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  1. Re:well on Do Slashdotters Encrypt Their Email? · · Score: 1

    Beware, though, not having that OTP if your cell phone is out of commission. Interestingly, said cell phone had a "special password" so that, even though it had no cell service (and I couldn't get Google's SMS to authorize my login on a computer), it was the only way to access my email for a while.

  2. Re:Picture on NASA Creates Super-Black Carbon Nanotube Coating · · Score: 1

    What the hell is that site about?

  3. Re:take their servers and router on US Marshals Ordered To Seize Righthaven Property · · Score: 1

    Cool. Thanks for the info.

    Seems like a place someone who knows what they're talking about could make a few bucks.

  4. Re:take their servers and router on US Marshals Ordered To Seize Righthaven Property · · Score: 1

    In Illinois (and in every other state, I guarantee) attorneys are responsible for retaining and protecting client information -- including things like draft memos and attorneys' notes -- from access by any third party without client permission.

    How far does that duty go? If some thief knocks down my reasonably secure door and steals my reasonably secured filing cabinet, am I on the hook? Where's that go with computerized files? If a reasonably secured filing cabinet is just the cheapie you can buy at Staples (and indeed, I don't know if it is or not), would a zip file with a password be sufficient, or are we talking 3-DES or better?

    (I'm a law student, and I'm curious why some attorneys i've worked with think "well my office door is locked" constitutes computer security, but too damn busy to actually do any research on the matter until I take Professional Responsibility)

  5. Re:You ain't seen nothin' yet on PROTECT-IP Makes Its Way To the Floors of Congress · · Score: 1

    So ... that'll be one camping pass ... and one hunting/fishing permit, unless you plan to eat only plants, then you'll run afoul of the regulations on havesting plants, which are protected, on public lands.

    Well, I'm a hunter, and back home in Pennsylvania, one needs not an extra permit to hunt on state game land, just the $20 or so license. Even without that, you can hunt and eat nuisance animals (coyote, crows, starlings, perhaps bobcats) on any day of the week, without limit, even Sunday when no other hunting is permitted. A license to fish is only required for public waters, and only if you're over, IIRC, 16.

  6. Re:Land of the free on DHS Stonewalls On Public Comment About Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    The last state I lived in never handed you the form ahead of time. Arizona does, but it's certainly not sufficient to keep you occupied. They should give you a crossword, too.

  7. Re:Rats with liver cirrhosis on Human Blood Protein (HSA) From GMO Rice · · Score: 1

    They don't need to puff. My buddy has a bulldog that is downright vicious if you light a cigarette near him and refuse to blow a little smoke in his face. Why? When my buddy was at work during the day, the bulldog would eat butts out of the ashtray, and this went on for some time before anyone figured it out. Goofy friggin' dog, that's for sure.

  8. Re:Pretty easy to change the default on Official "Firefox With Bing" Released · · Score: 1

    That's a whole 'nother level of Rube Goldberg there going to a japanese search engine to just type in the URL. At that point, one would wonder if the user even examines the screen while navigating.

  9. Re:Vaccinating carriers... on HPV Vaccine Recommended For Boys · · Score: 1

    I was told in some training in undergrad that the reason is that women have to deal with more, well, trauma than men do, leading to microabrasions. Now, I don't know if HPV can be passed from blemish-free skin-to-skin contact, but if it's like most STDs and requires some sort of fluid contact, a woman has a higher likelihood of having such contact than a man. So, we get off a little lucky in the evolutionary department, and so does the STD - I'm sure not going to pop out a free host in 9 months.

  10. Re:My car has a fail-safe device... on Jaguar Recalls 18,000 Cars Over Major Software Fault · · Score: 1

    It is, but it isn't the rule here.

    I have a 2000 Jetta, VR6 standard. I can start it just fine in gear, it will happily smash its front end into a wall.
    My girlfriend has a 2003 Jetta, 2.0L I4 standard. It will not start without the clutch fully depressed to the floor.

    My car is the only car I've ever seen do it, but I've seen plenty of 4x4's that do it, too.

  11. Re:My car has a fail-safe device... on Jaguar Recalls 18,000 Cars Over Major Software Fault · · Score: 1

    Seconded. If you have to use your emergency/parking brake to drive, you're doing it wrong. Even on the steepest of inclines, it's a rarity that I'd roll back more than 4 inches.

  12. Re:Hate to say it... on How To Catch a Laptop Thief? · · Score: 1

    They even graciously told him, 'If you miss your flight, I'll be my fault.'

    West Virginia has customs now?

  13. Re:so do what load up on student loans and learn s on OccupySF IT Admins Using Pedal Power For Protest · · Score: 1

    Lol. I have a social work degree, and that woman is an idiot. Who the hell do you think is going to PAY you to support hairy clams?

