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  1. Re: Antivirus on Critroni Crypto Ransomware Seen Using Tor for Command and Control · · Score: 1

    So if I write an application for everyday users I get to pay/request to be added to the whitelist of every AV people use?

    That probably wont kill independent software development.

  2. Re:Youtube Comments on Pseudonyms Now Allowed On Google+ · · Score: 1

    8:24am and already the boy aint right.

  3. RBN? on US Arrests Son of Russian MP In Maldives For Hacking · · Score: 2

    I wonder if this is the same guy who was supposed to have been leading the Russian Business Network. There were/are a lot of rumors that his father was someone well-connected inside of the Russian government. It would explain how they've operated with impunity how long they have.

  4. Re:Let them drink! on NYC Loses Appeal To Ban Large Sugary Drinks · · Score: 1

    Okay let me backpedal a wee bit and re-label it a "potential problem." And yes I can, I think.
    A massive portion of the food we sell in the US cannot be lawfully sold in Belgium.

    Im fairly certain they have socialized medicine.

    Anyways the context is important because the US has used very similar logic as a justification in NYC for trans fats, and before it was struck down, the large soda ban.

  5. Re:Reinstate the Prohibition on CDC: 1 In 10 Adult Deaths In US Caused By Excessive Drinking · · Score: 1

    Source?

  6. Re:Reinstate the Prohibition on CDC: 1 In 10 Adult Deaths In US Caused By Excessive Drinking · · Score: 1

    I believe edibles and "concentrate" like wax and honey oil are a totally different ball park. They will certainly fuck you up way past functional with very little (with strong edibles)

  7. Re:Let them drink! on NYC Loses Appeal To Ban Large Sugary Drinks · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Which sounds like a great argument against nationalized healthcare...one I mentioned on here a long time ago

  8. Re:Well unless... on Supreme Court Rules Cell Phones Can't Be Searched Without a Warrant · · Score: 1

    As the brief states the cop did not have probable cause for the stop OR the search. The cop not having PC to stop the car was the issue..not a lack of PC to search it.

    The highway was 25 miles away by air, but I didnt see it specify how far by vehicle. Further it specifically states it did not intersect the border.

    All of these are specified as reasons for the decision.

    So maybe the power has some stipulations, but it certainly exists, and has for 100+ years.

  9. Well unless... on Supreme Court Rules Cell Phones Can't Be Searched Without a Warrant · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is great unless you're one of the 2/3 of people that live within 100 miles of the border in a "constitution exempt" zone.

  10. Re:Guy is a moron on Florida Man Faces $48k Fine For Jamming Drivers' Cellphones · · Score: 1

    Okay I looked into some of the provisions of stand your ground and your right. It's seemed to me like in the Zimmerman case it was self-defense not stand-your-ground. I don't really have an opinion on that case though..I wasn't there.

    East Dallas absolutely exists. If you know where puff n stuff is on Columbia that area is East Dallas. Roughly from where main turns into elm down to beacon and Columbia.

    What happened to me happened on S St Mary in Junius Heights. There are 3 neighborhoods in that area, and I've always heard them referred to as "East Dallas." South of 30 is South Dallas, and that's a much worse place to find yourself late at night.

    Still, drive down St Mary or that part of Santa Fe and you'll see it's not much better than oak cliff.

    Not to be racist, but for the most part East Dallas is Mexican and South Dallas is black.

    Dallas didn't annex everything around them like Houston did..Mesquite is it's own city not East Dallas.

  11. Re:Guy is a moron on Florida Man Faces $48k Fine For Jamming Drivers' Cellphones · · Score: -1

    I have no idea how someone could have a problem with stand your ground. If someone attacks you and they're stronger/faster than you, and have you pinned, or you csnt get away what do you do?

    Even if you manage to call the cops A) They're gonna show up after things have run its course, B) The assailant will probably be gone, and C) You might be in a trunk by then.

    Are you just supposed to pay your hospital bills, get robbed, or get murdered? Also isnt self defense already an absolute defense to murder/assault?

    Not that I agree with the guy above...thats a severe overreaction.

