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  1. Re:first lawsuit on Visual Depiction of Who Is Suing Who in Mobile · · Score: 1

    I have prior arts on first lawsuit. My lawyers will be contacting you shortly.

  2. Re:Different in the USA? on British Teen Jailed Over Encryption Password · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The Fifth Amendment would beg to differ:

    No person (...) shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself

  3. Offtopic, but I'm really curious on Anonymous Knocks Out Ministry of Sound Website · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Are there any laws governing what you can legally name your organization?

    Can I register a corporation under the name "Federal government of the United States"?

  4. Obligatory xkcd reference on Linux May Need a Rewrite Beyond 48 Cores · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Do they have support for smooth full-screen flash video yet?

    My Ubuntu 10.04 system still can't play embedded youtube videos. At least Adobe provided a work-around by adding a "play on youtube" option in the right click context menu.

  5. Re:Beat them to the punch on US ISP Adopts Three-Strikes Policy · · Score: 1

    Except everyone can be accused of violating copyrights.

  6. Re:Umm on Why Warriors, Not Geeks, Run US Cyber Command Posts · · Score: 4, Funny

    We have flame-wars about OS, distribution, editor, and even browser.

    What do you think would happen in those flame-wars when we get our hands on stealth bombers and ICBMs?

  7. Re:Beat them to the punch on US ISP Adopts Three-Strikes Policy · · Score: 3, Interesting
    From the summary:

    Subscribers who receive three DMCA takedown notices are disconnected without compensation for a period of six months.

    So the ISP wins by collecting money without having to provide any service to their "customers".

    In fact, after banning everyone, the ISP can just sell all its assets to a new company for $1, and transferring all the employees to the new company. Lather, rinse, repeat.

  8. Re:Their contract terms are what they are... on US ISP Adopts Three-Strikes Policy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... DMCA is horseshit.

    I wholeheartedly concur.

  9. Re:Put them out of business! on US ISP Adopts Three-Strikes Policy · · Score: 1

    Call off the DDOS attack. I'm pretty sure my complaint about the IP range *.*.*.* took care of everything.

  10. Re:Beat them to the punch on US ISP Adopts Three-Strikes Policy · · Score: 1

    Until him, or another neighbor, takes down your internet connection.

    In the end, only the ISP and the ??AA wins.

  11. Re:Why is the CIA attacking anything? on CIA Drones May Have Used Illegal, Inaccurate Code · · Score: 1

    CIA uses attack drones, but they do not build them. So AC is correct in that regard.

  12. Oh great on In Case of Emergency, Please Remove Your Bra · · Score: 2, Funny

    Stupid impulse purchases.

    Now I have to grow out my man-boobs in order to justify that $29.95 + shipping.

  13. Re:It depends.... on Distinguishing Encrypted Data From Random Data? · · Score: 1

    If I give someone one file containing random data and another containing data encrypted with AES, will he be able to tell which is which?

    Does the person to whom you give these two files have a rubber hose? Is he a member of the “extraordinary rendition” team?

    The point of steganography is to not get caught in the first place. If you need plausible deniability, you’ve already lost.

    Then why does the field of steganography exist at all? If your claims are true, then there is absolutely no point in studying and researching steganography. Yet dozens of paper are published on the subject matter every year.

  14. Re:Yeah, That'll Last on Intel Wants To Charge $50 To Unlock Your CPU's Full Capabilities · · Score: 1

    You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal an Intel CPU. You wouldn't steal the unlock code.

  15. Re:I'm all for it on Intel Wants To Charge $50 To Unlock Your CPU's Full Capabilities · · Score: 1

    Weird, I just cracked my chip on the first try. What are the odds of that.

  16. Re:Making it criminal helps the police on In Canada, Criminal Libel Charges Laid For Criticizing Police · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Royal's are the Canuck equivalent to the American FBI, and are a national police force.

    This is incorrect. The FBI only has investigative jurisdiction over federal crimes, thus differentiating them from local police departments. The RCMP and the Calgary police department enforce the exact same set of laws - Criminal Code of Canada, and they have identical investigative jurisdictions. While the RCMP is a national police force, it is not the equivalent of the FBI.

    Simply put, RCMP hands out parking tickets but the FBI does not.

  17. Re:Remote operated UAVs? on Remote Operated Aircraft Targets Hurricanes · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Remote operated UAVs, as opposed to Autonomous UAVs.

  18. Re:Aptitude on Why Are Terrorists Often Engineers? · · Score: 1

    In a capitalistic society, stealing another man's life savings is equivalent of propelling a bullet towards that man's head. You're basically arguing that the bullet killed the man, not the shooter.

  19. Si vis pacem, para bellum on Why Are Terrorists Often Engineers? · · Score: 3, Funny

    OS wars,
    Distribution wars,
    Browser wars,
    Editor wars.
    Let's face it, regardless whether you choose to engage in radical Islamism, engineering is a violent and dangerous discipline.

  20. Re:Just the kind of headlines we need on Why Are Terrorists Often Engineers? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Death to all infidels who do not use green on black displays! Monochrome CRT Akbar!

  21. Re:thin client exam takers on Preventing Networked Gizmo Use During Exams? · · Score: 2, Funny

    iCheat - Genius Bar for exams

  22. Re:Blanket License? on Microsoft To Issue Blanket License To NGOs · · Score: 1

    Penguins don't need blankets.

    Nor do daemons.

  23. Re:Praise? on Apple's Developer Tools Turnaround 'Great News' For Adobe · · Score: 2, Funny

    One incites imminent lawless action, which precludes it from being considered constitutionally protected speech.

    The other one forces all developers to learn Objective-C, which is arguably cruel and unusual punishment.

  24. Re:Don't like the regulations? on Arms Regulations Damaging US Space Industry · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unfortunately, for most of the world, that "someone" is the United States military.

  25. Re:So in the country of 1.3 billion people.... on China Demands Real Names From Mobile Phone Users · · Score: 1

    They also keep track of your DOB, and your national ID number (SSN equivalent).