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  1. Re:So... on Windows 8 Changes Host File Blocking · · Score: 1

    And hopefully it's parsed faster/efficiently. I remember spybot used to change the file, and make it ridiculously long, such that windows crawled on the network behavior. The file doesn't support wild card for what I know, making it inefficient for ad blocking tasks. So, I'm fine if they offer other ways for doing that, without the performance hit, and perhaps more efficiently.

  2. Re:Wow. OH WOW! on Google Seeks US Ban On iPhones, iPads, Macs · · Score: 2

    With this Google vs Apple case... For sure corn farmers (and the MPAA) have nothing to worry about. I'm stacking up on pop corn at this very moment. Welcome to the entertainment of the future!

  3. Re:Just use Postgresql on Is MySQL Slowly Turning Closed Source? · · Score: 1

    And I never understood why, being postgres as powerful as it is, many developed using mysql. I stopped using many products, because they required to add mysql, which to me was ridiculous having postgres installed in most of my systems. I found many mathematical functions in postgres quite useful. If I only need a small database, I use sqlite.

  4. Re:forget food, get on the internet on Project Byzantium: Zero To Ad-Hoc Mesh Network In 60 Seconds (Video) · · Score: 1

    Certainly, if there's a flood, you'll hope your devices are waterproofed as well.

    In any case, any pointers to the actual routing algorithm? The most troubling part of the mesh/Ad-hoc networks if keeping tables, flooding packets, and finding the destination (i.e. All the routing) it would be nice to see what's this approach using and what are it's features (power consumption, better routing algorithms, etc).

  5. Re:As expected on Scientists Set Bold Plan For Future Exploration of the Sun · · Score: 1

    I propose going during winter.

    And just to make it more interesting, I'll let the crowd decide if it's winter in Earth or the Sun.

  6. Re:Great.... on Bill Gates Wants To Reinvent the Toilet · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, on the bright side, it's not Apple. I don't know if I could handle a slippery shinny device with fingerprints all over.

    Let me clarify, not fingerprints but buttprints. But you have a point, I hope its well protected from overflow attacks.

  7. Re:Why not just get rid of the card? on Vietnamese Bank Issues Fingerprint-Enabled Debit Cards · · Score: 1

    What about putting for of your fingers in certain order, creating a fingerprint pin. :-)

  8. Re:They're Concluding Microsoft Wants to Be Apple on Microsoft: Surface Tablet May Alienate OEM Partners · · Score: 1

    Well, sorry to come here late. But Microsoft offers a heck lot of very thorough tools for testing. That's for Logo certification. However, how I see it is:
    1. They make those tools available to manufacturers, so manufacturers can make fixes to make the test pass instead of fixing problems.
    2. People is still free to install device drivers that are not Logo certified.

    So the main issue is if people want to install whatever they want or if they want to be option limited. To me, the option is the latter and I'm willing to risk the BSODs without blaming MS.

  9. Re:NAS on Ask Slashdot: Stepping Down From an Office Server To NAS-Only? · · Score: 1

    You're right. I'd like to know further about the needs of the poster. But I didn't know about NX200s, just checked, and for that price, I see you could get either a huge capacity Buffalo Terastation, or a couple of Synology or QNAP and try to set them up for physical diversity.

    It all really depends if he only wants storage, or some kind of performance. Some of these new NAS come with Core-i3, while older come with Atom processors, and others with ARM (Like I think those from WD), which may be enough for certain applications.

    Importantly, I'd also check if the software from the box comes preloaded in one of your harddrives or if it's in an internal memory card. WD NAS for example are really annoying to upgrade because their software comes on the data drives themselves. Not sure exactly how Buffalos/Dell/Synology/QNAP work on that space.

  10. Can they? on Judge: Cops Can Impersonate Owner Of Seized Cell Phones · · Score: 2

    I'd love to hear them impersonating my accent... if it's a voice call. I'd like to know if they can use the same slang if they try to text people (which... I don't do much).

  11. Re:Holy Crap! on Lenovo CEO Gives His $3M Bonus To 10k Workers · · Score: 1

    Well, some CEOs may be just thinking what they would have done with those 3 million instead of sharing them with anyone else.

    Now, bankers on the other hand are probably thinking "meh... pocket change".

  12. Re:Get ready on 12 Dead, 50 Injured at The Dark Knight Rises Showing In Colorado · · Score: 1

    TSA... coming soon to a theater near you!

    In a loud deep voice... was the first thing that came to my mind.

  13. Re:Agreed on Modest Proposal For Stopping Hackers: Get Them Girlfriends · · Score: 1

    Now, the next research problem is... how many girlfriends are required to keep some of us out of computers.

