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Comment Re:Cheap architecture + short cuts = DOOM (Score 1) 250

What the CEO really said was

We eliminated the malware in the access point

Which is completely different than "POS malware" - note he said the access point. I'm still betting this is an inside job, and one of their central billing computers had a little extra code in it that was sending the info across the net to some holding site.

Comment Re: Cue the climate change deniers ... (Score 1) 684

One way or another these changes will effect PEOPLE, and sitting in Arizona hiding behind your AC is only going to last so long before RESOURCES have to be reallocated for another 50-100 years DIFFERENTLY than they are now.

Or, as Zippy would put it:

Boys, you have ALL been selected to LEAVE th' PLANET in 15 minutes!!

Comment Re:And what was the driving factor before 1900? (Score 1) 552

Well, since you can't be troubled to read TFA, here's the second paragraph. tl;dr: Volcanoes.

Research examining the causes of climate change in the northern hemisphere over the past 1000 years has shown that until the year 1800, the key driver of periodic changes in climate was volcanic eruptions.

Comment Bitcoin Mining (Score 1) 537

James Howells mined the virtual currency on his laptop in 2009 when it was trading for pennies, but today, one Bitcoin is valued at more than $1000. The hard drive containing this sizeable fortune has been tracked to a landfill in Newport, where it lies buried under four feet of rubbish. However, according to experts, the storage device is pretty much impossible to retrieve.

Perhaps difficult, but not impossible, if somebody is determined. How many people would be willing to sift through garbage for a year looking for a few million bucks?

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