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  1. Re:The crackpot cosmology "theory" Du Jour on Cosmologists Show Negative Mass Could Exist In Our Universe · · Score: 1

    The Electric Universe theory not only doesn't explain everything as well as our current models, but it breaks some parts and out right conflicts with others that we know to be true. It's a disproven theory with a lot of zealots spreading misinformation to make it sound like there's actually a debate.

  2. Re:Dark energy is negative on Cosmologists Show Negative Mass Could Exist In Our Universe · · Score: 4, Informative

    Dark Matter and Dark Energy are two completely unrelated issues. Dark Matter is the unaccounted mass that is leading candidate as to why the rotational speed of galaxies is not matching observed matter and is definitely creating gravitational lensing in empty space. Dark Energy is the unexplained force driving galaxies apart, even faster than light in some cases. This is related to the expansion of space.

  3. Re:BIND??? SENDMAIL??? on FreeBSD 9.3 Released · · Score: 1

    I can't find the quote, but one of the FreeBSD devs mentioned that BIND represented something like 50% of all security vulnerabilities in the FreeBSD base for the past 10+ years. BIND is the OpenSSL of DNS servers, but it does have a lot of features that can't be found anywhere else.

  4. Re:What is BSD good for? on FreeBSD 9.3 Released · · Score: 1

    There are many cases where the GPL cannot be used, so BSD immediately fits that niche. Many sysadmins like BSDs over Linux distros because the BSD tend to focus more on design than flavor of the month, even CentOS has more breaking changes than many BSDs.

    In general, BSD's tend to exhibit a quality over quantity mentality that attracts a certain group of people.

  5. Fired on Sony Forgets To Pay For Domain, Hilarity Ensues · · Score: 1

    I bet they fired the person who was responsible for this and no one checked his email.

    What's a DNS admin? Do we need him? You, PHP programmer, you now have his job on top of what ever you already do.

  6. Re:Shocked I am! Shocked! on LibreSSL PRNG Vulnerability Patched · · Score: 0

    LibreSSL doesn't use CSPRNG, the Linux port uses it, against the recommendations of the LibreSSL.

    Quote: "In LibreSSL, entropy is the responsibility of the OS. If your OS cannot provide you with entropy, LibreSSL will not fake it."

    The Linux port is faking it. Blame the design limitations of Linux that forced the port team to "fake it" in some situations.

  7. Re:'Vulnerability" is rubbish. on LibreSSL PRNG Vulnerability Patched · · Score: 2

    I read the rational, it wasn't compelling to me, but its their project.

    OpenBSD's moto: Do it correctly, or GTFO

    The only reason it wouldn't be compelling is if you don't believe in doing it correctly in the first place. The entire bug is because of a bandaid in the portability layer to accommodate stupid admins. LibReSSL's stance is the OS is responsible for crypto entropy, anything else is not recommended. Don't have access to /dev/urandom, well too bad. They were forced to add this because of OpenSSL allowing bad practice.

    Not to mention it was patched within hours. Compare that to OpenSSL being given fully working patches to bugs that were several years old and still never patched. They had the patches, they just never applied them and left the bug open in the bug tracker.

  8. Re:This is not how you inspire confidence on LibreSSL PRNG Vulnerability Patched · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's not a flaw in LibReSSL, it's a flaw in the portability layer that only happens in non-OpenBSD OSes with situations where the sysadmin blocks access to /dev/urandom like a tard. The only reason the portability implementation even supports this fall-back is because there are a lot of stupid sysadmins using OpenSSL and LibReSSL needs to be as much a drop-in replacement as possible. It's a flaw in the bandaid for a situation that shouldn't happen, but does.

  9. Re:5 Years Away on Harvesting Energy From Humidity · · Score: 1

    A joule is a watt second. a 3.5v 1Ah battery will supply 1 amp @ 3.5v for 1 hour. That is 12,600 joules. I could be wrong, I'm great at making minor math errors.

  10. Toxic on Rocket Scientist Designs "Flare" Pot That Cooks Food 40% Faster · · Score: 1

    I only use ceramic non-stick or all steel pots. I hope they have something more than "all aluminum" or it's at least coated with another non-toxic material.

  11. Re:What's the point? on Nano-Pixels Hold Potential For Screens Far Denser Than Today's Best · · Score: 1

    The human eye can see individual frames in one aspect. It has been known for quite a while that humans can recognize a single frame at over 300fps. They injected a single frame that was in high contrast to the current video, and not only were people able to recognize when it occurred, but they were able to recognize the simple shape being displayed.

    Humans don't see motion as "frames", but our visual system is great at picking out something when it's drastically different. The only reason we don't see "frames" past a certain fps is because it gets "close enough" that the brain kicks in and perceives it as a smooth motion.

    Perception is a tricky thing. Do not mix up what we see with what we perceive.

