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  1. Re:I didn't meet myself yet on Searching the Internet For Evidence of Time Travelers · · Score: 2

    Why would he need to spend more than one day at the coffee shop? He knows when he went, all he has to do is go back to that day to meet himself - theres no need to go to the coffee shop day after day.

    This is time travel we are talking about, after all.

  2. Re: OpenBSD on Dual_EC_DRBG Backdoor: a Proof of Concept · · Score: 4, Interesting

    No, because OpenBSD doesn't just use this PRNG as the source of randomness for its encryption implementations, it has used other sources mixed in for a long time. There was a recent story about FreeBSD switching to other sources and De Raadt being all cocky about other people finally doing what OpenBSD has done for years.

  3. Re: Cloud != Backup on 4 Tips For Your New Laptop · · Score: 1

    Dropbox previous versions do not count against your space allocation.

  4. Re:Interesting potential issue on 4 Tips For Your New Laptop · · Score: 1

    Huh? Just log a Dropbox support ticket and they will roll your Dropbox back to the point before the ransomware did its work. See this on the Dropbox forum regularly, so I know its available and happens.

    Oh, and the free Dropbox account comes with a 30 day undelete archive.

  5. Re:Moral of the story on USB Sticks Used In Robbery of ATMs · · Score: 4, Informative

    In the UK you cannot access the internals of the ATM unit without either accessing the rear of the machine, which is locked away in the safe that they mention, or by cutting into the fascia of the external face, which is what they did here.

    You cannot gain access to the ATM simply by using a key bought off of the internet.

    And yes, most ATMs in the UK have a video camera on them to help identify fraudsters, but that does NOT help prevent the fraud from occurring because someone would have to watch it in real time and intervene. Infact they identified just how this hack was occurring by watching the CCTV footage to see just how the money was going missing, because it wasn't triggering any other alarms.

  6. Re:Maybe it's time MS gave out thier OS for free on PC Makers Plan Rebellion Against Microsoft At CES · · Score: 1

    How long would it be before the cries of "monopoly abuse" would hit these hallowed pages of lore that we call Slashdot after Microsoft did what you suggest?

  7. Re:Make it nearly 70 on Ford Rolls the Dice With Breakthrough F-150 Aluminum Pickup Truck · · Score: 1

    Yes its being discontinued, but only because it doesn't meet EU safety regulations (no airbags etc) so Landrover are redesigning the whole thing - it will be interesting to see just where the market goes after production is indeed ended...

    Regarding the Range Rover, its not the same beast as the Defender (they share no common parts) and it does have a reputation of being a garage queen, but a Defender is entirely the opposite - it just goes and goes and goes.

  8. Re:Make it nearly 70 on Ford Rolls the Dice With Breakthrough F-150 Aluminum Pickup Truck · · Score: 4, Interesting

    No, there are lots of normal tenant farmers who use a Landrover, and as such its pretty much the standard vehicle you see on a British farm other than the usual tractor et al. You can drop the attempt at making it into a rich persons vehicle, as it is far from it - its just a damn good investment, the same as a tractor or other farm tool.

    A brand new Landrover Defender will set you back a fair whack, but as they are fairly indestructible you can usually pick up a 30 year old model which will do you nicely on the farm, be easy to repair and still run for the next decade or more with normal maintenance for less than $5000. As its the main vehicle of the British armed forces, there are always surplus vehicles being pensioned off and you can pick these up at auction for less than $5000.

    You buy a brand new Defender if you want to pick the exact configuration you want, but most people make do with a second hand one which will run just as nicely.

  9. Re:Make it nearly 70 on Ford Rolls the Dice With Breakthrough F-150 Aluminum Pickup Truck · · Score: 1

    Ford Transit is more along the lines of plumbers, carpenters et al, while Hiluxes are actually very rare - Landover are the main vehicle of choice for land owners, farmers, anyone who wants to go off road really, somewhere you won't find Transits. Depending on who you are, you might want a Defender, which is the age old workhorse and can cost up to £25000 depending on configuration, or if you use the vehicle also as your day to day get round then a Range Rover may be your choice, which is more expensive.

    Freelanders are for the people in between - my wife has one as she is a doctor and needs a 4*4 for home visits in the winter.

  10. Re:Make it nearly 70 on Ford Rolls the Dice With Breakthrough F-150 Aluminum Pickup Truck · · Score: 3, Informative

    Uhm, the Landover is the British equivalent of the US pickup truck, you would certainly not be out of place hauling half a tonne of cinder blocks in one, or even almost a tonne of paving slabs as I did a couple months ago in my Defender...

  11. Re:Oh look... on Microsoft Security Essentials Misses 39% of Malware · · Score: 1

    Really? Android has no malware issues then...?

