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  1. Most of the vendors are the ones putting up the cash, they are certainly paying attention.

  2. Re: Chain of 6 Exploits on Edge, VMWare, Safari, And Ubuntu Linux Hacked at Pwn2Own 2017 (trendmicro.com) · · Score: 1

    People have been claiming this since before I got into the industry. In some far, far distant future when a protocol or OS has been written by aliens or AIs, maybe it will be too complicated but that's a long ways off. Some of these people are getting paid to find these types of issues and others just have the mind set and can think abstractly enough to be able to apply it. The human brain is incredibly good at connecting seemingly random things and then working towards applying them together. Not to mention, these systems/protocols are designed by humans which means they are going to be flawed.

  3. Re: Have fun with those Pwn points! on Edge, VMWare, Safari, And Ubuntu Linux Hacked at Pwn2Own 2017 (trendmicro.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's not 100% true. Look at Gates and Buffet, they are getting richer but they are donating billions to charities and research, they are also not alone in doing that.

  4. Re: LUKS on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Implement Site-Wide File Encryption? · · Score: 1

    This reminds me of the HSM appliances we've used to store credit cards.

  5. Re: Full Spectrum Problem on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Implement Site-Wide File Encryption? · · Score: 1

    About your ddr4 comment:

    https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~taustin/papers/HPCA17-coldboot.pdf

  6. Re: Nope. Trump was wrong again. on CBS Reports 'Suspicious' Cell Phone Tower Activity In Washington DC (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    For the record, no new laws were passed as a result of Liebeck v McDonalds and while she was awarded $2.9 million by the jury, the Jude reduced it to $480,000 which was settled later (after the verdict) for a lower amount. I know it's great to talk shit about this case, after all she was the passenger in a parked car that didn't have cup holders (old ford probe) and the temperate was one that would cause full-thickness burns in 2-7 seconds (of course with her adanced knowledge of thermodynamics & physiology, she should have known sweats were not the proper clothing). What I find sad, is that she originally tried to ask for $20k which would have covered the 8 days in the hospital and the loss of income her daughter received for staying with her for a week.

    Perhaps, as you might have outed yourself as a snowflake, you might want to research and look at facts. I know, facts aren't currently a priority of this country (if you are American, which I don't know because of, well, facts) and they are seldom cool on the internet (unless you actually work with the technology that runs it, then facts are everything) but for your own education, you might want to look into things. It's outstanding what can be learned if one tries.

  7. Troubleshooting which device was interfering with the rest of the chain was a complete pain in the ass but you had to develop troubleshooting skills and patience.

  8. Re: Doxing on Reddit Bans Far-Right Groups Altright and Alternativeright (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I spent an hour or so reading the posts on altright and all I saw was doxing, how to start the race war, a fuck ton of crying about 'ni**ers' having their own country so why can't we, there truth equals a red pill and how to create fake planned parenthood signs (using the same font Hillary used) showing that the goal of planned parenthood was to abort white babies and save mixed race ones (even going as far as suggesting they were swapping sperm of the 'inferior reacts'.
    So if that's the truth people are talking about I'll pass.

  9. Re: I don't even like Uber but on When Their Shifts End, Uber Drivers Set Up Camp in Parking Lots Across the US (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Except Uber advertised that they would be making a living wage ($90k in NYC for example) and leased them the car. They pretty much fell for an offer that was too good to be true and are probably spiraling in the sunk cost fallacy.

    I know there is no way in hell I would have quit a job for Uber, even when I was making around $90k. I've been through startups, some good, some not but with this your not even part of it (except as a profit model).

  10. Re: Not a single time traveler? on Donald Trump Is Sworn In As the 45th US President (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Absolutely this.

  11. Re: Remember kids! on How A Professional Poker Player Conned a Casino Out of $9.6 Million (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The casinos know who has problems, just like they know they tamper with the air to make people feel more euphoric, not to mention the carpets and the very layout is designed to confuse you and keep you in.

  12. Re: The days of high taxes on corps are numbered on After Brexit, More Than 100 Firms May Move To Ireland (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Is he also going to pay for all the hardware, sensors, communication/crypto gear to be put into his planes? Air Force One is not just another airplane and there are probably a number of things that need to be upgraded on the current models. I don't think the secret service is just going to stand by and let him put himself at risk. They tend to take their jobs pretty seriously. Trump's comments about this topic sound just as ignorant as his comments about the nuclear triad were. He seems like the "I don't care about the details" kind of person, which may be great for his own companies/*cough* university but unfortunately he will be doing this for the country.

  13. Re: Time for war on Pentagon: Chinese Ship Captures US Underwater Drone Fom Sea (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    China could call in the debt we owe them from the bonds they purchased. So we'd end up screwing over each other but I am not sure which one would be worse.

