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Comment Re:Choice of beer (Score 1) 229

Having recently gone on an Anheuser-Busch tour, here's the scoop: Anheuser-Busch manufactures and distributes Budweiser. Stella is distributed by InBev. InBev recently bought Anheuser-Busch and operates Anheuser-Busch as a subsidiary. But, true, no matter how you dice it, they're both similar beers on par with each other. I happen to like simple beers, though.

Comment Re:Self-Destructing Key (Score 1) 887

I agree, that would be cool. Funny, though, that when I mentioned USB key or disk, I was referring to the authentication "key" and not the drive itself. In other words, the drive can forever be in tact (but still encrypted), but the decrypt key can have only xx shelf life (similar to the iron key). I wonder if this already exists...

Comment Re:Self-Destructing Key (Score 1) 887

What you describe is not possible in any way.

An "encrytped hard drive" or an "encrypted file" are both the same thing: a very very large number. When the government took possession of the medium that stores that number, they then permanently know it. It's a series of 1s and 0s, and they have it for sure, definitely, it can never be altered. So whatever procedure you have in mind is like saying, what if the number 8 simply decays in September. It doesn't make any sense.

Well, yeah, the data will still be in tact for them to begin brute force cracking, but there are still plenty of ways to make "simple" decryption (even by the encrypter) difficult. I think someone above mentioned a USB drive or key that would self-destruct after so much time could be used, or something that without it, you can't decrypt the data easily. Thus, just knowing the password (or having the person type it) won't work.

Comment Re:"back charges" (Score 1) 413

I tried that once, the first time services went down. I told someone there my story, and then a month went by without hearing anything back. By then, my services were back on and I thought I was on the way to recovery. Then I got a voicemail out of the blue from someone at the PUC who told me that they reached Comcast, and all Comcast could tell them was that I've been a "delinquent" for months and that my story is all wrong. Perhaps I'll give another call, now that I've got my full documentation and everything. I think it'll still be a he-said, she-said case, because it's my word against theirs about the lack of services at the beginning.

Apple Investigated Over Stock Options 88

blamanj writes "Apple has joined the list of over fifty companies (most in Silicon Valley) that possibly mishandled stock options by backdating them. The technique is not illegal, but it can cause a company to improperly deduct employee compensation expenses and result in an underpayment of taxes. So far, Apple is conducting the investigation itself, but it has notified the SEC."

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