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  1. Re:It could be worse... on Cisco Says Vegas Conference Attendees' Information Was Leaked · · Score: 1

    They're a California company, aren't they? Certain breaches must be disclosed under California state law, so their merry band of lawyers probably advised them to make this public. (Yes, they could still stay quiet about it, but...)

  2. Re:Crime Pays on For-Profit, Illegal Movie Download Sites Threaten MPAA · · Score: 1

    BB (at least here) has a terrible selection of movies. Try asking for "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring [imdb.com]" or any movie that doesn't come from Hollywood's crap factories*.

    I use Blockbuster Online (their answer to Netflix) and that film is available. I haven't set foot in a video store in years and aside from impulse rentals I can't imagine why they've even got a brick and mortar presence anymore.

  3. Re:World Wide Wed of Scraping Data on The White House Listed On Real Estate Website · · Score: 2, Informative

    Must have been to pricey to hire Indian resources to even screen the data coming in.

    It was most likely not scraped, and almost certainly not screened.

    I'm the DBA at a large (annual revenue in the billions) real estate firm, and we have feeds negotiated with all sorts of websites to syndicate our listing data around the web. Regional MLS boards operate under strict sets of rules surrounding what you can distribute and where. However, the onus is never on the publisher to screen listing data coming in; instead, a disclaimer such as "Information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed" must be displayed along all property listings.

    The sheer volume makes it impossible. We have approximately 20,000 listings within our own company and another 400,000 IDX listings. No company in the world could afford to screen anywhere near that much data. It's possible that whatever broker or firm originated the bogus listing could be fined, though the fines aren't generally noteworthy.

  4. Re:Couldn't they at least provide a meter? on Earthlink Announces It Must Honor Comcast Cap · · Score: 1

    Cool, thanks for the link! Looks like I'm averaging around 120 gigs a month.

  5. And nothing of value was lost on Twitter To Block Third-Party Paid Tweets · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This action taken by Twitter could be a hard hit for small publishers that relied on the paid tweets

    If you "rely" on "paid tweets," go fuck yourself and find an actual business model. Seriously.

  6. The ones getting rich... on How To Go Broke Selling Zero-Day Exploits · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...are the ones who aren't selling the exploits they find.

  7. Re:Must be Lords of Acid fans methinks on Website Sells Pubic Lice · · Score: 1

    No match for "AIDSNEEDLES.COM".

    Oh man, I totally have to write a business plan for this.

  8. Does that include... on HP To Buy Palm For $1.2 Billion · · Score: 1

    ..the creepy Canadian chick from the commercials?

  9. Re:40 people shot and at least 4 killed in a week? on Chicago Debates Merits of ShotSpotter Technology · · Score: 1

    That's actually not too high. In Memphis we average around 130 murders annually, or at least two per week, with a population under 750,000.

  10. Re:Sounds rather disappointing, really on Hollow Spy Coins · · Score: 1

    No. The AC is incorrect; by statute, it's only illegal if your defacement renders the currency unfit for re-use. You can lioncash, WheresGeorge, draw hitler mustaches on Lincoln, etc. to your heart's content.

  11. Re:Emi on EMI Cannot Unbundle Pink Floyd Songs · · Score: 1

    Too bad we don't have newer bands around today, that can make a whole albums worth of music worth listening to...

    IMO, Tool is the modern contemporary to Pink Floyd. They often arrange their songs to flow together on the album, such that one song runs into another, or at least "matches up." And, also like Floyd, Tool's lyrics actually mean something, another thing that's sorely lacking these days.

  12. Re:Meaningless names on Comcast Shoots For New Image, Rebranding As Xfinity · · Score: 1

    WTF is it with this trend of conjuring up completely meaningless words to use as company names?

    Trademark law.

  13. Re:Magnabank on Comcast Shoots For New Image, Rebranding As Xfinity · · Score: 1

    For what it's worth, they really aren't all that big, only 4 or 5 branches including the corporate HQ. They changed their name in an attempt to eliminate confusion... They used to be First Trust, and just about every other bank around is either First X, or X Trust. (For a prime example, a block from Magna's HQ, there's another bank called Trust One.)

    As for the Magna name, I'll reserve comment. ;)

  14. Re:So much for the food chain on Directed Energy Weapon Downs Mosquitos · · Score: 1

    Don't forget cockroaches.

  15. Web 2.0 on Iran Suspends Google's Email Service · · Score: 3, Informative

    They've even got one of those catchy web-2.0-style names for their new site, mail.ir.

  16. Re:Boomerang on Hackers Attack AU Websites To Protest Censorship · · Score: 5, Informative

    Anonymous recently turned its attention against the AU government after it said in December that it would block access to sites featuring material such as rape, drug use, bestiality and child sex abuse.

    The summary omitted a few things. For one, the proposed blacklist would target otherwise legal adult sites featuring small-breasted women, with the apparent rationale that anyone who doesn't love giant plastic D-cups must be a pedophile.

    Of course, it's a lot easier to vilify Anonymous by saying they're trying to defend CP and donkey porn...

  17. Re:Won't someone please think of the children on FBI Pushing For 2-Year Retention of Web Traffic Logs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Funny Pete Townshend should come to mind when someone brings up CP.

  18. Well now... on A Look Into the Chinese Hacker Underworld · · Score: 2, Funny

    That article certainly puts a new slant on things.

  19. Re:Channel 14 on Has 2.4 GHz Reached Maximum Capacity? · · Score: 1

    The U.S. has yet to grant its citizens the privilege to pick and choose which laws they wish to abide by without consequence.

    Unless those citizens get elected. Who knows, GP poster might be Dick Cheney.

  20. Re:What causes abnormal prions? on "Normal" Prions May Protect Myelin · · Score: 1

    http://tolweb.org/Priapulida/2476

    Yes, they're called priapulidae.

  21. Re:Wait a minute... on Tor Users Urged To Update After Security Breach · · Score: 1

    By visiting TORForge, of course...

  22. Re:My bank does not have keys on The Fourth Amendment and the Cloud · · Score: 1

    I think they will also drill it open under a subpoena. But I will know next time I go to open it...

    Not if they replace the drilled-out lock with another one keyed to the same key...

  23. Re:Unless I'm involved with trade... on Google.cn Attack Part of a Broad Spying Effort · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure the joke's on you, as the sig also contained a reference to "begging the question," the definition and appropriate usage of which is a frequent grammar-nazi topic on Slashdot. In other words, he used "intensive" on purpose.

  24. Re:Baidu stuffed up on Twitter Hackers Take Down Baidu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Some snarky admin had changed the password to "tiananmen," but since the Great Firewall censored that out, their account was actually left with a blank password...

  25. Re:is it cool to buy electronics unseen? on Google's Nexus One Phone Launches · · Score: 1

    Surely the T-Mobile stores will have demo units available?