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  1. Re:what are the chances... on Verizon To Throttle Pirates' Bandwidth · · Score: 1

    Verizon already got sued for this once, it was a good day when I received a check for $50 for my old broadband card when I got kicked off their network at the very end of my contract (I had another ISP so I didn't give a f').

  2. Re:capitalism on Verizon To Throttle Pirates' Bandwidth · · Score: 1

    Mhm, and the rest of the ISPs are made of rainbows and sunshine. I like the https solution, I wonder what the pitfalls are besides lower performance, but bittorent started back when AOL was still around w dial up and hasn't changed a whole lot since. But there's a part b to this and that's they ask why is this computer connected to 500 others in seemingly unrelated circumstances, etc... Oh well, I've always been a proponent of get it away from the mainstream and back to the nerds and let it slip back under the radar, unfortunately now it won't look the same at least under the hood.

  3. Re:My God.. on Crooks Steal $1.5M In iPads From JFK · · Score: 1

    Win!

  4. Re:Flash is dead? on Running Netflix On Linux · · Score: 1

    Flash likes to turn itself off by crashing, under load it's almost guaranteed.

  5. Re:Still wondering on Running Netflix On Linux · · Score: 0

    Between Adobe and MS, I'd go with MS, developing for Adobe and banging your head against a wall are the same thing. Also flash has horrible security and netflix has credit card #s, location, and user info, a PR disaster waiting to happen. P.S. Another challenge for Linux going mainstream, I'd never primarily use an OS that can't run my subscription services, also I remember it being a pita to install flash on there too back in the day. Who would've thought people used computers for stuff other than CLI.

  6. Re:still several for subdomains on Free Registrar co.cc Goes the Way of the Dodo · · Score: 1

    I've always had good luck with no-ip . Same deal though.

  7. Re:APPLE STILL MAKES 90% OF SMARTPHONE CASH !! on Android Hits 73% of Global Smartphone Market · · Score: 1

    Ya... about that... let's keep that deduction to a sales #s only type thing.

  8. Re:pacifying the mob on In UK, Twitter, Facebook Rants Land Some In Jail · · Score: 1

    Yep, cops are people too, the problem I think is how they're trained, they're trained to exert power over their precinct, but not in the responsibility it entails. Then again you see a lot of cops go the other way catching a bullet, or a discharge, so there is a lot of tension there to begin with. To enact power over people, you have to have leadership qualities to be effective, I think this is where the cops & robbers system starts to fall apart, but... it's better than the alternative and most leaders w at least some talent don't have cop as their first career choice.

  9. Re:My slashdot posts on In UK, Twitter, Facebook Rants Land Some In Jail · · Score: 1

    Lol @ "violent fantasy"

  10. Re:My slashdot posts on In UK, Twitter, Facebook Rants Land Some In Jail · · Score: 1

    Wonder what this guy's up to: Internet Stab

  11. Re:APPLE STILL MAKES 90% OF SMARTPHONE CASH !! on Android Hits 73% of Global Smartphone Market · · Score: 2

    Yep, I'm betting in 5 years Android will be more like 90% of the market. Something about Apple, Jobs, PR, and it's image of late make me suspect so.

  12. Re:If I was a greedyJew... on Android Hits 73% of Global Smartphone Market · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That would be a good way to look at it...

  13. Re:A months time? on NASA To Encrypt All of Its Laptops · · Score: 2

    That's why it's a lot better to be pro-active about it and handle it pre-deploy. A month to play catch up isn't actually all that bad. Then again I think it'll probably take them longer anyways.

  14. Re:i don't understand... on NASA To Encrypt All of Its Laptops · · Score: 2

    Yep, you've got to have a documented practice to keep track of the recovery keys encryption programs generate. Also, my two cents is they were probably recommending encrypting the laptops, so anybody who wasn't a complete newb with computers did so, everybody else ignored it. Also, it's kind of hard to lose a laptop, I understand burglary is out of your control, but leaving it at a coffee shop is a testament to the lack of attention of the individual user.

  15. Re:And the downside? on Salt Lake City Police To Wear Camera Glasses · · Score: 1

    Excuse #1: I was chasing this black guy, he was kinda fast, my glasses fell off and I stepped on them.

    Excuse #2: I forgot to change the battery

    Excuse #3: F U, that's why.

  16. Re:Clone Army? on Artificial Wombs In the Near Future? · · Score: 1

    Or... "Bush" : insta-dark age.

  17. Re:And the downside? on Salt Lake City Police To Wear Camera Glasses · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Also, what's to stop a cop from taking them off to do something under the table? A million excuses come to mind.

  18. Re:Yet another misleading headline. on In Mississippi: 15-Year Jail Sentence For Selling Pirated Movies and Music · · Score: 2

    Ok... I'm anti-RIAA and all, but... this one is real easy to relate to, if he was stealing bikes & selling them for profit, with 2 priors, would it be fair to say he's a career bike thief? I think so.

  19. Re:worse than rape on In Mississippi: 15-Year Jail Sentence For Selling Pirated Movies and Music · · Score: 1

    Right... that's cause they get to do the additional time on parole. Who says this guy is going to serve all 15 of his years?

  20. Re:Don't keep old email. on Petraeus Case Illustrates FBI Authority To Read Email · · Score: 1

    AC's practice is useless because if they really wanted him, they'd subpoena the email provider to provide them with all of AC's communication moving forward, which they'd decide on how long they kept themselves.

  21. Re:If there was a Bad at Math Map... on Secession Petitions Flood White House Website · · Score: 0

    Sure would save a lot there, however 10k votes out of millions of people isn't even 1%, another out-dated law in our system... If those 10k aren't happy with what they got, South of the border is within driving distance for them, they can go enjoy Mexican tap water.

  22. Re:For Those Left Wondering... on How Red Teams Hack Your Site To Save It · · Score: 1

    How is this different from a white hat?

  23. Re:This is actually common in corporations... on How Red Teams Hack Your Site To Save It · · Score: 2

    What? lol... Penetration testing has been around forever, so has social engineering.

    Over the course of the discussion, it became clear that Jones sees the actual process of pentesting as a somewhat repetitive task

    Nor is this guy doing anything innovative. He set up a toolkit for testing various vulnerabilities and runs it against consumer configurations.

  24. Re:vBulletin on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Way To Add Forums To a Website? · · Score: 1

    Bummer, well I guess it's back to admin approved registrations if feasible / required.

  25. Re:vBulletin on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Way To Add Forums To a Website? · · Score: 1

    Captcha still works too I believe, signing up on the internet anywhere + captcha should be the standard.