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  1. Not surprised at the Soviet State of Georgia on Court Rules Parents May Be Liable For What Their Kids Post On Facebook · · Score: 1

    I for one am not surprised that the former USSR state of Georgia, now a sovereign Communist Nation, thinks that. ... oh ... wait

    The US State of Georgia.

    Oh my fracking God!

    Are they insane?

  2. Looks like he won on FBI Director Continues His Campaign Against Encryption · · Score: 1

    If all browsers in November will have SSL3 turned off by default, then he won.

    All because the NSA wanted a crypto back door.

    Note: fixing SSL won't fix the other methods, which involve spoofing cell and provider feeds and using the other computing devices inside your cell and network like your printers and GPUs and (long list).

  3. Re:This is why tabeltop games are so fun on For Game Developers, It's About the Labor of Love · · Score: 1

    oh and I'm almost done with the WOD For The Horde quest chain - will finish this weekend after homework, since I have a test tomorrow.

    Remember: fun. If you're not doing fun, ask yourself which of your players are using the content. If most don't use it, you forgot to add fun.

  4. This is why tabeltop games are so fun on For Game Developers, It's About the Labor of Love · · Score: 1

    You get together with a bunch of friends with drinks and snacks and play a game.

    Fun to design.

    Fun to play.

    If you're more worried about your metrics, you're doing it wrong.

  5. He lives in a state with no income or cap gains on Bill Gates: Piketty's Attack on Income Inequality Is Right · · Score: 2

    One should point out that Bill Gates lives in a state where we have zero state income tax, zero capital gains tax, and his dividends aren't taxed either when he donates them to his own charities.

    The problem is that rich people already have massive assets that produce income - everyone else doesn't.

    The median wealth of all African-Americans is about $200. Total.
    The median wealth of all Hispanic-Americans is about $500. Total.
    The median wealth of all rich corporate lawyer's sons whose mums served on charity boards and went to private schools and live in his house is $60 Billion.

  6. Re:Are you patenting software? on Ask Slashdot: Handling Patented IP In a Job Interview? · · Score: 2

    Totally agree.

    Oh, and if you're patenting business processes, take a leap off a short pier.

  7. Re:Leftovers from Iran-Iraq War on Pentagon Reportedly Hushed Up Chemical Weapons Finds In Iraq · · Score: 1

    Exactly.

    The stuff we (US) sold them.

    But not WMD.

    Remember, the current Iraq is pretty much a puppet state of Iran now, after we "trained" them, with the exception of the Kurds.

  8. Windows 7: USB3 called and wants a refund on Data From Windows 10 Feedback Tool Exposes Problem Areas · · Score: 1

    This is kind of sad, I've had two USB3 ports for the last 4 years on my eight core Win 7 machine, in addition to all the USB2 ones.

  9. Re:Windows 7 on Data From Windows 10 Feedback Tool Exposes Problem Areas · · Score: 1

    Have to agree. Still haven't heard of a single reason to "upgrade" from Windows 7 yet.

    Just because it fixes the disaster that was Windows 8 doesn't mean it's better.

  10. So far it works fine, dinged 90 and all on Data From Windows 10 Feedback Tool Exposes Problem Areas · · Score: 1

    So far, I've found it works fine.

    Halfway through the quests after I dinged 90 last night, looking forward to the Horde title.

    Oh, you mean "MSFT" ... um, nobody wants to "upgrade" from Win7 dude.

    Nobody.

    Seriously, go talk to Clippy. Maybe he can help you.

  11. Re:66 pct of America worried about Ebola on Confidence Shaken In Open Source Security Idealism · · Score: 1

    To be exact, I mean thousands of people will die from influenza, not the actual shot itself. Which you should get. It's going to be (and already is) one of those years.

    Oh, and consider patching your libraries, if you use open source. Most of the hacks were due to people not patching libraries, after someone did identify vulnerabilities.

    Now, excuse me, I have an email from a Nigerian Prince who wants to give me money.

  12. 66 pct of America worried about Ebola on Confidence Shaken In Open Source Security Idealism · · Score: 2

    Look, people in the USA are more worried about Ebola, an infinitesimal risk, than are worried about getting a polio shot (we're losing herd immunity in major cities right now) or a flu shot (which WILL kill thousands of people this year).

    I'm not that concerned that "the public" is worried about Open Source, as most of the people polled think it means "open sores".

  13. Fun facts about security on Password Security: Why the Horse Battery Staple Is Not Correct · · Score: 1

    1. Security is really about perception, and perceived barriers to entry.

    2. Overly complex passwords end up being written down. Great if you already have secure locations that are difficult to access, bad if you have many public entries.

    3. Sadly, MSFT was right about Security through Obscurity. The less visible a resource and entrances are, the less likely people are to try to hack them. The more boring, the better.

    4. The most effective way to defeat security is through human social engineering. Every time. Without fail.

    5. see 4.

    6. But password encryption rules! see 4.

    7. The greatest number of security breaches has always been through portable devices not secured properly and physically stolen or borrowed. Laptops, cell phones, those all have Internet. There's your most likely security breach.

