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  1. Re:Facebook will go first on Are Phone Numbers Doomed To Die? (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I smile at the thought of it.

  2. Re:Not Disappearing Any Time Soon on Are Phone Numbers Doomed To Die? (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    Phone numbers are the defacto, common and relatively stable identifier that most people possess today.

    Which, ironically, is exactly why Facebook wants to know yours.

  3. Re:So they're likely the cause of "Global Warming" on The 40,000-Mile Volcano (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Or it could be that 90% of the stuff we are emitting is getting absorbed, but that natural emissions had increased so much, that the absorption process has gotten overwhelmed (as has happened many times in history).

    The reason no one sane disputes it is because we can look at the ratios.

  4. Re:Not about AGW on The 40,000-Mile Volcano (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Eh that kind of sounds like too much work. Maybe I'll pass

  5. Re:This has obvious value on US Modernizes Nuclear Arsenal With Smaller, Precision-Guided Atomic Weapons (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I think it wasn't the policies that were bad, but poor implementation of the policy. Bush was not the most competent guy around, but even he realized that Rumsfeld should be fired after his lousy execution of the Iraq war. The Afghanistan action was an embarrassment from the beginning (and Bush personally deserves credit for that).

  6. Re:So they're likely the cause of "Global Warming" on The 40,000-Mile Volcano (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    But we don't know how much is naturally being absorbed.

  7. Re:Simpler explanation on Algorithms Claimed To Hunt Terrorists While Protecting the Privacy of Others (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you sure? I just entered the US a couple months ago, and I don't remember seeing it on the customs declaration. I could have just forgotten that part, though.

  8. Re:Not about AGW on The 40,000-Mile Volcano (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    ok, that all looks really exciting.
    People have crossed Greenland, though (I assume it has similar problems), and did it a long time ago before GPS. How do you do it to get across safely?

  9. Re:"management" = ??? on SSH Backdoor Found In Fortinet Firewalls (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know, but I assume if they were actually trying to hide a back door, they would have done a better job.
    It's not always wise to over-estimate the ability of programmers, though.

  10. Guess it's time to upgrade to 9. What?

  11. Re:Not about AGW on The 40,000-Mile Volcano (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    along with "go hiking alone on a glacier with no prior experience and without telling anyone"

    ok, that one actually sounds kind of fun, though

  12. Re:So they're likely the cause of "Global Warming" on The 40,000-Mile Volcano (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Right, thanks

  13. Re:So... on The 40,000-Mile Volcano (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The ridges they are talking about (there's a nice map in the article) go through every ocean on the globe.

  14. Re:Not about AGW on The 40,000-Mile Volcano (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I appreciate the pictures, but I think you'd have to be somewhat insane to go swimming in the frigid waters of Iceland.

  15. Not about AGW on The 40,000-Mile Volcano (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    The summary makes it seem like it's an issue about global warming, but it's really not - the article briefly touches on that point. The exciting thing here is that scientists have spent years building up a new sensor network, monitoring the underwater ridges. Now, the network is about to go live, and they are about to get tons of data. Before that, they mainly were able to investigate by dropping expensive subs down there (and by using data from the Navy's submarine detectors).

    Also, check out this picture. If there is anything related to AGW, it's probably just a little nudge to open the door to more funding.

  16. Re:So they're likely the cause of "Global Warming" on The 40,000-Mile Volcano (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    The evidence that humans are making a difference in the CO2 levels is found by checking the ratios of different CO2 isotopes. Plants have a different ratio of isotopes than fossil fuels. See this link for more info.

  17. I guess that's why you shouldn't make prototypes......you'll probably never get a chance to make the "real thing"

  18. Re:"management" = ??? on SSH Backdoor Found In Fortinet Firewalls (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Here is their full quote:

    "This was not a 'backdoor' vulnerability issue but rather a management authentication issue. The issue was identified by our product security team as part of their regular review and testing efforts. After careful analysis and investigation, we were able to verify this issue was not due to any malicious activity by any party, internal or external."

    Their PR firm is earning its money today.

  19. Re:You used what to write what? on Trend Micro Flaw Could Have Allowed Attacker To Steal All Passwords (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    modern AV software monitors processes and inspects services to make sure no suspicious activity happens.

    If you're depending on that to keep computers safe, you're going to be sorely disappointed.
    All a virus writer has to do is test his malware against the major anti-virus software packages, to make sure it's not detected. Simple.

  20. Re:The more you read, more stupid. Consult securit on Trend Micro Flaw Could Have Allowed Attacker To Steal All Passwords (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    Trend Micro already outsourced their QA to Taiwan, so I don't expect they're looking to increase payroll much.

  21. Re:You used what to write what? on Trend Micro Flaw Could Have Allowed Attacker To Steal All Passwords (csoonline.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Trend is in business because Antivirus is more about marketing than about actually solving any problems.

  22. Re:Just wow ... on Trend Micro Flaw Could Have Allowed Attacker To Steal All Passwords (csoonline.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It just shows that many antivirus products are more marketing than product. Which isn't surprising, considering how much they advertise.

  23. Re: This was _outlawed_ in the USA? on Federal Law Now Says Kids Can Walk To School Alone (fastcoexist.com) · · Score: 1

    There's a little reassurance in the fact that she recanted that statement after he replied with "stop wasting my time, I'm offering the couch to the next on the list", because hubby's smart enough not to give into emotional blackmail

    Good.

  24. Re:This was _outlawed_ in the USA? on Federal Law Now Says Kids Can Walk To School Alone (fastcoexist.com) · · Score: 1

    But that's the relatively mild part and only the beginning of the nightmare that often follows. In many cases, Child Protective Services removes the kids from the parents, from anywhere to a few days to weeks to months in some cases.

    It can be years in cases where the parent is not sophisticated enough to navigate the legal system, and CPS neglects their legal duty to help the family understand how to get their kids back.

  25. Re: I can't work out what this would achieve. on North Korea Expands Retaliatory Loudspeaker Propaganda (yonhapnews.co.kr) · · Score: 1

    In Japan, it's against the law to buy political advertisements in a lot of mediums, so politicians send trucks around with loudspeakers telling people to vote for them.