurance companies, vehicle manufacturers, and prospective employers.
Submission + - AMD Launches Threadripper 3970X, 3960X And Smokes Intel's New 18-Core CPU (hothardware.com)
MojoKid writes: Intel and AMD have been duking it out in the high-end desktop processor space lately. AMD's return to competitive footing versus Intel has propelled the company forward and the brand has a loyal, passionate following due the competitive performance-per-dollar its 3d Gen Ryzen processors bring versus Intel offerings. Today, both companies have launched new flagship many-core CPUs, the Intel Core i9-10980XE, which is an 18-core chip, and the AMD 3rd Gen Threadripper 3970X and 3960X, which are 32-core and 24-core chips, respectively. Intel's Core i9-10980XE brings a lower price of $999 and competes more favorably versus AMD's lower-end 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X that's priced at just $750. Meanwhile, the new AMD Threadripper 3960X at $1399 and Threadripper 3970X at $1999 leave Intel's fastest desktop chip in the dust in multi-threaded workloads, sometimes by a wide margin. In addition, while Threadripper 3960X and 3970X pull only about 26 to 36 Watts of additional power versus Intel's new Core i9-10980XE, they do it with 33% — 77% more core resources. Regardless, it's impressive how the tables have turned, as AMD is now firmly entrenched with some better value propositions in high-end desktop processors, and better performance in many cases as well.
Submission + - FedEx delivery robots invade New York City streets (nypost.com) 1
An anonymous reader writes: “First of all, @FedEx, never get a robot to do a New Yorker’s job. We have the finest workers in the world,” Hizzoner wrote. “Second of all, we didn’t grant permission for these to clog up our streets. If we see ANY of these bots we’ll send them packing.”
Having failed miserably as a presidential candidate, DeBlasio is no doubt trying to line-up his post-mayoral career as an opinion writer at Vox.com
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