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  1. Well, really now . . . on Infinite Crisis' Superhero Origins Story · · Score: 2

    Does there come a time in a nerd's life when s/he just doesn't care about yet another "origins" story?

  2. Re:It's been in bash a while. on Flurry of Scans Hint That Bash Vulnerability Could Already Be In the Wild · · Score: 1

    The linked patch only fixes the primary vulnerability. There is an additional trailing string processing vulnerability (CVE-2014-7169) that is fixed by using the patch posted here.

  3. Re:So flog the bash developer who checked this in. on Flurry of Scans Hint That Bash Vulnerability Could Already Be In the Wild · · Score: 1
    There was a patch released by Red Hat a few hours ago, and I recompiled bash with it. It seems the above issue has been fixed. This is the output I get now:

    user@host:~$ env X='() { (a)=>\' bash -c "file echo vulnerable; cat file"

    bash: X: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `='
    bash: X: line 1: `'
    bash: error importing function definition for `X'
    echo: ERROR: cannot open `echo' (No such file or directory)
    vulnerable: ERROR: cannot open `vulnerable' (No such file or directory)
    cat: file: No such file or directory

  4. Re:And if I am ridding in the car? on Text While Driving In Long Island and Have Your Phone Disabled · · Score: 1

    . . . pissed on a dictionary and strung together whatever didn't get wet.

    Is there an app for this?

  5. Re:You'll need a simple telescope on Newly Discovered 60-foot Asteroid About To Buzz By Earth · · Score: 1

    You would also need a good motor drive to track such a fast moving object.

  6. Re:Great idea at the concept stage. on UCLA, CIsco & More Launch Consortium To Replace TCP/IP · · Score: 1

    Internet speeds, which are increasing 50% every year

    Maybe you have access to those speeds. Not everyone does. I'm stil stuck (and there are many in the same boat) with 0.5 Mbps DSL for the past 5 years.

    You'll get left in the dust sticking with IPv4

    I've already been left in the dust, desire for adopting new tech notwithstanding.

  7. A herd of elephants? on Giant Dinosaur Unearthed In Argentina · · Score: 2

    Is that a standard unit of measure now? What are the conversion factors?

  8. Trapezoid? No, it isn't on Dell's New Alienware Case Goes to Extremes To Prevent Overheating · · Score: 1

    It's a hexagonal prism, albeit not regular. So it may be called a plesiohedron?

  9. Re:Loose Lips Sinik Ships on US Government Fights To Not Explain No-Fly List Selection Process · · Score: 1

    Every bloody thing is a security threat these days, requiring it to be tackled secretly. Our very existence seems to be a national security threat.

  10. Re: Please, don't tell them ... on South Carolina Student Arrested For "Killing Pet Dinosaur" · · Score: 1

    Nobody here believes your cock-and-ball story.

  11. Population II stars and globular star clusters on The Star That Exploded At the Dawn of Time · · Score: 2

    Why are they present mostly in the galactic halo? Also, stars like SM0313 are supposed to have formed only a 100mn or so years after the Big Bang. Is that enough time for Population III stars to have formed and gone supernova?

  12. Re:Poor material choice on Wheel Damage Adding Up Quickly For Mars Rover Curiosity · · Score: 2

    But remember the design specification was 3 months not 10 years

    Curiosoty mission was designed to last a whole Martian year, or 23 Earth months. So it was intended to be "multi-year"

    http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/m...

  13. Re:Homeland security would like a word... on How to Maintain Lab Safety While Making Viruses Deadlier · · Score: 1

    Why? Aren't there other modes of travel available? Or is the virus too snooty to travel via road and would instead prefer to be airborne?

  14. Re:Coley's Toxins? on Injecting Liquid Metal Into Blood Vessels Could Help Kill Tumors · · Score: 1

    Cyan.

  15. Re:So... on Toxic Algae Threatens Florida's Gulf Coast · · Score: 1

    only reason the filthy Ganges river has not destroyed the Seychelles & other pristine reefs nearby/quote The Ganges-Brahmaputra delta is over 5000 kms away from Seychelles. The only "nearby" reefs are in the Andaman islands (still a distance of over 1200 kms).

  16. Re:Second fastest on For Fast Internet in the US, Virginia Tops the Charts · · Score: 1

    Surely the CIA and NASA have learnt to use e-mail by now.

  17. Re:Whelp. on Siberian Discovery Suggests Almost All Dinosaurs Were Feathered · · Score: 2

    Birds evolved from dinos, while reptiles and dinos evolved from a common ancestor.

  18. Re: No real surprise on People Who Claim To Worry About Climate Change Don't Cut Energy Use · · Score: 1

    Ad homonym attacks are just plain dumb.

    I must remember to wear sunglasses the next time I read your comments.
    Blinded by thine radiance, art thou Helios?

  19. Re:Why on After NSA Spying Flap, Germany Asks CIA Station Chief to Depart · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I get a feeling that overt nationalism is quite frowned upon in Germany. I have had a few German colleagues in the past who refused to even sing their national anthem. So while it is reasonably correct to assume that Germans are loyal to they own country, I don't think national pride would come in the way of Klinsmann's professionalism.

  20. Re:A little behind the times on Police Using Dogs To Sniff Out Computer Memory · · Score: 2
    From the article:

    . . . then-MPAA chairman and CEO Dan Glickman said . . . "the dogs are some of the greatest employees we have here at the MPAA"

    You know what, I totally believe that the guy was speaking the truth. I mean, the characteristics possessed by the average dog puts it fair and square above an MPAA employee.

  21. Re:say what you will... on London Regulator Says Uber Is Operating Legally · · Score: 1, Troll

    I think your hereing abilities have been impaired. The phrase is "hear hear"

  22. Re:Did the editor know...this is Google/Android te on Disappointed Woz Sells His "Worthless" Galaxy Gear Watch · · Score: 0

    . . . its just habbit

    Is a Hobbit's domesticated pet rabbit called a habbit?

  23. Re:Another misconception bites the dust on Germany's Glut of Electricity Causing Prices To Plummet · · Score: 0

    Well, lignite does have high sulphur content, but anthracite is expensive (and also produces more CO2), and producing coking coal requires peteroleum.

  24. Re:Much like voting on Air Pollution Can Disrupt Pollinating Insects By Concealing the Scent of Flowers · · Score: 0

    Don't call me Shirley.

  25. Emacs support on Mozilla Introduces Browser-Based WebIDE · · Score: 0

    You don't support Emacs. Emacs supports you!