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  1. Re:Importance on Anonymous Member Sentenced For Joining DDoS Attack For One Minute · · Score: 1

    Although there doesn't seem to be a perfect real world example (a sit in seems to be the closest) I think I've come up with something better. A DDoS usually works by sending enough seemingly legitimate requests to a server that it can't handle any new ones. So, the closest you can get in the real world would be to get enough people to fill a business to legal capacity and have them pretend to shop, making it so the business couldn't allow actual customers in. The key here is, as the attacker, you're not the one keeping people out, the people you're attacking are.

  2. Re:Importance on Anonymous Member Sentenced For Joining DDoS Attack For One Minute · · Score: 1

    True, but the analogy for what's happening in this case is, you left your door unlocked during the day while you were home. A bunch of random smartasses walked in and sat around for awhile, pushing you outside. One got caught and the Judge tells him he has to pay for an all new security system for you.

  3. Re:And they wonder why... on Anonymous Member Sentenced For Joining DDoS Attack For One Minute · · Score: 1

    Actually, if the defense lawyer isn't retarded, a murder/manslaughter wouldn't stick. If what you did isn't the thing that killed him, murder and manslaughter aren't really the correct charges and won't hold up against a jury. Attempted murder maybe, or accessory to murder, but not murder itself.

  4. Re:What about gays and lesbians? on The Brains of Men and Women Are 'Wired Differently' · · Score: 1

    Usually I just use "trans people". Nobody seems to have much of an issue with that.

  5. Re:Helium Leaks on 6TB Helium-Filled Hard Drives Take Flight · · Score: 1

    That's not entirely accurate. While that's true for systems where the pressure is equal and they can exchange particles of one for particles of the other, it isn't for the situation he's describing. If it was built so only helium would leak, it would leak out until the pressure of the drive was equalized to the atmosphere, not the concentration. If it equalized concentration in this sort of system, it would end up with a near vacuum inside the drive. In practice, that's not how it happens.

  6. Re:Wrong Mavericks on Torvalds: Free OS X Is No Threat To Linux · · Score: 1

    Is it too much to hope for Mac OS Saucy Salamander?

  7. Re:they are doing it wrong on Toronto Family Bans All Technology In Their Home Made After 1986 · · Score: 1

    And obviously, GP is American, right? See, this is why people hate us.

  8. Re:Unless I misunderstand things. on Survey: Most IT Staff Don't Communicate Security Risks · · Score: 1

    So, congratulations on accidentally generating real discussion... I guess.

  9. Re:How'd the government know what they were Googli on Google Pressure Cookers and Backpacks: Get a Visit From the Feds · · Score: 0

    That's absolutely correct, but it doesn't make it the subject. Hitting the dog is not a full sentence. You're hitting the dog is. In this case, you is the subject, the dog is the object. Similarly, begging the question is not a sentence. It is begging the question is. It is the subject, the question is the object and would need to be not inanimate to work.

  10. Re:Not sure which side I'm on on Radiohead's Thom Yorke Pulls Albums From Spotify In Protest of Low Royalties · · Score: 1

    How about somewhere in between? Negotiate year one royalties and then every its played after that sees diminishing royalties until it's finally zero? That way, it keeps companies like Spotify honest, and keeps artists from being able to ride the gravy train on something they did 20+ years ago.

  11. Re:Last dying gasp of the repeatedly disproven. on How Intellectual Property Reinforces Inequality · · Score: 1

    Wait... Are you implying that Windows 98 wasn't complete shit?

  12. Re:Incredible - non-reflective displays! on Next-Gen Gorilla Glass: Smartphones Could Have Antibacterial, Anti-Glare Display · · Score: 1

    True, but I doubt they're going to coat something you put up to your face in something so harsh.

  13. Re:Still need to install something on Netflix Ditches Silverlight With HTML5 Support In IE11 · · Score: 2

    Simple. Addons. Separate the code into a full addon, then when it's installed ask if they want to install the "Netflix Addon" with a simple yes or no. If yes, download and install the addon, if no, don't. That should keep them clear.

  14. Of course there is. If I write software for a financial institution (a classic style one, not bitcoins) and that institution doesn't get the proper license, am I liable? Of course not and I fail to see how the bitcoin foundation could possibly be either.

  15. Re:Time is... limited on Why Your Sysadmin Hates You · · Score: 1

    Interestingly enough, you've actually given the kind of information IT wants when solving your problem. Saying something like that can actually get the ball rolling without the end user needing any real knowledge. Saying "Word doesn't work" doesn't help anybody and just makes everybody frustrated.

  16. Re:Can't have it all. on Keeping Your Data Private From the NSA (And Everyone Else) · · Score: 1

    Fuck my country. Fuck the IDEA of county. My country (like all countries that I know of), is run by people. People are stupid, greedy, self-centered and any other description you care to name. I don't want to give the PEOPLE that run my country any more power over me and the other PEOPLE that inhabit this country than I have to.

  17. Re:Can't have it all. on Keeping Your Data Private From the NSA (And Everyone Else) · · Score: 1

    And how, exactly, are you going to provide for your family when the FBI kicks in your door and hauls you to a detainment center because they felt you were a threat? Perhaps you think that because you're a good guy and supported this, that you won't be targeted? You know, a lot of McCarthy supporters thought so too. Every bit of power you give to the government will be abused, there is no discussion on that. Checks and balances don't work well when it's one part of the government answering to another. Personally, I'd rather have a terrorist group that has to work to hurt me than a government that doesn't.

  18. Surprisingly Nice on First Look At Ubuntu Touch, the Smartphone OS · · Score: 1

    I have to admit, I actually like this phone. As long as it actually does give root without voiding the warranty, I think I may actually buy one if they ever come out.

  19. Re:Bah, US only... on Microsoft Attempts to Woo Students With 'Crowdsourced' Laptops · · Score: 1

    That's weird. I've had no issues booting legacy USB images on a new ASUS board. Of course, it is an AMD board so that may have something to do with it...

  20. Re:For free? on WIPO Panel Says Ron Paul Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking · · Score: 0

    Well that certainly worked...

  21. Re:Skeptical fungus is skeptical... on Yahoo Pinkie-Swears It Won't Ruin Tumblr · · Score: 2

    I think you're missing something. While what you say is true, she still has shareholders to answer to. They're going to expect the new acquisition to generate revenue in step with how much Y! spent on it. When it fails to, she'll essentially be forced to "monetize" it, which is where the previous management was.

  22. Re:Damned if they do... on Microsoft Reads Your Skype Chat Messages · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But it's not illegal. The law makes it illegal to intercept those messages without warrant or permission. Wouldn't agreeing to the TOS be giving them permission?

  23. Re:Rubbish on DoD Descends On DEFCAD · · Score: 2

    You really have no idea how bullets work, do you? The metal casings are for the bullets, not the guns. If you attempt to make a bullet with a plastic casing (you can't buy them), it will fail on the first shot. Not the second shot, not the third, the first. If you use plastic casings on a bullet, it will explode and you will fail. No debate.

  24. Re:Jupiter Tape? on Former FBI Agent: All Digital Communications Stored By US Gov't · · Score: 1

    True, but our data use has increased in step with that processing power. Being able to collect and store "vast amounts of data" is still a far cry away from "every digital communication on U.S. soil". Even with modern technology and a massive budget, it just doesn't seem feasible.

  25. Re:Gateway drugs on Florida Teen Expelled and Arrested For Science Experiment · · Score: 2

    Yes, but this is America we're talking about. Guns are sacred here.