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  1. Re:Manual config on D-Link Routers Vulnerable To DNS Hijacking · · Score: 1

    AVM FritzBox is the only quality hardware I've seen in this space.

  2. Re:COBOL on Is D an Underrated Programming Language? · · Score: 2

    Nah, more likely an increase in retirement rate amongst COBOL programmers, requiring fresh blood to maintain the ageing applications.

  3. Re:Here's a fix the PS4 needs on The Fixes Sony's DualShock 4 Controller Still Needs · · Score: 1

    Yeah, can't really pause an online game, as you can't pause time.

  4. Re:One OS to rule them alll ... on Windows 10: Can Microsoft Get It Right This Time? · · Score: 1

    Sadly it's come to the point where my phone (SGS3) has more RAM than my e-mail server (512MB VPS with CentOS7).

  5. Re:Poor delusional old man on Japanese Nobel Laureate Blasts His Country's Treatment of Inventors · · Score: 1

    Nah, Australia is a loser pays legal system, so it's easy to get lawyers to take on easy cases like that on a no-win no-fee basis.

  6. Re:Poor delusional old man on Japanese Nobel Laureate Blasts His Country's Treatment of Inventors · · Score: 1

    They can write all kinds of things into employment contracts but they may not be legally enforceable. For example in Australia an employer may claim ownership of an employee's inventions/patents relating to their core business, but not all inventions/patents in general.

  7. Re:confusing headline. on Serious Fraud Office Drop Investigation Into Autonomy Accounting · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think you might be inebriated: it's malted barley and hops. In fact, I'm pretty sure you can't malt hops.

  8. Re:No mention of crop factor WTF? on Samsung's Advanced Chips Give Its Cameras a Big Boost · · Score: 2

    The Samsung camera uses an inverted sensor, which loses less light in the silicon, so it can get lower noise with smaller pixels. It isn't a direct result of a smaller process size.

  9. Re:Why is lack of male nurses not an issue? on Fighting Tech's Diversity Issues Without Burning Down the System · · Score: 1

    Really? My (straight) brother's experience as a nurse was that older female colleagues were like, "What are you doing here? this isn't a man's job!" while younger female colleagues hit on him all the time.

  10. Re:Rare? on Rare Recalled NES Game Stadium Events On Ebay For $99,000 · · Score: 1

    GGP said "NES developer", and none of those are NES games, all are from later generations. And it is true that Rare developed some shitty games for NES that were published by LJN.

  11. Re:Wbs.net on Back To the Social Media Future · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, chatting to schoolgirls on kmail web chat. Those were the days...

  12. Re:Call me crazy on Closure On the Linux Lockup Bug · · Score: 1

    The upper 32 bits of the current timer value are latched into the register at the upper address when the lower 32 bits are read from the lower address.

    Well in that case, you'd need to ensure the lower 32 bits are read first so you're reading the upper 32 bits that you latched this time through, not last time through. And if that's the case, the code is still wrong because there's nothing to force a sequence point between the two reads. The compiler is free to re-order the two reads in that expression.

  13. Re:very impressive on First OSX Bootkit Revealed · · Score: 1

    Hedge funds employ lots of tech people. Someone has to write trading strategies, systems for getting generated orders to the brokers/exchanges, systems for assigning trades to accounts, and the glue that holds it all together. They also need an army of IT operations, support and security staff to keep the beast running.

  14. Re:If the rootkit can close the hole on First OSX Bootkit Revealed · · Score: 1

    If you stop option ROMs from loading, you can say goodbye to using external SAS adaptors, bootable NICs, etc. It might be OK if all you ever plug in is external displays, but you'd lose all sorts of functionality.

  15. Re:Internet in Oz down on Extreme Heat Knocks Out Internet In Australia · · Score: 1

    I've experienced 50'C outside in Finley once. It makes you feel horribly lethargic, just don't want to do anything.

  16. Re:OpenGL on AMD Catalyst Linux Driver Catching Up To and Beating Windows · · Score: 1

    OpenGL on Windows is used by things like SolidWorks, Maya, Photoshop, Lightroom, etc. All those "pro content creation" applications. Games tend to target DirectX.

  17. Re:My phone isn't this crippled on Ask Slashdot: Best Options For a Standalone Offline Printing Station? · · Score: 1

    How the hell do people actually get infected with malware all the time? The only malware I've been hit with was the nVir virus on a Mac in the early '90s, and the Welchia worm on Windows in the early '00s. How do people get infected all the time? I don't do anything special or magical, but I still don't get problems with malware.

  18. Re:Smartphone with 50 Megapixel CCD sensor ? on Kodak-Branded Smartphones On the Way · · Score: 1

    Trouble is you need roughly APS-C sized sensors to make 50MP resolution worthwhile. Any smaller and quantum effects will make it too noisy. Not to mention the size you'd want for a good enough lens to deliver that much detail.

  19. Re:Screen Limit: 1080p on Samsung Galaxy Note Edge Review · · Score: 1

    Glossy print, you fool.

  20. Re:Knock-offs aren't news. on Samsung Galaxy Note Edge Review · · Score: 1

    So what's it a knock-off of? I don't see it being all that useful, but that's another matter entirely. Anyway, this is supposed to be news for nerds, and shoving another touchscreen into a device in a silly place is a very nerdy development.

  21. Re:Badly written on How a Massachusetts Man Invented the Global Ice Market · · Score: 1

    To be fair, he did establish a global ice market. There had previously been some local ice storage and trade, but Tudor established it on a trans- and intercontinental level.

  22. Re:This ice market still exists on How a Massachusetts Man Invented the Global Ice Market · · Score: 1

    Ice House St is one of the stops on the HK Island tram that I actually remember the name of :) Ice for keeping drinks cold at parties, picnics, barbecues, etc. is pretty popular in Australia, too. Bottle shops, petrol stations and supermarkets often sell it.

  23. Re:My sockets are made of high quality steel on NASA 'Emails' a Socket Wrench To the ISS · · Score: 5, Funny

    It isn't on earth, dumbarse. It's a space station.

  24. Re:of course it wasn't NK on North Korea Denies Responsibility for Sony Attack, Warns Against Retaliation · · Score: 2

    Oh what? They blamed Iraq for plenty of things they didn't do, and they've never presented evidence for all the claims of cyber attacks from Russia and China.

  25. Re:Here is how I use my Gear 2 on Ask Slashdot: What Can I Really Do With a Smart Watch? · · Score: 1

    What happened to 6 and 9?