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  1. The real Slashdot angle here? on Thief Returns Stolen Laptop Contents On USB Stick · · Score: 2, Funny

    Flash memory is so efficient that you can store 10 years of scientific research on one USB stick. Now, that's progress!

  2. Assignment is/was the problem on NRO Warns They Are On Final IPv4 Address Blocks · · Score: 1

    I work for a small company that at most has had 14 full-time employees that started back in the mid 90s. My boss had full class-C block back in the day which worked out to about 20 IPs per employee. He surrendered it years ago, though.

  3. Re:The cult of UNIX on Desktop Linux Is Dead · · Score: 1

    In my mind, the problem will never be resolved because of a cultural "deficiency" in the IT community. There's this kind of elitist "we can, you wish you could too" attitude that gleefully locks out other users. Paraphrasing a quote I read from an open source developer not bothering to answer a noobie's question, "it was hard to write, it should be hard to use!" I honestly think a lot of IT guys LIKE being a part of a minority and see no value in putting forth effort to make their work easily accessible. Back when I was working a lot with open source projects, I can't count the number of times when I asked for documentation on an API was told to "read the header comments". Until the community realizes that you're writing software for your grandma and not YOU, Linux (on the desktop) will continue to be a fringe player.

  4. Re:PR Translation on Facebook, Microsoft Team Up Against Google · · Score: 0, Troll

    As much as it hurts to say this, I'd rather use Bing than Google for searches nowadays. I just get tired of Google hits flooding me with advertising and not what I'm looking for. Maybe Bing will get there one day, too, but I'm having better luck with it right now.

  5. Re:There is a battle for the future of... on Facebook, Microsoft Team Up Against Google · · Score: 1

    You left out the hordes of people who don't care about their privacy any more. I've been watching with mouth agape as we're all treating Total Information Awareness as a "feature".

  6. I hope this doesn't turn into a hater thread on Bjarne Stroustrup Reflects On 25 Years of C++ · · Score: 1

    I started up with C++ later in my career, and despite the difficulty you face working it, I appreciate the ingenuity it took to create the language in the context it was written. It's not like creating Java or C# with a clean slate and years of experience with the pros and cons of their progenitor on the books. I came to C++ from the Java world and the ubiquity, power, and performance you get with it are well appreciated in my book, though that beautiful bride comes with a dowry of deficiencies.

  7. I had the same problem with mynocks on Denver Airport Overrun by Car-Eating Rabbits · · Score: 1

    They kept chewing on the power couplings outside my YT-1300.

  8. I hear those units are expensive on Careful What You Post, the FBI Has More of These · · Score: 1

    I wonder how much one would go for on eBay? Hmmm...

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  9. Re:What about h4XX0rZ? on Robots Guarding US Nuclear Stockpiles In Nevada · · Score: 1

    I think any sort of programmer outdoors would fall under "something that shouldn't be there"

  10. Aren't fusion plants around the corner? on Economy Puts US Nuclear Reactors Back In Doubt · · Score: 1

    I'm not being facetious, I've watched a few documentaries where the scientists guessed we'd have viable fusion technology in 10 years or so. I'm not talking in cars, I'm talking power plant scale.

  11. You wouldn't have to become a villian... on Study Finds Most Would Become Supervillians If Given Powers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...to get what you wanted. Anything you wanted would be given to you anyway. You'd be showered with acclaim, access, women, riches, and political power if you were a superhero. If you had the patience of a goldfish, you wouldn't have to go around using your super strength to break into bank vaults. About the only thing I thing you'd have to worry about is those currently in power being intimidated by you and trying to knock you off or extort you to control you.

  12. Can't desert climates just use stills? on Alaska To Export Billions of Gallons of Water · · Score: 1

    I have no clue about how this would work, but I watched an episode of a survival show where urine can made potable by letting desert evaporate it, then capture it and allow it to trickle back into a container. Wouldn't that work for sea water as well?

  13. Thanks, another reason not to sign up on Lighthearted Facebook Friends Could Make You Join NAMBLA Group · · Score: 1

    I decided to be uncool and stay out of Facebook. I feel better and better about that decision every week from the articles I see. Now, why on earth would Facebook allow other people to subscribe YOU to a group?

  14. Re:800 employees? on Final Space Shuttle External Tank Ready For Its Closeup · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The Shuttle hasn't been a static design for the last 30 years.

  15. I think I get the intention of this article on Flat Pay Prompts 1 In 3 In IT To Consider Jump · · Score: 1

    I bet the author xeroxed it and left a few copies laying strategically around the office.

  16. From my 2 years as a HS lab monitor on Simple Virus For Teaching? · · Score: 1

    I consider this a pretty bad idea. A terrible idea. I commend your efforts to think outside the box, but anything you give or show these kids is bound to show up somewhere it shouldn't be. It's been my experience that study at this level of security is in the purview of much more advanced students who can truly understand what the code is doing and handle the responsibility of that knowledge. Your students will gain much more from a focus on productive coding rather than exploits. That's not to say that there isn't the oddball guru in your class or among this article's Slashdot readers who could handle it without a hitch. But, at their level the cost/benefit just isn't worth it.

  17. Re:I have one... on Gaming Mouse Changes Shape For a Custom Fit · · Score: 2, Funny

    What tipped me off was the 1029 UID combined with "fiancee" who wants to game.

  18. Re:My God Google is really starting to scare me on GoogleSharing, Now With No Trust Required · · Score: 1

    It is turned off. My point is, it keeps trying to turn itself back ON!!! Thanks for your moronic anti-fanboy non sequitor, though.

  19. My God Google is really starting to scare me on GoogleSharing, Now With No Trust Required · · Score: 1

    I got an Android phone a month ago and that damned think does everything in its power to get you to enable "total information awareness" settings. Every time I use Google Maps I've got to proactively stop it from sharing my location information. Apps like this will be a blessing as soon as we see a more complete suite of pro-privacy variants come into being.

  20. Re:Did They Account for Individual Taste? on Study Finds the Perfect Ratio of Attractiveness · · Score: 1

    They seem to have better proportions IMO. Taller, fit women seem to get that "lanky" look.

  21. Re:No wonder SaaS seems so appealing on Android Software Piracy Rampant · · Score: 1

    Truth. Notice how many people are jumping through hoops to rationalize away this story.

  22. Re:Two things I'd berate Gosling about on Father of Java, James Gosling Unloads · · Score: 1

    1.) Java is intended for application and service development, not systems admin. It's not a ubiquitous language.

    2.) Do you really need an unsigned type? I find them superfluous. Learn how to bit shift.

  23. The ingenuity of this plan? on "Super Monkey" Security Force Used At Commonwealth Games · · Score: 1

    When winter rolls around, they all freeze to death

  24. Same advice I got for consumer car reviews on Game Reviewers Face Odd Bribery From Publishers · · Score: 1

    When you're looking at reviews, you can almost always ignore the Five Star and One Star reviews. Five stars usually don't provide insight (giddy cheerleading) and one star reviews are usually hyperbolic reactions to problems.

  25. Re:No, probalby not on Motorcyclist Wins Taping Case Against State Police · · Score: 1

    If a cop follows you around for long enough, he'll find something to pull you over for. That's the point. There's a difference between harassment and enforcing traffic laws. Maybe your tire touches a line (swerving), maybe you make a left-hand turn into the right lane, maybe your stop isn't complete. You WILL make a mistake since drivers aren't perfect.