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  1. Re:Netflix has a unique and obvious strategy. on Slashdot Asks: What's Next For Netflix? (500ish.com) · · Score: 2

    That is what I used to think, until I heard my friends across the ponds cant watch House of Cards, because of geoip restriction. Netflix blocked countries from watching their self produced TV series, because they wanted to make more money though licensing deals.

    This assessment is not entirely fair. Netflix sold the European rights to House of Cards well before they entered the European market. Also, you can watch House of Cards in Europe (at least in Germany), but you have wait 12 months or so for the latest season.

  2. He certainly doesn't know much about SHA-256 on Craig Wright Claims He's Satoshi Nakamoto, the Creator Of Bitcoin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In his blog post, he writes:

    "The SHA256 algorithm provides for a maximum message size of (2^128 - 1) bits of information whilst returning 32 bytes or 256 bits as an output value. The number of possible messages that can be input into the SHA256 hash function totals (2^128 - 1)! possible input values ranging in size from 0 bits through to the maximal acceptable range that we noted above."

    There are two obvious errors in this paragraph. The maximum message size of SHA-256 is (2^64 - 1) bits and the total number possible input messages is (2^(2^64) - 1). I doubt that the inventor of Bitcoin would make such fundamental mistakes.

  3. I prefer the "Empty New Tab Page" extension on Chrome 33 Nixes Option To Fall Back To Old 'New Tab' Page · · Score: 3

    If an empty new tab page would be configurable and Chrome wouldn't exit if a single tab is open and I press Ctrl-W, I'd be perfectly happy with Chrome's tabs. For the latter, I use the "Live On" extension, which is a bit quirky, unfortunately. With Firefox I can fix both these issues, at least in about:config.

  4. Re:Assassination Politics on Meet the 'Assassination Market' Creator Who's Crowdfunding Murder With Bitcoins · · Score: 2

    If you bet that your own house burns down, it's insurance. If you bet that your neighbor's house burns down, it's a credit default swap.

  5. Re:How long are shareholders willing to wait? on Why Amazon Is Profitless Only By Choice · · Score: 1

    That's wrong. If a company buys assets, then it's profits decrease, ...

    No, the profit decreases only when the assets depreciate.

  6. Re:I make beer... on The Fascinating Science Behind Beer Foam · · Score: 1

    Obligatory Günter Grünwald.

  7. Cool, why not reenact WW2? on Israeli Army Retweeting 1967 War As It Happened · · Score: 1

    @Wehrmacht1939: "Seit 5 Uhr 45 wird jetzt zurückgeschossen!"

  8. Guerrilla guide on Ask Slashdot: Best 3-D Design Software? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The Guerrilla guide to CNC machining, mold making, and resin casting is probably one of best resources you can find.

  9. Re:That is an ignorant response. on Mega Defends Its Security Practices · · Score: 2

    The problem is their SSL keys are 1024 bit, which is trivial to break if you have $168 million.

    Then guess how many bits the RSA key of the google.com certificate has.

  10. Re:Urheberrecht on Half of GitHub Code Unsafe To Use (If You Want Open Source) · · Score: 1

    You can act as if, but you can always go "Fuck you, cooww and shee-keeenn! Now you can't use it anymore!" if they are stupid enough to fall for it.

    If an author signs a contract with another party granting an exclusive license to publish a given work, is that unenforceable?

    Of course it's enforceable. The OP doesn't have a clue.

  11. Re:Could we hear some Germans tell this story? on Germany Exports More Electricity Than Ever Despite Phasing Out Nuclear Energy · · Score: 1

    which is subsidized by the electricity consumers (NOT by the goverment, as some seem to think).

    Even worse, it's not subsidized by the industry, only by households which consume only a fraction of the total energy output.

  12. Quote Stuffing on Mysterious Algorithm Was 4% of Trading Activity Last Week · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Where's the news? This is called quote stuffing and has been going on for ages. The reason is simply to mislead or overwhelm the HFT algos of competitors.

