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  1. Re:Easy enough to fix on Proof-of-Concept Android Trojan Uses Motion Sensors To Steal Passwords · · Score: 1

    ... chances are the platform knows how "far" you have gone and how "fast" you are going...

    Without the gyro/motion data I fail to see how it could work out these things.

  2. Re:I find this hard to believe on Proof-of-Concept Android Trojan Uses Motion Sensors To Steal Passwords · · Score: 1

    ... also find it hard to believe that we can detect planets around stars which themselves are barely visible; or subatomic particles...

    Couldn't have said it better myself.

    Also if you find the above hard to believe then you're never going to believe this: http://gcn.com/articles/2011/10/18/smart-phone-sensors-steal-keystrokes.aspx.

  3. Re:yikes! on Proof-of-Concept Android Trojan Uses Motion Sensors To Steal Passwords · · Score: 1

    ... deserve to infect their friends and colleagues with nasty diseases? ...

    It's malware, but it's _not_ a virus, so I don't know why you'd be concerned with friends and colleagues catching anything.

  4. Re:Crack Babies on Berners-Lee: You've Got Our Data, Show Restraint · · Score: 1

    more internet. And dont bogart the bandwidth. The answer is to abstain. The reality is we are way too far down this addiction to stop.

    I like your style but asking people to abstain from the greatest information resource humanity has ever created ... I can't get behind that.

  5. Re:Show more restraint? on Berners-Lee: You've Got Our Data, Show Restraint · · Score: 1

    There's no stopping it, EXCEPT by not giving them the data in the first place. They cannot abuse what they do not have.

    Agreed... and while we may be smart/paranoid enough not to give the trackers what they want I know my friends and family are probably not that careful.

    So the data is going to leak, simply demanding that it does not happen is less productive than Berners-Lee, at least (in some jurisdictions and services) users can follow TB-Ls advice and demand their (eg. facebook/gmail) data.

    If there is a ground swell of demand for this kind of data it could at least prompt some restraint or rethinking by the trackers.

  6. Re:This just shows paranoid FOSS fanatics are on Florian Mueller Outs Himself As Oracle Employee · · Score: 2

    I figure the only way to truly end SCO is to bury it at a crossroads.

    Don't forget to drive a stake through the heart before you bury it :p

  7. Re:Can you say "lawyer"? on Ask Slashdot: How To Share a SharePoint Site? · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if AC is from Australia or not, but I feel compelled to apologize on their behalf as most of us are not aware of this. Even one of our greatest celebrities made the same mistake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWKyDGGptA4

  8. Re:New Business Model for the US Gov't on US Unhappy With Australians Storing Data On Australian Shores · · Score: 1

    I *so* would have used this service if it existed :D

  9. Re:Security blanket on 15-Year-Old Arrested For Hacking 259 Companies · · Score: 1

    Thanks b4dc0d3r,

    Now I know why i did all those stupid things :p

  10. Re:Console, Steam, and iPhone still use DRM on Aussie Case Unlikely To Solve Piracy Riddle In Fast Broadband World · · Score: 1

    What recently published video games without digital restrictions management would you say are "mak[ing] some significant headway"?

    Lets start with the Humble Bundle(s) and Android games*. Haven't bought a boxed game since I had to return DOW2.

    * Some android apps have limited DRM, but it does not stop me from backing-up/restoring/moving and they do not require internet connection to play single player.

  11. Re:I don't get it on Paramount Claims Louis CK "Didn't Monetize" · · Score: 1

    Wow... over 25% to charity.

    I haven't considered before the enhanced trickle down effect of (real) people getting the money we pay for art rather than corporations. Could you imagine a studio paying out profits over and above what they expected to charities?

