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  1. FUD on Google Grabbed Locations of Phones, PCs · · Score: 1

    Google gathered information being broadcast out in the open. Google isn't bad, broadcasting information is bad. This "news" is FUD trying to build a case against Google.

  2. Done been done for yourself. on DIY Dropbox Alternatives · · Score: 1

    Anyone using *nix of any kind should be used to being able to put files on any of their machines at any time, nfs, rsync, cifs, sftp, scp. At least that is what I've always thought. Maybe it is an age thing. Anyway. When I'm stuck having to use a windows machine one of the first things I do is downloaded winSCP so I can get to stuff.

  3. Re:Is using another third party service on DIY Dropbox Alternatives · · Score: 1

    Wait. You switched it on? You? Somebody is wii hii pped... :p

  4. Re:Real or just political maneuvering? on Space Station To Be Deorbited After 2020 · · Score: 1

    Lets hope the tests are successful.

  5. Most people are other people. on Security Expert Slams Google+ Pseudonym Policy · · Score: 1

    I thought the point of social networks was to have a place to be social. In the real world, being yourself while being social is not necessarily the norm.

    Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. ~Oscar Wilde

  6. insert standing ovation here on Lucas Loses Star Wars Stormtrooper Copyright Case · · Score: 0

    Nothing makes my eyes water more than stories about working people getting a slice of the pie despite having filthy rich cock suckers attacking them. If I were British I would sing God Save the Queen. What the hell, I'm singing it anyway.

  7. Re:check out zigzone dot com on Crowdsourcing Ancient Egyptian Scrolls · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry. I should have included tags and specifics to make my post more understandable.

    [sarcasm]
    But then they would have to allow people to copy/download images. They couldn't have that!
    [/sarcasm]

    My answer TO THE SITE REQUESTING HELP, "Go fuck yourself....."

  8. Re:check out zigzone dot com on Crowdsourcing Ancient Egyptian Scrolls · · Score: 3

    But then they would have to allow people to copy/download images. They couldn't have that! FTFA:"Images can not be copied or offloaded...". My answer, "Go fuck yourself. I have better things to do with my time than try to focus on thumbnail sized images on a shitty flash driven website that has moving images on it".

  9. Re:What if scenario on Court Filing On How 2004 Ohio Election Hacked · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't mind seeing the people he appointed to offices, including judges, being replaced. It isn't going to happen. At least, not until after this next presidential election. I'll freely go out on a ledge, huge as it is, and say that the 2012 elections will be bathed in corruption.

  10. Re:He's right about academic publishing on Release of 33GiB of Scientific Publications · · Score: 1

    I'm with you. I would rather my tuition, and now taxes, would have gone directly to paying for a web site to host the content. That way I would be free to access the content any time. Doing the work and having to pay to see the results is beyond a disgrace.

  11. Re:What could and what will happen on The Code War Arms Race · · Score: 1

    So to fix it is for the government to stop insisting on holes for them to peek through and the tools to make sure they, and anyone else with the skills, are not peeking? I believe that stands true in the US/UK/AU ad nausium... too.

  12. Re:The difference on The Code War Arms Race · · Score: 1

    I think you underestimate Schwartzkopf. He forced laser guided missile technology to the fore front. He used it to barrage the enemy with surgical strikes on communication priorities instead of traditional battle line troop bombing. He used the traditional Hun style semi-circle enclosure; but, implemented drop troops to prohibit the enemy from retreating to the better strategic fall back points. And. He did all of this with sociopaths in the white house and media people riding along with his army.

  13. Re:Bottom Line: on Carmack Addresses FPS Creativity Concerns · · Score: 1

    Romero certainly hasn't lost any of his creativity. http://www.facebook.com/RavenwoodFair It would be nice to see another fps from him, regardless of if it did or did not use an iD engine. Something magical, like hexen, would be nice.

  14. He won't last a year in the game biz. on Carmack Addresses FPS Creativity Concerns · · Score: 1

    Laff. Game developers are crazy. Especially when they go around saying crazy things like, "It’s to do something that people love so much they’re willing to give us money for." Who wants a game they will love or will feel like they got their moneys worth? The nerve! Carmack won't last a year in... oh wait.

  15. Re:No solar assist? on Inside Las Vegas' Biggest Data Centre · · Score: 1

    I did. Quoting the post is usually a good sign that it has been read. So to re-iterate more specifically for those that don't think after reading a fucking post...

    How a Solar One style power generator isn't cost-effective boggles my mind. ie. If the solutions they were looking for were not space-efficient they didn't look for anything more than panels on the roof. A Solar One style power generator can be built any place. The money made by adding power to the grid is close to a 1:1 deduction to the cost of electricity. If built properly, or as a shared investment, it could bring greater returns than 1:1.

  16. No solar assist? on Inside Las Vegas' Biggest Data Centre · · Score: 1

    Despite the presence of the Hoover Dam hydroelectric facility in Nevada, almost all of that output goes to California, so the public grid in Las Vegas derives 60% of it supply from natural gas-fuelled power plants.

    That is a lot of resources to have on the power grid. Why they don't build a Solar One style power generator for themselves boggles my mind.

