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  1. Re:Congratulations on Anonymous Steals 10,000 Iranian Government Emails · · Score: 1

    Eurodif in France during the 1980's?

  2. Re:Wrong approach on MI6 Swaps Bomb Making Info With Cupcake Recipe On al-Qaeda Website · · Score: 1

    Plus humour is a nice way of countering the lonely, disenfranchised, multilingual, basement dwelling image of people who might be attracted to joining MI6?
    Sets a new image of the service - well away from the death squads and extraordinary rendition of the distant past.

  3. Re:Different expectations of Govt on Judge Finds Cisco, US Authorities Deceived Canadian Courts · · Score: 3, Informative

    Enjoy that border while it lasts http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Canada+perimeter+security+agreement+crucial+diplomats/4886235/story.html
    Soon it will be a security "perimeter" around Canada.

  4. Re:Happening yet again on Judge Finds Cisco, US Authorities Deceived Canadian Courts · · Score: 1

    You imply that the system will ever be changed.: "We know what you did in Canada" is a bit like "Dmitry" or "rootkit" or "Room 641A" or "Costas Tsalikidis" or "Adamo Bove", Mr "national security issue" ect. people will recall for years and years.

  5. Re:Child Labor on School Super Asks Governor To Make His School District a Prison · · Score: 1

    Soon the National Industrial Recovery Act will be legal history and regular employment of children younger than 14 with no minimum wage provision will be fine in many states.
    http://www.senate.mo.gov/11info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=4124271

  6. Re:Terrible Writing, Actually on School Super Asks Governor To Make His School District a Prison · · Score: 1

    The output from the bottom 90% will be buying "Made in China" not "Designing in the USA". $7000 is more than enough to contain, feed, medicate, test, stream and scholarship out the very few that are truly gifted but trapped by poverty.
    That $30,000 and $40,000 is part of an often private prison–industrial complex and generates real wealth for generations of investors.
    The $7000 number should be seen as more as an introduction to a life on food stamps.

  7. Re:Whats a school super? on School Super Asks Governor To Make His School District a Prison · · Score: 1

    Yes, executive oversight and administration rights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintendent_(education)

  8. Re:Was it legal? on Tennessee Makes it Illegal To Share Your Netflix Password · · Score: 1

    This means that the lawyer does not have to try and get you to civil court, have you fail to show up, have to go back to court, get a court order, find you, get you back to court ... face your family lawyer, fine you, face your cheaper lawyer... repeat a few times then finally you are in the prison industrial complex.
    Now its your ip, instant no knock digital warrant, SWAT, 5 min plea bargain/risk of court sign off and prison industrial complex.

  9. Re:Why are you on a public network? on UK Plans Cyber Weapons Program · · Score: 1

    The US can profit it from the 'networked' world in a few ways. Selling it, rolling it out, maintaining it, protecting it and the longterm backdoor.
    Why and how the UK did not see this points to a political deal- you dont say no to the USA.

  10. Re:Forever alone... on Tennessee Makes it Illegal To Share Your Netflix Password · · Score: 2

    In Capitalist West Netflix watches with you.

  11. Re:Limited number of simultaneous connections? on Tennessee Makes it Illegal To Share Your Netflix Password · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Think of the joys of a civil forfeiture sale when they raid your home in some US states if laws like this stand.
    Anything with a power cable, networking, cd's, blu ray/dvd, computers, displays, lcd, plasma can be removed and sold to raise funds for local law enforcement.

  12. Re:This is how we do things over here on UK Plans Cyber Weapons Program · · Score: 1

    Your internet shaped to 56k for 2 weeks if they find a pizza box in the wrong bin?

  13. Re:What weapons?... on UK Plans Cyber Weapons Program · · Score: 1

    Think back to the IRA and the long reach of UK signals intelligence, other friendly intelligence services and what lots and lots of cash can do.
    In the UK, game over.
    In a country on good terms with the UK, game over.
    The SAS can cover some areas.
    Gangs, cults, home invasion, truck with poor breaks, unexpected medical issues, tax issues, deep political issues, gas leak, sucide, drugs, porn ect...

  14. Re:huh? on UK Plans Cyber Weapons Program · · Score: 2

    Its the same line they use for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porton_Down
    If the UK wants to master its NBC suit production they "thought experiment" with the best offensive weapons they can dream up.
    1. If the UK wants to master digital infrastructure they roll out very expensive Microsoft and watch everybody have a go at hacking it.
    2. ?
    3. Cyber victory
    Its cost saving to have 1 expensive engineer watching a few counties critical infrastructure from a cheap Windows laptop after 5 pm but ... if s/he can dial in, so can other people.
    They only thing the Ministry of Defence can do now is to make sure its www.secret-bases.co.uk/ are safe and wait for the next generation of UK politicians to finally understand that critical UK infrastructure has been wonderful for US shareholders.

