russ1337 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:wonder if the others are watching? (Score 1) 181

by russ1337 on Friday December 17, 2010 @04:09PM (#34591720) Attached to: Judge Ends Massive Porn Lawsuit

Thanks. I wasn't sure how that worked, (and was silently hoping i wasn't going to get flamed for not having RTFA or something...)

so cheers!

The lets hope the court in DC does take the cue. I'd like to see the business model change rather than massive lawsuits against P2P.

I acknowledge the business model is changing with the likes of Netflix online, Hulu etc, and i'd like to see progress in that direction - internationally. (many of those services are not available outside the USA).

Comment wonder if the others are watching? (Score 1) 181

by russ1337 on Friday December 17, 2010 @02:58PM (#34590712) Attached to: Judge Ends Massive Porn Lawsuit

Does this set a precedent making it harder for the 'Dunlapp, Grub and Weaver' lawsuits?

The RIAA/MPAA, and their advocates are going to be pissed....

Comment Re:Seriously? (Score 1) 1352

by russ1337 on Friday December 17, 2010 @02:37AM (#34584524) Attached to: Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed

The daily show is the modern day court jester.

Samuel Pepys said about his jester: "The King's fool and jester, with the power to mock and revile even the most prominent without penalty" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester#English_royal_court_jesters

Comment Re:Donutleaks strikes again! (Score 2) 185

by russ1337 on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @02:02PM (#34548880) Attached to: Sheriff's Online Database Leaks Info On Informants

There was an entire documentary about this. I'm at work, so I'm not going to go googling for it, but I believe it was called "If Drugs Were Legal", or something to that effect. It talks about pharmaceutical companies making designer drugs that cause specific effects and side effects, allowing the user to tailor their experience to exactly what they want.

Personally, I'm not so sure I'd be willing to take a recreational drug created by a pharmaceutical company, but the market would undoubtedly be massive.

The entire movie appears to be on google video, but not working.

there is a good debate here - around the movie: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9145573810535960472#docid=-3840911425491936015

Comment Re:ehh (Score 1) 810

by russ1337 on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @02:45AM (#34470540) Attached to: Digging Into the WikiLeaks Cables

When the USA has buttsex, it likes to be the daddy.....

Comment Re:I generate my power with solar (Score 1) 507

by russ1337 on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @01:55AM (#34470342) Attached to: Annual power consumption at your residence?

How would one even know how much power they use in a year?

I'm guessing somewhere on the power bill each month it tells you your monthly amount, but honestly, does anyone look at that, and keep a running total to see how much they use in a year?

For that matter, does anyone actually LOOK at the bill for anything other than the amount to send in? I have levelized billing and just pay basically the same amount each month, so I don't ever really look at usage. I mean, it is like gasoline, I need it...I just pay for what it costs without hardly looking at it...necessities of life and all.

yes, I do.

If I use more than 500kWh per month I go looking for the leech.

Comment Re:Rather symbolic isn't it? (Score 1) 794

by russ1337 on Saturday December 04, 2010 @03:58PM (#34445278) Attached to: PayPal Withdraws WikiLeaks Donation Service

As I understand, there are 1,000s of pages of documents involved in the current Wikileaks releases. I don't have time to review these, so I'd like to see a summary of the interesting (more than "symbolic") material. Can somebody direct me?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=summary+of+wikileaks+cables+news

And what are "cables" anyway? Are they like email messages?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_cables

Also, considering the timing of the unrelated legal assaults against Assange, I assume they are contrived. But as a more appropriate retaliation, couldn't the US gov just publish all the damning material they have on him?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange#Swedish_arrest_warrant_for_alleged_sex_offenses

Comment Jailbreak? (Score 3, Funny) 281

by russ1337 on Thursday December 02, 2010 @01:27PM (#34419536) Attached to: Jailtime For Jailbreaking

as Steven Colbert would say.....

Jailbreak.... or...... Freedom Patch?

Breaking something out of jail is known to be bad... setting something free is much better....

Comment Re:Welcome to Obama's America. (Score 1) 529

by russ1337 on Sunday November 28, 2010 @12:13AM (#34362270) Attached to: DHS Seizes 75+ Domain Names

I know quite a few Tea Partiers and they will take away every last right I have as soon as they get the chance.

It doesn't matter who is in power in the US as your rights will be eroded over time anyway. The Tea Partiers will erode your rights more quickly.

Comment Re:Bloody idiot. (Score 2, Insightful) 30

by russ1337 on Saturday November 20, 2010 @03:43PM (#34292646) Attached to: Man Offered $150k for Exploding Jar of Fruit

Man heats a bottle, hits it with a hammer then blames someone else? Why did the judge not say "sod off, you leech"?

Modern litigation-crazy America, this is why we hate you :-(

This used to be the worst thing about America. Now it's probably the least worst thing.

Comment Re:First Post (Score 1) 484

by russ1337 on Saturday November 20, 2010 @02:51PM (#34292384) Attached to: Whitehat Hacker Moxie Marlinspike's Laptop, Cellphones Seized

Either way, smuggling data on physical media is kind of retarded.

Yes and no. If the data is 'in the cloud' there's a risk that it could be sniffed by someone else. If you copy your smuggled data onto physical media and keep it on your person then no one can sniff it. It's similar to mailing yourself a packet of confidential papers as opposed to hanging onto the papers yourself.

One word: Truecrypt

encrypt the blob before it is stored in the cloud. Use a keyfile

Comment Re:Nothing but jokes in this thread? (Score 1) 554

by russ1337 on Friday November 12, 2010 @12:11AM (#34203926) Attached to: What security policy will the TSA adopt next?

You could take on board what this guy is saying.

Specifically this essay

Comment Re:Bloomin' onions! (Score 1) 474

by russ1337 on Thursday November 04, 2010 @01:52PM (#34126876) Attached to: Facebook Knows When You'll Get Dumped

I've seen a young couple get engaged in outback steakhouse. Poor girl.

Comment Re:Yeeeahhh (Score 1) 322

by russ1337 on Saturday October 30, 2010 @09:54PM (#34076802) Attached to: USB 'Dead Drops'

that was my point (wifi but NOT connected to the internet) The GP said:

Which still makes it marginally less useful than say, an online file repository which lets you upload and share links for free

, which i took to mean on-line, and thus suggested a wireless spot NOT connected to the internet is less likely to be subject to a DCMA takedown.

Comment Re:Yeeeahhh (Score 1) 322

by russ1337 on Saturday October 30, 2010 @07:46PM (#34076150) Attached to: USB 'Dead Drops'

Doesn't connecting it to the net make if far more liable for a DMCA takedown?

win an online repository there will be an ISP who likely has the billing information from the addressee. With a location based wifi, unless you discovered its exact location and the owner of the power source etc, it would be difficult to determine the 'owner'.

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