Perhaps it's due to the "inappropriateness" of the response? Or the words "Nobody needs die of cancer any more" in the subject?

Posts sometimes reflect what the author have in mind when he is writing it. The "inappropriateness" may have reflected the author's intent (or simple "don't care" attitude), even when the actual words appear objective.

I doubt you'd enjoy it if I throw highly insensitive words at you when you're grieving over your dying dog or cat. Hence the mod-down.

Yes. That's because "no news is good news". Therefore, the others must be superior to RIM/Blackberry.

I think there's a difference in the encryption levels for emails (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) vs instant messaging (BlackBerry Messenger).

At least, according to the video link provided by AC, way below: http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?id=157644

So what happens is, RIM provides the decryption codes for instant messaging. The emails, however, cannot be decrypted, since RIM does not have the codes - they're stored locally on BlackBerry Enterprise Servers, which are set up locally within company premises.

Or so the story goes.

From the video (3:12):

Hahahaha! But that's not realistic anyway - Indians know as much as us.

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Which RIM refused - to decrypt the emails.

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However, Blackberry messages (instant messaging) is done at a much lower encryption level (which the video calls "scrambling"). To unscramble, you only require the PIN and Blackberry code. Which RIM has (according to the video) given to the Saudi government.

Interesting video.

I've read all your posts in this Slashdot story, including Alaska and Christmas/dad.

Interesting posts.

Perhaps you are the smart one, and we all are the dumb ones. Would you say that is how you feel?

Out of curiosity, is there any project that actually requires almost all of these technologies? If so, how many libraries do this project have to import, to make these technologies work?

No, I'm not a Java or .NET programmer, so I don't know if these languages already have built-in support for these technologies.

With so many earlier replies to your question, I'd never thought you'd read mine, yet alone reply. :)

Thanks for replying.

I do Visual Basic programming as part of my job.

The practical reason has nothing to do with "why would I want an assignment in an IF check". To me, ambiguities like this (even when correctly detectable) is a opportunity to introduce subtle bugs in the code.

I want to specify what I want by using explicit operators, strongly-typed variables, and so forth. And let the parser find my subtle bugs (that fails syntax rules) and highlight them to me.

I want to spend my time coding and correcting obvious bugs. I don't want to waste time hunting for subtle bugs due to ambiguity (even for this one). My workload is high as it is even without bugs.

Thanks to both AC and you for correcting my mistake. I feel like a noob now.

On the other hand, the Mac users may pay more attention to this problem, compared with Windows users who may have became too jaded to care.

I have changed from fixing my friends' desktops free-of-charge on-site, to telling them to "download AVG or buy a decent antivirus, and take care of your own problem".

Different people has different needs.

I, on the other hand, wish that they will fix the MS Office compatibility issues. (e.g. table 1st column width, bullet indentation ... it's been 1.5 years since I last tried.) These two bugs were the key reason why I used MS Word instead of OO.o Writer for typing my resume 1.5 years ago.

I think false negatives are correct. Because he doesn't want the person's replies to be blocked by accident.

Cool ... is there an app for this?

(When will Hollywood release a movie that uses an you-know-what as a hacking machine?)

Yes. He can do it, because everyone knows Slashdot members are the greatest IT experts in the entire world.

/ducks

Not being judgmental, just curious what happened.

Um ... what happened?