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Comment Re:We need better lawyers and better laws. (Score 1) 43

by TheBestMerlinEver on Monday May 20, 2013 @04:16PM (#43776583) Attached to: Book Review: Locked Down: Information Security For Lawyers

Good point. How many lawyers are also CISSP's? I would guess less than 1,000. How many lawyers have a cert from SANS? I would guess less than 10

Comment The reason they are judges... (Score 0) 247

by TheBestMerlinEver on Monday May 20, 2013 @03:57PM (#43776467) Attached to: Judges Debate Patents and If New Software Makes a Computer a "New Machine"

Is that they do not have to understand the technical stuff. Patent Judges are the reason for the problem. If they were really qualified, they would not have a low-paying federal job.

Comment Re:Why is this a surprise? (Score 1) 43

by TheBestMerlinEver on Monday May 20, 2013 @03:55PM (#43776441) Attached to: Book Review: Locked Down: Information Security For Lawyers

SecureBSD is wonderful and secure....the down side...no one uses it.

Comment Re:What is it I am supposed to learn? (Score 1) 141

by TheBestMerlinEver on Monday May 20, 2013 @03:44PM (#43776367) Attached to: What Professors Can Learn From "Hard Core" MOOC Students

thanks... boneh's class is not meant for everyone. got to have a good tech bkground.

Comment Re:So ... (Score 1) 56

by TheBestMerlinEver on Monday May 20, 2013 @03:07PM (#43776135) Attached to: Dell Dumps Its Public Cloud Offerings

but they lose the future profits....

Comment Re:What is it I am supposed to learn? (Score 2) 141

by TheBestMerlinEver on Monday May 20, 2013 @03:03PM (#43776099) Attached to: What Professors Can Learn From "Hard Core" MOOC Students

the best MOOC out there is the cyypto one from Dan Boneh: http://www.mooc-list.com/instructor/dan-boneh you get a Stanford Professor! Free!

Comment Re:Wait, what? (Score 1) 43

by TheBestMerlinEver on Monday May 20, 2013 @02:55PM (#43776037) Attached to: Book Review: Locked Down: Information Security For Lawyers

Excellent point!

Comment Re:So ... (Score 2) 56

by TheBestMerlinEver on Monday May 20, 2013 @02:48PM (#43775989) Attached to: Dell Dumps Its Public Cloud Offerings

this is odd. given the Dell model was a huge cash cow for them.

Comment Re:Wait, what? (Score 1) 43

by TheBestMerlinEver on Monday May 20, 2013 @02:44PM (#43775947) Attached to: Book Review: Locked Down: Information Security For Lawyers

Those disclaimers are worthless!

Comment Re:Redacting PDFs with black lines over text (Score 1) 43

by TheBestMerlinEver on Monday May 20, 2013 @02:30PM (#43775841) Attached to: Book Review: Locked Down: Information Security For Lawyers

Office 10 has a great redaction tool....but most users don't know about it.

Comment Re: Justice Department obtained records of Fox New (Score 2, Insightful) 162

by TheBestMerlinEver on Monday May 20, 2013 @10:39AM (#43773815) Attached to: Yahoo Pinkie-Swears It Won't Ruin Tumblr

this is related to the story how?

Comment Re:confused (Score 1) 61

by TheBestMerlinEver on Monday May 20, 2013 @08:54AM (#43772991) Attached to: Copyright Squabble Threatens Accessibility Boost for the Blind

according to Google...very!

Comment Re:Interesting (Score 0) 192

by TheBestMerlinEver on Monday May 20, 2013 @08:42AM (#43772943) Attached to: Justice Department Calls Apple the "Ringmaster" In e-book Price Fixing Case

Apple has done a good job of making themselves out as saints...when they are just evil. Evil with a great GUI.

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