  17. 3 easy password tricks on The Science of Password Selection · · Score: 1

    1) Ask users to think of two simple passwords. Then tell them to use them both in this form:
    1)simplepass2)simplepass
    a)simplepassb)simplepass ie. have them insert the 1) 2) or a) b) before each password. they will eventually mutate to c) d) and other variations out of habit if you force mandatory new passwords on them.

    2) Ask users to think of a word password, a number password, and a surrounding character. Then tell them to use them in this form:
    surroundingChar cNcNcNcNc surroundingChar ie. ***m1y2p3a4s5s*** most users start adding the surrounding character between the simple passwords then start using different characters on each mandatory password update. this works best for users that insist on amy123. **a1m2y3** is better than nothing.

    3) Ask the user to describe the log in. You get a lot of "this is rediculus" and "i'll never remember this annoying shit" for passwords but eventually they come around

  18. It describes using a VAX. on Company Claims Ownership of Digital Messaging · · Score: 2

    Clauses 1-457 were canceled.
    in 458 they describe a main frame (prior art by many, many years) so 458 should have been canceled, in addition to all of the clauses based on 458.
    providing a central controller for controlling a plurality of processes involved in said information searching and sharing;

    463 is based on 462 which is based on 458 so it should be canceled. 479 repeats the claim to prior art noted above. This leaves 478 as the only clauses not voided by the above prior art. Unfortunately for the patent troll 478 vaguely describes clustered computing as a means to duplicate the process of a main frame, which there are several instances of prior art as well.

  19. Re:Wrong, there are laws, and this breaks one of t on Security Consultants Warn About PROTECT-IP Act · · Score: 1

    90% of public school students between the grades 4-12 actively switch DNS settings on machines when they receive a block page. I know because for the last 8 years my job has been to provide content restriction, content monitoring, and data protection technology and support. The majority of my clients are US school systems. I seriously doubt that schools I haven't worked with vary more than .1%. Encrypted traffic is the ONLY pathway to protecting privacy and even THAT is now compromised by several filtering products actively used by schools, cities, and businesses. Your vast majority numbers must exclude the US.

  20. Re:Wrong, there are laws, and this breaks one of t on Security Consultants Warn About PROTECT-IP Act · · Score: 1

    A few ISPs don't give you the choice (Warner Bros is one that actively does). All ISPs have the means to. If this passes, even if your ISP does not want to they will not have a choice or it will be done upstream. Transparent redirecting/hijacking unencrypted DNS traffic is trivial.

    http://www.dnsleaktest.com/what-is-transparent-dns-proxy.php

  21. Re:Because of "competition". on The History of Ethernet · · Score: 1

    95% of users would not be able to utilize 10gbps.
    When discussing how things would be, how things are is not the proper measure.

    A) the backbones cant support that many people over 10gbps.
    You mean: the backbones do not support...

    B) Its not exactly cheap to run that kind of fiber everywhere
    Phone, ISP, TV services are not free. I distinctively remember paying last months bill, and the month before that, and the... Multiply that times 200M people.

    C) Home PCs wouldnt really be able to use data coming in that fast unless it were streaming media-- hard drive speeds arent really up to the 1.5GB/s mark unless youre running a 4-disk RAID0 array with solid-state drives.
    1.5G will be just fine for me for now. I would rather read about bus speeds rising than ISP fees rising while speeds staying the same.

    Not to mention, running media capable of 10gbps for a large number of customers is not cheap. Docsis 3.0 is what, 300mbps? How eager are you to pay for installation of a OC-192 line to your house?
    Fiber to every public school in the US should already be here. The current state of things is a testament to how much we don't give a shit. ISP, Phone, and TV companies should be paying for this in return for using the lines to distribute content/provide service.

    Instead tax payers (not just users) are paying for bandwidth for schools through property, state, and sales taxes. If you have a telephone line, hardware installation and maintenance is getting payed by you through surcharges, "other fees", and taxes added to your bill.
    eg. Federal/State surcharge/tax/"other fees" in Texas per phone line:
    State Cost-Recovery Fee
    TX Utility Gross Receipts Assessment
    Federal Universal Service Fee
    Carrier Cost Recovery Fee
    Texas Universal Service
    Municipal right-of-way Fee
    Federal Excise Tax
    Federal (Non-regulated & Toll Charges)
    State and Local (Local Charges)
    State and Local (Non-regulated & Toll Charges)

  22. Re:Not blocked on 41% of Chinese Websites Shut Down In 2010 · · Score: 1

    I see. I don't click outside of the text box after starting my post so I've never noticed it. It repositions you to the top most parent on clicking out. Then if you click in the Comment box it repositions you to the top most parent again. Maybe /. should have a poll on if readers want focus removed.

  23. Sooooo on SpaceX Dragon As Mars Science Lander? · · Score: 1

    Does this mean they have room for me?

  24. Because of "competition". on The History of Ethernet · · Score: 1

    If network speeds had increased as fast as processor speeds, the i7 would today at least have a 10Gbps network interface, and perhaps a 100Gbps one."

    If ISPs were not trying to screw their customers out of every penny 10G networks WOULD be common place.

  25. Re:This can't be!! on Watch Out Linux, GNU Hurd Coming · · Score: 1

    ROFLMAO!