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  1. Re:Category 5 Hurricane on Could a Category 5 Hurricane Take Down East Coast Data Centers? · · Score: 1

    What does this Bush-bashing have to do with anything? I don't see what point you're trying to make. And just to bring balance: There's flooding in the Northern midwest states right now and Obama's FEMA still hasn't done squat. (In fact he denied the governors' requests for emergency aid.) GOP or DNC; they both suck.

    According to this Aug. 6th article FEMA "declared a major disaster for three northwestern Wisconsin counties due to flood damage in June" and "The declaration allows local governments affected by the floods to apply for aid."

  2. Re:moran on Could a Category 5 Hurricane Take Down East Coast Data Centers? · · Score: 1

    It was Bugs Bunny posting AC. Duh.

  3. Re:Our secret health on 'Wall of Shame' Exposes 21M Medical Record Breaches · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because in the US, we've decided that the only people that get health care are those with jobs.

    We've decided no such thing.

  4. Re:Where do I apply for the "HDD encryptor" positi on 'Wall of Shame' Exposes 21M Medical Record Breaches · · Score: 1

    Why they weren't encrypted from the start is the real question.

    HIPAA only recently grew teeth that makes non-compliance painful.

  5. Compared to the ease of snapping up kids selling drugs on the street corner, I don't think it's worth their time to go after this kind of traffic. At least not yet.

    Shutting down this supply might slow down the selling on corners.

  6. Re:That *niche* market. on RIM CEO Says Company 'Seriously' Considered Switch To Android · · Score: 1
  7. Re:That *niche* market. on RIM CEO Says Company 'Seriously' Considered Switch To Android · · Score: 1

    ...and with a proper MDM and/or google apps infrastructure they are far more secure than iPhones.

    How so?

  8. Re:That *niche* market. on RIM CEO Says Company 'Seriously' Considered Switch To Android · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's a strange day when a 1810296 ID post makes more sense than a 1196 ID post.

  9. Re:That *niche* market. on RIM CEO Says Company 'Seriously' Considered Switch To Android · · Score: 3, Informative

    I hate to post this again but I feel obliged to correct misinformation. The Apple Configurator implements security policies and restricts features and apps. No server required.

  10. Re:Sounds impressive, but how many are paid.. on Mac OS X Mountain Lion Gets Three Million Downloads In 4 Days · · Score: 1

    Some people did have to wait for a day or two and nothing of value was lost. The system (as expected) was overwhelmed with requests. This time it looks like there was a real problem instead of just overload.

  11. Re:Sounds impressive, but how many are paid.. on Mac OS X Mountain Lion Gets Three Million Downloads In 4 Days · · Score: 1

    What proof of purchase? This is the first I've heard of this. For millions it was just their serial number.

  12. Re:All of them on Mac OS X Mountain Lion Gets Three Million Downloads In 4 Days · · Score: 1

    isn't there some apple tool to create a usb installer?

    Yes.

  13. Re:Actual title should be on Mac OS X Mountain Lion Gets Three Million Downloads In 4 Days · · Score: 1

    Agreed, but you aren't talking about Apple hardware. The 2012 MacBook Pro (forget Retina) is tremendously more than the 2008 MacBook Pro. And the 2008 MacBook Pro still has a decent resell value.

  14. Re:Rocket engines on NASA Considers Apollo-Era F1 Engine For Space Launch System · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is what I like about rocket engines. A rocket engine designed for a specific load in the 60s and today would have nearly the same design. A modernized F1 is entirely logical.

    There have been plenty of advances since the 60s, especially in the materials sciences,
    it's just that no one but NASA would spend the money on R&D.

    Even the private space companies of today are building their engines using cast-offs from the NASA programs of old.
    They look for parts in a California junkyard called Norton Sales, where used NASA parts go to die.
    You're not going to find cheap rocket grade titanium turbopumps anywhere else in the world.

    Heck, even NASA has had to go scrounging through that junkyard,
    because they've destroyed the blueprints for so many old pieces of equipment,
    that the only way to rebuild them is to find an original and reverse engineer it.

    Your beautiful words,
    Almost seem intelligent,
    But are really just shit.

    - Burma Shave.

  15. Re:Like Walmart..... on Apple In Trouble With Developers · · Score: 1

    I hope that guy's crazy is sandboxed.

  16. Re:Don't worry they have already copied it on Ask Slashdot: How To Clean Up My Work Computer Before I Leave? · · Score: 1

    I would have asked the question, "Even with a policy that allows you to do so, why would you do that on a work computer?" And unless he's been running Windows 7 on that same computer for 10 years, the data has already leaked.

  17. Re:Google trying to save face, except it won't wor on Google Outs 3D Maps For iOS Ahead of Apple · · Score: 1

    When I was young I didn't like too loose. Now I take what I can get.

  18. Re:Google trying to save face, except it won't wor on Google Outs 3D Maps For iOS Ahead of Apple · · Score: 1

    Apple dictates what apps can and can't be installed on your phone, but they don't control it. Jailbreak to install whatever you want and they've never removed an installed app from a device. They do control what's in the App Store but that isn't part of the discussion.

  19. Re:Oy on AT&T Introducing Verizon-Style Shared Data Plans · · Score: 2

    In some cases the full price for a phone without a contract is cheaper.

  20. Re:High Framerate + CGI = extra fake on Hollywood Acts Warily At Comic-Con · · Score: 1

    Yes. It's kind of like seeing movie / television sets that were photographed or visited as part of a backstage tour / interview / whatever. You look at the water painted cardboard crap and wonder how you believed it the first time.

  21. Re:Change password again on Yahoo! Closes Security Hole That Led To Breach · · Score: 1

    Which confuses me because Yahoo Mail was offline for me during this time. There was a maintenance notice and when my mail was available, my contacts weren't (for awhile). Does this mean it was more than what was disclosed?

  22. Re:LOL on Yahoo! Closes Security Hole That Led To Breach · · Score: 1

    WHOOOSH!

  23. Re:But are there more Yahoo leaks? on Yahoo! Closes Security Hole That Led To Breach · · Score: 1

    A buddy at work and I also had the same thing happen (received SPAM from a known account). For mine the originating server was in Russia and his was in the Far East somewheres. In both cases the account owner is not aware of a breach, their passwords still work, etc. I think Yahoo! has a problem they haven't disclosed.

  24. Re:Sounds intelligently Designed on Asteroid Crashes Likely Gave Earth Its Water · · Score: 1

    So we can drop off the OP on the way to the stars?

  25. Re:Sounds intelligently Designed on Asteroid Crashes Likely Gave Earth Its Water · · Score: 1

    Please be patient while we work on what you belive is a work of fiction conflicts with your work of fiction.