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  1. Re:What? on Federal Court Nixes Weeks of Warrantless Video Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Only Americans think their states are like countries. No one else does. :P
    (e.g. http://en.webfail.com/c281aaef... )

  2. Re:What? on Federal Court Nixes Weeks of Warrantless Video Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Erm members of the EU are *countries* not states.

    Kinda a big difference.

  3. Re: First amendment? on Sony Demands Press Destroy Leaked Documents · · Score: 2

    So you think the same about Snowden and Wikileaks?
    There is a reason why it is protected.

    If the news organisations posted the dump on their websites that probably wouldn't be morally justified, but if there were documents showing Sony trying to screw over consumers then that is definitely in the public interest.

  4. Re:Is SONY breaking the law with this "defense"? on Sony Reportedly Is Using Cyber-Attacks To Keep Leaked Files From Spreading · · Score: 1

    The rootkits worked on Macs as well. Linux was unaffected.

  5. Re:Is SONY breaking the law with this "defense"? on Sony Reportedly Is Using Cyber-Attacks To Keep Leaked Files From Spreading · · Score: 2

    There was also the Sony rootkit if you have forgotten: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...
    Destroying people's computers is not quite a nice thing to do.

  6. Re:Is SONY breaking the law with this "defense"? on Sony Reportedly Is Using Cyber-Attacks To Keep Leaked Files From Spreading · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course it was ok for the guys to hack Sony.
    Sony fired the first shots years ago.

    If we are using second amendment as an analogy, then Sony has been breaking in to houses all around the world.
    The hackers who screwed them up royally are just friendly neighbours helping defend the neighbourhood.

  7. Re:Really? on CIA Lied Over Brutal Interrogations · · Score: 1

    When you are in Gitmo, you hope that you'll be dead soon.

    If it was 7.5 days of sleep then you are free then sure it might be a better option then.

  8. Re:Really? on CIA Lied Over Brutal Interrogations · · Score: 1

    How do you figure that? A beheading is pretty short.

    Given a choice between the two, I'd probably go beheading over 7.5 days sleep deprivation.
    I'm sure the poor guy at the end of it would agree with me.

  9. Re:RAW sockets without escalation? on Stealthy Linux Trojan May Have Infected Victims For Years · · Score: 1

    Err so that just describes SUID. Nothing magical or unintended, it still can't operate on a system without root.

    And it being on a single computer for years just means it has been found on one single computer, with an admin who didn't look.

  10. Re:Really? on CIA Lied Over Brutal Interrogations · · Score: 5, Informative

    7.5 days with no sleep? After half that you'd be saying its pretty brutal.

  11. Re:The real question is on Google Confirms That It's Designing Kid-Friendly Versions of Its Services · · Score: 1

    Eww Quebec. I'd take fast food over french personally.

  12. Re:The real question is on Google Confirms That It's Designing Kid-Friendly Versions of Its Services · · Score: 1

    Really? Where is that exactly?

    I haven't heard of a place without McDonalds and toy shops. Sounds like a nice place to live.

  13. Re:When we give money to the schools ... on FBI Seizes Los Angeles Schools' iPad Documents · · Score: 2

    It's obvious isn't it?

    The FBI want free iPads too so they are getting the emails so they can figure out how the superintendent convinced everyone it was a good idea, and also to figure what bulk discount they got so they can negotiate with Apple better.

  14. Re:Mass produce! on Jackie Chan Discs Help Boost Solar Panel Efficiency · · Score: 1

    37 year payoff is 'barely' not worth it? When the panel efficiency starts drooping somewhat at the 20 - 25 year mark?
    A 250 Watt panel doesn't stay at 250 Watts - it drops over time.

    It would also be an extremely poor investment.
    40 year investment = $16.02 return.
    A crappy 1% interest savings account for the same $200 over 40 years = $98 profit.

    For something to be a smart investment, it has to pay better than a crappy virtually risk free savings account.
    Hell in 10 or 15 years politicians might wake up and decide Nuclear was actually the right solution and then you'd lose money!

  15. Re:Mass produce! on Jackie Chan Discs Help Boost Solar Panel Efficiency · · Score: 0

    We are going to need 2,200% or 22,000% changes for solar, not 22%.

  16. Re:Niche energy on WaveNET – the Floating, Flexible Wave Energy Generator · · Score: 1

    Which is why Youtube has tons of over unity 'free energy' videos. They say the same thing.

    Its that damn reality that keeps getting in the way!

  17. Re:Mass produce! on Jackie Chan Discs Help Boost Solar Panel Efficiency · · Score: 1

    Solar panels = Small percentage of power production
    Small percentage * 1.22 = Small percentage, just a shade higher.

    Its not a game changer. Its just a nice development.

  18. Re:Deliberate on Two Google Engineers Say Renewables Can't Cure Climate Change · · Score: 1

    But green has a few problems which will probably be solved any minute now and then the issue will go away?

    Nuclear works, green doesn't. Getting the twits around the world to stop shutting down safe plants would be a good start to reducing CO2.

  19. Re:quick question on Launching 2015: a New Certificate Authority To Encrypt the Entire Web · · Score: 1

    Err so your eyes have been closed? Or you are saying crap on the internet without actually looking at all?

    Mozilla's CA list: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/...

    Quick search shows:
    Spain
    Turkey
    Taiwan
    Hong Kong
    Japan
    Netherlands
    France

  20. Re:Ask the credit card for a refund on UK Hotel Adds Hefty Charge For Bad Reviews Online · · Score: 1

    I can do charge backs from within my internet banking. Seems pretty straight forward to me?

  21. Re:quick question on Launching 2015: a New Certificate Authority To Encrypt the Entire Web · · Score: 1

    If and only if they are able to add their root public key to the user's computer will their fraudulently issued certificates successfully validate.

    Erm what do you mean 'if'? They DO have their own CA's added to all browsers. Lots of governments do.

  22. Re:what? on Google's Lease of NASA Airfield Criticized By Consumer Group · · Score: 3, Informative

    NASA isn't losing any money so there is no subsidy.

    NASA uses a lot of jet fuel, thus gets a cheaper rate.
    NASA sells the cheaper fuel at a profit to Google.
    Google gets it cheaper than they could if they bought it directly.

    Its just smart business, not ripping off the tax payer at all.

  23. Re:fenced swimming pool on Tor Project Mulls How Feds Took Down Hidden Websites · · Score: 1

    The bus drivers swap multiple times per trip and can't see the passengers and can't talk to them.

  24. Re:Legalities on Police Body Cam Privacy Exploitation · · Score: 1

    Video gets taken down, media company gets no penalty.

    Duh.

  25. Re:fenced swimming pool on Tor Project Mulls How Feds Took Down Hidden Websites · · Score: 1

    Err wtf. That analogy doesn't work at all.

    It is a swimming pool that everyone can swim in, but they don't know the physical location of the pool because they get there by a bus which takes a random route and they have black bags over their heads.