oddgodd

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by oddgodd 12y ago
I'm not sure that it's a settled matter that HIPAA doesn't apply in this case. PHI includes demographic information which would seem to apply here just based on what we already know has been leaked.
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by oddgodd 12y ago
In modern usage of the term they don't. The term originated in underground circles where anonymity by all participants was assumed, and where there were probably legal or criminal revenge consequences for tying a pseudonym to a real i
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by oddgodd 12y ago
A modern clone of the PCB has been done: http://www.willegal.net/appleii/apple1.htm Sourcing all the required components is likely to be difficult.
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by oddgodd 16y ago
My understanding is that he objects to the non-free status of the firmware present on other devices.
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by oddgodd 16y ago
Look at the "Try Turnkey on Amazon..." banner at the top of the turnkeylinux.org home page and tell me the artifacts don't look like hammered ass. I'll stick to lossless for anything with textual elements, thanks.
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by oddgodd 17y ago
To your point one, I agree. I also fail to see how universal binaries help. The problem isn't with supporting multiple architectures, it's with supporting multiple distributions. Regarding point two, the developer is stuck with the packag
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by oddgodd 17y ago
It really is just a bad idea. Or at least one that is working against ideas central to the way Linux is currently used. Universal/fat binaries made sense on the Macintosh because there is no concept of program installation on these systems
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by oddgodd 17y ago
>So please think hard on this, before you dismiss this as stupid or untenable. I have. This is stupid and untenable. Problem one: Right now if I encountered a login form that didn't mask the password I would probably attribute this to
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by oddgodd 17y ago
That was Informix, not Oracle.
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by oddgodd 18y ago
I suspect the grandparent is referring to a "cross site request forgery" (XSRF) style attack.
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by oddgodd 19y ago
I wonder if he's using UUCP?