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  1. Re:Anyone's Phone... on San Bernadino D.A. Says Shooter's Phone Could Harbor "Cyber Pathogen" (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    No, your original argument is BS. There is absolutely no indication that anything of interest is on the phone. So, no probable cause. And if you want to get it decrypted, either get the owner (the county) or hire someone else to decrypt it. After all, if Apple could do it, so can the Chinese, the Russians, and the NSA.

  2. If it's so powerful, decrypting the phone won't believe it - it will just morph itself back into the regular OS. It's a quantum virus - you look at it, it ceases to exist, and appears on some other phone.

    Of course, that's almost as nutty as the DA.

  3. Re:Yesterday's retracted news on San Bernadino D.A. Says Shooter's Phone Could Harbor "Cyber Pathogen" (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like the DA is setting himself up to attempt to get elected to higher office.

  4. It has not been established that the impact was the cause of the extinction event. Other evidence indicates that life was already on the wain beforehand.

  5. Re:Where are such analysis of Hillary!, anyway? on Why You May Not Like Ted Cruz's Face, According To Science (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    When it comes to facial expressions,just ask Hillary - Botox is a bitch.

  6. The real truth of Ted Cruz's birth certificate on Why You May Not Like Ted Cruz's Face, According To Science (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    What is undisputed is that he was born in Canada. But as you can tell by the way his face looks more like skin slapped over lumpy clay, his weird un-smile, the way that nobody who has ever worked for him likes him - it all points to one conclusion:

    Ted Cruz is half Sasquatch!

  7. Possibly because there's no money in competing with hardware that can be had for free in a dumpster? Apple knows their market, and it's not Oculus Rift users.

  8. Re:Let the customer decide ... on Oculus Founder: Rift Will Come To Mac If Apple "Ever Releases a Good Computer" (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course, the real problem is that, like 3dtv, customers will mostly decide "who needs it?"

  9. Re:Will she pardon here self and him once she gets on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    If she could pardon herself, Tricky Dick would have already tried the same stunt.

  10. Re:The silver lining around every (mushroom) cloud on Kim To N. Korean Military: Be Ready To Use Nuclear Weapons At Any Time (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    North Korea has no capability of nuking north america. South Korea (next door) , Taiwan (just under 2,000 km), and Japan (just over 1,000 km) are more likely targets.

  11. Re:The silver lining around every (mushroom) cloud on Kim To N. Korean Military: Be Ready To Use Nuclear Weapons At Any Time (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    They don't all carry live nukes. Some of the warheads in any mirv are decoys designed to distract anti-missile defenses. This way, not only can they keep under the treaty limits for actual warheads, but the decoys require a lot less maintenance.

  12. Stupid idea. on Drupal Creator Floats an "FDA For Data and Algorithms" · · Score: 1

    The only "FDA" sort of thing we need is to prevent moronic ideas get publicity. You want to do something useful, how about slimming down your bloatware CMS first?

  13. The silver lining around every (mushroom) cloud on Kim To N. Korean Military: Be Ready To Use Nuclear Weapons At Any Time (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Look at the bright side - the day after a North Korea 1st strike, the problem with North Korea will be solved. Or at least disappear.

  14. Totally BS argument. on Godfather Of Encryption Explains Why Apple Should Help The FBI (bgr.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The perps are dead, so there is no need to decrypt their phones in that case.

    This is just fishing for information on other people, and it's pretty naive, since they destroyed 2 other phones. Would you use your company phone to plan a terrorist act?

    Also, the phone isn't Apple's property. Let them go after the entity that owns the phone.

  15. Really have to laugh at the pompous posturing. on French Bill Carries 5-Year Jail Sentence For Company Refusals To Decrypt Data For Police (dailydot.com) · · Score: 2

    It is unacceptable that the state loses any control over encryption

    News flash - the state hasn't had control of encryption for decades. Even the US classifying encryption as a munition didn't do it.

  16. It WAS against the law to use a personal email server for government business because it thwarts the Freedom of Information Act.

  17. Re:An overrated trolling flamebait on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    tracking device the SS will say no to that or cut it off and keep the local Barney Fife at bay.

    She is not elected, so while the secret service can protect her, they can't remove a court-ordered tracking device.

  18. Re:Will she pardon here self and him once she gets on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Your world doesn't exist in politics. Serious charges have serious impacts.

  19. Re:Will she pardon here self and him once she gets on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    You're forgetting the court of public opinion - if she's charged she becomes highly radioactive.

  20. ""the technological innovations embodied in these patents are fundamental to the efficient communication of internet content," according to the company."

    If it's the only way to do a particular thing ("fundamental to the efficient communication of internet content" sure sounds like it) then it's not patentable - is a "mis en scene".

    Also, the X Windowing System predates these patents - 1984.

    Then there all the text-based UIs that had windows, title bars, drop boxes, list boxes, and buttons.

  21. Buffer Sees Clear Benefits To Transparent Employee on Buffer Sees Clear Benefits To Transparent Employee Salary Policy · · Score: 2

    Buffer Sees Clear Benefits To Transparent Employee Salary Policy

    We now have intelligent buffers handling HR stuff? Cool.

  22. You can do far more than make a bit-for-bit copy of non-copyright material. You can freely use it in your own stuff (for example, once Mickey Mouse goes out of copyright, you can use Mickey in your own creations).

  23. Re:There's a long history of on UK Gov't Launches Anti-Adblocking Initiative, Compares It To Piracy (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Hope you're going to be there to save him when the tide comes in.

  24. Re: Download? on OpenSource.com Releases First Ever Open Source Yearbook (opensource.com) · · Score: 1

    It's easier to remove features than to add them.

  25. No need to carry a second device at home. Let them give you a phone for work, and then leave it at work. After all, it's THEIR phone. "What's at work stays at work."