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  1. Re:they will have problems on the tech side too on US Army May Relax Physical Requirements To Recruit Cyber Warriors · · Score: 1

    You are a great simulator pilot - its a pity that simulators dont give you the full experience, as you would soon realise that pilots have to be fit, fighter pilots more so than pilots of other types, and fighter pilots generally have to give up their profession around their mid-30s due to failing bodies (neck, arm and shoulder muscles and joints).

    Piloting in the military is no push over.

  2. Re:Correction on First Commercial Mission To the Moon Launched From China · · Score: 1

    Really? Considering normal moon missions need a significant boost to get to the moon, how did a commercial satellite do that?

  3. Re:No thanks. on Rite Aid and CVS Block Apple Pay and Google Wallet · · Score: 2

    Its amazing how few European retailers are on that lit of data breaches involving payment data - I wonder why that is, and how we did it without Apple or Google getting involved.

  4. Re:This'll end up in court... on Rite Aid and CVS Block Apple Pay and Google Wallet · · Score: 2

    That argument covers Apple Pay as well - I can already pay with contactless technology using both my Visa and MasterCard cards without having to sign up to Google, Apple, PayPal or anyone else, so what do they bring to the table?

  5. Re:Mass analysis on Tracking a Bitcoin Thief · · Score: 1

    How is a research group with non-privileged access to third party data going to determine such things as shipping addresses? The bitcoin blockchain doesn't extend verification to those shipping addresses etc, so the point stands - it doesn't tie in anything which cannot be faked, all you actually get with the blockchain is "random number X did something with second random number Y".

    Great, the bitcoin blockchain can't be faked - but what about these logs that say "bitcoin wallet X purchased some cocaine and sent it to Barack Obama, The White House, Fuck You Street, Merka"?

  6. Re:Fentanyl on Incapacitating Chemical Agents: Coming Soon To Local Law Enforcement? · · Score: 1

    Third cousins cannot be argued to be "immediate family".

  7. Re:Oh yeah, that guy on Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems · · Score: 1

    I'm not missing the point - Sweden does not have to question him in the UK, that's their prerogative. And the extradition judge agrees with Sweden on this because it was one of Assanges defence teams points that he specifically rejected in their appeal.

    The whole "question him in the UK" thing is nothing but a load of bollocks pro-Assange followers use to cloud the issue.

    And I don't have to be naive at all - if the US wanted him, they could have had him from the UK much easier than from Sweden. So why the hop to Sweden if the final destination is reachable just as easily from the UK? That's where pro-Assange followers fail to make sense.

    Even Assanges *defence* witness in the extradition hearings said that follow on extradition to the US COULD NOT HAPPEN. And yet pro-Assange followers ignore what Assanges own witnesses say!

    Read the ruling, its quite informative.

    http://www.aklagare.se/PageFil...

  8. Re:Pictures and Logs Prove What Exactly? on Tracking a Bitcoin Thief · · Score: 1

    The blockchain doesn't tie in anything that irrefutably proves real world identity, just another bitcoin wallet address which could be controlled by anyone at anytime.

  9. Re:Oh yeah, that guy on Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems · · Score: 2

    Why else are they going to such extraordinary lengths to obtain him? There are no charges, and Sweden refuses to question him in the UK.
    The UK is spending millions of pounds on a case where even the allegations do not add up to anything that would be a crime in the UK.

    Not this bullshit again - there doesn't have to be charges (the extradition judge explained why), Sweden doesn't have to question him in the UK (the extradition judge explained why) and the UK extradition judge already affirmed that all the extradition charges are indeed crimes in the UK. You people really need to read up on the situation you are trying to ridicule, because your standard lines make you look stupid.

  10. Re:Oooh ... formally promised ... on Ello Formally Promises To Remain Ad-Free, Raises $5.5M · · Score: 1

    What happens to the promises in the event of liquidation and firesale of assets and IP? It sounds like the charter is only binding if the sale is voluntary and the purchasing entity agrees to it - if the sale is involuntary then the purchaser doesn't have to agree to anything other than the sale price.

