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Comment Ahh the irony (Score 1) 276

In the case of the fossil fuel industry, it's holding it's own murderer in it's "short term profits hands". The booming "new" source of wind generated power is being utilized by the fracking companies because of its efficiency and low cost to support their earth raping operations. Thereby proving the concept they want to kill so oil and gas operations can be the leading energy provider for profits in the near term. I love it. As Jeff Goldblum says "life will find a way" .

Submission + - The "death of passwords"? I don't see a replacement scheme. Intent is nice but.. (forbes.com)

Pabugs writes: It seems the main scheme is to pass the authentication process to your phone. Looks like an effort to collect user data and not really a move forward with security concerns. A move laterally, in effect, just increasing confusion for users. All simply for the sake of MS getting to compile MORE device usage data connected to your profile. Then the standard is promoted to 3rd party devs to implement. Did I miss something?

Comment We can't outwit a fax tone? (Score 1) 245

Who has the most FAX machines? Rural areas, know who asks least questions when said team in control? - as a CA tech stuck in TX for the obama years and all that goes with that, as a moderate reasoning human during this time, I observe the move is like a voter ID type maneuver, this is gerrymander playbook 101. Simple BUT Tech will work around this and other challenges.

Comment Re:I'm surprised (Score 1) 412

because the gov't pays $$ to comp sci students (with more college degree funding than most can get), 4 schools do the bidding for the gov't sub contractors. so the students who need the funding, are beholden to pay off their loans/contracts for the 2-4 years employment req'd to fulfill their student grant funding.

Submission + - Mininova removes all 'infringing' torrents (torrentfreak.com)

Pabugs writes: I woke up this morning to cruise the Mininova movies category to find the torrents were removed and the line at the top stating 'From now on, only Content Distribution torrents are allowed' — Could it be that 'The Man" is gaining a foothold in the piracy battle? — I guess we'll have to wait and see, in the meantime, I'm a little less thankful on this Thanksgiving knowing that Corporate interests are now crushing my movie habits — Mininova was one of the few places I could find movies that most rental places won't carry and being forced into purchasing a crappy film for preview @ $9.99 isn't worth it to me.
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Submission + - China taking on U.S. in cyber arms race (cnn.com)

Pabugs writes: "China has developed information warfare units — China is seeking to unseat the United States as the dominant power in cyberspace, a U.S. Air Force general leading a new push in this area said Wednesday."

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