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  1. Re:Just use encryption. on Plans For Widespread Monitoring of Communication In Europe Revealed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They can still track who you talk to, who your friends are, what websites you visit, who you call (assuming your calls encrypted, if not what you talk).
     
    Encryption hardly solves the problem.

  2. Re:Volt NOW on Toyota Abandons Plans For All-Electric Vehicle Rollout · · Score: 1

    I am not a fanboi of any of the cars (I more of bike and tram guy), but if you did study GM Volt's CVT transmission, you should definitely try out Toyota's Prius CVT system (it is also being licensed by ford and is being used their hybrid cars). On a technical standpoint, I think Toyoya's is far better than the one GM uses. Check it out for yourselves.

  3. Re:Really? on Pakistan's PM Demands International Blasphemy Laws From UN · · Score: 1

    CITATION NEEDED. And no I am not going to read a 1000 page book. You make the statement, you quote the source (as in so and so book (translated and authored by xxx), page number 999)

  4. Re:EU needs money to give to Greece on Google Could Face Heavy Antitrust Fines In the EU · · Score: 1

    Did you think US is the only country that believes its laws apply worldwide and it knows no jurisdiction? Well, think again.

  5. Re:Poor Steve on Apple Reportedly Luring Ex-Google Mappers With Jobs · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the laugh. I am surprised it has not been modded up yet.

  6. Re:frist psot! on Apple Reportedly Luring Ex-Google Mappers With Jobs · · Score: 1

    I believe you misunderstood the ruling and the agreement. The no poaching agreement (atleast the ones that exist today), is to avoid Apple cold calling Google employees and offering to interview them. This agreement is considered perfectly legal. Despite the no poaching agreement, Google employees are free to apply for positions in Apple and get hired.
     
    What is illegal is an agreement that prohibits Google employees from being hired by Apple (corporations have tried to get this to stick by various means, but have never been successful (in California atleast))

  7. Re:Why have such short limits? on Hotmail No Longer Accepts Long Passwords, Shortens Them For You · · Score: 1

    You mean people store passwords as plain text without hashing (not to mention salting the hashes)? Will people ever learn?

  8. Tegra and not Optimus? on NVIDIA To Publicly Release Some Tegra GPU Documentation · · Score: 4, Informative

    Wasnt the Linus shaming them for not supporting Optimus (which would help a lot of netbooks and laptops) and not about Tegra (which works but is not opensource, and hence makes custom ROMs difficult)

  9. Re:This site is amazing. on The Case For Targeted Ads · · Score: 0

    You must be new here

  10. Isn't it Voluntary? on The Case For Targeted Ads · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Isn't Do Not Track voluntary? The advertiser can choose not follow it, right? If so, what is all the fuss about?

  11. Re:Don't they test these things before deploying?? on Sophos Anti-Virus Update Identifies Sophos Code As Malware · · Score: 1

    Be happy that they dont have endure Patch Tuesday any longer.

  12. Re:Federal prosecutors on Feds Add 9 Felony Charges Against Swartz For JSTOR Hack · · Score: 1

    He would be better off dead in a ditch than in a US Federal prison?

    FTFY. And the answer is yes (he would never survive in fed prison, with plenty of violent offenders (he truly does not belong there))

  13. Re:Worse... on Major Backlash Looms For Apple's New Maps App · · Score: 1

    You can mount your smartphone on your car you know, there are mounts available for it.

  14. Re:what exactly does he want out of the phone? on Hacking the D-Link DPH-128MS VOIP Phone · · Score: 1

    I would happy if I can occasionally record calls, even for a very short time.
     
    And you clearly are using you imagination if you dont see much purpose in hacking the device. One can set it up as an XMPP client (which can inturn be used for Google Chat/Talk), one can possibly set it up a skype client, one can add plenty of protocols that are not supported.

  15. Re:what exactly does he want out of the phone? on Hacking the D-Link DPH-128MS VOIP Phone · · Score: 2

    Add new protocols (get it to support the Opus codec). Get it to record calls. There are lots of things you can do.

  16. Re:Guess I am learning Libre Office on MS Office 2013 Pushing Home Users Toward Subscriptions · · Score: 1

    May I ask, what you do that requires scripting and macroing (or did you mean complex formulas for spreadsheet).

  17. Re:Raspberry Pi Centered Idea on Ask Slashdot: Teaching Typing With Limited Electricity, Computers? · · Score: 1

    Mod UP! This is the next best alternative to mechanical keyboards.

  18. Re:If it ain't broke on Microsoft Wants To Nix Data Center Backup Generators · · Score: 1

    Exactly, what the article proposes is you order a truck full of CNG instead of diesel (sorry if I had not made this clear in my previous posts).

  19. Re:If it ain't broke on Microsoft Wants To Nix Data Center Backup Generators · · Score: 1

    You are not dependent on the utility company, but on the gas company (Shell, etc). As far I understand, diesel is also supplied by trucks by the same gas company. I wonder if the regular CNG can be used directly on these fuel cells though, impurities can pretty much kill the cells.

  20. Re:Industrial quality? on Huge Diamond Deposits Revealed In Russia · · Score: 1

    The difference is only in marketing. One successful marketing campaign can turn industrial diamonds into gem quality diamonds.

  21. Re:If it ain't broke on Microsoft Wants To Nix Data Center Backup Generators · · Score: 1

    I hope you are joking. Did you think a datacenter technician would take a gas cylinder, go to a CNG station, refill it and bring it back to the data center? Datacenters use enough natural gas to have a purpose build huge storage facility and sign direct contracts with the gas companies to maintain and refill the gas storage,

  22. Re:Excluding Patent Clerks on Study Attempts To Predict Scientists' Career Success · · Score: 2

    Sure you can. If read the paper (and any other papers relevant to this) and tell us why you believe you can do better, I am sure you can get a grant for it. Believe it or not, this how the scientific community works. If the author of paper you are quoting made sure no body else has tried this before, and he publishes his results, he has pretty much earned his grant. His results (presented in a conference or somewhere) will inspire other researchers to do better. Someone else like you will do better and publish it. This cycle goes on and on, until very little improvements are possible.

  23. Re:So you're saying pre-orders are a bad thing? on Apple Confirms iPhone 5 Preorders Top 2 Million In 24 Hours · · Score: 1

    Nobody called you a sheeple. Why so defensive?

  24. Re:Weird on Pirate Bay Co-Founder Detained In Sweden · · Score: 1

    Generally they'll send you back to the country you came from.

    This is worth addressing, so I will post again. I believe you are referring to case where you are refused entry into the country (which is different from deportation). The usual procedure is to send you back to the last port of call (the airline/ship/who_ever_brought_you is responsible for this, often at their own expense)

    PS: IANAL, in case it was clear.

  25. Re:The Logica hacking ... on Pirate Bay Co-Founder Detained In Sweden · · Score: 1

    I understand your point. I have been told in my childhood to not judge people quickly. But I always find knowing how biased you are to be more beneficial (and easier) than try to not judge people. I am of the opinion that everyone is judgmental, irrespective of how hard they try.

    Sorry for going off-topic, but this was worth addressing.