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  1. Re:My god, what has science wrought??? on This Satellite Could Be Beaming Solar Power Down From Space By 2025 · · Score: 2

    You clearly don't understand how funding grunts work...

  2. Re:It not about paper on The CIA Is Closing the Office That Declassifies Historical Documents · · Score: 1

    In New Zealand the game is known as Brain Fade.

  3. Re:As soon as the smart car counts as the driver on Concern Mounts Over Self-Driving Cars Taking Away Freedom · · Score: 1

    I think that paid parking facilities would rally against self-driving cars or the legal allowance for these cars to drive without a human that can take control. Taxi, bus and trucking companies would probably want to have self-driving vehicles to reduce labour costs.

  4. Re:Try claiming "Death to the Great Satan". on Time Reporter "Can't Wait" To Justify Drone Strike On Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    Using your own words, they're the same mental illness, just different manifestations of the delusions.

  5. Re:stupid on Campaign To Kill CAPTCHA Kicks Off · · Score: 1

    pad it with random instead of zeros?

  6. Re:Already happening on Door-To-Door Mail Delivery To End Under New Plan · · Score: 1

    It's as secure until someone spills a powder on the letter you want to send and they are then authorised to open it up under safety and security concerns about what this powder is.

    If the police plant false evidence, then surely this isn't far off.

  7. Re:Still illegal under NZ Constitution on New Zealand Government About To Legalize Spying On NZ Citizens · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What NZ Constitution are you talking about?

  8. Re:Is there really a market for tablet-laptop on Lenovo "Rips and Flips" the ThinkPad With New Convertible Helix Design · · Score: 1

    Having one device tends to be more convenient and often cheaper.

  9. Re:Microsoft on EU To Vote On Suspension of Data Sharing With US · · Score: 0

    I always wondered what Microsoft would sound like if it were a Pokemon. I can imagine that it learns Chair Throw at level 23.

  10. Re:Hum interesting on New Zealand ISP Offers "Global Mode" So Users Can Circumvent Geo-Restrictions · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There's even a bit of marketing to help with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RenRILqwhJs

  11. Re:Open source equates to freedom. on The IRS vs. Open Source · · Score: 1

    New Zealand isn't against OSS. They're in the process of making software not patentable.

  12. Re:As an apartment dweller on Pinholes and Plastic Wrap Make Solid Walls "Transparent" To Sound · · Score: 1

    If you've got kids, you're doing it wrong.

  13. Re:As an apartment dweller on Pinholes and Plastic Wrap Make Solid Walls "Transparent" To Sound · · Score: 5, Funny

    If she doesn't make a sound, you're not doing it right.

    FTFY.

  14. Re:How about a Cloud OS? on Foxconn Betting Big On Firefox OS · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sure you can store a snapshot of your system at any time. To run an app offline, simple view the snapshot in an image viewer.

  15. Re:Silence is Golden on Amazon Vows To Fight Government Requests For Data · · Score: 1

    I find that the one of the most secure versions of that is to cascade the shift(5) and shift(8) together. The only other one more secure is cascading shift(6), shift(9) and shift(11) together.

    This message has been encrypted with a cascade of shift(9), shift(10) and shift(7).

    Also there's this bit of fun: lolcryption.master5o1.com

  16. Re:Disposable cell phone on Ask Slashdot: How To Bypass Gov't Spying On Cellphones? · · Score: 1

    You can still encrypt the message.

  17. Re:XMPP on Ask Slashdot: How To Bypass Gov't Spying On Cellphones? · · Score: 2

    They could have kept mining federated XMPP chats and passing those to the NSA but no, they wanted to stop federation and only have Google-controlled chats go to the NSA.

  18. Re:So... on Apple Files Patent For Digital Wallet and Virtual Currency · · Score: 1

    And/or give Apple 30% of all transactions.

  19. Re: Jupiter Tape? on Former FBI Agent: All Digital Communications Stored By US Gov't · · Score: 1

    But with lolcrypt, you can get 105x the encryption strength!

    (encrypt it ~105 times and it will be plain text again)

  20. Re:Jupiter Tape? on Former FBI Agent: All Digital Communications Stored By US Gov't · · Score: 2

    What about lolcrypt? http://lolcryption.master5o1.com/ :P

  21. Re:Great an image laundering scheme for big busine on UK Passes "Instagram Act" · · Score: 2

    My first thought, also.

  22. Re:Really? on Linux Fatware: Distros That Need To Slim Down · · Score: 1

    More realistic:

    :~$ foo
    Computer says no...

  23. Re:Obviously the cached content was not current on Google Cache Makes Murdoch's K-12 Site Look Obscene · · Score: 1

    According to Wolfram|Alpha, UK butts are 1.029 times larger than US butts.

  24. Re:I wonder if blink will still identify itself @ on Blink! Google Is Forking WebKit · · Score: 4, Funny

    If it is called the webkit tag, does this mean that we'll finally see the return of the blink tag?

  25. Re:Wow, you know what on Could Twitter Have Stopped the Media's Rush To War In Iraq Ten Years Ago? · · Score: 1

    He's too busy with his hoverboard and flying pie tins.