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Re:Comcast will treat Rokus like CableCARDs, not set-top boxes on Thursday February 02, 2017 @03:24PM (#13554289)
There is the HDHomeRun Prime[1] that will accept a CableCARD and output to any connected device on your network.

1. https://www.silicondust.com/product/hdhomerun-prime/

Re:Open Sourcing the Microsoft JDBC Driver and Maven Support on Friday November 18, 2016 @11:48AM (#12988059)
The jTDS project is dying, there has not been a new release in over 3 years despite some pretty significant bugs.

https://sourceforge.net/p/jtds/discussion/129584/thread/050f...

Re:Fancy Dorms Aren’t the Main Reason Tuition Is Skyrocketing on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @02:04PM (#12499631)
A pet peeve of mine is when an article displays data to bolster an argument but then cites the source to something extraordinarily large and generic (e.g. "SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION") which makes actually finding the primary data nearly impossible.
Dump the boxes and pick up a cable card. Comcast rebates you $2.50 for having a cable card on your account[0].

[0]: https://www.xfinity.com/equipmentpolicy

These guys are doing just that: http://www.remotehamradio.com/
Check out The No-Nonsense Study Guides[1]. They are stripped down to just the essential knowledge for the exams. They won't help you master the material, but will give you more than enough information to pass the exams.

I used them with great success to pass all three tests on my first attempt.

[1] http://www.kb6nu.com/study-guides/

Here's what the ARRL has to say about it:

"...snip... Calls to place an order for a commercial product may be made such as the proverbial call to the pizza restaurant to order food, but not calls to one's office to receive or to leave business messages since communications on behalf of ones employer are not permitted..." http://www.arrl.org/phone-patch-guidelines

Part 97 prohibits communications in which the station licensee or control operator has a pecuniary interest.

As long as the control operator, or her employer are not making money on the advertisement displayed it would likely be A-OK.

It's perfectly legal or order pizza via autopatch over amateur radio, although impractical now that everyone owns a cell phone.

The government birthed the Ma Bell monopoly with the Willis Graham Act.
Yes, and at the same cost per gig as domestic data.

See Fi's rate card here: https://fi.google.com/about/rates/

I've had the opposite problem, Fi will drop and black list public AP's on me if they are moderately slow or have high latencies.
Re:The netscape dorm on Sunday November 08, 2015 @05:55PM (#10530375)
This is now redirecting to a rather NSFW link...
Re:An explosion in Tianjin, China [video] on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @05:08PM (#10050623)
Reading this study reminded me about the lady named Marijuana Pepsi Jackson. http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/40874017.html
Re:Show HN: A stupid hack to crash tab and/or browser on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @03:14PM (#9186234)
No crash here. After a couple seconds of grinding Firefox prompts to kill the script.

Linux Mint 17.1 Firefox 36.0

Re:Texas Hold'em Hand Strength, Visualized on Monday February 23, 2015 @02:47PM (#9096528)
There's a piece of software out there called PokerTracker that allows a user to gather hand data for real-time statistical analysis. There are users out there who have very large databases (Billions of hands) and some users who will buy/sell/exchange these databases.
Yes
popcorntime was taken "banned" due to a DMCA take down requested by the MPAA[1] and not for violating Github rules which are pretty permissive[2].

1. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/3ccbdf1e3d20c78616c9a095...

2. See G7 - https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service

Re:Java Memory Model Pragmatics on Friday July 11, 2014 @11:28PM (#8023622)
Was the English version of this talk recorded? I found the talk in Russian[1], but with my understanding of the Russian language, it's impossible to watch.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FX4zco0ziY

Re: on Monday June 02, 2014 @01:28PM (#7834648)
Nope, loads fine for me.
Re:I Built This AK-47. It's Legal and Totally Untraceable on Saturday May 25, 2013 @07:30PM (#5769306)
>There are the police and courts and the like.

Constructing an argument that leans on the courts and police to protect you is entirely specious.

Contrary to the mantra that is often plastered on the side of every patrol car, the police have no duty whatsoever to protect you. And likewise, the courts or police cannot nor will not protect you from threat even if that threat is imminent and certain[1]. The only duty of our justice system is to investigate and apprehend criminals, not to protect your person or property[2][3].

1. Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d 1 (D.C. Ct. of Ap., 1981)

2. DeShaney v. Winnebago Cnty. Dep’t of Soc. Servs., 489 U.S. 189 (1989)

3. Leidy v. Borough of Glenolden, et al., 277 F. Supp. 2d 547, 561 (E.D. Pa. 2003)

I'm more concerned that Lindsey Graham and John McCain are hoping to declare this kid an "Enemy Combatant"
Re:PayPal terminated my account because I use a VPN on Monday April 08, 2013 @09:11PM (#5515846)
From the comments:

...I have uber security… and blocks against eavesdropping and MITM, and SSL and AES 256 encryption via an EFF sponsor, who runs a VPN… https://uwnthesis.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/paypal-terminated...

Looks like they were using a very public VPN that Paypal probably already had pre-flagged for fraud.

Re:North Dakota, socialist haven? on Sunday March 31, 2013 @05:50AM (#5468226)
What does this have to do with tech?
Re:Worst CAPTCHA Ever on Saturday March 30, 2013 @09:20PM (#5467269)
reCAPTCHA was broken a couple times by these guys: http://www.dc949.org/projects/stiltwalker/
Re:Poll: What Internet slang are you most annoyed by? on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @04:56PM (#5403588)
YOLO is Carpe Diem for stupid people.
Re:The AR-15 Is More Than a Gun. It’s a Gadget on Monday February 25, 2013 @08:20PM (#5283217)
Between the years 1996 - 2007, if you were in possession of a firearm and shoelaces you possessed an illegal machine gun

http://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/...

Re:The Department of Homeland Security Stole My Boat Today on Friday February 22, 2013 @01:15AM (#5263011)
A lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client.

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