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  1. Can anyone explain... on Inside the Secret War Against Internet Spies · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why these Defense contractors are using unencrypted email, and Access to "to manage big batches of data.?"

  2. Re:Damn lies on Having Your ID Stolen Leads to Job Loss, Prosecution · · Score: 1

    For examples, by law, credit card transactions have to have goods going to the registered card holder's address (business cards get passed this). Some companies ignore this requirement, and they'll be liable for any losses due to fraudulent activity should the card holder raise the alarm. Rubbish. By contract with the merchant bank perhaps, but not 'by law'.
  3. Web 2.0 "talent" on Microsoft's Vista Blogger Quits · · Score: 1

    Oh my. Oh my. Oh my.

  4. Totally pointless. on Is There Room For a Secure Web Browser? · · Score: 1

    as you say. who will adopt it? The people who would most benefit from it? Of course not.

  5. Re:Ahoy on Adobe Puts Free Photoshop Online · · Score: 1

    Adobe smart? Aren't they still shooting themselves in the foot by not having 64bit flash?

  6. Or it is not spreading on Why Linux Doesn't Spread - the Curse of Being Free · · Score: 5, Insightful

    because it is relatively difficult to buy as a pre-installed system.

  7. Re:We have WiFi, remember? on 3G iPhone on the Way? · · Score: 1

    Yes, because i'm always near a power point, and never want to change to my fully charged spare battery.

  8. A couple of people on Usenet are complaining that on XP/Vista IGMP Buffer Overflow — Explained · · Score: 1

    win32time service is broken in their Active Directory enviroment post these updates. It is as yet unclear if they are related.

  9. Re:CIA? on Rails Bigwig Rails on Rails Community · · Score: 3, Interesting
  10. What, again? on ISP Inserting Content Into Users' Webpages · · Score: 1

    Those naughty Canadians.

  11. MPAA's response: on Canadian DMCA Bill Withdrawn · · Score: 4, Funny
  12. Hmm. What's to stop on Will ISP Web Content Filtering Continue To Grow? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The code being appended breaking websites in some browsers? People disabling javascript?

  13. Re:Can I borrow his dictionary? on MPAA Boss Makes Case for ISP Content Filtering · · Score: 1

    I am aware of at least one New Zealand ISP that is not blocking P2P, but has a fancy box of tricks CACHE'ing it to improve speed on popular content.

  14. Re:Explanation. on MPAA Forced To Take Down University Toolkit · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Should also be made clear that the tools only identified torrent users, and didn't make any attempt to distinguish between 'naughty' and legal torrents.

  15. Re:Cost on The Nuclear Power Renaissance · · Score: 1

    See recent uk media reports about the cost for clean up of retired plants, much less waste storage. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1789671,00.html

  16. Am i missing something? on MIT Offers City Car for the Masses · · Score: 1

    Because if it is to avoid the problems with journeys on public transport where you're a walk away from the final destination, where exactly am i supposed to park the car? At a 'park stop' as opposed to a bus or train stop? What indication is there that there will be more space for 'park stops' as opposed to density of bus stops?

  17. Re:One problem with this plan on States Set to Sue the U.S. Over Greenhouse Gases · · Score: 1

    Whether or not you break ground and build reactors depends on honest costings at time of construction. Ask British taxpayers about this one.