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  1. "...and interest just might not be there..." on Microsoft Store No Longer Accepts Bitcoins As Payment (techtimes.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful
    Uh, obviously interest is not there - or at least, Microsoft's interest apparently isn't there.

    Let's face it - one quick look at Microsoft's track record and you have to wonder why Microsoft would ever even think of touching Bitcoin. Bitcoin is (ostensibly) about privacy, surely this would be antithetical to Microsoft's demonstrated business practices to date? Then again, maybe Microsoft is only just realizing what a farce the concept of Bitcoin really is.

  2. Project Lazarus, anybody? on U.S. Military Spending Millions To Make Cyborgs A Reality (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Just thought I'd ask - being an old B5 fan and all . . .

  3. Just to ask an offtopic question . . . on Amazon Just Removed Encryption From the Software Powering Kindles, Smartphones, Tablets (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1
    What if the bad guys start using IronKey?

    Or Android?

    Or Linux?

    Or Windows phone? (oh, wait. Never mind)

  4. Re:Taking sides: problem solved! [Re:Is that] on Bill Gates Sides With FBI In Apple Spat (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    Chill it down to around -160C, remove power and read the current state of the RAM device. Brute force away - preferably in a completely sandboxed virtual environment, but if you enjoy restoring your illicitly gained RAM image every ten attempts, hey - be my guest!

  5. If you were libelled/slandered . . . on Anti-Malware Maker Files Lawsuit Over Bad Review (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1
    Why haven't you sued?

    BTW, do you still use your hostfile manager when you download kiddie porn? Just askin'.

  6. Technically feasible, probably already done. on California Bill Would Require Phone Crypto Backdoors · · Score: 0
    Is it just me, or has anybody else noticed that the whole android O/S is running as a virtual instance under your telephone's SIM architecture? So - your job is to write an OS which will be secure when run as a virtual instance in a hostile virtualization environment.

    Go!

  7. A quick question for hardware engineering types... on Weak Electrical Field Found To Carry Information Around the Brain (eurekalert.org) · · Score: 2
    If we can (to some rudimentary extent) approximate the previously understood behavior of neurons and synapses as electro-mechanical processes on a silicon chip, how do we approximate this new (slow) method of data distribution within a computational system?

    If this does prove to be a mechanism used by organic nervous systems to move information around the neural network (something akin to bias in an old-style electronic circuit?), we will need to create and understand a similar mechanism for silicon-based computing platforms as a necessary step towards creating true machine intelligence.

  8. Resistance is futile. on Ask Slashdot: Jamming UK Metadata Collection? · · Score: 1

    It creates heat. Just sayin'.

  9. Ahhh, just launch it into space. on DOE Launches Nuclear Waste Disposal Initiative (energy.gov) · · Score: 1

    Put it, say, on the far side of the moon.

  10. You mean kill the canary? on HTTP Error Code 451 Approved For Censored Web Pages (mnot.net) · · Score: 1

    Just askin'.

  11. Re:Calling the police... on 12-Year-Old Sikh Boy Arrested In Texas After Bringing a Power Bag To School (salon.com) · · Score: 1
    If the instructor and police have acted in good faith with their established procedures, yes.

    That's WTF.

  12. Re:Not Bloody Likely on Can Electric Signals In Earth's Atmosphere Predict Earthquakes? (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 2
    Oh, like a lie detector for the Earth!

    We all know how reliable those are.

  13. So let me get this straight . . . on HTTP Error Code 451 Approved For Censored Web Pages (mnot.net) · · Score: 1
    After my local Gubberment uses their version of lead-pipe cryptography to convince me that I should take down a website (as opposed to an all-expense paid vacation at the local PITA joint), do I really believe I can get away with putting up a marker that says "Not my fault - they made me!"

    Isn't this the same brand of crap as asking website managers to implement a web canary in their HTML? I thought we'd all already discussed that here and concluded that as wonderful as it sounds, it also sounds like a great way to end up in a reeducation camp somewhere.

  14. Can you tell by looking?

  15. Re:Calling the police... on 12-Year-Old Sikh Boy Arrested In Texas After Bringing a Power Bag To School (salon.com) · · Score: 2
    That's because educators used to be permitted to determine and employ appropriate disciplinary measures on their own. Anybody here remember the Principal's paddle? No?

    Damned straight, some kid in school does anything the instructors don't like, call the cops. The instructors are no longer permitted to do anything else. Let this kid's parents pick up the freight - unless they can prove malfeasance, misconduct or abuse on the part of any of the officials involved. Personally, I think they're letting the kid and his family off light - who's going to pay for all of this now?

  16. I don't think they understand how this works . . . on Top Democratic Senator Will Seek Legislation To "Pierce" Through Encryption (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1
    My ISP can only 'pierce' (read: violate) encryption that I get from my ISP. Hence that "common carrier" thing. There's no way my ISP can know what I'm doing with their connection if I use encapsulation/encryption methods for which they do not have an escrow - such as encapsulation/encryption methods provided by a veritable host of third parties. VPN, anyone?

    Y'know, VPN + TOR = about 90% of the fight won already. I suppose APK can even make a more than valid case for hostfiles in this connection. Hate to give that poor fellow the nod, as he still needs professional help; but (deity help me) I'm actually considering running his software. I may have to get over the author being crazed, or find another similar solution written by someone still in possession of all their marbles.

  17. "Perhaps our lone star Solar System is the oddity" on More Than Half of Kepler's Giant Exoplanets Were False Positives · · Score: 1

    Given the size of the cosmos (think: big. Really big), I don't think we're that unique.

  18. 'DHS' and 'penetrate' . . . on DHS Offering Free Vulnerability Scans, Penetration Tests (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 2

    Are these even words we ever want used in the same sentence?

  19. Why are we not funding this? on Washington Hosts Summit On Gene Editing and 'Designer Babies' (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    It's too late for my kids - but I could have augments for grandkids.

  20. It's important to keep Christ in Christmas. on How Black Friday and Cyber Monday Are Losing Their Meaning (time.com) · · Score: 2

    Letting him get out all over the rest of the year just ruins everything.

  21. BLACK Friday? That's just racist! on How Black Friday and Cyber Monday Are Losing Their Meaning (time.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can't we just say that all Fridays matter?

  22. Is it like an APK campaign?

    (sorry, I just couldn't resist. Get some help, Al)

  23. Re:what good will this do ? on Anonymous Takes Down Thousands of ISIS-Related Twitter Accounts In a Day (softpedia.com) · · Score: 0

    Wait - I know - let's see if we can get 'em all run some kind of hostfile manager for windows . . .

  24. Re:Sweep away Obama's legacy on NASA's Bolden Claims NASA Is 'Doomed' Unless It Stays the Course To Mars (spacenews.com) · · Score: 1
    Too late. The corpse is already cooling - all that's left is to salt the earth where we bury it.

    Do you think IASA will let me hitchhike with them?

  25. More like David. Less like Goliath. on IBM Acquires the Weather Company's Digital Business (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    (N/T)