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  1. Re:I wonder on House Overwhelmingly Passes Cybersecurity Bill · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Since this new body is designed to "represent the government in negotiations," I wonder if there's any relation to the ACTA treaty currently discussed behind closed doors.

    I don't wonder at all.

  2. Re:Dual factor authentication on Airport Access IDs Hacked In Germany · · Score: 1

    If you can record the RFID code, it's probable that you can videorecord (or record using the eyeballs Mark I) the PIN when entered in some keyboard or another...

    Yeah, no kidding. The point is that dual-factor makes you have to do both, which means that access to the card (employee asleep in lobby, taking a shit, etc) does not mean you necessarily see them use the card.

  3. Re:Dual factor authentication on Airport Access IDs Hacked In Germany · · Score: 1

    Passcode is not even as secure as the RFID tag - one could usually spy the introduction of the passcode on the keyboard with a camera (if I remember correctly, there were plenty of key-based locks that were visible from the passenger area).

    Sure, but with DUAL-FACTOR authentication, you need the PIN that goes with the corresponding RFID, not just any old pass code.

  4. Mod parent up on Airport Access IDs Hacked In Germany · · Score: 1

    You have posted today's best comment.

  5. Re:The cynical... on Human Males Evolve At a Faster Pace Than Females · · Score: 1

    Who does the day to day shopping? Unless you're a single guy it's probably a woman.

    And hence the proof that the Y chromosome contains what I call the "anti-shopping" gene. Of course, we only recently evolved to have it. QED.

  6. Re:2009 was last year, move with the times on EA Shutting Down Video Game Servers Prematurely · · Score: 1

    The new slogan at EA ought to be "EA: We're the Symantec of gaming!"

    No, I think it's, "EA: We're the Intuit of gaming!"

    The "sunsetting" of Quicken versions makes me want to load my shotgun.

  7. Re:Information Overload is your freind. on Best Way To Clear Your Name Online? · · Score: 1

    However, proving that something is the truth is harder than you might think. There's a fairly high standard for that sort of proof. "I saw him doing it" is probably not even enough if you're the only witness(since you're not a reliable witness). You really need proof, real proof, take em to court and throw them in jail kind of proof.

    Generally speaking, you have this backwards. In a case of defamation (slander or libel), the PLANTIFF has the burden of proof, not the DEFENDANT (at least in the USA). Here are the standard defenses to defamation (from wikipedia)

    Here is the Wikipedia info:

    Statements made as "facts" are frequently actionable defamation. Statements of opinion or pure opinion are not actionable. In order to win damages in a libel case, the plaintiff must first show that the statements were "statements of fact or mixed statements of opinion and fact" and second that these statements were false.

  8. Re:Information Overload is your freind. on Best Way To Clear Your Name Online? · · Score: 1

    It's illegal in a lot of places

    Bullshit! Speaking the truth is not illegal. Try suing me for slander. You must prove it as such. Anybody who subscribes to your advice is a pussy. Fucking lawyer-adverse assholes. I don't give a flying fuck if the company I work for gets sued for my telling the truth. Tough fucking shit.

  9. Re:Yes... on Scientology Charged With Slavery, Human Trafficking · · Score: 1

    Legal prostitution could help balance polygamy. Also war.

  10. Re:LED lighting vs. CFL question on Lifecycle Energy Costs of LED, CFL Bulbs Calculated · · Score: 1

    Same here. I have started marking my CFLs with the install date so I can feel justified in my bitchiness when they go out.

  11. Re:Deniers? on Where the Global Warming Data Is · · Score: 1

    My grade school english teacher would like to slap you.

    Your grade school English teacher can kiss my ass instead. I link to Wikipedia because the data is displayed in a format easy for idiot deniers to understand. If you'd like to verify that the NOAA source is IDENTICAL, go right ahead.

  12. Re:Oh, hey, on Where the Global Warming Data Is · · Score: 1
    According to the NOAA, "Each of the last 12 years (1997-2008) was one of the warmest on record."

    The warmest years on record go like this:

    1) 2005
    2) 1998
    3) 2002
    4) 2003
    5) 2006
    6) 2007
    7) 2004
    8) 2001
    9) 2008

    Here is the handy Wikipedia entry showing the data: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature_record_since_1880 [wikipedia.org]

    Note the graph which really tells it all from 1880 to present. Keep on denying, wingnut.

