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  1. Re:Dictionary? on Bug Exposes OpenSSH Servers To Brute-Force Password Guessing Attacks · · Score: 1

    Only another 2^64 - 19432 to go, then you'll have an unhackable server.

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

    > Otherwise could would not be able to understand them. So even with only one language, you would not be able to understand them.

    Funny that, I can get by in 3 and am fluent in 2 more, and I still don't know what that first sentence was supposed to mean.

  3. Re:Ithought on Unicode Consortium Releases Unicode 8.0.0 · · Score: 1

    when the G+ authentication user posts.

    FTFY

  4. I bloody told you ... on LastPass Reporting a Security Breach, Including Authentication Hashes and Salts · · Score: 0

    Eggs and Baskets, I've been saying it for years.

    Protecting all your different passwords with one password is fucking nonsensical. And hosting the encrypted (sic) file on the cloud is doubly so.

  5. Re:And I wish... on New OpenSSL Security Advisory Announced · · Score: 1

    Anything but GNUTLS. I tried that piece of shit a few years ago, and encountered a database corruption bug that just killed your SSL at random intervals without warning and no messages in error_log. Only solution was to delete the database before restarting apache ... a restart by itself didn't fix the db.

  6. Re:Routing around it. on Reddit Removes Communities To Address Harassment, Users Respond · · Score: 0

    Only because some fat cunt was blocking the door! I'll let myself out ...

  7. Never attribute to maliciousness etc etc ... on Anti-TPP Website Being Blacklisted · · Score: 5, Informative

    So, he's using a domain without an SPF record (allowing it to be spoofed), and Cloudflare hosting which is notorius for spam and botnets. The same domain name with .RU extension is already associated with generating spam.

    Furthermore, his homepage is chocka-block with links, that anyone could mistake for a link-farm / spam page.

    There's no grand conspiracy here, just a webmaster who's not terribly savvy and some overzealous AI heuristics at Spamhaus, FB and Twitter playing it safe.

    Nothing more to see here, please move along.

  8. Re:When detail levels vary by screen size on How Much JavaScript Do You Need To Know For an Entry-Level Job? · · Score: 1

    He said sending, not hiding. As in a different ajax request and DOM population based on device.

    CSS Media queries in this context just mean you have to download all the data anyway, and then selectively hide bits. Not an ideal solution is it?

  9. Re:Hard To Say on How Much JavaScript Do You Need To Know For an Entry-Level Job? · · Score: 1

    Yes, you could also rip the starter motor out of your car, and bump-start it each morning.

    The rest of us prefer a functional web, not something that looks like it belongs in 1995.

  10. Re:This is Boeing Tech Support on Long Uptime Makes Boeing 787 Lose Electrical Power · · Score: 1

    Cannot find CNTL key, please suggest alternative.

  11. Re:Systemd may be a joke -- but you don't get it on Ubuntu 15.04 Released, First Version To Feature systemd · · Score: 1

    > The road to systemd began with a need for process tracking.

    And seemingly, throwing away the information a failing process gives you assists in this tracking ?

  12. Re:Tabs vs Spaces on Stack Overflow 2015 Developer Survey Reveals Coder Stats · · Score: 1

    > Spaces are 1 space. Tabs are a random number of spaces

    Except in HTML, where any random number of spaces is 1 space. Worst decision ever.

  13. Re:Web sites on Popular Android Package Uses Just XOR -- and That's Not the Worst Part · · Score: 1

    Nothing with broccoli in it could *ever* be described as "best".

  14. Re:In a Plugin! on MP3 Backend of Firefox and Thunderbird Found Vulnerable · · Score: 1

    > This is the main solution of Firefox for playing MP3 files internally.
    Bollocks
    VLC Player is *the main solution*, and doesn't fall foul of this vulnerability,
    Your system is only as good as the weakest software you install.

  15. Re:Prediction on EFF: Wider Use of HTTPS Could Have Prevented Attack Against GitHub · · Score: 1

    www.openssl.com Basic SSL certificates free with an email address, wildcard SSL $59 with proof of address and identity (i.e. passport and 2 recent billing for utilities gas electric water etc) good for 1 year. How difficult could it be?

  16. Huh? on Is That Dress White and Gold Or Blue and Black? · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one who sees blue and gold?

  17. ooooo on Linux Foundation: Bugs Can Be Made Shallow With Proper Funding · · Score: 1

    > The solution is to fund projects that need help

    But then it's not FOSS anymore? How will they resolve this massive ethical dilemma?

  18. Re: New term on Samsung Smart TVs Don't Encrypt the Voice Data They Collect · · Score: 1

    I beg to differ after reverse engineering a bastardized version of LZSS used on CDs supplied by a major home and garden chain, simply by staring at it long enough and recognizing the flags, lengths and offset patterns. Encrypted data is a whole other kettle of fish to compressed data.

  19. Not even trying on MIT Unifies Web Development In Single, Speedy New Language · · Score: 1

    Come on guys! Framesets in 2014, seriously?

  20. Good? on UK Man Arrested Over "Offensive" Tweet · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Especially in Glasgow of all places, if you said this to someones face, you'd get your heed caved in. What makes the Internet so special that it absolves idiots from responsibility for their words?

    It's a simple enough rule of thumb, if you wouldn't say it in real life to someones face, then don't say it online behind a shield of anonymity.

  21. Re:JPEG2000 replaced JPEG on Bellard Creates New Image Format To Replace JPEG · · Score: 0

    "Same-origin policy is a nightmare for use with CDNs"

    It's not *that* big a deal. We've been using Rackspace CDN solution, and they allow you to set "Access-Control-Allow-Origin:*". After that it's just a matter of enabling CORS in your AJAX, which is one line of jQuery. Then you can fetch data from anywhere without your browser croaking.

  22. Re:Local file on Safari Stores Previous Browsing Session Data Unencrypted · · Score: 1

    > Look, even if someone gets local access to your files, you are still less fucked if some of them are encrypted.

    Which is total bollocks if the encryption key is on the same machine. A computer that is rooted is no longer secure, any data that can be decrypted locally is the same as if it was plaintext anyway.

  23. Re:Google Chrome virtual machine? on Google Is Building a Way To Launch Chrome Apps Without Installation · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This. Did we learn nothing from IE6 and the ActiveX legacy?

    At a time when developers should be writing stuff that works across any browser (HTML5, CSS, JS), Chrome is trying to divide the web again with things that "only work" in their browser.

  24. End Result? on CMU AI Learning Common Sense By Watching the Internet · · Score: 1

    I imagine that once the learning phase is complete, the AI will respond with a single phrase.

    "Tits or GTFO".

  25. Re:Download here for those that missed it on Happy 50th Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    > At the same time as everyone else. It was simulcast in 75 countries, out of 194 ... SE Asia got almost zero coverage. Thank heavens for torrents.