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  1. Re:Sue them for all they're worth on Microsoft Takes Down No-IP.com Domains · · Score: 1

    No-IP domains are used 93 percent of the time for Bladabindi-Jenxcus infections,

    If I set up malware on my home PC and use DynDNS then DynDNS domains are used 100% of the time to serve my malware.

    So maybe Microsoft are saying that 93% of infections come via No-IP domains. That might be a tiny fraction of the overall No-IP domains.

    What's next, a RICO prosecution for the owners of No-IP?

    Or for Microsoft?

  2. Re:Kickstarter/Amazon still get their cut on $500k "Energy-Harvesting" Kickstarter Scam Unfolding Right Now · · Score: 1

    Most people are however merely stating that the evidence doesn't support the claims, and that it is only sensible to treat this as a scam without further evidence.

    That's a very supportable and legally defensible statement, particularly when there is no attempt to refute it.

  3. Re:Thanks for the tip! on $500k "Energy-Harvesting" Kickstarter Scam Unfolding Right Now · · Score: 1

    Flashbacks to Lady Vengeance.

  4. Re:Yeah sure on Court Releases DOJ Memo Justifying Drone Strike On US Citizen · · Score: 1

    the law of war

    Which fucking law?

    Geneva Convention? No.
    International law? No.
    UN mandates? No.
    US Constitution? No.

    The US is assassinating people in a foreign country. It is killing innocent people, and it is not obeying anything fucking remotely close to a law.

  5. Re:Yeah sure on Court Releases DOJ Memo Justifying Drone Strike On US Citizen · · Score: 1

    Who the fuck are you calling an effeminate pansy, while hiding behind anonymity.

    Shit, I could be wearing lacy pink panties with a fuckhole in the rear and still be more of a man than you.

  6. Re:Quiet is important on $3000 GeForce GTX TITAN Z Tested, Less Performance Than $1500 R9 295X2 · · Score: 1

    What is Lucid Virtu? I did google for it but what appeared to be the manufacturer's page was obscured by some request to "like" something or other on Facebook.

    I don't have a facebook account so I closed the browser tab. Stupid fucking company.

  7. Re:Please, please just stop... on Firefox 30 Available, Firebug 2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Then I would suggest you use this https://addons.mozilla.org/en-... [mozilla.org]

    I don't get the full detail of your link because Slashdot anti-spam code cuts off the shit at the end.

    I also don't need to worry about which site you're linking to as Slashdot helpfully tells me which site the link goes to.

    I also don't need you to tell me the link because I'm sensible enough to use a browser that displays the full URL of any links I mouseover.

    But hey, paste in the full link if you like. It's lazy and I can't knock that.

  8. Re:How is a paying customer the product? on iOS 8 Strikes an Unexpected Blow Against Location Tracking · · Score: 1

    Apple makes the vast majority of its $54 billion revenue on gouging its customers and suppliers.

    Sorry, no - I'm thinking profit. It makes its revenue on the back of slick marketing.

    Ask yourself which company is more likely to sell out your data to advertisers

    Doesn't really matter, they're both going to give my data for free to the NSA who will in turn sell it on.

  9. Re:Apple Actually Cares About Privacy on iOS 8 Strikes an Unexpected Blow Against Location Tracking · · Score: 1

    Good. I MAC address ban all iDevices that connect to my access point. If they all started switching MAC address I'd have to switch to something more sophisticated, and if I have to put effort in, I'm going to get nasty.

  10. Re:Apple Actually Cares About Privacy on iOS 8 Strikes an Unexpected Blow Against Location Tracking · · Score: 1

    Rooting it is a choice, not a chore. To root my android phone I merely have to.. unlock the bootloader. Something the manufacturer provides instructions for.

    Not really Apple's "use a security hole in the phone.. until they fix it" approach, is it.

  11. Re:Why is this a crime in the UK? on UK Seeks To Hold Terrorism Trial In Secret · · Score: 1

    I believe it's freedom of expression, which is not necessarily the same thing.

    It also has constraints - much as the US freedom of speech doesn't include some vocal emissions.

  12. Re:Maybe forr once they really have to keep it sec on UK Seeks To Hold Terrorism Trial In Secret · · Score: 1

    I'd rather take the risk that innocent people suffer through terrorism than that we remove the safeties and balances of justice.

    If these individuals are that dangerous then court orders for ubiquitous surveillance will be trivial, and that will provide the evidence of wrongdoing that can be prosecuted in open court.

    If they're not that dangerous then set them free.

  13. Re:I wonder... on TrueCrypt Website Says To Switch To BitLocker · · Score: 1

    Actually that's one of the few things they would bust him for.

    His pictures of himself prancing around in little girlie panties however are probably safe.

