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  1. Multifactor Authentication on How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led To Mat Honan's Identity Theft · · Score: 1

    This isn't a new problem... This guy was naive/careless at best for not using multifactor authentication. But hey, at least his new article is getting some traffic, not that anyone will ever take him seriously again.

  2. With all due respect to Carmack... on John Carmack: Kudos To Valve, But Linux Is Still Not a Viable Gaming Market · · Score: 1

    id software never had the resources that Valve currently has to throw at the problem, and they aren't trying to market just a handful of games on Linux, they're trying move an entire eco-system over. id software went under Bethseda exactly so they could get more resources, where as Valve has the highest profit per employee of any company. Carmack is really smart, but he never had a billion dollars to throw at the problem.

  3. Re:No one cares on UEFI Secure Boot and Linux: Where Things Stand · · Score: 1

    If I use Macs and Linux servers... Should I care?

  4. Re:Google trying to save face, except it won't wor on Google Outs 3D Maps For iOS Ahead of Apple · · Score: 1

    Some kids just like to tight.

  5. Re:Google trying to save face, except it won't wor on Google Outs 3D Maps For iOS Ahead of Apple · · Score: 1

    I thought Google used Navteq data, like most of the players in the industry. Ie the map data that still shows the new Tollways where I live a good 100 meters to the left, and warns me about drowning in the pond I'm "driving through."

  6. Easy: Hire more women on Ask Slashdot: Preempting Sexual Harassment In the Workplace? · · Score: 1

    A gender balanced workplace is usually more effective anyway.

  7. Re:Wish I could've had one at HP on Being Honest In Exit Interviews Is Pointless · · Score: 1

    They got rid of free coffee at HP. I understand your pain. I would be bitter about that too.

  8. Re:Exit Interviews are always flowery on Being Honest In Exit Interviews Is Pointless · · Score: 1

    So, you expect me to lie?

    Exactly. The correct thing to say in an exit interview is: nothing, except facts that are strictly required. Such as the manner in which your personal effects are to be returned to you. Above all, do not sign anything. Nothing. You have no obligation to, and nothing you sign will do you any good.

    Let's recap: say nothing. Sign nothing. Smile. Shake hands. Leave and get on with life. If you were treated unfairly, the time for redress is later. Meanwhile, you can at least take solace in the fact your HR friends will be feeling distinctly uncomfortable about the fact you didn't sign.

    OK, but what if signing something releases a severance package that includes, say, 6-months worth of Salary?

  9. Re:Exit Interviews are always flowery on Being Honest In Exit Interviews Is Pointless · · Score: 1

    I'm intrigued by this comment and the fact I cannot find what it is in reply to.

  10. This seems suspect... on NSA Mimics Google, Angers Senate · · Score: 2

    I thought Doug Cutting, creator of Hadoop, did a lot of the work on Accumulo too. And they open-sourced it for more people to use, how can that possibly be bad? This seems backwards, it seems the NSA is doing something good here in making up some nice software and releasing it to the world. I think the real question is what sort of vested interest these senators have in the businesses that would "sell similar technology" to the gov't.

    Vertically integrating your own software stack isn't necessarily a bad idea. At some scale, if you have enough internal resources, supporting your own code stack becomes more effective than dealing with a large number of third party contractors that are often competing with each-other and not 100% mission focused (think profit motivation). While it makes sense to use a COTS (commercial-of-the-shelf) application for certain problems, the problem of National Security I don't think should be corporatized. I think they should be using the best tools, whether internal or externally developed.

  11. Re:bad idea on China Plans National, Unified CPU Architecture · · Score: 2

    Another downside is simple -- heterogeneous environments make life easier for the blackhats. If everything used the same architecture, it means that a low level bug that can get code executed in ring 0 (to use Intel's terms) would affect everything from the embedded device, all the way to the supercomputers. Having different architectures means that damage due to a bug similar to the F0 0F bug of yore would be limited and containable.

    I think you mean homogenous environments.

  12. This story is pretty nerdy alright... on Zimmerman Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder · · Score: 0

    Not. I don't come here to read about shit posted everywhere else.

  13. LOL @ Gowalla people that went to InstaGram on Facebook To Buy Instagram For $1 Billion · · Score: 1

    OK, so, I know some people that were at Gowalla when Facebook acquired them. Some of them bounced to InstaGram. Well, gratz to them, their option values just went through the roof, but now they're back with golden handcuffs to stay at Facebook where they didn't want to be in the first place.

  14. Server compute? How? on Tegra 4 Likely To Include Kepler DNA · · Score: 1

    How will they bring GPU compute to servers when they killed their FP64 performance? nVidia and AMD just flip-flipped their GPU-Compute prowess in regards to FP64.

  15. More pissed when Burning Man sold out on Google I/O Sells Out In 20 Minutes · · Score: 1

    Sold out of tickets that is...

  16. Re:No HCl or Al2O3 involved here.... on Amateur Rocketeer Derek Deville's Qu8k Rocket Flies to 120,000+ Feet (Video) · · Score: 1

    No idea what you people are saying, but it's cool as shit either way.

