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  1. Re:The debate is long from over. on The Lancet Recants Study Linking Autism To Vaccine · · Score: 1


    I was both ignorant and complacent about the risks of those inoculations, until I met in person a mindless little vegetable who was the victim of early childhood vaccinations. The staff at the children's hospital had no doubts as to the cause of the child's condition.

    The "staff at the children's hospital"? Who? The cleaning woman?

    "No doubts"? Sorry, man, a lack of doubts is not evidence.

    Present your hard data.

  2. Re:No flash support on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    Doubling resolution is for current AppStore apps. The new SDK supports the higher resolutions.

  3. Re:No monsters for me today! on Antarctica Needs a Network Engineer · · Score: 3, Insightful


    And come home with the Thing? No thank you...

    You wouldn't come home with it. It'd come home looking and acting just like you.

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  4. Re:Seen the movie? on Antarctica Needs a Network Engineer · · Score: 1


    While I like the idea of Kate Beckinsale being trapped there with me

    You say that now. Wait until Kurt Russell, Keith David and T.K. Carter burst into your room and, at gunpoint, orders you and Kate tied to chairs while they draw blood for a test...

  5. Re:first on Tor Users Urged To Update After Security Breach · · Score: 1


    Last time I looked at it, I concluded that most of the traffic on TOR was child pornography and shared music/films.

    Unless you were able to sniff all the traffic going through TOR, I fail to see how you reached this conclusion.

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  6. sigh on Benchmarks of Debian GNU/kFreeBSD vs. GNU/Linux · · Score: 0


    Debian GNU/kFreeBSD may be running well, but it has a lot of catching up to do in terms of speed against Linux."

    Yep, because we ALL KNOW speed is EVERYTHING when running a computer.

    groan.

  7. Re:There's no reason to encrypt HTTP on What's Holding Back Encryption? · · Score: 1


    There's no reason to encrypt HTTP requests that don't contain personal information.


    No? Think about someone in China searching for Falun Gong information then having their door kicked in by the state police.

  8. Inertia on What's Holding Back Encryption? · · Score: 5, Insightful


    What's Holding Back Encryption?

    Simple: INERTIA.

    Remember back in the day when the OpenBSD guys said Enough Already and pretty much dropped telnet, rsh, rcp, rlogin, etc. for the SSH suite of tools? Yeah, a bit of growing pains at the time but no one would want to go back. It took some time but finally other open source projects followed suit.

    People are lazy, if there's no push to change most won't no matter what benefit the change offers.

  9. Re:Monaco on Programming With Proportional Fonts? · · Score: 1


    I prefer the soothing contrast of #2 pencil on arrowroot-coloured cards.

  10. Re:Just use any Linux distro on Powerful Linux ISP Router Distribution? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah, I meant to reply to the story, not your comment. :)

  11. Re:Just use any Linux distro on Powerful Linux ISP Router Distribution? · · Score: 5, Informative


    Does it have to be Linux?

    Why not try OpenBSD and its excellent BGP implementation OpenBGP! It powers some pretty hefty businesses and ISPs.

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  12. Re:Debug key on Does Your PC Really Need a SysRq Button Anymore? · · Score: 5, Funny


    I use the SysRq key on an almost daily basis whenever I screw up a kernel compile

    Hey, how is Gentoo nowadays?

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  13. Re:Krave on The Worst Products of CES 2010 · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the heads-up, that looks awesome!

  14. Thanks but no thanks. on Here We Go Again — Video Standards War 2010 · · Score: 5, Insightful


    [T]his time its the movie studios that are duking it out, and DRM issues is a big part of it.

    I tend to prefer those video standards which are inclusive and unencumbered such as xvid and x264. They've survived. Our library, some of which is many years old, still plays.

    No central server to authorize and track our viewing habits. No chance of having my devices' keys revoked. No need to keep all our gear connected to the net.

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  15. Re:could be cool on Move Over BoxeeBox, Here Comes PopBox · · Score: 1

    A good example of YMMV :)

    We have two A100s and love them. Mind you we only play scene releases or our own ISOs.

  16. Re:could be cool on Move Over BoxeeBox, Here Comes PopBox · · Score: 1

    I can play ISOs just fine, we have dozens of them. Think VOB as well but haven't tried in ages. Your firmware up to date?

  17. Re:could be cool on Move Over BoxeeBox, Here Comes PopBox · · Score: 1

    Oh that's good to know, thanks.
    We own 2 of the original A100 models and love them. The C200's display, gigabit and beefier CPU is what I was looking at. Haven't ready through the forums about it much.

  18. could be cool on Move Over BoxeeBox, Here Comes PopBox · · Score: 1


    If this works as well as their spinoff Popcornhour Network Media Tank systems it will(?) be a success. We own two Popcornhours with a 3rd (C-200) coming soon. Great for xvid, x264, DVD ISOs, etc up to 1080p.

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  19. Re:I haven't seen it on The Science of Avatar · · Score: 1


    Some people don't give a shit about sci-fi films.

    Like the good people at the SyFy Network.

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  20. Re:Better late than never? on BlackBerry Outages Across North America · · Score: 1, Informative


    Slashdot: Bringing you Yesterday's Stories Today!

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  21. Re:as a kid on The Nuking of Duke Nukem · · Score: 1

    Thanks for that! I love D3D but haven't played many mods. Just downloaded that Shining mod.

  22. Xmas Present... on Website Owner's Manual · · Score: 5, Funny


    limitations of Web technologies, design decisions, and all the other factors that can make or break a website project, as well as the site itself

    Hmmm... I wonder if Amazon can deliver to Taco by Xmas if I put a rush on it.

  23. the sky is falling! on Legislator Wants Cancer Warnings For Cell Phones · · Score: 5, Insightful


    Just a lameass politician trying to make a name for himself.

    Next will be the "Vaccines cause Autism" warnings, the "Aspartame makes you Fat" warnings and the "Fluoride in the water is a Mind Control Drug" warnings.

    They really should have a "Politics makes you a fuckhead" warning.

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  24. Not very useful.. on $25,000 of Communications Gear In a $500 Car · · Score: 5, Funny


    The car is rigged for just about every conceivable communications band including FM, UHF, VHF, HF, and WTF.

    Unfortunately the car can only travel in a 50 meter radius around the second tin can the string tethers it to.

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  25. Lurn 2 speel on DECAF Was Just a Stunt, Now Over · · Score: -1, Troll

    From the page:
    Athiesm didn't do it for me.

    Try Atheism, it does work!