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  1. Re:Did the NSA just kill SMTP? on Silent Circle, Lavabit Unite For 'Dark Mail' Encrypted Email Project · · Score: 1

    And it won't go anywhere at least as they are selling it now. Darkmail? Protect against the NSA? To get widespread adoption you have to sell this as security and as an upgrade not as armor or defense. You have to make Grandma an Grandpa want to have it to help stop what to there minds are hackers and spammers.

  2. Re:Anyone noticed on The W3C Sells Out Users Without Seeming To Get Anything In Return · · Score: 1

    Then why are the bullets still in the air?

  3. Re:Just because... on Researchers Create Mid-Air Haptic Feedback System For Touch Displays · · Score: 1

    Yeah but you don't need muscle memory to find the control points as that IS the point of haptic feedback. You FEEL where the control points are which means it is also a display that you can feel which makes it good for those who can't see.

  4. Re:The solution is simple. on Google Cracks Down On Mugshot Blackmail Sites · · Score: 1

    I'd think the simple thing to do is make the picture copyright of the person of whom it is taken in the case of exoneration/dropped charges.

  5. Re:Probably not, but if it does, good on Will New Red-Text Warnings Kill Casual Use of Java? · · Score: 2

    Or people will just move to the OSS version.

  6. Re:Solution on X.Org Foundation Loses 501(c)3 Non-Profit Status · · Score: 1

    And start how many trade/real wars by breaking a multitude of treaties?

  7. Re:No one to blame but themselves on X.Org Foundation Loses 501(c)3 Non-Profit Status · · Score: 3, Insightful

    software folks if working with money of sufficient amounts should hire an accountant.

  8. More importantly, is the price per gig going to be competitive?

    If they can't get the price down then they won't be worth it unless they can prove their disks are shelf stable for extremely long periods of time or they can get up to the terabyte range HDDs and Flash will be the better option in nearly all cases.

  9. Re:In otherwords on America's First Eco-City: Doomed From the Start · · Score: 0

    Building a new city as Environmentally Friendly is pointless.

    You build new cities for a purpose. Usually the purpose is to house the people moving there. Designed cities always have a purpose, one example, Washington DC had the purpose of housing the Federal Government.

    The way you make an eco city is you improve on current cities where you can.

  10. Re:Depends on the energy source duh! on Electric Vehicles Might Not Benefit the Environment After All · · Score: 1

    Yes but you also have to measure the efficency in production as well. Those magnets are expensive and built out of limited resources. They are not called RARE-earth for nothing you know.

  11. Re:Depends on the energy source duh! on Electric Vehicles Might Not Benefit the Environment After All · · Score: 1

    I know. I did say small first.

  12. Re:Linus management technique works on Kernel Dev Tells Linus Torvalds To Stop Using Abusive Language · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Doing a fork of the Linux kernal would not be a trivial matter.

    Yes STARTING a fork would be trivial but actually DOING anything with it of note is much harder as to DO have to get developers on board and you have to at least keep pace with the mainline.

    To surpass it you not only have to keep within pace, or better (slightly) excel at the development you also have to SELL that fork for others to use.

    So no it is not a trivial matter to replace Linus.

  13. Re:Depends on the energy source duh! on Electric Vehicles Might Not Benefit the Environment After All · · Score: 2

    I think the greatest off-set is in the research. It might not be the electric car itself but the research into power storage and efficient electric motors will at least further engineering and give more options to engineers and scientists in the future.

    In the end a green car is probably going to be a small, few-thrills, high-miles per unit energy vehicle no matter what fuel/unit energy you're using, at least for long-distance single person transport.

    Real efficiency will come from mass transit.

  14. Re:Had this in the UK for years on Automated Plate Readers Let Police Collect Millions of Records On Drivers · · Score: 2

    In many ways I attribute the trend towards panopticon and surveillance state and a matter of laziness and unprofessionalism among police forces.'

    A professional uses their knowledge to weigh the pros and cons of what they are doing for their client. It isn't just giving the customer what they ask for like some sort of service vending machine but actually listening to needs and desires and working to fulfill them for the client. This is a lot harder than simply doing what needs to be done to "get the job done."

    Widespread surveillance and net tactics are easy to use to produce basic results of lowering crime but don't consider other aspects and duties of the job such as watching out for citizen's rights or privacy or in many cases, actually following the law.

    Secrecy is used to much the same effect. You don't have to do the work of explaining if you just label it a secret.

  15. Re:Yes on Will PCIe Flash Become Common In Laptops, Desktops? · · Score: 1

    Don't be so sure.

    Moore's law was only formulated to last a decade or two. It's gone longer but eventually we will start hitting some plateaus of development in all likelyhood. Though we probably won't notice too soon as once faster equipment becomes too expensive to develop we'll still have a lot of room to work on faster more efficient code.

    You'll know Moore's is starting to fail when companies start advertising faster code for their products.

  16. Re:version control on Ask Slashdot: What To Do When Another Dev Steals Your Work and Adds Their Name? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The server itself is still public and it isn't your code to commit. You are being paid, generally, to create code for someone else; thus it is their code. This means that you are putting the code on an outside host of unknown security, and is still wrong.

  17. Re:Shortage, no. on Moore's Law Fails At NAND Flash Node · · Score: 1

    Didn't Moore's Law include a ten year limit anyway?

  18. Re:Yes, let's bring that back on Vastly Improved Raspberry Pi Performance With Wayland · · Score: 2

    At least until Moore's Law ends. Dunno when it will happen but assuming the continued survival of the human race there will come a time when our computers are not becoming more powerful with each generation.

    For the short and moderate term you can risk relying on Moore's but in the long run all good things come to an end.

  19. Re:Sounds reasonable to me. on FiOS User Finds Limit of 'Unlimited' Data Plan: 77 TB/Month · · Score: 1

    Yeah the VPN would be re-provisioning and the streaming service would defiantly count as high-volume

  20. Re:Sounds reasonable to me. on FiOS User Finds Limit of 'Unlimited' Data Plan: 77 TB/Month · · Score: 1

    I'd bet the ToS violations had nothing to do with his data usage and everything to do with the server racks. A lot of ToS's specifically ban servers.

  21. Re:Gun control however... on California Lawmaker Wants 3-D Printers To Be Regulated · · Score: 2

    So you're in favor of having your firearms inspected and having to report to regular training and drills by the Federal Government for owning a firearm?

  22. Re:Gun control however... on California Lawmaker Wants 3-D Printers To Be Regulated · · Score: 0

    Nor was it created to be the land of the free. At least for a large minority of its population. Remember the second amendment includes the words "well regulated" even our founding fathers thought there should be regulation. Individual rights must be balanced against the rights of others, and that is no easy task.

  23. Re:Gun control however... on California Lawmaker Wants 3-D Printers To Be Regulated · · Score: 1

    Though yes. The product shouldn't be banned just because it has the potential to be used to make a gun. The second part of your argument is valid, but please cut the "Criminals won't do it" argument. It is just a tired poorly rendered talking point.

  24. Re:Gun control however... on California Lawmaker Wants 3-D Printers To Be Regulated · · Score: 1

    That's right. Murder and theft laws too have never worked and WILL never work because criminals don't obey the law! In fact all laws are pointless because criminals will just ignore them and they only restrict those who are law abiding.

    See any flaws in this logic?

  25. Re:Oy. on Google Fiber: Why Traditional ISPs Are Officially On Notice · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't forget to read history and learn how worse it was when a single gas company supplied the whole nation.