  12. Re:Concerning... on Scientific Data Disappears At Alarming Rate, 80% Lost In Two Decades · · Score: 1

    I have a collection of books on my shelf that date from the 1870s, all in top condition and never been stored in any special way.

  13. Re:Remote control? on US Spying Costs Boeing Military Jet Deal With Brazil · · Score: 1

    Yes it does, otherwise the B-2 and the Boeing 767 would be considered the same design as the B-2 uses a lot of subsystems from the Boeing 767 (landing gear for one, a lot of the avionics for another) as Boeing was a major subcontractor for the program.

  14. Re:Remote control? on US Spying Costs Boeing Military Jet Deal With Brazil · · Score: 1

    Uhm, thats what commonality is...

  15. Re:Remote control? on US Spying Costs Boeing Military Jet Deal With Brazil · · Score: 1

    Im afraid that the F/A-18E/F has less than 10% commonality with the C/D. Its an entirely new aircraft.

  16. Re:Seems like result would be higher price on Govt. Watchdog Group Finds Apple Misled Aussies On Consumer Rights · · Score: 1

    Dell isn't always the seller as there are commercial resellers and outlets that stock Dell equipment - PC World for instance.

  17. Re:Seems like result would be higher price on Govt. Watchdog Group Finds Apple Misled Aussies On Consumer Rights · · Score: 1

    My wife has had the top edge power button on her iPhone4 die 3 times now, and each time Apple wanted £119 to replace the unit - she now doesn't have an iPhone and won't ever have an iPhone again.

  18. Re:"nothing changed" other than crime tripling on How the Lessons of Columbine Saved Lives At Arapahoe High School · · Score: 1

    The problem with your alarmist approach is that in that exact same period two other things happened - firstly sexual crimes were given much more prominence in policing policy, and secondly the same government that banned hand guns in the UK also dramatically changed the way sexual crimes were recorded and reported in statistics.

    There is no actual evidence that rapes increased at all, but there is plenty of evidence that backs the idea that the difference in approach to sexual crime has dramatically changed the number of people reporting it, which alone will affect your figures.

  19. Re:that's been tried. Rape is bad, m'kay on How the Lessons of Columbine Saved Lives At Arapahoe High School · · Score: 5, Informative

    The problem with your statistics is that the gun culture in the UK was drastically different to the US before the ban anyway, as basically no one could ever be expected to be carrying a firearm on their person, and the increase in reported crimes comes hand in hand with a change in how crimes are recorded and reported, and increased immigration due to EU law changes.

    Before the ban in the UK, firearms were still highly regulated and controlled - the police would visit your home to ensure you had a gun safe, and check to see you were correctly reporting your ammunition counts etc, and if they saw a problem then you had your license revoked. There never was a culture of people carrying guns around in their purses or coat pockets, so nothing changed there in potential threats to attackers. Concealed carry licenses are still available today, exactly the same as they were prior to the ban - you can still apply for one, and the rules haven't changed on whether you would get one or not.

  20. Re:The worst thing... on GitHub Takes Down Satirical 'C Plus Equality' Language · · Score: 1

    Precisely, hence "the land owner has final say at any moment."

    I'm guessing no one in this palava has actually read the GitHub terms of use...

  21. Re:The worst thing... on GitHub Takes Down Satirical 'C Plus Equality' Language · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yup, building a house on private land that you do not own, but are allowed to build on under the understanding that the land owner has final say at any moment.

  22. Re:UAS? on Secret New UAS Shows Stealth, Efficiency Advances · · Score: 2

    The widespread use of the term "drone" is actually fairly new and rather media led, as UAVs, UASs, UCAVs etc have been around for well over two decades and have been referred to in those terms as well. If anything, its the medias use of the term "drone" that is propaganda, as they have managed to equate it with negative usage pretty much universally.

  23. Re:Activism on eBay Founder Pleads For Leniency For the PayPal 14 · · Score: 2

    Not that I agree with any of these outcomes, but online activism requires a much lower amount of effort to take part and potentially has a much greater effect.

  24. Re:Perjury! Piracy! What? on Hotfile Settles With MPAA, Drops Countersuit Against Warner Bros · · Score: 1

    In the free world you can bring a private prosecution, however in the US this freedom was killed in 1981.

  25. Re:And they wonder why... on Anonymous Member Sentenced For Joining DDoS Attack For One Minute · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How do you make that comparison? Just a few months ago JP Morgan was fined $14Billion by US and UK regulators for its involvement in various dealings leading up to the crash. So far, nearly $100Billion in fines has been handed out across the US and EU for suspect deals that contributed to the financial climate prior to the crash.