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  1. Re:Only if they reported it. on iPhone Users Sue AT&T For Letting Thieves Re-Activate Their Stolen Devices · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yea, but the DMV doesn't issue a new registration tag to the theif.

  2. Re:Hopefully on Indian Man Charged With Blasphemy For Exposing "Miracle" · · Score: 1

    Agnosticism isn't a belief. Generally, those who self identify as agnostic are either deist or atheist, they just can't commit to that much.

  3. Re:Hmm... on AOL Patent Deal Means Microsoft Now Holds Vestiges of Netscape · · Score: 2

    Doubtful... what I would suspect is that MS will use this to target handset (tablet & phone) manufacturers first and foremost. If they can make $5 per handset sold in the world, they'll be pretty content with that, and probably earn back the initial investment in under a few years time. MS will continue to develop solutions (Win8/Phone7-8 etc) in order to get closer to 100% of the pie... but they're diversifying in order to get money from competitors *also*.

  4. Re:Run your own on Ask Slashdot: Finding a Trustworthy VPN Service? · · Score: 1

    TFS specifically states services that are legal in the US... Where Amazon's exit nodes would be... though finding a nice VPS may offer better advantages, depending on availability and included bandwidth.

  5. Re:Because Hybrids Don't Pay For Themselves on Hybrid Car Owners Not Likely To Buy Another Hybrid · · Score: 1

    Not everyone wants to listen to the roadway noise while driving, or have our stereo up to insane levels to overcome it.

  6. Re:Seems Easy To Detect on The Optimum Attack Rate For SSH Bruteforce? Once Every Ten Seconds · · Score: 1

    Never forgotten your password on a site have you... I'll usually try 5-6 times before I finally get it, or give up and hit the forgot password link.

  7. Re:Passwords are for philistines on The Optimum Attack Rate For SSH Bruteforce? Once Every Ten Seconds · · Score: 3, Insightful

    RSA key/pair is something you have... you still need something you are, and something you know... Once someone has your key, it's no more secure than your password. A trojan can read local files, just as easily, if not more so than snoop for a password.

  8. Re:The Paper on Microsoft: 'Unlikely' Credit Card Details Lifted From Xbox 360s · · Score: 2

    More so.. does BofA, who's parent company owns Visa & MasterCard even issue Discover Cards?

  9. Re:But... on The Politics of the F.D.A. · · Score: 1

    It is somewhat complex.. the "extra butter" that gets added would be separate, so there would be no consistent measure beyond the base amount.. you could label the popcorn as made (without butter-like topping), and the content for the topping separately. The *FACT* is, that nobody actually ordering said popcorn really cares. Most people are aware that the popcorn itself is moderately light on calories/fat, and the additional topping is very heavy. Also varies by size, and packing... some people will pack much more popcorn into a container than others... unless you expect the theaters to break out the measuring spoons, and scales to dish out the popcorn.. meaning higher packaging costs, and prices (already exorbitant).

  10. Re:Rough design on The Pirate Bay Plans Servers In the Sky · · Score: 1

    You could use model rocket engines for initial launch with a drop-away platform pretty easily. Similar to a shuttle launch... just need enough to get it up enough for the solar engines to take it from, and enough clear sky to ascend to a cruising altitude.

  11. Re:Wouldn't it make more sense... on Peoples' Immune Systems Can Now Be Duplicated In Mice · · Score: 1

    Animals can't file a wrongful death suit.

  12. Re:Did anyone think it was secure anyway? on Windows Remote Desktop Exploit In the Wild · · Score: 2

    Had a similar situation with a radio station... their music system (only a couple years old at that time) was reliant on a *real* DOS subsystem (win9x was as "new" as it could handle) and needed a 16-bit ISA capable slot... no support... they spent a lot of money for a late (in the market) AMD 5x86 based system capable of running it, with a couple of spares (was in the early Pentium 3 era at a that time). It isn't/wasn't common at *all* ... there's a reason that there are still regular serial ports, and on motherboards today.

  13. Re:Did anyone think it was secure anyway? on Windows Remote Desktop Exploit In the Wild · · Score: 1

    RDP is an encrypted connection... with similar methods to TLS, SSH, and VPN... unless you're suggesting you should only use HTTPS or SSH when using a VPN connection?

  14. Re:Meh on Bring Back the 40-Hour Work Week · · Score: 1

    And personal anecdotal history tells me that the outsourced projects will come back, in order to be fixed, once 110% of the budget and 90% of the time schedule have passed.

  15. Re:Compatibility or conversion on Why New Programming Languages Succeed Or Fail · · Score: 1

    You say that now.. until you see a "ported" library that is written just like the old version... not taking advantage of any of the new language's structure or syntax... like in the Classic ASP (VBScript) days, I inherited an application written by an old COBOL developer... it was all COBOL-style logic, with VBScript syntax... I saw similar when C#/VB.Net came out with some library ports... they worked, but were really ugly to look at.

