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  1. Re:We Were Attacked! on Dyn Executive Responds To Friday's DDOS Attack (dyn.com) · · Score: 2

    Sure do.

    It spreads out the attack value over multiple targets. It is not about whether a set of smaller replacements for Dyn could withstand 1tb/s, it is about whether an attacker could muster n tb/s to attack a whole set of smaller providers at once in order to create the same amount of widespread damage. Do you think it makes sense to put all the eggs in one basket?

  2. Re:We Were Attacked! on Dyn Executive Responds To Friday's DDOS Attack (dyn.com) · · Score: 1

    1. System is designed with a decentralised resource to prevent single point of failure / target for attack.
    2. Company wants to monopolise resource.
    3. Spreads fear of attacks for reason to buy hardened service.
    4. Gets rekt by a bunch of kids who have hacked cctvs.
    5. Tries to use it spread more fear / downpkay own incompetence.
    6. ...
    7. People realise that running their own DNS is more resilient?

  3. Re:New technique on Mark Cerny, Chief PlayStation Architect, Explains the PS4 Pro (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You seem to be mocking them but true visioneers understand that the analog technology produces a warmer, richer image than digital ever could. The textures on a digital display simply lack in character. If you have analog tubes and expensive cables you can create a much higher fidelity of image.

  4. Re:Syrian drones on Russia Builds Microwave Weapon To Take Down Enemy Drones (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    Do you have to work hard to maintain this level of cognitive dissonance or do you find that it comes easily?

  5. Re:There's never a Cretan around when you need one on Scientists Unveil Plans For First Space Nation 'Asgardia,' Open Citizenship Applications (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    No, you need to actually grab some pussy to qualify

  6. Obviously. But the countries that did ratify it (all of them) are legally bound not to recognise a nation that does claim a body in violation of the treaty. So while I could form the "People's Liberation Front of the Moon" tomorrow and start claiming great big chunks of it - nobody would actually care or acknowledge it in any way. The main function that countries have is sovereignty over their citizens, which only comes about when they are recognised by other counties who then stop claiming sovereignty over the same citizens.

    So:
    A. Yes, you are technically correct.
    B. It's a pointless clarification.
    C. It does not have any impact at all on the wider point, of who can claim bodies.
    D. You are an idiot.

  7. Re:Yeah, by hardening our defenses you morons on White House Vows 'Proportional' Response For Russian DNC Hack (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Comrade, your phrasing in English is poor. You must study the words and phrases of the imperialists before you spar with them.

  8. Re:Great idea! Articles could be categorized and d on Why the Silencing of KrebsOnSecurity Opens a Troubling Chapter For the Internet (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Which central server did these non-peers cache the newsgroups from?

  9. You heard it here first. Now there's something they don't say about slashdot

  10. Re: We need a new secure internet on Why the Silencing of KrebsOnSecurity Opens a Troubling Chapter For the Internet (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Unlikely, torrent no work so good with spoofed address. Plenty of upload but the down is painfully slow.

  11. Real sharp-shooter here. You've got upper-management written all over you.

  12. Really? Explain how two parties prove their identity to each other ("authenticate themselves") using a password.

  13. Yes. How do the two phones authenticate themselves to one another on the first use?

  14. Re:More "research" on Smartphones Can Steal 3D Printing Plans By Listening To The Printer (fedscoop.com) · · Score: 1

    In related news: somebody with physical access to the printer can also photograph the object - or even take it!

  15. Steve Jobs never died. Keep the faith. Beats headphones are great quality. I want earbuds with the wire that catches them when they fall out. $160 sounds great!

  16. You *are* supposed to switch off noise cancelling headphones during take-off and landing. So know we know who the douche on the flight is...

  17. Ah bless. It's a good start, but your grade is 3/10 must troll harder.

  18. Back in '03, it was quite a rough time for the site. There had been a lot of navel-gazing after the "Great Summer War": what are we here for? what is the site all about? Microsoft astro-turfing became the focal point because we needed a banner to rally around. Something to make people feel good inside. Nobody can say that they don't feel superior after reading that shit - and you have to remember that a lot of the people who come here don't have a lot else going on in their lives. They need that lift.

    Prior to '03 we were preoccupied with performing a land grab on the low user ids.

    Ah, good old Operation Maybe-They-Have-Oil-Oh-Look-Its-A-WMD. I made the mistake of registrering my real name in the 115ks. Realised my mistake far too and bagged this johny come lately uid long after the war was over.

  19. Back in '03, it was quite a rough time for the site. There had been a lot of navel-gazing after the "Great Summer War": what are we here for? what is the site all about? Microsoft astro-turfing became the focal point because we needed a banner to rally around. Something to make people feel good inside. Nobody can say that they don't feel superior after reading that shit - and you have to remember that a lot of the people who come here don't have a lot else going on in their lives. They need that lift.

  20. Re:Tactical Move on Apple May Bring Back Billions In Profits To The U.S. (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    so no then. Ireland does not. You state the US does not. So who does?

  21. Re:Tactical Move on Apple May Bring Back Billions In Profits To The U.S. (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Which countries allow the incorporation of companies that operate so that they are not taxed by a country? (specifically not avoiding dual taxation by paying taxes to a different country).

  22. Re:Tactical Move on Apple May Bring Back Billions In Profits To The U.S. (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    No, the current issue is evasion. Apple evaded taxes by declaring them in an imaginary company that was not based in any country on earth. They did this solely for the purpose of tax evasion.

    Ireland is not free to choose its own tax laws (which would have made it a "sweetheart deal" rather than an illegal subsidy). Apple broke the law of the EU (which is the highest sovereign power in Ireland). The money is legally owed - to the EU, and one provision in the deal is that if Ireland does not take it the other countries of the EU where Apple products were sold can claim the money for themselves.

  23. Re:He's just changing robbers. on Apple May Bring Back Billions In Profits To The U.S. (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Nah, the mafia says "thats a really nice civilised society you got there. real shame if something bad were to happen to it". Not to be confused with their other greatest hit "Fuck you, pay me".

  24. Re:Empty threat on Apple May Bring Back Billions In Profits To The U.S. (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Yup, the EU is terrified that Apple may avoid paying taxes in America rather than evade paying taxes in Europe. All that lost money!

  25. Re:Begging the question on Ask Slashdot: Do You Still Use Optical Media? · · Score: 1

    See, this is where I don't get social signals. I thought he was signalling that he was a twat.