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  1. Re:If they want you on Lockbox Aims To NSA-Proof the Cloud · · Score: 2

    Explain to me how they attach to my "PC 'end point'" on my linux workstation.

  2. Re:Obligatory 5 dollar wrench. on Lockbox Aims To NSA-Proof the Cloud · · Score: 1

    1. Require a password and a private key file stored on computer to decrypt files (Two factor authentication)
    2. Two sets of logins: One set of credentials is to your normal account, the other has a login/startup script that wipes the private key and DoD wipes the free space
    3. When the NSA asks for your password, give them the wipe password

    Congratulations, the NSA can beat you with a wrench all they want, it's not possible for you to give them the encryption key anymore.

  3. Re:failure to respond... on Syria: a Defining Moment For Chemical Weapons? · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't have a choice if a judge (the UN in this analogy) decided there was reasonable evidence to issue a search warrant. Also, in the US it might also fall under the exigent circumstances clause which would allow the police to enter your home WITHOUT a search warrant (possible immediate harm, possible loss of evidence, etc).

  4. Re:Poor people are poor because they're lazy on The Cognitive Cost of Poverty · · Score: 1

    As soon as you provide data to back up your assertion then we can discount his. At least he brings something to the table.

  5. Re:FTFY on The Cognitive Cost of Poverty · · Score: 1

    Good at collecting an inheritance? Good at filling a suit and living on the receiving end of nepotism?

  6. Re:What about the existing dotless sites? on Dotless Domain Names Prohibited, ICANN Tells Google · · Score: 1

    Doesn't work for me (Chrome Version 29.0.1547.57 m)

  7. Re: Peh stupid on Dotless Domain Names Prohibited, ICANN Tells Google · · Score: 1

    Those 13 root servers are made up of hundreds of servers which point to the gTLD servers.

  8. Re:Buy a domain on Ask Slashdot: Speeding Up Personal Anti-Spam Filters? · · Score: 1

    Entirely possible - but here's something cool. I have Google for Your Domain setup for a personal domain. I just tested it, and I was able to send an email to: jon+test@[mydomain].com. Now there's no way for a spammer to know if Google is handling my mail (easily) so they'd have to assume that the + was a legitimate character. I mean, in theory, they could lookup the MX records and if they point to google, strip the +[characters up to]@ off, but I seriously doubt many, if any at all, would do this.

  9. Re:You get that much mail? on Ask Slashdot: Speeding Up Personal Anti-Spam Filters? · · Score: 1

    If it's running for 15 seconds maybe it's just putting an annoyingly high load on the server. Also consider that for every legitimate mail, you could be getting a lot of spam. I know I would be annoyed if my CPU load shot up randomly ever 5 or 10 minutes when a piece of spam came in.

  10. Re:Buy a domain on Ask Slashdot: Speeding Up Personal Anti-Spam Filters? · · Score: 1

    sorry, replying to myself. First line should be been any email delivered to: name+any_string@gmail.com

  11. Re:Buy a domain on Ask Slashdot: Speeding Up Personal Anti-Spam Filters? · · Score: 1

    You can also do this via gmail. Gmail will accept and deliver email to +@gmail.com and delivery it to you. Try it out.

    So anytime you sign up for something, just use: postglock+slashdot@gmail.com. Then if you get spam, just look at the "To:" address, you can even write a filter based on the + sign in the "To:" field, if you wanted.

  12. Re:Sqlite will be awesome on Ask Slashdot: Speeding Up Personal Anti-Spam Filters? · · Score: 1

    Can someone explain what the big O notation would be for this? I'm still trying to wrap my brain around big O notation.

    I'd think it would be O(n^2) but that can't be right because it's two different sets of data (not N raised to itself). So is there even a: O(N^X)?

    I'm assuming that for each mail message (outer loop) each RegEx is processed, which might be an incorrect assumption.

  13. Re:Or... on Ask Slashdot: Speeding Up Personal Anti-Spam Filters? · · Score: 1

    Bullshit.

