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  1. He's obviously met his Nemeth-is on Unix Guru Evi Nemeth Missing, Feared Lost At Sea · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'll get my coat

  2. Microsoft seem determined on Microsoft XBox One Kinect Will Not Work On Windows PCs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ..to shoot themselves in the ass with their desire to compartmentalize everything. One reason the Kinect was such a runaway success was the fact that people thought of doing imaginative things with it and stretching its operational boundaries.

  3. Is experimenting on Jewish priests legal? on Eye Surgery By Magnetically Guided Microbots Moves Toward Clinical Trials · · Score: 1

    With this system, mobility experiments were conducted in which a micro-robot with a diameter of 285 um (about four times the width of a hair) was navigated reliably through the eye of a rabbi ...

  4. A rare outburst of common sense from the EU on No "Right To Be Forgotten," Says EU Advocate General · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Now if only they'd stop messing too much with Google (apart from tax issues) and rescind the need for stupid "We're using cookies" splash screens then we'd all be happy Europhiles.

  5. Where's Snowden on Wikileaks Aiding Snowden - Chinese Social Media Divided - Relations Strained · · Score: 1

    A more difficult version of the "Where's Wally" game....because he isn't wearing a read and white striped jumper and cyan trousers/pants.

  6. Re:Why does everyone think this is bad? on GCHQ Tapping UK Fiber-Optic Cables · · Score: 1

    Its painfully obvious that the enemy changes from time to time, and the ability to identify who is really your enemy before he or she takes action is priceless.

  7. Re:Why does everyone think this is bad? on GCHQ Tapping UK Fiber-Optic Cables · · Score: 1

    I didn't say we should make it easy for them. As far as I am concerned private individuals and governments should make an effort to protect their data.

    I said that Intelligence agencies should make their best effort to identify threats as soon as possible and that control of obtaining information should be at the output of the agency, not at the input,

  8. Re:Why does everyone think this is bad? on GCHQ Tapping UK Fiber-Optic Cables · · Score: 1

    Of course its susceptible to abuse, but killing the Golden Goose just because it lays a few bad eggs is foolish. You simply need quality control of the output, which is what I stated in my original post.

  9. Re:Encryption on GCHQ Tapping UK Fiber-Optic Cables · · Score: 1

    Brute forcing of SSL may be possible, but the question is surely whether can it be done in enough volume to be useful?

  10. Why does everyone think this is bad? on GCHQ Tapping UK Fiber-Optic Cables · · Score: 1, Informative

    I am willing to bet that if Henry Stimpson knew the consequences of closing down the equivalent of the NSA in 1929, he would have sacrificed his "Gentlemen do not read each others mail" mantra in a heartbeat. In fact, he did just that in WW2 because he came to realize the value of intelligence gathering activities.

    I personally hope that GCHQ and the NSA are gathering as much intelligence as possible. What is needed is a boundary on who that intelligence is passed on to and used, not how much is gathered.

  11. Just remember on Texas Physicists Create Tabletop Particle Accelerator · · Score: 0

    Not to cross the streams...until you have to cross them...

  12. Re:I hate U2... on Pro Bono Lawyer Fights C&D With Humor · · Score: 1

    Nope , it makes you Uncle Bono, sonny.

    If he was sonny, that would make him Sonny Bono, not Uncle

  13. Re:Given the UN's track record in Africa... on Attackers Tweet As They Assault UN Development Program Compound · · Score: 1

    Lumpy, Of the many, many churches I have been involved with over 30 years, 100% have taught exclusively that a Christian life is one of tolerance, peace, love, self control and virtue.

    except to gays

  14. EVE Players on BitCoin Mining, Other Virtual Activity Taxable Under US Law · · Score: 1

    Should make sure their corporations are domiciled in a star system with a low rate of Corporation Tax

  15. Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these on A Database of Brains · · Score: 1

    Another meme rises like a zombie from its grave

  16. Re:Hard to know who to believe here on Dotcom Alleges Megaupload Raid Was Part of Deal To Film The Hobbit · · Score: 2

    What people mostly don't understand is that the world is not a Hollywood movie. Just because one side is the bad guys doesn't mean the other side is the good guy.

    In this case, it's a power-greedy, corrupt government vs. a greedy, criminal egomaniac.

    Let them tear each other apart and enjoy the show, because if you make the mistake of rooting with any of them, you're supporting the bad guys.

    Kimble's business has always been himself. If the fact that he changed his last name to "Dotcom" didn't tell you as much, I'm not sure if a huge sign with neon letters will.

    But the thing is that legal precedent is often based on unsavoury characters. Ernesto Miranda was not a wonderful person, but the theory goes that if the law protects his rights then it should protect the rights of everyone else.

  17. Easy Explanation on Dotcom Alleges Megaupload Raid Was Part of Deal To Film The Hobbit · · Score: 5, Funny

    The US believes Kim is a hobbit-ual criminal....

  18. Blackmail on The $200,000 Software Developer · · Score: 1

    Threaten to go abroad and reveal all the details of the SuperSekretSystem you've been working on. You'll either get very rich or be spending a long time in state-provided accommodation....

  19. This is one on Researchers Discover Another Layer To the Cornea · · Score: 2

    ..of the cornea-est stories on Slashdot.

    I'll get my coat...

  20. Re:Missing part? on Google Glass Teardown · · Score: 1

    What, no government mind control device? I am shocked!

    Google are planning to release a special version of Glass for people such as you. It is called Google Glass: Tin Foil Hat version :-)

  21. So on AMD Making a 5 GHz 8-Core Processor At 220 Watts · · Score: 1

    I've reduced my power consumption by replacing all my light bulbs with LED versions, only for my computer to negate the savings I've made....

  22. As I'm English on Microsoft Boasts of Tiny Energy Saving With IE · · Score: 1

    I'm just going to have a cup of tea whilst I read this...

  23. A playlist is essentially a directory listing of certain files. How is it inventive?

  24. Copyright of the code on Ask Slashdot: What To Do When Another Dev Steals Your Work and Adds Their Name? · · Score: 2

    Normally belongs to the company you work for, not the person who wrote it. It's not grey territory at all. If you find the author has been changed then the reason for change could be as simple as providing a means to get in touch with the person who is now maintaining it. If I'm amending code produced by someone else I normally add myself to any authors in the documentation, but occasionally the previous dev has not put any documentation in the code, so my boilerplate documentation may not mention the previous developer if I'm in a hurry.

    A lot of companies are increasingly unwilling to produce references beyond "so and so worked here". Nowadays, I try to get a technical reference letter before I leave a company detailing the work I did, in a form that does not give away any company secrets.

    Some tracing can be achieved without much compromise to company security by having Subversion or whatever version control system you're using send emails to you whenever you update code. That way you have a personal audit trail of work you've done.

  25. Re:Afraid? You will be. You will be. on Gaming Roots: MUD and the Birth of MMOs · · Score: 1

    The thing is that building takes much more time to do than destruction, so if you had marauding armies destroying major cities, the entire MUD would be a wasteland in no time whatsoever.