  14. Re: And thus the Internet of Things collapses on Woman Sues Sex Toy App For Secretly Capturing Sensitive Information (ctvnews.ca) · · Score: 1

    I've purchased two devices (well, two each elf or the wife and my self). I 'justified' by saying I was going to look at the protocols they use. One of the devices uses cert pinning but I didn't get more time to look at it (switched jobs, so I've been busy). Both vendors are very,very upfront about how much data they collect. I just looked and I haven't put them on this phone yet. But they are most certainly not hiding that they collect data. That would be like thinking Chaterbate wasn't watching who you tip, how much you tip and what your kinks are.

  15. Re: The Constitution is supreme on Edward Snowden Makes 'Moral' Case For Presidential Pardon (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    In all fairness, he did  ring some change. Think of all the people he droned the fuck out of and increasing survaliance powers. He brought change all right just non of the promised ones.

  16. Re: Better safe than blown up I suppose. on Confirmed: In an Unprecedented Move, Samsung Recalls All Galaxy Note 7 (yna.co.kr) · · Score: 2

    "The New Samsung Galaxy Note 7 - So Great, It Will BLOW OFF YOUR BALLS!!"

  17. Re: Unfettered capitalism on Farmers Demand Right To Fix Their Own Dang Tractors (modernfarmer.com) · · Score: 2

    Sure, you *could* start a tractor business but those tractors would be covered by the DMCA as well. So anyone buying your tractors wouldn't be able to fix them via 3rd party or themselves. Maybe you could make all the specs open and allow the use of diagnostic tools you, as the manufacturer, created but I would be willing to bet the established companies would get their favorite politicians to screw you in some fashion.

  18. Re: Cost of living on New York Falls and Seattle Rises on 'America's Top Tech Cities' List (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    My starting salary when I worked at twitter (~mid 2010) was $120k p/year. That was with 15 years experience and 6 technical certs. That's exactly what my ending salary was from Verisign & Ning (both outside the city, Mountain View & Palo Alto) in 2009 and 2010. It is not a huge chunk of money but you can make it work out. The place we were renting in Fremont was about $2500. Atter that add in cars, utilities and the expense's associated with a relatively (at that time) small child; you can get by but you aren't exactly raking in the cash.

  19. Re: No love for Google+ on Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest Accounts Hacked (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    +1 from me if I had them!

  20. Re: Never let a tragedy goes unexploited on UCLA Shooter Accused Victim Of Stealing His Computer Code · · Score: 1

    This, absolutely

  21. Re: Truly Epically Dumb to Destroy It on Why Don't Scientists Kill The 'Demon In The Freezer'? · · Score: 0

    Bullets are relatively cheap and can be extremely effective. Jail time on the other had, no so much.

  22. Re: An alternative to the death penalty on Pfizer Blocks The Use Of Its Drugs In Executions · · Score: 0

    b) not only that but I would include the state officers (law, appointed, whatever) that are trying to procure the drugs. They are just as culpable as the dealer.

  23. Re: Good on Pfizer Blocks The Use Of Its Drugs In Executions · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure that's the case though, there are several diseases (both physical and mental) that simply can't be healed or rehabilitated and they are most certainly patients if they are in a doctors care. Now doctors administering the lethal cocktail, I would argue, *should* consider them patients since they are under their direct care (if only for that brief, if it goes correctly, interaction). The random experimenting of 'new' and untested (for this purpose) on inmates is a bit troubling. In the case of Joseph Wood, they used a combination of midazolam & hydromorphone (injecting him at least 15 times). As someone who has been on opiates (that exact one even) for 10+ years (10 knee surgeries + spine/back issues), I can relate my experience on dosage. It can vary widely from person to person and that seems to be a bit genetic and then tolerance over time. My first experience involved me taking several times the lethal dosage (was trying to make the pain go away, not just tolerable). That translated to 7200mg of OxyContin (back when you could chew them), 1200mg of Percocet and about 39,000mg of acetaminophen; in about 25-28 hours. I didn't die, wasn't high and was still in pain (my liver is amazing).

    My ramble is trying to make the point that just rolling the dice while trying to kill someone seems a little too much like torture and a hell of a lot like ignoring the oaths doctors take. The nitrogen options mentioned in these threads seems far more humane with a far less chance of it randomly fucking it up (except for that whole wrongful conviction, forced deals and the like).

  24. Re: Three words on Man Deletes His Entire Company With One Line of Bad Code (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I did something similar back in the day. I was still getting used to Solaris and ran killall, thinking I was on a Linux server (which just returns the usage). That was a pretty awkward day as I made a mad dash to the colo.

  25. Transgender != dude in a wig and a bra. There seems to be a handful of reported cases where someone is a sexual predator and claims to be transgender at a later date. None of this addresses the problem associated with same sex predators from attacking & molesting children in bathrooms and shelters. Since we are doing this for the children after all...oh wait, there are already laws against rape, secretly recording people, molesting children, etc.. As a victim of molestation myself, I can tell you that I don't think, nor treat, all woman as sex offenders. Just like I don't judge entire groups of people based on the actions of a few. So I can't see any reason I would treat transgendered men/woman any different.