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  1. Re:NWS -- more info on Network Solutions Opts Customer Into $1,850 Security Service · · Score: 1

    The only reason I continue to use Network Solutions is because over the years (and yes, some of my domains have been up since the 90's as well) I've watched other name registering outfits come and go, seen various name server problems, etc., and for all their horrifying business practices and high prices, my sites seem to always work, which is what I place the most emphasis on.

    Yes, Network Solutions is soooo reliable **** cough *** cough **** sex.com

  2. Re: Call a Lawyer on Network Solutions Opts Customer Into $1,850 Security Service · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Unauthorized charges to cards are pretty damned illegal.

    Are you sure that the charges are unauthorized? What's in Network Solutions customer agreements? There might be some very small print that allows NetSol to add security services and charge for them.

    I just scanned the agreement and could not find anything that would allow NetSol to add products without authorization, but then I am not a lawyer.

  3. Re:This model works better for software on You Might Rent Features & Options On Cars In the Future · · Score: 1

    For a car, the car maker is still paying for the seat heaters, still paying factory workers to install those heaters, but not always being paid back by the end-user. Makes no sense.

    There are a lot of costs involved in having more build options for any product. This could offset the cost of building everything to the highest spec for many options.

  4. Re:What a bunch of liers on An Iowa ISP's Metered Pricing: What Will the Market Bear? · · Score: 1

    I think there may be some fiber about 3 miles from me. So if I paid about $50,000, there's a chance I could get some pulled to me. Of course, finding an ISP to provision a circuit on top of that is extra.

    You think that's bad? Comcast quoted me for installing their business Internet in my company's office: $99/month, but $200k installation fee. Yes, that's right: two hundred thousand dollars. But the best part: the office is in a dense area of offices in Silicon Valley.

  5. Credibility? on Analyst Calls Russian Teen Author of Target Malware · · Score: 3, Interesting

    IntelCrawler was registered late last year, and its address is a mailbox in a UPS store.

    Has anyone heard of Andrey Komarov before this? Does he have any kind of track record? Or is he just another fame whore with a dubious story?

  6. Re:Seems obvious... on SCOTUS To Weigh Smartphone Searches By Police · · Score: 2

    Actually even searching the physical device should require a warrant - beyond a "Terry Pat" that's (supposed to be) targeted *exclusively* at detecting weapons,

    The problem is that many judges don't seem to have a grasp of simple logic. In the situation you describe, some judges would think: "In order to search for weapons, cops can search closed containers. Because cops can search closed containers, they can search anything else that might be closed, like a cellphone". Of course, this type of thinking completely ignores the rationale for the search of closed containers and the fact that such rationale doesn't apply to cellphones (the data contained within could not contain a weapon). But that's judicial logic for you.

  7. Re:Isn't that cute on US Senator Warns Against Political Surveillance By Drone · · Score: 1

    In pretty much every country, they use a nice, sanitized word to distinguish THEIR spies from the ones used by other countries against them.

    Not true in the UK. Much of the recent discussions regarding allowing MI5 and MI6 to exceed speed limits clearly referred to the UK's agents as "spies". But then, the UK has James Bond, so it's a little different!

  8. Re:Stupid! Stupid! on Microsoft Extends Updates For Windows XP Security Products Until July 2015 · · Score: 1

    We still have servers running RHEL 5. An add-on for a software package would only run on 5.X.

    And your point is? RHEL is still (just) in "Production 2" (still getting updates for new hardware). Production 3 (security updates, but no hardware updates) doesn't end until 2017 and the Extended life stage doesn't end until 2020.

  9. Re:It's rigged on FISA Judges Oppose Intelligence Reform Proposals Aimed At Court · · Score: 1

    To be fair, the judge is saying that what is being recommended is not an adversarial process, and he's right.

    I don't have any better suggestions though.

    The constitution has an answer for you: since the FISA court does not have an adversarial process, there are no controversies, so the FISA court simply should not exist.

  10. Re:Probably BS.... on The Mystery/Myth of the $3 Million Google Engineer · · Score: 1

    There might be an earn-out involved in the sale of a startup to Google.

  11. Re:Damn those anonymous evildoers on Irish Politician Calls For Crackdown On Open Source Internet Browsers · · Score: 1

    The only people who deserve no taxes in Ireland are those multinationals with accountants who drink a double Irish coffee with their Dutch sandwich.

