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  1. Re:SHUTUP PUTIN! on AAPS Doctors Run Survey On Hillary Clinton's Health (prnewswire.com) · · Score: 1

    Realistically, BeauHD probably got a business inquiry to his business inquiries email alias: HowToAndMore@gmail.com

  2. Re:CEOs Aren't Paid to Care About Cybersecurity on On Cybersecurity, Execs Are Burying Their Heads In the Sand (bizjournals.com) · · Score: 1

    It's much cheaper and easier to purchase insurance against the costs of an attack or breach

    ...right, which'll result in an Insurance Institute for Cyber Security (ugh) which'll mandate certain precautions in order to reduce losses. Insurance will be the driving factor in determining which controls work, and any CISO would be an idiot to buy insurance and not implement the controls the insurers want.

  3. Re:You want the simple answer? on On Cybersecurity, Execs Are Burying Their Heads In the Sand (bizjournals.com) · · Score: 1

    The CISO's job is to aid in boosting security posture and mitigate risk. I'd venture that most won't just sit down and plug their ears since it's their job to do exactly the opposite.

  4. You want the simple answer? on On Cybersecurity, Execs Are Burying Their Heads In the Sand (bizjournals.com) · · Score: 2

    Put the fucking CISO on the executive board.

  5. Re:I sympathize I ride DC's METRO rail on Why BART Is Falling Apart · · Score: 4, Informative

    DC and BART used a lot of shared technologies, including the same initial manufacturer of their rail cars. If you've been on both systems, this immediately becomes apparent.

  6. lol on CompuLab Rolls out Fanless, High-End PCs With Unique Design (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    ever since BIZX acquired slashdot, we've been seeing these slashvertisements at least once per day (worse than Dice's twice-weekly rate). What's the going price for buying an article on slashdot these days?

  7. Re:Passing on mitochondrial DNA on Ethics Panel Endorses Mitochondrial Therapy, But Says Start With Male Embryos (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    My understanding is that all (not most) mitochondria in sperm are lost when the tail is lost. Is that not correct?

    My understanding could be wrong. Let's call it a teaching moment.

  8. Everyone's getting into the encrypted chat game. on WhatsApp Will Get Indicators To Highlight Encrypted Chats (softpedia.com) · · Score: 2

    Facebook'll still be able to read it, so it's probably worthless.

  9. So basically, on NSA Chief: Arguing Against Encryption Is a Waste of Time (theintercept.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It doesn't matter if you use any variety of encrypted messaging products (imessage, cyph, silent phone, signal, etc.), we've got a backdoor for it already.

    The only challenge is in justifying using it after the fact.

  10. Re:This is "Serious"? on Serious Flaw Patched In Intel Driver Update Utility (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    The tool isn't enforcing code signatures? That's infinitely scarier... that's what you're suggesting, yes?

  11. Re:How did they get a .edu domain? on Microsoft To Release Educational Version of Minecraft (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Well if they did buy it from Educause, someone didn't tell them because it's still giving an NXDOMAIN.

  12. Are you comparing different versions/SKUs of one OS to different OSes? You're aware that the SKUs only impact feature availability and not functionality differences, right?

    If you want to go granular and compare by kernel version (5.2, 6.1, etc.), then you have to do the same for different versions of Linux OSes too.

  13. Re:Ok? on AT&T Chooses Ubuntu Linux Instead of Microsoft Windows (betanews.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Please show me an example of competition in the cloud with a Windows OS?

    Sure. Here's a good reference from the Linux Foundation showing the continuing improvement of Linux's foothold in the context of cloud applications. 75% Linux (all flavors), 23% Windows (all flavors), etc.

    but considering that the 75% figure is made of all Linux distributions, the breakdown is likely split between CentOS, Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, et cetera. Everyone's in the double-digits. I'd call that comparable, potentially "even," and I'd certainly call that greater than your "zero presence" figure.

    I'd attack your character much the way you attacked mine with "What century are you in?", but it's easier to just use facts.

  14. Ok? on AT&T Chooses Ubuntu Linux Instead of Microsoft Windows (betanews.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's for hosting services, not for client use. In the cloud, the competition is pretty even between everything that isn't based on Mac OS. Why does this decision surprise anyone?

    Heck, it's one of the reasons Azure supports *nix etc. in the first place.

  15. Re:Future legislation will require... on California Legislation Would Require License Plates, Insurance For Drones (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sure, I'll be that guy.

    For certain weight classes, why not? If we start going above 3kg and you lose control of one of these, that's a small bowling ball hurtling back down toward the ground. For RC cars, you're on a 2D field. If you stall, you stall on your spot in 2D space and that's that. When you're playing in 3D on Earth, stalling means moving elsewhere, not staying put in the air (air friction without gravity) or maintaining the same velocity with no ability to course correct (space). Generally, that "elsewhere" is a location downward from wherever your drone or RC plane loses control.

    I would personally think safety courses should be required for devices where the mortality risk is high, not just the risk of injury or minor property damage. Think 10+kg model airplanes.

  16. Re:tor? twitter? on Twitter Users Warned About Being Targeted By State-Sponsored Attacks (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    These guys will probably be given usage exceptions then.

  17. Re:Unavoidable on Second Root Cert-Private Key Pair Found On Dell Computer (threatpost.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Um, they have legal possession or authorization over them? Could be computers owned by clients, by themselves, by consenting families of employees...

    The CFAA allows for this.

  18. Re:Legality? on Yahoo Denies Ad-blocking Users Access To Email (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Yahoo EULA under section 2:

    You also understand and agree that the Service may include advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary for Yahoo to provide the Service.

    Yahoo EULA under section 16:

    You agree that Yahoo shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Service.

    Ruling in favor of EULAs: Vernor v. Autodesk

  19. Nearly twenty years later on First Liquid-Cooling Laser Could Advance Biological Research (washington.edu) · · Score: 2

    and Mr. Freeze's weapon of choice has finally arrived.

  20. Yup, and even before that, Facebook and Cyph were the second and first (within hours of each other) to roll out EVSSL certs for their onion domains, both provided by DigiCert.

  21. 9th amendment on How the FBI Can Detain, Render and Threaten Without Risk (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Informative
  22. Re:Microwaving power to Earth from space on Interviews: Ask Engineer and L5 Society Cofounder Keith Henson a Question · · Score: 1

    Disable Disasters in the Disasters menu.

  23. Re:So.... on CNN and CBC Sued For Pirating YouTube Video · · Score: 2, Insightful

    More like "copyright sucks, but it won't change until the bad actors abusing it get it applied back at them."

    It's kinda like how Christians (weirdly) try to stuff the Ten Commandments down the throats of everyone by sanctioning the display of all religious artifacts on public land but then repeal the law once Satanists start trolling them with their own memorials on government grounds. Same basic idea.

  24. Re:I don't get Nintendo. on Nintendo Fires Employee For Speaking About Job On a Podcast · · Score: 2

    Seriously, literally over a trillion yen in net assets, also stated as literally billions of dollars.

  25. Re:I don't get Nintendo. on Nintendo Fires Employee For Speaking About Job On a Podcast · · Score: 2

    Literally billions of dollars in cash on hand.

    Literally.