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  1. Is this the list? on US Grabs More Domain Names, $1.4M From Online Counterfeit Operations · · Score: 1
  2. Re:No Problem on U.S. In Danger of Losing Earth-Observing Satellite Capability · · Score: 1

    Don't worry about the weather. Food is cheaper from China, Australia, Brazil, Russia, the EU, Africa ....
    If prime US farmland is flooded, turns to dust, print some export cash and buy up the years short fall.

  3. Re:Can someone explain to me on Pirate Party Gaining Strength In Germany · · Score: 1

    Follow the cash as with any of the smaller 'new' parties around the world. Someone is funding "youth" groups as larger and traditional parties fail to win clean, clear political victories.
    The type of person? Mostly the 20-30 something, never really worked and did 6 years of French or 4 of Maths.
    They dream of publishing a book or making a movie or some open source project. Drive a very expensive Euro car, enjoy blogging about distilled beverages, wealthy parents look after them.
    i.e. lost in post-college existence and clinging to some ideology that others in their clique seem to have found.
    If a party survived registration and court challenges to get on the ballot and still has way too much working capitol .....
    If your German expect to meet a few BND, BfV and ex MfS contractors whispering about 'other' options long term.

  4. Millions of people will be calling their telco's on Unblocking The Pirate Bay the Hard Way Is Fun · · Score: 3, Funny

    Consumer: Look, it's a bleeding network, isn't it? I've got a license for me Mac, I've got a license for me wireless connection.
    Callcenter: You don't need a license for your internet.
    Consumer: I bleedin' well do and I've got a Mac! Can't be caught on the net!
    Callcenter: There is no such thing as a bloody internet license.
    Consumer: Yes there is.
    Callcenter: No there isn't.
    Consumer: What's that then?
    Scans form
    Callcenter: This is a US birth certificate with the layers cut out and 'internet' pasted in, in Euphemia.
    Consumer: Man didn't have the long form.
    Callcenter: What man?
    Consumer: The American man from the Internet detector van.
    Callcenter: The flea market van, you mean.
    Consumer: Look, it's people like you what cause telco churn.
    Callcenter: What internet detector van?
    Consumer: The internet detector van from the PFI called "Diplomatic Wireless Service".
    Callcenter: Diplomatic Wireless Service?
    Consumer: It was printed like that on the van. I'm very observant. I never seen so many bleedin' racks. The man said their equipment could pinpoint a packet at four hundred yards, and my MAC being such a happy Mac was a piece of cake.
    Callcenter: How much did you pay for this?

  5. Re:Can we get some objective analysis? on US-Australia Agreements Create Opportunities for Privacy Violation, Extradition · · Score: 1

    re 'That's how they've chosen to govern that particular offense."
    If its such an offence, why not face an Australian judge or jury? You then get to quiz your isp, the legal standing of the firm that identified you and trace paper trail that got you before a court.
    Hire a legal team, see what they can do and face the Australian legal system, media and the state/federal political machines that passed the laws.

    Its also very chilling to think about having your ip/site/comments/video/pics found by a US contractor/official. You might have posted from Australia, but this could get interesting for Australian citizen journalists.
    Aid and comfort to a person who leaked a secret document?

  6. Re:Taxes suck. on In Australia, Google Pays Just $74k Tax On Claimed Revenues of $200 Million · · Score: 1

    You need medical care and don't get that "required to treat people" paper work in for "free" care - you will be in the streets after the bills arrive. If you don't get your meds, your meds in the right amounts or have your meds reviewed - palliative care becomes your "required to treat people".

  7. Re:why do you say "funnelled"? on In Australia, Google Pays Just $74k Tax On Claimed Revenues of $200 Million · · Score: 1

    Do you think some small Australian software firm gets to "be Irish", become "a charity"?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_File_Number - they get tracked and taxed.

  8. Re:Don't single out Google on this. on In Australia, Google Pays Just $74k Tax On Claimed Revenues of $200 Million · · Score: 3, Insightful
  9. Re:Taxes suck. on In Australia, Google Pays Just $74k Tax On Claimed Revenues of $200 Million · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You want to risk your home on an ER bill? Try some bankruptcy? Just to get some medical treatment....

  10. Re:A poll on Gimp 2.8 Finally Released · · Score: 1

    Government Income (no) Money (for) Photoshop

  11. Re:So this means... on EU Court Rules APIs, Programming Languages Not Copyrightable · · Score: 1

    In theory:
    Software - UK - English culture at a "lower" price to sell back into software addicted US market.
    Selling to South America, Africa, Asia - try the old colonial powers?
    In reality:
    Some "new" Europe second class University town sweatshop to write the backend.
    Some "new" Europe top grade University town sweatshop to write the gui/book/website/marketing.
    Why spend cash on top grade academics to help polish your product?
    Less errors in translation, they can get the look of any export marketing product right - the photo with people standing, sitting, male, female, young, older, who is seen as in charge, the slogan, the logo- saves on "misunderstandings" later.
    Make sure the cost of setting up your software factory is low, done fast, legal and you can remove staff in the "US" style...
    Factor in hardware and software costs, strange audits, expensive legal/privacy needs even for small start ups, environmental regs.

