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• On the post: DailyDirt: Nature Doesn't Play By Our Rules…

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2016 @ 11:42am

  Ummm yeah

  Biologically speaking, a species is the major subdivision of a genus or subgenus, regarded as the basic category of biological classification, composed of related individuals that resemble one another, are able to breed among themselves, but are not able to breed with members of another species.
  
  "Breeding" implies producing fertile offspring.
  
  Therefore by definition if these "coywolves" are fertile, then they wolves and coyotes are not separate species .
  
  It would seem the taxonomists labeling coyotes "canus latrans" rather than "canis lupus" was biologically speaking at least, incorrect.

• On the post: No, Google Isn't 'Pushing' People To Vote For Bernie Sanders

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2015 @ 12:16pm

  High ranking world leaders

  ... are actually Slitheen from Raxacoricofallapatorius.

• On the post: The Selfie Monkey Strikes Back: Lawyers Claim Of Course Monkeys Can Sue For Copyright

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2015 @ 10:04am

  Money's are people too !!!

  Actually this may be a backdoor attempt to get person-hood for monkeys ... there has been an effort to get higher primates recognized as "persons" that has been shot down multiple times. If these PETA crazies can get a court to rule that Naruto owns the copyright it sets a legal precedent that can be used as a lever to get a court to agree that the higher primates are "people".

• On the post: 3 California Cities Blocking Parking Ticket App For Being, Like, Way Too Useful

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2015 @ 09:23am

  And the issue is ...

  "Not only were we helping people beat their unfair parking tickets, but the alerts on our app were helping people pay their parking fines on time and avoid late fees,”
  
  The app is costing the system money both ways ... late payment + fees is always preferred.

• On the post: Bobby Jindal Announces Violent Games/Movies To Blame For All Those Mass Shootings

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2015 @ 10:53am

  Re:

  I think we can expect the media to do this ... http://nonotoriety.com/

• On the post: Bobby Jindal Announces Violent Games/Movies To Blame For All Those Mass Shootings

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2015 @ 10:50am

  Re: Those Same Movies And Games Are Available In Other Countries ...

  What's different about the USA ? Not the guns ... many countries have relatively equivalent access to guns.
  
  It's The entitlement culture; winning isn't everything, it's the only thing! ie: Some people are going to "win" at any price even if that means killing a bunch of people.
  
  and the 24x7 News Media ... that provides them with the stage for their triumph ... notoriety is guaranteed ... fame ... even a kind of immortality ... that's the victory.
  
  That's whats different about the USA ... not the guns.

• On the post: Chip And PIN Meets Facial Recognition: Chipping Away At Privacy, Pinning You Down In A Database

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2015 @ 10:50am

  Re: Re: Cash is king...for now

  We already turned that corner ... it's called civil forfeiture.

• On the post: Chip And PIN Meets Facial Recognition: Chipping Away At Privacy, Pinning You Down In A Database

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2015 @ 10:49am

  Re:

  No... that would be the chip-pin-finger-retinal-face-foot-ear-genetic print db...

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: A Voice-Operated Household Assistant

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2015 @ 01:06pm

  Re: Echoooo

  ...and they just announced full integration with SmartThings ... so voice control of all lights, switches and dimmers, and the garage door.

• On the post: Germany Says Taking Photos Of Food Infringes The Chef's Copyright

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2015 @ 11:45am

  Re: Re:

  isn't the photo itself a derivative work ? Like a photo of a painting?

• On the post: Every Kill A 'Good' Kill: How Police And The Media Cooperate To Disparage The Dead

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2015 @ 02:01pm

  If it bleeds it leads ....

  The mantra of mainstream media in this country for decades ... they've been catering to the lowest common denominator for so long they no longer know how to do anything else.

• On the post: Did Letting Section 215 Expire Completely Change USA Freedom Without Anyone Noticing?

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2015 @ 11:03am

  Classic!

  To quote Sir Walter Scott
  
  "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive."

