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  1. Re:Tragic... on Sweden Is Closing Many Prisons Due to Lack of Prisoners · · Score: 2

    Yeah, blame capitalism. Or the fact that while the whole world find funny and useful things to make with a 3D-Printer, the first thing Americans do with it is print a gun....

  2. Re:Is Apple being compensated? on Apple Deluged By Police Demands To Decrypt iPhones · · Score: 1

    presumably through a backdoor or brute force.

    I doubt there is a backdoor because if there was then it wouldn't take them so long. Probably brute-force.

  3. Re:TPB trackers down for days on New Pirate Bay Greenland Domains Suspended · · Score: 1

    Can you post the IP adress it resolves to?

  4. Re:Write threatening letters on Ask Slashdot: How To Convince a Company Their Subscriber List Is Compromised? · · Score: 1

    I've seen the same as well. Suppose I'd register with abcdefg@mydomain.org, my catchall would receive mail addressed to bcdefg, abcde, cdef, and so forth. It's really hard to deal with those kind of spammers.

  5. Re:Why HTTP? on Webmail and Online Banks Targeted By Phishing Proxies · · Score: 2

    Why redirect the traffic at all? Why not just use a key logger and grab credentials that way?

    Because a keylogger would alert anti-virus Software, while a PAC script wouldn't.

  6. Re:They can afford on Rich Countries Suffer Less Malware, Says Microsoft Study · · Score: 1

    +1 because the math is easy: 99.9% of all Malware lives on Windows, hence more Macs means less Malware.

  7. Re:August 2012 to January 2013 on Oracle Ships Java 7 Update 11 With Vulnerability Fixes · · Score: 1

    Why can't the larger companies, e.g. Microsoft and Oracle, respond to and fix the sucrity issues more quickly than on a timeline expressed in months?

    They probably had a fix in the drawer since months but didn't release it in order to give the impression to be able to react quickly once the vuln is public. This makes the company look good to consumers and the press, and it pads statistics that measure reaction time to vulnerabilities. Everyone is doing it. Publicity first, consumer last.

  8. Re:Uh, where's the video? on Tales From the Slashdot Help Desk: Reverse-Engineering Rob Malda (Video) · · Score: 1

    This is funny. On my iPad, I can watch the movie. On my Mac with Safari, it Slashdot tells me I need to install Flash. When I set the User Agent in Safari to iPad, I can watch the movie without Flash.

    Why is Slashdot lying and tries to force users to install Flash?

  9. Re:I always thought.. on Apple Orders Memory Game Developers To Stop Using 'Memory' In Names · · Score: 1

    Can I call my new operating system "Windows" ? Or maybe "My Windows" ?

  10. Re:Find a technical solution, not a legal "solutio on Laser Strikes On Aircraft Becoming Epidemic · · Score: 3, Informative

    But the orientation of the polarization is unknown. It could be adjusted by the pilot but wouldn't prevent an initial surprise effect. It is practically useless.

  11. Re:Find a technical solution, not a legal "solutio on Laser Strikes On Aircraft Becoming Epidemic · · Score: 1

    Lasers emit monochromatic light, hence it shouldn't be too hard to block just the few small wavelength bands that common lasers use while letting the rest of the light pass through the cockpit wind shields.

  12. Re:Mac version on Game Review: Torchlight 2 · · Score: 1

    +1

  13. The real problem is on Red Hat Clarifies Doubts Over UEFI Secure Boot Solution · · Score: 2

    ..that almost every PC comes with Windows pre-installed in conjuction with Microsoft abusing this monopoly despite all the anti-trust affairs.

    I know the M$ fanboys will point at Apple and their iOS devices, but the big difference is that Apple does not force other smartphone manufacturers to put iOS on their hardware, whereas PC manufacturers have to pay for not putting Windows on their PCs.

    Given those circumstances, the fact that I'd have to pay $99 in order to install my own private Linux distro on my own private PC is just crazy.

  14. Re:What did the military expect? on Backdoor Found In China-Made US Military Chip? · · Score: 2

    Regardless whether this is a false alarm or not, I'm 100% sure that US military technology has something similar, too. I can't imagine them selling fighter planes to Saudi Arabia and not putting in a kill switch.

