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  1. Re:Wake up and smell the ducats, peons.... on Shunting the FCC To the Slow Lane · · Score: 0

    No, in common parlance the fascism refers to how the government controls the populace - by force. Plutocracy or Oligarchy refers to who holds the levers to control the government, regardless of how the government then executes things.

  2. Re:real bias of the media on Shunting the FCC To the Slow Lane · · Score: 0

    I wouldn't say "the media is all in... about Benghazi". _FOX NEWS_ is all in. The other media outlets don't seem to care about Benghazi anymore.

  3. Re:Stealing? on Ex-Microsoft Employee Arrested For Leaking Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    The exclusivity was not stolen - it was destroyed. For the exclusivity to be stolen somebody else would now have to have the exclusivity on that code, but they cannot, because the owner still has a copy.

  4. Re:What Ubisoft Does Best on Ubisoft Hacked, Account Data Compromised · · Score: 1

    Their site is pretty clearly in "oh SHIT" mode right now, stripped down to barest minimums. I would hope that once things settle down and the more feature-rich site returns, you'll be able to do a recovery along the lines of what you could previously. However, if you didn't set up any other alternative methods of recovery (I can't remember if they had secret questions, etc), then you may be out of luck. Perhaps the returned site will let you log in with the old password and then force the change.

  5. Re:If you have to ask... on Are 12-16 Hour Workdays Productive? · · Score: 1

    It's not specifically named holidays like Christmas, but rather a cultural behavior to take one's vacation days during August, come hell or high water.

  6. It's all relative on Don't Super-Size My Smartphone! · · Score: 3, Funny

    As somebody that sold the Motorola "book" cell phones back in the early 90's, I find it funny calling these tiny things "huge and heavy".

  7. Re:Same Story in Germany on Who Is Still Using IE6? the UK Government · · Score: 1

    IETab just runs IE; if your application is bloody-minded about only allowing in IE6, then Firefox plus IETab running IE8 will still get bounced.

  8. Re:nonsense on FBI Seizes Server Providing Anonymous Remailer Service · · Score: 1

    Agreed. A number of forensic power supplies exist, ranging from full-PC units to ones that just manage the hard drive, and can be engaged without interrupting power.

  9. Re:Perspective on The iPhone Is a Nightmare For Carriers · · Score: 1

    Considering the massive loss that Apple mandates the carrier eat on each unit sold, yes, they probably would prefer no direct sales.

    Apple's not going to move many direct-to-consumer iPhones for the amount they charge the carriers, though. The end user is conditioned to think their subsidized price is the real price.

  10. Re:Pointless -- there is already a secure solution on Secure Syslog Replacement Proposed · · Score: 1

    It doesn't provide evidence of log tampering, so no - it's not the same thing.

  11. Re:This is getting out of hand on Consumer Tech: an IT Nightmare · · Score: 1

    $5K per laptop?

    What world are you living in?

    Try an order of magnitude less.

  12. Re:Not many people want you to support consumer te on Consumer Tech: an IT Nightmare · · Score: 1

    When somebody says "I need my device that I carry with me at all times to connect to the company's mail server", they're saying "I want to do more job more efficiently."

    Yes, and they think that's the best way - but they're also not solution architects.

    However, the IT guy isn't denying things for shits and giggles. His job is to make sure the entire infrastructure stays up, secure, and available to everyone.

    If he allows every Tom, Dick, and VP of Marketing to connect their new shiny to the network without doing his due diligence, who do you think is going to have his balls in a vise when that device goes insane and screws with the infrastructure? Not the VP of Marketing, that's for damn sure.

    It's a balance. Everyone wants their new shiny, but they can't always have it. The IT guy wants a simple monoculture, but he can't have that.

  13. Keys to the kingdom on Ask Slashdot: How To Securely Share Passwords? · · Score: 2

    I don't think it'll be too hard.

