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  1. Re:It's rigged on FISA Judges Oppose Intelligence Reform Proposals Aimed At Court · · Score: 2

    To be fair, the judge is saying that what is being recommended is not an adversarial process, and he's right.

    I don't have any better suggestions though.

  2. Re:Linux sorely needs a decent media player on Media Player Nightingale Reaches 1.12.1; First Release Since Songbird · · Score: 1

    an equivalent to foobar2000 in Linux

    I used foobar2000 in windows before switching to Linux (years ago), and I use QuodLibet now. I don't know what foobar2000 does now, but it seemed to me at the time that QuodLibet did everything I did with foobar2000 back then (not that I was a foobar2000 power user back then).

  3. Re:The future... on Federal Court Kills Net Neutrality, Says FCC Lacks Authority. · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The future: broadband packages sold like cable packages.

    Basic: $59.99/mo gets you the top 100 websites like whatismyip.com (with commercials inserted before your IP is finally revealed), comcast.com, nbc.com, and 80 other websites you've never heard of nor would ever visit. All with added commercial interstitials.

    Friends and Family: $89.99 gets you the basic package plus access to twitter, myspace and livejournal so you can share your experiences on The Comasticnet with all of your friends. Every third post is replaced with an ad, and every morning you automatically tweet how Comcastic your day is.

    Movie Watcher: $129.99 gets you the basic package plus access to nbc.com streaming*. You can buy the netflix channel for an additional $10/mo and youtube SD for $5/mo or HD (720p videos only) for $10/mo. As a special deal you can sign up for Movie Watcher and Friends and Family for a low introductory price of $150/mo (*: standard rates only allow 24 hours of video streaming per month. Additional programming charged at pay per view rates of $5/MB)

  4. Re:If you're concerned... on Largest Bitcoin Mining Pool Pledges Not To Execute '51% Attack' · · Score: 2

    What % of control do you think regular banking systems have and how much is required to manipulate that?

    What percentage of banks had to work together to manipulate LIBOR?

  5. Re:Criminals on Mystery of FBI Documents Posted To US Press In 1971 Solved · · Score: 1

    Nae true Scotsman

    Then we better investigate every last Scotsman and make sure they are true.

  6. Re:Patients Lie on The Other Exam Room: When Doctors 'Google' Their Patients · · Score: 1

    and literally has NO IDEA of why it's in her system

    All she did was bake some cookies using the baggie of sugar she found in the sugar jar.

  7. That's akin to saying that the constitution allows for free speech, but not for the pre-requisite air.

    Or "Congress shall pass no law ... abridging the freedom of speech" now hurry along, your free speech zone is downstairs in the disused lavatory with the beware of tiger sign.

  8. Re:Ignorance on Are New Technologies Undermining the Laws of War? · · Score: 2

    All Al Qaeda prisoners fit this category

    Except that Al Qaeda is not recognized as a State, so it's just some guy running around with a bomb strapped to his dick, not a spy. That's how we can bomb Pakistan without actually bombing Pakistan as an act of war.

    The laws do need updating to deal with the fact that rogue extremists are who we're fighting wars against now.

  9. Re:Simple Answer... on "Clinical Trials" For Programming Languages? · · Score: 0

    PHP is unparalleled for people who want to make a webpage without having to understand HTTP.

    And that's about it.

  10. Re:Setting a good example for transparency at leas on Cheerios To Go GMO-Free · · Score: 2

    at least clearly label the option so the consumer can make an informed decision.

    But then they'll make the wrong decision!!1!

  11. Re:malware = local on Backdoor Discovered In Netgear and Linkys Routers · · Score: 5, Interesting

    is only a matter of infecting a computer inside the network.

    Not even that. If dicking around with the port caused a hard reset of the router, who knows what would happen if you got someone to click on this link. (or set it as an img tag for automatic fun)

  12. Re:All or nothing on US Justice Blocks Implementation of ACA Contraceptive Mandate · · Score: 1

    Should it cover prenatal care for pregnant men? It does and that's why it's stupid.

    Except it doesn't, and people who keep repeating that are lying. I work in medical billing and I'm willing to bet that if I submit a claim for a C-Section on a guy tomorrow, it will be rejected by the insurance company's computer for patient gender not matching the procedure.

  13. Re:That's why Liux isn't 1st choice for security.. on Linux Distributions Storing Wi-Fi Passwords In Plain Text · · Score: 1

    Wat

    Because the answer is "No, it is not possible" for WPA-EAP-PAP, specifically. Read the rest of the question and answer. PAP falls under "some other WPA-EAP variants" in my post.

