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  1. Re:Asymmetrical warfare and rules of engagement. on Massive Ukraine Munitions Blasts May Have Been Caused By a Drone (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Realize the Russians are not trying to win this war. They want to pressure the Ukraine government to stay away from the EU/NATO, but don't want to be seen crushing them with their army as that would provoke an EU trade blockade. As soon as the Ukraine gov gives up the war will disappear.

  2. Re:Full Spectrum Problem on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Implement Site-Wide File Encryption? · · Score: 2

    Ensure that ONLY the users of the data have the keys, with all encryption/decryption done on the users computer. If the users computer is compromised they already have full access, but there is no reason to give the server farm maintainers access. Have different keys for each user of the system. A shared drive/folder with shared keys can allow easy file transfers between users, because if you don't make it easy they will use sneakernet or email to transfer unencrypted files.

  3. Re:Relax... on CBS Reports 'Suspicious' Cell Phone Tower Activity In Washington DC (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's probably just the local police trying out their stingrays. You need to experiment a bit to learn how to intercept phone calls without a warrant.

  4. Legally Google should only have SSN's for their own employees, though with the level of spying and data analysis they conduct for their advertising it's possible they can connect the dots and statistically identify an individual including their ID numbers.

  5. Backwards compatibility is what keeps windows as the default OS. If Microsoft takes that away you may as well run Linux.

  6. Re:Testing costs money on Microsoft Locks Ryzen, Kaby Lake Users Out of Updates On Windows 7, 8.1 (kitguru.net) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not having the sheep running spyware 10 costs them advertising revenue and must be blocked.

  7. The reason is they want to minimize all their expenses. This is also why they want the government to handle copyright enforcement.

  8. Re:So we shouldn't trust big data. Fair enough. on 'We Didn't Lose Control Of Our Personal Data -- It Was Stolen From Us By People Farmers' (ar.al) · · Score: 2

    We make our data, and there is artistic merit in it- so we should be able to copyright it and charge royalties.

  9. Inter-Net communications on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Solve the Instant Messaging Problem? · · Score: 1

    What we need is interconnecting routers that manage the protocol translation invisibly behind the scenes. Then it wouldn't matter what chat program you used, it would be routed to the correct destination. Of course the entire point of proprietary is to lock in your customers so you don't need to spend resources competing with others.

  10. Re:Must be illegal on How The FBI Used Geek Squad To Increase Secret Public Surveillance (ocweekly.com) · · Score: 1

    Employees and agents of the US federal government are bound by the constitution of the USA, and it requires search warrants.

  11. Re:I can tell you about my experience. .. on IEEE-USA Criticizes Failure To Reform The H-!B Program (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    If you look at countries with guest worker programs you see 90% of the population are "Foreigners", who just happened to be born and raised in your country.

  12. Re:That's cute on IEEE-USA Criticizes Failure To Reform The H-!B Program (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    The Democrats don't have the votes to block anything. Iraq is America's "boots on the ground" ally in the fight against ISIS, not an enemy. America is not effectively at war with anyone, though Syria/Iran might soon be. The reason the Social Justice Activists stopped his ban was the retroactive part, it affected travel visas already issued.

  13. Re:Why do you think that? on IEEE-USA Criticizes Failure To Reform The H-!B Program (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Or he can start a civil war, and kill Americans twice as fast.

  14. Re: Why do you think that? on IEEE-USA Criticizes Failure To Reform The H-!B Program (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Socialized Medicare (used by every first world country on earth but 1) means the rich and healthy subsidize the poor and the sick. A single mother with 5 kids working minimum wage can't afford 6 months in the hospital from a car crash. The USA is run by the rich, for the rich. Meaning "Pay your own way" (no subsidies).

  15. Assuming the bridge doesn't connect to the computers USB power rails, yes. Once.

  16. IQ tests don't measure intelligence. They measure education (that correlates with intelligence). Albert Einstein would fail an IQ test made for Zulu warriors.

  17. I see no evidence the American voters have gained the wisdom to avoid picking bad presidents.

  18. Re: This had more to keeping the status quo... on New Bill Would Allow Employers To Demand Genetic Testing From Workers (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 2

    HIPAA privacy rules block the transfer of medical info to a company that isn't HIPAA compliant. I expect most companies are not compliant. The company doing the testing would therefore be legally blocked from handing over the test results or face large fines.

  19. Re:The ignorance is astounding on Streaming Pirate Content Isn't Illegal, UK Trading Standards Says (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    So if I keep my movie collection on a ram disk I'm ok? Ram is cheaper than Flash too.

  20. Re:There are PLENTY Of Reasons on FCC Chair Wants Carriers To Block Robocalls From Spoofed Numbers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Allow you to set up any spoofed number you want, but you must register it with your phone company who are then legally liable to verify you are entitled to use it.

  21. Re:And any other CLI masking, please! on FCC Chair Wants Carriers To Block Robocalls From Spoofed Numbers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The phone companies must know who is calling, it's how they get paid.

  22. Re:A giant step ... sideways on Bill Would Legalize Active Defense Against Hacks (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    So DDOS'ing some computer that tried to hack your computer is ok? What if you later find out it was the NSA? Or the police? I assume ignorance is a legitimate excuse, right? Or does this law allow you to knowingly "Respond" against police intrusion attempts?

  23. Re:An American patent? on IBM Gets a Patent On 'Out-of-Office' Email Messages -- In 2017 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Either require the patent office to a reasonable effort to verify patent applications, or make it a pure registration system where you must prove the patent valid when you try to enforce it.

  24. Re:we can't even be bothered to get that right.... on SpaceX Plans To Send Two People Around the Moon In 2018 (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't recommend long duration travel without significant radiation shields. I doubt the planned craft has them, meaning a solar flare and you fry. Lagrange points are useful for astronomy but not for tourism (lack of anything there). Rich tourists will certainly pay to travel to the moon if it involves landing at your lunar hotel and getting out on the surface. I expect that sort of tourism will fade quickly (lack of rich tourists, been there done that boredom).

  25. You can put an IR film on your windows to trap heat inside. You can use a heat pump to take heat from the ground and dump it in your house (most cheap units take from the cold air, but the ground has more heat).