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  1. Re:Chromium OS on Best Practice: Travel Light To China · · Score: 1

    And all your network traffic is compromised via a Man-in-the-Middle attack.

    Why do you think Certificate Authorities keep getting compromised?

  2. Re:It's not Small Potatoes on Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives · · Score: 1

    So it will be the same as the founding of America then - private enterprises creating the settlements & colonies for profit, which then developed into self-sustaining colonies which eventually went to war with their home countries to gain political and tax independence.

  3. Re:Back to the future on Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives · · Score: 1

    But built from designs 'aquired' from NASA.

  4. Re:USA has 11 aircraft carriers on Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives · · Score: 1

    No republican candidate is ever going to suggest military cuts despite the savings it could give.
    Also, don't forget that the military has a social health care program for the veterans and their immediate families :-)

  5. Re:Nice, but... on Town Turns Off the Lights To See the Stars · · Score: 1

    Low level even lighting eliminates shadows.

  6. Re:Nice, but... on Town Turns Off the Lights To See the Stars · · Score: 1

    In the UK the dark blue bits on the map in England (no need to voyage north into Scotland) are Cumbria (central Lake District), Northumbria (Kielder Forest), the Yorkshire Dales, Exmoor.

    When Hale-Bopp visited in 1997 - I had a great view of the double tail from Cumbria, but hardly any tail at all from the South Downs (near Guildford).

  7. Re:Wait and see on E-Crime Police Raid Melbourne Newspaper · · Score: 1

    But in order to find out who the whistleblower is they need the reporters info.
    They probably used a multi-user shared login account into the database so they can't identify the whistleblower by their login details.

  8. Re:Shenanigans!! All your thought are belong to us on Supreme Court Legitimizing Medical Patents? · · Score: 1

    Actually - it would be better to apply the strategy to the politican lobbist 'profession'.
    That way you can profit from those pork barrel profiteering schucks on Capitol Hill.

    If you have the patent for lobbying & political donations then you can sue the MPAA, RIAA, oil & power industries :-)

  9. Re:In other news... on US Air Force Pays SETI To Check Kepler-22b For Alien Life · · Score: 1

    But only after other people have confirmed there is a market need.

  10. Re:congressional scrutiny on Lawmaker Proposes Cyberthreat Sharing Group · · Score: 1

    Because if it has congressional scrutiny then the congressmen on the oversight committees can get kickbacks and campaign donations from the companies involved.

    Seems a whole lot of effort to set up a few mail lists & phone auto attendant message system :-)

  11. Re:TV ain't broken? on TV Isn't Broken, So Why Fix It? · · Score: 1

    In the UK, the BBC used to carry "Open University" which was distance learning courses shown when there weren't normal shows on. Now with 24 hour rolling news, where they used to show the OU they now show news.
    Now they just ship students DVD or have them access stuff online.

  12. Re:That's right, Apple has a monopoly on smart on How To Avoid Infringing On Apple's Patents · · Score: 2

    Apple & Nokia reached an agreement over their patent disputes resulting in Apple paying Nokia.

  13. Re:Perhaps Mexico isn't really the best place. on Earthscraper Takes Sustainable Design Underground · · Score: 1

    Not forgetting that Mexico City is built on what used to be a swampy lake so will have serious drainage issues when they go deep.

    If they allow seepage and then pump it out they'll basically be draining the whole area and so create issues for the local flora.

  14. Re:So fail them on Muslim Medical Students Boycott Darwin Lectures · · Score: 1

    They only mark you highly if you can justify your arguments.

    My favourite exam question was:
    "Is this a question"

    The answer is:
    "If this is an answer"
     

  15. Re:Barringer Meteor Crater on Ask Slashdot: Science Sights To See? · · Score: 1

    If your going to Mammoth Cave then beware of Grue :-)

  16. Re:A sad world. on Plate Readers Abound in DC Area, With Little Regard For Privacy · · Score: 2

    Or worse, someone copies your plate and sticks it on a similar car and uses that in some criminal activity. You don't even know thats happened until the police come a-calling.

    I had that happen. Fortunately when the police showed up (about 40 mins after the reported crime based on their questions), the car was in the workshop with its gearbox in pieces and fortunately they realised my car wasn't the one used in the crime.

  17. Re:A sad world. on Plate Readers Abound in DC Area, With Little Regard For Privacy · · Score: 1

    The Traffic Master (and car registration) information does not contain any personal information.
    The store keeps that separate - and you've already agreed to them holding that info when you got your loyalty card.
    In using your loyalty card when you bought fuel - they are able to add the car registration to the info they hold on you.
    They can then cross reference the non-personal data with parts of the personal data without breaching the DPA.

    Also, the store probably included the "release the data to any 3rd parties we choose" clause in their loyalty card T&Cs.

  18. Re:A sad world. on Plate Readers Abound in DC Area, With Little Regard For Privacy · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    UK governments are NOT bound by the 4th Amendment. French, Canadian, Mexican, Russian, Chinese and every other non-USA government on the planet is not bound by the 4th Amendment.

    The USA does not equal the rest of the world, no matter how narrow minded the USA rednecks think (if they think at all).

  19. Re:But it did... on Andrew Tanenbaum On Minix, Linux, BSD, and Licensing · · Score: 1

    How much of Apple's contributions back to BSD code is due to them not wanting to maintain at set of internal patches themselves?

  20. Re:Farmers feed cattle with 12000 tons of antibiot on Drug-Resistant Superbugs Sweeping Across Europe · · Score: 2

    This has been banned in the EU (for the last 5 years).

  21. Re:It's not the Doctors, it's the Farmers on Drug-Resistant Superbugs Sweeping Across Europe · · Score: 2

    Probably because in the EU it's been banned (since 2006 for growth promotion purposes).

    But while you're blaming agriculture - don't forget the GM crops which use antibiotic resistance as a marker for the bacteria carrying the required genetic modifications.

  22. Re:I don't see a problem.... on Universal Music Demands Insurer Pay For Infringement Damages · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So if they've got insurance for copyright indemnity - why are they chasing John Doe cases when they can just claim on their insurance instead?

  23. Re:NO NO NO on Adobe To Donate Flex SDK To Open Source Community · · Score: 1

    You trust the MPEG LA to not introduce fees at some point for their patent pool?

  24. Re:Not needed any more on The Political Assault On Los Alamos National Laboratory · · Score: 1

    ... constantly threatened by the other guys who already have nukes and were crazy enough to use them.

    Fixed it for you :-)

  25. Re:In the red. on Help Rename the Department of Homeland Security · · Score: 1

    Also, as the Air France Concorde showed - once you have a ruptured fuel tank the leaking fuel can be ignited from the back of the jet engines.