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  1. Shocked I am not. on Apple Details US Requests For Customer Data · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The Government is doing what we said they could (and in some cases insisted) do. Not sure why everyone is acting so shocked.

  2. Rant against the cloud on youtube? on Woz Compares the Cloud and PRISM To Communist Russia · · Score: -1, Troll

    Isn't that like a book proclaiming how bad literacy is?

  3. Re:Nice try? on Banking Malware, Under the Hood · · Score: 3, Informative

    BofA actually has VERY good online security.

    If setup right, you should be shown a picture you choose to confirm that you are on the legit site. Then in addition to your password, you can setup a system where a six digit numeric token is sent to your cell phone which is also needed to authenticate.

  4. Basicstamp sumo bot? on Ask Slashdot: How To Begin Simple Robotics As a Hobby? · · Score: 1

    There are several simple robotics kits using basicstamp or other single board computer systems. They tend to be fairly inexpensive and easy to mod & upgrade.

  5. Re:What if the person is innocent? on SCOTUS Says DNA Collection Permissible After Arrest · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Same restitution you get for having your finger prints & mug shot taken against your will.

  6. Re:Is it bribery? on Did Internet Sales Tax Backers Bribe Congress? (Video) · · Score: 1

    It's not bribery, it's free speech!

  7. Coming soon! on Bill Gates Opens Up About Steve Jobs · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft Yacht(tm).

  8. Re:Sounds good. on John McCain Working On Legislation For 'a La Carte' TV Channel Packages · · Score: 5, Funny

    Depends on how it's framed. If they write the bill so it's all about finding out who orders Telemundo so they can be deported I think it would get a lot of support.

  9. So... they get eaten by the salt vampire? on New 'Academic Redshirt' For Engineering Undergrads at UW · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just picture some low income student showing up in a red shirt to a room full of grinning SOBs in yellow and blue.

  10. Re:Another bitcoin article? on One Bitcoin By the Numbers: Is There Still Profit To Be Made? · · Score: -1, Troll

    True, it's more like a ponzi scheme where the last people to buy in get stuck with the inevitable losses.

  11. Scotty Principal... on Overconfidence: Why You Suck At Making Development Time Estimates · · Score: 1

    If you think it will take an hour, say it will that three, then when it takes two you're a genius for getting it done so fast.

  12. I do that already... on Samsung Researching How To Let You Control Your Phone With Your Brain · · Score: 5, Funny

    Using the amazing "fingers" brain interface device.

  13. Re:Still fiddly if you RTFA on Ars Reviewer is Happily Bored With Dell's Linux Ultrabook · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Also still 1,500$. I can't find that much money in the hardware, so where did it go?

  14. Only one thing surprising here... on Samsung Accused of Paying For Negative HTC Reviews · · Score: 5, Funny

    That there is such a thing as the Taiwanese Fair Trade Commission.

  15. Encryption costs time and CPU, not dollars. on Small Company Wants to Make Encryption Key Management Into a Commodity (Video) · · Score: 2

    The cost of implementing strong encryption is the time it takes and the CPU cycles to run it. There has never been a high dollar cost that I am aware of other then these two factors. The former issue is alleviated through a standard frame-work, of which there are already a great many. The later can not be reduced, and can be a significant factor on virtual environments where CPU time is at a premium.

  16. Children, children... on Microsoft: Facebook Home Is a Copycat, Windows Phone Is the 'Real Thing' · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's no need to fight, you BOTH suck.

  17. We must find out for sure! on How Would an Astronaut Falling Into a Black Hole Die? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Locate a black hole and start shooting monkeys at it! "Science can not progress without heaps [of monkeys]"

  18. Re:Not shocking. on Disney Closes LucasArts · · Score: 1

    Depends on if they get Pixar to make the movie first.

  19. Not shocking. on Disney Closes LucasArts · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's now a redundant (meaning duplicated) department. This does not mean the games will stop, it means that they will be made by Disney.

  20. Who wants to make their lives interesting? on Real-Time Gmail Spying a 'Top Priority' For FBI This Year · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Seems we could write a simple gTalk/gMail client that just sent random chatter back and forth. Get enough of them going and it would be near impossible to filter out the noise.

  21. Good? on No "Ungoogleable" In Swedish Lexicon, Thanks to Google · · Score: 1

    Perhaps I'm getting old, but I'm tiered of these new fangled words that keep geting pushed into common use.

  22. Re:Good enough for what they are designed for... on The ATF Not Concerned About 3D Printed Guns... Yet · · Score: 2, Informative

    And one could also make an argument that a 3D printer can not produce anything that I cant already make with tools ranging from a micro CNC to a nail file. There is nothing about 3D printing that makes it any different then any other form of fabrication. It's not even cheaper really.

  23. Re:Summary Fail on Yahoo Buys UK Teen's Smartphone News App · · Score: 5, Informative

    And nowhere does it explain how Yahoo has any money... very suspicious.

  24. Re:Kids these days... on Direct-to-Vinyl Recording Makes a Comeback (Video) · · Score: 2

    Reminded of this guy...

    Hipster level infinite.

  25. I'll worry when it can spread without an installer on New OS X Trojan Adware Injects Ads Into Chrome, Firefox, Safari · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Basically, this requires you to download and execute an installer, then click through it (including entering the administrator password). At that point, you could have installed something far worse then adware.