    Which reminded me the classic engineering joke, where the nerdy engineer claims that the best thing in life is having a wife and a mistress. So you can tell the wife you're going out with the mistress, you tell the mistress you'll be with your wife.... but in reality, you'll be in the lab doing something awesome!

  14. Re:Prior art no longer valid? on RIM Facing $147.2 Million Patent Verdict · · Score: 2

    Prior art? Are you sure it had "wireless " AND "mobile " and "network " and "remote " and and ... err "Internet "??

  15. Re:Subjective nonsense on Why Is Wikipedia So Ugly? · · Score: 1

    I should have known. Today, a reminder to myself:
    Try not to pay attention to Slashdot articles including question marks on the headline. As they most likely fall into your "subjective nonsense" category.

  16. Re:So in normal development on Firefox 15 Coming With Souped-Up, Faster Debugger · · Score: 2

    Well, if it makes you happy, what about you just put the number after the three, so you don't have to worry about those things?

    Lets call this one 3.15.0.

  17. Re:Finally some multi-platform support on Web Exploit Found That Customizes Attack For Windows, Mac, and Linux · · Score: 1

    Yay! And they actually have Linux support! How amazing is that!?

  18. Re:Not quite as bad as the Summary seems on Hackers Steal Keyless BMW In Under 3 Minutes · · Score: 1

    I checked the video. Am I confused? But they took about 2 minutes to open the freaking car, then they push it out of the driveway. Probably the same time it takes to do that with any other car. So afterwards, they do a bunch of stuff, and they get the car going? Just like... wait... any other stolen car?

    I'm not a BMW fan, but this doesn't sound like news. What really pisses me off is that I no different, I drive a Toyota and they charged me $500 for a replacement key, that certainly doesn't seem to add much up to the security.

  19. Re:Problem? on Algorithmic Pricing On Amazon 'Could Spark Flash Crash' · · Score: 1

    I've noticed many sellers are simply reducing the product price, but compensating on the shipping costs, which drags you to believe the item is lower priced and that you would be able to find it at that price somewhere else but with cheaper shipping costs.

    This has been hitting Amazon, Google Shopping, etc. So, my take on this, is that it's simply tricking the customers to believe they can get something cheaper when it's going to cost the same or more than anywhere else. (Similar to the .999 gas price technique).

    On the other hand, I don't know how Amazon provides information, but if they can check shopping carts, probably they can see the demand for products and increase prices as well.

  20. Re:A shoe with a printer? on Student Creates World's Fastest Shoe With a Printer · · Score: 1

    For one, you can ask the runners to train, while they are marking the track. Same for other sports!

    Apply this to 5k runners, and you can have your city pavement properly marked. Change the 5k route and make one periodically, and the city is self sustaining!

    The issue though is probably going to be the ink price :-(

  21. Re:It's like this. on Does Grammar Matter Anymore? · · Score: 2

    Well, are you complaining about dyslexia or grammar failures? I see you're mixing grammar with simple ignorance.

    I see some people are just getting used to what Twitter and Text messages and poor interfaces are forcing them to: Write short, not right.

    This, mixed with ignorance is leading to a disgraceful use of any language: One, some people want to fit as much information with the least number of keystrokes possible, and two, they don't know how to write. As a Spanish speaker, I've seen people using "x" for "por" (because in Spanish multiplication is "por", as in per/for), which has been degrading into "x k" (por que) and so on.

    In short, people is becoming too lazy.

  22. Re:Ever tried looking for jobs using C? on Objective-C Overtakes C++, But C Is Number One · · Score: 1

    Brilliant conclusion! Can you imagine the results from a search engine looking for any single letter!?

    Let's try this. Let's call the programming language A, and see what your web search returns. The reason why many job postings include C++ is to allow search engines to find them easy.

    If they had called C, the Efficient Compiled Programing Language (ECPL) for sure it would be much much easier to find on a web search.

    Do you remember when Google wouldn't even show C++ due to some issues with the + sign?

  23. Re:I2P/Freenet on Forensic Investigator Outlines BitTorrent Detection Technology · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey! They have the technology now. They can write a GUI interface using visual basic to track your IPs!

  24. Re:Have they thought this through? on AOL: Outdoor Server Huts Are the Future · · Score: 1

    Actually, I have been thinking about that. Just make them pretty, like water fountains, and cool them down while they look pretty in a park.

  25. Re:Well done on ARM Publishes 64-bit "AArch64" Linux Kernel Support · · Score: 2

    No, it doesn't make it more awesome. It's necessary for them given they license their product. No manufacturer will buy stuff that it's not properly supported, and more when they still have to put additional hardware in the chip and integrate they whole system. This is just properly putting your tools in place for real manufacturers to start developing.