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  1. Re:This is the problem with Linux Security on 5-Year-Old Linux Kernel Bug Fixed · · Score: 1

    My post contained the question.

  2. Re:This is the problem with Linux Security on 5-Year-Old Linux Kernel Bug Fixed · · Score: 0

    Linux and Greg K-H have both gone on record

    Who is "Linux"?

  3. Re:Good For Them on Percentage of Elderly In Japan Continues to Grow as Number of Children Drops · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Japan is not a city.

  4. Re:Far BETTER tool (Superior to browser addons) on Help EFF Test a New Tool To Stop Creepy Online Tracking · · Score: 1
    You've posted this same thing like, what, four times? I've not seen a response by anyone NOT ANONYMOUS with knowledge of the product you're pushing. I saw the reference to it running Ring 0 and needing Admin rights to install.

    So, no. I wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole.

    I may be wrong about this, but it's better to be safe than re-install my OS.

  5. Re:Oh Noes! on US and UK Governments Advise Avoiding Internet Explorer Until Bug Fixed · · Score: 1

    Home-Built TTL Computer Processor (CPU) http://cpuville.com/

  6. Re:Why do these people always have something to hi on VA Supreme Court: Michael Mann Needn't Turn Over All His Email · · Score: 1
    Men will believe anything, the more preposterous the better.
    Whales speak French at the bottom of the sea.
    The horses of Arabia have silver wings.
    Pygmies mate with elephants in darkest Africa.
    I have sold all those propositions.

    -- Allardyce Meriweather, Little Big Man (1970)

  7. Re:The NSA is becoming a new God for "True Believe on Snowden Used the Linux Distro Designed For Internet Anonymity · · Score: 1

    In the novel "1984", Big Brother made sure you knew you were being watched.

  8. I wonder . . . on Slashdot Asks: Will You Need the Windows XP Black Market? · · Score: 2

    Can an unused retail copy of XP be activated? Will MS support THAT?

  9. Re:How, exactly, do we know? on New US Atomic Clock Goes Live · · Score: 1

    I guess it's "good enough for government work".

  10. Re:I guess I'll have to install my own bugs now... on Bunnie Huang's Novena Open Source Laptop Launches Via Crowd Supply · · Score: 2, Insightful

    the post-Edward Snowden age

    Shouldn't that read "the post-NSA age"? Or do we still blame the messenger?

  11. Highway design on Prototype Volvo Flywheel Tech Uses Car's Wasted Brake Energy · · Score: 1

    If new highways were designed so the cross streets were above them (overpasses) rather than the highway going over the cross streets, cars would decelerate as they climbed the hill towards the intersection. Then they would save gas from the intersection going downhill towards the merge with the highway traffic. Less wear on the brakes and the engine along with a fuel savings. In some cases anyway. It's not going to be a huge savings, but every little bit would help.

  12. Re:Um no on Introducing a Calendar System For the Information Age · · Score: 5, Funny

    Urine volume should go metric so that last drop that comes out after you zip up would be centipeed.

  13. Re: Meet the new boss: on GNOME 3.12 Released · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I much prefer xfce.

  14. Re:DOS 2.0 on Microsoft Posts Source Code For MS-DOS and Word For Windows · · Score: 0

    Maybe Gates didn't like Japanese:

    In the "v20source" folder of the "zip" file, in the file "FORMAT.ASM":

    IBMJAPVER EQU FALSE ; SET ONLY ONE SWITCH TO TRUE!

    IBMVER EQU FALSE

    MSVER EQU TRUE

    KANJI EQU FALSE

    "Jap" version? Really? Wow.

  15. Re: this should never have happened on Microsoft Word Zero-Day Used In Targeted Attacks · · Score: 1

    Spell check wouldn't catch that.

  16. Re:Expected on WPA2 Wireless Security Crackable WIth "Relative Ease" · · Score: 1

    That's very impressive. What do those cost? I wonder how much to build a basic system around that chip.

  17. Re:Expected on WPA2 Wireless Security Crackable WIth "Relative Ease" · · Score: 1

    Would you please identify the CPU?

  18. Re:Expected on WPA2 Wireless Security Crackable WIth "Relative Ease" · · Score: 1

    Creating a truly random number generator that takes advantage of quantum effects is not terribly difficult. Many modern CPUs now have this support built-in.

    Call me paranoid, but I don't think it would be safe to assume the 3 letter agencies haven't already co-opted the design of the modern CPU random number generators.

  19. Re:Not so fast . . . on Google's Project Tango Headed To International Space Station · · Score: 1

    I wish I could mod you up as "informative".

  20. Not so fast . . . on Google's Project Tango Headed To International Space Station · · Score: 0

    I have read that NASA relies on Russia for the lift and access to the space station. They way Obama is dealing with Putin over Crimea, this project might not get off the ground.

  21. Re:Fuck that guy. on Jesse Jackson To Take On Silicon Valley's Lack of Diversity · · Score: 1

    Harley Davidson takes full advantage of that. The brand loyalty is insane, even though customers will admit they're getting royally screwed over on price.

  22. Re:I appreciate that. on Obama Administration Transparency Getting Worse · · Score: 1

    We are more "serviced" than served. Like a bull services a cow.

  23. Re: asshole on Steve Ballmer Blew Up At the Microsoft Board Before Retiring · · Score: 1

    Profanity is the resort of an inarticulate motherfucker.

  24. Binary on Does Relying On an IDE Make You a Bad Programmer? · · Score: 1

    Program via the toggle switches on the front panel or go home. Paper tape is for wusses. (IMSIA 8080)

  25. Re:metric, motherfuckers on Up-Front Seats For Tonight's Near-Earth Asteroid · · Score: 1

    I understand the statement to be that you will not find the term "football field" on any conversion chart. It can be measured in metric units, but isn't its self a metric unit.