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    NASA is going back to Venus to discover why it became a runaway hothouse

    Yes, if it is crewed missioned then the message would be inappropriate.
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    NASA is going back to Venus to discover why it became a runaway hothouse

    Totally from scientific PoV, all the astronauts on this mission will be all males because "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus". They are going to Venus all purely for sciencetific research.
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    HP Envy 13 mini-review: Spectre fans, meet your budget option

    In my personal experience, USB-PD w/ 45w can charge the laptop when it's not in use, eg: sleep or power down. USB-PD 60w is the ideal minimum in my opinion to actually use and charge at the same time, with that said, I do see that 60w may not be enough in the case you are doing something CPU...
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    Man charged with theft for removing police GPS tracker from his car

    Isnt that also saying, the person who put the gps tracker is also commiting threft first, regardless of whether the gps tracker has label say who it belongs to? Thinking logically, threft doesnt require the movement of the object, as long as the value or the use of the object is being deprived...
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    HP Envy 13 mini-review: Spectre fans, meet your budget option

    Weird, neowin confirm w/ HP that the USB-C can be use for charging also. In addition to that, I check the "Maintenance and Service Guide", not the normal user guide. And it did confirm that on page 10. http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06271813 "USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C port (supports data...
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    Intel finally announces DDR4 memory made from persistent 3D XPoint

    I assume this will require different OS & BIOS/EFI architecture! Otherwise when system get reboot, POST and other kind of things get loaded and may over write certain area of persistance memory.
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    This is the phone NSA suggested Clinton use: A $4,750 Windows CE PDA

    I'm waiting for the followup story on how NSA secure the Internet Explorer in this WinCE.
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    Verizon FiOS default speed now 50Mbps—double FCC’s broadband definition

    Don't be. I just upgrade from 25/5 to 50/50. And I used to get 25-26 down and little over 5 up on speed test. Now my speed test show 5/5 on both (beta.)speedtest and verizon own speedtest with nothing but a laptop connected to a freshly factory reset router via ethernet cable. Tried a few...
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    Reuters bans submission of RAW photos: “Our photos must reflect reality.”

    I think the new policy is rather stupid as well. It feel as if they want to show that they push themselves harder by trying to take away they control over the photo editing. In a way I can see why. Each raw file have to be processed. I mean nobody look at them RAW and understand it. By...
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    Hands on with the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+

    I can understand the need to get rid of certain thing for aesthetic PoV, and as other prople have point of the value of removable battery & storage. The lost of microSD can be negate by large NAND that won't cost too much for the consumers but this doesn't appear to be the case. The other...
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    It’s time for PC companies to copy one of Apple’s best features

    I almost stop reading when I hit second paragraph. Seriously is this a linkbate article from Ars? "Perhaps it's a newly built system with empty disks" I didn't know Apple offer any Mac OSX based home build machine? The advantage of Apple is that it control both the OS and hardware. No other...
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    AT&T’s outdated unlock policies cost it a loyal customer: me

    Let me know if you see any high-spec phone w/ wacom stylus that fit inside the phone other than the Note series. It's not just about the size & spec. I'm a hobbyist photographer, and I use my Note 2/3 to let the models sign the release on the phone who I go on the shoot. It's extremely useful...
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    Man ejected from Southwest flight for tweeting that a gate agent was rude

    That maybe true, but I'm more concern about the flight agent threating to call a cops over a tweet(not the compliance over seating arrangement issue). It's even more alarming when the flight company or agent abusing its/his/her authoritative power over a twitter speech. i'm not talking about...
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    Anonymous goes after Sony, makes it personal... <em>very</em> personal

    see, here is the thing that I don't think you understand. You are assuming that w/o Anon attacking Sony in any way, things wont change and Sony products and services won't be effected. I think what very effecting Sony products and services are purely greed. w/o Anon, Sony will continue to...
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    Senators: DUI checkpoint apps are "harmful to public safety"

    If the government want to really stop drunk driving then, they should just ban alcohal. I mean, technology isn't a problem if the people drinking then cause other people harm is the problem then obviously we should stop people from being drunk. As you can tell by my tone, I don't drink, so why...
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    Hard drive search warrants: should there be any limits?

    As far as what judge will allow for searching, or how limited it's; it depend on the lawyer you and the plaintiff has. It's their job to look up for the client interest. Plaintiff lawyers will always ask for more thing to search it will turn into fishing expedition if they can. So, if you...
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    Hard drive search warrants: should there be any limits?

    What make you think fairness is in the judge mind? Seriously if fairness is in the judges, politician, government and local law agency then we wouldn't be in the state of copyright and patant law we are in. There are a lots of things that every step of the governmental agency can do to...
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    Infinity Ward staff sues Activision for $500 million

    I don't know the detail about what IW's contract with its (ex) exployees. So, I speculate this using a common business practices. From what I heard IW claim bonus is for people that stay behind. It's common that bonuses are usually paid annually at a specific schedule. And I can see that if...
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    Not-so-shocking: Jammie Thomas, RIAA unable to settle

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by bob3000:<BR>Unfortunately that's missing the point - under the license we accept, when buying a CD/Vinyl/Cassette/etc is a personal use license -...
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    Not-so-shocking: Jammie Thomas, RIAA unable to settle

    Considering this if unauthorize act of making available is enough to pin you for copyright infringement.<BR><BR>You go on a vacation with your family. You stop at a McDonald in the tourist spot for a quick lunch. And nobody spill coffee, but your 2 kids are screaming because they want to watch...