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  1. Re:If you wipe your phone - you're a suspect on Ask Slashdot: Would You Use A Cellphone With A Kill Code? · · Score: 1

    The reality is entering through a border of a country is NOT the place to make a personal stand unless you are prepared to pay the consequences (if so then go ahead), one of which may be permanent refusal of entry if you are not a citizen and extreme inconvenience or arrest even if you are. You don't have the same rights as person standing 20 feet the other side of border security, this is reality. The company I work for has very explicit policy for this. never ever carry customer data (sackable offense) and if border security in ANY country request access to devices or data you grant them access then report it to the security section of the company.

  2. Re:If you wipe your phone - you're a suspect on Ask Slashdot: Would You Use A Cellphone With A Kill Code? · · Score: 1

    exactly this. once the feature is implemented border security will be aware of it. a reset screen when then instantly scream "ARREST ME" or "INTERROGATE ME" and almost certainly "REFUSE ME ENTRY". Why not save yourself the effort and just abuse the border security as you get to the gate, will save you having to wipe your phone and achieve the same outcome.

  3. Re:"In the wild" - slight exaggeration on Apache Subversion Fails SHA-1 Collision Test, Exploit Moves Into The Wild (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    In today's world of large botnets and distributed computing 6500+ cpu years + 110 GPU years is not a particularly daunting number.

  4. Re:In a related news, on With No Fair Use, It's More Difficult to Innovate, Says Google (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    google believe in fair use of other peoples work, not theirs

  5. They are an abuser of the fair use clauses rather than an example of how it should work

  6. As much as I want to see strong competition from AMD I will wait for independent verification, we have seen such claims from AMD before turn out to be pure hype and specialised benchmark scenarios that don't represent real world. and how about linking more reputable sites not the steaming turd that is hothardware

  7. Re: Why this is wrong: on Kim Dotcom Can Be Extradited, Rules A New Zealand Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    what the fuck are you on about retard, it is public record he was convicted of dangerous driving which he pleaded guilty to in 2009. He was required to declare this on his residency application, he did not. And we aren't talking a minor offense here, it was 99km/hr over the speed limit in a 50 zone.

  8. Re: Why this is wrong: on Kim Dotcom Can Be Extradited, Rules A New Zealand Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    no they simply believe in due process. Their is no question or doubt as to him having lied to obtain residency. The question will be whether they cancel that Visa once he is deported, my bet is they almost certainly will.

  9. BULLSHIT. You are seriously going to try and tell us that apple doesn't license its IP cheaply to international subs in low tax zones? or that none of its sub charge them high fees for services or goods from other countries? transferring profits isn't just about sending the profits from your local sales offshore, it is also about realising profits and losses in different countries by transferring costs through pricing. This isn't just some tactic Apple uses either, but if you seriously think Apple don't do it then you are delusional.

  10. Re: Why this is wrong: on Kim Dotcom Can Be Extradited, Rules A New Zealand Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    he lied to get residency and think you will find very few people believe their government should be spending taxpayer money defending arseholes like him.

  11. Your phone or computer crash is thousands of times (if not millions) more likely to have been caused by the manufacturer/coders error or fault than cosmic rays. Anyone that decides to consider cosmic rays as a more likely answer deserves to continue to experience their issues.

  12. don't carry important shit on Should International Travelers Leave Their Phones At Home? (freecodecamp.com) · · Score: 1

    How about "DON'T PUT IMPORTANT SHIT ON YOUR PHONE", seriously phones are the most easily stolen devices and they all have a myriad of hacks around them, why would anyone store anything critical on them. I work in IT and I travel internationally all the time, if airport security want access to my phone or laptop they are welcome too it, anything critical to me is stored separately on an encrypted drive

  13. Re:Stuff That Fucking Matters on PewDiePie Calls Out the 'Old-School Media' For Spiteful Dishonesty · · Score: 1

    no, the courts have jurisdiction not some half cocked lynch mob of losers that get half the story or worse yet has a bias one way or the other.

  14. Re:Stuff That Fucking Matters on PewDiePie Calls Out the 'Old-School Media' For Spiteful Dishonesty · · Score: 0

    Ironically you are posting on a website that intentionally misrepresents the truth in article titles and summaries on a daily basis.

  15. Re: Simple Answer on Apple Explains Why Its R&D Spending Is On the Rise (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    No they don't. They take an existing design supplied by ARM and make some modifications to it, they do not design their own.

  16. Re:Enforcement on Microsoft Calls For 'Digital Geneva Convention' (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    The US courts and international courts say otherwise.

  17. he is still right, Who the fuck cares, this is not supposed to be a pseudo celebrity gossip rag. We have enough shit that is border line whether it belongs here, this is so far into fucking no mans land you can't even see the border.

  18. Re:disconcerting on 223 Stranded Whales Rescue Themselves (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    They have done this throughout history. It isn't something new and their are many theories from changing currents that disorient them to natural variances in the magnetic field. Not all mysteries are solvable sadly, hopefully one day they do work it out and more importantly work out a method to prevent it.

  19. Re:Slackware on LinuxQuestions Users Choose Their Favorite Distro: Slackware (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    exactly, hardly surprising the home forum of a distribution votes for that distribution as the best. Same would happen on any Linux distro forum or for that matter any product focused forum. You don't get good survey results from such sites ever!

  20. Re:Chemist? on How Beer Brewed 5,000 Years Ago In China Tastes Today (thestreet.com) · · Score: 1

    by the sounds of it they aren't recreating a 5000 year old recipe at all, merely using similar ingredients. But I doubt that makes a good headline.

  21. Re:Trade union fighting for survival on Finland's Universal Basic Income Called 'Useless' By Trade Union Economist (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    As much as I hate Trade Unions I think there point is this is just a wealth redistribution program and in the end those that will have to pay for it is the average worker with higher taxes.

  22. Re:Microsoft will steal all of your data on The City Of Munich Now Wants To Abandon Linux And Switch Back to Windows (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    Then use the Lockbox feature available and the Bring your own keys functionality they provide. They provide you with the ability to completely block access to your data by anyone in MS, even the engineers and encryption done with keys you control.

  23. Re:Someone has been visited by an MS rep on The City Of Munich Now Wants To Abandon Linux And Switch Back to Windows (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 2

    That part of the story is complete horseshit. Microsoft simply moved into a new building in Munich, they were already on the outskirts of munich in Unterschleißheim and have been for over 20 years.

  24. Re:The more important part not mentioned... on Microsoft Allowed To Sue US Government Over Email Surveillance (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Given the extent of the ruling and the appeal it was "because the constitution said so, or at least the constitution dictates it should be heard"

  25. depends on what they are actually trying to measure. But I would not try to make the claim that the trial isn't flawed as I don't believe in a Universal basic income.