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Comment Not surprised (Score 1) 269

Every time I use Thunderbird to access fastmail via IMAP I get an annoying warning dialog:

Security Error: Domain Name Mismatch

You have attempted to establish a connection with "imap.fastmail.fm". However, the security certificate presented belongs to [long list of hosts ending in .messagingengine.com]...

If you suspect the certificate shown does not belong to "imap.fastmail.fm", please cancel the connection and notify the site administrator.

...which I haven't done - it seems more productive to bitch about it on slashdot. (over the years I've put quite a lot of effort into bug reports for various products and the rate of response is pretty discouraging)

Comment Focus (Score 1) 152

Never mind Star Trek, this reminds me of the Emergents' "Focus" mental enslavement technology from Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky. From wikipedia:

An active MRI-type device triggers changes [...] manipulating the brain in this way, Emergent managers induce obsession with a single idea or specialty, which they call Focus, essentially turning them into brilliant [information] appliances.

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