  12. Re:this is a good thing on Geographic Segregation By Education · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't trust a human to decide. We need more research and let computers decide. My point is rampant "unfair" wages will eventually fix themselves with a crash.

    It turns out when people get paid too much, their performance goes down. So that could be used as one indication. You're better off under-paying someone than over-paying. People are optimal when they get paid enough money to handle what life throws at them and spend time with their family. Too much more and their performance goes down. People should get paid enough to be "content".

  13. Re:Translation (Rough) on Geographic Segregation By Education · · Score: 1

    many people can't afford to go to college because of exorbitant tuition prices

    Don't worry, it seems the more expensive a University is, the worse the quality of the education. Go find a nice tax supported state Uni. Mine had a 90% in-state discount and the other 10% was easily covered loans or one of the many state grants. TONS of state grants. If you ignore food and housing, college is virtually free for any family making making average income.

  14. Re:Translation (Rough) on Geographic Segregation By Education · · Score: 1

    A higher risk where? Most college graduates are garbage.

    I won't argue with "Most college graduates are garbage", but I still stand by no degree is still a higher risk.

  15. Re:Good? on Geographic Segregation By Education · · Score: 1

    If you got rid of all jobs like that, you would be left with everyone being a farmer, and we don't need that many. If everyone was unemployed, we'd have massive crime.

  16. Re:this is a good thing on Geographic Segregation By Education · · Score: 1

    The dark ages were awesome. Set us back about 200 years when in comes to technology, and we went from horse to space in less than 100 years. I would say "liberal democracy" is doing decent.

  17. Re:this is a good thing on Geographic Segregation By Education · · Score: 1

    If it's an unnaturally high wage, yes. Nature will always make sure everything eventually equalizes. When a bubble pops, that's nature fixing the imbalance.

  18. Re:Translation (Rough) on Geographic Segregation By Education · · Score: 2

    Steve Jobs is an outlier. Even in the real world, quantum affects can make the impossible possible, but don't expect it to happen. There is a chance the electrostatic force in every atom in your body would suddenly stop working and you would fall into the Earth. There are magnitudes more failures than successes when it comes to people trying to carve out their own path in life. It can happen, it does happen, but if it's your goal to be like Steve Jobs, expect to fail.

  19. Re:Translation (Rough) on Geographic Segregation By Education · · Score: 2

    Kind of like saying you can become an astronaut as a highschool drop out. Yes, technically you could have the skill and self educate, but who in their right mind would even consider such a person? Risk is way too high.

    In theory, you don't need to go to college, but in practice, humans can't predict the future and people without degree are higher risk. Not worth it.

  20. Re:Happy to let someone else test it on First Release of LibreSSL Portable Is Available · · Score: 1

    Either you're trolling or ignorant of the real issues. The LibReSSL fork was entirely deserving. OpenBSD is inflexible when it comes to doing things properly, but their code quality is the best. It is the quality of their code that makes them flexible. They write the most portable, secure, and easily understood code of all projects. They've spearheaded nearly every security advancement that has made it into any OSS OS.

    People who think like you are the reason OpenSSL has so many bugs.

  21. Re:Happy to let someone else test it on First Release of LibreSSL Portable Is Available · · Score: 1

    Their "Ivory Tower" is a tower of "don't be f*cking retarded". The OpenBSD group is one of the most respected groups because they don't give two sh*ts about politics or making people happy. They only care about doing things correctly.

    As a professional programmer, I no longer have respect for people who don't take pride in their work, and these people have a lot of pride.

  22. Re:Happy to let someone else test it on First Release of LibreSSL Portable Is Available · · Score: 1

    LibReSSL is 100% posix compliant. Just create a posix wrapper for Windows for the required parts.

  23. Re:Happy to let someone else test it on First Release of LibreSSL Portable Is Available · · Score: 2

    Heartbeat is only to let the other side know the connection is still expected to be alive when no data is being transmitted. It's not hard for the application level to issue data every 4.5 minutes when it detects an idle connection. The time out length is also configurable. Set the timeout for 24 hours, enjoy.

  24. Re:Great.. on First Release of LibreSSL Portable Is Available · · Score: 1

    OpenSSL is a hopeless caused of poor design, bad code practices, and poor leadership. No one person to point a finger at, but it is a situation where starting over would almost be a valid option. OpenBSD decided to take the route of heavy re-factoring to maintain backwards compatibility with most projects.

    The OpenBSD group had no intentions of "working with" anyone. They wanted to get it done and do it correctly, no beating around the bush to get permission from the current project managers for a massive overhaul.

    OpenBSD is considered to be a top contender for the most secure OS, along with some of the most readable code and best coding and security practices. OpenBSD is a a pioneer for many modern security designs, which Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD all make use of.

  25. Re:Does app incompatibility count? on First Release of LibreSSL Portable Is Available · · Score: 2

    Well, sucks to be you. That's really what it comes down to. When it comes security and design, don't compromise because some idiots painted themselves into a corner.