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  1. Re:Not Rape? on Julian Assange Faces Rape Investigation In Sweden — Updated · · Score: 1

    Forced petting is enough. You do not even have to use force, only go against the will of the person that is the victim is enough.

    So, unintentionally brushing against the victim while standing in a queue would count as rape?

  2. Re:And, really, you want them that way on Sweden Defends Wiki Sex Case About-Face · · Score: 1

    However you don't want secret warrants. Imagine if someone just disappeared one day. There's no information, they are just gone. You call the police and all you get is stonewalling. Finally weeks later you find out that indeed they are in jail, accused of a crime. You only find out because you've been called as a witness, and you are forbidden from speaking of it until the trial is over. Only once everything is done, is it revealed what happened.

    If you don't want this to happen, just just don't cross the mighty rotary club or other similary mafia-like structures.

  3. Re:Their equipment, their choice. on Germany To Grant Privacy At the Workplace · · Score: 1

    What does a bottom sales guy do? Normally the company is supposed to screw the customer, not the other way round...

  4. Re:Their equipment, their choice. on Germany To Grant Privacy At the Workplace · · Score: 2, Informative

    Looks like we all know that there's no such thing as a whitelist either...

    Well probably they don't want to 100 of requests per day to whitelist sites that are relevant to work....

    And for some people (such as HR, marketing, customer support...), facebook is relevant to work.

  5. Re:Their equipment, their choice. on Germany To Grant Privacy At the Workplace · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Read the title of the post you replied to. It's THEIR computers. The equipment belongs to them. Me monitoring my computer is completely different than me monitoring your computer. Therefore...I don't see what you're getting at with you're sarcasm.

    It's the cybercafé's computer. Does that mean they can put a keystroke logger on there?

    It's the bathhouse's hottub. Does that mean that they can put a camera pointing at it?

    It's the clothing store's fitting room. Does that mean they can put a camera in there?

    It's the restaurant's toilet. Does that mean they can put a camera in there?

  6. Re:not alleged, but implied on Trojan-Infected Computer Linked To 2008 Spanair Crash · · Score: 1

    I would be like going out of your way to point out that the computer had a CRT screen and not an LCD screen.

    Not really comparable. You don't (usually) catch trojans or virii via your screen.

    The OS and browser, on the other hand, is a different matter and I'd say it is relevant.

    If somebody dies of lung cancer, it is relevant to say whether he smoked or not, but speaking of the color of the wallpaper in his living room is not. (Ok ok... I mean its original color, not that dirty yellow tinge that it may have acquired over the years :-) )

  7. Re:Accident? on Trojan-Infected Computer Linked To 2008 Spanair Crash · · Score: 1

    No, occasionally they burst... Always check the use-by date and don't use petrol-based lube.

  8. El Pais? on Trojan-Infected Computer Linked To 2008 Spanair Crash · · Score: 1

    Does anybody have a link to this event from a more credible source?

  9. Re:Just because it's patented... on Apple Patents Remotely Disabling Jailbroken Phones · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...doesn't mean it's legal, right?

    On the contrary, because it's patented, it is now illegal for anybody else to do this, which is a good thing :-)

    So, from now on, as long as you avoid the iPhone like the plague it is, you should be safe against the threat of your phone manufacturer spying on you...

  10. Re:DNA should not be used to find suspects on How Statistics Can Foul the Meaning of DNA Evidence · · Score: 1

    It likely only matches one of your suspects.

    Except for "family situations" which many murder cases are.

  11. Re:This happened to me ... on How Statistics Can Foul the Meaning of DNA Evidence · · Score: 1
    2 words: felony murder.

    If a murder happens during the commission of a felony, all gang members are co-responsible (even the driver of the getaway car, who wasn't even in the bank when his buddies shot the cashier).

  12. Re:This happened to me ... on How Statistics Can Foul the Meaning of DNA Evidence · · Score: 1

    ... crucially a do-rag found at the scene of the scuffle [i.e., at the victim's home]. DNA tests matched the do-rag to a mixture of at least 3 people, including the defendant. The DNA mixing was probably due to really awful police work: a paper bag borrowed from the defendant's cupboard is not a proper evidence collection container.

