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  1. I use RoboForm for almost all password generation.

    I don't actually know 90% of my passwords.

    When it is a requirement for me to remember my password, I will do one of the following:

    - make a repeatable number letter combo (i.e. 2pt2p2PT)
    - use a phrase. I like to select phrases based on band names, album names, song titles or song lyrics (i.e. Red Barchetta is a car)

  2. You had me at Gemalto on Olympic Athletes To Sport Visa's New Payment Ring In Rio (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    The company who supplies SIM cards for all the carriers and is rumored to be compromised by the NSA and GCHQ... sign me up...

  3. 6. Not cooking all of your food by boiling

  4. Re:Obligatory on Scientists Announce Plans For Synthetic Human Genomes (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Man, I hope so.

    I am thinking life as a zombie isn't that bad. No responsibility, eat all day, no real conflict with each other. Sounds like a utopia really...

  5. Re:Careful what you wish for: on Scientists Announce Plans For Synthetic Human Genomes (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    No problem, I'll go after you. I promise.

  6. Re:Used To Take 2-4 Years. on DVD Release Delays Boost Piracy and Hurt Sales, Study Shows (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    I feel like impatience is the new normal these days.

    I personally have no problem waiting for movies or tv shows to come to Netflix or Amazon Prime.

    But then, I don't really care about much of the content being created these days either. At least, not enough to pay a premium.

    Before Netflix came along, I was the guy buying $2 matinee tickets for out-of-cycle movies.

  7. What the heck is a "DVD"?

    underwear I think

  8. Re:No shit Sherlock! on DVD Release Delays Boost Piracy and Hurt Sales, Study Shows (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Your time is so precious that you can't stand the few seconds it takes to skip (or not) the stuff at the beginning of the disc... yet you are watching a movie... which is really just a waste of time.

  9. Re:hanging on every word of a celebrity on Elon Musk: 'One In Billions' Chance We're Not Living In A Computer Simulation (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    What if the reality is that the universe has gone cold. All the stars have burned out. We exist in planetary prisons underground reliving a long forgotten past.

  10. Re:If we had flying cars... on Elon Musk: 'One In Billions' Chance We're Not Living In A Computer Simulation (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    So the definition of a flying car is one that stays on the road? riiiiight...

  11. Re:If we had flying cars... on Elon Musk: 'One In Billions' Chance We're Not Living In A Computer Simulation (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    I can understand perfectly why the machines will want to wipe us out.

    I agree completely.

    If we create the robots, then really, they will be our children. They will carry something of us into the future. I would say that our mechanical murderers are our natural evolution. Good for them really. They can get rid of the trash (humans) and maybe make something good.

  12. Re:Simulation, Multiverses, Panspermism = faiths on Elon Musk: 'One In Billions' Chance We're Not Living In A Computer Simulation (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    But what happens to the consciousness of the person whose body the fleeing consciousness enters?

  13. You sound like a closet Elon fanboy

  14. Re:This is what will keep MS afloat on Minecraft Tops 100 Million Sales (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    MS has never really been a consumer focused company. I would say that this is their entrance to the consumer world more than anything.

    As far as keeping the company afloat... well, that would be Azure. Minecraft is a drop in the bucket.

  15. Re:Less growth on Expect Substantial Slowdown In Smartphone Shipment: IDC (slashgear.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    Headlies!

  16. Re:Its a shame on 93% Of Phishing Emails Are Now Ransomware (csoonline.com) · · Score: 2

    Seriously?

    If anything, it would be easier to encrypt files in Linux because the attackers don't need to bring all the tools with them.

    If everyone running Windows today switched to Linux, you can bet that the malware people would rejoice since the very utilitarian nature of Linux would then be working in their favor.

  17. Re:Poverty on US Death Rate Rises, Health Officials Aren't Sure Why (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I, for one, welcome our new snowflake overlords....

  18. I have to say on Ask Slashdot: Why Do You Want a 'Smart TV'? · · Score: 1

    Samsung's smart TV features are pretty slick. That said I do have a Roku 4 and a PS 4 hooked up to it and use those devices far more than the built in functions.

    The 2 things I use the built-in functions for are:

    1. Web browser - The browser is nice and it has a predictive typing assist technology that I have not seen elsewhere that really makes typing things very easy with a remote control.
    2. Local video - I was very surprised when the Roku and PS4 couldn't play Matroska (mkv) files. Yet the TV itself saw the local USB device and played the files without an issue...

  19. Re:Netflix 4K only on Smart TV on Ask Slashdot: Why Do You Want a 'Smart TV'? · · Score: 2

    Roku 4 does support 4k content. However, there is hardly anything on Netflix that is 4k. Not worth it imo.

  20. And... of course, I didn't mean 1/4... but the point still stands... $900 million is nothing to shake a stick at...

  21. Am I missing something here? Her net worth was valued at about $4,000,000,000 and about 1/4 of that is essentially 0?

    I wish I had essentially 0 dollars...

  22. Moot point. His musical preferences are meta data and the government already has that.

  23. Re: Good? on Russian Online Trolls Resist The Light · · Score: 1

    People say a lot of things. Some of which turn out to be true.

    Looking at those correlations is not going to get you anywhere close to a correct prediction.

    I personally believe that what we are seeing now is the motivated core party members voting. I believe that in a general election Trump does not stand a chance against Clinton.

  24. Re:Pray to whatever god you worship on Microsoft Warns of ZCryptor Ransomware With Self-Propagation Features (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    How about just whitelisting applications on your network to locations that user's don't have write access to?

  25. Re:This is not an NTFS problem but an old API prob on Microsoft Removes 260-Character Path Length Limit In Windows 10 Redstone (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    I normally run into the character path length limit when performing a copy of user files within Explorer.

    Users will often type descriptive names for files but they don't have knowledge of character or path limits.

    It seems as though this has been sort of "half assed" implantation for a long time in Windows where some programs (including MS's own stuff) use old API's which enforce the limitation and other programs use newer APIs (or just do stuff directly) and work around the limit.

    This created many cases in which these files and paths can exist on the file system and can be accessed by some applications but not others.

    It's not a life altering change, but I welcome it. I am hoping this is the start of some long standing bug fixes.