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  1. Re:Available Amenities on Earth-Like Planet That Could Sustain Life Found · · Score: 1


    Maybe by the time we get back the Toronto Maple Leafs will have won the Stanley Cup.

    or Winnipeg will have the Jets back!

  2. Re:Time dilation woes. on Earth-Like Planet That Could Sustain Life Found · · Score: 1

    Lots.

  3. Re:All we need is Netcraft confirmation on RIM Doesn't Want 200 Fart Apps · · Score: 1


    I really like Xcode.

    If you know people who'd rather jump off a building than use it, maybe they could use Java for the Blackberry. :)

  4. Re:From TFB: on JavaScript Cookbook · · Score: 1

    Not to mention they eat up a lot of the space inside the tweet...

  5. It works! on Map Based Passwords · · Score: 4, Funny


    I forgot my gmail password

    and here was my hint.

    (how I forgot "goatse" as a password is beyond me.)

  6. Too much money to fix, thing outside the box on Las Vegas Hotel Vdara an Accidental Death Ray · · Score: 4, Funny


    you better hurry since they plan to ruin/fix it.

    Rather than paying the incredible expense of re-engineering the hotel's windows they should just rename. Simply change the stationary and signage to "L'Hotel du Auschwitz".

    Hey, they could offer free tatoos, too. Tell people that they're lucky numbers.

  7. Re:Millions? on Stuxnet Worm Claimed To Be Devastating In Iran · · Score: 1

    Don't you need autorun enabled for that to happen?

  8. Re:Millions? on Stuxnet Worm Claimed To Be Devastating In Iran · · Score: 1


    It has a private IP on a private VLAN. Internally it doesn't exist. All access (except to Siemens) is blocked via an extended ACL on the switch. The ASA duplicates that lockdown while keeping the tunnel to Siemens up. There's no NAT allowed for it either.

    Basically, the only traffic that can flow to/from it is through the VPN.

  9. Re:Don't take this wrong on Game Reviewers Face Odd Bribery From Publishers · · Score: 1

    Ah ok, sorry man. My apologies. :)

  10. Re:Don't take this wrong on Game Reviewers Face Odd Bribery From Publishers · · Score: 1


    he even admitted in another story that he is just posting these comments to advertise his website

    Not me, sorry. Provide a link and prove me wrong.

  11. Threats on Game Reviewers Face Odd Bribery From Publishers · · Score: 2, Funny


    Publisher: Give our game at least 8/10 or it's Two Girls, One Cup for you.
    Reviewer: And if I refuse?
    Publisher: Three Girls, One Cup.

  12. Re:That was quick on HDCP Encryption/Decryption Code Released · · Score: 1


    The only thing this is good for is for wiretapping a display cable to capture uncompressed video, or for making a box that fools your paranoid computer into believing the display connection is protected.

    I can see use in non-CableCo PVR software. They've started flipping off Firewire output on certain channels (or turned it off entirely), this could make it easy to still record the shows you want with a non-CableCo box.

  13. Re:Millions? on Stuxnet Worm Claimed To Be Devastating In Iran · · Score: 2, Informative


    I mean really, when Seimens or some other industrial supplier comes in, do they automatically say, "Oh, we need to have this connected to the internet for critical software updates." ? Do they use Microsoft's updating methods?

    I can't speak for Siemens' method of updating that type of software but I know that for the MRI console software they make (for the Siemens MRIs) we have a VPN between the console and Siemens directly. No full internet access required.

  14. Re:And... on Fifty Meter Asteroid Might Hit Earth In 2098 · · Score: 1


    and the ZOMBIE Beatles may reunite, or not.

    Depends... Was John Lennon shot in the head or chest?

  15. Re:i'll be dead on Fifty Meter Asteroid Might Hit Earth In 2098 · · Score: 4, Funny


    Fuck you. I'll be 133 years old hooked up to machines and tubes.
    I CARE

  16. Re:It's all in the name on OpenOffice.org Declares Independence From Oracle, Becomes LibreOffice · · Score: 1


    If you RFTA, it states that they have asked Oracle to donate the OpenOffice.org name to the project. Oracle's response to this request will really define Oracle's relationship with the FLOSS community.

    What's really sad is that if Oracle were to come back with "You can have the name for one million dollars" the LibreOffice people wouldn't be able to come up with the money. Chump change for Ellison, deal breaker for OSS.

  17. Re:MS is hurting on Media Loves Apple and Its Army of Fans · · Score: 1

    I'm with you there.

    MS has been blinded by their "Windows Everywhere" mantra over the years. They're a rudderless ship.

  18. MS is hurting on Media Loves Apple and Its Army of Fans · · Score: 4, Interesting


    Apple was the focus of 15.1 percent of media coverage [...] Google received 11.4 percent of media coverage during the period, while Microsoft garnered just 3 percent.

    That 3 percent Microsoft garners is reports of bug fixes and failed projects. Look at recent Microsoft tags on /. :

    Microsoft To Release Emergency Fix For ASP.NET Bug
    Microsoft Migrating Live Spaces Users To WordPress
    Microsoft Says IE9 Beta Demand Overwhelming (Nice but it's free)
    Researchers Demo ASP.NET Crypto Attack
    etc. etc.

  19. Re:Are there really people with 4-digit UID... on RIM Announces BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet · · Score: 1


    ... who think that QNX is "brand new"???

    I remember installing QNX with my "unix guru" acquaintance on my state-of-the-art 386 Back In The Day. He left here to work at Quantum Software Systems in Ontario a couple of years after introducing me to the unixy way.

    Dan Hildebrand, R.I.P. :(

  20. Re:This Is a Comment Expressing New Found Skeptici on This Is a News Website Article About a Scientific Paper · · Score: 5, Informative


    I think your research is bogus. You didn't back it up with a single goatse or tubgirl link.

  21. Re:Photocopying machines on Other Tech the Senate Would Have Banned · · Score: 1


    Way back in the day most secretaries were women. And the ones who were married were also likely doing the cooking.

    Not saying it's right but that's just how it was.

  22. Re:Bad timing. on Obama Wants Broader Internet Wiretap Authority · · Score: 1

    You nailed it: Florida.

  23. Re:Photocopying machines on Other Tech the Senate Would Have Banned · · Score: 5, Funny


    Not sure how it would work but I hear they're thinking about putting seatbelts on Segways now.

    "too soon" be damned...

  24. Photocopying machines on Other Tech the Senate Would Have Banned · · Score: 5, Insightful


    I remember reading a story years ago about cookbook publishers being up in arms when the Xerox machine came out.

    Their thinking was that the secretaries would be swapping recipes via photocopies and not buying cookbooks as a Good Citizen should.

    .

  25. Re:Bad timing. on Obama Wants Broader Internet Wiretap Authority · · Score: 1, Informative

    My brother was a mortgage broker in the US for a number of years (we're Canadian). He told me about the insane mortgages and lines of credit people were getting. WAAAY over their heads in debt. He just shrugged and said "Down here it's all about image"