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  1. Find / Grep on (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks? · · Score: 2, Informative


    I find a combination of find/grep to be pretty useful. Not sure about how unknown it is, but I do know that several UI-based linux admins around our office don't know about "stacking" commands. (I know, I know, one would think they would be mutually-exclusive ;) )

    find . | grep [string]

  2. Re:This is new? on Alarm Raised On Teenage Hackers · · Score: 1


    Script kiddies have been around since DOS days ;)

  3. Re:Oh Dear on Exchanging Pictures To Generate Passwords · · Score: 1


    Obvious flaw, is what happens when Bob and Alice are unable to take photos of eachother? If they transmit them to one another, then Eve has a change to read this image. Of course, they could also create an SSH tunnel, to transfer the keys, but.. that.. would.. be... ahh nevermind, I'm sure its been hashed out numerous times already on this thread ;)

  4. Re:Speculating on Sarah Palin's academic history. on Internet Co-inventor Vint Cerf Endorses Obama · · Score: 1


    I wish you had some sort of reference for these stats, as I'm too busy to research it myself. However, if this is true, and Palin graduated with a 2.1 GPA and has chance to dangle her finger over the button, then we are all in serious trouble. Why are the dumb leading your country?

  5. Re:Keep Your Fucking Ads Out of My Games on Google Brings Ads To Games, Game Ads To YouTube · · Score: 1


    I actually take the strategy of not buying products that are advertised, or alternatively buying products that are advertised the least. I hope this catches on, because we are constantly being inundated with this crap.

  6. Re:Thoughts on AI on New Contestants On the Turing Test · · Score: 1


    I have committed the equally serious and hysterically funny crime of chatting my girlfriend up, on MSN one late night in the CS lab, with an AI talkbot that I found on the web. Conversation carried on a good 20 minutes before it started getting repetitive and pissing her off.

  7. Re:traction control on Ford To Introduce Restrictive Car Keys For Parents · · Score: 1


    Not intended as a flame, but where did you take this course?

    ABS or otherwise, nothing will put you in the ditch quicker than application of brakes. Essentially once your wheels are turned away from the direction that the vehicle is driving, brakes/tire tread are useless, and usually quick application of the binders and a sharp turn (dodging an obstacle) facilitate this scenario quickly.

    I live in the bitter, frozen north, and there really isn't much you can do, except try to minimize damage to your vehicle/occupants, and learn next time, slow down. Really, slow down. 4x4 and ABS just get you deeper in the hole.

  8. Re:Better than root kits on Game Devs Using One-Time Bonuses to Fight Used Game Sales · · Score: 1


    Couldn't agree more. All apologies, the first thing I thought of when I read the summary was, "Who ever buys a second hand game?", but your post made complete sense.

  9. Space STD on No Space Porn (For Now) · · Score: 1

    And what if one or more of the actors gets sick?

    You mean, like herpes?

  10. Re:Children on Popup Study Confirms Most Users Are Idiots · · Score: 1


    Monkeys in the lab learn through trial and error that pushing the red button rewards them with a cookie.

    Yes, yes we should expect better.

  11. Re:This is only going to get worse. on Defusing the Threat of Disgruntled IT Workers · · Score: 1


    I see the problem.

    Pay is insultingly low, but there are too many unqualified people. hrm. How is management supposed to weed out all the dummies, and pay the good people their deserved wages? They can't, its not possible.

  12. I wish on How Nvidia Wants To Bring 3D Glasses Back · · Score: 1


    I wish they included a video showing how this technology will work..

    I kid, I kid

  13. Re:first off... on Activision To "Monetize" Call of Duty Online Play · · Score: 1


    I disagree. What a decrepit model. What we are going to see is another iD software come along, release a free (*ahem* shareware) product, that is so good, people want to pay for it.

    The industry is ripe for another iD, and the talent is out there. Not another Carmack, mind you..

  14. Re:If we are going back to the "old" days... on Twilight of the GPU — an Interview With Tim Sweeney · · Score: 1


    This type of device sir, would be a console.

  15. First dibs on NASA Patents To Be Auctioned · · Score: 1


    Shotgun velcro!!!

  16. News at 11 on Researchers Find Racial Bias In Virtual Worlds · · Score: 1


    News at 11. People are racist.

    If I had a quarter for every time I heard the word 'n*' in a CS game, I'd buy that new car I've been dreaming about.

  17. Re:Radioactive Batteries on Environmental Cost of Hybrids' Battery Recycling? · · Score: 1, Insightful


    Because going hybrid is going to make all cars instantaneous 100% reliable and breakdown free.

  18. Re:I really need to change my fonts! on Review: Spore · · Score: 1


    I played that game with my ex :(


    kidding..... no really :)

  19. *sigh* on The Cyber Crime Hall of Fame · · Score: 1


    Dumbest. Article. Ever.

    Mitnick never broke into anything. He called people up, and they relinquished their passwords.

    BIG difference between comprising a printer buffer overflow to gain root and calling Sally the administrator and asking for her password.

    As soon as I hit that one, I quit reading.

  20. Re:WTF on Examining Portal's Teleportation Code · · Score: 1


    This is true, this is true... but it is still fun to read people overcomplexify (yes, a word I just made up on the spot) an issue that at bare bones (save edge cases, as you described above) is 2nd year linear algebra :)

  21. Interesting observation on Paralyzed Man Walks Again Using Exoskeleton · · Score: 3, Funny


    Anybody else notice the pictures of the person in the exo-suit (save robocop) are taken at wheelchair-height?

    Hmm

  22. Re:WTF on Examining Portal's Teleportation Code · · Score: 1


    Although I appreciate Gamasutra for its laymen-type articles, in reality the portal code is quite simple. Simple matrix-multiplication kids. Take the rate of entry into portal A(incoming), apply this by the normal of portal B(outgoing), then multiply the new vector to the matrix describing the actor (in this case, the player). Don't forget the gravity vector!
    Not terribly difficult, as with the WII Mario gravity. Although, I can really appreciate the creativity.

  23. Re:Finally! on Diablo 3 Developer Explains Health and Potion Changes · · Score: 1


    I have a massive hammer.

  24. Re:Wait a minute... on Password Resets Worse Than Reusing Old password · · Score: 1


    I'm almost tempted to try to log into your slashdot account with lando-calrissian

  25. Re:The edition is actually in the title on Fallout 3 Edited Version To Hit Australian Shelves · · Score: 1


    So close, I would have wrote, 'ClimbIn 1/3'