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  1. Re:Let's play! on Cathay Pacific Data Breach Hits 9.4 Million People (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Pollo

  2. Strategically important on Apple is Investing $1 Billion In SoftBank (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, but is it strategically important to the World and the people at large?
    What most companies fail to realise in this day and age (and I'm not pointing the finger at Apple here) is that the age of exploitation is over. And unless those people, companies, entities, with their Corporate Social Responsibilities, especially those with the power to influence vast masses, start putting the priorities of the Planet, which has so far given us the privilege - not right - to exist and be making all that $$$, it ain't going to benefit anyone.

    Just got carried away thinking out loud...

  3. I love how Russians complain about the exact same things they do - they've systematically annexed parts of bordering countries, then complain that said countries start strengthening their NATO ties/ambitions or engage in military exercises. They go and block Wikipedia then allege the US suppresses free speech. 70% people live in abysmal conditions and poverty and all Pukin does is brag every year about how well the country has done yet again, and how democratic the elections are, when it's been the same fucking guy for the last 20 years.

    I have one thing to say - let Russia get hacked to shit.

  4. Let's Encrypt definitely helped... on More Than 50 Percent of All Pages In Chrome Are Loaded Over HTTPS Now (onthewire.io) · · Score: 2

    Thanks to these guys encryption like it should be - quick, easy and no exorbitant fees imposed by the old school certification mob. Got everything running over TLS now - in production, staging and private... Cheers

  5. Belarus has figured out how to monetize on this on Russia Bans Pornhub, YouPorn - Tells Citizens To Meet Someone In Real Life (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    http://pikabu.ru/story/eshche_...
    The image says: "Come on over - it still works in Belarus". About the most epic thing to come out of Belarus in recent memory... :D

  6. Hardly news.. on New Ransomware Poses As A Windows Update (hothardware.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like any other window update. Especially the one with the "Upgrade to Windows 10" popup... :D

  7. Re:BYO Dovecot + Exim with TLS on both sides on GhostMail Closes in September, Leaves Users Searching For Secure Email Alternatives (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Good point, which goes without saying. I use a combination of FS-level encryption and dovecot's maildir bz compression to almost quadruple storage.

  8. BYO Dovecot + Exim with TLS on both sides on GhostMail Closes in September, Leaves Users Searching For Secure Email Alternatives (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Don't panic - it's homegrown and organic!

  9. Sounds like Free vaccination... on Olympic Swimmers 'Certain' To Pick Up Virus From Three Teaspoons of Rio Water (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Anti-vaxxers (which I know are literally non-existent on /.) need not read further. I think exposure to most new pathogens is likely what keeps our immune systems training, learning and ultimately healthy. Plus a bit of mild diarrhoea is a good cleanser ;) Seriously though, I imagine those going to the Olympics will have received their respective vaccinations well in advance. Otherwise, you might find consolation in the fact that Brazilians swim, drink, (have lots of sex with everything and anything) - and are doing ah-OK. * {usual disclaimer stuff here}

  10. Tinfoil on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Keep Your Credit Card Secure? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Tinfoil around the inside of the wallet. And don't forget the hat!

  11. It's like oracle has been possessed by Caldera on Oracle Asks Judge To Throw Out Java/Google Verdict...Again (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 1

    And never learnt anything... :)

  12. Does that mean on First Water Clouds Reported Outside The Solar System (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 0

    They'll start getting weather forecasts right on Earth soon?

  13. The question might sound technically incorrect, bu on Putin Gives Federal Security Agents Two Weeks To Produce 'Encryption Keys' For The Internet (gawker.com) · · Score: 1

    Isn't it what the NSA and QGHB have essentially been doing for a good while now?

  14. And not a single "In Soviet Russia" joke? Cmon Slashdot!

  15. Is whether the general public should have access to weapons, not about the choice of means for law enforcement to kill somebody. And I believe it has been debated and answered plenty.

  16. It will be a cold day in... on Slackware 14.2 Released, Still Systemd-Free (slackware.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Their website hasn't changed for... ever! Which is why people like it I guess...

  17. From the same people who brought you... on Scientists: Electric Vehicles Produce As Many Toxins As Dirty Diesels (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Insightful
    ...such studies as:
    • "Global warming doesn't exist"
    • "Smoking can be good for you", and
    • "Go back to bed America, your fat lobbyists are in control. Oh, and keep drinking Bud you fucking morons!"
  18. Whatever Grass he's smoking on Neil deGrasse Tyson Says It's 'Very Likely' The Universe Is A Simulation (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    it's about time he quit.

  19. Auto-amphetamine/caffeine synthesis syndrome on DUI Charges Dismissed Against Woman Whose Body Brews Alcohol (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    I want that!

  20. Well done... on Giant Methane Leak in California Won't Be Capped For Months · · Score: 2

    At the mind-boggling 110,000 pph (interesting choice of units for measuring a quantity of gas, btw) I don't know if this will be the atmospheric version of the Deep Water Horizon... There would probably be less damage overall if you'd just bought it straight from Gazprom... Sad :(

  21. Where are the fucking pictures? on Huge, Jupiter-Like Storm Rages On Cool 'Failed Star' (nasa.gov) · · Score: 1

    I mean, they can peek billions of years into the past to the edge of the visible universe, image nebulae and supernovae, figure out that this start has in fact several layers - but we never see a direct fucking image? What's the catch here?!

  22. Drug war sponsorship on Mexican Senator Drafts One of the World's Worst Internet Laws (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Everyone, as in EVERYONE, would be better off without the War on Drugs. I'm sure you all know this... "Now get back to drinking beer and being fat and stupid" -- Bill Hicks, Philosophy

  23. It's called Kimternet on North Korean Internet Is Down · · Score: 1

    Peace be upon it.

  24. North Korea? on The Sony Pictures Hack Was Even Worse Than Everyone Thought · · Score: 1

    There's a lot of talk going around right now, mainly from Sony itself, that North Korea is likely behind it. Seriously though - would expect a bunch of people who don't know what Internet is, who likely don't live and breathe IT, security - basically everything capitalism stands for, let alone having a pipe fast enough to rip 100TB of data...

    Now I understand they could be trained and based elsewhere, but might as well say the Martians did it...

  25. Instead of carrying on as a one-man band - on Ask Slashdot: IT Career Path After 35? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Hire a few people. Delegate. Train them. As your projects get more complex - grow your team. Before you know it - you're the boss of a sizeable team, able to manage several projects concurrently, whose portfolio grows exponentially. Unless of course you want to be pulling your own cart well into the 'standard' retirement age... Just a thought...