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  1. I suggest you let Ms. Gibbons know what you think on Diebold Whistle-Blower Charged With Felony Access · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here is the mailto: for Sandi Gibbons, The L.A. County D.A.'s spokesperson with the obnoxious opinion in this piece.

    She can probably be deluged with your complaints, and general opinion on her political future, and that of sitting D.A., Steve Cooley. He's tried to frame himself as holder of a non-partisan office, but this makes his acknowledged party affiliation pretty obvious. He previously insulted jurors and responsible in the failure to prosecute the attackers of Donovan Jackson.

    A more civil feedback form is available at http://da.co.la.ca.us/feedback.htm. I think Ms. Gibbon's own e-mail might garner more attention.

  2. Re:HDTV adopters screwed by HD-disc rules on HD DVD to Screw Early HDTV Adopters · · Score: 1

    Screwd 'cos they be watching re-runs of Gilligan's Island - I mean LOST.

    Great medium. Nothing to see.

  3. Re:Who Really Won the SuperBowl... on Who Really Won the Super Bowl? · · Score: 1

    You took the words right out of my mouth...

  4. My Patent! on Online Rich Media Patented · · Score: 1

    I have a patent!

    This patent covers the arrangement of phonic 'glyphs' into a series of of individual, meaningful 'units', and describes the method by which the 'units' may be combined in series to represent cohesive 'statements'.

    The method and various means are described in this patent, which is not exclusive to the examples presented on the patent application.

    Any technology or system which utilizes methods described by this patent will be determined as infringing.

  5. Computer? I have a CAR like this! on Quantum Computer Works Better Shut Off · · Score: 1

    It runs better turned off, than when I turn the ignition!

    Really - I think these guys are asking it the wrong questions. That, or the entire Universe is a "quantum computer" of some sort. How would you ensure that your little box was a closed system - not in quantum interaction with every particle in existance?

    O.K. Back to my car...

  6. Bump your head... on HP Developing Hybrid Tablet PC / Coffee Table · · Score: 1

    As you and your little brother, both excitedly lurch forward during gameplay. Ow!

    The human interface design of a big screen, embedded in a horizontal surface is horrible. It's good for reproducing board and table games, with out all that annoying tactile feedback that mars our physical world. Glare? You think a laptop near a window is bad...

  7. Re:So we only get along in confrontation? on Evolving Humans on the Menu · · Score: 1

    "Respectfully submitted for your perusal --- a Kanamit. Height: a little over nine feet. Weight: in the neighborhood of three hundred and fifty pounds. Origin: unknown. Motives? Therein hangs the tale, for in just a moment we're going to ask you to shake hands, figuratively, with a Christopher Columbus from another galaxy and another time. This is the Twilight Zone...

    A cryptographer's favourite!

  8. Re:REXX was also available for Amiga...and others. on Keeping the OS/2 Flame Alive · · Score: 1

    This is being kept alive for sentimental reasons. A lot of OS/2 geeks got their first woody, viewing interleaved GIF 87 files, via Compuserve Information Manager on OS/2 in 1024x768. ( GO OS2PR0N )

    Linux has REXX.
    Linux has 'rock solid' Kernel (Notice the 'Freudian' return to references of arousal).
    Linux has excellent multitasking and low system resource requirements (Toms RTBT).
    Linux has a vacuum in the spyware/virus front.

    Linux has no OS/2 config.sys. (One file to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them)
    C'mon, guys! This is like configuring startup with Sendmail.cf!

  9. Quoth Linus Torvalds: on How Do You Store Your Previously-Written Code? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Backups are for wimps.
    Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it."

    Hope that works out for y'alls!

  10. Re:Has DVORAK ever been right on Apple?? on Apple to 'Switch' to Windows? · · Score: 1

    Along with half the people on the planet. And with almost public knowlege of "Marklar", combined with the history of NeXT and the multi-platform heritage it brought.

    His keyboard seems to have stormed the world, too! ;-)

  11. Re:New mantra? on Slashback: Quinn, InfoCards, McKinnon · · Score: 1

    It identifies the person authenticating against the identity store. If you cache your ID, under a single-factor pwd of "password", be my guest!

  12. Re:Terrible Summary on Toxic Toads Taking Over Australia · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ubik. For reals!

    Flow my tears, A scanner Darkly, and...

    VALIS! What happened here?

  13. Re:Terrible Summary on Toxic Toads Taking Over Australia · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Love him! I just adopt a paranoid personality online - I feel we are trapped in a world that PKD saw, in nascent form, 30 years ago.

