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  1. Re:Seriously? on The Nuclear Bunker Where Wikileaks Will Be Located · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They can't hope to locate themselves anywhere. They've made themselves extralegal in all jurisdictions.

    There are probably some European countries where they could be prosecuted but they have not violated any USA law.

  2. Re:What's the point? on The Nuclear Bunker Where Wikileaks Will Be Located · · Score: 1

    I didn't make myself clear. I should have said the "real data servers will be located elsewhere."

    The servers should be replicated in many different jurisdictions, including the USA.

  3. Re:To be perfectly clear ... on 3 Drinks a Day Keeps the Doctor Away · · Score: 1

    > A mortality rate (like many rates) is per unit time.

    No matter how slowly you die, eventually your mortality rate will reach unity.

  4. Re:How about good subject lines? on GMail Introduces Priority Inbox · · Score: 4, Informative

    > ...it'd probably be a simpler task to train people...

    No. Training people is a hopeless task.

  5. Good work. Keep trying. on GMail Introduces Priority Inbox · · Score: 1

    Someday, in the far future, Gmail may be almost as good as Gnus.

  6. Re:Simple solution on Drunk Baboons Plague Exclusive Suburbs In South Africa · · Score: 1

    The problem is that the baboons are now a protected species. Previously they were no doubt controlled quite effectively by the obvious methods.

  7. Re:I hope they still print at leasta few paper ver on Oxford Dictionary Considers Going Online Only · · Score: 1

    You can bet that theirs will. Acid-free paper and non-fading inks are readily available.

  8. Re:It's not just cookies.... on Retargeting Ads Stalk You For Weeks After You Shop · · Score: 1

    What "battle"? You opened your Google account voluntarily, right?

  9. Re:Erm..no. Just no. How'd this get on Slashdot? on Prosecutor Loses Case For Citing Wikipedia · · Score: 2, Funny

    > Where the hell is THEIR original citation?

    Professional journalists don't bother with such things. And remember, they are experts in their field, so you should trust them. Unlike Wikipedia, newspapers are authorities.

  10. Re:Was the barrister (attourney) paid ? on Prosecutor Loses Case For Citing Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    This was a prosecutor. A government employee, on salary.

  11. Re:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. . . on Prosecutor Loses Case For Citing Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    Despite the fact that the Wikipedia article itself links to the DSM.

  12. Re:If it was printed? on Prosecutor Loses Case For Citing Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    > If that print edition is vetted by experts, yes.

    No. A printed Britannica article edited by a prominent psychiatrist would have gotten the same treatment. If the DSM is your authority you cite the DSM, not an article about the DSM.

  13. Re:so... on Prosecutor Loses Case For Citing Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    Did you bother to discuss the issues on the "talk" page?

  14. Re:Ha on Prosecutor Loses Case For Citing Wikipedia · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wikipedia is not a primary source. No encyclopedia is. "Reliability" is not the issue. You never cite what A said that B said when you can directly cite what B said. Best evidence rule.

  15. Re:so... on Prosecutor Loses Case For Citing Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    > This isn't always the case, though.

    This one is.

  16. Mod parent up. on Retargeting Ads Stalk You For Weeks After You Shop · · Score: 1

    What would be nice is having "tab sessions": Opening a tab and declaring it to be a separate session. When closing that tab, the session ends, and all session cookies set from that tab are deleted.

    Excellent suggestion. I leave Firefox open for weeks at a time so deleting cookies when I close it doesn't do me much good.

  17. Re:solution on Retargeting Ads Stalk You For Weeks After You Shop · · Score: 1

    > When even this fails... ...try Privoxy.

  18. Re:creepy. but on Retargeting Ads Stalk You For Weeks After You Shop · · Score: 1

    > I think people should not be haunted with ads by any technique.

    No one has to see any ads at all.

  19. Re:There's still better privacy on Hackers Eavesdrop On Quantum Crypto With Lasers · · Score: 1

    > Don't write or talk anything. None will intercept it.

    They are working on that...

  20. "subtlety of an expurgated FBI document" on 3 Prototypes From HP, In Outline · · Score: 1

    Meaning that all will be revealed as soon as somebody fiddles with the metadata a bit?

  21. Re:Can we detect planets in a perpendicular plane? on Kepler Spacecraft Finds System With Multiple Planets Transiting the Star · · Score: 1

    Is there any sort of 'bias' which tends to cause stars in our galaxy to form their planetary orbits within a few degrees parallel to a common plane?

    No. The orientations are random. Consequently most are probably non-transiting.

    Can our current extra-solar planet searching activities detect planets which are in such perpendicular planes to our line of view?

    No.

  22. Re:Atom? on Intel To Buy Smartphone Chipmaker Infineon For $2B · · Score: 4, Informative

    Infineon doesn't make cpus. Intel is probably most interested in their rf stuff. Believe it or not, there's a lot more to a cellphone than the processor.

  23. Re:Privacy issues on Brazil Using Smartphones For Planning the Future · · Score: 1

    A census contains lots of data that's better kept to a somewhat generic location.

    Better for you and I, yes. But governments have other ideas.

  24. In The US Enumeration Is Constitutionally Mandated on Brazil Using Smartphones For Planning the Future · · Score: 0, Troll

    But well-designed stratified-sampling surveys produce better statistics at lower cost. Of course, governments are often after more than mere statistics...

  25. Re:Secure from *what*? on Microsoft's Security Development Process Under CC License · · Score: 2, Informative

    The antitrust suit against Microsoft was not dropped and did not ever involve any criminal charges.