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  1. Re:Well it's about time on Integrated Circuit Amplifier Breaches Terahertz Barrier · · Score: 1

    Interesting component, I had not heard of that type of oscillator before. But the keyword is oscillator. They built an amplifier.

  2. Re:What is openh264? on Firefox 33 Arrives With OpenH264 Support · · Score: 1

    A copy of a commercial codec that nobody but neckbeards will use.

  3. Re:Does K-Mart use the same stuff as Sears? on Kmart Says Its Payment System Was Hacked · · Score: 1

    Kmart has newer registers but the screen where you swipe credit cards looks like OS/2 or Win 3.1 judging by the hourglass displayed.

  4. Slackware on What's Been the Best Linux Distro of 2014? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Minimal install footprint meaning no bloat. Install only what you choose plus no systemd bullshit.

  5. Re:WHY WHY WHY GO TO WEST AFRICA???? on Ebola Has Made It To the United States · · Score: 1

    No good deed goes unpunished. How can you help people who mob hospitals and loot things like bloody mattresses and other infected waste?

  6. Binary logs on Debian Switching Back To GNOME As the Default Desktop · · Score: 1

    No logging from systemd is now in binary form and needs special viewers and processing tools. So all the classic text programs like tail or grep or awk can no longer be used. This is a solution in search of a problem.

  7. Re:Systemd integration counted as a positive thing on Debian Switching Back To GNOME As the Default Desktop · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Go back in time 5 years and tell everyone Linux would be using binary log files, watch the fireworks. Systemd is from the same people who brought you the sometimes working Pulseaudio system. If init scripts did suck so badly then why were they in use for decades? Why was a replacement this long in the making?

    Next you guys are going to be talking about this great binary system for config files like the guys in Redmond use.

  8. Re:Bodhi Linux has died on Justice Sotomayor Warns Against Tech-Enabled "Orwellian" World · · Score: 1

    No, they were an init script holdout and systemd put a hit on them.

  9. PCs are the problem on Home Depot Confirms Breach of Its Payment Systems · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Remember when cash registers used to be glorified calculators? Now they are cheap PCs running poorly configured operating systems. You have tons of attack vectors open from USB ports to unneeded services. That and credit card companies are too fucking cheap to switch to chip and pin. The only reason the rest of world switched was because the companies were forced to. Not in the good old USA.

  10. Re:Alibaba Is Useless on Alibaba's US IPO Could Top $20 Billion · · Score: 1

    Google used to let you block certain domains from searches but not anymore. I found an add on that hides results. I haven't seen Alibaba in a long time but that stupid ehow.com always turned up and was never once useful.

  11. Re:more rules.... on New EU Rules Will Limit Vacuum Cleaners To 1600W · · Score: 1

    How often do people run their vacuums? Once or twice a week for 10 minutes? I'd hardly call that serious pollution.

  12. Shes not that great on "MythBusters" Drops Kari Byron, Grant Imahara, Tory Belleci · · Score: 0

    Outside of the show shes pretty average. She only looks good in relation to the rest of the crew.

  13. Its been done on Google's Driverless Cars Capable of Exceeding Speed Limit · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Some people already tried it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

  14. Re:Are there any reasons... on Tesla Removes Mileage Limits On Drive Unit Warranty Program · · Score: 1

    Well there is quite a bit more equipment between the battery and electric motor. Not quite like the old days of controlling the speed with a rheostat. That said for $15K you could buy a brand new car or a pretty nice used one.

  15. Analog on Hack an Oscilloscope, Get a DMCA Take-Down Notice From Tektronix · · Score: 1

    Nobody ever does work with analog circuits...

  16. They are on Least Secure Cars Revealed At Black Hat · · Score: 2

    The brakes are controllable on cars with collision avoidance.

  17. Too much bullshit on Least Secure Cars Revealed At Black Hat · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I bought a 99 Volvo S80 and it has the fancy auto dimming rear view mirror. The car was used so of course expensive mirror no longer dims. You can't even swap out a junked mirror because of the address bullshit. You have to keep the circuitry from your mirror and swap only the mirror itself. Otherwise you need the dealer software to reprogram the main computer.

  18. Backlash on Mozilla Dumps Info of 76,000 Developers To Public Web Server · · Score: 1

    Probably backlash from the 80% disapproval rate for that shitty new interface they dreamed up. I'm using Palemoon now.

  19. The old timers were right on HP Gives OpenVMS New Life and Path To X86 Port · · Score: 1

    OpenVMS will outlive us all. I really can't believe there are that many OpenVMS boxes in the wild. Can anyone list some applications still being run by OpenVMS?

  20. Good luck on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Do With Half a Rack of Server Space? · · Score: 1

    With the numbers that ASICs are doing these days can you even get one coin using CPUs alone?

  21. Fuck ESPN on Cable Companies: We're Afraid Netflix Will Demand Payment From ISPs · · Score: 2

    ESPN is the most expensive cable channel. It accounts for the largest chunk of your bill. I have never watched ESPN and don't plan to. Why can't they go with a subscription model like HBO?

  22. Re:Advantages? on Comcast Carrying 1Tbit/s of IPv6 Internet Traffic · · Score: 1

    Do you need to be on another IPv6 connection to access them?

  23. Advantages? on Comcast Carrying 1Tbit/s of IPv6 Internet Traffic · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So any advantages to running an IPv6 tunnel other than so say you use IPv6?

  24. OpenSSL on Black Hat Presentation On Tor Cancelled, Developers Working on Bug Fix · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How many people trusted the OpenSSL source code? How many people actually read it?

  25. News for Nerds you say? on Exhibit On Real Johnny Appleseed To Hit the Road · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah tons of nerdy tech stuff in this article.