    If you keep your passwords securely in a master storage system (IE: KeePass or the like), and keep the master password for that in a physical location that your siblings will be able to get access to in the event of your demise, then they can use that to get access to all the accounts you held.

    Think along the lines of those "snap cards" that were in 1980's cold war movies. The sibs have to break it open to get the master password paper, so you know it continues to be secure. There could even be instructions on the paper along with the password.

  14. Re:Congratulations, science on Agile Quadruped Robot Unveiled By Italian Roboticists · · Score: 1

    No, no, they have to demonstrate that they're making progress towards a robot that can play football.

  15. Re:What does "flaunt law" mean? on Steve Jobs' Missing License Plate · · Score: 2

    I suspect the AC confused "flaunt" with "flout". Not too surprising, as it's a rarely used word these days.

  16. Thanks, I needed that laugh on NASA CTO Says Help Desks May Disappear · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Speaking as a team lead for tier 2 support group, that's part of the premium service desk for managed IT outsourcing (ASA 30 seconds, 70% FTR kind of thing), this made me laugh my butt off.

    Yes, we get crap-tons of calls from users about mobile devices. Tom is out of touch with "real" users, he's suffering (benefiting?) from massive selection bias here. His sample base is nowhere near representative of your average corporate IT user.

  17. Roadmap? on NASA Rolls Out Space Exploration Roadmap · · Score: 3, Funny

    Roadmap? Why not a starchart?

  18. Re:Interesting. on SMK Toughens Up Those Tiny Micro-USB Connections · · Score: 1

    Sure, and those comments are just as applicable to the mini-USB mounts. Hell, probably more applicable; the entire unit of a surface-mount USB it taller, and therefore applies more force to the solders through leverage, assuming the same insertion force.

  19. Re:Freaking Flash (again!) on NASA Reveals New Images of Apollo Landing Sites · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How, exactly, can we get that cool comparison-slider, without using something like Flash or HTML5?

  20. Re:Google+ on Facebook Says That Google+ Has No Users · · Score: 1

    Wait, you mean all these policy updates are your fault? Stop messing with your sharing permissions so the rest of us can get some peace!

  21. Re:NASA hates successful designs on Mars Rover Opportunity Set To Roll Into Its Ultimate Crater · · Score: 2

    Mars is huge, compared to what the rovers are covering.

    They could put a hundred identical rovers up there, and they'd all be finding different things, and the project would get some cost savings on the design side.

    Of course, the main cost isn't in the design side, but in the heavy lift and ongoing operations.

  22. Re:Great, so how the hell do I paint ashalt shingl on Bill Clinton Says 'Paint Your Roofs White' · · Score: 1

    How long before we here the politicians whining that Clinton's trying to outlaw roof shingles or make everyone replace their roof.

    I'm waiting for the complaints from pilots that they're getting sun-glare.

  23. Re:Not much of a threat on Undersea Cable Map Shows Where The Data Pipes Are · · Score: 1

    It's interesting how many of the cables seem to be fairly precise, and others are clearly guesses or approximations.

    Look at the three lines that terminate in Seattle. One of them is extremely precise, with weaving and meandering even at the nearest zoom levels. One of the others is so approximate that it crosses over islands as it goes from point to point.

  24. Re:You can stop them on Phone Customers Pay $2B Yearly In Bogus Fees · · Score: 1

    Honestly they need to default to all this crap being blocked and you have to call to enable it.

    You may think that, but the average consumer would find that enraging.

    The same laziness that leads people to not check their bills, causes people to get irate when they have to jump through extra hoops to get something activated.

  25. Re:theme park rented "kid trackers" on Tracking Bracelets for Autistic Kids and Senior Citizens · · Score: 2

    Two words. Shit happens.

    Even the most well-meaning parent can get overwhelmed in a crowd surge or the kid could decide to tear off suddenly. It's not a substitute for watchful parenting but it can be useful additional tool in the toolkit. It also allows the kid to have a modicum of self-control, since mom and dad don't have to be glued to their hand all day.