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  1. Re:Random passwords on Convicted VoIP Hacker Robert Moore Speaks · · Score: 1

    It doesn't seem too hard to ship the routers with random passwords. Is it just cheaper to not bother? Just thinking here...

    Well they do it for $2 padlocks...

  2. Government Networks on NSA Tasked With 'Policing' Government Networks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would hope important government networks would not be on their own network and thus not susceptible to "cyber" attacks.

  3. Re:Makes sense on Do You Need a Permit to Land on the Moon? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    You may not need a permit, but you better buy your landing plot before you get sued! http://www.lunarregistry.com/

  4. ok but.. on Researchers Suggest P2P As Solution To Video Domination of The Internet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sharing among people on the same network is only going to be effective for popular data. Not to mention I have a feeling Comcast would still send tell you you are using too much bandwidth even if it is all coming from within their network.

  5. Re:Makes sense on Chinese Bloggers Encouraged to Register Contact Info · · Score: 1

    I capitalized a noun, not everyone falls into your neat categories. Not to mention you dodged the question. Are you a professional politician?

  6. Re:Makes sense on Chinese Bloggers Encouraged to Register Contact Info · · Score: 1

    if all you can think of is to criticize your own country and end any constructive discussion about the problems outside our borders, then you are working for Them.

    and who is this nefarious "Them"?

  7. Re:Makes sense on Chinese Bloggers Encouraged to Register Contact Info · · Score: 1

    Bill O' Reilly is that you? Anyone who disagrees with you is dumb and liberal, now thats a sign of a superior intellect. And for the last time Im not a Liberal, Im a registered Libertarian. Speaking of intelligence, and stereotypes, I bet you spend your Sundays at church with the rest of the conservative sheeple.

  8. Re:Makes sense on Chinese Bloggers Encouraged to Register Contact Info · · Score: 1

    Well I would rather be on trial here in the US than China. My point was all courts do whatever the hell they want in a matter of speaking. Which court is worse is a matter of your point of view.

  9. Re:Makes sense on Chinese Bloggers Encouraged to Register Contact Info · · Score: 1

    Liberal BS. I'll ignore it.

    Why don't you explore outside your own country and examine other systems of government before you decide the US is the great satan.


    Whos a liberal? The freedom of the individual is paramount, and that unfortunately is neither a liberal or conservative idea. Neither party fully support the Constitution. I believe in the Constitution as its written. The 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, the commerce clause, especially. Who has a better system of goverment than our constitution as written? I don't think the US is the great satan, I just don't like those that trample the Constitution, and those that allow it to happen (the courts).

  10. Re:Makes sense on Chinese Bloggers Encouraged to Register Contact Info · · Score: 1

    It is good for society when you take responsibility for the things The Party tells you to take responsibility for.

    Why don't these antics from communist China surprise me? These agreements don't mean much since Chinese courts do whatever the hell they feel like anyways.

     
    You're right, cause here in the USA our courts respect the Constit....oh wait...

  11. Re:If guns stop crime then why crime in the USA? on The Study of Physical Hacks at DefCon · · Score: 1

    The roots of the American crime problem lies somewhere else than guns. Try income inequality and poverty if you really want some kind of beginnings of an real answer, instead of reinforcement to preexisting memes.

    Don't forget the drug war. Very similar to the effects of prohibition IMHO.

  12. Re:FUD? on Web 2.0 Bubble May Be Worst Burst Yet · · Score: 1

    It could happen. It may even happen. But acting like a mother and predicting every possible failure or catastrophe that can happen and when one of them does saying "Look I was right" only works on kids.

    I don't know, it gets politicians elected.

  13. Re:It's more complex than that on eBay Bargains Soon To Be A Thing Of The Past? · · Score: 1

    Put a serial number on every container of cosmetics. They can then buy one from the eBayer and know exactly who sold it to her. Additional cost a few cents, if that, per package.

    Then people will start removing the serial numbers....

  14. hilarious on Rockstar Allows GTA Fans to Call Liberty City Radio Station · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One thing you never hear about when people talk about GTA is throughout the whole serious there has been a serious vein of comedy throughout each game. Its not all mindless violence, its more of a lampooning of stereotypical mindless violence. Not to mention their radio jokes, and sketches are on par with any comedy album I have ever heard.

