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  1. Re:Amazon knows me better than myself . . . ? on Don't Build a Database of Ruin · · Score: 2

    *somewhat-whoosh-but-not-really*
    That it is not accurate for you is half of the point. The people / processes that rely on that data will insist that it is perfect.

    I can call the police and fabricate an accusation of rape against you. With any form of evidence, they can and will arrest you. When my rouse is discovered, the charges will be dismissed immediately, and I'll be in trouble, blah blah blah... but meanwhile, YOUR arrest record will be entered into the local and national databases as a felony/sex/violent crime.

    And for the rest of your life, you will be subject to Felony Stop procedures any time a cop pulls you over.

    See the problem? Database isn't accurate, but every player involved on that database-side has no incentive to challenge it. The cops on the beat will want to know you're a probable felon, right? Who's going to be dumb enough to remove that data record?

    Even better, since you'd now be tagged as a not-yet-convicted sex offender, and nobody is going to remove *that* record, either. The database... is perfect.

  2. Re:Go high-tech on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Take Notes In the Modern Classroom? · · Score: 1

    Be VERY careful with such devices, especially ones purchased off of less reputable sites like Craigslist. The bulk of the units there are dysfunctional prototypes, left over from the '90s... you guessed it, they are cheap because they are NOT Y2K compatible. Some sadist planted a few at the ATM-stations of my local bank the other day, it made filling out a deposit slip very humorous to watch.

    Also note that some others out there are cheap knock-offs that look real, but are in fact missing most of the standard core fonts, or have deliberate errors in their spellcheck dictionaries.

  3. Re:the ad campaigns were insulting on Critics Blast Apple's Cheesy New Ad Campaign · · Score: 1

    Well, Apple is just going back to it's roots - "Computers for the Rest of Us". You know, the ones too stupid to handle a two button mouse.

    It's pretty sad when the core premise behind your purchase decision is that you're a simpleton. It gets more sad when there's an entire market of such people, and a company can reach Apple's size by selling to it based on that premise. And it makes me vomit that the definition of "Genius" has been lowered to that of some f*wad tier-1 tech support who demonstrates a no-help-needed userland app.

    "Think Different... somewhere else." -E.L. Kersten

  4. Re:Nice of the hackers to tell us on Dropbox Confirms Email Addresses Were Pilfered · · Score: 1

    *Whoosh*

    I can put anything I want into your dropbox account and it will magically appear on every machine you've linked it to.
    I can edit anything I want in your dropbox account and THAT will magically appear on every machine you've linked it to.

    You are clueless as to what I can do to someone if I have that ability. I think it's safe to add yourself to the pool of people with no idea of what they are doing.

  5. Re:Something is wrong here on Existing Solar Tech Could Power Entire US, Says NREL · · Score: 1

    > 1. There are huge patches of scrub-land in the southwestern states California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Texas, that would be absolutely perfect for huge solar arrays, and nobody would notice their existence.

    Is that before or after the yearly wildfire turns them to dust. Again.

  6. Re:Not surprising. on Open Source Smart Meter Hacking Framework Released · · Score: 0

    **whoosh**

  7. Re:Dumb idea. on HTML5 Splits Into Two Standards · · Score: 1

    Absolutely, but only if they use HTML5 via 4G network.

  8. Re:Do what I do - on FunnyJunk Sues the Oatmeal Over TM and "Incitement To Cyber-Vandalism" · · Score: 1

    No, you forget to say "See you at CES , E3 , Pax East .?"

  9. 2011 called on Samsung Galaxy S3 Face Unlock Tricked By Photograph · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...duh? really?

  10. Re:Next up... on Fox News Ties 'Flame' Malware To Angry Birds · · Score: 1

    But... WARCRAFT ADDONS are in LUA also!

    Clearly, the attackers are trying to sneak in things like Recount and Gearscore to see how they compare, FFS!

  11. Re:Mac's don't get malware on Apple Snubs Security Firm That Spotted Mac Botnet · · Score: 1

    It does NOT yield that answer if you turn off the "BistroMath" option.