  15. Re:AMD is done and gone... on AMD Trinity A10-4600M Processor Launched, Tested · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Exactly. These articles and benchmarks are a joke. The Intel CPUs are so far ahead, in performance and value, that I can't help but feel embarrassed for AMD.

    Without AMD you clueless retard would have to pay 5 times the price for an Intel CPU. You should thank them for providing competition instead of dissing their products.

  16. Re:Where's the one on Apple? on Windows RT Browser Restrictions Draw Antitrust Attention · · Score: 0

    There is a big difference between Apple's and Microsofts behaviour: Microsoft are (ab)using the billions of monopoly dollars they rake in from Windows and Office to become dominant in other markets, too. See for example selling Xboxes below production costs just to drive competitors out of the market in order to rule over the home TV set. Similarly, they will use their power and billions of dollars that they made from their two monopolies and try to drive Apple out of the tablet market. Whereas Apple does not use their billions they made from their iPad monopoly to get Microsoft out of the PC market, right? That's the big difference. Apple just defends their own market, whereas Microsoft wants to rule the world.

  17. List missing clichès here on Gaming Clichés That Need To Die · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Game clichès that need to die that are not mentioned in the article:

    - The US are the good. The <insert other nation here> are the evil.

  18. Re:Flaws not necessary? on Backdoor Found In Arcadyan-based Wi-Fi Routers · · Score: 1

    malformed junk that makes its way into the hose.

    As you might have guessed from the link to the original article in german, english is not my native language. Whereas submitters of pieces that are already written in english can just copy/paste the relevant parts into their /. submission, non-english sources have to be translated by the submitter. It's anyone's choice to wait until an english-speaking site picks up the story written in perfect english, or read the "malformed junk" version while it is still fresh...

  19. Re:Duff link on Backdoor Found In Arcadyan-based Wi-Fi Routers · · Score: 4, Informative

    Dunno what happened to the link, this is the link I've submitted.

  20. Re:why wait for an off brand "ultrabook" on Expect Hundreds of Thunderbolt Devices, Says Intel · · Score: 1

    ..plus, by the time Intel expects Ultrabooks with Thunderbolt to hit the market, Ultrabooks will be dead already. Who wants to buy an Macbook Air clone for the same price but with all those silly stickers on it and the illuminated Apple logo missing?

  21. Re:Microsoft Deserves It on Assessing Media Bias: Microsoft Vs. Everyone Else · · Score: 1

    Man too bad I haven't kept a mod point for you.

    Criticism of Microsoft might be mainly because of the whole anti-trust issue: forcing PC makers to ship new PCs with Windows exclusively is criminal. Even more so is the fact that they still can do that. Helloooo corporate America!

    But it all started with Microsoft trying to put DRDOS out of business, I guess.

    Then we have _NSAKEYS in Windows, WGA and Media Player phoning home, Windows genuine "advantage" (hahaha) bullying ad nauseum, Ballmer throwing chairs at everyone and their dog, oh and maybe Microsoft copying other's ideas? As Linus noted in his book "Just for fun", a monopolist is increasingly busy administering his monopoly, and not innovating. This works up to the point when a niche grows sufficiently big to host competition. In a few years,Microsoft and Windows will be what the Roman Empire is since 1500 years: history.

  22. Re:Government working for the people??? on US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Embraces FOSS, Publishes On Github · · Score: 2

    Ballmer will surely throw a chair at them.

  23. Re:Of course not. on Apple Snubs Security Firm That Spotted Mac Botnet · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As much as I love Apple products, I hate their arrogance towards anything related to security. Could break their neck.

  24. Re:Netflix on MythTV 0.25 Released, New HW Acceleration and Audio Standards Support · · Score: 1

    I'd love to hear other explanations.

    Microsoft shoved a lot of money up their asses in order to get a foothold in a market where they don't yet dominate.

  25. Re:User Guide anyone? on MythTV 0.25 Released, New HW Acceleration and Audio Standards Support · · Score: 2

    I think MythTV is in dire need of a more polished and coherent UI. And a comprehensive user and installation guide.

    New tech feats are ok, but they'll probably make the whole thing even less useable.

    I'm still on 0.23 for exactly that reason. It took me ages to set it up properly and now I hesitate to upgrade.