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  1. Re:Anonymizer on Ask Slashdot: Trustworthy Proxy Services? · · Score: 1

    So when are you going to kick out Linux services? I've been waiting since I swapped OSes.

  2. Re:Firefox is VERY crashy lately on Chrome Set To Take No. 2 Spot From Firefox · · Score: 1

    Yup. Constant crashes are what is driving people away from firefox.

  3. Self Confirming Bias concern on Santa Cruz Tests Predictive Policing Program · · Score: 0

    So now that officers are going out to the top ten hot spots more often, there will probably be more arrests in those areas. As this new data gets fed into the computer system, it will reinforce and magnify certain preexisting selection criteria.

    The computer analysis will always be confirmed to be correct.

  4. Typical on Right-Wing German Extremists Tricked By Trojan Shirts · · Score: 1

    So what? Are they trying to white wash the issues?

  5. Re:There's a line on RIM Helping UK Police Track Down Rioters · · Score: 1

    There's a difference between protesting and rioting/looting. So cheers for tracking down rioters and looters.

    It's all fun and games until you send several text messages about events occurring but are not participating in, nor encouraging other people to participate in and suddenly you are on a watch list.

  6. Re:So it goes like this on Assange Back In Court For Sex Crimes Appeal · · Score: 1

    In one case, a condom broke, she tried to grab a new condom but couldn't because he held her down.

    Please cite your source for this. I have never read anywhere that this occurred but in your statement. The issue with Anna according to the article is:

    This alleged victim is "convinced Assange broke the condom by the glans and then continued to ejaculation", Emmerson says of AA's statement.

    Now tell me this, how many people have had the bad luck of a broken condom during sex and didn't know it until after everyone was done? I know I have.

  7. Orlando Officials isn't much of a leak on Anonymous Launches a WikiLeaks For Hackers · · Score: 1

    **Article:**

    a list of the personal details of Orlando officials including addresses, home values, incomes and other data.

    Isn't that all public information anyway? Incomes are public record. Home values are public record through county auditor's websites. That isn't much of a leak. More like footwork to gather it all together.

  8. Re:Wikileaks is wikileaks for hackers on Anonymous Launches a WikiLeaks For Hackers · · Score: 1

    WikiLeaks usually takes care to verify the source and make sure that it's not fabricated.

    Really? In every interview with Assange they claim they verify documents, not sources as that is all they have access to. Can you name a leak where to leaker was not open about who he or she was and that leaker was verified?

  9. Re:Fed Reserve is up next on LulzSec Hacks the US Senate · · Score: 1

    Anyone can edit a video with Microsoft Movie Maker and claim the banner of Anonymous. But it doesn't mean anyone will bother following that individual. If you look at the first video that account released it's the same Anti-Fed crackpots that everyone ignores now. I think this is one guy and seven of his friends wishing people would listen to them so they sexed it up with an Anonymous flag.

    They even have a facebook page for everyone to RSPV with their real names as to who will be attending their protests. That doesn't sound very anonymous to me.

  10. Re:A suspiciously round number. on Turkish Police Nab 32 Suspects Tied To Anonymous · · Score: 3, Funny

    Little did they know that Anonymous has already upgraded to a 64-bit hacktivist system. Long gone are the days of the 2-bit hacktivist.

  11. Blackberry did the same thing. on Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps · · Score: 1

    http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215010/RIM_bows_to_pressure_yanks_BlackBerry_DUI_checkpoint_app

    This appears to be the application in question:

    http://www.phantomalert.com/

    It does speed traps, dangerous curves, school zones, photo enforcement...

  12. Re:Bad Porn on Daily Sony Hacking Occurs On Schedule · · Score: 1

    For the record:
    [snip]
    3) No, I am not homophobic.

    ...so, how about a date this Friday night?

  13. Re:UPS Rings Doorbells? Fix=Post a note on door on English Teenager Invents a Better Doorbell · · Score: 1

    I used to have this issue too. If you are expecting a delivery, the only solution I have found to this is to post a large note on the door telling the UPS driver that you are home.

    I suspect that most UPS drivers don't expect people to be home so they do a light knock & run before you have a chance to get to the door. They are damn fast too. Before I started posting note it was always race to the front door and out the front yard to try and catch the driver before they left.

  14. is not commercial on Activists May Use Their Targets' Trademarks · · Score: 2

    Now a Utah court has ruled that such suits must fail because the parodic use of the mark is not commercial and is a form of protected speech.

    People need to be careful about this distinction. The judge has clearly supported noncommercial parody's. But a for profit company like the Onion may still be at risk.