  12. Re:Why do we support liers? on Apple Snubs Security Firm That Spotted Mac Botnet · · Score: 1

    ..."Dude, You’re a Barista..."

  13. Re:Not surprising.... on Apple Snubs Security Firm That Spotted Mac Botnet · · Score: 1

    Not true. Apple knows full well that such vulnerabilities exist. But airhead customers mean that Apple need not worry about them.

    If you've been convincing idiots that The Emperor is Wearing Beautiful Clothes for well over a decade, why the hell would you spend a single dime on silk or thread? Security is a *perception*, not a reality. Apple has sold that perception, and a quick glance at the comments shows that the idiots are fully vested in it, some going so far as to base their self-esteem / social posture on it.

  14. Re:No overwhelmingly surprising on Apple Snubs Security Firm That Spotted Mac Botnet · · Score: 1

    Defense?

    How exactly does MS's strategy for the migration of decades of legacy software relate to Apple finally being called out for having Oracle-style security responses and procedures?

  15. Re:there is no Apple AV group on Apple Snubs Security Firm That Spotted Mac Botnet · · Score: 1

    So, can we rewrite history to say that Morris wrote a self-propagating trojan?

  16. Re:Hubris on Apple Snubs Security Firm That Spotted Mac Botnet · · Score: 1

    No, it won't. The cost of that hubris is borne by others - Schneier's proverbial "externality". If my product leaks your username, email, and password, it costs me nothing.

  17. Re:Blaming the messenger on Apple Snubs Security Firm That Spotted Mac Botnet · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Eh? Not to make a "no true Scotsman" plea, but the security world is not that big. If Apple hasn't heard of them before, it means that Apple has no presence in this field. Not surprising when you consider that can't seem to keep their top-secret iphone prototypes in their pants.

    Next, you'll excuse Utah for not knowing that Oracle is a giant security suck-hole. And in other news, RSA didn't realize that PDFs can carry exploits. Uh...

  18. Re:Too bad for the crooks that the people are poor on Medicaid Hacked: Over 181,000 Records and 25,000 SSNs Stolen · · Score: 1

    Well duh, my new crime-as-a-cloud service can now offer a feature that screens these people from your card lists, at only half the cost of the traditional merchant-account leasing service.

  19. Re:Sanity vs. politically motivated scaremongering on NOAA Study: Radiation From Fukushima Very Dilluted, Seafood Safe · · Score: 1

    Are you kidding? I'd write it on every wall in the city!

  20. Re:Sanity vs. politically motivated scaremongering on NOAA Study: Radiation From Fukushima Very Dilluted, Seafood Safe · · Score: 4, Informative

    Uh, as a firefighter... you know nothing of what you say.

    Especially with high rises. A hole in one side of a building is a huge heat producer. A hole in two sides produces a f*cking blow torch. Every time.

    You probably don't even know what a stack effect is, let alone should you be making comments on fire behavior.

  21. Re:It's their network on Student Expelled From Indiana High School For Tweeting Profanity · · Score: 1

    Hand Banana approves of this post.

  22. Re:In other words... on Findings Cast Doubt On Moon Origins · · Score: 4, Funny

    OT14 teaches us that "The Moon" was actually put here to hold any thetans left over after the volcanoes became full.

    Just sayin'.

  23. Re:In unrelated news... on Record-Setting 100+ T Magnetic Field Achieved At Los Alamos · · Score: 1

    Dammit, I thought I told the HARP project guys to spin down during that period!

  24. Re:CAC/PIV and clearance holders on Pay the TSA $100 and Bypass Airport Security · · Score: 1

    Why?

    Because the majority of terrorists in this country HAVE those ID cards.

  25. Re:Great! on Pay the TSA $100 and Bypass Airport Security · · Score: 1

    > scans the boarding pass. If the pass has the code, a Precheck passenger

    In other news, the boarding pass itself will not be validated. Simply make your own with a valid code (bet you a dollar that the "code" consists of digits 5, 6 and 7 being 000, or some such) for whatever you wish, and use THAT ticket for the checkpoint.

    Winner!