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  1. Instead of deleting nudes images of you based upon nude image of you, simply publish the nude image and you have nothing left to hide, unless of course you are a slut trying to pretend you are not one because you are working you next victim to clean out.

    Privacy is a human right. I bet you have curtains in your home. Why? (if you have nothing to hide.....)

  2. To put it into perspective on Small Asteroid Discovered Orbiting Earth (cnn.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's about 37 times further away than the moon. Pretty far away in other words.

    Wonder if it would be a candidate for the first asteroid mining venture?

  3. Re:The US needs a serious spanking on EU May Forbid the Transfer of Personal Data To the US · · Score: 2

    You're kidding right?

    Export.gov requires safe harbor companies to self certify. - The companies state every year that they provide adequate protection.

    Self-certifying to the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework will ensure that EU organizations know that your organization provides "adequate" privacy protection

    That's all. No checks are made. No audit performed. There's noting to stop them lying, and companies HAVE lied - in their droves.

  4. Too easy - Solved! on Crack the Code In US Cyber Command's Logo · · Score: -1, Redundant

    # echo -n "USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries." | md5sum
    9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a -

  5. Re:I use a magnetized pin on What Free IDE Do You Use? · · Score: 4, Funny

    A magnetized needle and a steady hand? Nah - Real programmers use ....

    http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/real_programmers.png

  6. See for yourself. on Hippies Say WiFi Network Is Harming Their Chakras · · Score: 1

    I was at Glastonbury for the winter solstice and was chuckling to myself at this story in the local newspaper.

    The company that runs the WiFi also provides some high quality streaming webcams - See for yourself.....

    http://www.checkglastonburylive.com/

  7. And just where the hell is Elite on The Top 5 Games of All Time · · Score: 5, Informative
    What about Elite on the BBC micro?

    OK - Lets forget that
    • It was the first truly 3D 8 bit game
    • It had 8 galaxies, each containing 256 solarsystems to explore
    • It had missions, and police ships as well as pirates and traders, and the ability to be either
    But fer Chrissakes it was coded into 18Kbytes of handcrafted 6502 machine code. That alone deserves a mention!
  8. Seems like a good rate of pay to me on China Rewards Porn Snitches · · Score: 1

    $240 per webpage?

    That's more than most web coders get per webpage. This could give rise to a new phenomina

    "pr0n site farms"

  9. Which is true? on Coffee is Addictive · · Score: 3, Funny

    Spot the difference?

    "Coffee is really addictive" : Slashdot cover story

    "Coffee really is addictive" : Original article

    Who says Slashdot are really cut and paste merchants?

  10. Only one defense needed. on Home Defense, Geek Style? · · Score: 1, Troll

    Only one defense needed.

    Insurance.

    If you still worry then you might as well cancel the insurance and save the money.

  11. The science of cycling on Bicycling Science, Third Edition · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Cycling science has really come on in the past few years. I remember the bicycles of my youth resembling drainpipes welded together - heavy and clunky with all the response and verve of a coffee table.

    Now I was somewhat suprised to find that more modern bikes are superb machines. Cheap. Reliable. Light and really really fun to ride.

    The added benefit of being a) ecologically sustainable and b) acutually *quicker* in the city is just a bonus.....

    This one goes out to all those car luvin' geeks. Borrow a high quality bike and see what the rest of us are a raving about.....Do this now.

  12. Re:This is hardly new on Two Blanks Against the Trend · · Score: 1

    I don't think this IS the same.

    You couldn't give away the B side without also giving away the A side too, whereas with this scheme they are literally giving you three times the license for the same price - bargain!

    And besides, a digital copy is a VERY different thing to an analogue copy. [No degredation of signal, as many copies as you like and all as good as the original...]

  13. Comparing business models on Two Blanks Against the Trend · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You see this is exactly what is needed - A changing music business model, combined with a tolerant "lets not be evil" policy

    The trouble is that the business model of "Litigate until you show a profit" is somewhat self-perpetuating whereas this new one is risky...

  14. It's traditional on Weird Presents Anyone? · · Score: 1

    I didn't get what I wanted....

    George Bush pushing for peace on earth, and good will to all men.

  15. Brings to mind a Red Dwarf scene on Internet + Wireless Cameras = Homeland Security · · Score: 1

    Become a government informer
    Betray your family and friends!
    Fantastic prizes to be won!

  16. Solaris patches are available on ISS Discovers A Remote Hole In Sendmail · · Score: 1

    Solaris patches are available from http://sunsolve.sun.com/patches/

    Solaris 6 = 105395-08
    Solaris 7 = 107684-08
    Solaris 8 = 110615-08

  17. What Top Level Domain would it have? on Web Enabled Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    I wonder if this means a new TLD? How cool would it be to have jamesbond@spysat.orbit.earth as your email! I'm guessing here but does anyone know if TLD's have been assigned for use off planet?

