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  1. Re:Over 7000 ports on Bug Busters! OpenBSD 5.1 Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    There was a brief time, four or five years ago, when something (expat maybe?) was mistakenly placed in xbase, so you had to install the xbase set for a whole bunch of ports/packages. That situation didn't last. And even then, you didn't have to run X.

  2. Re:Piloted plane? on Discovery Channel Crashes a Boeing 727 For Science Documentary (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm just guessing, but I suspect the pilot bailed once the aircraft was no longer over populated areas, and that it was flown into the ground under remote control. And since the crash happened in Mexico, the FAA probably didn't have too much involvement other than maybe adding some of their own experiments.

  3. Procedures enforced by crooks are useless on Former TSA Administrator Speaks · · Score: 2

    Just today we hear of another TSA screener busted, this time for stealing iPads. How hard would it be to find one who would happily pass anything at all through his checkpoint if the price was right?

  4. For once, the extreme right is extremely right on Why CISPA Is a Really Bad Bill · · Score: 1

    Even "paleoconservative" Alex Jones is firing up his followers against government internet surveillance legislation in the works. Here's an example from one of his sites that even made the Drudge Report last Saturday.

  5. Re:But wait, there's more... on Bogus Takedown Notice Lands $150k Settlement In Australian Court · · Score: 1

    All that's needed to drag this thing out until someone goes broke/dies is for the US court to decide that the copyright belongs to Steele.

  6. But wait, there's more... on Bogus Takedown Notice Lands $150k Settlement In Australian Court · · Score: 2

    One of the comments to the Techdirt FA links to a lawsuit Steele filed against Bell in US Federal Court last December. Unfortunately, it costs money to get much in the way of details, but apparently it hasn't been resolved yet.

  7. Re:My goodness on MPAA Chief Dodd Hints At Talks To Revive SOPA · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Politicians of both parties speak of seeking common principles on which they can all agree. It seems they've found one.

  8. Re:My goodness on MPAA Chief Dodd Hints At Talks To Revive SOPA · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The word you're looking for is greed.

  9. Well, we still have Hartley Peavey on RIP, Electric Amplifier Inventor Jim Marshall, 'Father of Loud' · · Score: 2

    I play the pedal steel guitar, one of the few electrics that doesn't sound better through a Marshall. Steel guitarists mostly rely on Peaveys like the Nashville, Session, and Vegas models. Peavey is a privately owned company, and Hartley, its founder, is now in his 70s. Maybe because he's a Mississippi boy, his company has produced amps for us since the '60s, even though we're very much a niche market.

    When he's gone, I will mourn Hartley Peavey as much as I do Les Paul, Leo Fender, and Jim Marshall.

  10. Re:Marketing Opportunity - Privacy Star Compliance on Samsung Says Their TVs Aren't Really Spying On You · · Score: 2

    Would "Privacy Star" compliance be more trustworthy than Energy Star? Remember when Congressional auditors got, among other things, a Gasoline-powered alarm clock an Energy Star certification?

  11. Re:Accountability on Coming Soon: Ubiquitous Long-Term Surveillance From Big Brother · · Score: 1

    You can buy a neutered MP5 with the single-shot trigger group. Try buying one with the 2- or 3-shot burst or the full auto trigger group. You can buy a neutered M-16 de-milled to single-fire. Try buying a real one.

    Unless you're the state.

  12. Re:Accountability on Coming Soon: Ubiquitous Long-Term Surveillance From Big Brother · · Score: 1

    The point is that the state will never allow citizens to be on the same footing as itself when it comes to firearms.

    And do you really think that more men were killed by snipers than by M-16s and AK-47s? Incidentally, at least two local police departments near me will issue MP5s (selective fire!) to any officer who cares to qualify.

  13. Re:Accountability on Coming Soon: Ubiquitous Long-Term Surveillance From Big Brother · · Score: 1

    That is not so. The state can buy as many MP5s as they can afford. Mere citizens cannot.

