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  1. The Microsoft^w Exxon munchkins are out in force today.

  2. It's also worth reading TFA to see what Nye ACTUALLY said.

  3. Re:Who would have guessed? on NASA's Outsourced Computer People Are Even Worse Than You Might Expect (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Found the shill.

  4. Re:By any other name. on Ashley Madison Security Protocols Violated Canada, Austrialia Privacy Laws (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Bzzt, charter revoked. Thanks for playing.

  5. But how will I chop onions?

  6. Re:There is no "removing" of anything... on Steve Wozniak Says Apple Must Fix iPhone 7 Bluetooth Or Revive Its Headphone Jack (afr.com) · · Score: 1

    It is removing the headphone jack from the product line going forward. Did you graduate from the Orwell School of Marketing or are you being deliberately obtuse?

  7. Re:No, that can't be right on New Mexico Nuclear Accident Ranks Among the Costliest In US History (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    It's beyond mere accounting issues. They have no sense of cost at all. Imagine, spending a million dollars on a smart bomb to blow up a tent in the middle of nowhere when $50k or so in dumb bombs could have done the job.

  8. Re:No, that can't be right on New Mexico Nuclear Accident Ranks Among the Costliest In US History (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The adjustments happened during FY2015, but covered many years of operation.

  9. Re:All of a sudden on New Mexico Nuclear Accident Ranks Among the Costliest In US History (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Any energy source has a better ROI than the nuclear weapons this waste came from.

  10. Re:What Envirmental Wacko caused it? on New Mexico Nuclear Accident Ranks Among the Costliest In US History (latimes.com) · · Score: 2

    No, the problem is a management that guesses that a substitution might be harmless. There is no way to design around that other than just saying anyone who makes an unauthorized substitution will lose a finger at least.

    In this case, it shouldn't have been that hard to guess that organic matter wouldn't make a good substitution for inorganic clay.

  11. Re:Fuck mdsolar on New Mexico Nuclear Accident Ranks Among the Costliest In US History (latimes.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There's a lot of truth there. At least some of what is to be stored is perfectly good plutonium that could/should be loaded into a reactor and produce electricity for years but instead we're spending millions to throw it away. It makes about as much sense as building a facility to bury gasoline.

  12. Re:No, that can't be right on New Mexico Nuclear Accident Ranks Among the Costliest In US History (latimes.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is not from nuclear energy. This waste is from our nuclear weapons program, so bill it against the DOD.

  13. Re:Tricks victims into reauthenticating on FalseCONNECT Vulnerability Affects Software From Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, More (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, some browsers will discover proxys as well. So if no proxy is in use, the bad guy can set one up and get everyone's browser to use it. That doesn't let them sniff the HTTPS traffic, but it does let them ask for a login. In a corporate environment, you can count on a lot of people entering their corporate login without a second thought.

  14. Re:Wrapper, not replacement on Systemd Rolls Out Its Own Mount Tool (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, because the many issues have not been resolved. But there is little talk of the mount wrapper since for once, it's the right approach.

  15. Re:Wrapper, not replacement on Systemd Rolls Out Its Own Mount Tool (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not seeing a lot of shouting.

    Meanwhile, since you'll have to re-do the startup on that server anyway, why not just have that script go ahead and mount the filesystem it says it needs and then run the main daemon? That way it will run anywhere. Then just call that from an init script.

  16. Re:IPv6 early vulnerabilities proliferate on IPv6 Achieves 50% Reach On Major US Carriers (worldipv6launch.org) · · Score: 1

    True, but easily defeated at the firewall.

  17. Re:IPv6 early vulnerabilities proliferate on IPv6 Achieves 50% Reach On Major US Carriers (worldipv6launch.org) · · Score: 2

    You'll still see intrinsic difficulties that aren't there for V4. For example, if I set my AP wide open, you'll have all kinds of fun finding the 5 out of 4 billion addresses in my prefix that have anything on them.

    I suspect malware will continue more or less as is in the form of drive bys and trojans. v4 or v6 won't matter much. The router won't matter much.

  18. Re:Wayland bashing on Fedora 25 To Run Wayland By Default Instead Of X.Org Server (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Simply no. RHEL is one of several good choices for a production environment.

  19. If you're hired as an independent contractor but not treated as one, you have a legitimate complaint.

  20. Re:Linux Feature Compatible on Microsoft Has Broken Millions Of Webcams With Windows 10 Anniversary Update (thurrott.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, Linux had better support for a number of webcams in the '90s. Practically any cam with a BT848 on the interface card worked great. In many cases, the same hardware on Windows was crashy or had a poor framerate due to crappy drivers.

  21. Re:OK, so how did it happen? on The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    The old timestamps are more likely because they had to give some away to prove they had something worth buying but believed the newer ones would have the most perceived value.

  22. Re:Government/Law Enforcement Backdoors on The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    This cannot be repeated enough and needs to be brought up every time some agency suggests it.

  23. Re:OK, so how did it happen? on The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    Right now, there are three types working for the NSA. those who feel ethically compromised and disgruntled and those whose ethics are 'flexible' enough to overlook that their agency is shirking half of it's charter and violating the other half, all while lying to congress and likely the President. The third type isn't heads up enough to have noticed anything.

  24. Re:Hell No on 'Only Voice Memos Can Save Us From the Scourge of Email' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I can understand just fine. However the test from the speech to text system is worthless.

  25. Re:Unsurprising on How The US Will Likely Respond To Shadow Brokers Leak (dailydot.com) · · Score: 2

    True, but that's no thanks to the NSA. The exploit they fixed was leaked as part of the proof they actually have something worth paying for.