Comment Re:https (Score 2) 323
You are correct. They have access to the root certs. HTTPS using commercial PKI it totally accessible on the fly by US government surveillance agencies.
Comment The possabilites (Score 1) 177
The main benefit of a workable electronic voting system is that we will be able to vote more regularly on a range of issues, taking some of the power away from the politicians. I think that this may be one of the primary reasons why Diebold, who can produce near perfect ATMS, cant/wont build an accurate voting system.
Comment Re:I hope (Score 2) 353
And of course:
- religious vegetarian
- religious vegan
- religious vegetarian
- religious vegan
Comment Re:Any communication channel (Score 4, Insightful) 283
I think the premise would be OK if it wasn't for the fact that a library full of statutes of actions that could put you on the wrong side of the law exists. In terms of the law, are all transgressors - all it takes is a little time, to find the charge to level at you.
Comment size counts (Score 2) 320
I think that 15.6" with a fold out keyboard should just about do it.
Comment Re:And in a nod to Xzibit (Score 1) 303
EA are planning on getting a banking license?
Comment Re:Well, Yeah (Score 1) 268
Well, I have been burnt by Microsoft phones twice already. Almost 3 times.
I most certainly will never buy another one until the phones can be upgraded to the latest OS version over time.
I most certainly will never buy another one until the phones can be upgraded to the latest OS version over time.
Comment state sponsored development (Score 2) 317
On the bight side, Hans might have a 20 year all expenses paid development cycle ahead of him. Think of the contribution he could make if allowed to.
Talk about making productive use of prisoners time.
Talk about making productive use of prisoners time.
Comment Coding for fun (Score 1) 338
Get the little buggers to code some unit tests in VI.
Comment Re:so all those people weren't crazy (Score 1) 300
why would aliens put flashing lights on an interstellar space craft?
There may be intergalactic travel laws that we are privvy to yet....
Comment Apple to the rescue? (Score 1) 104
Wouldn't it be funny if Apple bought Nokia, just for their mapping tech?
Comment Re:As they should (Score 1) 296
Not if the poor buggers are using ActiveX objects in IE on their intranets....
Comment Re:My God (Score 3, Insightful) 413
Democracy is a political system. Communism is a financial system
Submission + - HP TouchPad Go: $99? (ibtimes.com)
redletterdave writes: "The HP Touchpad Go, which is a smaller version of the company's signature TouchPad, may go on sale for $99 like its predecessor. The tablet features a 1023 x 768 resolution display, runs on webOS, and alsohas a removable cover with soft-touch coating to minimize fingerprints on the 7-inch screen. HP's new tablet also comes with a removable battery, 32GB of storage, a 3G radio, a five-megapixel camera and LED flash.HP designed the TouchPad Go around the same time as the larger model, but it failed to reach production stages when the company decided to kill off all devices running on the doomed webOS. If the tablet indeed sells for $99, it would be the cheapest tablet in the world besides the Aakash tablet, which was released by the Indian government for $35."
Submission + - Recent Discovery Shows Oldest Depiction of Tower o (discovery.com)
smitty777 writes: The recent discovery of the Tower of Babel stele by a team of scholars shows what might be the earliest depiction of the ancient Tower of Babel. The stele belongs to Martin Schøyen, who also owns a large number of pictographic and cuneiform tablets, some of the earliest known written documents. The tablet also contains a depiction of King Nebuchadnezzar II, a time when Babylon was a cultural leader in astronomy, mathematics, literature and medicine. It's also interesting to note the somewhat recent Slashdot article linking the common ancestry of languages to this area.