  13. Re:What % always considered us the enemy? on Stanford-NYU Report: Drone Attacks Illegal, Counterproductive · · Score: 1

    Since when are the USA at war with Pakistan?

  14. Re:European law takes these things seriously on Germany's Former First Lady Sues Google · · Score: 2

    A gay, a Vietnamese, a guy in a wheelchair, and an elderly East German woman walk into to a bar. "You're a funny bunch," says the bartender. "No, we're the German government."

  15. Re:Misleading summary on German Government Wants Google To Pay For the Right To Link To News Sites · · Score: 1

    In the original draft, even single sentences would have been regarded as "significant parts", but that would then also mean that you cannot quote from any news article anymore in any other publication, which would have significant negative side effects.

    You could still quote articles. But that quote has to be embedded in another non-trivial work. Aggregation of news has never been quoting in the sense of German copyright law.

  16. Re:Pretty Cool on Skydiver Leaps From 18 Miles Up In 'Space Jump' Practice · · Score: 1

    Because they almost blew it with the faked moon landing and don't want to risk that again. Also the cold war is over, so there no good reason to fake such accomplishments.

  17. Re:There is - far less on Developer Drops Game Price To $0 Citing Android Piracy · · Score: 1

    I've bought Kindle books from Amazon.de without a credit card for ages. You should have the same payment options as for any other Amazon article.

  18. Re:Widespread interest on Google+ Unblocked In China; President Obama's Page Flooded With Comments · · Score: 1

    Obligatory Youtube video

  19. Re:you're a troll but even so.... on Pentagon: 30,000 Pound Bomb Too Small · · Score: 1

    First of all, the Soviet Union wasn't a dictatorship. They used military force in some of their satellite states like Poland or Czechoslovakia but they never had world-wide imperialistic ambitions. Their military strategy has been mainly defensive for the last 200 years.

  20. Re:you're a troll but even so.... on Pentagon: 30,000 Pound Bomb Too Small · · Score: 1

    They wanted to rule the world

    Actually, no. Of course, the USSR was concerned about countries in its immediate vicinity. But they never wanted to force communism on the rest of the world. That was only the paranoid fear or propaganda of the US.

  21. Iran never called for Israel's destruction on Israeli Spyware Sold To Iran · · Score: 5, Informative

    The leaders of Iran never called for the destruction of Israel. I guess you're referring to Ahmadinejad's alleged "wiped of the map" statement. See here for what he really said. Although he really is a nutcase if he denies the holocaust.

  22. Re:It isn't really interesting on More Info On Google's Alternative To JavaScript · · Score: 2

    The "fundamental" problem from Google's perspective is Javascript's lack of typing. They want a language with optional typing and think that the ECMAScript 4 route isn't viable.

  23. Something like that? on Spammers Establish Fake URL-Shortening Services · · Score: 2

    Something like shadyurl.com? This has always been one of my favorite URL "shorteners".

  24. Re:as said before here many times on The Cost of US Security · · Score: 1

    Noone is seriously pushing for Sharia law in Europe or the US. Not even Bin Laden was. Bin Laden has made his intentions pretty clear, although this has been willfully suppressed by US media. Just read the transcripts of Bin Laden's video speeches and you will understand what this conflict is all about. Take this one for example:

    "Security is an important foundation of human life and free people do not squander their security, contrary to Bush's claims that we hate freedom."

    "We fought you because we are free and because we want freedom for our nation. When you squander our security we squander your's."

  25. Re:as said before here many times on The Cost of US Security · · Score: 1

    They don't hate us because we have freedoms. They hate us because we are currently free from them. So it would seem that "they hate us for our freedom" is not so moronic after all.

    No, the islamic terrorists don't want a worldwide caliphate. They would be happy with a caliphate in the Middle East. They hate us because we are occupying their countries and messing with their politics for decades. They hate us because we take their freedom.