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  1. Re:Could do well on Kim Dotcom Launches Political Party In New Zealand · · Score: 1

    I don't think Abbot will be harder to vote out than Key, personally. Labour is doing an exceptional job of providing no credible opposition to National at every election, so the chances of a non-National government this election or next are pretty much nil.

    Now Australia, I dunno. Can't see Abbot getting re-elected after the Qantas thing.

  2. Re:Could do well on Kim Dotcom Launches Political Party In New Zealand · · Score: 1

    Doesn't matter. The US has us with the TPPA. Australia is already screwed with its existing "free trade" agreements.

  3. Re:Just sit back and enjoy the show on Kim Dotcom Launches Political Party In New Zealand · · Score: 1

    Seriously. He's got his face on the back of, what, 80% of the NZ Bus fleet?

  4. Re:still on Kim Dotcom Launches Political Party In New Zealand · · Score: 1

    Also; defacing the image of the queen is, I believe, still illegal in New Zealand. Burning $100 notes would be a criminal offense. (Even if defacing the queen isn't illegal, burning bank notes quite emphatically is).

    Don't give old John an out to claim "oh, he fails the good character test now. DEPORT!"

  5. Re:Customers may benefit... maybe on Wal-Mart Sues Visa For $5 Billion For Rigging Card Swipe Fees · · Score: 1

    No, that depends on what store you go to. My local Pak 'n Save is identical to that Aldi experience mentioned above (it's a franchise, so your miles may vary).

  6. Re:Well, that took a while on Microsoft Launches Office For iPad: Includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint · · Score: 1

    That's because the New Wave is Cloud. A chance to charge you monthly for what you used to just buy outright.

  7. Re:Apparently the banks need to sue the banks on Target and Trustwave Sued Over Credit Card Breach · · Score: 1

    Banks are bound by a very different set of rules - they have to stick to PCI-DSS sure, but since they literally have to store credit card data...

    The problem would be that Target failed to comply with PCI-DSS correctly, Trustwave verified that they were in compliance (when they were not), and many states now have laws on the books mandating PCI-DSS compliance.

  8. Re:Trustwave monthly scans of my ecommerce site on Target and Trustwave Sued Over Credit Card Breach · · Score: 1

    I'm assuming your volume is small, and you don't actually get PAN details right? Because if you did, then you wouldn't be able to get away with SAQ-A and would have to submit to actual audits, which is a whole lot harder. Target, undoubtedly, was the much stricter PCI-DSS probably at level 2 or above. Major auditing. Theoretically.

  9. Re:Banks are responsible too on Target and Trustwave Sued Over Credit Card Breach · · Score: 1

    The readers cost $1000 in NZ. Probably $500 in the US. If your small business can't afford that, it probably cant afford the stock to sell either, making the whole point moot.

  10. Re:I admire their spunk, but... on Operation Wants To Mine 10% of All New Bitcoins · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure $5 is a ridiculous banking fee (what I pay to send money overseas).

  11. Re:What basis for this case? on In Israel, Class-Action Plaintiff Requests Waze Source Code Under GPL · · Score: 1

    You can't. The copyright holder can. Unless it's themselves, in which case no infringement occurred.

  12. Re:What basis for this case? on In Israel, Class-Action Plaintiff Requests Waze Source Code Under GPL · · Score: 1

    Actually they couldn't, as due to the fact that you do not need a license to use your own code, it is impossible for Waze to infringe their own copyright. Which is to say, if they wrote all that code themselves then noone has any grounds to sue.

  13. Re:Why are they posting old source code? on Microsoft Posts Source Code For MS-DOS and Word For Windows · · Score: 1

    It was confirmed by a forensic engineer in the course of a lawsuit against Microsoft by Digital Research that it is not a copy. They saw it long before now.

  14. Re:Windows XP Based ATM on Remote ATM Attack Uses SMS To Dispense Cash · · Score: 1

    XP Embedded. It's a slightly different beast from XP Home. And either way, you shouldn't have physical access, so it's irrelevant whether it runs Windows, Linux, FreeDOS, or even frigging BeOS.

  15. Re:ATM running Windows 2000 on Remote ATM Attack Uses SMS To Dispense Cash · · Score: 1

    It would be irrelevant, considering there shouldn't even be a wall breach (physical access to the I/O ports of the hardware).

    You should be able to insert a card, receive cash, and enter PINs. That's it.

    Knowing Diebold though, you can probably buffer overrun the machine with a malformed track 3 on the card.

  16. Re:GitHub Source on Microsoft Posts Source Code For MS-DOS and Word For Windows · · Score: 1

    Microsoft is going to fire a takedown at that - guaranteed.

  17. Re:Fork? on Microsoft Posts Source Code For MS-DOS and Word For Windows · · Score: 2

    Not legally allowed. The license prohibits distributing derivative works - it's for research and educational purposes only (though you can make your own derivative works).

  18. Re:FreeDOS on Microsoft Posts Source Code For MS-DOS and Word For Windows · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Irrelevant. The source code for MS-DOS 1.0 is interesting as a curiousity, a piece of history if you will. It's most assuredly not useful as the basis for any modern work. And FreeDOS is, well, not a piece of history, a curiousity. Hence, FreeDOS is irrelevant to this discussion.

  19. Re:Why are they posting old source code? on Microsoft Posts Source Code For MS-DOS and Word For Windows · · Score: 2

    That's expressly covered in the Computer History Museum's article - it was confirmed, by a computer forensic engineer no less, that DOS is not copied from CP/M.

  20. Re:CSS sucks on Firefox 29 Beta Arrives With UI Overhaul And CSS3 Variables · · Score: 1

    No, you apply the clear to the next element that has to occur on a new line. Such as the first column of the next row.

  21. Re:CSS sucks on Firefox 29 Beta Arrives With UI Overhaul And CSS3 Variables · · Score: 1

    That's what "float" is for.

  22. Re:New UI? on Firefox 29 Beta Arrives With UI Overhaul And CSS3 Variables · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Um, he uses Firefox. That entitles him to talk like Mozilla owes him some consideration. The funding Mozilla gets from Google is premised on Mozilla having market share after all - if everyone stopped using Firefox, Mozilla would have no money.

  23. Re:Obligatory on Aussie Attorney General's War On Encrypted Web Services · · Score: 1

    "Written, Produced, and Directed by the National Security Agency"

  24. Re:Srsly? on Aussie Attorney General's War On Encrypted Web Services · · Score: 1

    You do in Australia!

  25. Re:Srsly? on Aussie Attorney General's War On Encrypted Web Services · · Score: 1

    Australia already has that. To get a prepaid SIM card, you have to provide a drivers license or passport, and a registered home address.