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by graylights 12y ago
Often buying a physical CD on amazon (with included mp3) is significantly cheaper then buying just the mp3 album on amazon. To me the shift away from purchasing music is because the constant availability of music. If I really want to hear
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by graylights 12y ago
Well the other part of weak passwords is for many websites the users care less about account security then the website operator. There are many sites which contain none of my personal info but I have to setup an account just to view website
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by graylights 12y ago
So the governments are responsible for every bug now? I'm not so quick to absolve guilt from shitty development. There are many developers that take a lot of shortcuts, with hardcoded passwords and the like. If we were talking a hand
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by graylights 12y ago
Thank you, that clarified the article a lot for me. I still stand by "Confidential Source" is a horrible justification because it's impossible to verify the validity of something confidential. That impossible verification is
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by graylights 12y ago
So the problem is they claimed "Confidential Source" and the presumption was that it was an informant? To me secret surveillance fits the definition of "Confidential Source". I don't see any deception there. (EDIT
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by graylights 12y ago
A lot of these default passwords on non-consumer devices aren't user admin accounts but tech support accounts. So #1 and #3 don't work, because the user doesn't get the password. But there is also a 4th option, the user some
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by graylights 12y ago
I hope that it always defaults to channel one. That way in an apartment complex all the xfinitywifi can conflict with eachother and at least leave some channels open for real wifi networks.
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by graylights 12y ago
The problem with pricing by volume is that the average consumer can't really manage their volume. Would the consumer be responsible for paying for: -DDOS (not only can you knock them offline, you can cost them big money) -Spam (Both re
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by graylights 12y ago
Agreed. A lot of it has to do how government contracts for IT support. Contracts quickly get out of date. The contractors are also all trying to lock themselves in. It's common for the contractor to own all the IT equipment and just
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by graylights 12y ago
In my experience with Federal work, we had 50MB of server storage for email in 2013. Then there were the PPTs attachments placing some emails at 10MB and getting forwarded/replied with attachments multiple times. In effect everyone u
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by graylights 12y ago
Suppose the case of interview for a job where half the applicants are unqualified. This algorithm has an ~20% chance of hiring someone unqualified. This algorithm seems optimized towards getting near-optimum rather then limiting risk. I t
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by graylights 12y ago
It's not an encompassing stereotype but US does have some evangelists and devout Christians that believe that the US is a "Christian Nation". To them Atheists are the ones that took prayer out of school and that want to take
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by graylights 12y ago
I'd be curious too but there is a big gap between no religious beliefs and Atheist. Many people just don't care about religion at all, some have mild beliefs, and some are devout, it's a broad spectrum. To some, their relig
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by graylights 12y ago
They already have immunity for users' infringements via the Safe Harbor provisions of DMCA. The safe harbor provisions requirements are a lot less stringent then Common Carrier. They must register as an ISP, can't modify data, an
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by graylights 12y ago
Without an agreement amazon has no right to sell digital copies and certainly no obligation. Comcast made an obligation to deliver content when they agreed to provide internet service to their customers. The digital side of amazon story is
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by graylights 12y ago
I'm not sure why he's focused on indies. Budgets for AAA titles are growing to the point that they can't survive even on moderate successes (e.g. Irrational Studios and Bioshock Infinite). I expect between the deep discount
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by graylights 12y ago
IANAL but it seems they could lose safe harbor protections provided by DMCA and be liable for ALL copyrighted material going over their system: "Section 512(a) protects service providers who are passive conduits from liability for copy
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by graylights 12y ago
Some sites have tried gimmicks to block adblock users. I wonder now if they'll make thousands of empty iframes.
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by graylights 12y ago
The key point is the trial. You can't hold a trial in a hostage situation. They could have held a trial for Anwar al-awlaki. Once decided by trial that he committed treason, military action could be justified. The problem is how tha
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by graylights 12y ago
And how is the average user to manager their meter? There are no intuitive controls. How do you stop that prankster on unmetered service from pingflooding you so you're charged hundreds of dollars? Now that ads cost me money, I have g
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by graylights 12y ago
Yes, a lot of high school subjects focus on the results rather then the process. Community colleges are also guilty. It's not just contained to math and science but even the arts and philosophy. It's a part of the prevailing att
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by graylights 12y ago
Or more directly add a Comcast fee to subscribers on comcast.
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by graylights 13y ago
I actually thought the opposite. A lot of these federal positions are military. So I assumed it was some enlisted guy out of high school that didn't want a desk job but wants to be firing guns. He's been doing it years and wants
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by graylights 13y ago
"The very definition of news is something that hardly ever happens. If an incident is in the news, we shouldn't worry about it. It's when something is so common that its no longer news – car crashes, domestic violence – that
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by graylights 13y ago
I don't even need a computer for that, just use leading zeroes: 0000000002
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by graylights 13y ago
That is disabled in some distros, it can be toggled via /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
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by graylights 13y ago
Simple, "at fault" takes on a different meaning in driving. Often it's a cluster of mistakes that causes an accident, mistakes by either vehicle or even mistakes by someone not a part of the collision itself. If I'm 5
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by graylights 13y ago
That big comfy car that protects you from highway collisions accomplishes that by shifting the impact toward the smaller car. It doesn't increase overall highway safety, just steals it from others in your favor.
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by graylights 13y ago
I agree public street is public info. But it sounds like they're scanning more then public street. At what point does it become private? 1. Parked on a public street in front of my home 2. Parked on private parking lot at my apartmen
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by graylights 13y ago
Trader Joes has low prices but they don't have the dirt cheap junk food that you might find at some stores. But you can eat cheaply at a Trader Joes. You can also eat very expensively if you go into some their specialty stuff.

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