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  1. Re:What kind of encryption did the FBI break? on Judge Orders Child Porn Suspect To Decrypt His Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    IMO, no, the police can't force you to open the door for them. If they can break the door down, and the judge has authorized them to do so, then they may do so. If they can't break it down - tough noogies, they can't get in, unless and until they persuade you to cooperate.

    It would be interesting if such a case were to make it's way through the court system.

  2. Re:What kind of encryption did the FBI break? on Judge Orders Child Porn Suspect To Decrypt His Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    Please, see my response above, regarding a safe.

  3. Re:What kind of encryption did the FBI break? on Judge Orders Child Porn Suspect To Decrypt His Hard Drives · · Score: 2

    I think the judge can tell you, "If you don't open the safe for us, we will demolish the wall, remove the safe, bring the safe to the police station, and then we will open it." Faced with an inevitability, that the police WILL get into the safe, you may decide to cooperate. But - the judge really can't order you to open the safe FOR the police.

  4. Re:What kind of encryption did the FBI break? on Judge Orders Child Porn Suspect To Decrypt His Hard Drives · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Bottom line - the 5th guarantees that you do not have to provide ANY EVIDENCE to be used against you. The judge is requiring the accused to provide evidence intended to assist in his own prosecution.

    Parsing words won't change that bottom line. It can only make you feel better about having coerced the hapless fool under your control.

  5. Re:Internet connection on Chinese Hackers Steal Top US Weapons Designs · · Score: 1

    Anyone stupid enough to store critical information on an internet accessible device deserves to be ripped off. How many individuals leave their wallets lying on the sidewalk when they go to bed? Even the richest bastard in the world doesn't launder his cash, then hang the bills out on the picket fence to dry.

    It's like Fort Knox having roads and walkways through it's vaults, to encourage travel to the local mall. It's so retarded, even idiots won't do it.

  6. Re:Techy drone-boners must stop. on German Railways To Test Anti-Graffiti Drones · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Read AC's post.

    Trains are fuel efficient. Right here in the US, it's been demonstrated that a train can move freight for a small fraction of the cost that trucks can move freight. The only problem with trains here, is that they are never on time. You can't send a refrigerated car filled with vegetables from Yuma to Philadelphia, because you never know when it will arrive. An 18-wheeler gets it there reliably, in 4 days with a solo driver, 2 days with team drivers. But - the COST is ridiculous.

    If the idiots who manage the trains could just figure out how to SCHEDULE the damned things, we could save tons of money on everything.

    Including passenger service.

  7. Re:Sad Sad Sad on US Entertainment Industry To Congress: Make It Legal For Us To Deploy Rootkits · · Score: 1

    Forcing us to purchase their products.

    Some irrational shit has been posted to slashdot's pages in the past, but that ranks up there with the most irrational.

    You're suggesting that Sony, or Microsoft, or any other company can mandate that I purchase their product? Really? I suggest that you sit down, and read your own post a few times. Seriously dude, you're ranting! There is nothing rational there. Government is going to force me to purchase game titles, to enable Sony to install rootkits on my machine?

    Government can't even force me to own a computer, let alone any particular operating system, or some lame assed game title.

  8. Re:Better than cremation on Richard III Suffered an Ignominious Burial, Researchers Find · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It really would be news if we were to learn that Richard suffered from his burial. That would indicate that he was aware of his surroundings three days after he had clinically died. THIS IS A CASE FOR LIFE AFTER DEATH!! The question that Richard failed to answer is, which, if any religions, offers any real promise of salvation or happiness after death. Poor, suffering Richard - does anyone think that he is still suffering after all this time?

  9. Re: Not News to Fox on Why DOJ Didn't Need a "Super Search Warrant" To Snoop On Fox News' E-mail · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "commander and chief"

    Don't we all hate when people use terms that they don't understand, trying to make other people believe that they are knowledgeable?

    Next time, try using a dictionary, or a thesaurus, or SOMETHING. Using such terms in such blatantly ignorant ways makes all the rest of your post suspect. Even if you're correct, you've made yourself look STUPID!