  14. Re:That's why Liux isn't 1st choice for security.. on Linux Distributions Storing Wi-Fi Passwords In Plain Text · · Score: 1

    If you want the system to use a wifi connection as its primary--to boot and enable wifi, or to allow all users to enable wifi--the wifi connection must store the password in plaintext.

    Not exactly. wpa_supplicant and most tools that use it store an intermediate hash of the password, since the password is hashed as a step in the process of logging into WPAx-PSK (which everyone is using WPA by now, right? Right?). This isn't perfect, since the hash is still secret and you can just copy the hash to another computer to log in with wpa_supplicant, but good luck figuring out what the plaintext password used to be in order to punch it into some gooey dialog box. Some WPA-EAP variants (generally using CHAP compatible handshakes) can do the same by storing an NT hash.

    See also http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/74500/wpa-supplicant-store-password-as-hash-wpa-eap-with-phase2-auth-pap

  15. Re:Fuck off with your pseudo-intellectual crap. on 90 Percent of Businesses Say IP Is "Not Important" · · Score: 1

    He claimed no exclusive ownership to his password. So he'll let me have it

    So that means you're going to give me the Golden State Bridge, right? Or are you claiming exclusive ownership of it?

  16. Re:Excuse me, Mr Thug, while I press my panic butt on Putting a Panic Button In Smartphone Users' Hands · · Score: 1

    Me: HELLO 911?

    Op: What is your emergency sir?

    Me: I AM HIDING IN MY CLOSET FROM THE GUY WHO KILLED MY WIFE AND IS RANSACKING MY HOUSE!

    Op: Please quiet down, if you yell he'll hear you and find you.

    Me: HOW ELSE CAN THE ASSHOLE POSTING ABOVE ME HEAR ME IF I DON'T SHOUT?

    Seriously, though, I've always wondered why the hell it's taken 20+ years to be able to send texts to 911. At least when they finally get around to it, they'll be set up for MMS and you can send them the pic of the getaway car or whatever.

  17. Re:Wait a second... on NSA Metadata Collection Program Has Stopped Zero Attacks · · Score: 1

    Marvin is dead.

    Sounds like a success to me, thanks for telling me about it, you traitor!

    There's a difference between telling us we killed the Al Qaeda second in command and telling us how we killed the Al Qaeda second in command. We hear plenty about the first... as long as they're not in the US. Wonder why.

  18. Re:Wait a second... on NSA Metadata Collection Program Has Stopped Zero Attacks · · Score: 1

    Your successes are secrets

    Secrets from who? Marvin the Muslim who figured it out the instant he didn't get his America-shattering kaboom?

  19. Re:A Whole Nother Bunch Of Points on Tesla Says Garage Fire Not Charger's Fault; Firemen Less Sure · · Score: 1

    It looks like they added the ability to tell the car to start charging at a certain time around march of this year, so it may not have been a separate plugin timer.

  20. Re:Oily rags on Tesla Says Garage Fire Not Charger's Fault; Firemen Less Sure · · Score: 1

    I've had great success nicking the plastic on the cord every couple of feet, it really lets the aroma get out.

  21. Re:Career suicide on Judge: NSA Phone Program Likely Unconstitutional · · Score: 0

    Don't worry, the NSA will find his kiddy porn even if they have to fake the encrypted 3.5" floppy disks with thousands of horrible pictures nobody can see, found in an abandoned shack next door to the judge's garder's dog walker.

  22. Re:About time on Judge: NSA Phone Program Likely Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    and caused corporations to go out of business

    That opens the door to the SCOTUS's other favorite "get out of hard decisions free" card: they can declare the point moot since their decision won't un-bankrupt the corporations.

  23. Re:Makes 'em Feel Good on US Light Bulb Phase-Out's Next Step Begins Next Month · · Score: 2

    It isn't. The people who think it is broke one too many tubes by playing with them like lightsabers as kids.

  24. Re: Seriously? on US Light Bulb Phase-Out's Next Step Begins Next Month · · Score: 2

    Obviously when he was a kid, he built up a resistance while playing Jedi with those florescent tubes that have been in kitchens and offices for decades.

  25. Re:Really? on Senators Propose Bill Prohibiting Phone Calls On Planes · · Score: 1

    people tend to speak much more loudly than they would in a regular conversation. Additionally, if the connection is poor people tend to shout.

    Now add the roar of the jet engines over that.