  18. The needs of the many always outweigh..[blah,blah] on Ethical Obligations · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sorry but this is not an ethical dilemma - You should always disclose to the customers that you perceive a theft to have taken place.

    The company has a duty to it's customers information. Demonstrating that your company is ignoring its duty is *far* more damaging than any reports of breached systems.

    Also, if everybody knows about an insecurity then the company will HAVE to take remedial action.

    Sadly many executives do not see it this way and some slimeballs will even punish those employees who tattle. In the UK we have the whistleblowing act that is designed to prevent loss of employment due to actions in the interest of the public good. I wonder if our stateside companions are as well protected.....

  19. Good - It'll force the issue of encryption. on Government Internet Surveillance Up · · Score: 2

    This will just force the general populace to use strong crypto - a good step for freedom.

    Public opinion always went along the lines of "If it is hard to eavesdrop, why use encryption."

    Now it'll be "I bet the IRS is looking at my spending habits on a whim - Better encrypt huh?"

  20. Which approach should be taken in this case on Re-Building the Wright Flyer · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There are two approaches that can be taken when restoring/rebuilding things

    a) Make it exactly as it was
    b) Make it better

    Usually I'd say that you should always make it exactly as it was, but in this case lives would be at stake if you followed that approach - So there's an argument for at least *some* improvement.

    The question is - how far should they go in their improvements...

  21. Double standard. on Violent Video Game Protection Act · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But of course it's OK for CNN et al to show scenes of mass slaughter of innocents.

    Isn't this a double standard displaying a bias against gamers...

  22. Here's the fish translation on Preliminary Injunction Against SuSE · · Score: 2, Informative

    After Samba[1 ] and the kIllustrator[2 ] now a further open SOURCE program employs the lawyers. The attorney Guenter Frhr. v. Gravenreuth obtained a provisional order against the German Linux Distributor SuSE before the regional court Munich. The cause seems to be one on the SuSE d referenzierte open SOURCE often commodity. Gravenreuth let obvious forbid to the Nuernberger enterprise judicially to deliver its Linux distribution further as long as on it the disputed program name is contained. For SuSE from it a substantial financial loss could arise, if the copies already produced could not be issued any longer. Frhr. v. Gravenreuth acknowledged on demand a provisional order against the indication of an open SOURCE often commodity to have received. It did not want to call further details however, since its mandator " with the opponent agree " become and require no denomination. Christian Egle, press speaker of the SuSE GmbH, explained, his enterprise in the next days as the affair will express themselves

  23. Re:To Random or not To Random on Are The Digits of Pi Random? · · Score: 1

    No - Not BS.

    The size of the decompressor has to be included in the compression calcs.

    In addition splitting on a predfined series of bytes is consdered to be a "trick" as it merely offloads the data to the filesystem involved.

  24. I don't think that sort of thing is legal. on DVD Zoning Enforced In Law · · Score: 2

    It sounds as if Movie theatre companies are trying to legislate against competition from home theatre technology.

    Wasn't it obvious that as soon as Home theatre technology became available then consumers would stop going to Movie theatres in favour of their home setups?

    Also...

    IANAL but I have looked into this issue before. If I buy a DVD then I have bought the right to play that DVD for my own entertainment.

    You cannot put proviso's such as "Ahh but not in France" on that right. After all I've bought a legit copy through normal consumer channels [ie: Amazon].

    It's just sour grapes on the French Movie theatres part. The European court will throw this out fairly rapidly.

  25. Re:I've stood inside a running Colossus on First Digital Computer Dates back To 1944 · · Score: 3

    I utterly agree. Bletchley park is a remarkable place and well worth a visit. If you manage to get Tony Sale to give you a tour then so much the better as the man really knows his stuff.

    Bletchley Park is the location where computers were conceived, designed and first built. It is the place where Alan Turing started laying the foundations of the industry you now work in [OK,assumption], and until recently its cryptanalysis role was still a secret. That's remarkable considering the amount of people that worked there in that capacity during the war.

    You really owe it to yourself to have a look. Apart from anything else it's tremendous fun!

    Example: the Computer Conservation Society's display. A room filled with old computers. Some powered on, some not. From the earliest VAX through to the latest "built-to-the-hilt" PC. All of them "hands-on" and running funstuff.

    Example of "first soundcard". A radio tuned to RF frequency of interference generated by PDP mainframe. Program running on mainframe designed to cause the processor to generate RF interference, by the use of tight loops etc.

    Look. the place doesn't cost much to visit. It's fairly central within the UK, Just go OK?