  15. Re:excellent PR by Google on Google Uncovers China-Based Password Collection Campaign · · Score: 1

    "Not happy about it" is sending in lawyers, PR teams and been very open about whats going on, not teaming up with the NSA.

  16. Re:...Wh.. on Google Uncovers China-Based Password Collection Campaign · · Score: 1

    United States should strongly consider response in kind?
    Russia learned in the early 1950s that its mil radio communication was under constant threat. They changed to one time pads and hardened their communications networks.
    China did not leak much signal info during the cold war and if they where wise would not have much on any open networks now.
    Why the US would have any info on open networks beyond honeytraps/boondoggle efforts is very strange/sloppy/dumb.

  17. Re:huh? on OCZ Couples SSD, Mechanical Storage On a PCIe Card · · Score: 2

    They seem to want to back ~10% of the storage with SSD. Thats the OS, select files and applications?
    Your game/photoshop/browser will load SSD fast, the large video clip last watched 4 months ago may not.
    How smart will MS be about fitting the 50 or so gigs of used files and sorting 'todays' work?
    Will you hit a part of your 500 gb @ 5,400-RPM sort mid game?

  18. So they tested the pay news and pulled back? on Activision Reveals Call of Duty Subscription Plans · · Score: 1

    $40-100 for the game depending on your location and currency, then you have to rent to enjoy for $10's over a few months?
    Its all just cute "map packs" content, performance stats, for now... trust us .. its all free ...
    How long before they get you for free p2p networking vs rent only dedicated servers?

  19. Re:Beginning of the computer age? on The Machines That Sparked the Beginning of the Computer Age · · Score: 1

    The US did truly amazing things with the codes used by Japan ~ around/before Pearl harbor. Let It Happen to cover the progress made and bring the US into the war... ?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse is also very interesting in pre/war war Germany and post war Switzerland.
    But who wants to read about the first functional program-controlled Turing-complete computer (1941)?
    Best to stick to Colossus, bombe, Enigma ect :)

  20. Re:American Crypto better than Enigma on The Machines That Sparked the Beginning of the Computer Age · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The US had networks of rich trustafarian like elites feeding back news pre ww2 and the US gov liked to read all text flowing via its private telco network ie Room 641A like.
    SIGABA was not that great, in great poverty, post ww2, England was able to tell the US of its workings in 1947 and hinted they had used some of the SIGABA ideas. The US was shocked as they thought they had "made in the USA" crypto perfection. The UK suggested working together on a better system, to cut costs in replacing its own Typex as SIGABA was in the past.
    The US said no, then Korea and the NSA changed everything.
    The US finally got crypto in the 1950's and its greatest gift to the world has been ensuring all export quality codes and devices used by friends and other nations where well known to the USA.

  21. Re:Freedom Of Speech, eh? on Twitter Reveals User Details In UK Libel Case · · Score: 1

    Just wait till the state picks up on libel. Dont like cradle to grave protection? Have some issue with distant wars? Eastern Europe used to love the legal consequences of any speech.

  22. Re:More damaging for Apple than most think... on Mac Malware Evolves - No Install Password Required · · Score: 1

    http://iantivirus.com/threats/ has a list of some of the OS X/pre OS X era malware.
    Not a lot of virii, Trojan.OSX.RSPlug was it for a while.

  23. Re:New technique? on "Space Archeology" Uncovers Lost Pyramids · · Score: 1

    http://www.affs.org/html/geoarcheology.html yes it goes back to the 1980's with shuttle imaging radar (SIR-A) via Space Shuttle Columbia in 1981.

  24. Re:Border Backup/Restore on New Bill Pushes For Warrants To Access Cloud Data · · Score: 1

    Just watch out for asset forfeiture laws in some states, best keep that "crack"berry hidden.

  25. Re:they're not doing this for the artistic merit, on US Intelligence Agency to Compile Mountain of Metaphors · · Score: 1

    The US gov has had instant voice to text, voice print and world wide media/press sorting options for many years.
    Simple dictionary options worked well when a city/country had a few newspapers, a few tv/radio stations and a sub set of phone numbers to always listen in on.
    Web 2.0, massive advances in cheap cpu/storage and extra funding allows for more creativity to stop the locals from getting uppity.
    Why let some web "person" build to updating 10,000 unique ip contacts everyday? They can be detected at 10, 100, 1000 with better searches and then be co-opted/stopped.