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  1. Action potentials on Rewiring a Damaged Brain · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of Prime Intellect.

  2. Re:Why? on EFF Says 'Stop Using Haystack' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've got one: A security program that's not free software? Any slashdotter should know better. :)

  3. Re:You know what bothers me the most? on WikiLeaks Set To Release Unpublished Iraq War Docs · · Score: 1

    There's some information that should remain secret forever, medical journals, some military secrets.

    However, some information that should be public is wrongly being kept secret by those in power. To rectify that, leaks are made. As long as corruption exists, there will always be a need for a safe way to publish leaked info.

    Most, if not all, information published by Wikileaks falls into this cathegory.

  4. Not secret on EU Surveillance Studies Disclosed By Pirate Party · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Those documents aren't secret. They were released to the public by the INDECT project itself, ages ago. Right here!

  5. We don't have much to worry about, I think... on Film Industry Hires Cyber Hitmen To Take Down Pirates · · Score: 1
    From their website:

    Torrent downloader’s Aiplex has the best and most commonly used torrent software’s, that automatically searches for relevant key words at frequent intervals, which provides accurate information and also the location of the file being uploaded. The following are the most commonly used to name a few: U torrent, Fast torrent, Mp3 search, Lime wire, Bit Torrent, Vuze, Bit comet,Acquisition, Abc, Bit lord, Transmission, Bit let, Bit coca, Bram cohen, Mp3 Rocket, Etc.....

  6. Re:Already used in the UK on Building Prisons Without Walls Using GPS Devices · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Might have something to do with the facts that:

    1. Criminals aren't tagged at the time of release, but sometime later.

    2. The tags are handled by private companies, not the government.

    It's like there was a competition, "How badly can we screw this up?", and everyone tried their hardest.

  7. Re:Sneaky, yes. Lies, not quite. on ISPs Lie About Broadband "Up To" Speeds · · Score: 1

    Do you think Doritos would be allowed to sell bags as "up to a pound" when they averaged 9oz and some had quite a bit less?

    Yes. Anyone stupid enough to buy it will get what they deserve.

    Assuming sufficent intelligence in the majority of consumers, Doritos would be quickly driven out of business (or forced to change) by competitors who use exact wheights.

  8. Not Strong Bad on Flash Ported To iOS and iPhone 4 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I know he's the reason everyone goes to the site, but, unfortunately, Strong Bad didn't appear in this Flash demo at all. They only showed the speech-impeded athlete, Homestar Runner.

  9. Re:Fuck the doomed on Google CEO Schmidt Predicts End of Online Anonymity · · Score: 1

    It was way better off. However, the mainstream itself was not. Hence the adoption. Inevitable, I think.

  10. Re:We need peer2peer social networking on Could Open Source Render Facebook the Next AOL? · · Score: 1

    Diaspora was supposed to do this, but they've been very quiet the last month.

  11. Citation needed on Apple Lays Out Location Collection Policies · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There is no way to verify what they're telling us, because the software is not free.

  12. Black and White on Software Now Un-Patentable In New Zealand · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    As we've previously pointed out software patents aren't black and white, and there are certainly pros and cons.

    Citation needed. AFAIK, software patents are all black, no pros. Except possibly for patent lawyers, but those shouldn't exist anyway.

  13. The real problem on The Tuesday Birthday Problem · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The real problem is that so many people are be fooled by these logical hoops to think that the answer is anything than 50% (or 49%, if you take worldwide statistics into account). I had higher hopes for humanity.

  14. Re:SCOTUS has too much power on SCOTUS Nominee Kagan On Free Speech Issues · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There's a system we have called common law, where judges actually do play an active (although very subdued) role in protecting the public good, flexibly interpreting law, and other uses of judgement. "Judicial activism" has been part of the system for longer than we've been a nation.

    Didn't think of that. I've been brought up in a society with civil law. Most nations use it.

  15. Re:Porn? on SCOTUS Nominee Kagan On Free Speech Issues · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You don't get the idea of free speech, do you? It is the right of idiots to say stupid things. If it isn't that, then it isn't anything at all.

  16. SCOTUS has too much power on SCOTUS Nominee Kagan On Free Speech Issues · · Score: 2, Informative

    A court isn't supposed to be able to make policy decisions. That power should be reserved for the parliament (House/Senate in the US case), the ones that were actually elected by the public.

  17. Re:Link? on Firefox Extension HTTPS Everywhere Does What It Sounds Like · · Score: 2, Insightful
    EFF says:

    In an ideal world, every web request could be defaulted to HTTPS

    I say:
    In an ideal world, you wouldn't NEED to use HTTPS.

  18. Re:All I can hope on Thailand Shuts Down 43,000 More Websites · · Score: 1

    Ridiculing governments is even more useful.

  19. Symbian on Time To Dump XP? · · Score: 1

    I write applications for Symbian (Nokia smartphones). Their SDKs (at least up to s60, 3rd edition) doesn't work on anything but XP on an Administrator account (and a C drive (yeah, I've tried without one :)). Also, Windows 7 does nothing for me, so I'll keep XP SP3 for the forseeable future.

  20. FrostWire on LimeWire Likely To Shut Down Soon · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's not like the Gnutella network will shut down. Even if LimeWire stops distributing its client, there are plenty of others. For example, FrostWire.

  21. Re:The big question is... on Joss Whedon To Direct The Avengers · · Score: 1

    We already know. Same thing that happens to everything else. ;)

  22. Flashblock and cookies on Adobe Flash CS5 Exports Animations To HTML5 Canvas · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What does this mean for Flashblock and Flash cookies?

  23. Use a desktop computer on How Neuros Built Their Nearly Silent HTPC · · Score: 0

    I have an idea. Put your TV up against a wall, put your desktop computer up against the same wall, but on the other side, in another room. Drill a hole through the wall and pull the requisite cables through the hole. Find some sort of remote control for the desktop machine.

    Now your computer can be as loud as it wants.

  24. Re:Can we get rid of SSL now please? on Government Could Forge SSL Certificates · · Score: 1

    sudo mod me up

    ok :)

  25. Piracy: the better choice on EA Editor Criticizes Command & Conquer 4 DRM · · Score: 3, Informative