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  1. Re:Seems appropriate on UK Computing Student Jailed After Failing To Hand Over Crypto Keys · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Real question...what happens if somebody legitimately forgets their password? If they're paranoid (or realistic) enough to use AES to begin with, they're likely going to have a good strong password. That's a lot of entropy for a human to remember for a number of years, especially if they don't decrypt it very often.

  2. Re:Redneck roadhouse on Tor Project Sued Over a Revenge Porn Business That Used Its Service · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I lived there for 5 years before migrating back to the West Coast. The larger cities (Austin and Dallas) were perfectly livable. The smaller towns though have definitely done everything they can do to live up to the uber-conservative, racist, and ignorant stereotypes foisted upon them. At the time I was dating a lovely black girl I had met in school, on campus and in the larger cities nobody shot us a second glance. As soon as we got to bumfuck country though, all bets were off...and I'm a goddamn Mexican!

  3. Re:battery power... on Ask Slashdot: Replacing Paper With Tablets For Design Meetings? · · Score: 1

    Considering that I get about 10 hours out of my Nexus 7 (2012) without any issue, I seriously doubt that battery life will be the limiting factor.

  4. Re:Non-compete agreements are BS. on Amazon Sues After Ex-Worker Takes Google Job · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fraud is a serious crime.

    I thought it was a legitimate business model.

  5. Re:Not for deaf/hard of hearing... on Unintended Consequences For Traffic Safety Feature · · Score: 1

    402.336 meters

  6. Re:501(c)(3) Classes on The New 501(c)(3) and the Future of Open Source In the US · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why not religion ? Stallman makes a decent prophet.

    But very little actual profit.

  7. Re:Perl still works, and PHP is fine on Ask Slashdot: Choosing a Web Language That's Long-Lived, and Not Too Buzzy? · · Score: 5, Funny

    > PHP is relatively modern, robust

    No it isn't

    Skillfully refuted!

  8. Re:Perl on Ask Slashdot: Choosing a Web Language That's Long-Lived, and Not Too Buzzy? · · Score: 4, Funny

    /&%#%^&*)^ADVkjR$%^$E)!HJLGAZ^&R%\jkghlk/^

    Random garbage or valid perl?

    Why can't it be both?

  9. Re:If you can get a purple heart for on An Army Medal For Coding In Perl · · Score: 2

    I find it doubly ironic that the tough guys out there decry our culture of "every child gets an award" but gets choked up every time they see a soldier get a bullshit medal pinned to their chest.

  10. Re:False Warnings? on MP Says 'Failed' Piracy Warnings Should Escalate To Fines & Jail · · Score: 1

    If they could find a way to imprison a corpoation, I'd immigrate to the UK tomorrow!

  11. Re:Let's see on Google I/O 2014 Begins [updated] · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sir, shouldn't you be strategizing with the Clippers or something?

  12. Re:Yeesh. on Supreme Court Rules Against Aereo Streaming Service · · Score: 0

    At least Scalia, Thomas, and Alito got it right.

    Words never before said in the English language.

  13. Re:De-fund the NSA Completely on How Secret Partners Expand NSA's Surveillance Dragnet · · Score: 4, Insightful

    One could make the argument for targeted foreign intelligence collection. All that they've succeeded in doing so far is further eroding the already shaky reputation enjoyed by the United States. At best the NSA spins its wheels, at worst it's counter-productive to the U.S. economy.

  14. Re:Just imagine "if" on Congressman Asks NSA To Provide Metadata For "Lost" IRS Emails · · Score: 1

    I mean, we could tell you what we're doing, but then the terrorists would win. You don't want that...do you? Think of the baby bald eagles and amber waves of grain!

  15. Re:1st Amendment rights?? on Congressman Asks NSA To Provide Metadata For "Lost" IRS Emails · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I was under the impression that one of the requirements for being a non-profit was the agreement that you wouldn't be an actionable organization. Seems to me that most of the organizations, both conservative and liberal, were rightly under the microscope.

  16. Re:In civilized countries... on Starbucks Offers Workers 2 Years of Free College · · Score: 1

    ... and in the United States, we have most of the best universities in the world.

    As a United Statsian with experience in universities on both sides of the pond, your statement is quite laughable. Prestigious != 'most of the best'

  17. Re:No good for anthropologists on Starbucks Offers Workers 2 Years of Free College · · Score: 2

    Always remember that your barista responsibilites change based on your field. As a former archaeologist, I cannot tell you how many nazis I killed while working at Starbucks.

  18. Re:What The?!? on US Agency Aims To Regulate Map Aids In Vehicles · · Score: 1

    Didn't you know? Even more regulation is all we need to a happier and more prosperous life.

    Didn't you know? All we need for a happier and more prosperous life is to go completely Thunder Dome!

  19. Re:We want driverless cars TODAY! on US Agency Aims To Regulate Map Aids In Vehicles · · Score: 1

    We already have driverless cars today. Between women putting on make-up, men eating, and teens texting, quite a few cars on the roads today are driverless.

    And don't even get me started on goth teenagers with eating disorders!

  20. Re:They all do this on Cable Companies Use Astroturfing To Fight Net Neutrality · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just make politicians have to wear patches on their suits indicating who their donors are. NASCAR style.

  21. Re:so apple and samsung should just research it al on Study: Royalty Charges Almost On Par With Component Costs For Smartphones · · Score: 5, Insightful

    and then they won't pay any royalties just do all the R&D for the thousands of patents that cover antennas, modulation, encryption, LTE, beam forming the signal and everything else it takes for a modern phone to work

    And yet if they did reinvent the wheel, they'd get sued into oblivion by these companies nontheless. With the speed at wihch technology progresses increasing as drastically as it has been, we need to rethink the we we grant patents. Software patents need to pass the CS201 stink test (if a CS201 student can figure it out, it ain't novel), and important hardware patents should have a shorter lifespan.

  22. Re:English to German is relatively easy on Microsoft Demos Real-Time Translation Over Skype · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd be happy with English to Texas English for when I have to deal with my family in the South.

  23. Re:For those who might dismiss the singularity... on The Singularity Is Sci-Fi's Faith-Based Initiative · · Score: 1

    I've always wondered if singularities happening elsewhere are part of the reason we haven't discovered any extra-terrestrial life yet. A civilization looks at the expanse of space, shrugs its shoulders, and decides to focus inward.

  24. Re:Science Fiction is fiction made up by authors on The Singularity Is Sci-Fi's Faith-Based Initiative · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hey! I want my transporters, warp drives, and a galaxy full of humans-with-extra-bumps-embodying-a-particular-stereotype, and I want these things NOW!

    I would trade all of that for one Orion slave girl.

  25. Re:The Nook is/was excellent on I Want a Kindle Killer · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Hell, I don't think that there's anything wrong with the Kindle. When I'm looking to relax at the end of the night, I don't want a multitasker. My Kindle does one thing and one thing only, it lets me read my novels and keeps them synced with my Windows 8 (shudder) tablet at work for when I get bored at lunch. If I want to make annotations, read comics or tech books, I reach for my Nexus 7. If I had to do it all over again, I'd do it with a Nook and use MoonReader+ to keep everything synced. If Kindle weren't first to market with the Paperwhite, I'm sure I'd be a happy Nook owner now.