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  1. Re:Thank you Netflix! on Netflix Gives Data Center Tools To Fail · · Score: 1

    Its great there planning for the 3% of possible down time. Shows how great Netflix really is when you own 27% of internet traffic I guess you need to be prepaired.

  2. Re:I used Amazon for most of my shopping on Cyber Monday and Amazon's Online Dominance · · Score: 1

    And Craiglist if you need gas after a hurricane.

  3. Re:Does it or does it not on Researchers Find Megaupload Shutdown Hurt Box Office Revenues · · Score: 1

    There was an article years ago about how if people downloaded a few singles off Napster that they liked they would go by the CD. Same thing happened to film industry.

  4. Re:Question on Federal Officials Take Down 132 Websites In "Cyber Monday" Crackdown · · Score: 1

    Alex Jones says it all the time Home Land Security is the most powerful agency in the US. They do what they want when they want.

  5. Re:Yes, but... on Syfy Reality Show Will Feature Giant Boxing Robots · · Score: 1

    WWE Chris Jericho will host the show he rocks.

  6. Re:There aren't many CEOs with his track record on Intel CEO Paul Otellini Retiring · · Score: 1

    Otellini's move comes at a time when Intel faces a shaky economy and a mobile gadget craze that is eating away at demand for its PC chips and it gives the company just six months to find a new leader.

  7. Re:IANAL, but on John McAfee Launches Blog, Offers $25K Reward For "Real Killers" · · Score: 1

    Kevin Mitnick sent out a funny tweet "Here are my top 5 tips for McAfee on the run:" it's worth the read

  8. Re:Bad summary on Cisco To Buy Meraki For $1.2 Billion · · Score: 2

    Meraki will form Cisco’s new Cloud Networking group, led by Meraki CEO Sanjit Biswas. This purchases comes right on the heels of the $125 million purchase last week of Cloupia, which develops software that helps data center operators manage their resources. Meraki today supports 20,000 customers and hundreds of thousands of network devices on its platform. From the way things look Cisco is beefing up there cloud division with great software and great knowable staff as they compete with companies like Oracle and Rackspace.

  9. Re:Woz's unbiased reviews on Woz Worries Microsoft Is Now More Innovative Than Apple · · Score: 1

    I agree Apple needs something new I am surprised they have not gone into the video game console industry or something. Not sure why Apple is behind the curve.

  10. Re:hm on WordPress To Accept Bitcoins · · Score: 1

    Bitcoin has been hacked a lot I do not know if I would trust it to be legit just yet.

  11. Re:Good on Google Wants To Be a Wireless Carrier · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Unforgivable on Hacker Grabs 150k Adobe User Accounts Via SQL Injection · · Score: 1

    SQL injection is a common type of hack. The MD5 piece is a bit crazy its only 128 bit encryption. I have no idea why they would even do that. MD5 hashes are also used to ensure the data integrity of files hash is NOT encryption.

  13. Re:Who doesn't want Pizza? on Papa John's Sued For Unwanted Pizza-Related Texts · · Score: 1

    I personally can not stand there food.

  14. Re:Defective Microsoft on Skype Disables Password Resets After Huge Security Hole Discovered · · Score: 0

    Microsoft buying anything paints a target on it plus there is defiantly popularity and market value compared to other messengers so bound to have people hunting for security flaws. The just had another big security flaw discovered back in July http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/07/16/175247/skype-bug-sends-messages-to-random-contacts bug agin you can't blame Microsoft they bought with this issue now they just need to fix it. This one is far worse then Skype Bug Sends Messages To Random Contacts.

  15. Re:Congratulations, Mr. Cuban! on Mark Cuban: Facebook Is Driving Away Brands — Starting With Mine · · Score: 1

    He bought Facebook stock and lost a fortune on it http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/09/09/1417242/mark-cuban-blames-himself-for-losing-money-on-facebook-ipo so now he has a vendetta against them.

  16. Re:They don't like autohop? on Fox's Attempt To Block Ad-skipping TV Recorder Autohop Fails · · Score: 1

    I let my DVR box get about 20 minute head start on show just so I can skip the ads.

  17. Re:This is good for the US on Foxconn Sees New Source of Cheap Labor: The United States · · Score: 1

    It's about time electronic manufacturing comes back to the US. Right now we need the jobs in this country. I will pay a little more for American build products Apples mark up is high enough to cover the cost.

  18. Re:Morons. on NY Attorney General Subpoenas Craigslist For Post-Sandy Price Gougers · · Score: 1

    Since hurricane Sandy there has been people without election for over 11 days in places like New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Due to this issue people have been relying on generators to run there households, the issue being fuel is becoming scarce in places like New York and New Jersey. Some people have decided to make money on people’s misfortune and suffering.

  19. Re:Here be Dragons on What To Do After You Fire a Bad Sysadmin Or Developer · · Score: 2

    Slashdot had an article about this back in August of 2010 (Shows you how much of a die hard Slashdoter I am I quote old articles all the time). http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/08/24/2014256/searching-for-backdoors-from-rogue-it-staff Read this and it will answer some to most of your question.

  20. Re:Purse Phone on Samsung's Galaxy S III Steals Smartphone Crown From iPhone · · Score: 1

    As most has stated the iPhone has been playing catch up with Samsung’s Galaxy S3, next quarter it will be interesting to see the numbers and see if Apple recaptures its dominance.

  21. Microsoft Way Of Business on Google Chrome Introduces Do Not Track · · Score: 1

    This is just like Microsoft to muscle companies into what they want. I am for DNT but I don't like how Microsoft makes companies do what they want them to do by using there desktop leverage.

  22. Re:Excellent on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    I was rather surprised at how close the election was I personally did not think the popular vote would have been a 2 percent margin. I believe our President will have another rough term he is still dealing with a struggling economy, and slow rate of change. President Obama is our president but strong negative support from American’s is something he is going to have to deal with over next four years, as almost half of the country did not want him as president for another 4 years.

  23. Re:So f*cked up on Apple Loses Patent Case For FaceTime Tech, Owes $368 Million · · Score: 1

    I love this " another for solving DNS security issues" so Apple fixed this companies DNS security issue and they sued them for patent infringement. I am not a big Apple fan but this is messed up.

  24. Re:Irony on PayPal, Symantec Hacked In Anonymous November 5 Hacking Spree · · Score: 0

    Usually something sparks the attack like an event. I am curious what inspired this?

  25. Re:This is new? on iPhone Interface For Ham Radio Mates Old With New · · Score: 1

    I am a ham (KB3YUA) and I agree we have been hooking radios to modems via sound cards, but the box that converts iPhone commands to radio signals is different. iPhone does not support radio to much that's another reason for the hype.