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  1. Re:"1000 bits/ per LED" - LOL on Malware Uses Router LEDs To Steal Data From Secure Networks (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Same thought, what kind of rate is that?

  2. Ask our president-elect on Slashdot Asks: Should The US Abolish The Electoral College? · · Score: 1

    "The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy." - Donald J. Trump

    https://twitter.com/realDonald...

  3. Re:What a shame on Toyota Adds External Speakers To Warn Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    How are they mowing down passengers?

  4. Re:Huh? on Sony Can Update PS3 Firmware Without Permission · · Score: 1

    What happens when you need to update your PS3 in order to play newer blu-ray discs? You'll need network access to update it, and you're forced to accept their shitty agreement.

  5. Re:100% Contextually cromulent. on EU Parliament Rejects ACTA In a 663 To 13 Vote · · Score: 1

    Yeppers. Not only that, "affect" can be used as a noun.

    "She displayed a happy affect."

    Take that, society. Your world is now upside down.

  6. Re:Good. on EU Parliament Rejects ACTA In a 663 To 13 Vote · · Score: 1

    Wrong-o.

    Effect can be used as a verb that essentially means "to bring about," or "to accomplish."

    http://xkcd.com/326/

  7. Re:Sure on Write Bits Directly Onto a Hard Drive Platter? · · Score: 1

    Supposedly, with modern hard drives, the need for repeatedly overwriting data is gone.

    A single pass with /dev/zero should make the drive unrecoverable. There was a whole challenge about it, though it's now ended and was never accepted.

    From http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=79982

    Q. What is this?

    A. A challenge to confirm whether or not a professional, established data recovery firm can recover data from a hard drive that has been overwritten with zeros once. We used the 32 year-old Unix dd command using /dev/zero as input to overwrite the drive. Three data recover companies were contacted. All three are listed on this page. Two companies declined to review the drive immediately upon hearing the phrase 'dd', the third declined to review the drive after we spoke to second level phone support and they asked if the dd command had actually completed (good question). Here is their response... paraphrased from a phone conversation:

    "According to our Unix team, there is less than a zero percent chance of data recovery after that dd command. The drive itself has been overwritten in a very fundamental manner. However, if for legal reasons you need to demonstrate that an effort is being made to recover some or all of the data, go ahead and send it in and we'll certainly make an effort, but again, from what you've told us, our engineers are certain that we cannot recover data from the drive. We'll email you a quote."

  8. Re:Sure on Write Bits Directly Onto a Hard Drive Platter? · · Score: 1

    He wasn't talking about making the drive no longer functional by overwriting it with zeros...

    He was talking about a pass of /dev/zero wiping a drive, making it impossible to recover the original data.

  9. Re:Enough sensationalism already. on PA School Defends Web-Cam Spying As Security Measure, Denies Misuse · · Score: 2, Funny

    In high school, I was suspended from using any of the computers in the school for half a year.

    The reason? The librarian saw me type "dir" at a DOS prompt. I was accused of "hacking".

    The principal told me I shouldn't be using "dir" because it gets me into "directories".

  10. Re:Don't take candy from the government on PA School Spied On Students Via School-Issued Laptop Webcams · · Score: 1

    I don't know why everyone thinks wiping the hard drive is foolproof.

    What about firmware or special hardware?

  11. Re:Hmm on PA School Spied On Students Via School-Issued Laptop Webcams · · Score: 1

    For some reasons, high schools don't seem to think students are people with rights. I remember being told the 4th amendment didn't apply to me while I was at school.

  12. Re:Use it as cover! on Simulated Hack To Test US Government Response · · Score: 1

    Sounds about right. I picture a guy running into a room of suits yelling "The internet is DOWN!!" and everyone panics.

  13. Re:OMG, Luke Skywalker is right! on Star Wars TV Show Tainted By Memories of Jar Jar · · Score: 1

    Just because it has potential doesn't mean George can't screw it up.
    Maybe having a smaller budget will actually improve the special effects frenzy, but he can still screw up the plot.

    I hope he proves me wrong.

  14. Re:Is it time to look yet? on KDE 4.4 Released Alongside Website Redesign · · Score: 1

    I think it's under the Settings menu, something about saving to default.

    I'd be more specific but I don't have it in front of me here..

    Here's some people with the same window size problem, and some possible solutions:

    http://forums.opensuse.org/applications/430081-how-set-konsole-window-size.html

  15. Re:Is it time to look yet? on KDE 4.4 Released Alongside Website Redesign · · Score: 1

    Agreed. I used Gentoo for years but I wanted something a little less time consuming. I tried Kubuntu and a few others, but OpenSuSE has been the best by far.

  16. Re:Is it time to look yet? on KDE 4.4 Released Alongside Website Redesign · · Score: 1

    There's a default profile that you can save to, I haven't had a problem after doing that. I changed the font size and colors, saved, and it's been good to me since.

  17. Re:Trend? on Microsoft Phasing Out FAST Search For Linux, Unix · · Score: 1

    I also like how they put a spin on it in each case, and tell you its the best thing for you.

  18. Trend? on Microsoft Phasing Out FAST Search For Linux, Unix · · Score: 1

    They just dropped support for the original XBox live too. Are they looking for ways to tick off customers or what?

  19. Give her a potato on What Are the Best Valentine's Day Stunts? · · Score: 1

    i mean, roses only last like a couple weeks
    and that's if you leave them in water
    and they really only exist to be pretty
    so that's like saying "my love for you is transitory and based solely on your appearance"

    but a potato!

    potatos last for fucking ever, man
    in fact, not only will they not rot, they actually grow shit even if you just leave them in the sack
    that part alone makes it a good symbol
    but there's more!
    there are so many ways to enjoy a potato! you can even make a battery with it!
    and that's like saying "i have many ways in which I show my love for you"
    and potatos may be ugly, but they're still awesome
    so that's like saying "it doesn't matter at all what you look like, I'll still love you"