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  1. Re:Nokia's getting what it deserved. on Nokia Takeover In Jeopardy Due To Alleged $3.4B Tax Bill In India · · Score: 1

    India has some of the highest import taxes in the world, if you want to sell things there you have to make them there.

  2. Re:Okay, what's next? on CAPTCHA Busted? Company Claims To Have Broken Protection System · · Score: 1

    I don't understand that comic, if users are viewing and being asked to rate the spam posts isn't it mission accomplished for the spammers?

  3. Re:45 years ago... on 5-Year Mission Continues After 45-Year Hiatus · · Score: 1

    Smooth headed Klingon's were infected with human DNA after they experimented with genetic engineering: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Klingon_augment_virus

  4. Re:Never Upgrade Immediately on iOS 6.1 Leads To Battery Life Drain, Overheating For iPhone Users · · Score: 1

    Another fix in 6.1 is that without it certain javascript functions will cause Safari to completely lock up with the effect persisting between reboots.

  5. Re:Radiation in Denver is unavoidable on The Panic Over Fukushima · · Score: 1

    Probably because we've been burning coal for over a 100 years so we have a fair idea of what it does.

  6. Re:Single Sign-On on Ask Slashdot: What's Holding Up Single Sign-On? · · Score: 1

    The biggest problem I see with openID is that it encourages phishing. Once a site decides to intercept passwords they will have access to every account your openID links to.

  7. Re:Restraint of trade on 'Nuclear Free' Maryland City Grants Waiver For HP · · Score: 4, Informative

    Probably nothing, they can choose who they hire and purchase goods from legally.

  8. Re:The NVIDIA Transition? on Despite Game-Related Glitches, AMD Discontinues Monthly Driver Updates · · Score: 1

    nVidia drivers have more features? I'm guessing you haven't tried overclocking? nVidia drivers are actually pretty empty in comparison to AMD ones.

  9. Re:Justice was fairly served on Microsoft Wins US Import Ban On Motorola's Android Devices · · Score: 1

    That is a list of products to have been produced using their research, it is not a list of research that has been done or patents they have filed.

  10. Re:so... on Self-Sustaining Solar Reactor Creates Clean Hydrogen · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Eliminate districts on Open Source Tool Lets Anyone Redistrict New York · · Score: 1

    As a New Zealander I have to say MMP is a pretty nice voting system.

  12. Re:Steaming pile on Valve Announces Massive Steam Server Intrusion · · Score: 2

    You don't have to enter any personally identifying information to make a steam account; Username, email and password is all it takes and seeing how there are already methods of bypassing Steam when loading games I doubt you would have any Steam related trouble playing games in 20 years.

  13. Re:Military Intelligence on US Drone Fleet Hit By Computer Virus · · Score: 1

    Do they need to hack the control software to control the Drone though? If they are able to reverse engineer the signal why couldn't they just use a stronger signal to deafen the original controllers commands.

  14. Re:WTF? on Has Cleverbot Passed the Turing Test? · · Score: 1

    Maybe they used Cleverbot to come up with their numbers

  15. Re:IP address proves nothing on IP Addresses Not Enough To ID Users · · Score: 1

    You are greatly underestimating modern network hardware.

  16. Re:Not for techies on In Australia, Censorship vs. DNS, and Porn As Network Driver · · Score: 1

    The problem with using US based DNS servers is that it not only bypasses filtering but it also bypasses local content servers that may be caching content to improve speeds; including services such as Akami.

  17. Re:Britain's first televised suicide. on Terry Pratchett Considers Assisted Suicide · · Score: 1
  18. Re:It will be swept under the xprotect rug... on AppleCare Reps Told To Skirt Malware Questions · · Score: 1

    No? The difference between a trojan and a virus is one provides remote access while the other is automated, it has nothing to do with the attack vector.

    It isn't exactly some sort of computing secret
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_horse_(computing)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus

  19. Re:The concept of OpenID doesn't seem very secure on OpenID Warns of Serious Remote Bug, Urges Upgrade · · Score: 1

    How do you know that the page hasn't been hijacked and is sending your password and other credentials to a third party? Once they get your OpenID they get access to everything.

  20. Re:technological overconfidence on Chernobyl 25th Anniversary · · Score: 1

    when a hydroelectric damn collapses millions can be left homeless and tens or hundreds of thousands can be left dead and it can take years to repair the damage and rehome those left homeless.

    Only if that Dam is being used to reclaim land, in which case it isn't the fault of the power generation and would exist regardless of hydroelectric functionality.

  21. Re:Math fail? on Crime Writer Makes a Killing With 99 Cent E-Books · · Score: 1

    The article itself doesn't mention $500k, I assume they multiplied the figure for his earnings from Jan 1st to now by the amount of time left in the year to devise the annual earnings.

  22. Payment on Judge Rules Against China In 'Green Dam' Suit · · Score: 1

    Good luck getting China to pay

  23. Re:Hmmm... on Police Stop Journalists From Photographing Metrorail System · · Score: 1

    I'm not an American, but if the cops arrest you with no reason don't you then turn around and sue them for false arrest?.

    I don't know what country your from but in most countries you can be arrested for trespassing.

  24. Re:Labeling on Urine Test For Autism · · Score: 1

    Your comparing psychology, a field known to have an exceptionally high confirmation bias to proper medical fields where diagnosis can be proven by more than "he's acting funny". Your ignorant if you think that people treat each other equally after being labeled as a loon.

  25. Re:Silly Brits on UK Election Arcana, Explained By Software · · Score: 1

    We don't have those problems with MMP, the people vote for both a local representative and a party.