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  1. Re:Licensees should be able to recover their payme on German Court Invalidates Microsoft FAT Patent · · Score: 1

    This is not about how much they make, but how little the others make.

  2. Re:Atari would be proud on Death to the Trapezoid... Next USB Connector Will Be Reversible · · Score: 1

    Because Wikipedia isn't complete/perfect? Feel free to add the appropriate reference to the page.

    I tried that once. I still wake up crying from time to time.

  3. True random number on Dial 00000000 To Blow Up the World · · Score: 0

    This is the same as if it were 12345678 or 28159464 or 81159215 or any other 8 digit combination. (or even CPE 1704 TKS)

    Perhaps they used a random number generator and came up with this number.
    What would be interesting would why only digits. Was this a given, or were characters an option as well?

    Another would be how many people are supposed to know the code. You would not want too many people, but also not too few. Also not too complicated, so when the time comes, the person does not have to call IT in India to ask for a password reset. (As a matter of speech.)

    On the one hand you have a technical reason to make the password as difficult as possible. On the other it must be as easy as possible. I can imagine that people would not want to be pointed at as to why there was no launch possible when needed. (Those who would want to do that, will not get the job. Saving humanity is NOT the goal.)

  4. Re:Language? on Snowden Document Says Dutch Secret Service Hacks Internet Forums · · Score: 2

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE_IUPInEuc if you want to learn a bit about Dutch and The Netherlands.

  5. Re:from what i seen how whistleblowers are treated on The Best Way To Blow the Whistle · · Score: 1

    What would help is:
    1) Fake MAC address
    2) Do it scripted, so nobody sees you typing on anything

    e.g. have a device turn on at a certain moment, automatically make the wifi connection. Do the posting to Usenet (No need for login or pasword for some servers.) that will see to worldwide delivery.

    If you do it automated, you do not even have to be there yourself. Just see that you are able to remove the device once it has done its work or that it is truly untraceable. e.g. hide a device in a toilet and let it run after 48 hours when you are somewhere else. Having it remove all traces of any coding once the device has used it.

    Only use the device ONCE. Not even testing should be done with the device. Hide it in the toilet of a starbucks or McD or any other place where there are a LOT of people and free wifi.

    Understand that they WILL find the device if you leave it alone for even 10 seconds. So be prepared for that. Better safe then sorry.

  6. Re:Heat wave discouraged exercise? on European Health Levels Suddenly Collapsed After 2003 and Nobody Is Sure Why · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Lego in the winter? Playing outside in the winter.

    When people see how much I eat, they are amazed that I am as fat as I am. I then tell them I still eat way too much for what I do. This is my (and many other peoples) life
    Get up and wash
    Walk 15 meters to my car and drive to work
    Get out of my car and walk 15 meters to the elevator.
    Get to the floor and walk 10 meters to my desk.
    Sit at my desk till lunch, where I walk another 20 meters.
    Back to my desk, then to the elevator, to my car and plant myself in front of my tv/PC.

    That means I do not even walk 200 meters per day. How can I NOT be fat?

    Luckily I will have to change the office where I work. That means I will have to take public transport. That means around 2KM walking per day. Still not a lot, but already a 10 fold increase of what I do now and if I do not take the two stops at the metro (in summer when the weather is nice) I will double that figure.

    For many kids the same thing happens when they are being brought to school by mom/dad instead of going by public transport.

  7. Re:can't trust them on Washington Post: Assange 'Unlikely To Be Prosecuted In US' · · Score: 1

    [Politician] said in the initial campaing that [insert anything here]. See how that ended.

    There, fixed that for you.
    What will happen is that the other part now will win and we will be saying the identical same thing in a few years, after we realize that the promises were a lie.
    Then we will vote for the opposition (or not) and the same will happen.

  8. Re:Leave the call open on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop a Debt Collection Scam From Targeting You? · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://egbg.home.xs4all.nl/counterscript.html might be another way of going about it.

  9. Re:I don't care (so much) as long as (fillinfodder on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Protect Your Privacy These Days? Or Do You? · · Score: 1

    So you teach them that it is ok to accept flash drives from others. Great.

  10. Why a Roman one? on Building a (Virtual) Roman Emperor's Villa · · Score: 2

    Why a Roman villa. Why not another one. I mean, what have the Romans ever done for us?

  11. Re:WinAMP still rocks on Winamp Shutting Down On December 20 · · Score: 1

    I wonder what will happen to people who (recently) bought the Pro upgrade...

    I am sure those people will be fine. It is software, not medicine. So I doubt people will die when it isn't available anymore.

  12. Re:Coming soon on Texas Drivers Stopped At Roadblock, Asked For Saliva, Blood · · Score: 1

    There is no I in DNA, So it is Gattaca.