  10. Re:That's fine on Cockroaches Evolving To Avoid Roach Motels · · Score: 1

    "boric acid is poisonous if taken internally or inhaled in large quantities."

    Try to avoid eating the stuff, and maybe use a respirator while dusting? I have managed to handle truly dangerous chemicals in my lifetime, in bulk quantities (as much as 5000 gallons at a time) without ingesting or inhaling them.

    Roaches are harmful. Boric acid is potentially harmful to idiots. I'll take my chances with the acid.

  11. Re:Med students on Med Students Unaware of Their Bias Against Obese Patients · · Score: 0, Troll

    Let me ponder this for a minute.

    A health care professional can be expected to have a bias regarding healthy vs unhealthy life choices. Being fat indicates that a person has made one HELL of a lot of unhealthy choices. Like - every single day, he eats to much.

    Bias. Healthy, vs unhealthy. I'm weighing this in my mind.

    Question: What would happen if physicians just decided that it's alright to be obese? When a fat bastard comes to visit the doctor, Doc says "You look FAAHHHBULOUS, you fat bastard! Are you getting enough to eat?"

    IMO, there is something wrong with that 25% who are NOT biased against fat and obesity!

  12. Re:Popcorn time! on Predicting IQ With a Simple Visual Test · · Score: 2

    If you saw them all with no problem, you're probably not exceptionally intelligent. Smart and not-so smart people see the small ones. The very smart tend to miss the larger moving images. Reading comprehension is available at a community college near you - and you don't even have to be extremely smart to take it!

    Next question - does this mean that the assholes who tend to pull out in front of other vehicles - especially motorcycles - are the SMART ONES? Alright - I can see that, maybe. Very intelligent dumbasses. Yep!

  13. Re:That's fine on Cockroaches Evolving To Avoid Roach Motels · · Score: 1

    If you were wiling and able to remove paneling, yeah, it would be great. But, it's a good bit of work. If you happened to be doing remodeling anyway, no problem. It's not a chore that I would willingly take on just to get rid of roaches.

    On the other hand - I would consider removing the molding around the bottom of the room, drill a few one inch holes, and blow the dust into the holes. Nail the molding back in place, and your walls are permanently poisoned for roaches.

    Depending on where you live, and the construction of your home, moisture shouldn't be a problem on any interior walls. Exterior walls, maybe.

  14. Re:Simple solution on Possible Collision Between Cube-satellite and Old Space Junk · · Score: 2

    Really? How will that work, exactly? How does this "atomic fire" propagate through space? Especially the volume of space in which all the debris floats? Nuclear bombs are pretty devastating within an atmosphere, but somehow, I just can't picture much of a pressure wave or much of an "atomic fire" in a vacuum.

  15. Re:That's fine on Cockroaches Evolving To Avoid Roach Motels · · Score: 2

    Roaches are averse to very little. The one thing that kills them dead, and permanent, is boric acid. No - don't try to mix up a poison for them. Just dust the building they infest. Really dust - get it into every crack and crevice, behind light switches, behind wall receptacles, under cabinets, on top of cabinet, under the false floor under your sinks, in the attic, in the basement, get the rafters and floor joists, behind molding, in the heating ducts, hot water tank room, crawlspaces, EVERYWHERE.

    Leave the dust undisturbed for as long as possible. Can you leave the building empty for a month? Do it! They walk in it, they feel dirty, so they groom themselves. Grooming is just like a cat - they lick themselves clean. POISONED, SUCKER!!!

    All those fancy, expensive preparations are just a waste of time. They never worked in the first place, is why the roaches seem to be "averse" to them now.

    How do I know this? I once moved into a home that was perfect - except it was roach infested. We tried everything, then asked around. The professional exterminators couldn't even rid the house of roaches, which was part of the reason the previous tenants had moved out.

    Dusting worked, where everything else had failed. The house was roach free after a month. (There WILL be reinfestations after the first treatment, because there are eggs in your walls that won't hatch for a couple of weeks. Just leave the dust laying everywhere - those hatchlings will be gone soon enough.)