  14. Re:A sad necessity on Hiding Messages In VoIP Packets · · Score: 2

    I think you've hit the nail on the head. Any decent large-scale eavesdropping facility like, oh, I don't know, the one the NSA is building in Utah will be scanning VoIP traffic for audible triggers ("bomb" "whitehouse" "boom") and will certainly notice when the nominal codec doesn't match the payload. Such traffic will certainly be flagged for closer inspection.

  15. Re:Install media? on OpenBSD 5.0 Unleashed On the World · · Score: 1
    Theo retained copyright of the CD layout, to prevent counterfeits. But even as far back as 1999, way before 3.0 was released, the FAQ included this:

    Does OpenBSD provide an ISO image available for download?

    You can't. The official OpenBSD CD-ROM layout is copyright Theo de Raadt, as an incentive for people to buy the CD set.
    Note that only the layout is copyrighted, OpenBSD itself is free. Nothing precludes someone else to just grab OpenBSD and make their own CD. [emphasis mine]

    So I could produce a functionally identical CD and even sell it, but if I stuck the original artwork on it, I'd be in violation.

  16. Re:Good on Skype Goes After Reverse-Engineering · · Score: 1

    Do you think that if libiax was still maintained, IAX2 might be more popular? As things stand now, it's pretty much useful now only for inter-Asterisk trunking.

  17. Re:Holding my breath.. on Microsoft Finalizes Skype Acquisition · · Score: 1

    There is already something in asterix although I think skype tried to kill it.

    Skype for Asterisk is dead. Skype killed it, purely by coincidence of course, right around the time things got serious with Microsoft.

  18. Re:Better Question... on Ask Slashdot: Is Reverse DNS a Worthy Standard For Fighting Spam? · · Score: 1

    Most of my MX records point at a CNAME,

    Doesn't that ever cause you problems? MX records must not point to a CNAME RR.

  19. Re:The final clause in all privacy policies on Borders Bust Means B&N May Get Your Shopping History · · Score: 1

    It seems pretty straightforward. "Your continued use of the Websites following the posting of updates to this Privacy Policy will mean you accept those updates." So stop using the site.

    IANAL, but if the changes appear to be retroactive and are really objectionable to you, I guess the best thing to do would be to send them a certified letter telling them that your business relationship has ceased and that you expect any prior data they've collected to be handled according to the old policy.

  20. Re:The final clause in all privacy policies on Borders Bust Means B&N May Get Your Shopping History · · Score: 1

    There are enough free CDN sites out there that no one should let TOS, AUP, PP, etc. changes take them by surprise anymore.

  21. Re:The final clause in all privacy policies on Borders Bust Means B&N May Get Your Shopping History · · Score: 1

    this policy is subject to change at any time, with or without notice to you.

    Borders' Privacy Policy is still available. It doesn't quite seem to say that.

  22. Why pick on Social Intelligence Corp? on Senators Slam Firm For Online Background Check · · Score: 1

    Why pick on Social Intelligence Corp? Let the feds clean their own house first and get rid of the Patriot Act. Then they can go after the small-time privacy infringers.

  23. Re:Dupe! on So Long, CmdrTaco, and Thanks For All The Posts · · Score: 1

    My kingdom for a +1, Funny point!

  24. Re:SOoCS on Judge Nixes Warrantless Cell Phone Location Data · · Score: 4, Informative

    This particular judge is an interesting guy. He is reported to have sentenced a woman to indefinite jury duty for answering the question, "name the three people you least admire," with "African-Americans, Hispanics and Haitians."

  25. Asterisk works for me. on P2P Alarm Clock Service · · Score: 1

    I dial 252 (ALArm) from the device I want to be called at, and enter a time at the prompt. At the appointed time, the lovely voice of Allison Smith tells me it's my wake up call and presents me with a random 3-digit number to enter. If I don't answer, hang up, or get the number wrong, I'm called back every two minutes until I get it right. The random number business is necessary because sometimes, if I don't have to do a slightly complex task, I'll just hang up and go back to sleep.