  11. Re:Unpaid labour? on New Microsoft Garage Site Invites Public To Test a Wide Range of App Ideas · · Score: 2

    Wow, you *are* ignoring the sendmail and bind exploits - many of them were due to lax security rather than being coding bugs.

    And you also seem to ignore the thriving antivirus markets that existed for the Atari, Amiga and other non-MS platforms - I wonder how MS was responsible for those!

  12. Re:Actually, yes. on U.K. Supermarkets Beta Test Full-Body 3D Scanners For Selfie Figurines · · Score: 2

    Shirts usually come with a collar size measurement - 15", 17.5" etc. Only cheaper shirts Ive seen come with a generic size band of S,M, L etc

  13. Re:Boycott ASDA on U.K. Supermarkets Beta Test Full-Body 3D Scanners For Selfie Figurines · · Score: 1

    And many of us don't give a fuck and shop at ASDA, get good quality food, a good experience and low prices. Plenty of other employers around, the staff don't have to work at ASDA if they don't want to.

  14. Re:Nah, this is just stage 1 NOT on Hungary To Tax Internet Traffic · · Score: 1

    Uh, thats what Labour did in 1997 - there is no state pension fund to be raided...

  15. Re:Unpaid labour? on New Microsoft Garage Site Invites Public To Test a Wide Range of App Ideas · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is your selective memory ignoring all the sendmail and bind exploits that did the rounds in the 80s and 90s?

  16. Re:Easy! Fraud.. on What It Took For SpaceX To Become a Serious Space Company · · Score: 1

    EBay is no more a monopoly than Google is in search.

  17. Re:Nah, this is just stage 1 NOT on Hungary To Tax Internet Traffic · · Score: 1

    Nice to see that the Christian Science Monitor completely misses the raid by Gordon Brown and the Labour Party after they won the elections in 1997 in the UK - they raided pension funds to the tune of £5Billion a year from the very start.

  18. Re:A few things... on Hungary To Tax Internet Traffic · · Score: 2

    Why should the ISP pay out of their profit?

  19. Re:Wonder what brand is best now... Intel? on Samsung Acknowledges and Fixes Bug On 840 EVO SSDs · · Score: 1

    I really liked mine, until it died a couple of weeks ago. Just over 18 months of service.

    Replaced it with a Crucial M550.

  20. Re:17GB of source code? on Help ESR Stamp Out CVS and SVN In Our Lifetime · · Score: 1

    Why the duck would I need to do anything like that when including them in my git repo works fine? It also means I can deploy directly from git into my environments.

  21. Re:Britain only on Doctor Who To Teach Kids To Code · · Score: 1

    You have the queen as *your* head of state however ;) Same person, different crown.

  22. Re:Britain only on Doctor Who To Teach Kids To Code · · Score: 1

    Commonwealth != British. You gave those rights up when you split from the British Empire :)

  23. Re:What for? on Doctor Who To Teach Kids To Code · · Score: 1

    IT workers are low-wage blue-collar workers with no vacations, no off hours, no overtime compensation and their jobs are being or have already been outsourced.

    In the UK we get a minimum of 4 weeks paid vacation, a set time for working hours, and even salaried workers are due compensation for working over their contractual hours.

    Been in IT in the UK for 20 years now, never experienced what you are talking about.

    Yup, we actually have decent employment law here in the UK. Sucks to be you, wherever you come from...

  24. Re:CapEx vs OpEx on Help ESR Stamp Out CVS and SVN In Our Lifetime · · Score: 1

    Because he's looking to open it as a conversion server for pretty much anyone that wants to use it on an ongoing basis - which means that CapEx is a much better solution.

  25. Re:17GB of source code? on Help ESR Stamp Out CVS and SVN In Our Lifetime · · Score: 1

    Why not? Binaries are still part of the application in many cases - images, videos, dependencies etc