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  1. Save Public Information, not Secret. on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Securely Store Private Information For Posterity? · · Score: 2

    It's very common for people to die without leaving this information behind, and there are methods in place to handle it. There is some security risk in having to modify the "private data stash" every time you change a password, account information, etc. Instead, it might be better to list the accounts, etc., and leave instructions on how to access them after your death or incapacitation, without the passwords. Since proof will be required for this type of access, your "private data stash" won't have to be so secret and you can eliminate a security risk.

  2. Re:Thousandth of an inch on Sandia's Floating, Dust-Free, Spinning Heatsink · · Score: 2

    And my PC will have dust plugging that .001 inch.

  3. The Gool Ol' Look and Feel on US District Court: Game Elements In Tetris Clone Infringe Tetris Co.'s Copyright · · Score: 1

    It's nice to see the old "Look and Feel" copyright claims in back from oblivion. Thought to be obsolete after the advent of SSPs (Stupid Software Patents), "Look and Feel" copyright claims have made a comeback in the decisions of the clueless judiciary.

  4. Eating Makes You Fat. on 'Social Jetlag' May Be Making You Fat · · Score: 2

    You gain weight if you eat too much. It's the law. Lots of things might make you hungry, but you don't have to eat every time you feel like it.

  5. Causation on Exposure to Wide Variety of Microbes May Reduce Allergies · · Score: 1

    A new study reveals that people still don't understand that correlation does not imply causation.

  6. Parking Tickets, Too? on Universities Hold Transcripts Hostage Over Loans · · Score: 1

    Back the Jurassic age of education (late 1970s), my official M.S. transcript was held up until I paid all the parking tickets I had accumulated over my college career.

  7. "You have the plane" on Fly-By-Wire Contributed To Air France 447 Disaster · · Score: 2

    When one pilot takes over flying, whether mechanical, hydraulic, or electronic controls, a confirmation is supposed to happen -- something like "You have the plane" and an acknowledgement. This has been true for several decades. It doesn't make sense to blame fly by wire if the pilots the did not use the established protocol, and it is not even clear whether the pilots did.

  8. Why Not a Mainstream Journal? on New Study Suggests Mars Viking Robots Found Life · · Score: 1

    If they did find evidence of life on Mars, why was such a major discovery published in the relatively new and obscure journal of The Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences? Wouldn't such a milestone be more appropriate in a major, long-established journal?

  9. Why Bother? on Expect a Flood of Competitions As US Tries To Spur Public Inventions · · Score: 2

    What's the point of making something new? If you're successful you'll just get sued for patent infringement when some company that's never produced anything (or whose business is in decline) matches up an overly broad patent on a trivial concept with your new development.

  10. And All Political Office Causes Dishonesty. on All Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior, Say Two US Congressmen · · Score: 2

    And there is at least as much evidence that all political office causes dishonesty.

  11. What does the customer/client expect? on Business Cards the Latest Internet Casualty · · Score: 1

    If you have regular contacts with clients and they expect a business card, it's usually a good idea to have one for them. Business cards are going away, but it's still a good idea to cater to the customer. Like fax machines, business cards eventually won't be necessary.

  12. No problem. on Warp Drives May Come With a Killer Downside · · Score: 1

    No problem. Family and friends will be really old by then.

  13. Now I'll have to change my dadblasted passwords! on Hacked Syrian Officials Used '12345' As Email Password · · Score: 2

    The Syrians stole my password for everything! Now I'll have to come up with a new one.

  14. Re:Unconstitutional to Arrest a Congressman on Senator Rand Paul Detained By the TSA · · Score: 1

    Also, "...they shall not be questioned in any other place." I believe this covers being detained for questioning.

  15. Re:Unconstitutional to Arrest a Congressman on Senator Rand Paul Detained By the TSA · · Score: 1

    Detained for questioning is covered. "They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place."

  16. Unconstitutional to Arrest a Congressman on Senator Rand Paul Detained By the TSA · · Score: 3, Informative

    Before the Department of Homeland Security took over the United States it was unconstitutional to arrest a member of Congress while Congress is in session.

  17. Kodak Dismisses Digital Camera Threat on Michael Dell Dismisses Tablet Threat To the PC Market · · Score: 1

    ...and Kodak dismisses digital cameras as a threat to the photo film industry.

  18. Re:Farm GPS, airplanes, and who owns the bandwidth on LightSquared Disrupts 75% of GPS Connections In Government Test · · Score: 1

    If lightspeed transmitters bleed over onto GPS frequencies, even a little bit, then that is a major problem. GPS receivers are incredibly sensitive in order to receive low power signals from satellites. If lightspeed owns an adjacent bandwidth, that's one thing. If they infringe on the GPS band even slightly, they are out of bounds.

  19. Re:Ah good old Kim on Pop Artists Support Megaupload; Universal Censors · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I can use duct tape on my muffler? I'm gonna be a mechanic!

  20. Vote with Your Dollars on Pop Artists Support Megaupload; Universal Censors · · Score: 1

    Remind me never to buy any more music with the Universal label.

  21. No problem. Get more. on NASA Missing Hundreds of Moon Rocks · · Score: 1

    There are lots more where those came from -- we should go get a few loads.

  22. Is this article from 1978? on Java Apps Have the Most Flaws, Cobol the Least · · Score: 1

    I would venture to say that it's not possible to write a nontrivial Cobol application using good software engineering.

  23. Designed or Created? on 17-Year-Old Wins $100K For Creating Cancer Killing Nanoparticle · · Score: 5, Funny

    I believe she only designed the nanoparticle. Actually creating it comes next semester.

  24. What about money? on E-Mail Can Reveal Your Friend Hierarchy · · Score: 1

    I'll respond to (1) and email in which I can make money (Income related, Nigerians in dire straits, etc.), (2) easy-to-answer emails, and (3) all others. I apparently have no friends.

  25. Unique and Non-Trivial? on Google Throws /. Under Bus To Snag Patent · · Score: 1

    That idea is obvious to a 7-year-old. It's hard to believe the USPTO issues patents on trivial concepts like that.