  15. My God! on New Web Metric Likely To Hurt Google · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now all those people who choose their search engine by its Nielsen/NetRatings ratings are going to stop using Google.....why that might be a few dozen people at least!

  16. Re:safety first on New York Plans Surveillance Veil For Downtown · · Score: 1

    Somewhere ...., there's a federal agent who considers Slashdot a hotbed of Libertarian radicalism.

    You mean Slashdot isn't a hotbed of Libertarian radicalism?

  17. Re:Frist Post... on NH Signs Bill That Rejects Federal Real ID · · Score: 1

    I thought your constitution said something about all people being equal?

    Thats the Declaration of Independence. It isn't law.

    http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/

  18. whats going on? on iPhone Battery Replacement An Unwelcome Surprise · · Score: 1

    First the ipod, now the iphone? What is with apple using soldered in batteries? Why cant they just use a proprietary battery and over charge for that? Maybe they are hoping people will just throwaway their ipods and iphones and get new ones.

  19. moot? on Motorists Sue Over 'Hot' Fuel · · Score: 1

    If a area is at a certain temperature, and the gas station operators are aware, they could adjust prices accordingly to compete with their local competitors. Or at least thats how it should work in theory...

  20. Re:Counter-Strike on Ocarina of Time — Best Game Ever? · · Score: 1

    How many millions of people still play Mario bros?
     
    Given a SNES9x for xbox disk and current xbox games I have found a lot of people prefer Mario Bros.

  21. Re:You think we are aware of all tech military has on Deathbed Confession Says Aliens Were at Roswell · · Score: 1

    I'm not saying that night vision actually came from alien tech. But you're saying it's impossible that the military had night vision tech in the 1940's before commercially "discovered" in the 70's?

    Sure, its possible. Both the US and Germany produced early night vision in WWII before the 1947 crash in Roswell.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_vision_goggles# Generation_0

    The US government doesn't produce weapons, they contract companies to produce them for them. Sure there are probably some technologies such as certain planes, radars, and other electronics that might be a secret, but the methods by which they would work still be known to people in those fields.

  22. i hope this isnt on Ban On Price Floors Abandoned, Internet Prices May Rise · · Score: 1

    I hope this isn't the end of low prices on ebay. Where else can you buy a cell phone charger or USB cable for $2 shipped?

  23. Re:not a threat....yet on The United States Space Arsenal · · Score: 1

    While they might well be able to invade Taiwan and secure it before we could decide what to do, I'm pretty sure our response would end up as, "Get out or die" -- full nuclear retaliation on mainland China. Prepare the missiles for launch, make sure China's own spy sats pick up on it, and send a single warning message. If China refuses, nuke 'em. Or at least, I would hope whoever is in the White House if such a situation occurs is smart enough to realize that is the safest response, as to roll over and accept it would mean that China is now the one in charge.
     
    If they call our bluff nuke'em? Full nuclear retaliation, kill a billion people? You can't be serious. Why not just wipe out their air force, navy, and any fixed targets with conventional weapons? Sounds a lot better than genocide and nuclear fallout.
     
      China needs the US. Without our money flowing back to them from all the goods they export to us, their economy would grind to a halt.
     
    I agree that without their exports to our country (and our allies) their economy would be in trouble. However, we have exported a lot of our manufacturing capability to China. What would we do if we were cut off from their exports? We both need each other at this point. I think that fact will keep the peace for the immediate future.

  24. Re:Need an enforcement structure, though. on Giant Microwave Turns Plastic Back to Oil · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well I was going to mention that this was an upper middle class town, so that isn't much of a problem.

    But in the city right next door they started charging $4 for stickers you put on large items to have them picked up. Naturally, some streets are littered with old couches and mattresses without trash stickers. $4 dollars while reasonable, is still more than some people are willing to pay.

  25. Re:Need an enforcement structure, though. on Giant Microwave Turns Plastic Back to Oil · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A local town started limiting each household to 2 trashbags per week. If you needed more than that you have to buy special green trash bags for $1.50 each. The result? Trash volume is down, and recycling is up 40%. Just save up before you clean out your basement...