    8. See 7.

    9. If you're worried about the NSA CSIS or other agencies, you're wasting your time. They're already in your systems. But they're stupid, and have no idea about old school WW II and thereabouts tradecraft. Use that. It will drive them insane.

    10. Most security methods from WW II are still useable. Dazzle paint still defeats human facial recognition. Ministry of silly walks still defeats pattern analysis of human following on security vids. Really. Kind of surprising, but true. Mostly because modern intel agencies are too stupid.

  14. Mixture of factors on Statisticians Uncover What Makes For a Stable Marriage · · Score: 2

    Duration of dating before marriage would be a good predictor, as would female desire for wealthy spouse (negative) and male desire for pretty spouse (negative), in that duration will allow a couple to get past the "in love" phase to the "love" phase, and looks and wealth fade.

    Sunk costs of giant weddings and social pressures account for most of the rest.

    The question is, are you happy? What do you define as happy?

    My grandparents all got married with an expectation that their spouse was their partner. Marriage used to be more about family and stability than about other stuff.

  15. I am shocked, shocked I tell you on Core Secrets: NSA Saboteurs In China and Germany · · Score: 1

    That we are still doing what we have been doing since the War of Independence.

    Not.

  16. Just get a flu shot on The CDC Is Carefully Controlling How Scared You Are About Ebola · · Score: 1

    If you live in North America and you don't have any direct flights to your city from Africa, just go get a flu shot.

    And if you've been avoiding one, get your polio shots too.

    Those are real threats that kill people.

    But Ebola?

    Not here.

    More people die texting in just one city here than die from Ebola.

  17. As a former Shell RDC shareowner on Lego Ends Shell Partnership Under Greenpeace Pressure · · Score: 1

    As a former owner of Royal Dutch Shell shares, I'm not that surprised.

    The sooner you talk about the real threats to climate change, and to the Arctic in particular, which are, in order, China use of coal, China use of oil, and Canada (Alberta) use of tar sands, the better. All of the growth since 2000 has been those. India and the US, the 2nd and 3rd contributors (2014 UN data), have not grown their total use of any of those (coal, oil, tar sands).

    Focus on the grasping giant first. The others are manageable.

  18. Re:DOJ Oaths on National Security Letter Issuance Likely Headed To Supreme Court · · Score: 1

    Fairly sure the Oath was to defend the Corporations.

  19. Re:Crappy programming? on Ubisoft Claims CPU Specs a Limiting Factor In Assassin's Creed Unity On Consoles · · Score: 1

    It's good code design but all the French words take up 50 percent more space.

  20. Re:what an idiot on Carl Sagan, as "Mr. X," Extolled Benefits of Marijuana · · Score: 1

    Drunk people think they're great at driving too. Anyone under the influence of illegal drugs think they're sooo intelligent and creative and imaginative and infinitely smarter. In reality, they can't even think straight.

    I think you meant to say using a cell phone or tablet while driving, which is the primary cause of accidents in BC this year, not alcohol or medications.

    Same stats in WA, OR, CA.

  21. Re:But if we change, who will provide cheap prison on Carl Sagan, as "Mr. X," Extolled Benefits of Marijuana · · Score: 1

    You forget it counts as part of three strikes penalties and sentence modifiers, and also affects criminal records, leading to job aspects - and not having a job increases the probability of further incidence.

  22. But if we change, who will provide cheap prisoners on Carl Sagan, as "Mr. X," Extolled Benefits of Marijuana · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nobody thinks of the economic impact of freeing millions and millions of American citizens from indentured servitude.

    How will the prison industrial complex get cheap labor if we legalize MJ, which is used to imprison non-whites and seize all their assets without warrants?

    If the South has to give that up, it could be the end of the plantations!

  23. Re:Not going to happen on Goodbye, World? 5 Languages That Might Not Be Long For This World · · Score: 1

    That which is unmaintained is not broken.

    Press cares only about stuff that breaks. Stuff that runs the power systems and never breaks never makes the news.

  24. Re:Maybe on Fusion Reactor Concept Could Be Cheaper Than Coal · · Score: 1

    Very true. The major problems with fission are the mining process, the shipment, the fuel processing, the storage, and the radioactive shell and radioactive waste.

    The best part of fusion, if we actually can scale it commercially and use water as an input, is that only the radioactive shell becomes an issue. It's still an issue, of course.

  25. Fusion will be here in 20 years on Fusion Reactor Concept Could Be Cheaper Than Coal · · Score: 1

    I've been hearing this since my dad took me to the NYC World's Fair when I was 3.

    That was many many many decades ago.

    Riiight.

    That said, any actual growth in coal use since 2000 has been almost entirely due to China, not anyone else. And that's without switching to higher efficiency co-generation coal plants that use the waste heat from the coal furnaces to generate more power. Something we KNOW works, since we've been using it commercially for a long time.

    Ask yourself, why are you chasing unicorns and dragons, when cheap solar, wind, and gas are already here?