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Comment: Re:Anonymous didn't make it vulnerable... (Score 1) 130

by Nidi62 (#43794461) Attached to: Thousands of Whistle Blowers Vulnerable After Anonymous Hacks SAPS
So, if I walk by your house and find out your front door is unlocked, you are ok if I open your door, walk in, and carry out all of your electronics and valuables and leave them on the front lawn for people to take? I would bear absolutely ZERO responsiblity if your stuff got stolen?

Comment: Re:A camera in every living room (Score 5, Informative) 371

by Nidi62 (#43792585) Attached to: Xbox One: No Always-Online Requirement, But Needs To Phone Home

Xbox One includes and requires Kinect. This means that each Xbox One has an internet connected camera. In every living room, dorm room and bed room where someone places an Xbox One http://windowsitpro.com/blog/csi-effect-not-everyone-wants-kinect-camera-their-living-room

Good thing they make a highly sophisticated camera disabling device. The bigger concern is, if the console is voice activated to turn on, is the audio recorder always on?

Comment: Re:Helpful hint. (Score 5, Insightful) 80

by Nidi62 (#43789315) Attached to: Aurora Attackers Were Looking For Google's Surveillance Database

Uhm, like General Petraeus, former head of the CIA?

Seriously, if our head of the top spy agency in this country is that stupid, how stupid do you think the rest of the diplomatic or legislative folks are in DC?

He was a political appointee, what do you expect? He was actually never in any capacity a spy. He was an infantry officer and a teacher more than he was anything else until 2004 and after when he was overall commander of Iraq then Afghanistan. The director of any agency in the US is an administrator above all else.

Comment: Re:If they can deliver this safely.... (Score 2) 151

by Nidi62 (#43787103) Attached to: Transporting a 15-Meter-Wide, 600-Ton Magnet Cross Country

... then I can see absolutely no reason that a package that is clearly marked fragile, and probably nowhere near as fragile as this monstrosity, should be mishandled in transit *EVER* again.

I hope they pull this off.

I look forward to an age where couriers can actually be relied upon to deliver such goods without subjecting them to g forces beyond what their structural integrity can withstand.

I think most couriers/handlers see "fragile" more as a challenge than as a warning. You know, see how far it can bend before it will break, that kind of thing.

Comment: Opposite experince (Score 1) 226

by Nidi62 (#43781847) Attached to: Australia Makes Asian Language Learning a Priority

In the US, however, a second language seems to be selected based on whatever the prevailing language spoken by the dominant ethnic group in the area. And that's assuming they offer a second language at all. More often than not the language ends up being Spanish, which all too frequently becomes more of a service to ESL students than value to anyone else.

I've noticed the exact opposite during my education. I live in Georgia, and we have a lot of Spanish speakers in my general area. Of course my middle school offered only French and Spanish (I chose French). My high school offered French, Spanish, Latin, and German (I did one year of French and 3 of Latin). I went to college in rural, middle of nowhere North Carolina, and my university offered French, Spanish, Biblical Greek (it was a baptist university) German (which I took for 2 years) and, my senior year, Arabic (which I also took). Did graduate school back in Atlanta where I took more Arabic, and as it was a large, state university they had all manner of languages one could take. I am of the opinion that most students learn Spanish because it is considered the easier of the languages. But, just like with any other subject, the opportunities to learn something new are out there, you just have to want to learn.

Comment: Re:I was thinking the same thing (Score 1) 226

by Nidi62 (#43781751) Attached to: Australia Makes Asian Language Learning a Priority

If you read the article you find that one of the languages they're working on adding next is Italian.

Italian kind of makes sense. Several east African nations were originally Italian colonies(such as Somalia). If people from this area wanted to go to a Western nation, Australia would be a logical choice. A good pairing with French, which is/was spoken by a lot of Africa. It seems to me that Australia is expecting either an increased African immigration, or is looking to expand its presence in Africa.

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