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  1. It's trolls all the way down! on Emma Watson Leaked Photo Threat Was a Plot To Attack 4chan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Couldn't happen to a nicer site.

  2. Define 'food' and 'medicine' on To Fight $5.2B In Identity Theft, IRS May Need To Change the Way You File Taxes · · Score: 1

    Seriously. States that make this distinction end up maintaining databases of foods and medicines that merchants have to consult.

  3. Re:They Don't Need G+ To Track You Anymore on Google Quietly Nixes Mandatory G+ Integration With Gmail · · Score: 1

    It's called "two factor authentication" and it's only mandatory if you care about security.

  4. Re:Licensing issues on How Flickr Is Courting the Next Generation of Photographers · · Score: 1

    Flikr has CC licensing. IIRC, you have to opt in to the Getty thing.

  5. Control 4, Crestron and AMX on Logitech Aims To Control the Smart Home · · Score: 1

    Don't appear to make tv/home theater remotes.

  6. Not really a lie on Tim Cook Says Apple Can't Read Users' Emails, That iCloud Wasn't Hacked · · Score: 0

    Apple doesn't run public email servers. At least, I don't think so. Nothing like gmail, anyway. So they aren't transporting your email. Unless they back up your mailbox to iCloud. But iMessage is encrypted, and Apple has stated many times that it can't read that traffic.

  7. Safe deposit box on Ask Slashdot: What To Do After Digitizing VHS Tapes? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    External hard drives are cheap. I Have one in the safe deposit box at the bank, one at home, and I rotate them every couple of months. I just do a copy of /Users (on my Mac, /home on Linux, not sure what the WIndows equivalent is) to the hard drive.

  8. Clearly, someone at MS said on Microsoft To Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang For $2.5 Billion · · Score: 1

    We must not have a Minecraft gap!

  9. Re:Doesn't this pretty much kill 4chan? on After Celebrity Photo Leaks, 4chan Introduces DMCA Policy · · Score: 1

    What is the legal status for hosting a server with illegal information on it?
    If they don't know, then they are not responsible. It's in the DMCA, or possibly the CFAA.

  10. Re:Seemed pretty obvious this was the case on Apple Denies Systems Breach In Photo Leak · · Score: 2
  11. So what do you think the chances are on Interview: Ask Christopher "moot" Poole About 4chan and Social Media · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That NSA and GCHQ are able to monitor 4Chan and track who the "anonymous" posters are?

  12. He's as much of a scientist on Professor Steve Ballmer Will Teach At Two Universities This Year · · Score: 1

    as my History professors and English professors were.

  13. Does Dice offer the Slashcode for sale? on Writer: Internet Comments Belong On Personal Blogs, Not News Sites · · Score: 1

    Umm. I'm pretty sure it's open source.

  14. Re:It's tinfoil time! on Fugitive Child Sex Abuser Caught By Face-Recognition Technology · · Score: 1

    Or Congress, which has oversight authority.

  15. 2014 is the year of the Linux Desktop! on Red Hat CEO: Open Source Goes Mainstream In 2014 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just like 2013,...,1995 (when I first installed RedHat 2 from a CD)

  16. The Genisys of Skynet! on IBM Creates Custom-Made Brain-Like Chip · · Score: 1

    As good as any other theory, I guess.

  17. If Nicaragua wants to be to China on With Chinese Investment, Nicaraguan Passage Could Dwarf Panama Canal · · Score: 1

    what Panama is to the US, then fine, go for it.

  18. The TSDB tracks names, not people. on 40% Of People On Terror Watch List Have No Terrorist Ties · · Score: 1

    There is a many to many mapping of those. (Should be many to one, but nothing is perfect.)

    That is, my slashdot user name is one "name", so is my "real" name that people call me, which is not the full name on my birth certificate. So that's three names for one person.

    Also, not all terrorist groups are in the middle east, or Muslim. Several are right here in the US, and Christian. (Or Jewish, not sure if any atheist groups are in the US).

  19. So 40% dwarfs 60%? on 40% Of People On Terror Watch List Have No Terrorist Ties · · Score: 1

    In which mathematical system is 40>60?

  20. Re:Lumping everyone together.... on Western US States Using Up Ground Water At an Alarming Rate · · Score: 1

    better to deliver it to where it's needed (i.e. Phoenix) than sell it to southern California or let it flow into Mexico unused.

    Because God forbid we actually let those dirty beaners get the water we promised to them by treaty, right?

  21. New potential battleground? on Preparing For Satellite Defense · · Score: 2, Insightful

    New since, umm, the 1960's? 1980's, anyway. The US has tested several different ASATs over the years, and has long had countermeasures. I assume other countries have countermeasures as well.

  22. Seems like old times on Malaysian Passenger Plane Reportedly Shot Down Over Ukraine · · Score: 4, Informative

    For those of us old enough to remember The USS Vincennes.

  23. 2014 is the Year of the BSD Desktop! on FreeBSD 9.3 Released · · Score: 1

    Please try to keep posts on topic.
    Try to reply to other people's comments instead of starting new threads.
    Read other people's messages before posting your own to avoid simply duplicating what has already been said.
    Use a clear subject that describes what your message is about.
    Offtopic, Inflammatory, Inappropriate, Illegal, or Offensive comments might be moderated. (You can read everything, even moderated posts, by adjusting your threshold on the User Preferences Page)
    If you are having a problem with accounts or comment posting, please yell for help.

  24. This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. on Hacking Online Polls and Other Ways British Spies Seek To Control the Internet · · Score: 1

    Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.

  25. The TSA has a new toy.. on Hair-Raising Technique Detects Drugs, Explosives On Human Body · · Score: 1

    It's gonna make going through airport security even more fun. Especially for those with pacemakers.