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  1. Already made one on New PHP Interpreter Finds XSS, Injection Holes · · Score: 2, Funny
    And mine is open source:

    open( my $code, '<', @ARGV ) or die 'File not found';
    while( <$code> ) {
    if( /php/i ) {
    print "Exploit found\n";
    }
    }

  2. Possible work-around on Attack On a Significant Flaw In Apache Released · · Score: 3, Interesting
    From the source:

    if ( $delay < 166 ) {
    print <<EOSUCKS2BU;
    Since the timeout ended up being so small ($delay seconds) and it generally
    takes between 200-500 threads for most servers and assuming any latency at
    all... you might have trouble using Slowloris against this target. You can
    tweak the -tcpto flag down to 1 second but it still may not build the sockets
    in time.
    EOSUCKS2BU
    }

    Lower Apache's timeout to below 166 seconds.

  3. So basically on Aussie Scientists Build a Cluster To Map the Sky · · Score: 4, Funny

    it's a skynet?

  4. Re:The only robot call I got on Auto Warranty Robocall Scammers Busted · · Score: 5, Funny

    He'll call back.

  5. Re:One classic web design mistake on Fifteen Classic PC Design Mistakes · · Score: 1

    It's not a mistake. The more pages people have to load up increases the number of times their ads are shown.

  6. Re:Default installation? on Mono Squeezed Into Debian Default Installation · · Score: 4, Funny
    Did you figure that out all by yourself, or did you do something as unslashdot-like as read the summary?

    OS News reports that Debian developer Josselin Mouette got Tomboy accepted as a dependency for gnome

  7. Screams "action movie" on Apple Patent To Safeguard 911 Cellphone Calls · · Score: 5, Funny

    The protagonist is being tracked using GPS locked onto their phone, they realise this and dial 911 which puts the phone into a low power state and kills the GPS signal.

    Trust me, it's a lot more exciting than just turning the phone off.

  8. Funny? Bah! on Futurama Rumored To Return On Comedy Central · · Score: 4, Funny

    Emotions are dumb and should be hated.

  9. "Have you ever tried just turning off the TV on Futurama Rumored To Return On Comedy Central · · Score: 4, Funny

    sitting down with your children

    and hitting them?"

  10. Re:Yuck, a Chrome developer on Google Announces Chrome For Mac and Linux Dev Builds · · Score: 3, Funny

    Source: Conversation overheard in the Gates household

  11. Re:RIAA still douchebags on Court Asked To Strike All MediaSentry Evidence · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cockroaches survive nuclear explosions.

  12. Re:The more things change... on How Micro-Transactions Will Shake Up iPhone · · Score: 3, Interesting

    MMOs make you pay regardless of if you die or not.

  13. Takes me back on How Micro-Transactions Will Shake Up iPhone · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You are out of lives.

    Pay 20c to continue.

  14. Re:What about spam? on A Curmudgeonly Look At Google Wave · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're going to add a paperclip to the UI and whenever you type something that matches its filters it'll come up with a speech bubble saying "It looks like you're writing spam, would you like to ..."

    Spammers will go back to the traditional approaches fairly quickly.

  15. Re:40 minutes on A Curmudgeonly Look At Google Wave · · Score: 4, Funny

    Come on - 40 minutes attention span for the twitter folk is already impressive ;-)

    I'm surprised they got past the first 20-odd words, and didn't give up at the first "@" symbol.

  16. Re:Too integrated on A Curmudgeonly Look At Google Wave · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wave holds 0 interest for me

    I'm not all that interested in the latest Porsche. Is that because Porsches are bad cars or because I'm not in the target audience?

    If there is one thing we have too much of these days is communications. At least having to use separate programs or channels slows it down just a little.

    I agree, we use computers too often as well, at least downgrading the RAM from 2GB to 256MB slows it down just a little. And the Internet, gosh darn how I hate it, at least I can cripple it by downloading ad/spyware.

    Who wants more mail, more IMs or more anything?

    I don't want more, I want the same amount in the same unified program.

    What made Google so successful was doing one thing and doing it well.

    • Search engine
    • Email
    • Online advertising
    • Online documents
    • Mobile OS
    • OOS repos
    • Browser
    • $EVERYTHING_I_FORGOT
      • Geese, I wouldn't want "What did Google do right" for the million dollar question.

  17. Rebuttle on A Curmudgeonly Look At Google Wave · · Score: 5, Insightful

    * What happens when you have conversation with more than say five people.

    It becomes harder to manage, just like an IRC, IM or real-life conversation with more than 5 people. It gets noisy, confusing and you will probably miss quite a bit. Wave isn't magic, it will have limitations just like anything else does. Or perhaps I am wrong and it will have tools to manage this, either way it's a non-point.

    * Key Stroke by Key Stroke View Could Be Annoying

    Could be useful too. Turn it off if you don't like it. Another non-point.

    * Editing Ability Could Get Out of Control

    There is a history bar. Presumably there will be a history tab/page. What exactly do you want from Wave? Something that allow the entire playerbase of WoW to interact in a single document or something to allow collaberation between 1-20 people working on a FOSS project, or in a business?

    * Too Complicated for the Masses

    Email is too complicated for the masses. The Internet is too complicated for the masses. The ones that picked up email and internet will pick up Wave, if they have to.

    Essentially, this "look at Wave" made me remember this comic (the bottom one).

  18. Re:Uh, what? on Looking at Intel's New-ish Desktop Socket, LGA 1366 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Right after they announce Tim Berners-Lee's new invention. I heard it's going to change the world.

  19. Re:What? on University Gives Away iPhones To Curb Truancy · · Score: 1

    We're not talking about America.

  20. Re:Pretty sneaky, sis... on University Gives Away iPhones To Curb Truancy · · Score: 3, Funny

    assuming they're dumb enough to store such information on a device owned by a third party...

    They'll tell the students that they're going to do random spot checks on the phones and if there isn't any personal information on them they won't graduate.

  21. Re:What? on University Gives Away iPhones To Curb Truancy · · Score: 1

    If it's a "prestigious" school, as claimed, why should they care so much if the students are in class as long as the school still gets the tuition money out of them?

    If a University only gives degrees to students who attend classes, someone with the degree is believed to have good attendance and therefore the degree from that Univerisity is more valuable to an employer.

  22. Re:This is sure to boost attendance. on University Gives Away iPhones To Curb Truancy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The iPhone can only run one GUI app at a time, so all the GPS apps require it to be the main running application to work. So unless they're jailbreaking them the only way this will work is to force the students to have the GPS app open during classes, which makes it impossible for them to run anything else (such as Sarari). And if they close the GPS app they're accused of truanting.

  23. "large-scale mineral smuggling"? on China and Japan Covet the Same Rare-Earth Metals · · Score: 3, Funny

    Like buying gold in WoW?

  24. Re:Targets! on What To Do With 78 USB Drives Next Christmas? · · Score: 5, Funny

    512MB is too small, would too hard to hit.

  25. Planning in advance on What To Do With 78 USB Drives Next Christmas? · · Score: 5, Funny

    This year, add an autorun file that uploads everything on their harddrive to your FTP server and then formats their filesystem. Next year, send them USB drives containing everything that was deleted, or since you won't be on speaking terms with anyone after that you not bother and save a lot of time making cards. Win-win situation really.