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  1. Re:Environmentalism on BP's Final "Top Kill" Procedure For Gulf Oil Spill · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You apologist shill. There is no such thing as an accident. Someone fucked up. They bought some cheap parts. Or didn't follow procedure. This is the same as not maintaining your car, and calling it an accident when your brakes fail.

  2. Re:400M goes to who? on Nine Chip Makers Fined $400M In EU For Price Fixing · · Score: 1

    don't be such a fucking austrian. hm, if they can collude and price fix, maybe they aren't perfectly competitive. therefore they take rents. therefore a fine will reduce their rents. go read some econ.

  3. el chief on Scientists Implant Biofuel Cells Into Rats · · Score: 1

    Combined with a form of fusion the machines had found all the energy they would ever need

  4. USB on Hot Sales In China For Wi-Fi Key-Cracking Kits · · Score: 1

    You don't necessarily need a USB wifi dongle. Aircrack on BackTrack works just fine with my Broadcom 4318 (aka Dell 1370) miniPCI card

  5. buh-bye isohunt on Another Stab At a Canadian DMCA · · Score: 1

    I guess this would mean the end of isohunt? a great canadian torrent tracker

  6. Re:Lots of "ifs" on MIT Unveils First Solar Cells Printed On Paper · · Score: 1

    IF you can print e-paper on the other side, then you have a disposable Kindle!

  7. I used to do the hiring for my company, and... on How To Find Bad Programmers · · Score: 1

    1. i used to recruit on craigslist, cuz that's where the smart and nerdy people were. now it's just weird poor people.

    2. i would print all the resumes and cover letters, read them carefully, and throw out any that had even the slightest spelling or grammar mistake (and I'm a grammar nazi) - though I'm sure I'll make a mistake in this post...

    3. in the interview, i would do my best to find out if the guy was a fucking idiot or not. "what percentage of ducks have below average IQ (for a duck)?", "how may fire hydrants are there in vancouver?", "write some code that does this". "tell me an example of when you went above the call of duty"

    that's about it. we got some good hires.

  8. Re:OT: Do non-Adobe PDF apps less vulnerable? on No JavaScript Needed For New Adobe Exploits · · Score: 1

    I use gPDF, which is an add-on for FireFox, etc. It changes your PDF links such that they open in google's PDF viewer instead of acrobat or foxit a) faster b) secure(r?) c) no update popups

  9. Re:What bout two-factor authentication? on Can Ubuntu Save Online Banking? · · Score: 1

    Assume evil trojan pwns windows kernel.

  10. Re:Answers to Common Questions on Can Ubuntu Save Online Banking? · · Score: 1

    real sry about the lack o' CRLFs

  11. Answers to Common Questions on Can Ubuntu Save Online Banking? · · Score: 1

    Q & A 1. What is the point? - Many business owners have had their bank accounts wiped out (via wire xfer). They do not get deposit insurance (it's only for individuals) 2. Why Linux and not something else? - Linux is free. OSX is a good alternative, but it ain't free. 3. Why CD and not USB? - CD is read only. Just a little extra precaution 4. Why not use those little FOBs that show a different password every 30 seconds? (Two factor auth) - Cause you can get around those. Trojan can create Firefox plugin. Rewrite bank website homepage so you put in account number and password on homepage (instead of split over multiple pages). Trojan transmits this to its master, then logs you into bank. I've even seen trojans that will rewrite your bank account balance info so you don't know your money is gone til it's too late. 5. Why can't I run linux in a virtual machine in windows? - Key loggers 6. But the LiveCD won't always be up to date - True. But we're talking about using Linux and Firefox to browse only your bank's website. And your bank should send you a new disk every 3 months or so. 7. What about Windows PE off a CD? - I guess. But I'd feel safer with Linux. 8. What else? - DNS poisoning might be a problem. You might want to consider an old school dial up connection directly to your bank - Make sure you close your browser immediately after logging out of your bank session - If your BIOS gets rootkitted, you are SOL

  12. Re:No on How To Avoid a Botnet Infection? · · Score: 1

    Until the BIOS rootkits come out, then we are all fucked for life

  13. It depends who you ask: on If ET Calls, Who Speaks For Humanity? · · Score: 1

    Hollywood: POTUS
    Economists: The person willing to pay the most
    Computer Scientists: A random person
    Tibetans/Hipsters: Dali Lama
    Meritocrats: The guy that put in the most work on SETI
    Unions: The most senior guy
    Democrats: The winner of a free election
    Me: Me

  14. Vancouver data is open..still waiting for StatsCan on Berners-Lee Calls For Government Data Transparency · · Score: 2, Informative

    City of Vancouver data is open now, at: http://data.vancouver.ca/ Still can't find a goddam list of all the buildings in Vancouver. How hard is that? Statistics Canada are still dinosaurs. They charge for access to data we paid them to collect.