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  1. Re:What is the crime? on LulzSec Calls For PayPal Boycott, Spokesman Arrested · · Score: 1

    That would be the Computer Misuse Act (1990), as amended by the Police and Justice Act (2006), section 36. I suspect he might well have been arrested on suspicion of committing offences under sections 1, 2, and 3.

  2. Re:I concur on 'The Code Has Already Been Written' · · Score: 1

    We only get upset about people adding new requirements when we have a deadline to work to and adding the new requirement forces us to exceed our deadlines. We're the ones who get the blame, not you for adding a requirement and thus increasing the amount of work that needs to be done. If the deadline was automatically extended when new requirements were added we really wouldn't care.

    And there's a world of difference between research code and production code; you don't want engineers to write your research code, you're perfectly capable of doing that yourself, as you've stated. Engineers only need to get involved when that research code needs to be taken and formed into production code which can be used for something beyond your research. The requirements for research and production are entirely different.

  3. Re:This is so true on 'The Code Has Already Been Written' · · Score: 1

    The problem is not that it's their job to accomplish this, it's the scientists saying "but the code is already written, you don't have much work to do" when this is, in fact, not true. The further problem becomes when other people listen to the scientist and get unrealistic expectations of how long it will take for a product, which can be sold, to be ready.

  4. Re:I don't get it on PayPal Joins London Police Effort · · Score: 1

    That would make sense. The City of London Police's territorial area is the just the City of London, which is 1sq mile in the middle of London. They are, however, also the primary force for heading fraud investigations in the UK, because the City of London is the home of finance in the UK.

  5. Re:Thanks a lot, douchebags. on Oracle Acquires K-splice For an Undisclosed Amount · · Score: 1

    We've had an open support request with them for over a month now, they still haven't fixed the problem. The problem, so far as I can tell, is that they simply didn't package all the files required for the Windows platform in one of their archives.

  6. Re:What language is that? on Stanford Students Build "JediBot" · · Score: 1

    It's KRC.

  7. Re:What language is that? on Stanford Students Build "JediBot" · · Score: 1

    KUKA Robot Language.

  8. Re:Saw it on the news on Queen Elizabeth Sets a Code-Breaking Challenge · · Score: 1

    British government has always operated under the concept of "need to know", she didn't need to know, so she wasn't told. Her father, on the other hand, may have known. The monarch has the right to be consulted, to encourage and to warn, the heir apparent doesn't.

  9. Re:Enigma (2001) on Queen Elizabeth Sets a Code-Breaking Challenge · · Score: 1

    Some of the scenes were shot at the Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey, which during the war was actually used for the production of RDX (used in bouncing bombs).

    It became EDRE Waltham Abbey and then PERME Waltham Abbey after the war. Final stage its life it became RARDE Waltham Abbey in 1984, until it closed in 1991. The site was actually in use for over 300 for the production of explosives or research in to them.

  10. Uh, tough? on Belgian Newspapers Delisted On Google · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think the correct response is "tough". Google have no obligation to include your site in their search results and if you start fucking around claiming copyright violation then the easiest way for Google to deal with it is to remove any trace of your sites entirely.

    Welcome to the unintended consequences of your actions. Next time think about what you're doing a little harder.

  11. Re:It's expensive.. on Ask Slashdot: Which Registrars Support DNSSEC? · · Score: 1

    There have been quite a few alternative DNS roots about over the years.

  12. Re:Cloud on FBI Seizes Servers In Virginia · · Score: 1

    Cock-up before conspiracy.

  13. Re:Not surprised on City of Heroes Moving To Hybrid Payment Model · · Score: 1

    Oh there's ways of going from level 1 to 50 in a couple of hours, if you have a high level buddy free to help.

  14. Re:Accidentally ? Fix it then. on Dutch Legislature Accidentally Votes For Internet Filtering · · Score: 1

    They are fixing it.

  15. Re:Cloud on FBI Seizes Servers In Virginia · · Score: 1

    It should be noted, they were actually told exactly which server they wanted based on the IP address they gave DigitalOne. They just chose to take the entire enclosure instead - I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is because they don't actually have anyone with domain knowledge and thus have no idea what they're actually doing.

  16. Re:Cloud on FBI Seizes Servers In Virginia · · Score: 1

    Properly co-ordinate with the hosting provider - not the facility owner - and remove only the servers directly related to their suspect? The co-lo provider will know exactly which of the machines needs to be removed, given the relevant information, e.g. the name of the customer or the IP address of the server(s).

  17. Re:Just an ircop on LulzSec Suspect Arrested By UK Police · · Score: 1

    Which moderately worries me, as an ircop on Undernet who also lives in Essex (about 15 miles from Wickford, in fact). If you can get arrested for just being an ircop on a network which a bunch of idiots are using, I'm a little worried.

  18. On the plus side... on LulzSec Suspect Arrested By UK Police · · Score: 1

    On the plus side, they were talking about building a prison in Wickford, so he could at least be near home. The next nearest one is in Chelmsford.

  19. Re:Vader... on British Tax System Uses Web Robots To Find Cheats · · Score: 1

    What you haven't worked out is that some people consider any tax to be too high and will do whatever they can to not pay it.

    Not that I'd object to us officially moving our office to Dubai, where income tax is 0%.

  20. Re:Lost to the treasury? on British Tax System Uses Web Robots To Find Cheats · · Score: 1

    HMRC is a result of combining Inland Revenue with Her Majesty's Customs and Excise. As a result of that HMRC got all of HMCE's scary powers. HMCE don't, for example, need a warrant to kick your front door in, unlike the police (they have both power of entry and power of arrest). I strongly suspect they can require access to eBay's records without much difficulty as well.

  21. Re:I like how they think people actually owe them on British Tax System Uses Web Robots To Find Cheats · · Score: 1

    The thing is you don't need a "robot" to do it. You just need to ask - by which I mean introduce or use existing legislation to force - eBay to supply details of all UK registered sellers.

  22. Re:Why is a third party manufacturer needed? on How One Man Helps Keep Game Controllers Accessible · · Score: 1

    I was going to say "...but bespoke engineering in small quantities is exactly what he's been doing for 30 years." and then realized he started doing it when he retired and charged just enough to cover his costs, so he wasn't actually making a living out of it. Really the only person - or people - who could take over are other people with the required skills who don't need to make a living out of it but have the time to spare.

  23. Re:Why is a third party manufacturer needed? on How One Man Helps Keep Game Controllers Accessible · · Score: 1

    Market isn't big enough to make it worth their while. To make the controllers cost effective they would be horrendously expensive for the end-user. Alas that's how business works. TFA notes that he's only sold 800 controllers in the last 30 years,

  24. Re:Codemasters had it coming! on Codemasters' Website Hacked · · Score: 1

    It's the reason I use a virtual credit card with one-time numbers online. I only use my real credit card at a limited number of places.

  25. Re:Not encrypted anymore. on Codemasters' Website Hacked · · Score: 1

    Encrypted, not hashed. Assuming they actually do mean encrypted. You'd still have to worry about whether they compromised the key as well, unless they're using something like a PrivateServer HSM - although I suspect that might be considered over kill for a games website.