  16. Re:Good to see intelligence rewarded for once. on Curiosity Rewarded: Florida Teen Heading to Space Camp, Not Jail · · Score: 1

    So - you're more interested in liability, than education?

    Oh yeah - it IS the schools responsibility to TEACH the kids how to experiment safely. Responsibility - what a concept!

    Like I said - a mild scolding.

  17. Re:Good to see intelligence rewarded for once. on Curiosity Rewarded: Florida Teen Heading to Space Camp, Not Jail · · Score: 1

    Yes, she deserved a "punishment". That punishment should have taken the form of a mild scolding. "Honey, we probably should have stressed that you don't mix chemicals until you're sure what to expect from them! Next time, ask BEFORE you mix the stuff up!" And, that should have been the end of it.

    Well, the end of it, except for some ice cream. No high school experiment is complete until the ice cream has been consumed.

  18. Re:Need to Be Careful on A Cold Look at Cold Fusion Claims: Why E-Cat Looks Like a Hoax · · Score: 2

    Just one small production steel mill, or aluminum mill, or even a plastics processing mill. The first time I read about this thing, I thought, "Why not just set it up at work? Get it running, throw the breakers coming from the power lines, and let this little "reactor" run the plant?" It's a clean, simple test. We just transfer from "shore power" to "ship's power" like any Navy ship. If the plant continues to produce, then the "reactor" passes. And, I'll pay for the damned thing. Imagine - spending a few hundred thousand dollars for a device that will give me unlimited power for almost forever! My production costs drop by about 5% overnight!

    A single demonstration, documented thoroughly, would make this Rossi guy unbelievable rich, overnight! People would be beating down his doors, to throw money at him!

  19. Re:Nah, just keep on sleeping while the wheels tur on First Government Lawsuit Against a Patent Troll · · Score: 2

    Extortion would be relevant. Organized extortion efforts across the nation would be very relevant. What's going on here is very much the same as a protection racket. "You pay me $100/week, and your home won't be broken into." Except, it's "You pay me $xxxx and you won't have to defend yourself in court." It's outright extortion.

  20. Re:Extortion maybe? on Kim Dotcom Wants Money From Google, Twitter For 2-Factor Authentication · · Score: 2

    The second AC to post sums it up. Without the players, there is no game. The players ARE the game.

  21. Re:vermont? on First Government Lawsuit Against a Patent Troll · · Score: 1

    Don't forget to use and abuse all his women - he lacks the energy for that as well.

  22. Re:Nah, just keep on sleeping while the wheels tur on First Government Lawsuit Against a Patent Troll · · Score: 4, Informative

    "There's just no federal laws they can really go after these fuckers for violating."

    RICO

    http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-rico-law.htm#did-you-know

  23. Re:Actual hacking? on Ask Slashdot: What Makes a Great Hackathon? · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's really hard to say what makes a good hackathon. But, you can judge your success easily enough. If within two or three days, the FBI, CIA, ATF, ICE, and other government agencies kick everyone's doors in, and confiscates everything that everyone owns prior to flying everyone to Guantanamo, you KNOW you had one hell of a hackathon!

    "If there's a hackathon heaven . . . "
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IEemZ6-LZc

  24. Re:and in the us the same book will be $200-$400 u on Latvian Police Raid Teacher's Home for Uploading $4.00 Textbook · · Score: 1

    Oh! You poor fool! Those weren't typos at all. THOSE ARE THE NEW FORMULA!! Oh, poor, poor fool - you'll NEVER be able to analyze algorithms properly now, because you're using the old formulas! [/sarcasm]

  25. Re:More shady business on Motion To Delay Sanctions Against Prenda Lawyers Denied · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Standards?

    1 watch newspapers for high profile deaths
    2 show up at funeral
    3 stage shockingly objectionable protest
    4 be assaulted and/or insulted
    5 file suit against grieving relatives for violation of civil rights

    It's hard to see that WBC has any standards, or that those nonexistent standards might be any higher than the Prenda lawyers. I'd like to see someone like Judge Wright get hold of the WBC bunch.