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  1. Re:Benefits of DNSSEC? on Comcast Launches First Public US Trial of DNSSEC · · Score: 1

    DNSSEC increases your maintenance costs (constant resigning even if no changes), makes DYNDNS servers harder to run, exposes your zone data, and helps DDOS attacks.

    Did I miss anything?

    The internet is currently not controlled by anyone but DNSSEC changes this by requiring every domain to have a traceable certificate. Look for greater centralized control by people saying "think of the children" and "this will only be used to combat terrorism". It also pretty much guarantees that new clients will be written to allow DNS lookups in both the "official" root zone and under alternative roots.

  2. Re:from out of middle-field... on Texas Textbooks Battle Is Actually an American War · · Score: 1

    Actually, it might be nice if US history courses occasionally looked at the actual documents instead of some author's interpretation of the documents. How many students read Thomas Paine's Common Sense in a course on the American Revolution?

  3. Re:will Apple be the "game changer"? on Offline Book "Lending" Costs US Publishers Nearly $1 Trillion · · Score: 1

    Apple convinced people to pay for some of their music and cellphone apps with low license fees and convenience. I am hoping for a "three-peat" later this year in the ebook world. $10-$15 ebooks are still too pricey.

    Fixed that for ya.

  4. Re:More direct costs. on What's Holding Back Encryption? · · Score: 1

    That's a Good Thing.

    No it isn't. In what way is a self-signed cert on https less secure than an http connection?

  5. Re:Here is an idea on Kodak Sues Apple & RIM Over Preview In Cameras · · Score: 1

    Good catch. Looks like the prior art displayed the preview at the same resolution as the captured video. One innovation here is to have two different modes - a low res live action preview done in hardware and a high-res still image capture done with additional software processing.

  6. Re:They're remapping something else on Does Your PC Really Need a SysRq Button Anymore? · · Score: 1

    Ah. The Dymo keyboard. Even better.

  7. Re:How about the even more useless keys? on Does Your PC Really Need a SysRq Button Anymore? · · Score: 1

    You mean Ctrl-v?

  8. Re:They're remapping something else on Does Your PC Really Need a SysRq Button Anymore? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But it doesn't need it's own special key. Any combination of keys could be programmed to send the PRTSCR keycode, without needing a dedicated key.

    Also true for every other key. In fact, you could just have one key and if you keep hitting it it cycles through all of the keycodes until you get to the one you want. Then you pause and go on to the next one. Seems very elegant to me. Put the most-used characters at the front of the list: etaoin...

  9. Re:eating on One Variety of Sea Slugs Cuts Out the Energy Middleman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slugs aren't very energetic. It's doubtful that photosynthesis alone will provide the energy necessary to power your body and that meat based computer in your head.

    So this would work for my boss, then.

  10. Re:Works for me on Canadian Censorship Takes Down 4500 Sites · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1) Saying something - speech.
    2) Taking money or goods under false pretenses - fraud.

    I don't understand your confusion here. There's already laws against 2). No need to bring 1) into a legal discussion at all.

  11. Re:As always, make yourself known on Why Coder Pay Isn't Proportional To Productivity · · Score: 1

    The DEC RSX-11M operating system had a system structure called the Fork Queue until management made them rename it.

  12. Re:Good way to end this BS on Court Orders Shutdown of H-1B Critics' Websites · · Score: 1

    How are medical records, mail or private conversations "contracts"? When are taxpayer dollars being used to keep them private?

  13. Re:As always, make yourself known on Why Coder Pay Isn't Proportional To Productivity · · Score: 5, Funny

    The thanks never comes down to the programmers. When the product is completed, it's likely they'll be let go, since no more work needs to be done. The sales staff could continue selling it for years, and making a profit.

    This is why I always leave lots of bugs in the code, and name the variables: a, aa, aAa, Aa, etc. They can never fire me.

  14. Re:Monty Python Engineering on Is Code Auditing of Open Source Apps Necessary? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Except for the part about the 4th one staying up.

  15. Re:Marshall, TX on BetaNet Sues Everyone For Remote SW Activation · · Score: 1

    That's odd. I use Ajax to clean the scuzz off my Blackberry.

  16. Re:Hurray! on EU Accepts Microsoft's Browser Choice Promise · · Score: 1

    Wasn't the original browser complaint because MS was preventing distributors from installing Netscape?

  17. Re:Worst summary ever. on Busybox Developer Responds To Andersen-SFLC Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    It's even worse than that. Since every cell in your body is replaced over time, can Bruce even claim to be the same person that wrote the original code?

  18. Re:Exagerrating the numbers. on Is Console Gaming Dying? · · Score: 1

    But you aren't taking into account the obvious trend. This is already one years in a row where a loss has occurred!

  19. Re:Not more safe on Malware Found Hidden In Screensaver On Gnome-Look · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The idea behind it is so that someone will put out a patch for said vulnerability without having to wait for parent company to do so....

    It turns out that I have patched a serious vulnerability in Linux. Please download and install my patch as root on your system.

    Sincerely,
    Someone

  20. Re:Just one question on eBay vs. Craigslist Courtroom Fisticuffs Start Today · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure that it is Esparanto for "My hovercraft is full of eels".

  21. Re:ebay is now just evil on eBay vs. Craigslist Courtroom Fisticuffs Start Today · · Score: 1

    Many small private companies give big stock options to key employees on condition that they get rights to buy back the stock if the person leaves. Depends on the company.

  22. Re:And the worst case scenario? on A Look At the Safety of Google Public DNS · · Score: 1

    because they do exactly what they aim to do.

    Send huge amounts of spam?

  23. Re:WTF, why is a Carnot reference here? on Recycling Excess Heat From the Data Center · · Score: 1

    The system I liked was the guy who cut the big hole in his kitchen wall. In winter he puts the insulated board in front. In the summer he pushes the back of his refrigerator through to the outside so its exhaust heat doesn't end up in his kitchen. Cuts his A/C bill enough to be noticeable and takes less than one roll of duct tape per year.

  24. Re:automated tool for locating cells? on Sprint Revealed Customer GPS Data 8 Million Times · · Score: 2, Funny

    4 million of them were FBI and police checking the whereabouts of their spouses and children.

  25. If encryption is "best practice" ... on National Data Breach Law Advances · · Score: 1

    Why is the default for filesystems to be unencrypted?

    Why is the default for email unencrypted?

    In fact, in any current OS, Windows/Linux/OSX, I have to go out of my way to add encryption to either my data or my email. And if I do encrypt my email, I will just get blank stares from the recipients, because their client will not have a clue.