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  1. Intercept-Resend Attack on Quantum Encryption Implementation Broken · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure I have heard this term before. How does an "intercept-resend attack" differ from a man-in-the-middle attack?

  2. Re:Goldilocks? on More on the Waterworld Goldilocks Planet · · Score: 1

    So it is just one of those things like when people refer to the giant reanimated corpse as Frankenstein when it isn't.

  3. Goldilocks? on More on the Waterworld Goldilocks Planet · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't get the Goldilocks reference. Is it because this planet is "just right"? If so, shouldn't it be called the Baby Bear planet?

  4. Re:Neutral Party on Yes, Google Does De-List Pages; But When? · · Score: 1

    That's the reason Google and all other decent search engines exist in the first place. If the state created a search engine as a 'public service' Google alternative... people would still flock to the ones ran by businesses. They're going to be better.

    Google existed, and was wildly popular, for years before it went public.

  5. Re:Neutral Party on Yes, Google Does De-List Pages; But When? · · Score: 1

    That analogy is insufficient, they are the maker of the cork board and the owner of the wall that it is mounted on.

    To carry that analogy further, why would the wall owner be responsible for what I post on the board? Can I go out and put a flyer on a telephone poll saying Obama is a homosexual martian and then sue AT&T for libel?

  6. Re:Neutral Party on Yes, Google Does De-List Pages; But When? · · Score: 1

    Is the maker of a cork board responsible for whatever bulletins are placed on it? Why should it be different for Google (if they were neutral)?

  7. Neutral Party on Yes, Google Does De-List Pages; But When? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It seems to me like it would be in Google's interest to remain neutral regarding search results. Now that Google has started censoring sites at their discretion I would think this forces them to take responsibility for all the results they provide. They are no longer simply a neutral party providing indexed results.

  8. Re:oh joy. on White House Holding Piracy Summit · · Score: 1

    If only there was some sort of equilibrium. A "balancing point" if you will between the perceived value to the consumer and the price of a good or service. The only way to fix this is with more laws! Congress get on this fast!

  9. Re:why is this even in question? on Supreme Court Takes Texting Privacy Case · · Score: 1

    Look, it's simple: if your employer owns a device, and allows you to use it, you are not to ever use it for personal reasons, nor should you ever expect even the slightest amount of privacy for communications using the device. [...] That goes for cell phones, pagers, computers, slide rules, everything. That means you do not log into personal Facebook, Google, or Hotmail at work.

    But I can't make it through the day without checking out the latest slashdot story on my company-issued slide rule!

  10. Placement on Russia Confirms Failed Missile Launch Caused Norway's Light Show · · Score: 1

    This seems odd to me that Russia has so much open coastline to test something like this, yet they choose to do it at the very edge by another country. Is there a logistical reason for this?

  11. Re: Wait on Adobe Takes On Microsoft Role In E-book Market · · Score: 1

    $300 for a device that's easier on the eyes than an LCD screen, and can store 1500 books? I think that's a perfectly reasonable price for what you get.

    I would agree with you, except you still have to purchase all 1,500 books. And they are not discounted to reflect the savings of no physical production, shipping, storefront, etc.

  12. Data Hogs on Each American Consumed 34 Gigabytes Per Day In '08 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The study found that the top 5% would digest over 70 GiB a day. Upon reading this Comcast, for the purpose of easing traffic, has installed horse blinders on them.

  13. Clear Cut on Dev Booted From App Store For Inflated Reviews · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I guess they better remove all the apps that have sales, as they are discounting themselves in order to gain positive reviews! Or is that somehow different because they aren't from China?

  14. Re:Which scam? on Dev Booted From App Store For Inflated Reviews · · Score: 1

    Suggests? What it shows is that either "staff favorites" is noting more than an advertising section called "staff favorites" under false pretenses (grounds for a law suite anybody?) OR that the apple staff participated in the scam.

    You cast a thousand nets and chances are good you'll catch a fish.

  15. Re:Well, at least the rest don't do this. on TSA's Sloppy Redacting Reveals All · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't see why the TSA wouldn't do the same thing.

    For the same reason they make you take your shoes off? For the same reason they have so many ineffective security policies that busy airports often have security checkpoint lines containing more people than a plane, which makes for extremely easy bombing targets (no security!)? Clueless, inept, and there to absorb money and power.

  16. Select All on TSA's Sloppy Redacting Reveals All · · Score: 2, Funny

    ctrl-a is a bitch, huh?

  17. Re:Brain damage? on Zombie Pigs First, Hibernating Soldiers Next · · Score: 5, Funny

    One of the biggies in this war is Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - surviving explosions, surviving shots to the helmet - I wonder if we'll be swapping out a lot of dead soldiers for ones suffering extreme brain injury.

    A friend of mine just came back from Germany. He lost both of his legs and has TBI caused mood swings like you wouldn't believe, and pretty much looks like it will wreck his family. Staving off death is one thing (and good); making life after injury worth living is another.

    You are absolutely right. Many of the soldiers who take this shot will have suffered TBI and will require brains. Braaaaiiiiiins.

  18. Re:Uh...just don't..uh..make this...uh...mistake on Confessions of a Public Speaker · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Uh...just don't...uh...keep unconsciously...uh...saying...uh...annoying words...uh....throughout...uh...your...uh...speech.

    So this. Simply pause and collect your thoughts rather than use filler words like "uh" and "um". Think of it as buffering a video clip. Everyone would prefer a slight pause and then smooth playback over constant skips.

  19. Great Idea, but... on Google Visual Search Coming Soon to Android · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Image searching combined with the fantastically bad cameras on all smart phones. Sounds like a good idea in theory, but not so great in practice. For now.

  20. Re:Re-post? on Giving Touch-Screen Buttons Depth and Height With Pneumatics · · Score: 1

    I am not sure why you were modded troll, you are correct.

    Previous article.

  21. Naming? on Obama Kicks Off Massive Science Education Effort · · Score: 1

    I wonder if the abbreviation if a jab at Bush's policy against stem research. Probably just coincidental.

  22. Writing For Video Games on Writing For Video Game Genres · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There is an impending disaster perpetrated by an insane villain. You rise from complete obscurity. You single-handedly (or with the help of characters with whom you have a love interest) defeat the entire opposing army, which attacks you in waves. Conveniently, they save the hardest opponents for the end when you are strongest.

    For added depth give your character a dark past, such as your village and parents being killed by the opposing forces and making you a real lone wolf. Rinse and repeat.

  23. Your Internet on How Heavy Is the Internet? · · Score: 1

    Yo internet's so fat the only time it sees 90210 is on the scale.

  24. Side-effects on Anti-Smoking Vaccine Is Nearing the Market · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unfortunately, this new vaccine is highly addictive. Not to worry though, they are hard at work on a cure for vaccine addiction. It is passed into the bloodstream through the lungs...

  25. Weight Distribution on How Heavy Is the Internet? · · Score: 1

    If that kind of weight is spread evenly then we are dangerously close to causing a global implosion. If one hemisphere gets too much technology then we may very well drift out of orbit and crash into another planet. This is what the Mayans were telling us, people.