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  1. Re:Wikileaks investigation shows true face of gvt on Chelsea Manning Jailed For Refusing To Testify On WikiLeaks (apnews.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    You do know that it is an effort to force Manning to testify? It is a legal option that judges have and is used every day to compel someone like him.

  2. Re:Enough on Gunman Shoots 4 at Middleton Software Company; Dies in Shootout With Police (madison.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Don't worry, with the appointment of Kavanaugh the 2nd Amendment will be safe for one and maybe even two generations. Hopefully enough time to educate people that you don't blame properly functioning tools for the problems the users create.

  3. Rocket McRockyFace on NASA May Sell Corporate Naming Rights For Rockets, Spacecraft (al.com) · · Score: 1

    We all know something like this would be tried and I for one would love to watch news casters try to say it with a straight face.

  4. Re:Capitalism is the worst economic system... on Scientists Warn the UN of Capitalism's Imminent Demise (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm really curious what changes to the Constitution you think are needed?

  5. Money on Ask Slashdot: Why Did You Quit Your Last Job? · · Score: 1

    I had just finished my M.S. in Information Assurance to add to my 10 years of IT Security experience and CISSP. I got offered a job that paid 40% more than an already good salary. As a bonus, no more on-call work.

  6. Re:Visibility is always better than invisibility on With So Many Eyeballs, Is Open Source Security Better? (esecurityplanet.com) · · Score: 1
    I disagree that there are no assurances. At the enterprise level, I'm part of the IT Risk team and we demand static and dynamic code testing on code. While we often don't get the full report, we do get summaries. As part of the risk process, we also look at changes in number of fixed issues, number of new issues, and severity. Granted there is nothing to be done about Windows and big vendors tend to be the worst on providing reasonable assurances.

    With Open Source it is more often blindly trusted because of the many eyeballs doctrine. And along the same lines since there isn't a direct cost for Open Source it is very easy for the business to bypass both vendor management and risk. Which means we don't even know to look at something.

  7. For too long the world legal systems have failed on PUBG and Epic Games, Makers of Two of the World's Most Popular Video Games, Set To Battle in Court (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    The legal systems around the world has failed The People. We as civilized citizens must hold the companies accountable and more importantly the legal staff. The top 50 lawyers from each company shall be placed in an arena with a variety of weapons. If there are not 50 lawyers, then the top executives starting at the CEO shall fill out to meet the 50. The last company representative breathing shall have their companies position upheld.

  8. Re:The worst amongst us. on Bill Gates Shares His Memories of Donald Trump (cnn.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Exactly, the last Presidential election if the DNC and RNC had swapped rules on candidate nominations we would not have had Clinton and Trump. The super delegates directly and indirectly led to the nomination of Clinton, and if the RNC had the super delegate system would have led to the nomination of someone other than Trump. This doesn't mean either party needs to change its system, just that they aren't perfect systems.

  9. It doesn't matter on Ask Slashdot: Do We Need a New Word For Hacking? · · Score: 1
    I did a quick search but in the mid to late 90's, I think it was Andrew Burt wrote a posting about hacker vs. cracker. In the end the distinction is meaningless for a tiny % of the population.

    Another example is motor vs engine, most people use the term interchangeably but when referring to a gas powered car it is an engine and not a motor. How many people care? I don't even care, I just know the difference.

  10. Re:Also on IETF Approves TLS 1.3 As Internet Standard (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1
    Huh? This makes absolutely zero sense. The selection of which traffic is intercepted is based on the destination. TLS1.3 doesn't change that TCP has to have a destination address in the packet.

    I'd love for someone to explain if I'm missing something.

  11. Um No. We have one organization protecting our rights and another out to destroy consumer protections. The NRA is one of the largest supporters of civil rights.

  12. Re:There's too much copying, everywhere. on Bad iPhone Notches Are Happening To Good Android Phones (theverge.com) · · Score: 1
    I don't notice any distortion on my Pixel 2 XL, though the curved screen wasn't a selling point for me. I actually hesitated because of the curved screen. The reality is for me it doesn't matter.

    Glass screen protectors are very common for curved screens, I have a Zagg on mine and quick look shows S7 and S8 have them available.

    The case is slightly deeper, but not noticeably deeper. Again for me, I don't even notice the curve and case being awkward.

    The fingerprint scanner on the back is perfect. I pick up my phone and naturally my finger hits the scanner. It is a smooth motion. A front scanner seems like it would be several extra steps and contortions to get to.

    As far as the home button, I can't imagine going back to a physical button. I had to be kicked and dragged into no more physical keyboard and the home button was the same way.

