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  1. Re:Classic patent trolling on Patent Troll Says Anyone Using Wi-Fi Infringes · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually a google search indicates that Innovatio IP Ventures, LLC is being used by Cisco Systems, Inc. and Motorola Solutions, Inc. Papers were filed back in May.

  2. Re:What about a one time pad? on DOJ: We Can Force You To Decrypt That Laptop · · Score: 1

    Considering that the key for a one time pad must be as long or longer then the data to be encrypted I don't see how that helps. Can anyone really memorize several GB worth of random values?

    And I'm not sure what you mean by revealing it would be meaningless. Once the key is known revealing the plain text is a simple matter for a one time pad.

  3. In the words of Yamamoto... on ISP's War On BitTorrent Hits World of Warcraft · · Score: 2

    "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."

  4. Re:And one by one... on On Several Fronts, US Gov't Prepares To Regulate Online Privacy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They'll just package it with the backdoor mandate the NSA wants. It'll pass under some title like "The Citizen Privacy, Security and Safety Act" because how could someone possibly oppose those?

  5. #7. They Have Too Many Natural Predators on 7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Come on now. Everyone know if you eat zombie flesh you become a zombie. Before you know it we'll be up to our necks in zombie lion, zombie tiger and zombie bears. However, zombie birds will probably be the worst considering the distances they can cover.

  6. Re:American Guns!! Yay NRA!! on Narco-Blogger Beats Mexico Drug War News Blackout · · Score: 1

    I guess you never know when you will need an M-16 with a large clip to take down your own country's elected government.

    Pet peeve of mine.

    This is a Clip
    This is a Magazine

    The clip is used to feed rounds into the magazine. The magazine may either be fixed like on an M1 Garand or Removable like on an M-16.

  7. Re:Die. on Abandon Earth Or Die, Warns Hawking · · Score: 1

    In the long run we're all dead?
    Then why even try in the first place? Could it be that there is some worth in doing something despite the fact it may amount to nothing in the big picture of things?

  8. Re:Problems with TurnItIn type services on Colleges Stepping Up Anti-Cheating Technology · · Score: 1

    I actually had a situation similar to #2 but both classes were during the same semester. I simply went to both professors and asked if it would be a problem to reuse my paper and neither had a problem with it. Got an 'A' on both papers too.

    Now a classmate of mine did something similar but didn't first check with the professors. He didn't get in trouble but was asked to rewrite one of the papers.

  9. Re:boondoggle on US Plans Cyber Shield For Private Companies and Utilities · · Score: 1

    Do keep in mind that the NSA is one of the largest employers of Ph.D. Mathematicians in the US. They wrote the book on SELinux and are generally considered to be 5 years ahead of the next leader in the private sector.

    Who ever put the NSA together did a good job, at least in the sense of it accomplishing its mission.

  10. Re:The biggest protector of child molesters on Pakistani Lawyer Wants Mark Zuckerberg Executed · · Score: 1

    I guess Ray Person (Generation Kill) was right, "It's lack of pussy fucks countries up."

  11. Re:This will never fly on EU To Monitor All Internet Searches · · Score: 1

    As a legislature becomes more isolated from it's constituency it begin to more closely resemble an oligarchy.

    As long as the courts are allowed to reinterpret a laws meaning these kind of things are inevitable.

  12. Re:Amazing on BP Says "Top Kill" Operation Has Failed · · Score: 1

    Removing explicit Limited Liability protection that the government provides to all corporations from lenders and plaintiffs would be a good start. With owners suddenly being personally liable for the actions of their company they'd really start to care about what they did.

  13. Re:And yet... on Proposed Law Would Require ID To Buy Prepaid Phones · · Score: 1

    Because it's not about catching crooks, it's about maintain an image of potency. I can also see this being used as a stepping stone to a revival of REALID to "curb fake IDs" and "protect us from terrorists" all while doing neither.

  14. Re:Obvious solution on Car Hits Utility Pole, Takes Out EC2 Datacenter · · Score: 1

    Install a CIWS on every utility pole and transformer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS

  15. Re:A good thing, democratically speaking... on FTC Could Gain Enforcement Power Over Internet · · Score: 1

    Pretty sure electronic fraud law cover that, as well as RICO. Once you start directly interfering with commerce you're done. That not even taking into account the fallout in PR.

  16. Re:Uh... on FTC Could Gain Enforcement Power Over Internet · · Score: 2, Informative

    Thank you Wickard v. Filburn

  17. Re:How long till the Tea partiers blame Obama? on Volcanic Ash Heading Towards North America · · Score: 1

    And why is it I don't hear either side giving any real consideration to a reinstatement of Glass-Steagall? No, they want to give the power and responsibility to the FED. The very institution at the heart of the matter which also didn't see it all coming. All the talk of regulation reform is just moving deck chairs on the Titanic.

  18. Re:give me more of that on High Fructose Corn Syrup Causes Bigger Weight Gain In Rats · · Score: 1

    Are you advocating free trade capitalism?!? Blasphemy!

  19. It's Official on Gamers Pay To Play With Girls · · Score: 1

    We've hit a new low... Though I do applaud the inventor for a creative business model.

  20. Re:A false choice, of course... on Health Care Reform · · Score: 1

    Though on other side, the question all Americans should be asking themselves is: do private insurers have better resume???

    Before WWII I say they had a decent record then we got FDR's wage and price controls which set everything in motion.

    One can easily bash gov't - bashing health insurers might backfire (who like all the big businesses have their hand in pretty much everything). And if gov't does shitty job, one can always vote for opposition/independent - you rarely if ever have much choice when dealing with health insurers.

    The problem with this is once you create a hugh new bureaucracy those people employed by it aren't about to vote against their own lively hood.

  21. Objective journalism is a myth... on Obama Administration Withholds FoIA Requests More Often Than Bush's · · Score: 1

    ...get over it.

  22. Re:Some people are idiots on Bill To Ban All Salt In Restaurant Cooking · · Score: 1

    Nanny state. People are too stupid so we have to take care of them...

  23. Re:Good and bad. on Charles Nesson Ruled Jointly Liable To Pay RIAA · · Score: 1

    So the lesson is don't do crime, especially if you're poor cause then they are really going to stick it you.

    Unless your completely innocent in which case, get fucked.

  24. Re:this will go nowhere. on FBI Probing PA School Webcam Spy Case · · Score: 1

    But the incident did not occur on school grounds but within the students own home. Of course SCOTUS won't strike down the Patriot Act so who knows.

  25. It's condensation on iPhone's Liquid Sensors Can Be Triggered By Wintertime Use · · Score: 1

    My dad had a similar experience with a Sony water resistant camera however the result were quite opposite. It was about 80-90 degrees out and he dunked the camera in 50 degree water hoping to get a close up of some trout. That ended up condensing the air inside the lens fogging it up on the inside. When he contacted Sony about it they were very interested in getting the camera to investigate the problem and fix it on future models as well as replacing it at no cost.