    When I first typed the name, I just about wet myself laughing. Immature that way, I guess.

  14. Re:But "InfoCard"'s nothing new, is it? on Slashback: Quinn, InfoCards, McKinnon · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No. You are talking about PIN/Password caching, in an encrypted store. Think Mac keychain.

    This is an identity system, that supports federation, incorporates policy negotiation and can establish reputation with third-parties.

    It is Passport, without the central identity repository - similar to Liberty Alliances' SAML work, but in the WS-Security framework, and with extended user functionality.

  15. Re:New mantra? on Slashback: Quinn, InfoCards, McKinnon · · Score: 3, Informative

    Troll on, but you miss the mark, my uninformed friend.

    This is nothing to do with data aggregation, targeted advertising or behavior tracking. It is not invasive software, surreptitiously installed while a user beleives they are performing another action.

    This is more akin to "soft token" technologies:
    http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/node.asp?id=214 1
    http://www.actividentity.com/en/products/4_2_6_sof tware_token.php
    http://www.securehq.com/group.wml&deptid=80&groupi d=566

    The catcher is that this is not tied to X.509 PKI infrastructures, per se. Identity is established by locally configurable means - usually a Kerberos ID - and presented by signed XML markups, rather than the static, signed ASN.1 encodings in certificates. The exchange is still fundamentally an RSA public key validation type problem, but with an extensible policy mechanism in XML. This is an application of the work done by multiple vendors in the WS-Security space. Dynamic policy, negotiated in a federated manner between endpoints, is not possible with x.509, which has permanent policy encoded in the cert.

    There is integration with Windows AD Federation, which means there is possibility to interoperate with SAML clients. Trust can also be established by reputation - with attesters signing a keychain for particular identities.

    The short story is that this could end phishing attacks.

    The long story is that most banks and investment firms won't make this mandatory for transactions, since their Businesses still insist on Win95/IE4 compatibility from their IT and InfoSec personnel.

  16. Re:Terrible Summary on Toxic Toads Taking Over Australia · · Score: 2, Funny

    I dunno. The Dinner Plates aspect has me intrigued.

    Still, it's a story that's got legs on it.

  17. Re:Only compulsory when applying for a passport on UK MPs Approve Compulsory ID Cards · · Score: 1

    Can you picture Jerry Cornelius or Ford Prefect with one of these things?

  18. Re:Treo 700w on Microsoft to Replace Blackberry? · · Score: 1

    Let me add that no other Windows Mobile device comes close.

    The additional hardware engineering and OEM Windows software development by Palm folks make this what it is. MS should keep these guys close - and not sacrifice this device to the crap made by HP these days.

  19. Treo 700w on Microsoft to Replace Blackberry? · · Score: 1

    Look - even PalmOS fanatics like the thing. It kills any RIM device, Today! OMA makes Blackberry mail seem like a POP3 account, for organizations that operate an Exchange server.

    This device is incredible. Complete freedom from using the stylus for all web/mail and phone - with full Windows Mobile 2005 - not the bastard stripped-down Smartphone version. EVDO connectivity - leaves GPRS in the dust. I don't miss WiFi, with this. I had reservations leaving GSM networks, but this device and connectivity are more than compensatory. I'll use my old, HTC Wallaby with an Orange "pay-as-you-go" when back in the U.K.

    Once I upgrade to a 2Gb SD card, I am ditching the Nano. The iPod dial is replaced with voice commands.

  20. Pico on The Secret Cause of Flame Wars · · Score: 1

    and Sepulveda

  21. Re:Who's being repressive? on US Lawmakers to Keep Google Out of China? · · Score: 1

    I think that we can indicate the ironic nature of the proposition. :-)

  22. Re:organs on The Ultimate Dual-Hand Touchscreen · · Score: 1

    I think I left them in my London hotel room - with the Turkish girl.

  23. Black Monolith? on Mars Rover Finds Unusual Rocks at 'Home Plate' · · Score: 1

    Humming "Ligeti?"

    BTW: Did you ever notice that HAL has one eye - like the cyclops in Homer's Odyssey?

  24. Re:Move over CS grads on MIT Researchers Explore How Rats Think · · Score: 1

    Are these duplicates the result of "Mind Control Parasites?"

    Or do the parasites cause me to tune in on duplicates in some uncanny fashion - like slashdot midoclorians

  25. Licensing Telly? on British PC Tax to Replace TV License? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How do you deal with the Telly Thugs? Here's some information.

    In the old days it was CRTs they detected, now all sorts of EMF/RF are under scrutiny. There is a pretty active resister community. Me? I watch only ITV! ;-)