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14y ago
A lot of people DO call it the "Ay-bee-see"
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14y ago
"Bringing down websites is what children did in the 90s, it will change nothing." The same can be said about most action attributed to Anonymous.
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14y ago
They aren't charged. Hooking speakers up to a TV receiver does not require a TV license.
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14y ago
"You don't need a TV license if you only play videogames..." The auditors can't do anything if you aren't using an aerial. I've lived at a house without a connection to the aerial, where the TV was only used for DVDs (and video cassettes).
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14y ago
...if they receive live TV in their homes. The blind can still listen to radio or use iplayer for non-live broadcasts.
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14y ago
Reversing Google's results is an awful idea as you'd get the worst possible results for a search i.e. those that are completely unrelated to the search terms. You need to either remove the top 100 (or 1000 etc) and look at what remains, or
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14y ago
Do you remember when Napster came back as a legally-operating site, creating better competition in the music-download market and increasing the number of people who download music legally?
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14y ago
'Piracy' is as valid a term as 'copyright infringement': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement#.22Pirac...
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14y ago
I agree, but "password is not secure if everything about the system, except the key, is public knowledge" is better than "password is saved in plain text".
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14y ago
It would be _easier_ - you still need to know the hashing algorithm and salt. I suppose since it's the TSA, they may use encryption and an HSM instead of hashes.
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14y ago
They could store a hash of your old password, along with 40 hashes, one for each character, hashed against the hash of the old password. e.g. 'this_is_my_password" => hash1 'hash1_t' => hash2 'hash1_h' => hash3 etc This way, whe
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15y ago
1984?
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15y ago
Good legalese IS human readable. The point of legalese is to define everything in absolutely certain terms. Where words are given unusual or overly specific meanings, these meanings should be defined in the document. Legalese can be heav
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15y ago
The SIM card is so you CAN easily change your identity / phone. Without a SIM, how does the network verify your identity? A simple username and password are not as secure, and tying your identity to your phone is exactly what SIM cards we