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  1. Re:This is why I gave up PC gaming on AMD Radeon R9 Fury X Launched, Independent Benchmarks, HBM Put To the Test · · Score: 1

    All future sales of the PC version of AK have been suspended by Warner Brothers until further notice.
    Regardless, one shitty game doesn't mean anything.

  2. Re:I'm going back to ASCII on Unicode Consortium Releases Unicode 8.0.0 · · Score: 1

    I'd be happy with a reduced set of 64 characters.
    A-Z
    0-9 ,./?;":[]\ =-+)(*&^%$#@!~
    EOF
    Return/Newline {we don't use typewriters, let's use a single character)

    Drop ', `, _, &;t;, >, {, }, tab, and |
    Yes, there are all in use, but fuck it.

  3. Re:Amazon search is AWFUL on Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Search Engines Left That Don't Try To Think For Me? · · Score: 1

    Not only is Amazon's search absolutely broken, you can't even sort by price. Sure, they give you the option to, but it doesn't work.

  4. Searching for exact strings is an option with Goo on Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Search Engines Left That Don't Try To Think For Me? · · Score: 1

    "Searching for exact strings is an option with Google"
    No it isn't. Google will never respect an exact string match, not even when you choose "verbatim". A search for ".sdd.sf" using the "verbatim" option will include results without the first ".", as well as the typical unrelated extra results listed next to the top result. I only use this example because it was the last search I performed.

    They ALWAYS try to "help" you. You can't even stop them from localizing your search anymore. At best, you can specify a country.

  5. Re:Problems causing Video effects? on Unreal Engine Code Issues Fixed By Third-party Company · · Score: 2

    Only idiots "tend to blame drivers" for that shit.
    The vast majority of changes in driver updates for AMD and nVidia are hacks for specific games to fix their broken shit and get them to not run like ass.

  6. Re:Software RAID issue with SSDs? on TRIM and Linux: Tread Cautiously, and Keep Backups Handy · · Score: 2

    Your RAID controller would have to pass the TRIM commands to the SSDs in the array for this bug to show up. The controller simply having TRIM support doesn't mean it actually passes it to drives that are part of an array.
    Intel controllers since the Z-77 do pass TRIM along to the drives in the array, but only for RAID 1 and RAID 0.

  7. Re:WebRTC on Skype For Web Beta Goes Worldwide · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure both Firefox and Chrom* support WebRTC in some way.

    Nah, Lucina has it, not Chrom.

  8. Re:Hash and Salt on LastPass Reporting a Security Breach, Including Authentication Hashes and Salts · · Score: 1

    p>All of the typical ways of storing password hashes store the salt alongside it. It's expected that an attacker that obtains the hash will obtain the salt. It's within the design.

    If you want the password hash separate from a piece of key password-validation data, at that point the extra piece of data is a secret and what you're basically making is a message authentication code. But, it's very difficult to argue that this is ever really more secure.

    The hash, salt, and user name are all considered to be not secret. In a properly-implemented crypto scheme, having all of those will allow not help you to gain access to the account or crack the password.

  9. Re:And I wish... on New OpenSSL Security Advisory Announced · · Score: 2

    Can one miss a point that isn't there?

  10. An Improperly-Hyphenated Title on An Origami Inspired Bacteria-Powered Battery · · Score: 1

    An Origami Inspired Bacteria-Powered Battery

    Which origami, specifically, inspired "Bacteria Powered Battery"?
    Who (or what) is referred to by the proper noun "Bacteria Powered Battery"?

  11. Re:awwww on PHP At 20: From Pet Project To Powerhouse · · Score: 1

    Did the person I responded to specify "programming language"? (Hint: NO)

    There is far more HTML and Javascript and XML on the web than there is English.

  12. Re:awwww on PHP At 20: From Pet Project To Powerhouse · · Score: 1

    The person I was responding to did not specify "programming language".

  13. Re:Fuck you Microsoft ... on Microsoft Research Paper Considers Serving Web-ads From Localhost · · Score: 1

    "So it is with some interest that I came across today some research by Saikat Guha, a Senior Scientist at Raytheon BBN Technologies and a partner at Microsoft Research, which investigates the feasibility of running web ads from localhost – from the user’s own computer."

    This isn't an MS-sponsored paper. It's Saikat Guha, Alexey Reznichenko, Kevin Tang, Hamed Haddadi, and Paul Francis looking to make a few bucks.

  14. Re:Amazing creative talent at MS on Microsoft Research Paper Considers Serving Web-ads From Localhost · · Score: 1

    "So it is with some interest that I came across today some research by Saikat Guha, a Senior Scientist at Raytheon BBN Technologies and a partner at Microsoft Research, which investigates the feasibility of running web ads from localhost – from the user’s own computer."

