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Comment: Re:Congress (Score 3, Interesting) 17

by ShaunC (#38530060) Attached to: Researchers Demo New GSM Attacks at Chaos Communications Congress

When they're scared, they pass horrible acts of legislation that do nothing productive, but ruin the lives of millions. Do you want them to do that to your cell phones?

Absolutely. Joe Sixpack doesn't know what the fuck SOPA is, and couldn't care less how his representatives are voting on it, or who's supporting it. He's never heard of RIAA or MPAA and his idea of a torrent is when the water main bursts down the street. But he has a cell phone, and he's not going to be happy if the government wants to dick around with it.

When stupid laws start interfering with everyone, instead of a few percent of the population, maybe more folks will wake up.

Comment: Give me a large personal break! (Score 2, Informative) 465

by ShaunC (#37765984) Attached to: Actress Sues IMDb For Revealing Her Age

Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Demi Moore, Susan Sarandon, all still working and I could easily go on. Hell, even Cloris Leachman still gets roles. Being over the hill has absolutely nothing to do with casting.

Unless this unnamed actress is involved in the "adult film industry," I don't think she has a point.

Comment: Re:Not sure "hacker" is the right word (Score 1) 89

by ShaunC (#37644384) Attached to: Hackers Buying IPv4 Blocks To Evade Detection

The word "hacker" is now so permanently ruined, we ought to just stop using it altogether. These days, leaving your Facebook or Twitter account logged in on a shared machine, and then having someone else notice that fact and make a posting under your account, is what the general population considers "hacking" to be.

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