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  1. Assuming they escaped, the penal system worked! on Did Alcatraz Escapees Survive? Computer Program Says They Might Have · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Think about it - they obviously didn't reoffend, right? If they had, they'd have been detected and returned (probably with a few extra bruises) to the Rock. Therefore, in the case of these three men the system worked perfectly - whether they escaped or not.

  2. Re:Some people better be out of a job... on Hackers Compromise ICANN, Access Zone File Data System · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll bet he could tell you. He has written a hostfile manager that guards your home, brings you your slippers and makes your coffee in the morning.

  3. Not a bad idea. on Google Proposes To Warn People About Non-SSL Web Sites · · Score: 2
    It won't do any real long-term good, but not a bad idea. Sadly, my experience is that the average internet user won't know or care what SSL even is. C'mon - we had a hard enough time getting the internet's user base to understand "locked green padlock = good, unlocked yellow/red padlock = how bad do you want your pron?".

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    <----------------- You must be at least this intelligent to ride the internet.

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  4. The biggest problem is fluid dynamics. on NASA Tests Feasibility of 3D Printing on the Moon and Other Planets · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Fluids (the stuff generally coming out of the print heads of most 3-D printers) just don't behave the same at <.001g as they do at 1 g.

  5. Wow. You're on-topic and even on-point for once. on Sony Leaks Reveal Hollywood Is Trying To Break DNS · · Score: 1

    I still disagree with your solution, but at least it applies to this topic. You should've posted with an ID instead of as A/C.

  6. For friends and family, I want to be there. on Webcast Funerals Growing More Popular · · Score: 2

    For some others, however . . . well, I make it a point not to dance in public.

  7. I AM SPARTICUS! on The Pirate Bay Responds To Raid · · Score: 1

    (N/T).

  8. I can see it coming . . . on Hollywood's Secret War With Google · · Score: 5, Funny
    Your search - Sony - did not match any documents.

    Nor did Movie title, or Sony BMG artist. Why is nobody going to see our movies or buy our artists' music?

  9. Re:Wha?!?!!! Yup, you betcha! on Just-Announced X.Org Security Flaws Affect Code Dating Back To 1987 · · Score: 1

    Who said I was respectable?

  10. Re:The best part: on Possible Dark Matter Signal Spotted · · Score: 1
    Yeah. We can call it "Higgs matter" instead. Or maybe "God matter".

    Parallel observation: letting programmers name the programs they're writing is about as smart as letting the marketing department actually write the code.

  11. Unconfirmed quote from head of Sony Entertainment? on Sony Reportedly Is Using Cyber-Attacks To Keep Leaked Files From Spreading · · Score: 1

    "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."

  12. Putin wouldn't return it. on James Watson's Nobel Prize Medal Will Be Returned To Him · · Score: 5, Funny
    In fact, Alisher would be well advised never to let Mr. Putin even see the medal. I can see Mr. Putin simply putting the medal in his pocket and making sure everyone knows how his old pal Alisher "gave it to him".

    Just sayin'.

  13. Re:Wha?!?!!! Yup, you betcha! on Just-Announced X.Org Security Flaws Affect Code Dating Back To 1987 · · Score: 1
    That's why most respectable Linux administrators don't run X on servers. Most of us just turn off that pesky GUI so that we can get work done.

    I don't suppose M$ has some kind of command-line mode for their servers? Some sort of Disk Operating System which could be used to provide a runtime environment for applications and services without requiring the use of a large, resource-hogging graphical interface which (as has been pointed out) is a great place to find exploitable code.

    It's proprietary code! Surely the vendor has the most noble and idealized motives in making sure their code's not merely good enough to sell, it's actually good, with highly trained and competent professionals dedicated to ensuring their customer's safety after they take the money.

  14. I don't really want my to communicate on Bluetooth Gains Direct Internet Access, Security Enhancements · · Score: 0

    At least, not over 'the net' . . . although I suppose the three-letter types already have plenty of telemonitoring in place if I somehow disconnect my toilet from the internet.

  15. Re:Holes too? on Nanotube Film Could Replace Defective Retinas · · Score: 1

    It doesn't work on anybody, yet. Who it'll work on will probably have to wait until it actually is made to work for somebody - then "who" will be a select group of people who can afford it. Gray doesn't matter - green does.

  16. Hi Al! on Nanotube Film Could Replace Defective Retinas · · Score: 1

    (N/T)

  17. Re:Probably as long as you have worked for Microso on Apple Accused of Deleting Songs From iPods Without Users' Knowledge · · Score: 1

    Never touch the stuff myself. The boys at Redmond almost make Apple look good.

  18. SSSSSHHH! on How the NSA Is Spying On Everyone: More Revelations · · Score: 1

    We only publish the names of the failures (and sometimes old, decommissioned systems), so that the public can see that they're really worried about nothing. Wouldn't do to have the little darlings actually know what we know now, would it?

  19. How long have you worked for Apple? on Apple Accused of Deleting Songs From iPods Without Users' Knowledge · · Score: -1, Troll

    Just asking.

  20. Secondary application: tracking pedophiles. on UK Authorities Launching Massive Child Abuse Database · · Score: 1

    Some of the files in question may have been subject to change as they were moved from host to host, an analog to mutations in virii. By analyzing the 'mutations' in the image files, it may be possible to gain some insight into the paths the various iterations of the same image took before being found by law enforcement.

  21. "Bitcoin's (Semi-)Anonymity" on MasterCard Rails Against Bitcoin's (Semi-)Anonymity · · Score: 1
    s/Semi/Pseudo

    FTFY. Incidentally, we all remember what "pseudo" means, right? Ersatz? Imitation? Fake?

  22. What if we're the oddballs . . . ? on 'Mirage Earth' Exoplanets May Have Burned Away Chances For Life · · Score: 1

    If the oxygen content of Earth's atmosphere is unusual, perhaps our form of life is also unusual. Life could well be as plentiful as we could hope throughout the Universe - but life we can recognize evolved to exist in a Nitrogen/Oxygen atmosphere like ours may prove considerably less common.

  23. Berzerker? on Ability To Consume Alcohol May Have Shaped Human Evolution · · Score: 1

    (N/T)

  24. Too easy, says I. on UK Police To Publicly Shame Drunk Drivers On Twitter This Christmas · · Score: 1

    Brand them with a big "DUI" on their foreheads. While we're at it, we can come up with brands for pirates, adulterers, and thieves. Heck, maybe we can even bring back the old "rule of thumb"? My wife's been getting on my nerves lately . . .

  25. s/Khardshians/Kardashian on Physicist Kip Thorne On the Physics of "Interstellar" · · Score: 4, Funny
    s/Kardashian/Cardassian

    FTFY.