    Don't forget wealthy musicians who travel the world complaining about iniquities while paying no royalties on their music (before Ireland imposed a limit on the exemption).

  12. Re:How is this sueable? on Lawsuit: Oracle Called $50K 'Good Money For an Indian' · · Score: 1

    "EXEMPTION SEC. 702. This title shall not apply to an employer with respect to the employment of aliens outside any State,

    What part of "outside any State" do you not understand? The context here is that the person was to be brought to the USA for work, so that exemption would not apply.

  13. Re:Moving surveillance on British Spies To Be Allowed To Break Speed Limit · · Score: 1

    Since MI6 is supposed to be responsible for foreign intelligence and foreign operations, the justification for MI6 to be able to break speed limits seems rather poor.

  14. Re:Math, do it. on Doctors Say Food Stamp Cuts Could Cause Higher Healthcare Costs · · Score: 1

    Go spin your vegetarian religion somewhere else.

    Whoooooosh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Apparently your sarcasm detector is broken.

  15. Re:Math, do it. on Doctors Say Food Stamp Cuts Could Cause Higher Healthcare Costs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Diabetes isn't a food stamp issue. To a large extent type two diabetes an educational issue.

    Yes, if only poor people ate exclusively at vegetarian restaurants serving low-carb meal there would be no problem. It's not like unhealthy foods are cheaper than healthy foods .... oh wait!

  16. Re: i hope people with SCADA systems learned. on Hackers Gain "Full Control" of Critical SCADA Systems · · Score: 1

    if it can't be reached by any other mean than physical access they are not an issue.

    Tell that to the people running centrifuges in Iran. Their machines were air-gapped, but they still fell victim to Stuxnet.

  17. Re:gmail plus sign postfix on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Misdirected Email? · · Score: 2

    MANY sites don't allow the plus symbol in email addresses (even though it's a valid character), so mileage may vary.

    FTFY.

    Seriously, having used "plus-addressing" for many years, I can attest to the fact that many websites won't accept it.

    I know of one site where I did register years ago, but their de-registration page won't accept the "plus-address" that I used to register (rakuten.com, I'm looking at you).

  18. Re:re on Nintendo Defeats and Assumes Control of 'Patent Troll's' Portfolio After Victory · · Score: 3, Informative

    Um, if you sort by date, they are currently 3rd place out of 3 for major consoles.

    Um, so you mean that, in the latest generation, selling 4.3 million versus Sony's 4.2 million and Microsoft's 3 million puts Nintendo in third place? Protip: they are only 3rd when you sort by date because the Wii U was released before the other 2 consoles.

  19. Re:Offline side-by-side Python on Why Do Projects Continue To Support Old Python Releases? · · Score: 1

    Although Java was expressly designed to permit multiple versions to co-exist and even execute at the same time in the same system, I'm less certain that you can do that with Python.

    Gentoo manages it.

  20. Re:Seen it on the job: on Senior Managers Are the Worst Information Security Offenders · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It will be a revelation to senior management.

    No, it won't. Senior managers are very often less intelligent than the people they oversee. What senior managers possess is greater (but misplaced) confidence in their own abilities and/or some level of sociopathy. These conditions lead to willful bindness of their own failings.

  21. Re:Corporations control congress right? on Canada Quietly Offering Sanctuary To Data From the US · · Score: 1

    Why aren't large corporations pressuring congress to reign in the NSA?

    Amongst those "large corporations" are companies that are suppliers to the NSA (people, equipment, etc.) and they have better contacts within Congress than the Silicon Valley companies that suffer due to the NSA's activities.

  22. Re:At least they are honest -- No. on FBI Edits Mission Statement: Removes Law Enforcement As 'Primary' Purpose · · Score: 1

    If they were honest, they would rename the FBI the "Stasi". I think that the Stasi's stated priority was national security.

  23. Re:Some Things Are Still in the Stores Today on Ancient Pompeii Diet Consisted of Giraffe and Other "Exotic'" Delicacies · · Score: 1

    Let me award you a "whoosh".

  24. Re:Interesting... on UK Company Successfully Claims Ownership of "Pinterest" Trademark · · Score: 1

    It might be interesting to consider that Microsoft was able to claim a trademark on "Windows",

    Yes, but not without mentioning that Microsoft paid off Linspire/Lindows after they challenged the Windows trademark.

  25. Animal farm and 1984 on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Books Everyone Should Read? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just as relevent now.