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  1. Re:signals by laser from Alpha Centauri on NASA's Next Mars Mission Will Join the Interplanetary Internet · · Score: 2

    And that's without Verizon capping the monthly bandwidth for NASA's Unlimited Internet plan.

  2. Re:FSVO "about" on Two Supermassive Black Holes About To Embrace · · Score: 1

    Like the state of a particle isn't set until it's observed? (Question, not a snarky remark).

  3. Re:Mysterious quantum mechanical connection? on A Link Between Wormholes and Quantum Entanglement · · Score: 1

    Because the comment was based on the recipient actually receiving and reviewing the contents of the envelope. I was saying that if the envelope is "intercepted" en route then when it did eventually reach the intended recipient the state would have already been determined.

    And you have no way of determining whether I'm a physicist or not until I'm observed ;)

  4. Re:Mysterious quantum mechanical connection? on A Link Between Wormholes and Quantum Entanglement · · Score: 1

    I'm 100 percent not a physicist but I thought it wasn't really that the state is determined at the destination, but upon observation. So if some being outside of normal space/time/whatever were to peek into the envelope in transit then the state gets set right then.

    I'm Nnot sure all theories are impossible; the right one just hasn't been proven yet :)

  5. Re:So is it libre or not? on Encrypted Social Network Vies For Disgruntled Facebook Users · · Score: 1

    That's why I think ArkOS might be onto something. You're holding your own data and sharing it with whomever you'd like. It basically integrates OwnCloud and other disparate solutions and is supposed to offer a non-techie friendly interface to add the stuff you want. Stick photo sharing, chat, one of the various open source social network solutions and it seems like it provides a (somewhat) more secure option.

  6. Re:So is it libre or not? on Encrypted Social Network Vies For Disgruntled Facebook Users · · Score: 1

    Would it be a non-profit or a not-for-profit? (Not trying to be a smart ass, Just curious if the latter made more sense.)

  7. Re:Lenovo. on Ask Slashdot: Best Laptops For Fans Of Pre-Retina MacBook Pro? · · Score: 1

    It's the ugly ones that have trouble?

  8. Re:"Ethical" microtransactions? on Game Review: Path of Exile (Video) · · Score: 1

    > Companies have successfully brainwashed the current generation of gamers into believing that cosmetic items are worth money.

    Now get off my lawn.

  9. Re:Did not happen in the US on BP Hired Company To Troll Users Who Left Critical Comments · · Score: 5, Funny

    BP used the "xzvf" switches.

  10. Re:Steps You Can Take Against Internet Surveillanc on Ten Steps You Can Take Against Internet Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Nah. Posting here is fine. The SNR is so high NSA decided it wasn't worth bothering to filter through everything.

  11. "In what is a serious bug" on GMail Chat/GTalk Sending Chats To Wrong Recipients · · Score: 1

    In what is serious understatement...

  12. Re:Too little too late on Google To Encrypt All Keyword Searches · · Score: 1

    With one of the earlier stories this week there was talk that NSA had gotten "involved" with the standards-setting working groups. I'm confused how any encryption Google's using wouldn't/couldn't be affected by that. Is there any "guarantee" that they haven't been able to insert something into the technology behind PFS?

  13. Re:Give consumers more privacy? on Google May Replace Cookies With Unique AdIDs · · Score: 1

    Couldn't you just embed it in the browser binary itself? For now they care about where the browser goes more than the person at the keyboard.

  14. And so the next step ... on Verizon's Plan To Turn the Web Into Pay-Per-View · · Score: 1

    is the company you work for, in a similar manner as health insurance, offers "unlimited Internet access" as one of the perks of working there. They'll cover the cost of your being able to surf however much and wherever you'd like (within the guidelines of the EULA that you sign when you start work there) . Of course, it'll only happen via their proxy servers and thus with ads they can target based on your surfing habits (letting them present ads for their subsidiaries' products). Demographics of your habits will also be sold to whichever ad firm is the highest bidder.

    Don't worry, your employer will more than make their money back. In fact, they'll make so much they'll be able to launch their own entertainment networks, offering internally developed shows to their employees and licensing the popular ones to other companies, months after their own employees get "exclusive access" to the shows when they come out.

    But at least you won't have to deal with Verizon, right?

  15. Syria's seen it before on Making a Case For Cyberwar Against Syria · · Score: 4, Informative

    Also with their air defense systems.

  16. > or wear a particular fragrance to work outweighs the rights of others to come to work without fear of developing an illness, or work.

    And because asthma is covered by the ADA.

  17. Re:Glad I live in Canada! on When the NSA Shows Up At Your Internet Company · · Score: 2

    > "go fuck yourself"

    More likely, "Go fuck yourself, eh?"

  18. Re:+5 Insightful for on Jimmy Carter Calls Snowden Leak Ultimately "Beneficial" · · Score: 5, Funny

    > most influential

    I don't know about that. After all, if it wasn't for Nixon the press wouldn't be able to append "gate" to every perceived transgression.

  19. Cookies? on Ubisoft Hacked, Account Data Compromised · · Score: 1

    You have to accept their site cookies when trying to change your password. Cookies from a site belonging to a compromised system rubs me the wrong way for some reason.

  20. Would diet matter? on New Links Found Between Bacteria and Cancer · · Score: 2

    Specifically taking probiotic supplements, yogurt, etc?

  21. Simple solution on Ask Slashdot: Most Secure Browser In an Age of Surveillance? · · Score: 1

    Use someone else's.

  22. Re:Grammer perhaps? on Chicago Sun Times Swaps iPhone Training For Staff Photographers · · Score: 1

    Is that the sound the asteroid made? :)

  23. Re:Let me be the first to say... on Hospital Resorts To Cameras To Ensure Employees Wash Hands · · Score: 1

    And there we were just thinking you were rude. ;)

  24. Re:Really??? on Florida Activates System For Citizens To Call Each Other Terrorists · · Score: 1

    This is Slashdot. Of course it does.

  25. Re:Why not just 0? on NTSB Recommends Lower Drunk Driving Threshold Nationwide: 0.05 BAC · · Score: 1

    Because the alcohol lobbyists paid good money for that not to happen.