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Comment: Re:...Not that unexpected, and not that big a deal (Score 1) 273

by daveime (#43721975) Attached to: Microsoft Reads Your Skype Chat Messages
No, it's not the principle of the thing, everything is in the implementation. If you say Microsoft is looking at your URLS and reading "https://somesite.com/?user=joe&pass=123 then you're a fucking idiot for sending credentials in cleartext in a GET call. If you say Microsoft is looking at your URLS and reading "https://somesite.com" ONLY, and that the actual credentials are contained in an encrypted POST call that they're not even requesting (they're using HEAD), then that's an entirely different kettle of fish. NOTHING secure is being leaked, this is pure hyperbole on your part, using an example designed to scare an average user, but completely nonsensical to anyone who actually works on the web. Nothing more.

Comment: Re:Namecoin (Score 1) 150

by daveime (#43673505) Attached to: Btcd - a Bitcoind Alternative Written In Go!
Isn't this just destined to go the same way as any popular movie torrent ? An initial flurry of peers and seeds, with the seeds pumping out tons of bits, 99% of peers leeching and giving nothing back, and after a couple of weeks the torrent is good as dead, because there's one seed left who's never online, and only has 99% of the movie anyway ?

With bitcoin, I can understand the incentive, however small, of winning the lottery and actually mining a coin. With a system with is a glorified DHT for DNS addresses, what exactly is the incentive for users to contribute ? Or is it going to be yet another onion / I2P thing, full of "hype" but no substance because there simply aren't enough users to support the thing ?

Comment: Re:This is good for Bitcoin (Score 1) 150

by daveime (#43673479) Attached to: Btcd - a Bitcoind Alternative Written In Go!

They depend only on the ability to trade them

Let me know when I can exchange a Bitcoin for a McDonalds.

Right now, the only thing it is being exchanged for is illegal drugs / services, virtual services such as server hosting etc, and exchanges into a REAL currency such as USD, which can be used for myriad legal purposes not tied to an online realm - such as buying a burger.

Comment: Re:Fourth Amendment (Score 1) 457

by daveime (#43673445) Attached to: US DOJ Say They Don't Need Warrants For E-Mail, Chats
Careful, the 180 day rule applies to UNOPENED emails only, and requires a warrant.

OPENED mail can be viewed with just an Administrative Subpoena, and requires no warrant or court intervention / approval.

However, whether they use a court-issued warrant OR an Administrative Subpoena, it must be in connection with a currently ongoing investigation. They haven't written 330 million subpoenas for every man woman and child in the US (nor are renewing those documents every 180 days).

Hence, they are NOT "spying" on every email ever sent by anyone in the US. The title is hyperbole, and the tin-foil brigade lap this shit up, regardless of the actual facts.

Comment: Re:FTA (Score 1) 231

by daveime (#43487215) Attached to: Prof. Stephen Hawking: Great Scientist, Bad Gambler

quantum fluctuations exist in the physical universe. If God is real, he exists outside of the physical universe.

If a "god" exists outside the physical universe, then he can have no influence upon the physical universe, and is therefore irrelevant to us stuck here IN the physical universe.

It's absurd that you would attribute such sheer power to a being that can only exist outside the laws of space and time, and then spend half your life praying to him for good things to happen to you. Like he *cares* what one being on one planet wants, in a universe of billions or galaxies each with billions of suns and planets, and presumably billions of "intelligent" lifeforms.

If "a god" does not or cannot exist within our physical universe, then really, what if he good for anyway ?

Comment: Re:Handing over our Rights (Score 1) 231

by daveime (#43486693) Attached to: CISPA Passes US House, Despite Privacy Shortcomings and Promised Veto

Amazing to see a Bill that does an end run around the Constitution by allowing a contract (a software ToS Agreement") have the full force of law with FEDERAL CRIMINAL PENALTY.

Then don't fucking click "I Agree" if you don't agree ! How simple is that ? No one is forcing you to accept the ToS.

The sooner people start voting with their wallets rather than using their asses from brains, the sooner you'll get what you want.

Comment: Re:Veto ??? (Score 1) 231

by daveime (#43486653) Attached to: CISPA Passes US House, Despite Privacy Shortcomings and Promised Veto
Wow, American logic at it's finest !

Companies wanting to buy laws suddenly have to pay a whole lot o more money. And the amount can actually be raised by individuals in the community.

So that's your grand solution to corporate bribery of politicians ? Make them cheaper to bribe, so everyone can do it ?

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