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  1. Who generates the keypair? on Mozilla BrowserID: Decentralized, Federated Login · · Score: 1

    It had damn well better be done locally, or you have no guarantee that your private key is actually private. Are they going to write the keygen code in Javascript?

  2. Re:What a bunch of BS.... on Women Arrested For Refusing TSA Search of Children · · Score: 1

    To quote Peter Griffin:

    You weren't there, Lois... YOU... WEREN'T.... THERE!!!!

  3. Re:A bit disappointed on China Launching First Space Station Module In September · · Score: 1

    Way to complete not read the thread.

    I said I wasn't pissed at the Chinese, I was pissed at the US.

  4. Re:Just that pesky Constitution on Slate: Amazon's Tax Stance Unfair and Unethical · · Score: 1

    but last time I read the document, it began with "WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT"

    Really? The last time I read the Constitution, it began, "WE THE PEOPLE of the United States...".

    "We hold these truths to be self-evident" is a quote from the Declaration of Independence, and it does not begin with that quote either. The Declaration begins, "When in the course of human events..."

  5. Similar to Maimonides on Bill Gates Looks to Reinvent the Toilet · · Score: 2

    Very similar to Maimonides Eight levels of Charity. From highest to lowest:

    1. Teaching the needy so that they scan support themselves
    2. Anonymous giving without knowing who will be the recipient
    3. Donor knows who receives, recipient does not know who gives
    4. Donor does not know who receives, recipient knows who gave
    5. Giving directly to recipient, before being asked
    6. Giving directly to recipient after being asked
    7. Giving willingly, but insufficiently
    8. Giving unwillingly
  6. Re:And there it is... on Law Enforcement Still Wants Mandatory ISP Log Retention · · Score: 1

    That's the whole point. It does in fact contradict itself.

    I lifted it from someone's comment on a TSA story ... I thought it was nicely ironic.

    (Yeah, yeah, "ironic" might be the wrong term. You know what I meant).

  7. Re:A bit disappointed on China Launching First Space Station Module In September · · Score: 1

    These are new exciting times; and you are worried that China will be pissing on you from orbit?

    No, we are pissed off that we don't seem to have the testicular fortitude to actually fund a decent space program.

    Or have you missed the news this week about the last Shuttle flight, with nothing to replace it. Now granted the Shuttle turned out to be a clusterf**k, but there is no clear direction on what to do next.

  8. And there it is... on Law Enforcement Still Wants Mandatory ISP Log Retention · · Score: 5, Insightful

    hinders law enforcement's ability to identify predators when they come across child pornography

    The root password to the Constitution.

  9. Re:non stardard interface on Turn Your iPad Into a Star Trek PADD · · Score: 1

    Wrong series. Turn in your geek card.

  10. Re:Unfortunately.... on DOJ: We Can Force You To Decrypt That Laptop · · Score: 2

    Let's say I've written my incriminating evidence in Klingon. The prosecutor doesn't have access to anyone who can read Klingon. Does he have the right to force me to translate said evidence for him?

    Similarly, encryption translates English text (this is the US we're talking about) into "mumbo jumbo". How does forcing me to translate the "mumbo jumbo" into English differ from the Klingon scenario above?

  11. Re:Just out of curiosity... on Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches On Final Flight · · Score: 1

    Figures. Reporters don't know shit.

    No insult intended, Rogue.

  12. Re:TSA: taking freedom so terrorists don't have to on TSA Employee Stole $50k Worth of Electronics · · Score: 1

    Hey. It's the price we pay to keep ourselves safe from authoritarian fanatics!!!
    (See sig)

  13. Re:There's a point when... on Are You Too Good For Code Reviews? · · Score: 1

    That's what stdlib.h is for.

  14. Re:Just out of curiosity... on Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches On Final Flight · · Score: 1

    The one in LA is not "just outside" Los Angeles, it's about as close to downtown as you can get. The California Science Center is right next door to the Coliseum.

    The city of Los Angeles is frickin' huge.

  15. Re:There's a point when... on Are You Too Good For Code Reviews? · · Score: 1

    OK.

    Requirement: Perform stock analysis and predict future performance within $ERROR_MARGIN

    Code:

    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    int main()
    {
      printf("Hello world!\n");
      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

    This code builds with no warnings using the most paranoid settigns and has a silent lint analysis. But it's completely unacceptable.

  16. Re:this on Are You Too Good For Code Reviews? · · Score: 2

    And it's been shown that the earlier a defect is found, the cheaper it is to correct.

  17. Re:Can we close Fox News yet? on Voicemail Hack Scandal Leads To Closure of UK Tabloid · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah. Isn't Nancy Grace on MSNBC?

    By all that's holy, I cannot stand that woman!

  18. Re:And I'd have gotten first post ... on RightHaven Lawyer Says Browser Ate His Homework · · Score: 0

    IE9 fucks up Outlook Web Access.

    I'm guessing that's what happened.

  19. Where's my Lucy Liu-bot? on The Science of Human-Robot Love · · Score: 1

    I want my Lucy Liu-bot!!

  20. Re:CNN Coverage on 7 Hackers Who Got Legit Jobs From Their Misdeeds · · Score: 1

    Because they just republished Sony's press releases unchanged.

  21. I learned Python... on 2nd Edition of Learn Python the Hard Way Released · · Score: 1

    By watching The Life of Brian, Monty Python's Flying Circus, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail

  22. Re:Webcache... on 30 Creative 404 Error Pages · · Score: 1
  23. I think it's the "No Security Updates for 4" on The Enterprise Is Wrong, Not Mozilla · · Score: 1

    Plus, I know for a fact that many organizations have insanely long internal testing cycles, and 3 months ain't gonna cut it with them.

  24. Re:Well, Duh. on Cancer Cluster Possibly Found Among TSA Workers · · Score: 1

    Yep. I've been whooshed. Sorry about that... It had been a long day...

  25. How about leaving the iPad at home? on Ask Slashdot: Mobile Data In Canada For a US Citizen? · · Score: 1

    Leave it, and just enjoy the youth group retreat!