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  1. Re:Hey - works for me! on Smartphone App To Be Used As Hotel Room Keys · · Score: 1

    We will. Based on our military, geopolitical and economic strength, we will. I'm going to say we're doing something right. It ain't perfect - but it's a damned sight better than what I've seen elsewhere on the globe (and, yes...I've gone and looked firsthand).

  2. Re:Hey - works for me! on Smartphone App To Be Used As Hotel Room Keys · · Score: 1
    "Civilized country" . . . by which you mean somewhere in the "Old World", I assume? Or perhaps you meant the Third World? I always get those two confused.

    No, thanks. I'd rather stay here in the "New World". You remember us - we're the guys who bailed y'all out something like seventy years ago when you were busy doing the genocide thing? It sure woulda been nice if the locals had been able to oppose governments that did things like that - but being "civilized" apparently means that would be a no-no, doesn't it?

  3. Terribly biased article - prejudiced and insulting on Pirate Bay Co-founder Arrested In Northeastern Thailand · · Score: 1
    I never made it past the first paragraph:

    One of the men responsible for all of the movies, games and porn you are illegally torrenting at this very moment was arrested on Monday afternoon in northern Thailand.

    .

  4. Insane . . . and heavily armed. on Smartphone App To Be Used As Hotel Room Keys · · Score: 1

    Doesn't that make you feel just dandy?

  5. Re:Hey - works for me! on Smartphone App To Be Used As Hotel Room Keys · · Score: 1

    Yes, I know you do.

  6. Re:Hey - works for me! on Smartphone App To Be Used As Hotel Room Keys · · Score: 1

    Who said anything about leaving the handgun in the room?

  7. Can't call it a mechanical Turk. on China Plans To Build a Domestic Robotics Industry · · Score: 1

    Name's already taken - but I suspect the operating principal could be very similar . . .

  8. Hey - works for me! on Smartphone App To Be Used As Hotel Room Keys · · Score: 1
    This is why I travel with a handgun. Anybody wants to know what caliber can drop by my hotel room and let themselves in unannounced. If I happen to be there, I'll be more than happy to let them examine my munitions one round at a time - if not, well . . . I suppose they can have whatever they can carry away.

    So as you can see, I would consider such a system to be secure - at least, secure enough for my purposes.

  9. Nothing is forgotten. Nothing is ever forgotten. on Pianist Asks Washington Post To Remove Review Under "Right To Be Forgotten" · · Score: 1

    (N/T)

  10. Re:Is there a way to prevent this? on Verizon Injects Unique IDs Into HTTP Traffic · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ...the internet was indeed created for porn and online casinos.

    .

    FTFY.

  11. What ever happened to biometrics? on Passwords: Too Much and Not Enough · · Score: 1

    Two factor authentication for most applications - something you have, something you know will do nicely. Three factor authentication for the sensative stuff - something you have, something you know and something you are.

  12. Screw this. I'm sticking with Windows 9. on The Classic Control Panel In Windows May Be Gone · · Score: 3, Funny

    (N/T)

  13. Just a bit of counterpoint . . . on FTDI Reportedly Bricking Devices Using Competitors' Chips. · · Score: 1
    You do business with someone. Anyone. They pay you in cash.

    You go to your bank. They notify you that your cash is counterfeit. You can't spend it. Your money has been "bricked".

    (Yes, it's an imperfect analogy. Is there such a thing as a perfect analogy?)

  14. This looks a lot like what Microsoft is doing. on Google Announces Inbox, a New Take On Email Organization · · Score: 1
    I've seen a similar functionality already present on my old hotmail account. The Windows 8.1 mail interface (used to) sort some emails into metafolders like "social" so on. I immediately disabled it, as it interfered with my habitual way of viewing/scanning email - I was missing inbound messages because of it.

    If this is more of the same, I think I'll opt out if/when Google decides to roll it out to the whole wide world. I like GMail (beta) just the way it is. YMMV.

