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  1. Re:Monopoly? on Where Cellular Networks Don't Exist, People Are Building Their Own · · Score: 1

    Since TFS does not contain that word, I assume you mean TFA, which uses it in only one place. So which part of Mexico do you live in?

  2. Re:Not so Deluxe anymore? on Intuit Charges More For Previously Offered TurboTax Features, Users Livid · · Score: 2

    I also use TaxAct. They charge for other stuff too, like State taxes, but I have no problem with that.

  3. Re:Security protects the user too on EFF: Apple's Dev Agreement Means No EFF Mobile App For iOS · · Score: 1

    which security issue is addressed by "the first rule of Dev Club is you cannot talk about the rules of Dev Club"?

  4. Re:any repercussions? on Porn Companies Are Going After GitHub · · Score: 1

    That's why he suggested the stuff doesn't actually get removed until it's been determined to infringe.

  5. Re:any repercussions? on Porn Companies Are Going After GitHub · · Score: 1

    It's a little bit different than that. A DMCA takedown request is a statement that the submitter of the request is (a) an agent of someone who owns some IP, and (b) the material targeted by the request is believed to infringe on that IP. Not quite the same thing. If I have a copyrighted song and you use it in a video, everyone knows I don't have copyright on your video but your video can be infringing on my song copyright, and I could file a DMCA request on that basis.

    The weak spot is "believed to infringe", since it's pretty durn hard to prove that I didn't actually believe something, even if that belief is proven later to be incorrect.

  6. Re:Makes sense on Unbundling Cable TV: Be Careful What You Wish For · · Score: 1

    woo, free title insurance :) Wait... I bet that's _lender_ title insurance, isn't it? well, at least it's free.

  7. Re:is because this is an actual problem on Writers Say They Feel Censored By Surveillance · · Score: 2

    You're being a bit more literal than the general populace on this one.

    From Merriam-Webster:
    Full Definition of WITCH HUNT
    1
    : a searching out for persecution of persons accused of witchcraft
    2
    : the searching out and deliberate harassment of those (as political opponents) with unpopular views

  8. Re:Should let them work inside parks. on Councilmen Introduce Bills Strongly Regulating UAV Use in NYC · · Score: 1

    depends on the definition of "express authorization". Is "It's not against FAA regs if you avoid these situations" an express authorization, or does it take a piece of paper signed by the FAA saying "you are allowed to fly drones"?

  9. Re:Backups are not secure on Backblaze's 6 TB Hard Drive Face-Off · · Score: 1

    seems like it should be possible for backblaze to store whatever encrypted data (including the PEM file) without the passkey that can open the PEM file ever entering their system. Of course, then my client has to do all the encryption/decryption, but then again, if I care whether the passkey leaves my system I'm probably willing to pay that price.

    Of course, it's entirely possible that that's exactly how it's handled when using a non-web client... in which case I would just avoid the website.

  10. Re:Man, am I old ... on Backblaze's 6 TB Hard Drive Face-Off · · Score: 1

    Disk is cheap. Time is valuable. Whether it's more valuable to you than disk is your call. I personally think I'd rather spend my weekend doing other stuff than curate my photos. Maybe it's lazy, maybe it's prioritizing my time. Again, subjective call. (Personally, I think it's about 50/50 :)

  11. Re:In Other Words ... on In IT, Beware of Fad Versus Functional · · Score: 1

    definitely true, but also beware of buying a hammer and starting to see glass stuff as nails

  12. Re:Meh on How Identifiable Are You On the Web? · · Score: 1

    ... that has used their website so far. They've only got 24000ish data points; I can well believe that at this stage, small correlations result in apparently weird results. Give them a few million samples and I bet that those factors won't make you unique anymore.

  13. Re:Not incompatible on Former iTunes Engineer Tells Court He Worked To Block Competitors · · Score: 1

    They were to him. Pretty much nobody believes they are a villain, even if the rest of the world disagrees.

  14. Re:Required -- Except When It Isn't on BGP Hijacking Continues, Despite the Ability To Prevent It · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's required if you want to use ARIN's data. Those who choose not to agree are simply not using that data, with the consequence that they are less effective at validating route origin identity.

  15. getting a vaccination is not a 100% guarantee of immunity. If, for whatever reason, the immune system's reaction to the vaccine is weak, it won't ramp up as fast in the case of real exposure, and may not completely prevent infection. The resulting infection will probably be weaker than for an unvaccinated victim, but can still be trasmittable.

    Not to mention the possibility of just carrying the virus around when not actually infected, a la Typhoid Mary.

  16. It's more like "You didn't vaccinate, so you are a threat to the ones that cannot vaccinate because they're allergic, or too young, and the ones who did vaccinate but had a weak reaction, so their immune system won't ramp up fast enough to completely prevent infection."

  17. Re:freedom 2 b a moron on Time To Remove 'Philosophical' Exemption From Vaccine Requirements? · · Score: 1

    I think the gripe with 14 shots at age 2 is the belief that getting poked with needles that many times is painful and must be life-alteringly traumatic. I'll admit, getting stuck with a needle isn't particularly comfortable, but I wouldn't call it painful when done by an experienced professional. Of course, I have many years of experience in painful situations to compare it against, which a 2 year old doesn't.

  18. Re: PRIVATE encryption of everything just became.. on Congress Passes Bill Allowing Warrantless Forfeiture of Private Communications · · Score: 1

    True, absence of evidence is evidence of absence, but it's weak evidence. It reduces the probability somewhat, but not a whole lot, and certainly not to zero. Stronger evidence of absence could exist, but we don't get to see it.

  19. Re:That's not how it works on Congress Passes Bill Allowing Warrantless Forfeiture of Private Communications · · Score: 1

    "Sure, Joe the Cop smelled something funny, traced it to this car, arrested the driver, and found incriminating papers under the seat."

  20. Re:Over to you, SCOTUS on Congress Passes Bill Allowing Warrantless Forfeiture of Private Communications · · Score: 1

    In the house, yes. Does the senate also have a veto-proof margin? (Has the senate even voted on this yet? All I see is the House figures.)

  21. Re:PRIVATE encryption of everything just became... on Congress Passes Bill Allowing Warrantless Forfeiture of Private Communications · · Score: 1

    which only proves that if they've done it they've successfully suppressed reporting of it. Certainly, you can assert and I can hope that they wouldn't... but neither of us can really prove it.

  22. Re:Everybody know and understands this argument on Microsoft To US Gov't: the World's Servers Are Not Yours For the Taking · · Score: 1

    Hardly. But they can still be better than those they're regulating.

  23. Re:Legal Opinion, Please? on French Publishers Prepare Lawsuit Against Adblock Plus · · Score: 1

    You're right, I was mistaken. The difference I was thinking of is that the defendant is presumed to have spoken falsely unless they can prove otherwise. My error.

    Thanks, also, for the interesting pointer.

  24. Re:Legal Opinion, Please? on French Publishers Prepare Lawsuit Against Adblock Plus · · Score: 1

    It may be something about being in France that allows "messes with my business plan" to be actionable, sort of like how in the UK truth can still be defamation.

  25. Re:LOL on Displaced IT Workers Being Silenced · · Score: 1

    They're probably paid extra, in the sense of "you can sign and get the package, or you can not sign and not get any package."