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  1. Re:You are missing the point on Pedophile Asks To Be Deleted From Google Search After European Court Ruling · · Score: 1

    Well, no. But I am sure that Google has more resouces than, say, two dudes in a garage who indexes the same data as Google with the tech-thingie they've invented, and have to handle the same takedown load.

    Nobody will ask 2 guys in a garage to take stuff down and the EU's regulators will turn a blind eye to infringements by local businesses. This is a sour grapes ruling.

  2. Filter the fakes on Ask Slashdot: What Review Sites Do You Consult For IT Equipment? · · Score: 1

    I figure, perhaps naively, that I can filter the fakes on Amazon. I usually click on the one star bar and start with those.

  3. woo hoo on Mind Control In Virtual Reality, Circa 2013 · · Score: 1

    That is amazingly unimpressive. The guy can control an on-off switch with his thoughts - woo hoo....

  4. Needs stereo/3D on Not Even Investors Know What Google Glass Is For · · Score: 1

    What if each eye could be fed a different image - now that would be cool! This would take augmented reality to a whole new level.

  5. Re:It's a damn stupid law on Watchdog "Not Ready" To Probe Cookie Complaints · · Score: 1

    Totally agree. It is totally irritating - as if anyone would read 10 lines of extra boring bullshit for every web page they visit. Unbelievable.

  6. Lump of Labour Fallacy on Cloud To Create 14 Million Jobs? Not So Much · · Score: 1

    Ever heard of the lump of labour fallacy - this is one of those. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of_labour_fallacy

  7. Hardly news on W3C Proposes Unified "Do Not Track" Privacy Standard · · Score: 1

    DNT has been around for ages

  8. QKD is one solution on Ask Slashdot: Post-Quantum Asymmetric Key Exchange? · · Score: 1

    If you're asking about key exchange specifically, then there's quantum key distribution, which is equivalent to a one-time-pad. It relies on an initial shared secret, but once the key has been exchanged, it can be proven whether it's been eavesdropped, so this is not as much of a problem as it sounds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_cryptography#Quantum_key_distribution

  9. Re:I'd be excited about this... on The Google+ API Is Released · · Score: 1

    You're thinking about bolting from google apps because their google+ is taking a while longer than they promised? I assume there's a reason that signing up for a regular gmail account and using google plus in the meantime isn't acceptable?

    Yeah - you'd have to start from square 1 again when the apps version comes out. Also this solution doesn't work on my smartphone - I'd have to have that account installed on my android phone too and have it grab all my email etc... too.

  10. I love the story at the beginning of his talk on Moxie Marlinspike's Solution To the SSL CA Problem · · Score: 1

    He goes into a restaurant with 2 friends. One of the has gone back to the car 'cos he forgot something. They witness a person with their birthday having the wierdest restaurant birthday ritual ever (having cream plastered all over their face while they are closing their eyes waiting for a surprise). They tell the restaurant that it is the birthday of the friend who went back to the car.