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  1. Re:Communal != Communism on Dot-Communism Is Already Here · · Score: 1

    Dot-Communism is better then Dot-Netism?

  2. Re:Eclipse on What Free IDE Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    Uh, what I forgot:

    Build with just Ctrl-B, buggy lines are highlighted - so comfortable. I bet Anjuta + Code::Blocks do this too, but what made these a no-go was that I needed a autocomplete for structs.
    stp->[Ctrl-Space] or st.[Ctrl-Space]
    Afaik Anjuta and Code::Blocks only support autocomplete if you have already written at least one character.

  3. Re:Eclipse on What Free IDE Do You Use? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Eclipse is pretty awesome for C aswell: Automatic Code formatting, resolving macros (and even respect them in auto-formatting).
    Yeah and what every other does: Ctrl-Click on functions to jump there, project tree, file outline, etc.

    But at the end of the day, you'll still have to think and write the code yourself :-)

  4. Re:Password strength is meaningless. on Calculating Password Policy Strength Vs. Cracking · · Score: 1

    A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
    You're right on enforcing that weakest link (hard drives getting lost, reset questions), but there is no reason to loosen the others.

  5. Re:quick slashdot reader test: on Calculating Password Policy Strength Vs. Cracking · · Score: 1

    Have any identities* under MD5 or SHA1/256/512 been discovered yet? I'd be really interested in those!

    *(where hash = md5(hash))

  6. Re:"good" thing about flash is you can shut it off on HTML 5 As a Viable Alternative To Flash? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Why? You can already disable blink, javascript, images and many more "standard" elements.

  7. Re:I'll say it, then. on HTML 5 As a Viable Alternative To Flash? · · Score: 1

    And replace it with Silverlight.

    Hehe, seriously, how would you make all those fancy movie websites, e.g. http://www.everybodypays.com/

    There is no way around flash (certainly not with CSS/HTML/JS) for certain forms of representation.

  8. Re:I didn't RTFA on Wikipedia Moving From GFDL To Creative Commons License · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is existing GFDL content compatible with the CC licence?

    I think (please correct me) what they did was write a GFDL version compatible with the CC. Then they upgraded the licence of the existing content and thus now they can switch over to CC.

    I'd read the article, but it's slashdotted :-[

    Why can't individual contributors choose their licence like they can with Flickr?

    Wikipedia is not a blog. It would become a format like urbandictionary.com or everything2.com: no rewriting and collaborating on content, rather single statements of various truthiness.

  9. Re:For those playing at home on Wikipedia Moving From GFDL To Creative Commons License · · Score: 5, Informative

    GNU FDL was chosen as CC was not available at the time. Now CC has additionally become an accepted standard with a lot of material out there. It is great news as this makes it easier to mix content from and to their projects.

  10. Re:They just re-invented Greasemonkey on Mozilla Jetpack, an API For Standards-Based Add-Ons · · Score: 3, Insightful

    1 Mozilla uses Javascript for all addons, so I guess they have some idea of it.

    2 You can't program native UI-Elements with Greasemonkey, and even if, they would live inside the website as Greasemonkey is more for "patching" existing websites.
    Browser addons should survive a website navigation.

    This thing seems to have some horrible mess of intermixed Javascript, CSS, and HTML.

    This is called the web.

  11. Re:SSH standard on Flaw Made Public In OpenSSH Encryption · · Score: 1

    And in other news it also appears that the word "chink" is banned in the comments section.

    Interesting. Someone should submit a story!

  12. Re:Old version = old news on Flaw Made Public In OpenSSH Encryption · · Score: 1

    What if you have 262144 machines?

    Or what if you do a ssh-rsync backup every day? I mean the attacker has the time ...

    That is not unrealistic.
    Furthermore, the risk is unknown, as it is also determined by the value of your data, not only by the likelihood of a successful attack.

  13. Re:No. PDF is right. on ODF Alliance Warns Governments About Office 2007 ODF Support · · Score: 1

    Also, PDF is a ISO standard aswell (ISO 32000-1:2008).

  14. Smart missiles on Robot Warriors Will Get a Guide To Ethics · · Score: 1, Insightful

    There is no such thing as a smart missile unless it immediately destroys itself safely.

  15. Re:Linux will never be ready for some people on Why Linux Is Not Yet Ready For the Desktop · · Score: 1

    "sudo still requires CLI". Yes, but we have gksu and kdesu. I've been using it for years.

    I think the author is missing a comfortable GUI for configuration.

    Hence the reference to 4.:

    4. It should be possible to configure everything via GUI which is still not a case for too many situations and operations.

  16. Re:Java on Open Source Solution Breaks World Sorting Records · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Java is slow

  17. Re:Great! It's open source! on Open Source Solution Breaks World Sorting Records · · Score: 1

    You can't patent Apache 2.0 licensed stuff.
    Also, you can't patent software*.

    *in Europe

  18. Re:I know its for a legit reason... on Danger Mouse Releases Blank CD-R To Spite EMI · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Or, in other words, I would not pursue you for copyright infringement in the event I ever actually get a copyright for the works you find, that may or may not be created by me.

    I'm not that familiar with the US legal system, but can't anyone sue for copyright infringement?

  19. Re:Not even going to RTFA on When Does It Become OK To Make Games About a War? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I don't feel represented by the available parties

    In that case, you should vote invalid to state that your right to vote is important to you and that you care about having a democracy.

    However, I'd like to see the list you gave as additional options on ballots.

  20. Re:No - there are plenty of safer alternatives on Microsoft To Banish Memcpy() · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not saying you can't get yourself into trouble with inappropriate use of memcpy(3), but buffer overruns aren't the go-to threat every time.

    Didn't we already defeat the goto threat?

    More to the point, if the developer doesn't know what memcpy does and how to use it correctly ... I mean ...
    You might aswell write the 3 lines of code behind memcpy yourself.

  21. Re:so where's the money going to come from? on 3D Realms Sued Over Failed Duke Nukem Forever Plans · · Score: 3, Funny

    What would you do with 12 million Canadians?

  22. Re:Oh noes! on Secret EU Open Source Migration Study Leaked · · Score: 1

    Actually a PC system (http://simpc.nl/) created especially for the elderly is based on Linux (Gentoo to be precise).

    I imagine updating will be fun for them.

    [I use gentoo myself and it is awesome, yet not for everyone.]

  23. Re:A Very Special Public Service Announcement on What Can I Do About Book Pirates? · · Score: 4, Funny

    What Can I Do About Book Pirates?

    Hire book ninjas!

  24. Client-side opt-in site-support on Adblock Plus Maker Proposes Change To Help Sites · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A button in Adblock would be cool to show seldom in one corner of the website to say "Support this site".
    Then it would download the ads but not show them (or optionally show them [or optionally click them]). Your favorite sites would get more income. My browser knows what sites I've been to often, no extra tag necessary.

    As far as I know, most people don't use ad-blocking, so the ad companies won't get weird ideas to circumvent that.

  25. Re:Jailbreak on Apple Refusing Any BitTorrent Related Apps? · · Score: 1

    At some point they will lease you the phone and no company will sell the hardware.