  14. Re:Passcode on Calif. Appeals Court Approves Cell Phone Searches · · Score: 1

    Look, buddy, you're just wrong. The fourth amendment says that nobody will be deprived of their property unreasonably. Where in that amendment does it say that a warrant is a requirement? Between the first and second clauses, there's a comma and the word and. There's no way to fit your extra words in ther. Where do the Federalist papers talk about it? Where does it say "A search is reasonable ONLY when there is a warrant." Where does it even say that probable cause is reasonable?

    You can do your research (or ask a lawyer!), or you can plug your ears and act as if you knew the intent of the Framers. Article III, Section 1 says "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court[.]" Let them do the judging, OK? I'm going to take back my offer of a reasonable discussion, because clearly, you have no idea how criminal procedure works. Did you notice the 4th Amendment applies equally to people and things? So if a cop sees someone murder another in cold blood, they should have to run down to the courthouse, swear out an affidavit, and get a warrant before they arrest someone? Kafka would have a field day.

  15. Re:Passcode on Calif. Appeals Court Approves Cell Phone Searches · · Score: 1

    That states the requirements for warrants. It's meant to prevent general warrants, where English tax collectors would get a warrant to search through and seize ALL of your belongings to find evidence of wrongdoing. Warrants require probable cause, searches do not. Warrants are not always required (see, among others, consent and plain/open view searches).

    Shoot me an email if you'd like to know more.

  16. Re:TV Tropes will ruin your life on The Games Programmers Play · · Score: 1

    Fuck man, now i'm not going to do a damn THING tonight thanks to TVTropes.

  17. Re:Passcode on Calif. Appeals Court Approves Cell Phone Searches · · Score: 1

    No, there's a comma between those clauses. Warrants shall only be issued under probable cause, not searches. You don't always need a warrant.

  18. Re:Getting a cell phone on Ask Slashdot: Advice For Using a Cell Phone In China? · · Score: 1

    You can tip the cleaning lady and have it affect your customs experience?

    That's AWESOME! Why is bribery illegal?!

  19. Re:Monthly cost of a Windows Phone on Zune Dead, Then Not Dead, Then Officially Dead · · Score: 1

    We do have GSM. When I was a kid, I had a prepaid with Immix Wireless, they run a GSM network. I now use AT&T, also GSM, and the network is indeed fully interoperable. I've stepped on a plane on the East Coast and landed in Europe, and received text messages sent while I was in the air and my phone was off. In fact, the phone itself needed no adjustments to pick up data service.

    While they're not required to unlock, AT&T is usually quite happy to give you the unlock code if you're going overseas. In fact, you can even tell them, "Well, you're just too expensive. I want to be able to buy a prepaid SIM." Unless it's an iPhone, you'll be given the code right then and there. I think the RDF keeps them from giving out unlock codes for iPhones.

  20. Re:FSZ's on Theater Professor's Firefly Poster Declared Threatening · · Score: 1

    Fellow Penn Stater!

    Did you see the high school student who got slammed by State College police streaking, ruining his track career? A cop leaped out of a bush and tackled the kid, twisted his knee.

    I gotta admit I didn't really like "Everywhere is a free speech zone!" at PSU either. There is nothing worse than having to deal with a few dozen fundamentalist Christians heckling you because you're hung over. I'm not talking about the Willard preacher, he's cool. I'm talking about the fundies that amass all the time on the north side of HUB. I've since graduated, but jeez.

    The preacher says, "Did anyone here at the glorious Pennsylvania State University imbibe INTOXICATING LIQUORS this weekend?!"
    The crowd goes, "YEAH!"
    "Did anyone smoke the mary-joo-wanna this weekend??"
    "YEAH!!"
    "Did anyone FORNICATE outside of marriage this weekend??"
    "YEAH!!!"
    "THEN YOU'RE ALL GOING TO HELL!"
    "YEAH!!!!!!!"

    Wrong crowd, preacher.

  21. Re:Clothing? on Ask Slashdot: How to Exploit Post-Cataract Ultraviolet Vision? · · Score: 1

    Just turn it into a game, if you can find 10 people from here, you win.

  22. Re:Another law? No thanks. on Outlining a World Where Software Makers Are Liable For Flaws · · Score: 1

    If you read the grandparent post, he said "THIS gun," implying it's on the gun itself. The other two warnings appear on the product themselves, too. My brand new gun came with a safety manual, and I'm sure it has that warning.

  23. Re:Another law? No thanks. on Outlining a World Where Software Makers Are Liable For Flaws · · Score: 1

    Funny, none of my firearms actually say don't point at face. In fact, the most I can think of in the way of instructions is rifles with a safety that switches to FIRE. Doesn't make the gun fire, though.

  24. Re:Chili Sans Beans?! on Why Chilies Are Hot and Yogurt Puts Out the Fire · · Score: 1

    As a Pennsylvania native, I can assure you that beans are not optional. Somebody fed you sloppy joes without a bun.

  25. Re:4th Amendment on Atlanta's Growing Video Surveillance System · · Score: 1

    Your citation's case name is not underlined or in italics, sir. -1 point.