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Comment: Re:They should defend the trademark in court (Score 1) 145

by fa2k (#38856233) Attached to: Super Wi-Fi Isn't Really Wi-Fi

I hope you can see the problems a company (or organization of companies) that sells devices using radio waves might have with suing the FCC.

I'm quite sure that being vengeful is not part of FCC's mandate. FCC is required to evaluate all products fairly, based on their merit. If they deny your product because you are suing them, you can probably sue them again for thta...

Comment: Re:New service? (Score 2) 119

by fa2k (#38849847) Attached to: New Privacy Laws Could Boost EU Cloud Industry

I wonder how successful would be a company providing data storage service like Dropbox, but with guaranteed data security.

There are several companies like that: http://www.wuala.com/ , https://spideroak.com/ , http://www.swissdisk.com/. They are doing OK, I believe, but don't have the hype of Dropbox. They don't have to say they guarantee the security because only the user has the keys (which is the best guarantee possible).

Comment: Why restrict it? (Score 1) 332

by fa2k (#38712312) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Setting Up a Wireless Catch-and-Release
Obligatory non-answer: If it's an uncapped connection, how about just being a good neighbour and leave it on? If you get scary DMCA letters or the users on your wired network gets slowed down, *then* think about access control. Like others have suggested, please consider putting the AP on a timer switch if it's only used a few hours every week, to reduce interference for others.

Comment: Re:As a pacifist i am confused. (Score 1) 591

by fa2k (#38700914) Attached to: The New Transparency of War and Lethality of Hatred

I was going to write something similar -- the premise of this story, and the idea of war in general, is deeply psychopatic. Like it's OK to kill someone as long as you do it "cleanly", but you can't disrespect them? I think you are being too nice to the soldiers as well, painting it as self defence. These soldiers (on both sides) are driving around and seeking out enemies, for the sole purpose of killing them!

It's almost comical (in a very dark way). Wars cause too much collateral damage, how about we battle it out in Counter-Strike instead? US would still have the upper hand, with those nice Alienware gaming systems, and we could shoot the "soldiers" that lose to raise the stakes. It really isn't any more absurd, and it's a lot less messy. Tea-bagging is NOT allowed and will cause great headlines, though.

Be free and open and breezy! Enjoy! Things won't get any better so get used to it.

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