Comment Re:No Real Savings in the new Streaming Bundles (Score 1) 204
I just cut my Charter tv service last week. Before the cut I was paying $55 for internet and $95 for tv. Cutting out the TV raised my internet rate by $6.
Comment Re:Is this just removing stuff like Popcorn Time? (Score 1) 102
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BTW, since when http://kodi.tv/ was seized? I don't use it but i don't remember seeing anything about they losing their website.
"This domain name has been seized by ICE - Homeland Security Investigations, pursuant to a seizure warrant issued by a United States District Court under the authority of 18 U.S.C 981 and 2323. "
it's an April fools joke.
Submission + - Hidden Microphones Exposed As Part of Government Surveillance Program In The Bay (cbslocal.com)
An anonymous reader writes: den microphones that are part of a clandestine government surveillance program that has been operating around the Bay Area has been exposed.
Imagine standing at a bus stop, talking to your friend and having your conversation recorded without you knowing. It happens all the time, and the FBI doesn’t even need a warrant to do it.
Federal agents are planting microphones to secretly record conversations.
Jeff Harp, a KPIX 5 security analyst and former FBI special agent said, “They put microphones under rocks, they put microphones in trees, they plant microphones in equipment. I mean, there’s microphones that are planted in places that people don’t think about, because that’s the intent!”
Imagine standing at a bus stop, talking to your friend and having your conversation recorded without you knowing. It happens all the time, and the FBI doesn’t even need a warrant to do it.
Federal agents are planting microphones to secretly record conversations.
Jeff Harp, a KPIX 5 security analyst and former FBI special agent said, “They put microphones under rocks, they put microphones in trees, they plant microphones in equipment. I mean, there’s microphones that are planted in places that people don’t think about, because that’s the intent!”
Submission + - Google Rolls Out VP9 Encoding for YouTube (blogspot.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The YouTube engineering blog announced that they've begun encoding videos with Google's open VP9 codec. Their goal is to use the efficiency of VP9 to bring better quality video to people in low-bandwidth areas, and to spur uptake of 4K video in more developed areas. "[I]f your Internet connection used to only play up to 480p without buffering on YouTube, it can now play silky smooth 720p with VP9."
Comment Do driver issues count? (Score 1) 307
I've had more actual hardware-failure issues with hard drives. However, they are relatively rare comparied to intermittent issues with proprietary video, wifi and bluetooth drivers
Comment Re:You don't say... (Score 1) 606
Who is blaming which victim, again?
Comment Re:Well now. (Score 1) 102
The Ramsey County Libraries all seem to have cafes and coffee shops. The one in Roseville has a Dunn Bros coffee shop inside it, and Maplewood has a cafe of some sort. Hennepin County Libraries seem to have similar.
Comment Re:This is why CS 6 will hang around forever (Score 1) 164
Fully agreed, I just upgraded to CS6 and I'm not planning on moving.
Comment Re:Pretty close to zero (Score 1) 240
Moon+ supports PDF, and when I looked at FBReader that was still a feature to be added. I didn't really look at FBreader very much because of that, but it looks very nice. I originally wanted Aldiko but it doesn't support storing books on the SD card on my device, since the internal memory is sdcard0. I basically got Moon+ because it was the first I came across with all the features I needed, and I had a free Google Play credit from buying the tablet
Moon+ will sync your reading position across devices, and it uses dropbox for that, but it's a feature I haven't used yet.
Comment Re:Pretty close to zero (Score 1) 240
Android here as well, and I haven't purchased a lot of apps either.
I spent $3.99 on IP Cam Viewer a few years ago, and it was well worth it for keeping an eye on my home cameras. I also spent $4.99 on the Moon+ ebook reader last night for my new tablet. Great app, and something I'm happy to pay for. Other than a few 99 cent kindle books, that's all I've ever purchased. I still have $10 left of free Google Play credits from purchasing the tablet and no idea what to spend it on.
Comment Re:Pffft (Score 1) 723
When it finally warms up to 52 here in Minneapolis I'll have shorts on.
Comment Re:You want all your eggs in one basket? (Score 1) 178
I don't. Few hosts have the brains and manpower to handle that many services at once. Pick the best for each one, and be glad that they're the best. Besides, if their data center is DDOS'd, you want all your services going down at once? Likely not.
I came here to post this as well. I'd rather have redundant servers in different geographical locations.
Comment IRC users (Score 1) 99
...make up a kind of underclass who eke out an information-poor existence in a few dark corners of the network.
...preserve their privacy or perhaps for more nefarious reasons.
...have scripts to kick out adbots.
Comment Huh? (Score 3, Interesting) 208
Why does this require a big PCB with three ICs? Why not just simply remove pins 2 & 3?
Comment Re:Only applies to prewritten software? (Score 3, Informative) 364
It is no different than collecting taxes on any other service performed (eg cooking, barbering).
To my knowledge most states don't tax for services (especially not as highly as sales are taxed). Have you ever heard of a musician or lawyer (or even your aforementioned chef or beautician) having to collect any sort of sales tax?
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