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  1. Re:Do you agree? on Hackers Attack AU Websites To Protest Censorship · · Score: 1

    Fuck that.

  2. Re:Do you agree? on Hackers Attack AU Websites To Protest Censorship · · Score: 1

    In the case were the individuals depicted are not willing participants, viewing the material violates their privacy.

  3. Re:Feed Back to Google That Would Not Fit on Google Buzz — First Reactions · · Score: 1

    apropos.

  4. Re:Social Privacy ? on Google Buzz — First Reactions · · Score: 1

    The problem isn't people's expectations, it is that we don't have the right language for the situation. "Data control" is probably a more accurate description than privacy, but it isn't as emotionally appealing, so instead of "Personal Information/Data Policies" mediating information that has been explicitly disclosed to a third party (i.e., made non-private), we have "Privacy Policies".

  5. Re:Privacy on Google Buzz — First Reactions · · Score: 1

    That was restricted to the Facebook office.

  6. Re:How long till they.. on A "Never Reboot" Service For Linux · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I get that, but limiting the sources of the data that it loads significantly mitigates those risks.

  7. Re:How long till they.. on A "Never Reboot" Service For Linux · · Score: 1

    That's explorer.exe. I guess it uses the IE rendering engine.

    In any case, I'm not using it to view arbitrary data, which is a useful distinction.

  8. Re:How long till they.. on A "Never Reboot" Service For Linux · · Score: 1

    Well, I don't use IE actively, so I don't worry about it (I have updates set to download automatically, and then I used a group policy to have it only prompt me to restart once every 1,000 minutes once I choose to install the updates).

  9. Re:How long till they.. on A "Never Reboot" Service For Linux · · Score: 1

    Lately it has been once every month or two.

  10. Re:Waiting for Recall on XCore's EduBook, a Netbook That Runs on AA Batteries · · Score: 1

    Did the first couple of spills do any damage?

    Are you really that thirsty that you can't avoid dumping liquid on expensive electronics?

  11. Re:And then when a new disease cones along ... on Re-Engineering the Immune System · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This seems to be what you are talking about:

    http://www.news-medical.net/news/2005/09/01/12896.aspx

  12. Re:Unintended Consequences? on Re-Engineering the Immune System · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You need to come up with some better phrasing for that, you are suggesting that back in the 19th century, we had to pay for medicine, rather than having slaves like we do today.

    You should probably use 'universal health care' instead of 'free health care', and speak about not charging for it at the point of delivery.

  13. Re:Ah, hubris. on Re-Engineering the Immune System · · Score: 1

    We have had antirejection drugs for decades (but I guess they are rather gross tools, and I concede that they aren't exactly what you are talking about).

  14. Re:And then when a new disease cones along ... on Re-Engineering the Immune System · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and lots of Europeans still died of all sorts of diseases, right up until vaccines and antibiotics were discovered.

    I'd rather have antibiotics and vaccines than be proud of all the exercise my immune system has had. And that is leaving aside the part where no one has ever explained to me why I should view my immune system as a muscle.

  15. Re:I like my desktop. on NVIDIA Shows Off "Optimus" Switchable Graphics For Notebooks · · Score: 1

    You can plug keyboards and displays into a notebook.

    Hdmi is currently only somewhat available, and SSDs are a tough trade off if you are concerned about the amount of live space (without an external drive).

    Dual CPUs no, but multiple cores yes.

    And they cost more.

    Still, the number of people with needs that are not met by an $800 laptop is shrinking pretty fast.

  16. Re:"high-skill" on Hardware TPM Hacked · · Score: 1

    He dissolved the outside of the chip without destroying the insides, and then he electrically accessed the chip with a needle.

    So, no kidding.

  17. Re:If only... on Space Shuttle Spy Gets 15 Years · · Score: 1

    Okay, so I was speculating a little much, but I don't think it is really that clear that working at Boeing meant he had no access to technical materials for other company's systems.

  18. Re:Ha, he should get a medal on Space Shuttle Spy Gets 15 Years · · Score: 1

    The trick is doing that without spooking the other $11 trillion worth of debt holders into thinking you are going to screw them over too (once they believe you will do it, they will act as if you have already done it).

  19. Re:If only... on Space Shuttle Spy Gets 15 Years · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The booster rockets are still pretty valuable technology regardless of the payload they are attached to.

  20. Re:and Apple's in the publishers corner and not ou on The iPad Questions Apple Won't Answer · · Score: 1

    When you purchase something, you are conceding that the price is fair. This is especially true for things that are not necessities.

  21. Re:Good on New Material Transforms Car Bodies Into Batteries · · Score: 1

    Cellulosic butanol is way more exciting than cellulosic ethanol.

  22. Re:Good on New Material Transforms Car Bodies Into Batteries · · Score: 5, Funny

    You just need to learn how to be a leader.

  23. Re:To quote Mel: "Its good to be the King" on A Reflection On Sun Executive Payouts For Failure · · Score: 1

    Jonathan Schwartz is some sort of magical pirate ninja.

    Plenty of people could have actively worked to drive Sun into a cliff and still end up doing a worse job of it than he did.

  24. Re:"Zero-day" is just noise on Zero-Day Vulnerabilities On the Market · · Score: 1

    Sure, because there are no systems out there that are not up to date with patches.

    I can also see the case for 0 day meaning vulnerabilities that the vendor has not been notified of yet.

  25. Re:"Zero-day" is just noise on Zero-Day Vulnerabilities On the Market · · Score: 1

    I agree with this definition (i.e., "A patch has been available for 0 days" being the basis of the phrase), but I predict people are going to argue with you. A lot.