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  1. Re:What's the point on Do Slashdotters Encrypt Their Email? · · Score: 1

    > But who you are talking to cannot be encrypted, and that is almost
    > as valuable as the contents.

    Actually it can. Research remailers and NYM accounts.

    And you are correct about the implications of traffic analysis in even the most benign message (content)!

  2. Re:I don't use it for the encryption on Do Slashdotters Encrypt Their Email? · · Score: 1

    > A major issue is key exchange of course

    It shouldn't be. First there's keyservers, second, this could also be done by the mail client. Incoming e-mail signed with unknown key? MUA should automatically prepare a "Send public key!" reply. This could even be in the background without user intervention. Also the sending of the key in response could, and perhaps should, be automated. Message with key arrived? MUA - Import! Solved!

    Security issues do not apply here really. You can only ever verify keys with people you actually know or at least meet in person. Everything else you just have to take on faith anyway...or two or so intermediate introducers.

  3. Re:well on Do Slashdotters Encrypt Their Email? · · Score: 1

    Hey! Don't post my luggage combination, man!

  4. YES!! on Vaccine Developed Against Ebola · · Score: 3, Funny

    Finally monkey meat again! :-P

  5. In other news... on US Air Force Pays SETI To Check Kepler-22b For Alien Life · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple quietly got a grant from the U.S. Air Force Space Command to develop a virus for 'space-craft defensive measures'...

  6. Re:different org, same shit on German Copyright Group To Collect From Creative Commons Event · · Score: 1

    This ain't "Troll"ing, dear Mods. But you'd know that if you had read the article! :-P

  7. Re:Same thing in Slovenia on German Copyright Group To Collect From Creative Commons Event · · Score: 4, Interesting

    > I asked our beloved SAZAS about this matter. The question
    > specifically was: what was your opinion on playing open-source /
    > cc music in a waiting room? The reply was that since all authors
    > must report to SAZAS and report their incomes and creative
    > commons authors do not, such music was illegal in Slovenia.

    I'd love to see that go to trial! And then to Strasbourg...

  8. different org, same shit on German Copyright Group To Collect From Creative Commons Event · · Score: 1, Troll

    IHRE PAPIERE!

  9. Re:Non-issue to 99.9% of us on Ask Slashdot: Post-Quantum Asymmetric Key Exchange? · · Score: 1

    > Or they can tap your phones, or hire a hooker to seduce you.

    YES!!

    Allow me to mention, that I've got a *lot* of secrets to divulge... ^__^

  10. Quantum-Crack? on Ask Slashdot: Post-Quantum Asymmetric Key Exchange? · · Score: 1

    Out of interest: are there, presumably theoretical, estimates, just how long it would take a quantum computer to crack RSA and the like? Would this be an instantaneous thing, would it take minutes, days, weeks?

    Inquiring mind wants to know...

  11. MRI for kids? on New Algorithm Could Substantially Speed Up MRI Scans · · Score: 1

    Does anyone have experiences with (brain) MRI's for kids (10 and under)? In order to 'keep them quiet' enough for the scan (and scary noise!), is a full-blown anaesthesia necessary? What options do exist?

  12. Re:Keys to the kingdom on Ask Slashdot: How To Securely Share Passwords? · · Score: 1

    > I gave the master password to my wife right before I went into
    > surgery earlier this year. Luckily she didn't need it!

    1/\/3vERre@LLyl0VedUANYw@Y!?:-P

  13. Re:duh? on Ask Slashdot: How To Securely Share Passwords? · · Score: 1

    > The CIA has a tiny little camera in there, so that's just not safe.

    If the CIA is fucking around in OUR jurisdiction again, we're gonna be really pissed! (Wouldn't be the first time...)

    The FBI

  14. Re:Fuck China. on China Builds 1-Petaflop Homegrown Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    > We should refuse to do business with them while we still can.

    In other news, most "american" retail chains are closing for business...

  15. Re:Support them from your own money on How Can I Justify Using Red Hat When CentOS Exists? · · Score: 1

    > P.S. I wouldn't post anonymously but I work for Oracle, and Larry
    > Ellison is such a vindictive bitch I don't want to hear about it.

    Please come to my office!