  15. Re:Damn on How Curved Spacetime Can Be Created In a Quantum Optics Lab · · Score: 2

    Fry: Usually on the show, they came up with a complicated plan, then explained it with a simple analogy.

    Leela: Hmmm... If we can re-route engine power through the primary weapons and configure them to Melllvar's frequency, that should overload his electro-quantum structure.

    Bender: Like putting too much air in a balloon!

    Fry: Of course! It's all so simple!

  16. Re:IP is licensed separately. on Ask Slashdot: Handling Patented IP In a Job Interview? · · Score: 0
    To add to this - probably best not to mention any patents you are holding, unless you believe this is specifically what the prospective employer is looking for. From the hiring perspective, I don't want to hire somebody who might reasonably be expected to tell me "I'm leaving to pursue my own independent business prospects now", and I sure don't want to hear "I'm leaving to become your competitor now". All your patent portfolio is likely to tell me is that I don't get to have 100% of your skills and abilities after I've hired you. NDA's and non-compete agreements can only go so far to alleviate a hiring manager's concerns in this area.

    Best bet - you can tell 'em all about the work and the accomplishments, but don't specifically mention patented IP. If they want something you've already done, it'll be up to you to determine whether you want to reinvent the wheel for them or try to sell them your patented IP (although I'd advise against the latter).

  17. Re:What is this supposed to achieve? on Rosetta Takes Stunning Self-Portrait 10 Miles From Comet's Surface · · Score: 2

    Well, it costs a lot of time, effort and money to get anything to or from our moon, and even more to get anything to any of the planetary bodies in our solar system. If we want to exploit space, we might wan to consider exploiting those resources which are nearest to us. Comets and asteroids fill the bill there, so we might want to start by learning if there is anything worth exploiting there.

  18. Re: In your opinion, the ends justify the means? on BitHammer, the BitTorrent Banhammer · · Score: 1

    Your candor gives me reason to believe you may be trustworthy. However, the tool you have created is dangerous and you should take steps to control its dissemination.

  19. No, I didn't read the article. on Antiperspirants Could Contribute to Particulate Pollution · · Score: 2

    This is /.

  20. I don't think particulate contaminants evaporate. on Antiperspirants Could Contribute to Particulate Pollution · · Score: 4, Funny
    Liquids evaporate. Particulates tend to be left behind after evaporation is completed.

    Remember: if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

  21. We are Pentium of Borg. on Where Intel Processors Fail At Math (Again) · · Score: 1

    Division is futile. You will be approximated.

  22. In your opinion, the ends justify the means? on BitHammer, the BitTorrent Banhammer · · Score: 1
    It's okay for you to redirect packets from a total stranger's computer on a public network to your host. I suppose we should all take your word for it that you're just dropping those packets on the floor?

    The nature of this software has already called your integrity into question - or did you suppose that "pure" motives would justify poor ethics?

  23. From the author's website . . . on BitHammer, the BitTorrent Banhammer · · Score: 1

    The program then bans those users from the network via ARP Cache poisoning

    and

    Is this legal? . . . I am not a Lawyer

    He knows he's using arp cache poisoning on someone else's network - without even thinking too hard, that sounds pretty schiesty to me. Regarding legality - rather than simply not mentioning it, he goes out of his way to document his ignorance of the potential illegality of running this code. Sounds less like a factual lack of knowledge and more like willful ignorance to me.

    The ends cannot justify the means. He has a good end in view, but his means are even worse than the situation he's attempting to address. What other packets is he stealing from (presumably innocent) bystanders?

  24. You are a sad little child. on Ask Slashdot: An Accurate Broadband Speed Test? · · Score: 1
    Little wonder that you are your only supporter here, your only friend, your only fan. It must be lonely, living in a world all of your own. Don't you ever wonder what it would be like to enjoy friendship, respect, happiness?

    Get help, child.

  25. You need to get a sense of humor. on The Malware of the Future May Come Bearing Real Gifts · · Score: 1

    Granted, that joke was old when I was young, but still . . .