  13. Re:Yet Another Stupid Tool on OpenSUSE 13.1 Released and Reviewed · · Score: 1

    The disadvantage of YaST used to be that it had its own language. With that being solved and YaST written in ruby it would be great if other distro's start using it.

    Even if only for some tasks it would be great to see what others can do with it.

    Also adding your own modules is a lot simpler because of ruby.

  14. Re:Totally unhackable on Boston Cops Outraged Over Plans to Watch Their Movements Using GPS · · Score: 1

    The reason they do not have that info now is holding the criminals back now?
    Criminals are most of the times not the people who plan ahead. They react more impulsive. They see an opportunity and do it. They will not plan ahead. Because that would require something that looks like working.

  15. Re:violation of trust on Google to Pay $17 Million to Settle Privacy Case · · Score: 1

    It is not even a penalty. It is a settlement.

  16. Re:I could imagine a truth buried behind this on An Anonymous US Law Enforcement Officer Claims US Wouldn't Arrest Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    Oh. Come on. You can not believe that. We have been war with all these countries those people being detained are from. In fact, we have ALWAYS been at war with those countries.

  17. Re:No surprise on Supreme Court Refuses To Hear EPIC Challenge To NSA Surveillance · · Score: 2

    The Supreme Court really doesn't like to step on the toes of the other two parts of the government if it doesn't have to.

    That sound like a problem to me. That means they are not independent, where I would think that they should not look at anybody else, but instead follow their own independent way that might agree with the other two, or might be the complete opposite of them.

    If not, why have multiple parts?

  18. Re:That's a shame on Skydiving Accident Leaves Security Guru Cedric 'Sid' Blancher Dead At 37 · · Score: 1

    I jumped also once. I did not do the freefall. I jumped with a static line. One jump. No instructor that jumped with me. (one in the plane, one on the ground)
    Best experience in my life.

    Floating around alone is not something you can explain.

    During training, obviously we also talked about why people die. The reason is that they jump too often and it becomes routine. They told of one experienced jumper who jumped out of the plane without his parachute. Simply forgot to put it on in the plane.

    We also asked if there were any people who signed up, but did not jump. They told us that never happened, because those who pay are already committed. If not, they will find an excuse not to do it.

  19. Re:technical fixes for political problems on Time For a Warrant Canary Metatag? · · Score: 1

    What measures are you taking to make the government more transparent?
    * We will taker any measure needed to do this.
    Do you promise to pass a law making all secret warrants illegal?
    * We promise to not only pass such laws, but to uphold them as well.
    How can you convince us 100% that you will keep your promises?
    * I have stated this publicly AND I give my word as a politician.

    Now please be a nice citizen and vote, so I can get my check from the people who really matter.

  20. Does this go to those schools? on Google's Wind, Solar Power Investments Top $1B · · Score: 2

    Does the energy actually go to those schools, or is it just a nice way to saying it in a marketing wording?

    Because what I read is that Google uses enough to power 2.5 million homes. (20% = 500.000 homes) Making the energy themselves is more cost efficient then buying it and green energy is cheaper and/or easier and/or faster to get into then oil or coal.

    Basically cutting out the middle man. Has been done by industry for a long time.

  21. Re:Great on Google Makes Latest Chrome Build Open PDFs By Default · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The reason is that they use Word to make their PDFs to print them out. This saves time. Just upload the one you used for printing.

    To me it seems if you can not be bothered about the presentation on a website, will you bother with details in your kitchen?

    Talking resyaurant websites. It seems that especially high end restaurants have terrible websites. Just two examples of high end restaurants:
    http://www.thefatduck.co.uk/
    http://www.cellercanroca.com/index.htm
    As great as their food is, as lousy is their website. Seriously: what were they thinking? If they treat the food as they treat their website, McD should be the highest quality food.

  22. Re:Fuck the TSA on TSA Screening Barely Working Better Than Chance · · Score: 1

    Within days? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_93
    In less then an hour the difference was already made.

  23. Re:Unconscionable Contract clause on Woman Facing $3,500 Fine For Posting Online Review · · Score: 1

    Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, more importantly I am not your lawyer. This is not legal advise and should not be construed as such.

    If you are not a lawyer, how do I know it is not legal advice and not to be construed as such?

  24. Re:tough love on How the NSA Is Harming America's Economy · · Score: 1

    African Hardware. [Insert 419 joke here]

  25. Limited outside USA? on Startup Touts All-in-One Digital Credit Card · · Score: 1

    How about unusable outside the USA? In many stores in Belgium the staff does not even know how swiping works. If it doesn't accept the chip and pin, the are lost and will not be able to complete the purchase. Or they just not accept swiping, because they do not trust it.

    The whole world that uses the metric system also uses chip instead of the magnetic strip. Perhaps it is related?

    Some pre-paid cards just have a chip and the numbers are not even embossed anymore or in the standard landscape form http://s1.djyimg.com/i6/1202131251562133.jpg