User: gmagill

Re:Had this been pointed at Earth? What then..

On: NASA Records Solar Blast of Epic Proportions

Thought you were mistaken or trying to be funny when you mentioned "slide ruler" but I see they do exist:

http://www.amazon.com/ThinkGeek-Slide-Ruler/dp/B003M5B84C

Re:As a rabid lefty

On: Former Student Gets 30 Months For Political DDoS Attacks

No kidding. Credit card info? "Not cool, dude!"

Re:4chan gets it wrong again...

On: 4chan Gives 90-Year-Old Vet a Great Birthday

He risked his life for your right to be an asshole.

Re:SNL skit

On: The Many Iterations of William Shatner

I think we forget that most of the skits are mediocre, even in the first few seasons. It's the "Bag O' Glass" stuff that we remember fondly.

Re:Yet another sign

On: NIH Orders Halt To Embryonic Stem Cell Research

I doubt that was meant as a flame

Re:Easily amused

On: Sorting Algorithms — Boring Until You Add Sound

I watched/listened as I sucked the bong, the visual patterns converging certainly enhance the sounds, in a satisfying way. cough.

Re:0h n03z!

On: Root Privileges Through Linux Kernel Bug

a redundant first post...?

Re:If (signal eq '6EQUJ5')

On: SETI Institute Is Looking For a Few Good Algorithms

c'mon, moderators... that was a good one

Re:Uh...Avast?

On: What Free Antivirus Do You Install On Windows?

I guess I understand the 'insightful' mod but it's the first truly 'funny' I've seen around these parts in quite a while...

Re:The model

On: Insecure Plugins Ding IE, Safari, Chrome, Opera

There are ways to detect that you are running in a VM and to break out of it to exploit the underlying OS.

Example?

Re:I want an attractive digital display

On: Hand Written Clock

Here's yer digital:
http://yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html

Re:Who?

On: WHO Says Swine Flu May Have Peaked In the US

Who's on first!

Re:Guess that lets my cat off the hook

On: Malware Can Download Child Porn To Your Computer

yeah, the beer is confusing me. But I'm flattered that you noticed.

Re:Guess that lets my cat off the hook

On: Malware Can Download Child Porn To Your Computer

http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/08/2135245/Malware-Can-Download-Child-Porn-To-Your-Computer?art_pos=1

there, fixed that for me

Re:Guess that lets my cat off the hook

On: Malware Can Download Child Porn To Your Computer

Oops, forgot the citation:

http://idle.slashdot.org/story/09/08/10/1641213/Man-Accuses-Cat-of-Downloading-Child-Porn

Guess that lets my cat off the hook

On: Malware Can Download Child Porn To Your Computer

Guess that lets my cat of the hook...

Re:Only video sites?

On: Tired of Flash? HTML5 Viewer For YouTube

No kidding. Just what I like to happen when I click a link... auto-playing flash video.

Re:Security...

On: Test of 16 Anti-Virus Products Says None Rates "Very Good"

Are you counting the time & troubles created by having a trojan-injected keylogger collecting all your bank and assorted other login passwords?

Re:Lawmakers?

On: Lawmakers Caught Again By File-Sharing Software

Just like Important People have attorneys, the rest of us use lawyers...

Re:Birthers, deathers, and other wingnuts

On: Fossil Primate Ardipithecus Ramidus Described (Finally)

They are also
the step-siblings of the Flat-Earthers http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm

Re:Interesting, but rather expensive.

On: Vast Malware Repository Dedicated To R&D

You're joking, right? It's a collection of stuff that is already freely available and already installed on all those computers that "connected to the internet just to get my email"

Re:mmhmmm

On: NASA Developing Nuclear Reactor For Moon and Mars

So, in other words, there's a cunt's-hair difference between the two?

I believe the ACLU beat them to it

On: Wells Fargo Bank Sues Itself

http://www.byproducts.com/art/2000/5/958683840/index.html

Re:Symantec products are apparently the same.

On: Symantec Exec Warns Against Relying On Free Antivirus

I remember fondly Norton Commander & pals. When I took 286/386 Assembler in college back in the late 80s, we used Peter Norton's excellent textbook.

Then Mr. Norton sold his company to Symantec...
 

Re:Once more with feeling

On: Microsoft Changing Users' Default Search Engine

Yes, too bad it couldn't be modded "Sarcastic" And how many times have they even prevailed? Near constant litigation is just a cost of doing business, eh?