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  1. Your name better be "Dell" or "Apple" or "HP" if you want to buy one of these things.
    Samsung has been parading around their OEM-only SSDs for about 3 years, and rarely are consumers able to get their hands on them.

  2. Re:Fermi and probabilities on Only 8% of the Universe's Habitable Worlds Have Formed So Far (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Because space nutters.
    (This is one of the few times the "space nutters" AC troll should come out and rant about space nutters.)

  3. Re:Oracle RDBMS license required on Oracle Fixes Java Vulnerability Used By Russian Cyberspies (itworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Kronos is used at my workplace.
    We got the email today - "don't upgrade Java because it won't fucking work with Kronos trololo".

    It's absolute trash.

  4. Re:Riddled with holes on Oracle Fixes Java Vulnerability Used By Russian Cyberspies (itworld.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't need Java for IPMI.
    You may need Java for your OEM's specific shit that is NOT covered under IPMI, such as graphical console redirection, remote USB, etc.

  5. Re:no wonder on Mythbusters Ending After Next Season (ew.com) · · Score: 0

    Speaking of which, considering how many science articles you post to with something completely wrong at such a basic level, maybe you have some experience with what constitutes a failed science education...

    Try again!

  6. Re:no wonder on Mythbusters Ending After Next Season (ew.com) · · Score: 0

    It;s pop TV being celebrated for being something more when it shouldn't be.
    It's like saying CNN is fostering journalism.

  7. Re: Anyone got Ubuntu Touch running on one yet? on Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book Reviews · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The better question is "Can I rip out Windows 10 and slap on Windows 7?".

  8. Re:Good on Mythbusters Ending After Next Season (ew.com) · · Score: 1

    No, just admit that you fucked up.

  9. Re:no wonder on Mythbusters Ending After Next Season (ew.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The thing that really pisses me off is that they get praised by people, and indeed pat themselves on the back as well, for being champions of science and blah blah blah. They're doing HARM to science and fostering shitty, ignorant views about it. It's like when one of those shitstain hipsters thinks coating their genitals in paint and rubbing themselves on a canvas is art.

  10. Re:The Entrie Crew on Mythbusters Ending After Next Season (ew.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yup, the only one worth a damn.

  11. Re:FTL information exchange on Quantum Theory Experiment Said to Prove "Spooky" Interactions (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    It's because they're stupid, that's why. That's why everybody does everything.

    -Homer Simpson

  12. Re:Distance? on Quantum Theory Experiment Said to Prove "Spooky" Interactions (economist.com) · · Score: 0, Redundant

    We have not seen things communicating with each at speeds greater than c. Entanglement is not communication.

    The "holographic universe" "theory" is a joke. Real holograms occupy 3 dimensions and require 3 dimensions to be projected onto as well as observers in a space to experience them.

    The "simulated universe" "theory" is a joke. Real computers occupy 3 dimensions and speed is determined by physical location (RAM closer to the CPU is accessed more quickly). They may not correlate to the position of objects in the virtual world, but the effects would either be observable for all objects (entangled or not) or not observable (because the simulated universe is blind to such effects since a reasonable simulator would wait until all of its fetching was done before processing the next universal tick).
    If your claim is that entanglement manipulates the physical position of data in memory (thus causing the effects to be observable for entangled objects but not other objects), then you've effectively broken out of the simulation. Then you're at the point where entanglement isn't a thing, it's just what you call the effects of moving memory in your simulator, which is part of the actual universe.

    Neither of these "theories" are theories. They're baseless, untestable conjectures that a 14 year old thinks up while taking a shit.

  13. Re:It makes no sense. on NASA Picks Winners For 3D-Printed Mars Habitat Design Contest (space.com) · · Score: 0

    The interior won't stay at a fixed temperature. Heat will build up in your insulated box. Humans and human activity tend to generate heat at a far higher temperature than is necessary to melt ice (we'll assume they're pressurizing the fucking thing and adding an Earth-like atmosphere, if they're not, then it's sublimation at a much lower temperature).

    Insulation does not regulate temperature. A closed box needs to have active temperature regulation for long term use.

  14. Re:It makes no sense. on NASA Picks Winners For 3D-Printed Mars Habitat Design Contest (space.com) · · Score: 0

    All that does is delay the melting.

  15. Re:Battery and Illegal Search on The NYPD's X-Ray Vans (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    America = Nazi Germany now.

  16. Re:wait a second on US Will Clean Area In Spain Where Hydrogen Bombs Fell (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you really think that line of reasoning is valid? If so, the UK, Germany, Japan, and Korea owes the US more than their entire GDP.

    Yes, yes they do.

  17. Fuck You, DHS.

  18. Re:wait a second on US Will Clean Area In Spain Where Hydrogen Bombs Fell (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I know I shat on your carpet while running through your house uninvited, but why should I have to clean it up?

  19. Failure to Present on Consumer Reports Withdraws Its Tesla Model S Recommendation (consumerreports.org) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And the door handles often fail to “present” themselves as drivers approach their cars.

    What kind of sexual failure do you have to be to desire a car that presents itself, ready and desperate for your touch, whenever you get near it?

  20. HIllary Clinton on US Will Clean Area In Spain Where Hydrogen Bombs Fell (nytimes.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Whatever you do, don't vote for Hillary Clinton.

  21. Re:"The code comes out cleaner"? on Bad Programming Habits We Secretly Love (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I make sure my code fits in 80 columns max.
    I do comment blocks like a well-formatted readme.

    ////////////
    // Stuff! //
    ////////////
    i = 0;
    j = 1;
    dice = "trash";

    It pleasures the eyeballs. (There's no way slashdot would let me post it in full width.)

  22. Re:You're the problem on Bad Programming Habits We Secretly Love (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    There's nothing wrong with GOTOs.

  23. Why couldn't you just use the first stolen card's body?

    As for the PIN, if it's wrong in an offline environment you'd never know. At best, you can reduce windows and thresholds for requiring allowing cards to be used offline. You can't stop this attack with the current hardware while still allowing offline transactions.

  24. Researchers Use ONE WEIRD TRICK to Hack Your WiFi! on Tattling Kettles Help Researchers Crack WiFi Networks In London (pentestpartners.com) · · Score: 1

    Researchers say that using this simple trick and information about iKettles, they drove around London, cracked home WiFi networks, and created a map of insecure WiFi networks across the city.

    How much more click baity can you get?
    And how is this a surprise? EVERY device you allow to connect to your wifi network is allowed to do so. Did you know your phone has a file in it that STORES YOUR WIFI PASSWORDS?!

  25. Since Slashdot is useless, I'll post a summary.

    http://www.net-security.org/im...

    Stolen chip with malicious chip soldered on top. No idea why you need a second stolen card for the body as shown in the image.

    Malicious chip MITMs the POS PIN challenge and says it's all good. Malicious chip in this case is a "FUNcard" chip. Basically a generic system you can buy for your laundromat, arcade, carnival, whatever.

    This was done in France in 2011. EMVCo claims they've fixed this or made it harder. They won't say how. No one believes them.