  17. Re:So, was Stratfor taken down on orders of FBI? on Details Of FBI Surveillance In Lulzsec Takedown Emerge · · Score: 1

    Oh, I don't know about the FBI loosing credibility here. It seems like they rather elegantly took care of two birds with one stone, by birds I mean LuhlSec and Stratfor. Parts of the FBI obviously had a beef with Stratfor to have manipulated LuhlSec into taking them out. Likely rightfully so according to some of the fraudulent financial activities/insider trading their internal emails reference. I'm guessing some FBI agents weren't too happy with this group but faced internal pressure to not pursue the matter further... The FBI has thusly demonstrated they have extra-legal ways to take you down even if you think have enough inside political ties to keep the FBI off your operations, they're willing to work outside the system to getcha.

    I can't wait to see how this plays out, this is more interesting than any drama on TV or the theatres. My take away, neither the LuhlSec crew or Stratrfor crew were anywhere as smart as they thought they were.

  18. Re:All the President's Men on Wiki Editor Helps Reveal Pre-9/11 CIA Mistakes · · Score: 1

    That manager was named Richard Earl Blee and he is now the subject of a documentary by Ray Nowosielski and John Duffy, of secrecykills.org, who confirmed his identity using techniques right out of the 70s film All the President's Men.

    They had an FBI Associate Director feed them information?

    Well, if you listen to the interview @ http://secrecy-kills.s3.amazonaws.com/BleePodcast1.m4a George Tenet--former CIA director--slipped up and gave the information necessary to identify Richard Earl Blee: His last initial and the fact he was a controversial son of former CIA officers. The last initial and the other information was enough to narrow it down to one person. So drop the "Associate," an "ex-" and change the acronym, and yes, exactly.

  19. Re:Open-Source my ass! on Teach Your Router New Tricks With DD-WRT · · Score: 1

    Again: Where exactly is the source to the bcrm47xx driver? In a binary fucking BLOB.

  20. Re:Open-Source my ass! on Teach Your Router New Tricks With DD-WRT · · Score: 1

    Since when has dd-wrt been "Open Source?" It's very much closed-source. OpenWRT is actually open source, as in, you can download the code, modify, and compile it yourself. dd-wrt is closed, and often includes proprietary drivers.

    the source IS AVAILABLE and has always been.

    svn co svn://svn.dd-wrt.com/DD-WRT

    http://svn.dd-wrt.com/browser

    Just because you've checked binary blobs for wireless drivers into a source control system, and made access to the source control system public does NOT mean it is "Open Source." Good luck modifying a bcrm47xx driver in dd-wrt! Hope you like to edit in hex or binary.

    In summary: Not Open Source.

  21. Open-Source my ass! on Teach Your Router New Tricks With DD-WRT · · Score: 5, Informative

    Since when has dd-wrt been "Open Source?" It's very much closed-source. OpenWRT is actually open source, as in, you can download the code, modify, and compile it yourself. dd-wrt is closed, and often includes proprietary drivers.

  22. Re:Well... on FBI Arrests LulzSec and Anonymous Hackers · · Score: 0

    These people always seem totally unaware of how law enforcement works - slowly and methodically. You didn't get away just because no-one kicked down your door right away, instead they're out there collecting evidence with which to nail you.

    LEO's get a few lower end members, but overall, they're outmatched and being out played. LEO's are very disparate at this stage, and in fact, they themselves have been infiltrated.

  23. Re:It feels old and already seen on World of Warcraft Finally Loses Subscribers · · Score: 1

    Everything comes with trade-offs. Cleric tanks do a lot of AoE healing, but they can't single target heal themselves. Rogue and Warrior tanks don't heal at all while tanking.

  24. Re:It feels old and already seen on World of Warcraft Finally Loses Subscribers · · Score: 1

    What? RIFT is exactly what WoW is, only with different graphics and apparently no support for phasing of content meaning the game world is even more static than in WoW. The only thing going for RIFT is the more interesting class/spec system, nothing else.

    I'm personally eagerly waiting for Guild Wars 2; from everything I've seen and read the developers are atleast trying hard to rethink old conventions, ditching the whole tank-healer-dps system and whatnot.

    Rift will be the most visually stunning MMO for some time. As for "phasing of content" I'm thinking you mean how you "change the world around you as you quest or interact with the environment but only for you not other players." To that, I say "meh" phasing is all that interesting in WoW. However, Rift is a very dynamic world with constantly changing zone events, and new world events and content patches coming on a frequent and regular basis. The world changes, it just for everyone. And the PvP is good too.

    I like rift much more than I ever liked WoW. As for the "Trinity" I guess it's more than three? Healer, tank, DPS, and support. The whole rift spec/class system is awesome. Mages can't physical hit mobs evar, and warriors can't heal. Everything else is on the table.

  25. iOS - The most insecure OS on iOS 4.3.4 Prevents Hacking and Jailbreaking · · Score: 1, Insightful

    iOS - Designed for intelligence gatherers:

    • Stores detailed location data.
    • geotags and timestamps picture metadata automagically.
    • Has a keychain that's crackable in minutes so get all stored passwords.
    • Has all kinds of other "hidden data" candy

    And yet, my business still uses it as the defacto standard because they're puuuuuuuurty.

    Personally, I like to show off to The Man, so I continue to not care that much myself, but if I actually had some important job that was life/death to people, yea I wouldn't use an iPhone for work business.