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  1. Re:XP will be pwnt in April on What Keeps You On (or Off) Windows in 2013? · · Score: 1

    Most people would have gone from 2.2 to 2.4 to 2.6, until getting to 3.x. If you believe that the difficulty of upgrading Linux is significant, you may want to check your expertise.

  2. Re:XP will be pwnt in April on What Keeps You On (or Off) Windows in 2013? · · Score: 1

    But how much does it cost to upgrade a Linux distro vs. upgrading Windows? Who uses 2.2 nowadays?

  3. Re:s/reading comprehension/you on Why Chinese Hacking Is Only Part of the U.S. Security Problem · · Score: 1

    Planting a spy on the inside is not a social engineering attack.

    Actually, yes, it is.

  4. Re:Outsourcing plays a role. on Why Chinese Hacking Is Only Part of the U.S. Security Problem · · Score: 1

    Yeah, next you'll tell me that the Romans trusted a German named Hermann (Arminius) who then betrayed three entire legions at Teutoburger Wald.

    Oops

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminius

  5. Re:agreed on Why Chinese Hacking Is Only Part of the U.S. Security Problem · · Score: 1

    But to know the side effects, wouldn't you need the code? Which is exactly the opposite of what you are saying about releasing betas.

  6. Re:s/reading comprehension/you on Why Chinese Hacking Is Only Part of the U.S. Security Problem · · Score: 1

    It is clear that they are talking specifically about technological vulnerabilities. Also, in the given context of a military/national security type of system, only trained personnel are allowed to access them. However imperfect, that's as good as it gets in terms of dealing with social engineering or the dumb-user problem.

    Ever hear of Mata Hari?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari

  7. Re:Because... on Why Chinese Hacking Is Only Part of the U.S. Security Problem · · Score: 2

    Yes and the Chinese hackers know it. Seems the US has some chinks in its cyber-armor.

    Was that the best way of stating this?

  8. Re:This is Feudalism on US Entertainment Industry To Congress: Make It Legal For Us To Deploy Rootkits · · Score: 1

    1. Inflation is expansion of monetary supply.

    Inflation is the percentage increase of prices over a given time.

    So you see, it's hard for me to make any sense out of your comment, it's too loopy, don't know where to start but from the first principles.

    I belive that applies more to you. And if your so-called first principles are wrong?

    Also, the US went off the gold standard in 1971, so how would you distinguish fake money from real money? And if there really is inflation, why is it so narrow? Wouldn't people overspend on a wider range of goods? And how much is the government increasing the money supply? M2 has roughly doubled since 2001, but the CPI hasn't.

  9. Re:impediments to access? on EFF Makes Formal Objection to DRM In HTML5 · · Score: 1

    Does Netflix (or its users) account for 30% of US ISP revenue?

  10. Re:$130k a year?! on A Commencement Speech For 2013 CS Majors · · Score: 1

    A principle developer easily earns $200k.

    Wait, Microsoft has principles?

  11. Re:This is Feudalism on US Entertainment Industry To Congress: Make It Legal For Us To Deploy Rootkits · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't inflation in the education-loan market mean that interest rates were high? Also, is the clean-energy market mature enough to have stable price indices? And how is social networking experiencing high prices? Most people consider high stock prices to be a good thing.

  12. Re:as opposed to the 300 trillion on Internet Payment Processor Liberty Reserve Accused of Laundering $6 Billion · · Score: 5, Funny

    Universal claims over the empty set are true. Now if he had written "Some honest prosecutor in America", you would have a point.

  13. Re:This is Feudalism on US Entertainment Industry To Congress: Make It Legal For Us To Deploy Rootkits · · Score: 1

    If there is too much borrowing, then why is inflation so low?

  14. Re:This is Feudalism on US Entertainment Industry To Congress: Make It Legal For Us To Deploy Rootkits · · Score: 1

    And if your "real" price signals are themselves faulty? If price incentives themselves are wrong?

  15. Re:This is Feudalism on US Entertainment Industry To Congress: Make It Legal For Us To Deploy Rootkits · · Score: 1

    Free market is the minimisation of government and regulation of the people's decisions purely by market forces.

    And what are market forces?

  16. But you couldn't answer his question about Linux support of the malware. STFU loser!

  17. Re:IMHO - No thanks. on ARM In Supercomputers — 'Get Ready For the Change' · · Score: 1

    Well that would be one way to save power. :-)

  18. Re:Time to clean house... on FBI Considers CALEA II: Mandatory Wiretapping On Every Device · · Score: 1

    Anonymous? It seems to be under my name.

  19. Re:Moderation Abuse on FBI Considers CALEA II: Mandatory Wiretapping On Every Device · · Score: 2

    It's modded troll because Slashdot doesn't have a Stasi/KGB mod.

  20. Re:I'm In Favor Of This Actually on FBI Considers CALEA II: Mandatory Wiretapping On Every Device · · Score: 2

    I don't think this is a good thing where drug dealers, terrorists, pedophile and assorted evildoers can commit their nefarious activities without impunity.

    Would you prefer that they commit their nefarious activities with impunity?

  21. Re:Time to clean house... on FBI Considers CALEA II: Mandatory Wiretapping On Every Device · · Score: 5, Funny

    American Security State/Homeland Anti-Terrorists System?

  22. Re:Matter of time on Canada Courts, Patent Office Warns Against Trying To Patent Mathematics · · Score: 1

    That depends on how you select them.

  23. Re:Matter of time on Canada Courts, Patent Office Warns Against Trying To Patent Mathematics · · Score: 1

    How is teleportation not merely physics? And if you can select and teleport cancer cells, you can cure cancer.

  24. Re:One teensy detail on Why We Should Build a Supercomputer Replica of the Human Brain · · Score: 1

    Brilliant, what's his definition of intelligence again?

    An attribute of peole who won't give him a billion euros?

  25. With apologies to Gene Wilder/Marty Feldman on Why We Should Build a Supercomputer Replica of the Human Brain · · Score: 1

    Abby.

    Abby who?

    Abby Normal.

    You had me put an abnormal brain in a seven-foot tall monster!?