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  1. Re:Is Slashdot advertising now? on Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines · · Score: 1

    People never seem to understand this.

  2. Re:That's nice, but... on FreeBSD 8.1 Released · · Score: 1

    Deduplication requires even more RAM / CACHE than you could imagine. Don't hold your breath for it.

  3. Re:ZFS reliability on 32-bit on FreeBSD 8.1 Released · · Score: 1

    I've had those problems a lot. I highly doubt the fragmentation issues have been fixed though. Limiting the ARC can help a lot (via /boot/loader.conf). I gave up and moved to 64 bit and haven't had issues since.

  4. Re:No Drivers - No Java - No Good on FreeBSD 8.1 Released · · Score: 1

    Excuse me, but that troll you just pasted is over ten years old. I've perused my logs and found myself referencing said troll over two hundred times. Thank you.

  5. Re:I don't understand. on Dell Settles With the SEC For $100M · · Score: 1

    Well said.

  6. Not a 'Death Grip' issue to begin with on Death Grip Tested On iPhone Competitors · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The issue with iPhone 4 isn't about *gripping it*, it's about simply touching this spot to affect the signal.

    Just yesterday I was on the phone and my pinky accidentally touched that spot ... *instant* loss of sound quality to the point I couldn't understand anything for several seconds.

  7. Seems like a batch issue on iOS Update May Tackle iPhone 4's Antenna Problems · · Score: 0

    I went down to my local apple store and tested out 9 iPhone 4s. Of those 9, 4 showed the problem, while 5 were perfectly fine. The test was to place my thumb on the lower left spot, thus "shorting" the two antennas. I repeated my test on each one multiple times and it was consistent. This leads me to believe it's a production batch issue and not any of the other theories being floated around.
    Any software fix will only be covering up the problem.
    Of course, who doesn't use a case though?

  8. Re:Not Censorship on Google Patents Country-Specific Content Blocking · · Score: 0

    Exactly. This is just like Hulu blocking Non-US. It's more about licensing and less about evil guys.

  9. oblig xkcd on FAA Data Shows Exploding Batteries Are Rare, Small Risk · · Score: 0, Redundant
  10. Re:"OSs released since 1993" on Newly-Found Windows Bug Affects All Versions Since NT · · Score: 1

    The same can be said about all projects. This is why OpenBSD is so secure. It's however lacking in performance and usability quite a bit :(

  11. Re:How do we know it's not already in use? on Newly-Found Windows Bug Affects All Versions Since NT · · Score: 1

    It's a pretty common vulnerability. Bugs like this occurred in Linux recently, as well as FreeBSD (completely different kernel code bases obviously). Some things like DOS emulation require mapping at 0, but in most cases this is unnecessary. Both Linux and FreeBSD disallow mapping at address 0 now. OpenBSD has disallowed this by default of course for quite some time.

  12. Baseless arguments on The FBI's Newest Tool — Google Images · · Score: 3, Funny

    In other news, Ben Affleck apparently died in pakistan

  13. Re:Silver lining on Netflix Will Delay Renting New WB Releases · · Score: 0

    Yup, same here. Rarely am I getting a new release even in the first few *months* let alone 4 weeks. I've got a queue full of stuff, along with quite a bit in instant streaming queue. Love this news.

  14. Silver lining on Netflix Will Delay Renting New WB Releases · · Score: 1, Informative

    The summary forgets to mention that in return for the 28 day delay, WB is opening its library to Netflix for streaming. For the cheap price this service costs, waiting 4 weeks to see a crappy movie which I've already waited months to see since it was in theaters, really isn't a big deal.

  15. Re:Oh, the agony . . . on The Environmental Impact of PHP Compared To C++ On Facebook · · Score: 0

    On top of that, if anyone RTFA, they would see this was just an advertisement for his C++ web framework. Checkout that 'Hello World' app!

  16. Re:Better: "What's in the Box?" on $300 Sci-Fi YouTube Video Lands $30m Movie Deal · · Score: 0

    This seems like Half Life!

  17. Re:Yea on Microsoft To Get Malware Bailout In Germany · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Mod parent up please.

  18. Re:looks like it still loses history on BASH 4.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Don't get me wrong, I really like bash, but the treatment of history is abysmal. The default behavior is to lose history due to a race condition when multiple bash sessions that are concurrently open are closed in arbitrary order.

    IMNSHO, the default of any process should be to never lose data.

    export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a" This will append every new line to the file immediately.

  19. Re:Riddle me this... on Zombie Network Explosion · · Score: 1

    ISP do in fact do this. http://www.exstatica.net/2008/06/27/documentation-of-hijacking-of-irc-servers-by-timewarneraolcox/ They hijack DNS to try and remove botnets via IRC. Sadly they hijack a lot of very valid and legitimate DNS.