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  1. waste on Alan Turing Likely To Be Given Posthumous Pardon · · Score: 1

    this is just a waste of parliamentary time, time that should be spent solving current problems and dealing with extant matters. The crown can pardon Turing and all others convicted of this crime - and they can do so without wasting the time of the legislature. They could, for example, debate how "austerity" is based on bad maths and the current spending cuts are actually worsening the situation and putting more and more people beyond the ability to feed themselves, but no, they waste time on this.

  2. pilkington method on Apple-Liquidmetal Joint Patent Could Enable Futuristic-Looking Mobile Devices · · Score: 3, Interesting

    sure as hell sounds like the pilkington method to me. is applying it to a different material sufficient enough to warrant a new patent?

  3. Re:Better, but still worthless on Iris Scans Are the New School IDs · · Score: 1

    "as it is much less usable for mass surveillance" you say that like it can't be done at a distance... it can, it's already in use at London Gatwick - how long before we see CCTV cameras on every street corner with this ability?

  4. Re:Makes sense on HTTP 2.0 Will Be a Binary Protocol · · Score: 1

    I'd contend that TCP/IP was a slightly more used protocol. given that it underlies http and everything else.

  5. this is why you should preview on Iain M. Banks Gets Asteroid Named After Him · · Score: 2

    /. don't do greek (unlike catholic priests)

  6. Re:evangelical athiest on Iain M. Banks Gets Asteroid Named After Him · · Score: 1

    evangelical is from the greek Îá½Î±ÎÎÎÎÎÎν (via latin the latin, evangelium) which means "good news" good news is there is no god, get off your knees and enjoy life. No oxymoron, just morons that think so.

  7. Betteridge's law. on Microsoft Reacts To Feedback But Did They Get Windows 8.1 Right? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    No.

  8. "Space Junk Collision" on With Catastrophes In Mind, Supercomputing Project Simulates Space Junk Collision · · Score: 2

    sounds like geek pr0n.

  9. Re:And that's the way it should be done on New Zealand ISP Offers "Global Mode" So Users Can Circumvent Geo-Restrictions · · Score: 1

    explain BGP to me then.

  10. it's far better... on Richard Stallman Speaks About Back Doors After NSA Documents Leak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it is far better that RMS talk about backdoors than pick his on stage and pop whatever he pulls out of it into his mouth to chew.

  11. box office numbers on Man Of Steel Leaps Over Record With $125.1 Million To Mixed Reviews · · Score: 1

    the reason for the "record breaking" takings is down to increases in ticket prices and nothing more. if you look at a graph of audience numbers you'll see it peak in the mid 1940s, It drops off sharply in the early 60s and continues to fall until the early 80s. If you adjust it for percentage of population then you'll see a slope more suited to a ski-jumper. record breaking sales are not what them appear.

  12. Re:Dartmouth v. Woodward; Southern Pacific on Birthday Song's Copyright Leads To a Lawsuit For the Ages · · Score: 1

    "I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one." - Robert Reich

  13. crow road on Iain Banks Dies of Cancer At 59 · · Score: 2

    he's away the crow road. I once had the pleasure of meeting Iain and talking with him for a while, although I didn't realise at the time it was Iain Banks I was talking to. He was a lovely man who had his head screwed on well. He'll be missed.

  14. Re:not holding my breath on NSA WhistleBlower Outs Himself · · Score: 1

    holding your breath is not effective against waterboarding.

  15. Re:or if on Facebook Silently Removes Ability To Download Your Posts · · Score: 1

    Facebook is based in Ireland but operates in the UK, as the consumer (me) lives in the UK then the legal jurisdiction for litigation is the UK. This point is covered in both the civil jurisdiction and judgments act 1982 and the supply of goods and services act (also 1982).

  16. or if on Facebook Silently Removes Ability To Download Your Posts · · Score: 5, Interesting

    or if you're in the UK serve them with a Data Protection Act Subject Access Request for all of your information, don't forget to ask for details of all those with whom your data has been shared.The most they can charge you for this is £10 and when they fail to comply you report them to the Office of the Information Commissioner who will ream their ass with a big fat fine. Similar legislation exists throughout the EU.

  17. Re:This is a Taser Ad. on Watching the Police: Will Two-Way Surveillance Reduce Crime? · · Score: 1

    tasers are only less than lethal when they don't kill. they kill fairly regularly. See here

  18. Re:So in reality: Nothing will change on White House Announces Reforms Targeting Patent Trolls · · Score: 2

    very true, however there's a good chance that many patent trolling companies are in violation of RICO so a fire lit under the DoJ might be a good start.

  19. Re:I dont see the difference on SCOTUS Says DNA Collection Permissible After Arrest · · Score: 1

    fingerprints != DNA as they could not conceivably be used to (rightly or wrongly) indicate a "criminal gene" or a predisposition to a disease. At the moment only certain markers are stored in police/federal databases but as gene sequencing becomes quicker and cheaper then whose to say that they won't store the whole lot. The risk of wrongful arrest and my DNA being taken are too high, I do not want the US authorities to "know" something about me medically that I do not know myself, so I will not enter the US until this idiotic ruling is overturned.

  20. Re:Lever machines just work on New York City Wants To Revive Old Voting Machines · · Score: 2

    here in the UK we cast our ballots on paper, they are now machine readable, but they can still be counted by hand if needs be. The nice part is that there is a paper trail so a shedload more reliable than those button push roulette-machines that the US seems to prefer.

  21. Re:s/Freedom/Security/g on Schools Scanned Students' Irises Without Permission · · Score: 1

    iris scanning is far to prone to false negatives even in adults. The iris can be changed by trauma, illness and environmental factors. No use to verify identity.

  22. Re:Security Concern on UK Consumers Reporting Contactless Payment Errors · · Score: 1

    I would argue that the additional distances quoted in TFA is a security breach. this increases the danger of skimming if the cards can be read from so far away.

  23. Re:Reminder, all ads are evil on Nintendo Hijacks Ad Revenue From Fan-Created YouTube Playthroughs · · Score: 1

    simples...

  24. copyright exempt? on Nintendo Hijacks Ad Revenue From Fan-Created YouTube Playthroughs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Aren't walkthroughs a type of review? If so then they're fair use under american copyright law aren't they? Give the ad revenue back to the person that put in the effort to record and post the video.

  25. no need on Patenting Open Source Software · · Score: 1

    You don't need to patient open source software to protect it from patent trolls. you just write it and release it to the public. it then becomes prior art which invalidates any later patents.