    This isn't an MS-sponsored paper. It's Saikat Guha, Alexey Reznichenko, Kevin Tang, Hamed Haddadi, and Paul Francis looking to make a few bucks.

  15. Fuck You on Microsoft Research Paper Considers Serving Web-ads From Localhost · · Score: 1

    Saikat Guha, Alexey Reznichenko, Kevin Tang, Hamed Haddadi, Paul Francis
    Max Planck Institute for Software Systems and Cornell University

    sguha@mpi-sws.org
    areznich@mpi-sws.org
    hamed@mpi-sws.org
    francis@mpi-sws.org
    kt258@cornell.edu

  16. Re:Same here in India on Uber's Rise In China May Be Counterfeit · · Score: 2

    Amazingly simple and effective.
    The investors for these companies are fucking retarded. The companies need to be taking a cut of each fare, not giving a bonus that puts them in the red for each ride, thus making this type of scam possible.

  17. Re:awwww on PHP At 20: From Pet Project To Powerhouse · · Score: 1

    The most popular language on the web HTML.
    The second most popular language on the web is Javascript.
    The third is XML.

  18. Deep Analytics on Uber's Rise In China May Be Counterfeit · · Score: 2

    Bullshit: "deep analytics, and new tools developed by our Chinese engineers in our dedicated fraud team to combat against such fraud."

    Truth: "We just found out about this and have no idea what we can do to stop it because our entire business model is based on customers claiming they need a ride then claiming they got a ride, and drivers claiming they received payment. We're a middleman that does nothing other than point customers to an unregulated fleet of drivers so we have no idea what is actually going on. If we were taking a cut of each ride payment this scam wouldn't exist, but we have to bleed money by incentivizing drivers with bonuses in order to maintain a public image and keep our name in the news. This allows scammers to fake the ride and fee and share the bonus. We might be able to catch a few of the worst and dumbest offenders by looking at the top bonus earners and their passengers, but that money is long gone and we won't switch to a sustainable model until the last investors left holding the bag demand it."

  19. Re:faulty premise on Xilinx and AMD: an Inevitable Match? · · Score: 1

    You seem to forget that Intel paid $1,000,000,000 for ICC bullshit.
    You seem to forget that Intel didn't hold a monopoly in the "chipset market".
    You seem to forget that the US government has recently rejected several proposed mergers for major corporations, including telecoms, that would have resulted in monopolies.
    You seem to forget that granting AMD the ability to continue to use their license is a much easier thing than stringing up a corporation and punishing them.
    You seem to forget that you still have NO FUCKING CLUE what the terms between AMD and Intel are regarding the x86 and AMD64 licenses. You do NOT know the terms, and you have NO REASON to believe that the license would disappear if AMD were bought by another company.

  20. Re:faulty premise on Xilinx and AMD: an Inevitable Match? · · Score: 1

    No, Intel's legal agreement with AMD when the original license expired was something you weren't privy to, nor were you privy to any agreements as a result of Intel using AMD64.

    Further, if the agreement is as you imagine it and AMD would lose the license when being bought by another company, AND if AMD was unable to instead continue operating as a subsidiary (keeping the license), the government absolutely would step in and laugh at the prospect of Intel being the only one making x86 CPUs. VIA isn't doing shit and nVidia isn't either (they have the option to). Intel would not be allowed to be the only x86 CPU manufacturer.

  21. Re:faulty premise on Xilinx and AMD: an Inevitable Match? · · Score: 2

    No it wouldn't. Intel is already a monopoly, anyone buying AMD would retain the x86 license because the government preventing Intel from controlling 99.999% of the x86 market trumps whatever bullshit is in the x86 license agreement.

  22. Re:Simulated Projection? on NASA Releases Massive Climate Change Data Set · · Score: 1

    Yup. "Simulated projections" are not data.

  23. Re:Fines for make believe racers on New Redesigned Citi Bikes To Hit NYC Streets This Year · · Score: 1

    Bikes do not have the responsibilities of any other vehicle.
    Talk to me when they're registered and they obey stop signs and red lights.

  24. Re:think of advanced civilisations in fiction on Colosseum Lift That Carried Wild Animals Into Arena Rebuilt · · Score: 1

    Hollywood absolutely does publish books and prop up manufactured "young adult" titles and authors as floaters.
    It's much cheaper to secure the teens and tweens BEFORE you greenlight the film.

  25. Re:I just never give them my info. on Report: Internet Users Feel Powerless To Protect Their Privacy From Corporations · · Score: 0

    The correct answer is Rusty Shakleford.