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Comment Re:Smelling more fishy every day. (Score 1) 227

by brec on Friday March 21, 2014 @02:57PM (#46545753) Attached to: MtGox Finds 200,000 Bitcoins In Old Wallet

if the bank made a copy of a one of their coins to service an apparent withdrawal, but that copy was never 'spent' then the original is still good.

Hmm? What's an "apparent" withdrawal? The bank's transfer to a depositor is the same as the bank "spending" the bitcoins. The transfer is a transaction that will be confirmed by bitcoin's peer-to-peer protocol. After the transaction the "original" is not "still good" and cannot be spent or transferred, i.e., will not be confirmed by the network.

Comment "Cellular" not "wireless" (Score 1) 158

by brec on Saturday October 01, 2011 @06:08PM (#37579732) Attached to: AT&T Starts Throttling Heavy Wireless Data Users

"Cellular" would be clearer than "wireless" in the /. headline; there's no ambiguity in the linked source. Yes, cellular is wireless but usually "wireless" connotes WiFi.

Comment Re:For the airplane geeks... (Score 1) 317

by brec on Thursday January 06, 2011 @07:55PM (#34784908) Attached to: Magnetic Pole Shift Affects Tampa Airport

Correcting a typo, for those who actually want to Google the example: ADS-B requirement

Comment Headline word switch (Score 1) 222

by brec on Friday December 17, 2010 @06:35PM (#34593800) Attached to: Thief Posts His Photo To Facebook Victim's Account

Should be "... Victim's Facebook Account", eh?

Thief Posts His Photo To Facebook Victim's Account 222

Posted by samzenpus on Friday December 17, 2010 @03:01PM from the criminal-status-update dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Washington Post reporter Marc Fisher discovered his house had been burgled; money, a winter coat, an iPod and his son's laptop were stolen. Imagine his surprise when Facebook friends of his 15-year-old son reported that a photo of the apparent thief, wearing Fisher's coat and holding a wad of notes, had been uploaded to his son's Facebook account. How addicted do you have to be to a social network to post a status update and upload your photo *while* you're burgling someone's house?"

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