    Full disclosure: I (a white guy) have been the victim of race based violence in E dallas. I defended myself with a knife I carry and my hands, and got away. One was too injured to flee, and him and his buddies paid my hospital bills once he dimed them.

    But what if I hadnt had a weapon at the time? Would they have stopped at all? Or would I just be saddled with 10k in hospital bills and my identity/wallet being stolen?

  12. Re:This is what happens on US Marshals Accidentally Reveal Potential Bidders For Gov't-Seized Bitcoin · · Score: 1

    "Secretaries are usually well versed in things like email"

    I don't really consider email proficiency to be a thing sorry.

  13. Lelelelel
    Much infosec fail.

  14. Re:To be fair... on Ask Slashdot: Tech Customers Forced Into Supporting Each Other? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Whyd you shift "the" a bit to the left?

  15. Re:Clearly they've broken him and... on AT&T Hacker 'weev' Demands One Bitcoin For Each Hour He Spent In Jail · · Score: 1

    Read the lucifer effect by Phillip Zimbardo

  16. Re:it is actually illegal on Almost 100 Arrested In Worldwide Swoop On Blackshades Malware · · Score: 1

    An online friend of mine in Belgium has been arrested in the last week. We do not know exactly why he was arrested, but it appears that this is the reason. We know he purchased this piece of software, and we are fairly certain he did not use it..I think he wanted to pull it apart.

    Very frightening stuff indeed.

  17. Re:how soon before on Scientists Propose Collider That Could Turn Light Into Matter · · Score: 0

    This is simply the first step, and this is such a big deal that I'd like to remain hopeful.

  18. Re:All of Twitch is a 'Copyright Violation' on Report: YouTube Buying Twitch.tv For $1 Billion · · Score: 1

    "All right guys you're about to get to watch us charge in! GET READY TO ROCK" *This stream brought to you by applewood meats, enjoy this 3 minute commercial*

  19. Re:Fearmongering at it's worst on Gen. Keith Alexander On Metadata, Snowden, and the NSA: "We're At Greater Risk" · · Score: 1

    Um...what

  20. Re:Can't Tell Them Apart on Ask Slashdot: Minimum Programming Competence In Order To Get a Job? · · Score: 1

    I see what you're saying I am just of the opinion that, in most cases, the KISS keep it simple stupid) principle applies...especially in OOP.

    I am also of the opinion that an interview question should be framed in the context of the workplace. In that context I will always have that library.

    Willfully ignoring that tool is...kind of dumb. If i ask a mechanic how he takes a nut off the answer should be a wrench/driver..not some strange screwdriver technique.

    There are ways to test critical thinking skills that arent predicated on ignoring glaringly obvious answers.

  21. Re:Computer Science is not IT and at times not cod on US College Students Still Aren't All That Interested In Computer Science · · Score: 1

    All I've got to say is I hope they aren't interested in either. Less competition, less supply, equilibrium settles on me with more pay :).

  22. Re:Can't Tell Them Apart on Ask Slashdot: Minimum Programming Competence In Order To Get a Job? · · Score: 1

    Well in real life I would need to go by a more or less perfect circle which I cannot draw by hand.

    How is that any different than using a circle created by a library call?

    Not being argumenative I'm sure there is a valid response.

  23. Re:It is God. on Supermassive Black Hole At the Centre of Galaxy May Be Wormhole In Disguise · · Score: 1

    Well if whether youre killed or not determines whether you win...then the one thing assured is that we all lose.

  24. Re:Big deal on Can Google Influence Elections? · · Score: 1

    Well there havent been any major screw ups or victories on any of those topics that Ive seen.

    Age of an issue has no effect on its importance if the person is still in power and controversey over it isnt settled.

  25. Re:Can't Tell Them Apart on Ask Slashdot: Minimum Programming Competence In Order To Get a Job? · · Score: 1

    Instantiate a circle and get the diameter and radius then divide it out. I dont know if it would simple stop at runtime though...or how to control when it stops showing digits...anyone?

    As a smartass move id call the extended Math.pi lib in java thats floating around...Math.pi.getdigits(x) or something.