Even if they aren't lying, the question is "did they use AES 256 correctly?"

There are a number of ways, some of them non-obvious, to produce a system that does, in fact, use AES 256 in some capacity; but doesn't actually achieve reasonably security against anybody who wouldn't also be stopped by XOR and a scary looking autorun program(particularly since, as this is a small USB drive, the attacker can probably make some plausible assumptions about some of the plaintext, based on what is known about what fat32 volumes look like).

Oh no, they'll still continue playing both sides of the street.

When a new movie or song comes out and they want to generate interest, "some unscrupulous employee" will still "leak" an early version. Of course they'll never prosecute "unscrupulous employee" because it was an "accident" and if pushed they'll simply argue that they were completely within with their right to leak it on the torrents as it was their's to leak, but not your's to download. When pushed that the whole thing is a honeypot, they will drop the claim and we'll mysteriously never hear of it again. Amazing how that happens while the content industry manages to not be a cartel. I guess they are really just smart, honest, really, really good people.

No detached fingers necessary. Many scanners can be fooled by "reactivating" the most recent fingerprint with the moisture in the exhaled air.

And _really_ professional fingerprint scanners don't check temperature, they check blood oxygen saturation and pulse. That makes cutting of any appendages pretty much a non-issue - it's easier to fool the thing with a dummy finger (or the actual finger that's still attached to the unconscious or otherwise compliant owner) than trying to simulate blood oxygen saturation and pulse with a detached finger.

it's because they want to be able to sell data recovery services.

That and it's a genuine concern in business- apparently when they ask "what if I forget my password" the answer "then you try to remember it or your data is gone" isn't acceptable.

In aviation, it's a well document phrase of, "I'm hear from the FAA, I'm hear to help" that send shivers down A&Ps and pilots spines alike. Tax and spend is not just a phrase in Washington, it's a way to grow one's empire.

Of course it will cost us money. Any time the "government" says they can do something at zero net cost, you know they are either lying or unreasonably optimistic. That is one of the rules of government spending - it always costs more than stated. A $750 billion stimulus will not cost $750 billion, it will cost $1 trillion. A $3 million bridge will cost $4 million. A 'brief' war will cost 5X what you think it will.

You may or may not like big businesses but businesses are usually very good at reducing costs, governments are not (the reason that isn't true with ISPs or cable companies is because they don't have any competition - most people live where there is a de facto ISP monopoly). I don't know why so many people - Republicans and Democrats and Independents - want the government to do more and spend more for us.

I disagree with this, although my point also stands for any console.

I own a Wii with three remotes, two nunchucks and two classic controllers, I've had them since launch and never needed to buy any more even when four of us play Wii Music (the only game I have which can use four remotes & four nunchucks). Why? Because my friends all have Wiis, when they come over to play, they bring their controllers with them.

Well - maybe it's not a direct equivalent, but yes, HTML5 has the potential to keep such persistent cookies, as large as or larger than flash now uses.

http://completosec.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/html-5-persistent-offline-storage-as-a-risk-management-challenge/

Or, you can just google "html5 persistent cookies" for more, and better hits. It's the "persistent" part that I'm concerned about, and the ability to find them, sort them, and manage them. Normal cookies aren't a problem for anyone with even minimal computer competence. These new Super Cookies are a problem for even moderately computer savvy people.

Going to have them read Mein Kampf when they learn about Nazism? What about the diaries of Ann Frank?

My guess is everyone reading Mein Kampf may create some Nazi sympathizers, everyone reading Ann Frank will de-convert some Nazi sympathizers.

Have them read the Selfish Gene in biology? What about an ID book? Do you really expect them to have the expertise to tell which one is science and which is BS?

Primary sources work when you have a lot of time to perform a thorough survey and become an expert in the subject. For HS students they only have time to read one, maybe two primary sources, and they don't have the background to evaluate anything complicated.

It's much much tougher to eliminate bias in your selection of primary sources than it is to write a bias free textbook.

Don't forget about the always awesome Jonathan Coulton as well. On topic: Yeah, I don't really care about getting more "selective" with the music. The things I care most about are new features within the game engine itself.

Wrong. Being hypocritical is almost universally regarded as a bad thing, but the Bible places no special emphasis on it being worse than any other sin. The verse you quote is Jesus telling His followers not to be hypocritical, but it's just one of many instructions He gave them. The Bible spends a great deal more time discussing man and his general relationship with God than it does hypocrisy. I pity the fool.

I can't tell if religious discussion on Slashdot is more like a bikeshed or an echo chamber. The article summary reads like the latter, but your comment sounds more like "RELIGION? OH HAI, I CAN HAZ OPINION?"

Spot on. And you know something?

It makes perfect sense.

Consider this: Police forces are a modern idea. Hospitals (as we know them) are a very modern idea. Our understanding of why some things have to be properly cooked, and why one shouldn't eat meat that's starting to go green is quite modern.

A lot of the things that police forces enforce, healthcare encourages and food hygiene suggests have been known about in at least some form for centuries. We just haven't known why. So, when you need a society to do as they are damn well told for the benefit of everyone but you can't explain why yourself, what better than to attribute it to than instructions from some unknown higher power?

Like the saying where one can't see the forest through the trees, the record execs cannot see the OBSCENELY HUGE profits through their greed. They have a fixed idea stuck in their head, kind of like an autistic child who also has OCD, and cannot grasp the potential of making a couple of small changes and conceding a couple of points.

P2P results in a net gain of market share because it provides for free advertising.
Pandora results in a net gain of market share because it provides for almost-free advertising, but the advertising becomes a surgical strike, and you know with absolute certainty what your potential customers' musical interests are. If nothing else, at least you are creating "buzz" and ever-expanding the potential customer base.

Or, you assholes at Time Warner, etc. can continue down the path you're heading, and a lot of us will just say "no" to listening to pop radio, continue to not buy CDs, and continue to not participate in P2P networks (because redistributing your product helps promote its popularity).

So, go ahead and yank your content from Pandora. You've been suicidal for a while, so why not shutter the doors now while you're at it? Someone else will take your place on Pandora and earn the revenue that can come of it.