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  1. Re:Rebirth? on Digital Tech and the Re-Birth of Product Placement · · Score: 1

    I've seen a lot of General Motors commercials. And they were all better than Transformers 2.

  2. Re:photoshop it in on Digital Tech and the Re-Birth of Product Placement · · Score: 1

    digitize any brand in later for who ever pays the most .

    George Lucas, is that you?

  3. Re:It'll be fine, brought to you by Carl's Jr. on Digital Tech and the Re-Birth of Product Placement · · Score: 1
    They're going to far, though. Even my 6 year old is starting to see through it. His question?

    "Why would they put Captain America on a can of Canada Dry?"

  4. Re:I think I can contain my enthusiasm on JooJoo Maker Is Back With a New Tablet · · Score: 1

    unpolished for something supposedly shipping in just a few weeks.

    Why not? It worked for RIM, right? Oh, wait...

  5. Re:Oh snap dawg, transportable on JooJoo Maker Is Back With a New Tablet · · Score: 1

    Yes. You can see the kernal through it.

  6. Re:kernel on JooJoo Maker Is Back With a New Tablet · · Score: 1

    So they are actually running on the Linux kernel?

    Probably only for very generous definitions of "running".

  7. Re:Advertisement? on JooJoo Maker Is Back With a New Tablet · · Score: 2

    What is this, a paid advertisement? How do I place my obscure product on Slashdot front page?

    I don't know about obscure products, but books are pretty easy. Cut and paste the documentation from a product into Word, take a shitload of screen shots, paste those in too, then write the whole thing to a .pdf, and send it to Packt Publishing. Then do a book review on your own book. Spell and grammar check is optional. http://books.slashdot.org/story/11/08/15/1342248/Book-Review-Getting-Started-With-Audacity-13

  8. Re:Custom OS? Next! on JooJoo Maker Is Back With a New Tablet · · Score: 1

    Next? Come on, man. They're never gonna port that to a phone. I've seen a lot of Steve Jobs fanboys, but the Next zealots are the worst.

  9. Re:in some office buildings the building maintenan on WPA/WPA2 Cracking With CPUs, GPUs, and the Cloud · · Score: 1

    By hacking the network. :-)

  10. Re:The Only Solution on WPA/WPA2 Cracking With CPUs, GPUs, and the Cloud · · Score: 2

    Who's fault it is isn't relevant. If you're concerned with fault, you must be a manager rather than something useful. The goal is to keep things private and secure, not make sure you get to point the finger somewhere else. If you're pointing the finger, you've already failed even if you're too stupid to realize it.

    This kind of thinking is, in my opinion, exactly opposite of good security. Companies who take a "Security is everybody's responsiblity!" attitude are doomed to fail. Something that is everybody's responsibility is no-one's responsibility. Being able to identify whose fault it is is a side effect of knowing whose responsibility it is. My responsibility to secure the network. The receptionist's responsibility to vet the people coming into the building. The facilities/security person's responsibility to make sure there's no way for 3rd parties to get in except past the receptionist. If the network gets hacked, one of the three of us fucked up. Then you figure out how, and take corrective action in that area.

  11. Re:Side channel attack? on WPA/WPA2 Cracking With CPUs, GPUs, and the Cloud · · Score: 4, Funny

    In that case, I'd like to ask if we could have your wife come in and do some testing at the mattress store where I work. Any time after closing would be fine.

  12. Re:The Only Solution on WPA/WPA2 Cracking With CPUs, GPUs, and the Cloud · · Score: 2

    The other thing, is that if somebody hacks you from outside, it's your fault. If they hack you from inside, it's whoever let them in's fault.

  13. Re:Taco, could you explain this on Sandy Bridge-E CPUs Too Hot For Intel? · · Score: 1

    Maybe this has something to do with fear of a DOJ antitrust suit. As we've said, there are lots of cooling solutions on the market, which are compatible with the chips. Yet intel "bundles" its own cooler with the chip. Is there a paralllel to Microsoft bundling IE with Windows?

    Honestly, you gotta put your conspiracy hat on pretty tight to get this one to come into focus, but that was the first thing that popped into my mind, so I posted it.

  14. Re:Android ? on Google To Acquire Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Bill · · Score: 2

    Only good things. Remember, it's not about Android. It's not about phones. It's about ads. Everything google does is just a way to serve up ads, and to serve up search which serves up ads. Google will make Android stronger. And if other manufacturers want to help, google will help them. Because it lets them sell ads.

  15. Re:Not a bad chioce on Google To Acquire Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Bill · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This might work out ok then. Because I think Google has some software guys.

  16. Re:Should be taken seriously on Terrorist Target Mexican Nanotechnology Professors · · Score: 0

    You don't have to bomb it. You just gotta hit a few of the sensitive coolant carrying parts with a claw hammer. Me and a few of my mates got drunk after our team lost a soccer match, and did it a couple of years ago.

  17. Re:usb is a poor bus for a display to much cpu loa on New USB Specification Promises 100W of Power · · Score: 2

    Who cares? If they get to the point that they can show HD video over USB 3.0 without sending all the CPU cores to 100%, then that's a win. I use a USB 2.0 / VGA adapter to increase my Work Notebook from 2 screens to 3. The USB one is usually just showing a datasheet PDF, schematic, or some other static display. Fantastic increase in capability for $50. The USB adapters have have their place, just like mobo-integrated graphics and $300 discrete cards have their place. The exciting thing is the possiblity of integrating this directly into a monitor. Have a sudden need for 6 monitors to display different power point displays at a convention? Just plug all 6 into a USB 3.0 hub attached to your notebook. That's awesome stuff. It won't replace HDMI or display port, but again, great additional functionality.

  18. Re:Storage capacitor manhattan project on The Electric Airplane Is Coming · · Score: 1

    No, he just does that sometimes. Last week he was in the middle of shoveling a load of brimstone, and the same thing happened.

  19. Re:Storage capacitor manhattan project on The Electric Airplane Is Coming · · Score: 1

    Yeah. What do you think we're gonna use to fill all those capacitors?

  20. Amazingly fantastic batteries! on The Electric Airplane Is Coming · · Score: 2

    A battery electric-powered ultralight aircraft has been flying for the last year.

    Flying FOR A YEAR? Crap. My Volt only goes 35 miles then I have to charge it or burn gas. I want one of those airplane batteries!

  21. Re:Iran is not the only victim of attack on Iran Forced To Replace Centrifuges To Stop Stuxnet · · Score: 1

    No, but I think it does a pretty good job putting a dent in the idea that we are good at keeping the lid on things...

  22. Re:Time for StuxNet 2.0! on Iran Forced To Replace Centrifuges To Stop Stuxnet · · Score: 1

    Jingoism aside, I agree with you. And I think they were responsible for Stuxnet, which was a better option than a strike. But if Iran gets within a resonable timespan of developing a viable weapon, expect them to attack. They will percieve the risk associated with inaction as intollerable, and feel compelled to act.

  23. Re:Nuclear Iran. on Iran Forced To Replace Centrifuges To Stop Stuxnet · · Score: 1

    Sometimes yes, regrettably. But usually it's just the drug dealer's new girlfriend.

  24. Re:not credible on Iran Forced To Replace Centrifuges To Stop Stuxnet · · Score: 0

    I've heard that they're developing "Fuxnet". It'll hack into Iranian Government Phone Systems.

  25. Re:Nuclear Iran. on Iran Forced To Replace Centrifuges To Stop Stuxnet · · Score: 2

    Man. Then that really sucks. Because Iran used to be a pro-US dictatorship. WTF do we do now?