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Comment Re:just like gun control (Score 1) 103

much like anything else you will always have a small portion of the population that can't handle using some "item" appropriately, or safely.

or should we just ban anything that can be used by "bad" people to commit crimes? or should we focus on the individual that commits the crimes instead of their chosen tools?

Comment so why weren't they doing this when.... (Score 2) 626

the other presidents did the same thing. It is funny that many of the past presidents did this same thing (90/120 day suspensions) Carter - iran, Obama - 120 day ban reagan - had one.

this is more of a political move by these companies and not real outrage over the policy. they don't like trump so even though multiple presidents have done it, and many more will do it.

Submission + - intercept Releasing NSA SIDtoday (theintercept.com)

executioner writes: The Intercept’s first SIDtoday release comprises 166 articles, including all articles published between March 31, 2003, when SIDtoday began, and June 30, 2003, plus installments of all article series begun during this period through the end of the year. Major topics include the National Security Agency’s role in interrogations, the Iraq War, the war on terror, new leadership in the Signals Intelligence Directorate, and new, popular uses of the internet and of mobile computing devices.

Comment Re:Smart guns are a dumb idea (Score 1) 555

considering they save the lives of police more often why would you think that was a bad thing. it is more likely a gift to criminals and we would see more police deaths if they are forced to use them.

not to mention if it gets carried to the armed forced. electronics tend not to work well on the battlefield. what happens when a whole squads riffles go down at the same time?

Comment Re:Smart guns are a dumb idea (Score 1) 555

Ksevio said "Well there's the problem of police guns getting stolen and police guns being grabbed and used against the officers. Smart guns are a valid solution to that. Cars are much more complex (with extra points of failure), but modern smarter cars are much safer than older non-smart cars, no reason to believe the same wouldn't happen with guns." smart guns are a valid solution to cops guns being grabbed, that is until the time the cop needs to use the gun and it fails to fire because the power source dies and the electronics in the "smart" gun no longer work.right.
Crime

Experian Breached, 15 Million T-Mobile Customer's Data Exposed 161

New submitter Yuuki! writes: The Washington Post reports that T-Mobile's Credit Partner, Experian, has been breached revealing names, addresses, Social Security numbers, birth dates and driver's license and passport numbers for any customer who has applied for device financing or even services from T-Mobile which required a credit check. Both parties were quick to point out that no no credit card or banking data was stolen as part of the attack. The attack started back in September 2013 and was only just discovered on September 16, 2015. Both Experian and T-Mobile have posted statements on their websites and Experian is offering credit for two free years of identity resolution services and credit monitoring in the wake of the breach.

Comment huh? (Score 1) 395

Fax machines are dead.... voice mail is dead.......

hmmm a lot of people didn't get the memo. sounds kinda like the PC is dead....

hasn't happened yet and not for a very long time, unfortunately as I would love the 20 year old fax server i currently support to die and go away.

Comment Re: Gun Rights (Score 5, Informative) 535

though in most states, that is being amended to allow legally licensed parent to carry within school zones as long as they are dropping off and picking up. the restriction adopted in 1990 has been changed multiple times in the 25 years since then.

Submission + - Verizon Dropping data rates, but current customers have to call (consumerist.com) 1

executioner writes: n spite of Verizon Wireless’ recent boasts that it’s “a leader, not a follower,” a new announcement from the nation’s biggest wireless company shows that Big V is indeed following the competition down the path of charging customers less for their data plans. However, current Verizon subscribers will need to let the company know they want to save money (or get more data).
It’s a little confusing, so stick with us for a moment. Verizon MORE Everything customers who currently have monthly data allotments of 1GB, 2GB, 3GB, or 4GB will have an option on how they want to save.They can either get more data for their money by getting 1GB of additional data per month for no extra charge OR they can have their bill reduced by $10/month.So someone with a 2GB plan is currently paying $50/month. If they take the free data option, that goes to 3GB for the same price. Or they can elect to stick with the 2GB and their data bill drops to $40/month.

Facebook

Facebook Brings React Native To Native Mobile Development 78

the_insult_dog writes Despite a lack of dev tools, samples, tutorials, documentation or even a blog post or press release, Facebook's announcement that it's bringing the popular React.js JavaScript library to iOS and Android native mobile development stirred up comments like "groundbreaking" and "game changing." In a series of videos from the recent React.js Conference 2015, Facebook engineers said they're rejecting the "write-once, run-anywhere pipe dream" in favor of a "learn-once, write-anywhere" paradigm. All efforts to duplicate native performance and look-and-feel actually feel like "s__t", an engineer said in explaining the company's new approach to native development in a conference keynote video. Yet to be proven, with tools in the works, it's supposedly a huge success internally at Facebook and experts said the new approach could shake up the whole mobile dev industry.

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