  12. The cardboard dog on Documentation As a Bug-Finding Tool · · Score: 1

    I always thought this was just a joke: http://www.sjbaker.org/humor/cardboard_dog.html

  13. Privacy? on Australian Govt Censors Notes From Secret Anti-Piracy Talks · · Score: 1

    “”it is firmly in the public interest to uphold the rights of individuals to their own privacy,” Purcell wrote.” Ha. So can we just have the IP address of the attendants?

  14. On your seperate note on Last Day To Tell Google To Forget You · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hey Tharsman, try: https://www.google.com/history/lookup?q=&output=rss&num=100 where you can replace "num=100" with "num=100000" or whatever... didn't test for upper limit, but I will later :D (info from http://www.dataliberation.org.../ if this is a dictatorship, it could be worse)

  15. Congratulations on Ask Slashdot: Copy Protection Advice For ~$10k Software? · · Score: 1

    Congratulations are in order, your on TPB: YOU'VE MADE IT.

  16. YouTube has a 3d tool on Ask Slashdot: Tips On 2D To Stereo 3D Conversion? · · Score: 1

    Have you tried http://www.youtube.com/editor_3d It's quite basic, and requires dual video input. I gave it a crack and got horrible results (mainly due to bad camera setup on my end and a lack of patience, oh and I didn't have the r/b glasses, did I mention that I wasn't trying very hard either). With a decent dual camera setup you could probably produce them quite painlessly.

  17. Re:Fragmentation on Why Developers Still Prefer iOS To Android · · Score: 1

    Here, here Farble1670.

  18. Re:Qt on Why Developers Still Prefer iOS To Android · · Score: 4, Funny

    I like moderators.
    Mod this up :)

  19. Re:Really Has Nothing to Do with Development on Why Developers Still Prefer iOS To Android · · Score: 1

    I got in early with android and I don't ever remember it not having one, nor do I remember a time when Eclipse/Android-tools did not provide a WYSIWYG editor.

    There seem to be a few "issues" with Android development I don't remember.

    Also I know my apps are relatively simple, but in only a couple of cases has "fragmentation" affected me and in most cases it was totally justified or the result of Android getting better over time (and in the case of detecting 0, 1 or 2 cameras as an example, I think iOS devs are in the same boat no?).

  20. Re:Android has many problems on Why Developers Still Prefer iOS To Android · · Score: 1

    "Yast, which is really just their answer to Apple's App Store"... When I pick myself up from the floor I want to give this guy medal... best joke ever.
    But seriously, I've always wondered why the repo model never caught on with Windows. I should have been careful what i wished for, I'm guessing the win8 store won't have a "source" switch.

  21. Re:Sponsorships? Really? on Ask Slashdot: Is Your Data Safe In the Cloud? · · Score: 1

    Second that :)

  22. Re:No. on Ask Slashdot: Is Your Data Safe In the Cloud? · · Score: 1

    I'm with ironjaw33 on the DIY solution, and I'm telling my manger you said they deserve to lose their data!

  23. Re:It's change for the sake of change on Ask Slashdot: Unity/Gnome 3/Win8/iOS — Do We Really Hate All New GUIs? · · Score: 1

    After days of wrestling with Unity and random PPAs I finally have my panels back... and apart from the slower performance, fragmented/non-existing configurations and constant graphical glitches, I'm quite happy with it :P KDE would have been so much easier, thanks for reminding me :) I bailed on KDE4, but it's looking pretty good now.

  24. Re:I'd prefer if we had transparent aluminum on Apple's Siri As Revolutionary As the Mac? · · Score: 1
    Obviously you missed above:

    "Mr Scott will be pleased

    by MichaelSmith on Friday October 14, @08:38AM

    But can you actually talk into the mouse?"

    It is an indirect reference, but a reference none the less. I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to please turn in your "Turn in your geek cards" card.

  25. Re:Apple's Siri on Apple's Siri As Revolutionary As the Mac? · · Score: 1

    What happens if you say, "I'm horny!"?

    I believe you're after row 4: http://shitthatsirisays.tumblr.com/ Looks like it knows what you're on about ;)