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  1. Is this News? on Cox Comm. Injects Code Into Web Traffic To Announce Email Outage · · Score: 5, Informative

    Providers have been doing similiar things for a while...If you want security, use https.

  2. My favourite part of the article... on How Romanian Fortune Tellers Used Google To Fleece Victims · · Score: 1

    "As well as fraud the pair are also facing charges under the National Security Act for using illegal professional surveillance equipment," What is professional surveillance equipment?

  3. Did the submitter not read the article...? on US Appeals Court Upholds Suspect's Right To Refuse Decryption · · Score: 4, Informative

    /. Headline: US Appeals Court Upholds Suspect's Right To Refuse Decryption Linked Headline: Ruling Stands: Defendant Must Decrypt Laptop

  4. Re:DHS = Ministerium fur Staatssicherheit on DHS Monitors Social Media For 'Political Dissent' · · Score: 1

    Actually, here is the list: http://cryptome.org/2012/01/0001.pdf (its long..so go check if your favorite site is on there)

  5. Re:Yeah Right. on Cancer Resembles Life 1 Billion Years Ago · · Score: 1

    Then would it surprise you to learn, that one of the first things cancer does is re-activate telomerase (the enzyme that extends the chromosomes to prevent deletions)?
    Telomeres (the ends of the chromosome) are not extended in most human cells, precisely so that the cell dies after a certain number of replications. Re-activating telomerase will make the cells live infinitely long, and allow them to accumulate a number of mutations, but not die, increasing the risk of cancer.

  6. Wrong Issue on Canada Courts Quash Gov't Decision On Globalive · · Score: 1

    The issue is not competition or even wireless-related at all. There is a Federal Law specifying some minimum requirements. The cabinet decided that we will give a one-time exception to a particular private company, and allow them to break the law. A federal judge said: no, cabinet cannot do that, if they want to make exceptions in law, they have to do it the proper way: pass a bill, through parliament. I think this is a great decision since this gives more power to the democratically elected parliament, as opposed to a chosen Cabinet. (If the ruling party controls only 30% of the votes, they shouldn't have carte blanche to do anything they want, esp. breaking laws)

  7. Comments on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 1

    Overall good redesign, with two caveats: 1) The user names are tiny now (when people post). 2) I liked the floating comment-depth scroll bar more.

  8. Re:Does it affect Firefox on XP? on Microsoft Says, Don't Press the F1 Key In XP · · Score: 1

    On windows XP, help always launches in IE no matter what your default browser is. (In Vista/7 you can remove IE)

  9. Privacy and Google don't go together on Google Italy Execs Convicted Over YouTube Bullying Video · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From the article it says that Google was convicted of violating privacy law for not getting permission to post the video. The nature of the video is irrelevant. I don't know Italian privacy law, but if they do have requirements that you must get permission to post video recordings of people on the internet, then this is Google's problem for not bothering to care about the local laws.

  10. Re:Automatic erasing etch-a-sketch on A Practical LCD Writing Tablet · · Score: 1

    Except the battery is sealed...and non-replaceable according to their site.

  11. Re:Disgusting... on EU Demands Canada Rework Its Copyright, Patent Law · · Score: 1

    IF I were you, I double check your sources... Reuters on the last federal election: "Canada voter turnout lowest on record" with a turn out of 59.1. http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE49E9BO20081015 You may be referring a city of some sort, but in Canada, copyright law is not a city responsibility.