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  1. So it begins on Police Don't Need a Warrant To Track Your Disposable Cellphone · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The first step in mass surveillance.

  2. Re:WebM on Mozilla Adds H.264 Support To Android Firefox · · Score: 1

    Most (all?) Android SoCs do not have hardware support for WebM. If they did, Mozilla would gladly add support for them. If they did it protest anyway though a software decoder, your battery would dead in a few hours of decoding (which would make it a pointless implementation)

  3. Re:"..know who was using an IP address..." ? on German Court: ISPs Must Hand Over File Sharer Info · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No it does not. I am not liable if the car I loan to my neighbor is used to commit a robbery (unless I knew they were going to commit a robbery and I still loaned my car them of course). I am responsible for losing the car, if my car gets stolen with the keys. The insurance, would probably not pay me. But I am not responsible for what ever is done using the car (murder or robbery or whatever).

  4. Re:The NYSE shouldn't reverse trades. on Knight Trading Losses Attributed To Old, Dormant Software · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is not high frequency trading. Google it to learn what it is.

  5. Re:Yes. on Is Sexual Harassment Part of Hacker Culture? · · Score: 1

    I never said I did not believe the statistics. I was only wondering why men are not aware of it. And since I could not put in any better words, I had to phrase it as a question in my second post (I thought you did not understood my first post, and that was my attempt to simplify it for you).
     
    And thanks for expanding on my points and adding to it.

  6. Re:Yes. on Is Sexual Harassment Part of Hacker Culture? · · Score: 1

    Er, my point was if men were raping about 20% of the women. How come, most men are not aware of this? I was also speculating that it was because the men use a different definition of rape or may be a minority of men are involved in a highly disproportionate amount of rapes.
     
    In PS, I also mentioned that I had assumed the statistics were for men raping women and not women raping women or others raping women.

  7. Re:From the Article on Researchers Seek Help Cracking Gauss Mystery Payload · · Score: 1

    How large is the universe of non-publicly available Windows programs not named in Latin characters? Infinite.

  8. Re:When the avalanche has started on Facebook Faces High-Level Staff Exodus · · Score: 1

    Sigh! The minority shareholders can sue only if the charter or constitution the company published during the IPO is not upheld. In the case of facebook, the charter specifically gives Zurkerberg the power to take decisions and basically promises nothing to the shareholders (other than what is legally required of course).
     
    There is decades of case law to get this right. I am sure with the billions Facebook has, they got it right.

  9. Re:If Obama's BIRTH can be an issue on Let the Campaign Edit Wars Begin · · Score: 1

    I always took it to mean that the childhood should have been spend in the US. The patriotism/propaganda that is infused into you during your childhood stays with you for ever. I would think that not be infused with propaganda else where is pretty good criteria.
     
    PS: I know a natural born US citizen could spend his childhood elsewhere, but when it was written the chances of that happening are pretty close to nil.

  10. Re:e-ink model didn't drop on Barnes & Noble Cuts Prices on Nook Color, Tablet · · Score: 2

    I personally find the 10" ones a bit heavy. I like the weight and the center of gravity of the 7" ones. My current setup is a desktop at work and home. A 11" netbook & a 7" tablet for commute and travel. A 4" phone for quick emails and navigation.

  11. Re:Yes. on Is Sexual Harassment Part of Hacker Culture? · · Score: 1

    PS: I assumed the statistics are for men being responsible for most of the rapes. If that is not the case, I take back the above comment.

  12. Re:Yes. on Is Sexual Harassment Part of Hacker Culture? · · Score: 1

    It's this sort of personal experience that makes it obvious that the numbers for rape are *at least* as high as cited. But most of the guys reading this will never learn about most of the rapes or other forms of sexual abuse in the lives of most of the women that they know.

    How come? Are only a minority of men involved in a disproportionate number of rapes or the definition men use is very different?

  13. Re:It's not just DEFCON on Is Sexual Harassment Part of Hacker Culture? · · Score: 1

    We're talking about people sticking fingers where they shouldn't be in public.

    In their nose? Even then it does not make much sense.

  14. Re:Yes. on Is Sexual Harassment Part of Hacker Culture? · · Score: 1

    You don't have the right not to have your feelings hurt and being touched in the crotch is not necessarily painful- and it shouldn't be that big of a deal.

    You sir (/ma'am) have no idea what being assaulted means. Next time you fly, opt out to get a TSA patdown, and try to irritate the guy giving your the patdown. You will realize what being assaulted and being humiliated means.

  15. Re:Yes. on Is Sexual Harassment Part of Hacker Culture? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously, someone who cannot differentiate between sexual harassment and sexual assault should not be writing articles.

  16. Re:none on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Position To Work For Long Hours? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yeah, the simplest answer is to keep changing positions. And take a break every 30 minutes.

  17. Re:CrashPlan Software on Ask Slashdot: Best On-Site Backup Plan? · · Score: 1

    It is viable. They throttle you like hell, as your data usage goes up. I keep a 10 GB backup, and the best bandwidth I can hope for is 100 KB/s.

  18. Re:Here's a thought on Microsoft Picks Another Web Standards Fight · · Score: 1

    Little Endian or Big Endian? Which is the better standard? Why?

  19. Re:what about themselves? on Google To Start Punishing Pirate Sites In Search Results · · Score: 2

    It is still available, just hidden. You can click on "more" in the top bar, and select videos. Or directly go to http://www.google.com/videohp

  20. Re:Rear Ended on Google's Self-Driving Cars: 300,000 Miles Logged, Not a Single Accident · · Score: 1

    Interesting points. Also one should note that Google car is more about being legally in the right, than doing the right thing. It would have been legal for it to run over the child (assuming it did follow speed limit, and tried to react to it, when it did eventually notice the child in front of it), or to just follow the road and fall of the bridge.
     
      This attitude difference is pretty interesting.

  21. Re:Field dependent requirement on Ask Slashdot: How Many of You Actually Use Math? · · Score: 1

    I agree you cant prepare for one, but being strong in the basics helps you adapt faster to changes.

  22. Re:Citation needed for liability difference on Craigslist Drops Exclusive License To Your Posts · · Score: 2

    I am not a lawyer, but the law very often agrees with common sense. The owner is the one who created the content, and is responsible for the harm the content causes. The licensee, well, is like a common carrier. Unless the licensee chooses to modify the content, or filter content, he cannot be held responsible for the content.

  23. Re:Liability issue on Craigslist Drops Exclusive License To Your Posts · · Score: 1

    They dont own it, but they hold an exclusive license to something you own. It is rather a simple concept.

  24. Re:pump it into the air on US Freezes Nuclear Power Plant Permits Because of Waste Issues · · Score: 2
  25. Re:Do it to the police too. on Data-Fed Monitoring System Will Put New Yorkers Under Police Surveillance · · Score: 1

    First, the cop had no reason to pull me over. There is this thing called probable cause, and the cop had none. And how often does Breathalyzer give a false reading? I hope it is not very often. If so the cop had no reason to test me thrice and ask for fourth time. And he couldnt have smelled alcohol on me, and I believe I passed the standardized test in flying colors. He had no reason to give me a breathalyzer test, he still went a head with it. The only reason I could think was that he was hoping for a false reading, so that he could book me, even though he knew well that I am sober. If that is not being a dick, I dont know what is.