  15. Perhaps the US Media could boost their credibility on The Internet's New Alternate Reality · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the US Media could boost their credibility by extending the coverage of the British royal wedding by another week of page to page non stop coverage. We clearly were under informed about something so critical to our daily lives and country.

  16. Distrust in U.S. Media Edges Up to Record High on The Internet's New Alternate Reality · · Score: 3, Informative

    "Distrust in U.S. Media Edges Up to Record High"

    For the fourth straight year, the majority of Americans say they have little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. The 57% who now say this is a record high by one percentage point.

    http://www.gallup.com/poll/143267/distrust-media-edges-record-high.aspx

  17. Raelians on Texas Bill Outlaws Discrimination Against Creationists In Academia · · Score: 1

    The Raelians will be excited about this.

  18. Re:If your government isn't strong enough on Internet-Spreading American Gets 15-Year Sentence In Cuba · · Score: 1

    Can you imagine what would've happened if someone funded by the Soviet Union tried to set up communications networks in the US that the Government couldn't monitor?

    I hope many people groups, countries, individuals and organizations do this. Look what happens in places like Iran, Egypt and Libya when they shut down the internet. A lot of individuals, nonprofit organizations, businesses and eventually some governments stepped in to help the citizens get safe access to the internet. If the US ever cracks down too hard on a free internet, I certainly hope everyone else out there will pitch in to help us citizens out in our time of need too. And I won't give a damn about the motivations, race, country or creed of whomever is helping me to get access to the internet. Once I get access, I'll figure out what to do myself from there.

  19. Re:Not sure this is the time to work on internet on Ask Slashdot: Could We Reconnect Eastern Libya? · · Score: 2

    It might be better shipping the rebels AK's, anti tank weapons, man portable SAMS and lots of ammunition. Sat phones would be nice for communications but I'm not sure twitter and facebook are really all that important anymore.

    Would you really want to send them AK-47s? I know arms sounds pretty handy right now. But I kind of hope for something better. A big part of modern wars is winning people's hearts and minds. For that, they need fast communication. Yes. Twitter, facebook and other social media sources have their role here. Instead of a top down push of information and ideas for a government or media, ideas can spread better if done on a peer to peer basis.

  20. Re:Knowledge of biochemistry is relevant on Making the Case For Microscopic Life In Meteorites · · Score: 1

    Without adequate shielding from UV and cosmic radiation, DNA degrades faster than any DNA repair mechanism can keep up with. This pretty much rules out extraterrestrial DNA-based life existing on meteors, comets or small moons.

    So you are saying that a small moon could not provide sufficient UV & cosmic radiation shielding no matter how far deep in the center of the small moon a theoretical DNA based life fore might be?

  21. Re:where is the download? on Police Raid PS3 Hacker's House, Hacker Releases PS3 'Hypervisor Bible' · · Score: 1
  22. Hypervisor Bible Download on Police Raid PS3 Hacker's House, Hacker Releases PS3 'Hypervisor Bible' · · Score: 3, Informative

    The original uploads are missing. Good thing it's now on the Pirate Bay.

    http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6197257/coolstuff.rar

  23. Unnecessary X-rays in shoe shops were banned on New Internal Cavity X-ray Technology for Airports · · Score: 2

    In the US, they used to take X-rays of people's feet at shoe stores until they figured out that all of those unnecessary x-rays were a bad idea.

    http://www.museumofquackery.com/devices/shoexray.htm

    So what makes Australia think that subjecting innocent people to X-rays that have no medical basis is a good idea? What happens to the poor schmucks to get picked frequently for these types of searches?

  24. Haven't Seen Proof WBC did the Anon Press Release on Anonymous Denies Targeting Westboro Baptist Church · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's not like AnonNews announced they traced the IP address of the poster back to the WBC. Sure. It could have been them. It could also have been just about anyone who has a beef with the WBC. Many people are chomping at the bit to take them down and have tried to recruit 'Anonymous' to do this. But they haven't been successful in the past. For all we know it was the folks from HBGary trying to pick a fight between the two groups to provide ground cover. But again, that is still nothing more than idle speculation.

    I don't think Anons will ever do anything against the WBC just because they have no power. WBC may be annoying assholes. But at the end of the day that is all they are. They can pretty much only offend people who allow themselves to be offended.

  25. Re:How does this end up on slashdot on Anonymous Denies Targeting Westboro Baptist Church · · Score: 1

    From TFA: The church sent out its own open letter, telling the online hacktivist group to “bring it.”

    As ridiculous as that statement from WBC sounds, it actually came from their website. I've seen it and so have many others. The retards really do talk that way.