    The mind boggles... assuming this was not a typo, what reason could the cops have had to proceed like that, other than to frame the defendant?

  13. Re:Several orders of magnitude? Not quite on How Statistics Can Foul the Meaning of DNA Evidence · · Score: 1

    but he had also received oral sex from someone

    Is that even sure? Wouldn't normal (vaginal) sex leave the same kind of DNA traces?

  14. Interference works both ways on Calling Shenanigans On Super SATA's Claimed Audio Qualities · · Score: 1
    While it is highly unlikely that the data transmitted over the SATA cable would be corrupted by interference, the converse could conceivable happen: SATA emitting excessive EMR, and thus interfere with the soundcard.

    However in this audiophile's case, it would still be bullshit, as he replaced the cables in the NAS appliance where his music collection resides, rather than in the PC where the soundcard lives. Two different (hopefully shielded) boxes => no interference.

  15. Re:Make them cheaper, not smaller on Sandisk Debuts World's Smallest SSD Yet · · Score: 2, Funny

    I understand what you mean, but what you manipulate is not in your pocket, even though your digits are...

  16. Summary on Bicycles As a Gateway To Government Control · · Score: 1
    For those who don't want to read through the entire tripe, these 2 paragraphs (just below the end of the ad) sum it up nicely:

    Wednesday, Maes couldn't tell 9NEWS exactly what issue he had with ICLEI or Denver's membership in the program.

    "I haven't even had the time to visit the terms of the agreement that Mayor Hickenlooper has signed off on," Maes said in a phone interview. "I am gonna beg a little patience from the media, so I can study the details of this program and then make a much more informed commentary about it."

    In one sentence: I'm against it, but I can't tell you why yet, because I haven't yet had time to study the papers...

  17. Re:So few take office supplies? on Employees Would Steal Data When Leaving a Job · · Score: 1

    To be honest I'm a little surprised that so few would take office supplies.

    And most wouldn't wait to be fired before taking them...

  18. Re:Sad Clown:( on Employees Would Steal Data When Leaving a Job · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I would have hoped that people were more honest and trustworthy than that:(

    Well, at least they were honest with the survey taker...

  19. Re:1/3rd the limit? on Convicted NY Drunk Drivers Need Ignition Interlocks · · Score: 1

    You still have the system up your ass.

    And here I thought that you could safely drop the soap in the privacy of your own shower at home.

  20. Re:Huh? on FTC Wants Browsers To Block Online Tracking · · Score: 1

    Interesting. Do you have any link to a document about what is, and what is not, covered by this option? Indeed, as such, it is a little bit vague...

  21. Re:Huh? on FTC Wants Browsers To Block Online Tracking · · Score: 1

    I have Firefox set to notify me if someone attempts to use "ETag" cache storage (it's in the preferences)

    Interesting. Which version of Firefox is that? Where can this setting be found? And how would that work? By fetching each ETag'ed element twice and check whether ETag changes? On one hand, smart trackers might not be fooled by this, and on the other hand some web clustering solutions might trigger false alarms.

  22. Re:Tor Already Provides This on FTC Wants Browsers To Block Online Tracking · · Score: 1

    cold milk fills my glass,
    warm chocolate chips and walnuts;
    a cookie fixes everything.

  23. Re:Huh? on FTC Wants Browsers To Block Online Tracking · · Score: 2, Informative

    That would help, but there's still ETag-based tracking, which is really hard to disable unless you want to make the web dog-slow by disabling all caching.

  24. Re:Huh? on FTC Wants Browsers To Block Online Tracking · · Score: 1
    There is also ETag tracking and browser signature based tracking.

    Both are incredibly difficult to stop without also impacting useful functionality.

  25. woosh! on ATM Hack Gives Cash On Demand · · Score: 1

    ..."double use of number", in case you wonder what is making this strange sound...