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Comment #10161133
So you run those crappy sites that totally aren't squatting domains but just have a useless collection of links using referrals and affiliate marketing and ads but no actual conten…
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Comment #10161099
Yeah I feel like if he actually cared about things being fair and honest he would of become upset when he saw this obvious scam taking place, which he more or less recognizes as su…
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Comment #10098935
Eh I say if people honestly can't learn to accept that things about other people from a significant time ago might no longer be relevant, then have SEO become a more personal servi…
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Comment #10098827
Yes, but it is effectively saying that the "right to be forgotten" means that the right extends to the topic/event covered on the pages as it relates to that person not the pages t…
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Comment #10087921
I'd tie it more to the popularity of video games among adults(as I see adults, and younger people introduced to them by adults as the main driving force behind this board game resu…
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Comment #10087824
I think of it like a band (Could well apply to a company too) which occasionally replaces members. So long as they replace few enough members each time that people can associate it…
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Comment #10076152
No but I don't think they would of been faster either was my point. Hence, to answer to the question posed "So how many vulnerable cars are on the roads of the world right now beca…
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Comment #10076127
It sounds like the same thing was redacted from this version that they asked be redacted from that version as this one doesn't have the specific codes necessary to make it work.
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Comment #10075935
Take your PRN medication, press button.
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Comment #10062223
So why were the researchers willing to publish a redacted version now, but were not willing to publish the redacted version 3 years ago when they were researching the issue? I am a…
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Comment #10062210
Except that VW at somepoint quit using the transponder in question because of this issue so new cars made are no longer susceptible.
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Comment #10062127
I personally have never gotten that sense, but as both of us are too lazy to check, to each their own. If you bought an $80k Porshe you knowingly bought something you know will be …
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Comment #10023016
The bill with a known serial number quits being tangible when you deposit it into an account because you are only owed a bill not that bill. If you had put the bill with a known se…
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Comment #10022992
While other people have correctly stated this point elsewhere in this topic. I think you have phrased it in a very simple and easy to understand way, which I feel anyone not able t…
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Comment #10003321
They don't actually tell you explicitly it is an ongoing process, but everyone with clearance I know seems to acknowledge they are probably being kept tabs on at least a little. I …
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Comment #9999191
Fewer people they need to monitor with the level of scrutiny, people with clearance safely assume they are being monitored at.
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Comment #9995558
They will say existing security clearance required, because that greatly speeds up their hiring process. However there really is a severe drought of qualified developers with clear…
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Comment #9983798
4 was awesome but I just experienced way too much grief from it crashing, hanging, and otherwise being the buggiest game I had played at the time to consider it my favorite. Later …
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Comment #9982150
Hero's Quest was the original name, the EGA version of the first one was released under. Due to Sierra not trademarking it, the name had to be changed to Quest for Glory. 1 and 2 a…
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Comment #9974488
While I agree with your criticisms of Wikipedia, I do not think it is appropriate to make the connection, which your post seems to strongly imply, between Wikipedia editors with th…
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Comment #9974452
It really depends on what type of relationship you have to the person asking it in the US in my experience. A stranger or a person you know in a professional manner and yes social …
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Comment #9974427
It seems like power lines would be able to be detected with system measuring changes in magnetic fields, perhaps based off current induction sensors. However clearly a system like …
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Comment #9974413
That is definitely not the only time you need to worry about collisions, it is the most dangerous time but not the only time, as there are many things taller than 200 ft, as well a…
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Comment #9971166
First I recognize you said maybe, but the range would need to be much larger than 100 meters. As out of the box hobbyist drones can already travel at 50 mph [1] (or more I assume).…