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  1. Re:Today's dose of fearmongering... on Iran's Smart Concrete Can Cope With Earthquakes and Bombs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Actually it kind of makes sense. They can probably build, supply and operate the nuclear facilities for much less money than what they will make by selling the oil that would normally be needed for the energy supply. By burn an expensive natural resource when you can sell it and use part of the money to make the energy instead?

  2. Re:Environment on Why Did It Take So Long To Invent the Wheel? · · Score: 2

    Wheelbarrows are only useful when you have *decent* wheels. A 4000BC wheel was probably no better at short distances than a crude sled, and a heck of a lot harder to build.

  3. Re:As users, we're getting fucked over. That's why on Ask Slashdot: Life After Firefox 3.6.x? · · Score: 0

    Mozilla is the descendant of Netscape Naviagator, so I'm not surprised.

  4. Re:Fine as is on Is It Time For Hacker Scouts? · · Score: 1

    I can't talk for the BSA or any other countries, but Canada is actually in the process of updating all their technology badges. The current one actually references scsi drives! They are looking to add Internet safety, security, etc to the badge now to make it fit current technology better.

  5. Re:We already have an obesity problem on Is It Time For Hacker Scouts? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I don't know about you, but knowing how to tie knots, set up a tent, use a compass, etc are VERY useful to me, especially since I like camping. And by the way, once you get to the higher levels, your group can actually specialize. For instance, I helped set up an isolated telephone network that spanned multiple kilometers with only a single power source at our last 2 Jamborees. We also set up Internet connections for kids to contact home and for the on-site hospital (no joke) to diagnose problems as well as radio towers and a dispatch room. Pulling cat5 cable through underbrush is a unique experience that few people get.

  6. Re:One time experience? on RIAA CEO Hopes SOPA Protests Were a "One-Time Thing" · · Score: 4, Funny

    that whole part was done.. poorly. but lets assume it's true; you can inherit all the memories of the victim with poly juice...

    The whole point was that the Death Eater was so good at his impersonation of Moody that he taught the class just as Moody would have. So the best Defense Against Dark Arts teacher Harry Potter had was in fact a Death Eater. And that, Ms. Morissette, is irony.

    (the map being able to see right through the disguise, and no one noticing until far too late... now THAT was bad writing)

    Actually, that makes sense. For a car analogy, who better to teach you how to deal with car salesmen than a care salesman? *

    * My apologies to any reputable care salesmen or friends/relatives of reputable care salesmen on slashdot. **

    ** Why does that feel like apologizing to the tooth fairy?

  7. Re:Newsflash on Linode Exploit Caused Theft of Thousands of Bitcoins · · Score: 1

    If you can insure Gold, Oil and Troy Polamalu's hair, I'm sure you can insure bitcoins.

  8. Re:Only root? on Torvalds Calls OpenSUSE Security 'Too Intrusive' · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't be a user-error that would cause that. There isn't a "print" and "firmware" folder, the printer detects the file type. If it's a PDF/PS, it prints it. If it's a firmware image, it installs it. If it's something else, it discards it.

    Your point is well take though. I always new network printers posed a security threat, but I never knew just how EASY it is to mess with them remotely until I went through the documentation of ours.

  9. Re:Energy? on Japan Creates Earthquake-Proof Levitating House System · · Score: 1

    Nah, by the time they've detected you, they already know your trajectory. It's the other 87 houses that they are now scarred of.

  10. Re:Here's a quick test of one of the compressors on Japan Creates Earthquake-Proof Levitating House System · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the possibility of the house *literally* floating away.

  11. Re:uhm, they also had an infected blood supply on Stem Cell Firm May Have Administered Unproven Treatments · · Score: 2

    Is this a US thing or something, because I thought that was permanently changed long ago. In Canada they ask information about recent sexual activity, but to the best of my knowledge it's all about quantity and risk, I don't think there are any questions regarding orientation.

  12. Ah, I didn't see anything mentioning that in the original link. So it's more of a pre-Oracle Virtualbox situation then. Good to know.

  13. Re:Wiki on Ask Slashdot: Best Practices For Leaving an IT Admin Position? · · Score: 1

    Just be glad it's not a grue!