    Larry

  16. Re:Support them from your own money on How Can I Justify Using Red Hat When CentOS Exists? · · Score: 1

    > I think he's referring to the "Self-support" option ($349)

    Likely. Unfortunately, if you run mostly virtual (RHEL) machines, you will have beefier hardware underneath, with 4 or more CPU's. That goes up even higher with clusters & redundancy (you have to pay for all sockets). Then the self-support option is no longer available.

    They also do not offer a per-incident kind of support, which is very unfortunate. If you hardly ever use support, why pay steep money for something, you can't really use? Red Hat is not exactly cheap!
    I like Red Hat and their products are very stable and reliable. But they should rethink some portions of their subscription pricings. Otherwise they'll get trounced by VMWare/Suse Linux (if you buy VMware, you get SLES thrown in for free!).

  17. Re:Support them from your own money on How Can I Justify Using Red Hat When CentOS Exists? · · Score: 1

    > The patches is perhaps the most important part, and RHN does sell
    > a non-support subscription (just patches) for a ridiculously low price.

    Got more info on that option? Can't see it here:

    https://www.redhat.com/rhel/purchasing_guide.html

  18. Question: on UK Police Buy Covert Cellphone Surveillance System · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Will a phone in flight mode release its IMSI and IMEI identity codes?

  19. Re:Microsoft has the most to lose by waiting on Next-Gen Game Consoles Still Years Off · · Score: 1

    > PS3 is so far behind in the US that it won't catch up without a miracle

    Actually it wouldn't take much, I'd say. Restore true PS2 compatibility in hardware and up the RAM a bit. If possible, go down to 28nm chips. But just the former would, IMHO, suffice, to give the PS3 new life and buyer-interest for a couple years.

  20. Re:That should do it! on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    > That should solve our unemployment problem right there.

    Yeah. Sucks that the PHB's were so keen on exporting our jobs to India ("Hello! My Name is Cindy..." "NO, IT ISN'T, YOU LYING BITCH!!"), gave our Know-How to China and our Production to Taiwan and Bangladesh. Perhaps normal Americans should finally wake TF up and start buying things made in their own country again to secure their OWN jobs, not Rajiv's!
    (Btw., got no beef with Rajiv or other folks from around the world. Not their fault, that we're fucking ourselves economically into oblivion.)

  21. Re:Thoughts from a 'four year' libertarian... on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    > You might as well wished Steve Ballmer to manage Linux kernel
    > development for four years.

    YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  22. Re:Fuck you Italy on EU Debates Installing a Black Box On Your Computer · · Score: 1

    > Physical evidence of Christ is pretty also extremely slim

    Meant:
    Physical evidence of Christ is also extremely slim...

  23. Re:Fuck you Italy on EU Debates Installing a Black Box On Your Computer · · Score: 1

    > get a proper understanding of history.

    Well, you are certainly correct, that I have to learn a lot more. As does everyone. ;-)

    However, a proper understanding is pretty hard to achieve, especially in this kind of matter, given that the evidence to establish 'history' has been meddled with by far to many people. I dare say, it is pretty much impossible now, unless we make some pretty astounding discoveries of documents (or objects) so far unknown to sort out truth from fiction.
    Physical evidence of Christ is pretty also extremely slim, and even the documents are, at best, hear-say (why did J never write anything himself?).

    > Jesus was not deified as a result of the council's vote.

    OK, fine. Of course, by voting, that he was NOT anything less than a deity, he WAS, in fact, voted a deity ;-)
    But even disregarding that...then who DID establish him a deity?

  24. Re:Fuck you Italy on EU Debates Installing a Black Box On Your Computer · · Score: 2

    > When was the last time God ran for election?

    You could say, he (God/Jesus) were elected to their currently held positions in A.D. 325 at the First Council of Nicaea, where Jesus got promoted from just being a human to exclusive God privileges by a, albeit tight, vote by those present at the council. By extension, his now official Father (sorry, Joseph!) got simultaneously a vote of confidence (of existence and supreme rule).

  25. Re:Wha? on "World's Most Relaxing Music" Composed · · Score: 1

    > My heart beat really does sync up to the music. Does anyone else
    > experience that too?

    No. In my experience the music syncs to my heart beat. But then...I'm Chuck Norris and YMMV. ;-)