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  1. Re:wtf on Is Wired Hiding Key Evidence On Bradley Manning? · · Score: 1

    Aren't NDAs limited in scope? Even in the private sector, an NDA can not be used as a deterrent in whistle blowing, especially when you know the law has been willfully violated and done in bad faith.

  2. Re:As of when? on 4chan Has Been DDOSed · · Score: 1

    it would be interesting if someone got control of loic and did this...

  3. Re:Dogs and Pigs on Auditors Question TSA's Tech Spending, Security Solutions · · Score: 5, Funny

    2. Pigs. Even better than dogs.

    Your solution is hiring more police?

  4. Re:2010. The beginning of the Great Patent Wars. on Microsoft, Motorola Add 9 Patents To Ongoing Court Battle · · Score: 1

    They can't sue one another, yet they are suing one another. That's in the headline, not even the summary.

  5. Re:Sterile on Using Kinect For a Touch-Free Interface In Surgery · · Score: 1

    You'd be an idiot if you just sacked them instead of finding other ways to utilize their skills and experience. These are not jobs at the same level of a burger flipper, they are highly trained people who hopefully have a diverse set of skills and talents. Technology is not meant to make people redundant, it is to free them up to be even more productive.

  6. Re:Exclamation point on Yahoo Lays Off 600; Free Beers and Jobs Flow · · Score: 1

    They replaced the "Y" with Hard Gay Razor Ramon a while ago, but I guess he got tired of the job.

  7. The answer is obvious on TIME Names Mark Zuckerberg Person of Year · · Score: 1

    Time Magazine - not as important or influential as we all thought it was. I mean, they didn't even win their own award once!

  8. Watch the opening credits of Big Bang Theory on Watch 200 Years of Global Growth In 4 Minutes · · Score: 1

    Barenaked Ladies people.

  9. You can secure DNS all you want on Has Progress Been Made In Fighting DDoS Attacks? · · Score: 1

    It is still vulnerable to the whims of the US government, and they have shown that they are no longer taking a hands-off approach.

  10. Re:Assange gets arrested. on OpenLeaks — 'A New WikiLeaks' · · Score: 1

    It's a good thing. Now you get to choose whose policy you agree with before spilling the beans.

  11. Re:why mastercard? on MasterCard Hit By WikiLeaks Payback Attacks · · Score: 1

    Wrong again. I have an *autographed get-out-of-jail-free card*! "The President of the United States authorizes Deputy Director of the CIA Robert Ritter to conduct 'Operation Reciprocity' including all necessary funding and support. This action is deemed important to the national security of the United States etcetera, etcetera, etcetera." You don't *have* one of these, do you Jack?

    The get-out-of-jail-free card is, in this case, a court order. You don't have one of these?

  12. Re:e.e. cummings approves on Google Wants To Take Away Your Capslock Key · · Score: 1

    If you're using 1 finger to type, it's handy to use caps for capital letters.

  13. Re:Wheres Kari? on President Obama On Mythbusters Tonight · · Score: 1

    She can go through the porn scanner any time. Then we can bust the myth about x-rays causing birth defects.

  14. Re:Does "clould" imply web-based? on USDA Services Moving To the Microsoft Cloud · · Score: 1

    Gotta be careful there. Microsoft makes a price distinction between their offerings for deskless or office worker licenses - one of the differences being the ability to connect your outlook.

  15. The real story here on Malicious Online Retailer Ordered Held Without Bail · · Score: 1

    I recall the article said that her complaints were originally ignored by the police. It takes the NYT to shame your authorities into action?

  16. Re:Sorry, no "dirty tricks" campaign here... on Wikileaks Founder Arrested In London · · Score: 1

    Rendition cannot be performed from the UK? This is news to me. The fact is that the only thing that protects Assange is not the due process of law, the Swedish or English governments. It is his little bag of dirty secrets, and everyone knows it.

  17. Re:Gamers??? on The New Reality of Gaming · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Definitions change. Used to be a computer was a guy who did math. And a nurse was a woman who offered breast milk for sale.

  18. Re:Is this Wikileaks day? on Digging Into the WikiLeaks Cables · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure that insurance file was to prevent the man from being assassinated or disappeared. As it is, Assange stands a good chance of winning the case, or of showing everyone what a kangaroo court looks like outside of Australia. It's way too early to release the goods.

  19. Re:Spamvertisement on Amazon Web Services Launches DNS Service · · Score: 1

    No, obviously I do want to know what they sell. Especially when they try to sell it under a different name. All the better to not buy it with.

  20. Re:Backup copy in the bunker on Moscow Has Eyes On WikiLeaks, Too · · Score: 1

    If they aren't decentralized, then all that bunker represents is a metaphor. That data center is no proof against cutting the lines, rerouting the network, or seizing of the domain name.

  21. Should have named them on Dolly the Sheep Alive Again · · Score: 2

    Duncan Idaho...

  22. Re:15% on Internet Routing, Looming Disaster? · · Score: 1

    All I see now is blonde, brunette, redhead.

  23. Re:KinkiLeaks on Interpol Issues Wanted Notice For Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    Prior to the latest leaks I would have said that the order of magnitude was disproportionate - what we saw was clearly unethical behavior by elected representatives, broken promises and actions that were contrary to the welfare of the people they represent.
    That was before. The latest round of leaks were actions that are actually covered under matters of operational security - It is expected that people back-talk each other, spy on each other, and do all kinds of crap behind the scenes - I'd expect nothing less. So what if people personally hate each other? What matters is the official position, not their personal feelings, and if they are unable to express their personal positions among themselves in private, it is hurtful to everyone involved.
    Personally I want to see some stuff on ACTA though. That stuff needs to be busted wide open.

  24. Surely some other law has been broken? on Microsoft Word Patent Case Going To Supreme Court · · Score: 1

    Although I would agree that Microsoft has acted in a dishonest and unethical fashion, I'm not sure that redress should be found in the patent court. Can't they sue Microsoft on other grounds, such as breach of trust or violation of their NDA?

  25. Re:Untrusted certs should not raise an alarm on SSL Certificates For Intranet Sites? · · Score: 1

    Certificates expire. They do that because they can be brute-forced, given enough time and a big enough bot net. A cert that has not changed since the last time you connected may not be as secure as you think. And a cert that has changed due to expiry, change of provider, or any other reason is no indication that there is anything wrong either. I do agree that the authentication part is edgy though, seems that you have inadvertently farmed out the implicit trust - but not to the issuing authorities. You handed authority to Microsoft, the Mozilla foundation and Apple, because of whatever choices they decided to make as default in your browser. (You can be assured that a lot of money changes hands there)