  14. Re:Too much root is not a good thing on Torvalds Calls OpenSUSE Security 'Too Intrusive' · · Score: 1

    Is there an option to trust custom certificates you provide?

  15. Re:Only root? on Torvalds Calls OpenSUSE Security 'Too Intrusive' · · Score: 1

    I've never heard of this, how old is the printer you are referencing? The only printers I've had trouble using in linux EVER was lexmark. And we've owned about 3 HP business class printer in the last 5 years (we print dozens of pages a day EVERY day, 1 of the upgrades was just to get one with cheaper toner).

  16. Re:Only root? on Torvalds Calls OpenSUSE Security 'Too Intrusive' · · Score: 2

    Our printer is basically incompatible-proof. Not only does it accept PS, PDF, etc but you can actually FTP the pdf or PS file directly to it on port 21. The same can be done for firmware upgrades, just FTP the badboy and watch it do it's magic.

    Sometimes I love HP for making things so damn simple!

  17. Re:So what is your suggestion then? on Proposed Video Copy Protection Scheme For HTML5 Raises W3C Ire · · Score: 1

    Don't like it, don't pay for it. You have your choices including buying a physical disc and ripping it. Netflix suits my needs just fine, and I'm happy to pay for the service. It's a shame they can't offer it DRM free because some people want to freeload and enjoy the content without paying for it.

    And after comparing those 2 things, how long do you think we will still be allowed to purchase physical media?

  18. Fine, but my main point still stands.

  19. Re:Only when they don't already know? on US Appeals Court Upholds Suspect's Right To Refuse Decryption · · Score: 1

    True, the partition itself shouldn't show any evidence of encryption, but SOMETHING needs to be non-encrypted in order to decrypt that drive. Or are you reinstalling your encryption software into a ram drive every time you reboot?

  20. Either I'm missing something obvious, or it's free for 10-nodes and you start paying quite a bit for anything beyond that. http://puppetlabs.com/puppet/how-to-buy/

    Node Packs Puppet Enterprise with Standard Support and Maintenance
    10 FREE
    25 $1,995
    100 $6,995
    250 $16,995
    500 $29,995
    1,000 $55,995
    More than 1,000 Contact sales@puppetlabs.com

    You DID miss something. You pay those prices if you want SUPPORT for the licenses. If you can support yourself, just use the Open Source version. Sort of like RHEL vs Fedora

  21. Re:Widespread interest on Google+ Unblocked In China; President Obama's Page Flooded With Comments · · Score: 1

    You're making the false assumption that in a bi-partisan system that everyone who votes for party "A" actually wants party "A" in office. The reality is that most people that vote party "A" simply don't want party "B" to be in office (lesser of two evils). With multi-partisan, the same number of people are actually *happy* about the outcome. The people that voted parties C through G are just as unhappy/relieved as when they were forced to vote for party "A" simply to keep party "B" out of office.

    * Replace "A", "B", etc with your preferred parties.

  22. Re:More disturbingly... on Canada's Conservatives Misled Voters With Massive Robocall Operation · · Score: 1

    Just like how they ignore all the emails from Nigeria...

  23. Re:Only when they don't already know? on US Appeals Court Upholds Suspect's Right To Refuse Decryption · · Score: 2

    That's not how it works. Hidden encrypted partitions don't make it impossible to tell that anything is encrypted, they make it impossible (theoretically) to tell if the encrypted partition has a SECOND encrypted partition INSIDE it. It's like having a safe with a hidden safe in one of the walls that only opens if you use a different combination on the main door.

  24. Re:Great on Microsoft Killing Off Zune, Windows Live Brands? · · Score: 1

    Why not?

  25. Re:So what is your suggestion then? on Proposed Video Copy Protection Scheme For HTML5 Raises W3C Ire · · Score: 1

    They are only convenient if you watch them *exactly* as they WANT you to watch them. You either need a windows computer with silverlight (some people have had luck on macs as well) or a game console/phone with a dedicated application only available through them. You can't watch it on custom set-top boxes, Boxee's, XBMC systems, anything running Linux or BSD, older phones (including old iPhones), etc. Compare this to generic video content, music, hell even video conferencing and you start to see just how pitifully restricted your movie viewing privileges really are.