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  1. Re: Tax dollars at work. on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 1

    You're right - it's far less than 5 cents' worth, regardless of which currency it's actually billed in.

  2. Re:Tax dollars at work. on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 1
  3. Re:Tax dollars at work. on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 2

    If mostly phone chargers, it's most likely 5W and you're talking about 8kWh - which is maybe $1/day.

  4. Re:Tax dollars at work. on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 2

    It doesn't stop being 10 cents' worth when it's charged in another currency.

  5. Re:The real story is even worse on "Happy Birthday" Hits Sour Notes When It Comes To Song's Free Use · · Score: 1

    And no one really uses that piano arrangement (my guess), so almost none of the enforcement should ever have been valid.

  6. Re:The obvious test case for ludicrous copyright on "Happy Birthday" Hits Sour Notes When It Comes To Song's Free Use · · Score: 2

    Not even the formatting, but the photo they took of it. Which is a separate work. If you want to sell Constitution prints, take your own photo.

  7. Re:A better solution on "Happy Birthday" Hits Sour Notes When It Comes To Song's Free Use · · Score: 2

    When Warner really shouldn't own the copyright in the first place. The melody was written in 1893 and wouldn't be covered under any of the newer copyright extension laws. And the lyrics were in common use before someone tried to copyright those later.

  8. The Internet's a big place. A "black" list won't do much to help.

  9. Re:Passwords on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Passwords Transmitted As Cleartext? · · Score: 1

    I assume the password was for decrypting a password-protected PDF. Just a guess.

  10. Re:Responses on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Passwords Transmitted As Cleartext? · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you don't salt your hashes, you're less likely to rust the undercarriage.

  11. Re:Responses on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Passwords Transmitted As Cleartext? · · Score: 1

    send them an email with a link (containing a random hash that's indexed to that user in the DB) to verify the email address

    Did you read before replying?

  12. Re:Why did they get rid of Media Center in Win 10? on New Leaked Build Is Evidence That Windows 10 Will Be Ready By July 29 · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if it's even licensing fees. It's Cablecard. You need end-to-end DRM, including drm-ed media files and HDCP to the screen. So most of the things you or I might want to do with a DVR is much more complicated on a computer (like watching a recording from another device, transcoding, etc.)

    For OTA or Clear-QAM, there are a LOT of great options.

  13. Re:Why did they get rid of Media Center in Win 10? on New Leaked Build Is Evidence That Windows 10 Will Be Ready By July 29 · · Score: 1

    Did you even look for alternatives? The HDHomerun with MythTV is a great option for OTA broadcasts (and Clear QAM cable). It's only Cablecard's DRM and recording rules that makes a DRM-supporting OS and media format a requirement.

    Well..technically with an HDCP stripping device (Illegal in the US due to DMCA), you can connect a cable box to a gaming HDMI recorder device and have a nice convoluted setup.

  14. Re:Uh this isn't news... on New Leaked Build Is Evidence That Windows 10 Will Be Ready By July 29 · · Score: 1

    Because Microsoft has a history of releasing half-finished software and stripping a ton of features last-minute. Remember the promises of WinFS? Windows 8 shipped with a control panel that had just a few icons and then everything else was in the "other" (Windows 7-style) control panel.

  15. Re:Wow gorgeous on New Leaked Build Is Evidence That Windows 10 Will Be Ready By July 29 · · Score: 1

    You press the Windows key and start typing "not" and press enter when it pops up as the first result. Same as Windows Vista and 7.

  16. Re:Wow gorgeous on New Leaked Build Is Evidence That Windows 10 Will Be Ready By July 29 · · Score: 1

    I never noticed that. You're right - it's nearly identical. It just has the font anti-aliasing (and better kerning as a result) and the higher DPI that's needed to make it work well.

  17. Re:Hardware Locking on Malwarebytes Offers Pirates Its Premium Antimalware Product For Free · · Score: 1

    The only thing required to make either one a "true" CLI is that there be a command line that lets you interface with things. It does not have to be a core piece of the OS to fit the definition. Otherwise, you could say that Linux distros don't have a true GUI.

  18. Re:Just run your own on Cisco To Acquire OpenDNS · · Score: 1

    So any DNS you use could do this.

    But they actually own an ad network to put the data to use.

  19. Re:yeah yeah on RFC 7568 Deprecates SSLv3 As Insecure · · Score: 1

    There are only two possible real world outcomes:
    1) people will re-enable HTTP administration and start sending their passwords cleartext on their LANs
    2) the very people in companies who do security work will be running outdated browsers, on purpose, to connect to their gear.

    What about
    3) Create a trusted MITM proxy for all these devices. Browsers only see the higher-security proxy.

  20. Re:The renewal is the alleged cybersquatting on Lawsuit Filed Over Domain Name Registered 16 Years Before Plaintiff's Use · · Score: 1

    He's providing a service- buying up generic phrases so that businesses are forced to actually use creativity and not use a boring name. Not a very profitable thing, since nobody should buy them.

  21. Re:Looks like a case of poor research on Lawsuit Filed Over Domain Name Registered 16 Years Before Plaintiff's Use · · Score: 1

    16:36:25Z

    So you bought it? Have fun with it. It's your money.

  22. Re: I believe one already exists. on Airplane Coatings Help Recoup Fuel Efficiency Lost To Bug Splatter · · Score: 1

    No, it's retroactive. From the first flight, their tanks will be gaining fuel in midair - making up fuel lost in the last 100 years without this coating.

  23. Re:Looks like a case of poor research on Lawsuit Filed Over Domain Name Registered 16 Years Before Plaintiff's Use · · Score: 1

    Liar:
    Whois Server Version 2.0

    Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
    with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net/
    for detailed information.

    No match for "CONCRETEBALLOONANIMALS.COM".
    >>> Last update of whois database: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 14:46:12 GMT <<<

  24. Re:The renewal is the alleged cybersquatting on Lawsuit Filed Over Domain Name Registered 16 Years Before Plaintiff's Use · · Score: 1

    No. They didn't even start using the phrase or trademark it until 2015. And it's not cybersquatting if there's no target buyer. So renewals don't even factor into it.

  25. Re:Copyright Law on Lawsuit Filed Over Domain Name Registered 16 Years Before Plaintiff's Use · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But their lawyer saw an opportunity to waste their clients money and make some in the process.