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lifeguard
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Comment #6038423
I was trying to be concise. I also put quotes around evil.
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Comment #6038420
Linus is (was?) one of my living heroes. But he controls the Linux kernel. FTA: "It's worth noting that the maintainer of record (me) for the Linux RNG quit the project about two y…
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Comment #6038409
Well, it is documented that the NSA made DES weaker by using less bits for key size (this makes brute forcing easier). I aslo noted that Schiener's AES submission was passed over (…
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Comment #6038376
Ruby on Rails and Hadoop in my experience. I like Perl because it is old.
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Comment #6034908
I like Jabber (XMMP) w/ persistent 'chat rooms'.
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Comment #6031437
Could have been a dry run to test US response.
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Comment #6031431
I hope you are correct, but there is a lot of pork in there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_barrel#Definition
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Comment #6031397
To win, all guerrillas have to do is survive.
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Comment #6024845
Do you mean read once messaging? The Client Server model makes this impossible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client_server
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Comment #6024500
I do not mean to be so negative about higher education, or any education. I just believe getting a CS degree to learn how to program contemporary technologies is a poor path to tak…
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Comment #6024496
http://dir.yahoo.com/regional/countries/switzerland/business...
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Comment #6024492
You are equivocating the NSA and script kiddies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivocation
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Comment #6015543
Ironic that some members turned out to be rats for the feds.
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Comment #6015528
Well, if you own a house or a nice car or have 100,000 euros in your bank account, then yes get a LLC.
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Comment #6014292
False equivocation. A script kiddie is not the same as a three letter agency funded by a first world government.
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Comment #6014279
It isn't under Sharia law.
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Comment #6014254
When you are bootstrapping, save all your cash. Once you have a lot of customers and income you can invest in administrative infrastructure. I assume since you are 18 you do not ha…