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  1. Re:Ridiculous And Totally Not Helpful on Sophos Researcher Suggests Password 'Free' to Spur Wi-Fi Encryption · · Score: 1

    Aside from the money, the "trusted by default" organizations will not only be 'trusted' with the actually intended SSL-site, but equally 'trusted' for the 'officially' signed TLA MITM certificate.

    While I object in principle to government wiretapping in practice it is no threat to me or all but a tiny minority of other users.

  2. Re:Before everyone says that's idiotic... on Sophos Researcher Suggests Password 'Free' to Spur Wi-Fi Encryption · · Score: 1

    > My conclusion: It's impossible to have true wifi security...

    Without out-of-band communication.

  3. Re:Where'd it go? on Mystery Missile Launched Near LA · · Score: 1

    > Anybody know where this thing came down?

    At an airport, just like most other aircraft.

  4. Re:Hoax? on Mystery Missile Launched Near LA · · Score: 1

    None of the other videos caught the aircraft at quite the right angle to make it look like a rocket.

  5. Re:Hmmm .... on Mystery Missile Launched Near LA · · Score: 1

    > An uber-quiet submarine, perhaps.

    Because it would make so much sense for someone who had such a submarine to advertise that fact.

  6. Re:Not a mini big bang... on Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Generates a 'Mini-Big Bang' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    According to the theory, neither 'mass' nor 'space' nor 'time' existed prior to the singularity.

    And therefor the phrase "prior to the singularity" is devoid of meaning.

  7. Oh. _That_ kind of "recall". on Recalling Windows 1.0 At 25 Years · · Score: 1

    n/t

  8. Re:So, to clarify... on Firesheep Countermeasure Tool BlackSheep · · Score: 1

    Would it be better for Blacksheep to log you out immediately? That might prevent the attacker from accomplishing anything since it would happen within milliseconds of him sending a duplicate cookie.

  9. Re:Google does the same on How Hulu, NBC, and Other Sites Block Google TV · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if you can actually enforce country restrictions through copyright law.

    In the USA they have nothing to do with copyright.

    Usually, it's something like the DMCA...

    Circumventing region restrictions does not violate the DMCA (which is part of USA copyright law).

    Tampering with hardware you bought might be illegal in the US...

    It isn't.

  10. Re:RTFA on Lamebook Sues Facebook Over Trademark Infringement · · Score: 5, Informative

    Like getting a judgment now would in ANY way bias a future judge to rule in favor of them should facebook sue.

    Wrong. If Lamebook is granted a declaratory judgement in their favor it will be exactly as if Facebook had sued them and lost.

  11. Re:It's Simple But Where's the "Advertising" tag? on Lamebook Sues Facebook Over Trademark Infringement · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is not a frivolous suit. It is a justified declaratory judgement suit. Outfits like Facebook use public threats to sue to spread FUD. They drag out "negotiations" indefinitely with no intention of actually suing. The purpose of a declaratory judgement suit is to put a stop to that.

  12. Re:Of course on Going Faster Than the Wind In a Wind-Powered Cart · · Score: 1

    One huge logical flaw. speed at a point on the wheel that is in contact with the ground is 0. Speed at a point on the wheel that is at the top of the wheel is 2 times the velocity of the wheel.

    The sails are feathered when they are at the top and so pick up no wind. They are unfeathered at the bottom, where they are halfway between the ground and the axle and so move at half the speed of the axle with the wind pushing on them. It will continue to push on those sails until the wheel is moving fast enough to move them at wind speed and therefor the axle at twice wind speed.

  13. Re:Don't put it on the Internet! on Evaluating Or Testing Utility SCADA Security? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    > Except we all want cheaper stuff. And that means using the lowest bidder.

    It means using the lowest qualified bidder. Do you think you'd get better quality from the highest bidder?

  14. Re:erm.. on Going Faster Than the Wind In a Wind-Powered Cart · · Score: 1

    The wind is blowing a steady 40 knots and soon I am whizzing along at maybe 44 knots

    So you are doing 1.1 times wind speed.

    Eventually the wind slows to 0 knots

    What is 1.1 times 0?

  15. Re:The reason that I don't believe it. on Going Faster Than the Wind In a Wind-Powered Cart · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How about if you post your math showing that it cannot work?

  16. Re:Context on Hulu Plus Now Available To All — But Be Warned · · Score: 1

    A 'US-centric' site might say something like 'everyone eats at McDonalds', even while this is patently untrue in, say, Antarctica or on Mars. But it is indeed true in the US.

    No it isn't.

  17. It's simple to decide what's fair. on Considering a Fair Penalty For Illegal File-sharing · · Score: 1

    Actual damages. That's good enough for patents and it's good enough for copyright (Note that it's damages, not fines). Fines are punishment paid to the government. Damages are court-ordered payments to the plaintiff intended to make him whole.

  18. Re:Yeah... on Nicaragua Raids Costa Rica, Blames Google Maps · · Score: 1

    > Why do you typically vote Republican then?

    Eespecially since, as we have all seen over the last two years, electing a Democrat President and giving the Democrats control of both House and Senate instantly ended all the wars.

    BTW do you happen to recall who was President when the USA entered WWI? WWII? The Korean war? Vietnam?

  19. Sounds damned uncomfortable. on Skin-Tight Bodysuits Could Protect Astronauts From Bone Loss · · Score: 1

    n/t

  20. What about the "data retention" laws? on EU Commission Says People Have a 'Right To Be Forgotten' Online · · Score: 1

    n/t

  21. Re:View Source on CDN Optimizing HTML On the Fly · · Score: 1

    > I think it is not nice to deliver unreadable code to your users.

    Then you dislike all systems such as CMSs that deliver generated code, I assume.

  22. Re:Legal troubles? on CDN Optimizing HTML On the Fly · · Score: 1

    > I couldn't give a rat's ass about legal troubles.

    Especially as there are none.

  23. Re:Translated transcript on Swedes Show Intel Sandy Bridge Running BIOS-Successor UEFI · · Score: 2, Insightful

    UEFI gives motherboard manufacturers much better possibilities of implementing their own software.

    That is not a plus.

  24. Re:queue the lawsuit on Tesla Roadster Data Logging Format Reverse Engineered · · Score: 1

    In the USA data is not protected by copyright. Besides, you gave them permission to copy it. As for "blocking" your access to the data: how are they doing that? You have possession of the car and are free to do anything you want to with it.

  25. Re:Let me get this straight... on Zeus Attackers Turned the Tables On Researchers · · Score: 1

    But it isn't Free.