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  1. Re:Gof forbid we make manufacturers... on House of Representatives Proposal Aims To Regulate Car Privacy (itworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Just make manufacturers strictly liable for all and any costs, direct or incidental, for any breach whatsoever. And throw in a hefty fine plus punitive damages for each incident.

  2. Re:You should have expected this. on Beware: FBI, Other Agencies Might Go After Your Voluntary DNA Records (theneworleansadvocate.com) · · Score: 1

    Why are they keeping any records after they have done your analysis? Only you need have a record.

  3. Re:Clarification? on Newly Found TrueCrypt Flaw Allows Full System Compromise · · Score: 1

    The only solution to this aspect of privilege escalation is to not embed drivers in the kernel.

    (But: "Oh-noes, there's a 10% performance loss", says the Ruby programmer!:)

  4. Re:A couple more authors? on Sci-Fi Author Joe Haldeman On the Future of War · · Score: 1

    The best military science fiction is still "Bill, the Galactic Hero".

  5. Re:Will Ad Blockers Kill the Digital Media Industr on Will Ad Blockers Kill the Digital Media Industry? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I dislike the intrusive ads, but someone has to pay for good, insightful comment and reporting. I am willing to pay about $365 p.a. for unencumbered access to newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals. I am not willing to pay $10 p.m. for every single one of these; especially to only read any article very occasionally or only once (I can't afford multiple thousand $s per year!).
        Should the biggies (Times, Washington Post, Le Monde, Nature, The Economist, etc.) get together and set up such a system, I'm sure most of the rest would follow.
    But: would anyone else pay?

  6. Re:Not Supprising on SDN Switches Not Hard To Compromise, Researcher Says · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So long as "features" count for more than security, this will continue.

  7. Re:Testing regime on Elon Musk: Faulty Strut May Have Led To Falcon 9 Launch Failure · · Score: 1

    The root cause is actually the manufacturing facility's quality assurance and control process, indirectly implicating the facility's work ethic and culture.

  8. Re:Fuck yes! on NSA Releases Open Source Security Tool For Linux · · Score: 1

    C'mon; it's just an OpenBSD install!

  9. Re:Find the source code on GitHub on Hacking Team Hacked, Attackers Grab 400GB of Internal Data · · Score: 2

    As had been said before: if the comments and code don't match, then both are probably wrong.

  10. Beyond Stupid on Windows 10 Shares Your Wi-Fi Password With Contacts · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is so moronic on so many levels.

  11. Re:Isn't that a good thing? on New Snowden Leaks Show NSA Attacked Anti-Virus Software · · Score: 1

    Only if they make the vulnerabilities known to the AV makers and (after a suitable period) to the general public so as to ensure that the US/UK populations are protected.

    If they can crack it, so can other groups.

  12. Re:What... on American Pharoah Overcomes Biology To Win Triple Crown · · Score: 1

    Good bye! Don't let the door hit you in the arse on the way out.

  13. Re:Heh. on How a Scientist Fooled Millions With Bizarre Chocolate Diet Claims · · Score: 1

    "Bitter chocolate tastes bad."

    Well, there's the fatal flaw indicator right there.

  14. Re:Starschmucks on Hacker Warns Starbucks of Security Flaw, Gets Accused of Fraud · · Score: 1

    I hear that and every time I try it, I get some sour shit (though I still look and taste). Now, I like sour: hot or sweet and sour, a squeeze of lemon in tap water, a tablespoon of apple cider or balsamic vinegar between the main course and dessert (or cheese) - when the salad is wrongly served at the start rather than the end; in coffee?, that's just evil. Coffee must be bitter (and black).

  15. Bad Programmer :) on Simple Flaw Exposed Data On Millions of Charter Internet Customers · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah! Yeah!
    It's strange how every C programmer is absolutely incapable of writing code without fucking something up!

  16. Re:No. on Is Agile Development a Failing Concept? · · Score: 1

    This paper (pdf): "Iterative and Incremental Development: A Brief History" is worth a read for context.

  17. Re:Why non-conclusive? on Poker Pros Win Against AI, But Experts Peg Match As Statistical Draw · · Score: 4, Funny

    Personally, when I gamble and end up about 3/4 of a million dollars in the hole, I assume that I lost.

  18. Re:presidents age on Microsoft's AI Judges Age From Snapshots, With Mixed Results · · Score: 1

    ...people we see pictures of most, celebrities, put a lot of work into appearing young...

    You mean like this?

  19. Re: Why the surprise? on When Enthusiasm For Free Software Turns Ugly · · Score: 2

    I agree; unfortunately, VMS is impracticable today and I can't afford OS/370 VM/CMS, so I'm stuck with QNX which doesn't support all the applications I need or want.

  20. Re:TGIF on Scientists Close To Solving the Mystery of Where Dogs Came From · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...we will instead end up knowing WHY dogs lick their balls...

    Because they can.

  21. Wow on LG's Leather-Clad G4 Revealed In Leaked Images · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is almost as exciting as reading about who wore what at the Academy Awards!

  22. Re:Saudi Arabia, etc. on Carly Fiorina Calls Apple's Tim Cook a 'Hypocrite' On Gay Rights · · Score: 1

    For how long would Tim Cook be the Apple CEO should he propose to give up 90% (according to Fiorina) of Apple's market?

  23. Re:Sad on 'Revenge Porn' Operator Gets 18 Years In Prison · · Score: 1

    27 counts (in total) at less than 1 year per offence.

  24. Re:To see what happens... on NASA-ESA Project Will Shoot an Asteroid To See What Happens · · Score: 1

    Remember the "pet rock" craze? I just hope that this isn't a "pet asteroid" of a super-powerful alien!

  25. Re:How many people already do this? on Scotland Yard Chief: Put CCTV In Every Home To Help Solve Crimes · · Score: 1

    ... and a sudden increase in home invasions by masked police.