User: auric_dude

Re:There's two obvious candidates.

On: British Spy Agency Searches For Real-Life 'Q'

The final two are Macgyver and Inspector Gadget.

Not James Bond but the other lot.

On: British Spy Agency Searches For Real-Life 'Q'

MI5 (chief scientific adviser) job application https://www.mi5careers.gov.uk/job.aspx?jobid=167 MI6 (James Bond) job application http://www.mi6.gov.uk/output/careers-1.html, note not the same organisation.

Re:Boston College is private, right?

On: College Police Think Using Linux Is Suspicious Behavior

Gitmo by any chance?

Re:Phorm according to the BBC

On: EU Investigates Phorm's UK ISP Advertising System

I use Zen.co.uk. Smaller UK ISPs Shun Phorm's Advertising System http://www.ispreview.co.uk/news/EkpukAFAAuDLKaSUsR.html

Phorm according to the BBC

On: EU Investigates Phorm's UK ISP Advertising System

The BBC has potted history of Phorm & BT's actions in the UK. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7619297.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7959099.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7988154.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7998009.stm and on top of that my ISP has stated that they will not use Phorm or anything Phorm like.

Use another search engine.

On: UK To Train Pro-West Islamic Groups To Game Google

Some may wish to use http://us.ixquick.com/eng/privacy-policy.html when searching for things those in power may well not like.

Re:Sharia Courts nothing to worry about.

On: UK To Train Pro-West Islamic Groups To Game Google

Not as bad as it sounds http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7233040.stm as you can see other religions can also pass judgements upon small non-criminal sectors of the law meanwhile all criminal matters are reserved for the UK's state courts.

Re:Not really 23,000 nukes

On: Better Living Through Nukes?

http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/ may well support your thinking but I can't be bothered to click through the archive to make sure.

Sell them for cash, lots of it.

On: Better Living Through Nukes?

Sell them to Iran, North Korea or whoever wants some and use the cash obtained to finance various economic stimulation packages. Then as soon as the money, gold, diamonds or whatever is in the bank have them self destruct via some CIA,NSA bit of trickery. Seen it in a James Bond film so it must be possible.

Re:Uh oh

On: Microsoft Warns of Copycat Conficker Worm

Either way, I'm glad I use Linux.

So am I because you can't pass it on to others.

Re:Long-range rocket? You mean like Iraq's WMD?

On: North Korea Launches "Communication Satellite" Rocket

You announce it first just to make sure te watchers know exactly what the are watching although sometimes things do go wrong like the until now secret J/FPS-5 making a hash of things http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/2241/dprk-blip-on-a-screen

Re:Fine we can just change it then.

On: VLC 0.9.9, The Best Media Player Just Got Better

Even after setting the Jerks Off option.

What did happened in the Strait of Hormuz?

On: US Nuclear Sub Crashes Into US Navy Amphibious Vessel

USS New Orleans (LPD-18), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the fourth commissioned ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. She is designed to be able to deliver a fully-equipped battalion of 700 Marines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Orleans_(LPD-18) and not the old USS New Orleans USS New Orleans (CA-32) (formerly CL-32) was a United States Navy heavy cruiser http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Orleans_(CA-32) as suggested in the article. A fair account of what happened in the Strait of Hormuz can be found at http://informationdissemination.blogspot.com/2009/03/navy-ships-collide-in-strait-of-hormuz.html

Air Force Signs on to Darpa's All-Seeing Blimp

On: US Pentagon Plans For a Spy Blimp

More information via http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/03/air-force-signs.html

Re:Expert naval tactics

On: Superguns Helped Defeat the Spanish Armada

Rule Britannia! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule,_Britannia!

Good enough for Marks then good enough for me.

On: Linked In Or Out?

I don't want to linked into to any club that will have me as a member.

Re:Good to see

On: DragonFly BSD 2.2 Released

Lots of BSD http://daemonforums.org/index.php and a few BSD liveCD http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=1505 to try before you buy.

Re:Equal Protection?

On: Accused Rogue Admin Terry Childs Makes His Case

I think you are wrong about Paris she would not be out by now rather I expect that she would be the first to go down.

Re:The French response:

On: Nuclear Subs 'Collide In Ocean'

"Now go away or I shall hump you a second time!"

More information but still speculative

On: Nuclear Subs 'Collide In Ocean'

http://informationdissemination.blogspot.com/2009/02/ballistic-missile-submarines-in-deep.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/16/subs_crash/

Re:NSA offering 'billions' for Skype eavesdrop

On: Gamers, EFF Speak Out Against DRM

Now if they can't crack something and feel the need to resort to purchasing a solution then some crtpyo may be truly uncrackable. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/nsa_offers_billions_for_skype_pwnage/

As Dr. Egon Spengler once said

On: Twisted Radio Beams Could Untangle the Airwaves

Don't cross the streams.

But this is the right movie

On: How To Keep Rats From Eating My Cables?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Willard_1971.jpg

Re:When Satellites Collide!

On: Satellites Collide In Orbit

A reasoned look at the collision via http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/2185/the-future-is-now

Re:No Files

On: Russia's Operating System May Be Fedora Based

It is http://www.dz.ru/en/solutions/phantom#06 http://www.dz.ru/en/solutions/phantom/why/