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  1. Re:It is system design and infrastructure on UK Taxpayers' Money Getting Wasted On IT Spending · · Score: 1

    UK political corruption is minute compared to US corruption

    I don't know the comparative numbers but in the UK we hardly have spotless record.

  2. Well its not like the money not spent on IT on UK Taxpayers' Money Getting Wasted On IT Spending · · Score: 1

    Well its not like the money not spent on IT all goes to good use.

  3. This is for the threat.. on TN BlueCross Encrypts All Data After 57 Disks Stolen · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This is for the threat.. if the healthcare bill passes we'll destroy the keys

  4. Re:very lame on TN BlueCross Encrypts All Data After 57 Disks Stolen · · Score: 0

    "We searched the country and were unable to find another company that has achieved this level of data encryption,"

    Could be because they also invested in steganography.

  5. Re:Medical data can't be encrypted on TN BlueCross Encrypts All Data After 57 Disks Stolen · · Score: 0

    This is complete bullshit. Even if for some reason the company held each number in an individual file rather than documents, spreadheets, databases, etc. you could encrypt the drive. You could also encrypt the individual files if you wanted to.

  6. Re:At the ISP's cost? on British ISP Ordered To Block Links to Pirate Site · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder:

    1. How much this will cost the ISP, especially considering the growing number of sites that provide links to warez. If you only block a few, other will pop up and it will be ineffective. Block many and it will probably have an impact on required infrastructure.

    The ISPs may well wait for a court order to close each one so that they don't have a large overhead.

  7. Re:all your base... on Google Announces Google CDN · · Score: 0

    I would do a WHOIS first. You can't be too careful these days.

    And watch out fro trojans ...

  8. Re:all your base... on Google Announces Google CDN · · Score: 4, Funny

    Would that make a Wifi access point a G-spot? I can see the support calls "try pinging your G-spot"

  9. Re:J/MW? on Solar Energy Is the Fastest Growing Industry In the US · · Score: 2

    Jobs per megawatt? What the hell kind of measure of efficiency is that?!

    One that will ultimately bring back the treadmill.

  10. Re:Russia and America can agree on one thing on Space Station To Be Deorbited After 2020 · · Score: 1

    Why not drop it on Jerusalem instead? People have been fighting over that place for millennia.

    That would make a good secondary target

  11. Russia and America can agree on one thing on Space Station To Be Deorbited After 2020 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It should be aimed directly at the Ka'ba, preferably on Tuesday, 10th August 2021

  12. Re:Its really unworkable on Security Expert Slams Google+ Pseudonym Policy · · Score: 1

    Don't be ridiculous. There's an existing mechanism to verify someone's identity. It's called state-issued photo ID.

    Not everyone lives in America.

    To expand on this in the UK you can change your name legally without central registration. You can even do it through usage without documentation of any sort. In some countries like Thailand your legal name is often only used for legal documents, another name is used for work and day to day use. G+ are going to have a problem implementing a world wide service that prevents pseudonyms but does not bar legitimate names

  13. Re:Its really unworkable on Security Expert Slams Google+ Pseudonym Policy · · Score: 1

    Don't be ridiculous. There's an existing mechanism to verify someone's identity. It's called state-issued photo ID.

    Not everyone lives in America.

  14. But if you know my real name on Security Expert Slams Google+ Pseudonym Policy · · Score: 3, Funny

    But if you know my real name you will have ultimate power over me.
    -- Rumple********

  15. Its really unworkable on Security Expert Slams Google+ Pseudonym Policy · · Score: 1

    Someone who calls themselves Joe Jones is undetectable as a pseudonym, while at the same time Daddy Fantastic and Jet Black would probably be suspended for using their legal names

  16. Re:Imagine on Canadian Government Muzzling Scientists · · Score: 1

    A scientist telling an uncomfortable truth being silenced by conservatives. It's preposterous.

    This would never happen in Ame .... oh wait!

  17. Did you hear the one about the Norwegian Blond? on Microsoft Launches Avatar Kinect · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Typical Blond ...... First he painted the town red ... then he banged anything that moved.

  18. Apple marketing department on 35% Consumers Want iPhone 5... Sight Unseen · · Score: 3, Informative

    Apple marketing department: Bend over ... this will be a pleasant surprise
    Apple fanboi: Yes please

  19. Re:This is a real generalisation on Scientists Discover Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas · · Score: 0

    Why not? They can accept Islam as a major religious force in the country. It doesn't mean they need to convert or will convert. But they will accept many Islamic ideas and values (Hopefully the good ones).

    There are no "good ideas" in Islam that are not already found in earlier religions like Judaism or Christianity. I can't see the French giving up wine or killing people for changing religion.

  20. This is a real generalisation on Scientists Discover Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas · · Score: 1

    It might work where the general population is neutral to the idea, but doesn't work in most ceicumstances when there are strong opinions. For example France is approaching a 10% Muslim population but it is extremely unlikely that the rest will suddenly accept Islam.

  21. Re:congratulations, now pay me. on Sun CEO Explicitly Endorsed Java's Use In Android · · Score: 1

    homophones - which bought and brought are in my non-rhotic accent.

    No they aren't. The rhotic/non-rhotic distinction applies to an r following a vowel, not before it.

    Meybe its my idiolect then. I do understand the difference between the concepts of "to buy" and "to bring" though.

  22. Re:Really? on Sun CEO Explicitly Endorsed Java's Use In Android · · Score: 2

    I must be imagining things, then. Because I could have sworn that there are Android projects in my NetBeans projects folder. Ho hum.

    That's interesting, especially if they are samples provided by Oracle

  23. Re:congratulations, now pay me. on Sun CEO Explicitly Endorsed Java's Use In Android · · Score: 1

    Okay, twice can't just be a typo. "Brought" is not the same word as "bought".

    I gave up on trying to correct the internet a few years ago, and even on Slashdot for a while. But seriously, if you're using words like "estoppel", you should know the difference between bought and brought.

    Yes, I'm not in a good mood today.

    I'm slightly dyslexic. I know when to use cut and paste (for words like estoppel), but other words catch me out, particularly homophones - which bought and brought are in my non-rhotic accent.

    And yes I coppied and pasted "homophone"

  24. Re:congratulations, now pay me. on Sun CEO Explicitly Endorsed Java's Use In Android · · Score: 2

    ... and privately Sun notified Google they would need to license it.

    Citation needed. As far as I know Sun did not ask for any licensing until they were brought by Oracle, which was much later than the statement of congratulations. This is why the article says the principle of estoppel (you can't imply that something can be used for free then charge) might apply.

  25. Re:Development tools in NetBeans? on Sun CEO Explicitly Endorsed Java's Use In Android · · Score: 1

    The article states that Sun was supporting Android with development tools in NetBeans.

    Where are they then?

    At the top of Oracle's "Can this project and hide it for ever" list made when they brought Sun.