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  1. Re:Captain Obvious strikes again on How Not To Launch a Gadget · · Score: 1

    And someone scored it 'troll'!

  2. Not going to work on Can Translucency Save Privacy In the Cloud? · · Score: 1

    I can see how:
    Uncle Bob 01234 123456
    might be smart matched with:
    Robert Smith +1 1234 123456

    I'll be interested to see the hashing algorithm that will allow the hashes to be matched.

  3. Re:Congress, our representatives? on SOPA Hearings Stacked In Favor of Pro-SOPA Lobby · · Score: 5, Informative

    So did Thomas More in the sixteenth century and Plato in about 400BC, it's not a new thing.

  4. Re:This is gonna suck... on No Additional Firefox 4 Security Updates · · Score: 1

    Sabayon development was discontinued

    When did that happen? I've got kernel 2.6.39? and KDE 4.6.4 waiting to be installed right now, presumably they were packaged recently?
    And the Sabayon binary package manager is called Entropy

  5. Re:Uh, unless you're a programmer... on Microsoft Counts Down To XP Death · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You missed 95, 98, ME, 2000 and Vista off. Wouldn't make such a convincing argument then, would it?
    XP has been supported for so long because they couldn't offer anything better so their customers (read corporates) insisted on them doing so. Being unable to get Vista/7 to run on Netbooks didn't help them either.

  6. Re:"overselling" it on Virgin Media UK Begins Throttling P2P Traffic · · Score: 1

    Except that they're a BT reseller, so your service is dependent on a third party, they subscribe to the IWF, so your service is filtered, and their FUP lists all the ways they don't allow you to use the service, for example spamming.
    I have no problem with them, I'm with a similar BT reseller, but don't delude yourself about what you're getting.

  7. Re:Well, duh. on Microsoft Word Patent Case Going To Supreme Court · · Score: 1

    If they partnered with MS and then had their tech stolen that would seem to be a clear breach of contract, so a civil suit alleging that and seeking damages would seem to be in order, not a BS patent spat.

    Assuming they had a contract, right? He who sups with the Devil.....

  8. Re:Bad omen? on New Windows Kernel Vulnerability Bypasses UAC · · Score: 1

    By running an exe you found on the 'net, that asked you for your password.................

  9. Re:Debates about Fair Use... on Righthaven To Explain Why Reposting Isn't Fair Use · · Score: 1
    I'm fairly certain you missed

    IANAL, and don't know wtf I'm talking about

    from there somewhere.

  10. Re:Which just means escalation to a different acco on Linux X.org Critical Security Flaw Silently Patched · · Score: 1

    Yes, except the basic problem was fixed in the kernel so whether the X server runs as root or not is irrelevant.

  11. Re:Is such a ban stupid or what? on Police Stop Journalists From Photographing Metrorail System · · Score: 1

    Since it was a European airport it's pretty unlikely to be a US law ;)
    Airlines / ports generally don't like people taking pictures of their staff, because they're potentially a weakpoint in security. Staff sometimes have families and other leverage points, and might be persuaded to do things that they otherwise wouldn't. They take the privacy and safety of their staff very seriously, and I'm not convinced they're wrong to do so.
    And surely there are better places to get a picture of your departing loved ones than a check in desk.

  12. Re:Does it really matter? on Clashing Scores In the HTML5 Compatibility Test Wars · · Score: 1

    Fact: IE has tabbed browsing before any of its current competitors.

    On which planet? NetCaptor had tabbed browsing, and NetCaptor used IE as the rendering engine. That's not the same thing as IE having tabbed browsing.

  13. Re:Duck Duck Go on Scroogle Has Been Blocked · · Score: 1

    It also seems to need javascript to work properly, unless you add it as a search plugin to ff.
    Haven't seen a good explanation for that yet, scroogle managed perfectly well without it.

  14. Re:Well... on How Banker Trojans Steal Millions Every Day · · Score: 1

    I once mis-keyed the account number into the reader and the payment validation failed, that was with Barclays though.

  15. Re:if everyone ignored the quacks... on Use Open Source? Then You're a Pirate! · · Score: 1

    (or am I missing something?)

    Yes, 'its' doesn't have an apostrophe for the possessive, only as an abbreviation of 'it is'.

    You're welcome :)
    /GN

  16. Re:Well... on How Banker Trojans Steal Millions Every Day · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You might be right, I don't know enough about it, but I didn't think it was susceptible to replay attacks.
    The card reader generates a validation code for a transaction based on the amount and destination account number, and it's only valid for that txn. Changing the details before submitting them (mitm) would fail, as would resubmitting different details with the same code (is that what you mean?)

  17. Re:But which browser to use? on France Tells Its Citizens To Abandon IE, Others Disagree · · Score: 1

    However I expect that they are actually probably more successful with that big a project on their resume.

    If they show up here looking for work, they'll leave carrying their resumes without having to use their hands. The only bigger clusterfuck than VbV is Mastercard Securecode, which was probably written by the same cretins.

  18. Re:Are you trolling? on The First Windows 7 Zero-Day Exploit · · Score: 3, Funny
    On the subject of re-writing the language:

    loses it's [sic] meaning

    your [sic] plain wrong

    That last one might be ironic.
    xx

  19. Re:A couple visions for the future on New Superconductor World Record Surpasses 250K · · Score: 1

    I'd say you would be extremely lucky to hit 40% efficiency out of the system, and much more likely to be in the high-20s/low-30s.

    Particularly since the steam engine efficiency is around 30% when the steam is recycled to the boiler (15% else).
    The >70% efficiencies are only achievable when utilising the waste heat from the steam for something else.

  20. Re:Yay Choices! on Null-Prefix SSL Certificate For PayPal Released · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I've never really understood that comment:

    I'm personally running Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Ubuntu. Never had any infections on any of them.

    Ubuntu aside, how could you know? Do you maintain a whitelist of everything running on your PC? Do you scan for rootkits *outside your OS*? Do you maintain a list of MD5 hashes for every binary?

    Surely what you mean is that you've *never known* you had an infection.

  21. Re:In other news... on Null-Prefix SSL Certificate For PayPal Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    Weirdly enough, Linux doesn't use the Windows CryptoAPI and therefore isn't vulnerable to this.
    Neither does FF on Windows, don't know about Opera though. Doubtless a fanboi will be along with the news shortly.

  22. Re:Poor choice for screensaver? on Why Is Linux Notebook Battery Life Still Poor? · · Score: 1

    you can sue the company

    O Rly? You did *read* the EULA, didn't you?

  23. Re:The list, for those who don't care about pictur on Best Free Open Source Software For Windows · · Score: 1

    It runs headless guests just fine on Linux using the CLI, wtf would you run VMs on Windows hosts?
    I thought the point of VMs was so that you could keep Windows off hardware.

  24. Re:As long as someone does it. on EU May Allow US To Keep Snooping On European Bank Data · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You'd be thinking of this

  25. Re:As a male... on Are Women Getting More Beautiful? · · Score: 1

    From what I've seen, evolution is trying to select richer men, looks don't come into it.