• On the post: CyberNadir: Former Pilot Randomly Speculates (Incorrectly) That Recent Airbus Crash Could Be The Work Of Hackers

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2015 @ 02:10pm

  Re: Super l33t hax0r!!!1!!11!

  I thought something similar ... but don't they call that "social engineering" ?

• On the post: CyberNadir: Former Pilot Randomly Speculates (Incorrectly) That Recent Airbus Crash Could Be The Work Of Hackers

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2015 @ 01:53pm

  a failure to use the wrong units ...

  It wasn't so much a conversion error as a failure to use the wrong units to begin with.

  
  
  Huh? I assume you meant "It wasn't so much a conversion error as a failure to use the correct units to begin with" ... but wow ... that hurt my brain.

• On the post: CyberNadir: Former Pilot Randomly Speculates (Incorrectly) That Recent Airbus Crash Could Be The Work Of Hackers

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2015 @ 01:42pm

  Flaws with your questions ...

  1) you forgot to point out that likely he won't ever be getting on a plane again if he tries ... the TSA has NO sense of humor and a no-fly list.
  
  2) considering the aircraft is pressurized ... he might be able to ... depends on the kind of door
  
  2)I would think stopping him from doing it WOULD BE the "rational response" ...

• On the post: CyberNadir: Former Pilot Randomly Speculates (Incorrectly) That Recent Airbus Crash Could Be The Work Of Hackers

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2015 @ 01:32pm

  Airbus 300 series (and most modern airliners)

  Are all fly by wire implementations - that is no mechanical linkages between flight controls and flight control surfaces. So while there is a "fully manual mode", it's manual control of electronic input devices to electronically controlled actuators. While there are mechanical backups available for some flight control surfaces they are intended to be used in the event of a computer failure(4 redundant systems); realistically there is no way anyone is going to land a plane using the mechanical controls for rudder, trim and landing gear.
  
  There is no way to take the electronics that ultimately control the planes' flight out of the equation in any practical sense.
  
  Every one of those systems is controlled by a "computer" and every subsystem is vulnerable to subversion.
  
  Think what would happen if a hacker inserted a multiplier into the code interpreting input from the flight yoke ... a 2 degree steering adjustment at the yoke becomes a 95 degree hard bank ... or a hack that flips the yokes' orientation ... pulling the yoke back causes the plane to dive ... turning the wheel right banks left ... or better yet a simple hack that just tells the fuel system that the throttle is set to idle ...
  
  It would be virtually impossible to keep a modern airliner under control if the basic control systems were subverted.
  
  I know all this and I still fly ... it's still the safest way to travel.

• On the post: Hertz Puts Video Cameras Inside Its Rental Cars, Has 'No Current Plans' To Use Them

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 17 Mar, 2015 @ 09:18am

  Re: bandwidth - Disconnect here ...

  If there isn't sufficient bandwidth to support streaming video ... then how does it support the stated possible future purpose of "... activate live agent connectivity to customers by video."
  
  These people can't even keep their story straight. That is the hallmark of a lie.

• On the post: Bulgaria's Constitutional Court Rules Bulk Data Retention Unconstitutional; EU Says No New Snooping Directive Coming

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 17 Mar, 2015 @ 09:10am

  "no new snooping law"

  How about a "new no-snooping law" ? That'd be much better!

• On the post: Gemalto Takes The Lenovo Approach: Denies Any Real Risk From NSA Hacking Its Encryption Keys

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2015 @ 11:40am

  which is more important to Gemalto? Keeping its stock price up or its users secure?

  Are you serious? This is a corporate entity we're discussing here, their chief priority is always the bottom line. Customer security is only ever a consideration when it affects the bottom line.

• On the post: Megaupload Programmer Takes Plea Deal, Though It's Still Unclear What Criminal Law He Violated

  

  MondoGordo ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2015 @ 01:07pm

  It's the sort of law enforcement

  that jack-booted thugs like. No Law, No justice, simply enforcement of their will.

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