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Comment Re:How many display ports do you need (Score 2) 95

I think the above poster is referencing the old Microsoft PC System Design Guides (PC-97, -98, -99 and PC 2001). See this Wikipedia link for more info
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...

One of the few enduring, useful, legacies of the Design Guides was a standard set of colors for the moldings for PC ports and cable connectors.

Comment Charge the parents too... (Score 5, Insightful) 121

They need to do the thing where the parents are also charged for the crimes committed by their children. This case is less clear-cut than the previous ones, because it is far more likely that the parents did not know what their child was doing, but having a legal requirement, that is enforced with criminal consequences, that custodians of minors actually have to exercise custody of them is a good thing and a long time coming.

Comment Re:What's with the " actor" language? (Score 2) 15

Aside from the general practice of using broad language in the early stages of an investigation to avoid prematurely narrowing the scope of the investigation, another reason might be avoiding the use of pejorative language prior to any lawsuits. If I defame a party as an "attacker" or "(malicious) hacker" and they didn't do anything to me, they can try to sue me for defamation.

Comment I assume it asks the standard questions (Score 1) 9

I assume it asks the standard questions and measures the response time, you know, stuff like:

"Youâ(TM)re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, itâ(TM)s crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it canâ(TM)t, not without your help. But youâ(TM)re not helping. Why is that?"

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