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  1. Re:Aka, backdoors on NSA Says They Have VPNs In a 'Vulcan Death Grip' · · Score: 1

    The months or years of work its taking to do so, takes only handful of days for a vpn to change overto an encryption that hasn't been cracked yet.

    Ah yes; but who said that it hasn't been cracked yet? The NSA.

  2. Re: Land of the free on Reaction To the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' · · Score: 1

    Or, it could be those are the only people willing to protect others as well as themselves. Or, it could be they are the only ones not ignorant enough to think their government protects them. Or, they actually have read the second amendment and know that it is to protect ourselves from the government. Nah, you're probably right! You're no wuss, that is for certain.

  3. Re:been there, done that on Ask Slashdot: How Should a Liberal Arts Major Get Into STEM? · · Score: 1

    I second this comment. besides teaching college which will probably involve a graduate degree, most of thejobs with a liberal arts degree involve asking "Do you want fries with that?"

    Two things:

    First - I supported myself for a decade working in bars and restaurants. There are more interesting people living interesting lives employed in that sector than just about any other.

    Second - Ridley Scott went to art college. Peter Jackson was self-taught. James Cameron was a truck driver. The people who have done more to shape your vision than you're likely able to realise followed no discernible pattern of behaviour. I'd advise you to save your derision until someone's earned it.

    Case in point: One 'liberal arts' friend of mine plays the king of the White Walkers on GoT. Another works on The Daily Show. How's your job look now, keyboard monkey?

    Who really gives two shits about the Daily Show or the actors/actresses that strive to be on it? Fame has no correlation to intelligence, at least in my book. Not to say that you aren't right about more interesting people working in bars (at least in some cases), but then the vast majority of people in that "sector" are complete idiots.