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  1. Re: Slashdotted on YouTube is Down · · Score: 2

    Awe. Your ID is cute. ;)

  2. Re:Slashdot has changed over the 20 years on 20 Years of Stuff That Matters · · Score: 2

    Wow, 30. You make me look like a newcomer.

  3. Re:Seniority matters. on 20 Years of Stuff That Matters · · Score: 1

    I don't come nearly as much as I used to, and I hardly ever post any more.
    But yeah, to have a UID as low as ours you pretty much have to remember WHEN they added the logins. For whatever reason the first few days I didn't feel like I was going to need one, but that was before I realized that the UID was going to become it's own talking point.

  4. What was on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Sloot Compression? (youtube.com) · · Score: 1

    What was that file format that was parts of sampled songs that were played back like a midi? It was "popular" in the late 90s I think. Maybe earlier. Pre MP3.

    Sounded like a chopped up version of the original song. Much larger than midi but much smaller than wav.

  5. Re:So everything is protected by a 4 digit passcod on Apple Will No Longer Unlock Most iPhones, iPads For Police · · Score: 1

    Well at that point it doesn't matter how many characters it is as the data isn't encrypted by the password anyway.

  6. Re:So everything is protected by a 4 digit passcod on Apple Will No Longer Unlock Most iPhones, iPads For Police · · Score: 1

    Oh, and you can set it to wipe the device after X failed attempts.

    Oh, AND you can choose to use a password instead of a pin.

    It's as secure as you choose to make it.

  7. Re:Sanity... on Apple Will No Longer Unlock Most iPhones, iPads For Police · · Score: 1

    The after the first fail it times-out for 5 minutes, then 30, then 60, 24 hours, etc... This is an example, I'm not sure of the actual times. But I've seen it happen.

    If you get to a dozen tries you're about a month into it.

    Oh, and there's a setting to have it wipe after x attempts.

  8. Re:So everything is protected by a 4 digit passcod on Apple Will No Longer Unlock Most iPhones, iPads For Police · · Score: 1

    The after the first fail it times-out for 5 minutes, then 30, then 60, 24 hours, etc... This is an example, I'm not sure of the actual times. But I've seen it happen.

    If you get to a dozen tries you're about a month into it.

  9. Re:Japan is still pretty backwards in some ways on Telegram Not Dead STOP Alive, Evolving In Japan STOP · · Score: 3, Interesting

    which is why I always try to address the email AFTER I have written. Keeps me from accidentally sending something incomplete or something I would totally regret sending at all.

  10. FIRE! on The First Person Ever To Die In a Tesla Is a Guy Who Stole One · · Score: 1

    See, another one caught fire! These things are unsafe, they're constantly catching fire! This is just one of many smoldering teslas!

  11. Re:Threats? on Mayors of Atlanta & New Orleans: Uber Will Knock-Out Taxi Industry · · Score: 2

    I know how you feel. I was ok through the first half but by the time I was at the quote near the end I was lost.

    Author Fail
    Editor Fail

  12. Re:Funny ... on China Starts Outsourcing From ... the US · · Score: 1

    You can go from Mobile to Huntsville and only see a little bit of that stuff.

    Get off I-65 and it's anyone's guess.

    There is the HUGE confederate flag looming over the interstate between Birmingham and Montgomery though, marking where to get off the interstate for the Confederate museum.

    Get down in the Southeast corner and be afraid.

  13. Re:Funny ... on China Starts Outsourcing From ... the US · · Score: 3, Funny

    As someone originally from Alabama, Thank you :)

  14. Re:Problems on "Super Bananas" May Save Millions of Lives In Africa · · Score: 1

    Are you serious about #1. And I'm not ONLY talking about cross field issues, but any Monsanto/GMO issues. You may find this site credible:

    http://www.monsanto.com/newsvi...

    Since 1997, we have only filed suit against farmers 145 times in the United States. This may sound like a lot, but when you consider that we sell seed to more than 250,000 American farmers a year, it’s really a small number. Of these, we've proceeded through trial with only eleven farmers. All eleven cases were found in Monsanto’s favor.

    And for #2 I'm very familiar with growing bananas in marginal conditions. I lived in Mobile Alabama, and while we can grow banana trees there, the winters often kill them back to the point where they nearly have to start over each year. Do-able but not efficient. But if they can alter the fruit to be more healthy they can alter the tree to be more drought and/or cold resistant.

  15. Problems on "Super Bananas" May Save Millions of Lives In Africa · · Score: 0

    Here are my concerns...
    and obviously I didn't read TFA.

    1. patents? Monsanto? GMO issues? discuss...

    2. Invasive species. I'm looking at you kudzu and jap-grass. Now this one may not be a problem. If the things absolutely took over the entire country I'm not sure people would be complaining about the massive amounts of food they have growing everywhere. Now if they took over but because of weather conditions didn't actually produce food, that would be bad. Unless people in uganda actually needs tons of shade.

  16. Re:Kids these days. on Kids With Operators Manual Alert Bank Officials: "We Hacked Your ATM" · · Score: 1

    Exactly, Title should be changed to
    Kids With Operators Manual Alert Bank Officials: "We 'Hacked' Your ATM"

    Additional quotes around the word "Hacked"

    Since it's not hacking.

  17. Re:UV on Plastic Trash Forming Into "Plastiglomerate" Rocks · · Score: 1

    I'm sure the plastic that's exposed is broken down but...

    1. This article is mostly about plastic that's melted in beach campfires along with a bunch of other crap. If the UV rays are only hitting the surface of the plastic it's not going to break down the crap inside.

    2. Stuff floating in the ocean only has a little bit exposed to the UV Rays. Most of it is going to be underwater. Even if it rolls around in the waves what spends times exposed is going to be much less than something sitting stationary getting hit by the sun.

  18. Re:LOL ... no ... on It's Time For the Descent Games Return · · Score: 1

    This is true... I'm only 37 but if I spend to omuch time in SOME 3D games now I get nauseated and that's without the VR Headset.

  19. Re:Myth on It's Time For the Descent Games Return · · Score: 1

    That was a good game too. I got way too attached to my troops and would reload the level as soon as any of my veteran troops died. Loved those fragile little sappers.

  20. Re:Hell Yes! on It's Time For the Descent Games Return · · Score: 1

    Yes, this was an awesome game. So much fun. Really great with a joystick that had X/Y/Z axis + throttle as well. I miss that game.

  21. Re:Grammar on Your Old CD Collection Is Dying · · Score: 2

    For those who don't understand my comment... They edited the OP. But didn't put the handy little "Edited: Fixed grammar" tag at the end...

  22. Grammar on Your Old CD Collection Is Dying · · Score: 3, Informative

    Please proof read proof read!

    "you may have noticed that many of them won't play won't play."

  23. Re:Get this off /. on Really, Why Are Smartphones Still Tied To Contracts? · · Score: 1

    I wonder how many people buy direct vs subsidized.

  24. Get this off /. on Really, Why Are Smartphones Still Tied To Contracts? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    First, this article is stupid and made more dumber for reading it.

    Secondly, people like to finance everything. You're just financing your phone. It just makes it a little more complicated that it's hidden in a monthly service. It's that simple. Doesn't need a story. Can we un-post this?

  25. Re:Why Male? on Male Scent Molecules May Be Compromising Biomedical Research · · Score: 4, Funny

    As a married man, I agree.