  14. Re:Information isn't matter, symbols are one encod on Amazon Confirms Hachette Spat Is To "Get a Better Deal" · · Score: 1

    The changes in pretty much every facet of life have been huge thanks to sustained innovation over the past century.

    All of which has been without the need for design patents or copyrights (on electronics).

    Automotive benefits from hard-edged technology patents, not from design patents and not from software patents. Fashion hasn't advanced much partly because it's an exceedingly mature industry - design patents and copyright weren't needed to aid development of automated looms back when fashion was undergoing its rapid innovation phase.

    There is tremendous innovation, but that innovation does not derive from copyrights or from design patents. Those are holding us back.

  15. Re:As a trend on Official MPG Figures Unrealistic, Says UK Auto Magazine · · Score: 1

    Most people on the motorways I drive on are doing 80-90, except the cunts doing 70 in the middle lane with an empty lane to their left.

  16. Re:Ramifications on German Court Rules That You Can't Keep Compromising Photos After a Break-Up · · Score: 0

    It's an interesting point.

    The judges are basically allowing her to retrospectively withdraw consent. He should retrospectively withdraw his consent for their sex and have her charged with rape.

  17. Re:Ridiculous on German Court Rules That You Can't Keep Compromising Photos After a Break-Up · · Score: 1

    That's not true in many jurisdictions, including the UK.

    If you pick up my camera and use it to photograph your naked girlfriend, I do not own those photographs.

    I do have a copy of them, and it may be tricky for you to get hold of them if I choose not to share them with you, but I do not own them.

  18. Re:Nope on Is LG's New Ultra Widescreen Display Better Than "Normal" 4K? · · Score: 1

    I rarely say this, but: You're doing it wrong. You do not need to use the whole screen for most applications.

    For instance I have my browser, an SSH connection and a chat window all open and fully visible on the same screen at the same time. Who would've thought it, a multi-tasking OS capable of running multiple interactive applications at once, and displaying them concurrently on the same screen. Crikey, it's like being in 1993.

  19. Re:Too Small on Is LG's New Ultra Widescreen Display Better Than "Normal" 4K? · · Score: 1

    smaller pixels might make for smoother games

    If the game is 3D rendered on the fly (so most PC games that aren't browser based, and a few that are) then the render overhead increases as you add pixels.

    Instead of a fully lit dynamic detailed world with great view distances at 1920x1080 with anti-aliasing to minimise the grain on edges the same graphics card would have to lose the AA, the detail, the lighting, the view distances or the frame rates at 3440x1440.

    That doesn't mean that you can't buy a bigger/faster graphics card, but it does mean it's now a lot more expensive.

    More of a challenge is that most games wont support an ultra-wide format. They'll display in a 16:9, 16:10 or 4:3 ratio, so if your monitor can't deliver those natively you're now having the scale the output and it's not going to look quite as nice.

  20. Re:Registered Keeper on Driverless Cars Could Cripple Law Enforcement Budgets · · Score: 1

    That's not true, if the registered keeper can demonstrate that they were not in control of the vehicle at that time.

    By default the registered keeper is assumed to be the driver and must prove otherwise, but that is possible.

  21. Re:US vs Europe, again? on The US Vs. Europe: Freedom of Expression Vs. Privacy · · Score: 1

    Didn't they tell you which continent Canada is on?

    If I'm European, you're American.

  22. Re:Crowdfunding? on Fusion Power By 2020? Researchers Say Yes and Turn To Crowdfunding. · · Score: 1

    Since you're getting slated for making that point, I'd like to point out that if this business is successful its owners will become instant billionaires. The people funding them on Indiegogo will not.

    This is hardly equitable.

    If you want me to invest in fusion power, give me a share of the benefits.

  23. Re:Fusion power since 4.5*10^9 BC in space! on Fusion Power By 2020? Researchers Say Yes and Turn To Crowdfunding. · · Score: 1

    Given that wind and solar power can contribute 5-10% of the power needs of an entire country, I think it's reasonable to assume they can power smelters.

    Whether they can do that and power the rest of the country is a very different question.

    Similarly, powering a car using solar power is trivial. It may just take a few days between journeys to charge the battery.

  24. UFOs exist on Google's Rogue Internet Balloon Test Spurred UFO Reports Nationwide · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Any unidentified flying object is a UFO. I just despair at people immediately assuming that means it's extraterrestial in nature.

  25. Re:Why are they in the EU again? on UK May Kill the EU's Net Neutrality Law · · Score: 1

    Excellent riposte sir, I like your style.

    Sadly the twats in London are rolling over too much for the cunts in Brussels, which is why a pseudo-racist xenophobic party is gaining much traction in the UK.

    I find this unfortunate as I quite like many of my European neighbours. I just don't want their fucking politics.