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  1. Re:WTF? on NYU Group Says Its Scheme Makes Cracking Individual Passwords Impossible · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Instantly, since all possible combinations will occur simultaneously.

  2. Re:Won't happen on University Developing Technology To Vote On Your Tablet, Smartphone · · Score: 3, Informative

    Your argument: "Being poor does not stop people from buying smart phones". The evidence for your conclusion: seeing many panhandlers and other assorted "street people" using smart phones. While your anonymous anecdotal evidence is compelling, the counter argument "poor people are less likely to own a smart phone" is backed by actual "research". For instance, a Pew study published in 2011 that considered the adoption rates of smartphones among different demographics concluded that

    Smartphone ownership is highly correlated with household income.

    (link), drawing this conclusion from the 22% ownership rate among households with an annual income of less than $30,000.

  3. Fake on NASA: Curiosity Has Found Plastic On Mars · · Score: 1

    Nasaupdatecenter.us. Really?

    The press release was lazily copied, with a few changes, from Nasa's September 28th press release. The front page of nasaupdatecenter.us says that the Mars face is being revisited based on this new plastic discovery. And the site itself was only registered last Friday (according to whois).

  4. Re:Not yet. on Ask Slashdot: Is Samba4 a Viable Alternative To Active Directory? · · Score: 1

    The linked Samba wiki claims that Samba4 is at the release candidate stage. I still wouldn't use it in a production environment, however.

  5. Re:Mr. Wall, please sit down... on Oracle and the End of Programming As We Know It · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Brilliant plan. Will we be allowed to opt-out of jury duty in your wonderful system? If not, I see little point in even maintaining a justice system since the only safe verdict would be not guilty.