  14. Re:Suspiciously well timed... on New York Times and Twitter Attacked By Syrian Electronic Army · · Score: 1

    I don't have to. This is totally unnecessary. Your premise is that the US Govt hacked the NYT as an excuse to invade Syria. My point is: it doesn't matter who hacked the NYT, we're going to invade Syria anyway. So who cares?

    I think your tin foil hat might be on a little too tight today.

  15. Re:Suspiciously well timed... on New York Times and Twitter Attacked By Syrian Electronic Army · · Score: 1

    Because the US doesn't need hacking the NY Times as an excuse to invade Syria.

  16. You're asking them to commit accounting fraud with you. Why would you think this is OK?

  17. Re:Seriously? on Only One US City Makes "Top Ten Internet Cities Worldwide" List · · Score: 1

    That's a great point and something I don't think a lot of Europeans appreciate, the geographical size and income variance across the US. Using a cost of living calculator, living in NYC is 2x the price of living where I am now. Not 10% more, or even 50% -- it costs TWICE as much.

  18. Re:of course.. on Only One US City Makes "Top Ten Internet Cities Worldwide" List · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to say, but the best I can tell is you're confusing 1Gb/s service that epyT-R is referring to with 9GB total monthly bandwidth cap service you linked. These are two totally different measurements. The one you linked is 7Mb/s with a 9GB cap.

  19. Re:Seriously? on Only One US City Makes "Top Ten Internet Cities Worldwide" List · · Score: 1

    Two reasons:
    1) It's not subsidized by the government via taxes.
    2) The US is large and has a low population density, which makes it more expensive to deliver service.


    The other thing I've wondered is, what is our cost relative income? We may pay more, but we make more -- but do we normalize based on per capita income?

  20. Re:Honest question: Why does Metro exist on deskto on Windows 8.1 RTM Trickling Out, With Start Menu and Boot-to-Desktop · · Score: 1

    Yeah I agree with you, generally speaking. 99% of consumers don't ever upgrade their OS, but just threw in that caveat because some will. And Enterprises will be the ones that are pushed onto Windows 8 by the EOL.

  21. What on The Greatest Keyboard Shortcut Ever · · Score: 1

    Is this a joke? Obvious keyboard shortcuts is news? Is timothy senile?

  22. Re:Don't get the point of the start button on Windows 8.1 RTM Trickling Out, With Start Menu and Boot-to-Desktop · · Score: 1

    Have you tried using Win+R? If I need to run something with arguments, I just hit Win+R to bring up the run menu and do it there, never even have to see the start menu or metro ui. I actually don't know how you run commands with arguments via the startmenu?

  23. Re:Don't get the point of the start button on Windows 8.1 RTM Trickling Out, With Start Menu and Boot-to-Desktop · · Score: 1

    Let me preface this by saying: I hate Windows 8. With that said, serious question - what's wrong with the metro screen? I use it just like the start menu, I press the windows key and start typing what I'm looking for. I think of it as a full screen start menu. I've always wondered, from a practical perspective, what the issue was?

  24. Re:Honest question: Why does Metro exist on deskto on Windows 8.1 RTM Trickling Out, With Start Menu and Boot-to-Desktop · · Score: 1

    It's really a simple strategy. Microsoft needed a way into the smartphone/tablet space. So, they push the same interface across all devices. Now slowly everyone will upgrade to Windows 8, either by buying new PCs as their's die, upgrading, using computers at work, etc. Then when they go to buy a phone or tablet, the interface is already familiar.

    They basically don't give a shit if it's an inferior interface for the desktop, because they know people won't have a choice as Windows 7 goes EOL they'll be forced to use it.

  25. Globestar TLPS on Sources Say Amazon Testing Its Own Wireless Networking Service · · Score: 1

    I assume it's Globestar TLPS. It's a narrow range of frequency (10Mhz) in the upper 2.4Ghz range, for which Globestar has a nation wide license. It will supposedly be a new 802.11 service, not sure about compatibility with existing devices. Hopefully someone with more details can chime in.