    With the exception of the glass screen protector, everything is opinion but give a modern phone a try for a couple weeks would be my advice.

  13. When I was working on my M.S in Information Assurance, the school made it very clear that Wikipedia isn't a reliable source. Now what I used it for was to get a general idea of the subject, then follow the references. Quite often after following the references in Wikipedia, I'd end up with DOI's that I could look up for peer reviewed papers. Saved me quite a bit of time. I'm working on my second Master's now, this time a MBA and it isn't quite the hardline in the school of business, even though it is the same university.

  14. Re:For enterprise devices does it matter? on Many Enterprise Mobile Devices Will Never Be Patched Against Meltdown, Spectre (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know where you work, but my current company and the one before, nearly everyone with a corporate phone installed multiple apps, especially games. They also browsed to what they wanted to.

  15. Re: Just the fist step on EFF Applauds 'Massive Change' to HTTPS (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Actually part of the SSL standard does allow for client side certificates and TLS has the same functionality. It is rarely implemented for a variety of reasons which all come down to "because it is hard".

  16. Re:Security has no ROI... on UK Companies Facing Cyber Security Staff Shortage (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1
    At least where I'm at, we are working on changing that image. The risk team I'm part of is embedded fairly early into the SDLC and we are a hard gate at several points so that projects hopefully don't move too far forward without our input into security. I have one particular manager of a developer team that I have a really good relationship with. Part of it is that I pretty much drop everything to help his projects meet our security requirements. I know he has talked to others about how security isn't slowing down his projects.

    My boss constantly tells us that while we aren't architects, think like an architect. If we are going to rate some part of a project as an unacceptable level of risk, provide options on how to reduce or mitigate that risk. I personally tell my teammates to "know before you no".

    Now with that said, on of my fellow risk analysts and a couple of our security analysts have the classic attitude of "NO" To the point that the manager of the operational security team is known as "Angry Bob".

  17. Re:Too little, too late on Ask Slashdot: Is Leasing a Smartphone Better Than Buying One? (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If I had a replaceable battery, I'd be keeping my Nexus 6P for at least another year. Unfortunately, the battery life is getting worse and the other night the phone shut down at 30% and I had to plug the charger in.

  18. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain on A New Kind of Tech Job Emphasizes Skills, Not a College Degree (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    This is a perfect example of what IBM has been doing. Hire minimally skilled employees, replacing experienced employees. I'm not saying that you have to have a college degree, but I have no doubt that this tactic is being used to depress wages. In a few years, he will move on to something better, but at the same time without a degree he will still have troubles.

  19. Re:Only Temporary on Seattle's $15 Minimum Wage May Be Hurting Workers, Report Finds (usatoday.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or as is more likely, any business that can will move outside of the city limits and pay the prevailing wage that is lower.

  20. Nope, MICE is the most common set, though some argue for a slightly different set that is similar: Money Ideology Compromise Coercion

  21. First @home that I used, or my first? on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your First Home Computer? · · Score: 1

    The first computer I used at home was my dad's C64, then his C128. When I graduated high school, my parents got me a 486 DX2/50. Which I quickly overclocked to 66Mhz by moving a jumper. Then I bought 4MB (getting me to 8MB) of ram so that I could play a game. I want to say it was X-wing or X-wing vs Tie, but I'm certain it was a Star Wars game. A few months in I upgraded the memory on the video card. It was something like 8 DIP modules that I had to install. 405MB or mabye 420MB hard drive, which at one point I triple booted into OS2/Warp 4, Slackware with a pre-1.0 kernel (installed from a whole bunch of floppy disks), and Windows 3.1.

  22. Shut up, Wesley on NASA Names an Asteroid After 'Star Trek' Actor Wil Wheaton (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    So many more deserving people to name asteroids out that have contributed to science.

  23. What will the reaction tweet be? on President Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Sentence (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Anyone taking bets on what Trump is going to tweet as a reaction to this? I'm sure something scathing and illogical, but likely entertaining.

  24. Amazing over-reaction of the left, like 8 years ag on The Internet Archive Is Building a Canadian Copy To Protect Itself From Trump (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The progressive elements have become nothing if predictable. It wasn't that long ago that Obama got the Nobel Peace prize simply for being elected President. Now we have the opposite but equal over-reaction with. Instead of Obama saving the world, we have Trump destroying it. I have no doubt that just like Obama didn't earn the Nobel Peace prize, Trump won't earn the terror his election has triggered.

  25. Re:Perfection in an imperfect world on Maths Zeroes in on Perfect Cup of Coffee (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Sorry, the one I like is from Coda coffee and it is a Ethiopia Ardi.