  13. Re:Deniers? on Where the Global Warming Data Is · · Score: 1

    Notice the recent decade has been more or less flat or just not warmed enough...

    Who the hell created this "past decade" meme I keep seeing everywhere? Rush Limbaugh? Glenn Beck? According to the NOAA, "Each of the last 12 years (1997-2008) was one of the warmest on record."

    The warmest years on record go like this:

    1) 2005
    2) 1998
    3) 2002
    4) 2003
    5) 2006
    6) 2007
    7) 2004
    8) 2001
    9) 2008

    Here is the handy Wikipedia entry showing the data: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature_record_since_1880

    Note the graph which really tells it all from 1880 to present. Keep on denying, wingnut.

  14. Greatest line ever... on English Shell Code Could Make Security Harder · · Score: 1

    If they could exploit a machine by sending a point across, they'd get it past you lot every time, you'd never detect that huh.

    I salute you for the best zinger ever.

  15. Re:This is far more interesting! on English Shell Code Could Make Security Harder · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah, but yours doesn't look like English; theirs does.

  16. Car smokers on Apple Voiding Smokers' Warranties? · · Score: 1

    Someone in the car in FRONT of you is smoking and you are annoyed? Seriously? Get a life,

    The REALLY annoying part is how they flick butts out the window - heaven forbid they dirty their car ashtrays the way they dirty their lungs. Worse are the ones who empty their ashtrays at a convenient curb. Nasty shit.

  17. Neat little world ends... on Apple Voiding Smokers' Warranties? · · Score: 1

    If you are out in public you assume the risk of being outside where your neat liittle world ends...

    As does yours. How about I rub up against you while wearing a suit covered with sharp spikes?

  18. Motorcycle accidents on Apple Voiding Smokers' Warranties? · · Score: 1

    The majority of motorcycle crashes are caused by ... or idiots in cars.

    Obviously made up statistic. Are you forgetting all those motorcycle "lane-splitters"? Also, the percentage of motorcyclers I see speeding far exceeds the percentage of car drivers I see speeding (especially excessive speeding, i.e., more that 20 MPH over the limit).

  19. Re:Pussy. There, I said it. on Vulgar Comment On Newspaper Site Costs Man His Job · · Score: 3, Insightful

    School systems do not allow for any personal use.

    So glad you're familiar with every school district on the planet.

  20. Re:What? on Vulgar Comment On Newspaper Site Costs Man His Job · · Score: 1

    Oy. Sorry for the double-reply; my first comment didn't appear to post and when I refreshed the page it still didn't appear.

    And maybe that's why the guy posted his "vulgar" word twice.

  21. Re:What? on Vulgar Comment On Newspaper Site Costs Man His Job · · Score: 1

    Twice is NOT a Fuck You (note your use of vulgarity here). Maybe five times is. Twice can just as easily be, "Huh, my comment never showed up. I guess I'll make it again." Millions of people do that; I see duplicate comments all the time because someone is too impatient to wait until their comment is approved.

  22. Re:Pussy. There, I said it. on Vulgar Comment On Newspaper Site Costs Man His Job · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You assume two things. First, that the "resignation" was not forced, i.e., "Resign, or you'll be fired." Second, that the school doesn't allow personal use of computers. It may have been his break time for all you know. The company I work for allows "occasional" personal use of company computers (like right now).

  23. Re:ego on Microsoft Responds To "Like OS X" Comment · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    or...Total butt-kisser thinks he is helping the situation by claiming Windows is like MacOSX so that there will be no reason to switch. Actual look-and-feel sucks shit, so his comment is misleading. MS fanboys try to claim Win7 is actually better in 3.. 2.. 1..

  24. Re:I'm sure in Santa Cruz, Ca it makes perfect sen on EMI Sues Beatles Usurper Off the Net · · Score: 1

    The Mystery Spot is one of the most hilariously lame points-of-interest I've ever been to. Basically, some guy's old mountain cabin collapsed and he said, "Ma, I've got a great idea to make some money." The rest is history.

  25. Re:Not government's job on Telco Sues City For Plan To Roll Out Own Broadband · · Score: 1

    So you agree with me then: The money collected from gasoline/diesel taxes *exceed* the amount needed to maintain the roads. There are excess funds.

    I never said either way, as I don't know. My point was only that subsidizing Light Rail is not a misappropriation of funds when you consider that it does improve road conditions.