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  1. Re:Terms on Amazon Announces Unlimited Cloud Storage Plans · · Score: 1

    Mega had no such terms, since they have no way of enforcing them anyway.

  2. Re:unlimited? on Amazon Announces Unlimited Cloud Storage Plans · · Score: 1

    Username: Mega
    Password: mega.co.nz

  3. Re:Same can happen at a cloud provider... on RadioShack Puts Customer Data Up For Sale In Bankruptcy Auction · · Score: 1

    Well, a couple people just went to prison for extortion on something very similar, so I highly doubt it.

  4. Re:This is why I don't join rewards programs. on RadioShack Puts Customer Data Up For Sale In Bankruptcy Auction · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but growing up, my parents would never buy batteries. So free horrible batteries were still better than no batteries at all.

  5. Re:Hmmm on RadioShack Puts Customer Data Up For Sale In Bankruptcy Auction · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nope. I paid for the products and they have no right to search me.

    Even at Costco, if the line is too long, I just walk out without letting them search me.

  6. Re:Check their work or check the summary? on No, It's Not Always Quicker To Do Things In Memory · · Score: 1

    Plus is faster if you are not in a loop.

  7. Re:Do NZ's laws apply before passing customs? on NZ Customs Wants Power To Require Passwords · · Score: 1

    This is an excellent question. But it happens.

  8. Re:Strong public relations on NZ Customs Wants Power To Require Passwords · · Score: 1

    Criminals are dumb. They carry evidence of their crimes on their person all the time.

    Source: I know a NZ customs agent personally. I haven't asked her what she thinks of this.

  9. Re:freedom on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 1

    The fact that we have a "both" is the problem. At least if we had a system that fostered minority parties instead of rendering them irrelevant, their issues would have to be traded for things the other party wanted in order to pass things.

  10. Re:I read the comments ... on Evolution Market's Admins Are Gone, Along With $12M In Bitcoin · · Score: 1

    Yep. Bitcoin is still internet cash...

  11. Re:Aren't these already compromised cards? on Fraud Rampant In Apple Pay · · Score: 1

    They'll just use a stolen iDevice as well.

  12. Re:Experience on Data Research Reveals When Taking a Yellow Cab Is Cheaper Than an Uber · · Score: 1

    And don't forget those blaring ads about all the things to do in NYC as a tourist. This shocked me the last time I was in NYC. And the cabbie said he had no way of controlling the volume.

  13. Re:Well and good... but mines on Laser Imaging Drone To Hunt Out Unexploded Bombs In War-Torn Nations · · Score: 2

    They already have their low-tech ways.

    A friend of mine said that in Afghanistan after the war with Russia, when they bought a new piece of land they would just let their sheep and goats graze all over it unattended for a few days. If one of them found a mine, they were dinner.

  14. Re:Didn't you get the memo? on Ask Slashdot: Why Does Science Appear To Be Getting Things Increasingly Wrong? · · Score: 2

    Actually, it is more and more the case. Scientists recently "voted" to accept the 65-million year dinosaur extinction. If you see how little evidence there is for that, it is scientifically untenable to perform science this way--as a political popularity contest.

  15. Re:And if you find this result upsetting... on Homeopathy Turns Out To Be Useless For Treating Medical Conditions · · Score: -1

    This is not entirely true. Drugs cannot be regulated by the FDA unless they have harmful side effects. They are not allowed to regulate things such as vitamins.

    Is a vitamin medicine by your definition? After all vitamins treat all sorts of diseases such as beriberi, scurvy and rickets, despite not being "medicine" at all.

    In the same way, there are effective nutritional supplements that prevent or treat diseases, but have no harmful side effects. Glucosamine/chondroitin has proven very effective in treating joint pains and injuries. But there are no regulations on it, because it has no harmful side effects. If your definition of "medicine" is only what drug companies produce, then you are incorrect.

    All this said, most homeopathic medicine is complete bunk and those that aren't have had studies done as to their effectiveness, even if they have no harmful side effects.

  16. Re:Per file AES on New Crypto-Ransomware Encrypts Video Game Files · · Score: 1

    If you can guess the exact contents of any 2 files, you should be able to reverse engineer the key. Probably impossible though.

  17. Re:if that were true on Obama Administration Claims There Are 545,000 IT Job Openings · · Score: 1

    H. Can't spell "raised".

    I. Doesn't start sentences with a capital letter.

    Not saying those are deal-breakers, but if I saw a resume with those problems, I would probably pass that person over since they are not detail-oriented enough.

  18. Re:Sounds like a difficult choice... on The Mexican Drug Cartels' Involuntary IT Guy · · Score: 1

    If I was their IT guy, I would make absolutely sure that if anything happened to me their whole system was encrypted.

  19. If you hire coders in Sri Lanka... on Study: Refactoring Doesn't Improve Code Quality · · Score: 1

    ...don't be surprised if you end up with unmaintainable code..

  20. Re:Don't do it, Snowden! on Snowden Reportedly In Talks To Return To US To Face Trial · · Score: 1

    Exactly. If he comes back it makes him the dumbest smart guy I ever saw.

  21. Re:Mega should advertise itself as PayPal free on Under US Pressure, PayPal Stops Working With Mega · · Score: 1

    They already do. Just buy a voucher with Bitcoin though hosting.co.uk.

  22. Re:this is one more reason on Under US Pressure, PayPal Stops Working With Mega · · Score: 1

    According to Revelation, it's Christians.

  23. Re:Bitcoin on Under US Pressure, PayPal Stops Working With Mega · · Score: 1

    It already works. Just pay through hosting.co.uk and select Bitcoin. I'm in the US and it worked for me.

  24. Re:Wanna know a secret? on Blu-Ray Players Hackable Via Malicious Discs · · Score: 1

    Torrenting IS sharing. You are sharing back small pieces of the file. That's distribution.

  25. Re:I should think so! on Blu-Ray Players Hackable Via Malicious Discs · · Score: 1

    Next time, say "No" to Sony.