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Comment Re:Passwords (Score 1) 241

by seekret on Sunday October 02, 2011 @06:42PM (#37585770) Attached to: How often do you put pen to paper?

That is the accepted security standard for passwords. Make employees write them on a slip of paper and lock it in their desk drawer. It solves the problem of people using easy to guess passwords or having to memorize complex passwords.

Comment Notes (Score 1) 241

by seekret on Sunday October 02, 2011 @06:41PM (#37585760) Attached to: How often do you put pen to paper?

It's still more convenient to use pen and paper/post it notes for many things. Carrying a tablet around and using the clumsy keyboard would be too annoying, plus paper and ink is cheap so it's okay if you lose a pen or drop some papers.

Comment Re:Knowing Microsoft... (Score 2) 17

by seekret on Monday September 12, 2011 @04:22PM (#37380416) Attached to: The Linux 3.1 Kernel May Have A New Logo

I'm wondering if this would fall under parody.

Comment Re:Threat (Score 1) 208

by seekret on Monday September 12, 2011 @03:53PM (#37380086) Attached to: 50 New Exoplanets Found, Billions More Await

I say we also develop sustainable space colonies in case they arrive here in the next few decades and obliterate our planet. It must be done, for survival!

Comment Re:Great Super Earths. (Score 1) 208

by seekret on Monday September 12, 2011 @03:52PM (#37380070) Attached to: 50 New Exoplanets Found, Billions More Await

Maybe they just like war. For all we know they could be Klingons!

Comment Re:Slippery slope? (Score 1) 301

by seekret on Monday September 12, 2011 @03:50PM (#37380040) Attached to: Global Mall Operator Starts Reading License Plates

You don't understand, I'm saying that it doesn't matter that a computer can store it forever. Last time I checked I could take a picture of anyone and anything I wanted in public places. It's the same concept as photography or human sight, just that video cameras are more efficient.

Comment Re:Slippery slope? (Score 1) 301

by seekret on Monday September 12, 2011 @07:41AM (#37375230) Attached to: Global Mall Operator Starts Reading License Plates

I don't think anyone is against having cameras on private property. The resistance is always about cameras in public places, but so long as the streams are available to the public I see no problem with it for the reasons I listed above.

Comment Re:Slippery slope? (Score 1) 301

by seekret on Monday September 12, 2011 @07:40AM (#37375218) Attached to: Global Mall Operator Starts Reading License Plates

I disagree, I see it the same as the ability we have to recognize faces and plates.

Comment Re:Slippery slope? (Score 1) 301

by seekret on Sunday September 11, 2011 @10:02AM (#37367804) Attached to: Global Mall Operator Starts Reading License Plates

The thing that everyone seems to always forget when talking about public surveillance is that it's not anything that anyone couldn't get simply by looking out the window. Use a camera instead of your own eyeballs and it's suddenly a huge problem.

Comment Re:I don't care- I don't live there... (Score 1) 454

by seekret on Sunday September 04, 2011 @04:56AM (#37301384) Attached to: I say (N. Hemisphere) Fall starts ...

Winter and harsh winter?

Comment Re:Bullshit! (Score 1) 169

by seekret on Friday August 26, 2011 @09:31PM (#37224770) Attached to: Protecting a Laptop From Sophisticated Attacks

Because if the hard drive is encrypted you can't access the data without the password.

Comment Re:This just reminds me of... (Score 1) 169

by seekret on Friday August 26, 2011 @09:19PM (#37224716) Attached to: Protecting a Laptop From Sophisticated Attacks

Isn't there that feature in TrueCrypt which will overwrite the encrypted data unless you tell it not to by checking the box and entering the password? In this case I guess it's a matter of how much you want to keep the data compared to how much you want to keep it secret.

Comment Re:Wilfully drain batteries? (Score 1) 174

by seekret on Friday August 26, 2011 @01:42PM (#37221012) Attached to: Mobile Carriers Impose Handicaps On Smartphones

I'm not sure this is entirely true with the carriers now offering free battery swaps for customers.

Comment Re:When it gets cheap (Score 1) 237

by seekret on Sunday August 21, 2011 @03:02PM (#37162482) Attached to: When tourist space flight begins, I'll try it...

I voted for the "when early adopters return safely" and I'm poor. For me it was "if I had the money how would I treat space flight" type of deal, I'm betting it was that for a lot of us.

Comment Re:WHAT!?!?!?! (Score 1) 637

by seekret on Thursday August 18, 2011 @08:18PM (#37136758) Attached to: Coming Soon, Shorter Video Games

I can't believe my brain did that, but yea, I didn't know what 'scale' meant so apparently I didn't even notice the word and think "what does he mean?".

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