Comment Makes sense they cancelled it (Score 3, Insightful) 35
Replacing garbage trucks burned by angry villagers can get expensive.
Comment Re:Plausible deniability is better (Score 1) 204
On the other hand, it is actually common to make the duress password VERY similar to the correct password so it looks about the same when you enter it. Especially on something like a phone where you can generally re-load the data later if you want. The consequences of an accidental wipe may be quite small.
Other posible explanations include the defendant remembering the wrong password under pressure. The defendant having any history of mis-typing is irrelevant.
Comment Re:Topical context - deeper problem (Score 1) 127
At 32 out of 35, with only 3 not cheating,
Well... 3 didn't get caught anyway. They could have manually typed in the visible text, or noticed the embedded prompt and excluded it.
Or actually tried to answer the question.
Comment Re:University's fault - hear me out (Score 1) 127
the problem is, if that instructor fails 32 out of 35 students, the administration blames the instructor, not the students. So what do old instructors, or immigrant instructors who don't want drama do? they pass everyone and fail maybe 1 or 2 just to satisfy the bell curve and avoid questioning
Yea, our local high school has told teachers not to fail anyone. Maybe I should teach as a retirement job - at the start of the semester, tell teh kids homework is optional, two tests, pass everyone with at least a B and collect a check. Seems taht what the administration wants the teachers to do.
Comment Re:He was a loud-mouth (Score 1) 61
He was definitely right when he said the iBook looked like a Hello Kitty purse.
Comment Re:Plausible deniability is better (Score 1) 204
Or Fat Fingers McSpellsbad typoed the correct password and landed on the duress password instead. We'll never know since in the process he destroyed any evidence of what the passwords might have been.
Fortunately for the defendant, it's up to the prosecutor to PROVE that that isn't how the data came to be wiped.
Comment WinARM (Score 1) 49
Comment Re: Not surprising AE basically brushed off the EU (Score 2) 89
A huge percentage of what's on Amazon is clearly drop shipped from AliExpress, and most of the rest of it was sourced from AliBaba. I buy the same shit from China directly for a third to two thirds of the Amazon price.
I do the same unless I need it faster and the price delta is small enough.
Comment Re:Reversible Irreversible ? (Score 1) 54
Since there is monetary value attached to the account, yes they are.
Comment Not surprising AE basically brushed off the EU (Score 2) 89
Those products are a significant percentage of its business, they basically took the street vendors and gave them a global marketplace. You no longer need to go to Asia to get a high quality counterfeit football jersey or shoddy electrical appliance. It's even easier for the vendor, get cutoff and open under a new name. No new storefront to find, no goods to mov or hide from spot checks when the government decides to 'crack down' due to pressure from manufacturers. The quality varies greatly depending on product category, the bolts, screws, random hardware to use in 3D printed stuff, screen protectors, yard flags etc. were all fine and a fraction of Amazon's cost from a reshipper.
Amazon's actions will be interesting because it seems pretty clear that some of the sellers are just drop shipping from the same sources in China and marking it up to cover Amazon's costs and shipping.
Comment Re:An elegant chip (Score 1) 42
Z80 was also my first assembly language. Perhaps not super important for me, but it's nice to know the Z80 will continue to exist in some recognizable form.
IIRC, LANtastic cards (another relic of the past) had a Z-80 on them. It was socketed, no less.
Comment Re:If I'm understanding this correctly (Score 2) 215
If you needed insurance or healthcare were you able to obtain it?
Get your government hands off my medicare!
If you needed insurance or healthcare were you able to obtain it?
Get your government hands off my Medicaid!
Fixed that for you.
Comment Re:New normals (Score 1) 215
It didn't fucking matter because that case had nothing to do with the presidency.
I've always contended had he simply said "Yea, I got a blowjob in the Oval Office. You would have too if yo had the chance..." the whole thing would have blown over and never come up again. Nixon probably could have survived if he hadn't tried to cover up Watergate, served out his term and pardon the whole crew.