    Often the best part about newer platforms and languages, is the ability to restructure, not just port code. I've seen plenty of "hackish" code that was ported in the same hackish way(s).

  16. Re:Who, Who??? on RDP Proof-of-Concept Exploit Triggers Blue Screen of Death · · Score: 1

    I use them mainly for IIS, because I happen to work with .Net based web applications... And IIS is a path of less resistance than shoehorning a solution into Mono/Linux. That said IIS is a pretty damned nice web server. There's also AD and Exchange. Those are probably the biggest reasons to run windows based servers.

  17. Re:M$ Windoesn't on RDP Proof-of-Concept Exploit Triggers Blue Screen of Death · · Score: 1

    I recall seeing a handful of OpenSSL/SSH vulnerabilities over the years as well... IMHO RDP is no more/less dangerous.. though I was planning on closing off VNC/RDP access and tunneling via SSH myself... I tend to stay on top of these issues more than a lot of small/home office types though.

  18. Re:Genius. on Campaign Urges People To Send MPAA and RIAA Copied Currency · · Score: 1

    Well, there is the issue of storage, data transfer and the hardware used to make said copy... which is very near zero, but not such.

  19. Re:Single device multiple carriers on Ask Slashdot: Who Has the Best 3G Coverage In California and Nevada? · · Score: 1

    Since OP is going to be in major cities, then most carriers are sufficient... If they don't need really high speeds (since the MiFi type devices have really low data caps, and really high rates after), it may be better to buy a cheap (rootable) android phone from "Straight Talk" "Boost" or "Virgin Mobile" and use a tethering app. This may well serve you better... YMMV though.

  20. Re:They're saying it's mismanaged. on Google 'Wasting' $16 Billion On Projects Headed Nowhere · · Score: 1

    I actually like G+ ... wasn't so big on their Orkut purchase or (Open Social, iirc) which was very interesting, but logistically complicated.

    Their only failing with G+ has been it was too integrated to their other services (I don't think that's so bad), and that they failed to have an app/plugin system in place, which is what people are really demanding heavily in Facebook. The other side, not a failing per se, but failing to count for the strong ties directly to facebooks network people have, and resistance to change. It took a long time for Facebook to overtake MySpace, and a lot of that came from offering a better platform for user interaction, and 3rd party developers.

  21. Re:Just pushing out the horizon! on Solving Climate Change By Bioengineering Humans? · · Score: 0

    I've found that reducing the grains from my diet I've lost a lot of weight, and have generally had more energy. I realize that this is purely anecdotal, but historically speaking from an engineering perspective, we're geared more towards what can be eaten whole/raw and unprocessed. Cooking meat is mainly to make it safe for consumption, not because it's not what we should be eating. I'm really sick of the ever-increasing vegetarianism in society today. You know what... plants are alive too... it takes land and time to grow them too... they are not as nutritionally dense as meat sources are.

    Bread, pasta, rice, corn, and other processed grains are not natural foods we should be eating more of.... I also agree with your post... I think it would be more ethical to just introduce sterility chemicals into the "poor" foods that are sent to third world countries, or immensely dense population centers. I'm not saying it's the right thing to do... but practicality wise, would be far more effective in the long run, and far less complicated and risky.

  22. Re:Unions on X-Prize Founder Wants Ideas For Fixing Education · · Score: 1

    I don't agree, private schools are concerned about two things... Money, and appearance... if someone can come in that raises their average GPA, that is using a voucher, I think they would allow it. Beyond that, there are very few *rich* people, and more and more aren't having kids. It would allow the very broad middle class a lot more options, and the edge cases in larger areas more options. I think that flexibility is far more important that trying to prevent the rich from using the same system as everyone else is allowed to.

  23. Re:Unions on X-Prize Founder Wants Ideas For Fixing Education · · Score: 1

    Passing up mod point usage here... Part of the issue there, is there are school districts where the teachers are more highly focused based on student/parent feedback, so teachers are not calling out problem students to their parents, or even addressing those students that have fallen behind, so that they can be evaluated more highly.

    I understand these are wholly unprofessional teachers (funny), just the same it is a serious issue. Bearing in mind this is in a town I grew up in (about 200 miles from the Mexican border, and now about 80% children of illegal immigrants... I haven't been in that town for over 25 years, but the climate is a lot different than when I was a kid growing up there, just happens my GF was a teacher there a few years ago (no longer teaching).

  24. Will of the people? on Prof. J. Alex Halderman Tells Us Why Internet-Based Voting Is a Bad Idea (Video) · · Score: 1

    Paraphrasing "My Fellow Americans" .. There is no will of the people, there are three hundred million wills screaming for different things.

  25. Re:Not a "bad idea" on Prof. J. Alex Halderman Tells Us Why Internet-Based Voting Is a Bad Idea (Video) · · Score: 1

    How else would we get Robin Williams as president?