Comment Downhill (Score 1) 150
Downhill now. Not that it was at great heights. But more safe to ignore.
Comment Chocolate ice cream (Score 1) 158
Like chocolate ice cream? Not a useful idea.
Here's a better idea. Let browsers send less, not more.
Comment Who cares (Score 0) 180
Who cares about what Microsoft should or should not worry about?
Comment Order suspended (Score 1) 802
The order was suspended on June 4.
"Federal judge suspends order that child porn suspect decrypt own computer files or face contempt" http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/deadline-is-today-for-west-allis-man-to-decrypt-suspected-porn-files-b9926078z1-210121531.html
"Earlier court order requiring a Wisconsin suspect in underage porn case to decrypt his hard drives for the FBI by the end of the day Tuesday -- or face contempt of court -- has been lifted." http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57587670-38/judge-child-porn-suspect-doesnt-need-to-decrypt-files/
Ruling: http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2013/06/Decision-Order-DOC-8-re-Motion-to-Stay.pdf
Comment Re:$5k limit (Score 1) 135
This is not non-commercial, right? The $5,000 limit shouldn't apply. Where to read about that limitation?
Comment Bonkers "perceived disasters" (Score 1) 284
BBC gone bonkers? "Support for the plans - brain child of Swiss businessman turned politician Thomas Minder - has been fuelled by a series of perceived disasters for major Swiss companies, coupled with salaries and bonuses staying high"
Disasters, or only perceived disasters?
Comment Re:A store cannot look like a store? (Score 1) 272
I thought the same. Trademarks don't expire. This could become widespread.
Comment backdoors (Score 1) 314
Are backdoors like with hushmail (at least technically) possible?
Hushmail To Warn Users of Law Enforcement Backdoor: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/11/hushmail-to-war
Encrypted E-Mail Company Hushmail Spills to Feds: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/11/encrypted-e-mai
Comment Re:Any one else with registration problems? (Score 2) 314
Now got through, first upload failed. Not really important, for sure.
Comment Re:Any one else with registration problems? (Score 1) 314
me too
Comment Careful what you ask for (Score 1) 167
Careful what you ask for: next thing you know, scientists will be (even more) selected on their policies.
Comment Re:Sugar? (Score 1) 627
vlm: "you're really correlating ALL industrial era commodities because they all grew about the same rate in the same economy."
Depends on what data is analyzed. Maybe there are gradients in sugar consumption, which can be correlated with gradients of violence. Maybe there are other clever ways at looking at it.
Comment Sugar? (Score 1) 627
How is it with sugar consumption. Is there a correlation? S
Autonomy Chief Says Whitman Is Watering Down HP Fraud Claims 117
McGruber writes "Possibly the wierdest tax-writeoff of the year happened when Meg Whitman claimed that her US-based multinational corporation HP had been defrauded by British-software firm Autonomy; Ms. Whitman and HP claimed an 8.8 billion dollar write-down. As the Los Angeles Times explains, 'HP acquired Autonomy in 2011 for $11 billion, a move it hoped would turn it away from its dependence on sales of computer hardware with its low profit margins, and into the more profitable business of software. However, the price HP paid was widely criticized for being too high, and in part led to the subsequent ouster of Chief Executive Leo Apotheker.' The wierdness continues — in its annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, HP claims that the U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into HP's allegations that HP has uncovered widespread accounting fraud at Autonomy. However, The Guardian points out that former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch claims that HP 'is watering down the accusations it had levelled against him over the accounts filed by his old software company.' Mr. Lynch also says that he has not been contacted by the U.S. Department of Justice, which HP claims is investigating the alleged fraud. Perhaps Slashdot's users can help make sense of this mess and help explain it to me?"
Comment Professional Writer ??? (Score 1) 346
Is this article written by a professional writer like Harlan Ellison, http://www.photographyhistory.com/harlanellisontypewriter.html ?
Surely not.
Why would a professional writer care about stylesheet? Can't the publisher look after that part? Why is
the professional writer not happy with Notepad?
Otherwise, the article strikes me as a collection of randomly selected and unmotivated issues with using word processors.