  12. Re:Read the decision on EU Court Rules APIs, Programming Languages Not Copyrightable · · Score: 1

    Old Europe hopes to draw the smart people back, away from the US legal EULA mess.
    http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/12/court-you-do-not-own-that-copy-of-wow-you-bought.ars
    "Give me your hardwired, your sophomore,
    Your huddled hoaxes yearning to code free,
    The gifted gnus of your crumbling bookstores.
    Send these, the faithless, gymnast-tost to me,
    I lift my laptop beside the golden port!"

  13. Re:Why comic books? on Ask Slashdot: Which Comic Books To Start My 3-Year-Old With? · · Score: 1

    Try the Church Mice series by Graham Oakley
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Oakley
    http://www.grahamoakley.co.uk/page11.html
    http://www.grahamoakley.co.uk/page9.html
    Lots of amazing art with plots set in science, a guest preacher and exploring suburbia.

  14. Re:Google on Mozilla Calls CISPA an "Alarming" Threat to Privacy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Feel that push for CISPA to get real telco immunity? The company is protected from users, using poor code and the feds get CALEA like access.
    No more "Marius" momments in the press, it would all be logged under national security.
    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/04/how-expansive-immunity-clauses-cispa-will-facilitate-abuse-user-privacy-0
    "If a company learns about a security flaw, fails to fix it, and users' information is misused or stolen, companies cannot be held liable as long as the company acted “in good faith” according to CISPA."
    Until then its "Alright sir, I just need to check inside your sever."
    Yes, you're a smart admin, aren't you sir?

  15. Re:Why is it strange that NJ dominates the USA cit on Global Broadband Speeds Dropped At the End of 2011 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Its the big historic cable stations, New Jersey has a lot of optical and federal interest due to the international traffic that enters/exits the USA from around the world.
    A lot of that traffic passes/passed via NJ and to a lesser part Rhode Island. So the area by default would be over served by private telco and NSA interests over many years e.g. TAT-14.
    Add in huge loops that span Europe, the Caribbean, and South America and link to parts Middle East - it all gets back to parts of New Jersey.

    Would state-wide density really show a bump if everybody was on the same fly over state "old copper, cable or average new optical roll out speeds" vs say massive hardened backhaul?

  16. Re:Risk? on Tor Researchers' Tool Aims To Map Out Internet Censorship · · Score: 1

    Depends on who you upset and where. A large truck might hit you. You might suffer a home invasion and a quick death.
    You might suffer a home invasion and a long "cult" death. Day, weeks, months under anti terror questioning and dumped, never to be found or left just outside your family home.
    Or you might just have tax, gun, medical or possession problems that fit your 'lifestyle' become legal issues. Or you just drop dead walking home one night ....

  17. Re:Oblig. on Organism Closest To Original "Tree of Life" Discovered · · Score: 1

    0, 1 or some Erds number or a low batch number?

  18. Re:Where went wrong? on Surface-To-Air Missiles At London Olympics · · Score: 1

    portable SAM launcher? Sounds great for a small Soviet fighter over West Germany, helicopter or EU export quality jet from South America... but what would it do to a next gen "jumbo" engine?
    They might just get a hit, one big hot engine falls off as designed to and then what?

  19. Re:Air-Air Missiles? on Surface-To-Air Missiles At London Olympics · · Score: 1

    The evil people could build some form of aircraft in a big barn from parts via diplomatic bags. 10 years of family trips to the country in an old Merc - the parts shipped could really add up to something big.
    The barn doors open and a group of microlites fan out under the radar. Only vigilant SAM crews can save the day ...

  20. Re:Is there a source to the article? on Report Finds Google Supervisors Knew About Wi-Fi Data Harvesting · · Score: 1
  21. Re:This shouldn't be difficult on Key Test For Skylon Spaceplane Engine Technology · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Yes its an old idea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunders-Roe_SR.53 i.e. how to get to 60,000 ft (18,300 m) in just 2 minutes 30 seconds.

  22. Re:my question is on China Plans National, Unified CPU Architecture · · Score: 1

    Why does Russia support passenger jet construction when airbus and boeing are on sale?
    China knows an internal CPU/GPU foundation is a useful skill to have and expand on - think of some trade war or blockage or generational backdoor..or US political issues...
    This gives China options, lets them build internal quality towards exports under their own brands at their own price in their own currency.

  23. Weapons experts on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Most Dangerous Lines of Scientific Inquiry? · · Score: 2

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2133201/Dr-Richard-Holmes-Suicide-riddle-weapons-expert-worked-David-Kelly.html
    If your in the UK and working on chem, bio "protection" try not to get too stressed.
    It seems "suicide" is catching.....

  24. Re:Title 50 people on House Passes CISPA · · Score: 1

    In the past NSA, CIA and GCHQ work would never "exist" in any legal frame work, privacy or policy context. They did what they did under embassies, from space, on dedicated lines in far away places.
    i.e. your powerful offensive military signals/cyber units (NSA, DIA?, CIA...) are now very close to your domestic telcos in a legal usable way....
    Now anyone connected to the USA are another step closer to everyday domestic closed court use of logs with a telco getting total immunity if your swept up.
    As for trust read up on:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_SHAMROCK
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MINARET
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO

  25. US cloud and .com hosts..... on House Passes CISPA · · Score: 1

    Many people will be looking twice at their hosting needs, local privacy laws and new US telco laws.
    The only thing the US can still offer is the word "unlimited" on cheap shared best effort servers deals.
    http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/cloud/what-will-you-do-when-the-us-comes-for-you-20120125-1qhc1.html
    http://www.dsd.gov.au/infosec/cloud/cloud01.htm