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  1. Re:Whats next? on 'No Refusal' DUI Checkpoints Coming To Florida? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A nontrivial fraction of the human population likes authoritarianism.

    A nontrivial fraction of the human population likes being tied up, spanked and having someone pee in their mouths.

    What was your point again?

  2. Re:Whats next? on 'No Refusal' DUI Checkpoints Coming To Florida? · · Score: 2

    Just wait until you see the new design for the Florida State Troopers' helmets.

  3. Re:Source only for customers, not third parties on Most Android Tablets Fail At GPL Compliance · · Score: 1

    I think the GPL v3 6b says you only have to provide the source to someone who possesses the device containing the GPL'd code.

    That's not what "a written offer [...] to give any third party [...] a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code" means. If you choose the written offer route then it has to be good for everybody.

  4. Re:Ship Source? on Most Android Tablets Fail At GPL Compliance · · Score: 1

    There is no requirement to ship the source.

    Well, the Free Software Foundation, a group of people who happen to know a thing or two about the GPL, seems to disagree with you about that.

  5. Re:Video in English on Indian Launch Vehicle Explodes After Lift-Off · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wikileaks has the one where you can see aliens shoot down the rocket.

  6. I think you're missing the point. on Bank of America Buying Abusive Domain Names · · Score: 1

    This isn't a defensive measure against anything. Everyone at Bank Off, America is just getting a special Christmas present this year.

  7. Re:Yes on Banknotes Go Electronic To Outwit Counterfeiters · · Score: 1

    And I'm sure that nobody would ever consider that there are about a hundred individual circuits in each newly minted bill, but that a counterfeit note would need only a few of those to pass as genuine.

  8. Re:Security vulnerabilities printed onto banknotes on Banknotes Go Electronic To Outwit Counterfeiters · · Score: 1

    Or, if you're serious, you could try one of these.

  9. Re:Strange how much fuss... on De Raadt Doubts Alleged Backdoors Made It Into OpenBSD · · Score: 1

    Well, if you have a few minutes I think that Theo deRaadt has a few lines of code that could use your expert review.

  10. Re:The code doesn't even have to be in the source on De Raadt Doubts Alleged Backdoors Made It Into OpenBSD · · Score: 1

    This is why they should rebuild the compiler from source for every release, and make sure to publish the source code to that compiler,

    Okay then. What should they use to rebuild the compiler? Do they need to rebuild the compiler compiler? And what happens if the compiler compiler compiler compiler compiler has been compromised?

    It's turtles all the way down.

  11. Re:Did They Take the Docs? on CIA Launches WTF To Investigate Wikileaks · · Score: 1

    Rumour has it that Assange removed the "Do Not Remove" tag from his mattress. I'm pretty sure that that's a violation of some aspect of the DMCA.

  12. Re:Law Or Laughter? on CIA Launches WTF To Investigate Wikileaks · · Score: 1

    If you lived in Toronto you would be used to seeing buildings managed by The WTF Group, outdoor advertising by Oxford Media Group and, yes, a number of BBQ restaurants.

    After a while you just get used to being surrounded by OMG, WTF and BBQ every day.

  13. Re:Either... on CIA Launches WTF To Investigate Wikileaks · · Score: 1

    It's not unlike Fight Club where you find out members of Tyler's gang work everyday jobs and can secretly add things to your meal.

    Ahhh... So THAT'S why the sign says "Warning: Food may have come into contact with nuts".

  14. Re:Daily updates? on CIA Launches WTF To Investigate Wikileaks · · Score: 1

    Add some crappy user commenting software are you are all set for a fun time.

    Not just a fun time, not even just a fun day, but a Mandatory Fun Day.

  15. Which app was that? on WikiLeaks App Removed From Apple Store · · Score: 1

    Maybe I'm just confused but it looks like the Wikileaks App is still there.

    It also doubles as the two guys having explicit sex app and the kama sutra app, so I can see why Apple would be loathe to remove it.

  16. Re:I want to see the money laundering code on Swiss Bank Has 43-Page Dress Code · · Score: 2

    With all the regulations that the banks are subject to, money laundering can only be done through "smurfing" or structuring [wikipedia.org], a scheme that involves passing relatively small amounts at a time through many individual's bank accounts, which is much less profitable than owning your motel to launder your money.

    I can't believe what a bunch of nerds we are. We're looking up "money laundering" in wikipedia.

  17. How unfortunate. on UK Gov't Wants To Block Internet Porn By Default · · Score: 1

    I guess that's it for the websites of just about every English tabloid, since their Page Three content would get them blocked by default.

    Probably not a bad effect, but some people do consider it news.

  18. It's called the "employee mobility pool" on Yahoo! Says Delicious To Get the Boot, Not the Axe · · Score: 3, Funny

    "We believe there is a ideal home for Delicious outside of the company where it can be resourced to the level where it can be competitive."

    The dumpster behind 701 First Avenue, Sunnydale, California is technically "outside of the company", and I'm sure that there are plenty of resources there.

    If you get there before the next pickup you may even find about six hundred recently laid-off people looking for jobs. I'm sure that some of them may want to do some "resourcing".

  19. Re:Cut YouCut on 'YouCut' Targets National Science Foundation Budget · · Score: 5, Funny

    So let me get this straight. The average American, who is not well versed in our own government, who doesn't really understand financial management, who can't locate Iraq on map, and overall isn't educated more than enough to make them a somewhat functioning worker...

    Gets to be a two-term President. Yes, we've already been over that. Can you just accept it and move on please?

  20. Re:What could possibly be the charge? on Designer Arrested Over Anonymous Press Release · · Score: 5, Funny

    How is the creation of that document even something in the vicinity of a crime?

    He used the Comic Sans font.

  21. Re:And this is why... on Designer Arrested Over Anonymous Press Release · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's why I always register my software with an obviously fake name like "Alex Tapanaris".

  22. Re:Dell has cubes that are... on America's Cubicles Are Shrinking · · Score: 1

    7x3x4 feet... you do the math... you won't - its 80 something sq feet... =/

    But if you do, it's only 12 square feet.

  23. Re:misguided attack on Why Anonymous Can't Take Down Amazon.com · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why not try a simple well organized boycott?

    Good idea. That really worked with Modern Warfare.

  24. Re:Alternative headline on Michael Moore Posts Julian Assange's Bail · · Score: 1

    You mean Canadian Bacon, right? That, uh, that wasn't a documentary.

    Maybe not, but everything he said about Canada was still true.

  25. Re:Depends on the point of view on Stunts, Idiocy, and Hero Hacks · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you actually know what you are doing you can run networks for years on this.

    Or, depending on where you source your notebook computers from, the whole thing could fall over in a few hours.

    A company I worked for did a similar stunt a few years ago by repurposing some old Latitude D600s as a development cluster when they ran out of money for real servers. On the surface it looked like a smart idea -- The hardware was already paid for, had a small form factor and every single one had its own built-in UPS. What could possibly go wrong?

    The answer to that is that every few days at least one of them would die and need to be rebooted, reimaged or simply beaten with a club. Some things are designed to sit in racks and run non stop for years at a time, others are designed to sit on a table at Starbuck's and run for a few hours before shutting down. The trick is in knowing which ones are which.