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Re: Why?

It would be different because it'd be the first altcoin to be legal tender. Even outside Ecuador, that could be significant. It would be a foreign currency after all, rather than just some weird digital asset your government hasn't figured out how to handle yet. I can't say who specifically would want that or exactly in what situation, but I do think it would be enough to distinguish it from the others.

Re: I like it, but I just don't trust it (yet)

Didn't think of the magnetic field, but the vacuum test absolutely needs to be done. The possibility that it works by pushing against the air (whether by some exotic electromagnetic means or not) needs to be ruled out as soon as possible.

Because 1. they love acronyms, and 2. it's specifically intended to be an antidote to that, so I assume they thought it made sense to name it in the same style.

It's sounds like he covered that to be honest. Obviously Netflix puts a different spin on it, but it really says the same thing. "ISPs can do this either by free peering with us at common Internet exchanges," but if that isn't nearby you'll have to pay for the link yourself "or can save even more transit costs by putting our free storage appliances in or near their network." i.e. host their power-hungry servers for free.

It's not too hard to imagine that neither option is very appealing for a small ISP.

Re: Department of the Obvious....

Didn't they also handle UK's last census? Or was it some other merchant of death I'm thinking of?

Re: Really?

Well, if you believe the theory that the scam are intentionally made unbelievable so as the weed out anyone the a lick of common sense right from the start...

Re: What worries me about this

Although this hasn't been officially confirmed, it seems likely these are simply P2P file sharers. Due to their collaborative nature, it's really quite easy to track what people are doing on those programs. Of course the anchorites would prefer to leave the impression that pretty much read anything anywhere.

Re: Junk

Huh! I never made that connection before. Makes sense though. IIRC the official explanation was the quotes were more natural, but that doesn't explain why they needed to drop support for the old syntax.

Re: Parents

I helped out in a computer class for seniors some time ago, and double-clicking (or sometimes just plain clicking) was a challenge for them. Part of the problem was that when it didn't work the first time, their natural inclination was to try hitting the button harder, but of course that just made their precision even worse.

It's not the porn part I'm questioning, it's the revenge. It could be an orgy with creative uses for vegetables, and it still wouldn't be revenge porn unless it's posted for revenge. Unless that element is required, it's just yet another example of a new law being sold for one purpose when it will inevitably be used for something else.

Most crimes require an element of intent. I really doesn't think this is such a hard thing to prove. Was it posted right after a breakup? Probably revenge pron. Was it posted with nasty comments and identifying information? Probably revenge pron. Was it posted on a website explicitly for revenge pron? Probably revenge pron.

To be fair, these are the bitcoins from Silk Road itself. Further bitcoins (although not all of what DPR should have earned) were found on Ulbricht's computer. Those are being held, pending the outcome of his trial.

Re: The Rule Is....

What about the reverse? Starting a company with your significant other? It's not totally clear, but it sounds like that may be what happened here.

As I understand it that's what Diaspora set out to be. But I've never tried it though, so I don't know how well it accomplishes that goal.

Re: Really, El Reg?

Oh really? I guess I was mistaken. It certainly doesn't do that for every search, or even every name. I wonder how it works then. That does explain why it says "may have been removed" though.

I owe the author an apology. Although I still think the tone was a bit over the top.

Re: cant this be solved

That's not a silly question, actually. Apparently it matters in Ontario. But as far as I've heard the US ruling doesn't require this. Obviously I prefer the rule that they always need a warrant, but it does make some sense that a supposed "incidental" search would have to have to stop upon encountering a lock.

Re: The obvious reason...

Why hasn't? It's just another free image host, but it was quite popular already.

Re: Not a feminist

As I understand it, the the campaign really is directed mainly at girls, i.e. female children and adolescents. Slightly confusing since the site features lots of pictures of women, not girls, but I think the idea is "you can do cool stuff like this when you grow up" or something.

Re: @Wowfood - Don't quote me on this

I'm inclined to believe he really is that idiotic. The reason I believe it is that I've heard this weird confusion about the "deep web" before. He didn't actually use the words "deep web" but both hidden sites (such as those on Tor) and the vast amount of non-indexed data have been called that. They are not, of course, the same thing, but some people seem to think they are. House of Cards (US version) made practically the same mistake, except this guy took it an extra step by using "The Tor" as a synonym for "the deep web", rather than an example of it.

Re: It was inevitable when you really think about it.

In the same sense that Enron was "not great at accounting".