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  1. Excellent Work on The Internet's Biggest Security Hole Revealed · · Score: 1

    "'I went around screaming my head about this about ten or twelve years ago... We described this to intelligence agencies and to the National Security Council, in detail.'"

    That's some smooth work right there. Later that year he also explained in detail to a guy in a mask and trenchcoat that the vault at his local bank had a serious flaw, allowing access to anyone with a little time on their hands. I'm sure that guy got right on it.

  2. A bold new future on Firefox 4 Will Push Edges of Browser Definition · · Score: 1

    It offers users smart URL suggestions as they type based on Web searches and their prior Web browsing history.


    It's the future! Just imagine what it will be like to browse the web in the year 2000!

    Of course, there's still the chance that it still won't have autocomplete back. :/
  3. It's cold in here on Ask a Mozilla Person About Firefox 2.0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Would it be possible to permanently remove one developer's commit access (i.e. knock off a hostage) each day until the horrendously annoying freeze bug that I've experienced only since updating to 2.0 is fixed?

    Also, is there a place that we can send a box of chocolates to the person(s) responsible for the new UI widgets and text box spell checking? I 3 those changes.

  4. The Future! on University of Virginia Student Graduates in One Year · · Score: 1

    "He says he may eventually pursue law school as a part-time student in hopes of becoming a patent lawyer."

    That may be the most depressing thing I've read in weeks. Has his education already failed him?

  5. Re:Don't worry... on United States Cedes Control of the Internet · · Score: 1

    Awesome, then the US can be the "decider" on the internets. Then maybe we can do something really cool like turn the NSA loose on all that shit and see if they find anything cool.

    Er, wait.

  6. Re:some bad nerdcore rap fer ya on Review: Nerdcore Hip-Hop Compilation CD Project · · Score: 2, Informative

    Make that "I flout my stout clout with my std::cout" and you're good to go. (have to pronounce it "stid c-out" to make it flow though.)

  7. Open Source Java on Slashback: Disney Copyright, Alaa Freed, Kelo Repealed · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know what they're worried about, Java threatens Java's "write once, run anywhere" mantra.

  8. Netscape 4.7? on AOL Targets Digg, YouTube With New Netscape Site · · Score: 1

    A "new" Netscape site eh? Did they add a Shopping button?

  9. Re:Just wondering... on Extortion Virus Code Cracked · · Score: 1

    In a good network setup, My Documents is a network share. That way all of your programs that default to saving in My Docs don't irritate you when they don't remember where you last saved.

  10. Re:A full list of Accepted Summer of Code projects on NetBSD Announces Accepted Summer of Code Projects · · Score: 1

    Yeah, all this goodie-goodie shit is worthless! They ought to use the money to hire the interns, pay to move them all to a single location, and force them to use Java all day under retina bleaching flourescent lights in tiny cubicles with tight deadlines and soul crushing mindless drone work! Get 'em ready to work for the man! That's how I'd spend it!

    Or not.

  11. The future of bonding on Soldiers Bond with Bomb-Defusing Robots · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dave: Hal, could you...?
    HAL: Don't ask, don't tell Dave.

  12. Engrish FTW! on Walking Other Worlds · · Score: 1

    It good see I not alone disliking preposistions titles.

  13. Re:Do you want a job or do you want work? on Tech Workers of the World Unite? · · Score: 1

    This is the absolute truth. A friend of mine did some time at an engine factory. After his boss telling him to bring a book or something to do because he was making first shift look bad, he started noticing how many people were asleep half the evening or drinking on the job. If you can't be fired, why even pretend to work!

  14. 10 years... on 10 Years of Neon Genesis Evangelion · · Score: 5, Funny

    And they still don't know what the fuck it's about.

  15. This just in! on Apple MacBook Pro 'Fastest Windows XP Notebook'? · · Score: 2, Funny

    In a news story released earlier today it was noted that 2.16GHz notebooks are indeed faster than 2.0GHz notebooks. Citing aspects of their construction such as "This one appears to have the bigger number," and "I guess they used a faster chip in that one," critics rained high praise upon the faster equipment. It is currently unclear whether the testing method employed will encourage more individuals and business to drop what they're doing and purchase their own faster laptops from this rebel manufacturer, or if they will demand that their current supplies "get them some of those faster ones."

  16. Re:LoC vs. Dewey Decimal on Solving the Home Library Problem? · · Score: 1

    Public and many school libraries use Dewey because they put their holdings in an OCLC database called Worldcat, which then lets them request items from other libraries doing the same. You also have to pay OCLC a "licensing fee" for Dewey, which irritates me to an irriational degree. (They sued some hotel for using it without paying and won.)

    Most other people use LoC because, well, it's what the LoC uses. :) There are only 2 major systems, I don't see much wrong with knowing at least a little about both. (though the books that cross reference them could definately use an update.)

  17. Re:lotto on EU Says Microsoft Still Not Compliant · · Score: 1

    Sure it's fun to play What If..., but anyone that actually thinks 1 euro of the fine would go to anyone but beurocrats and lawyers is seriously deluded.

  18. Re:Can someone explain on Xen Hacker Interviewed · · Score: 5, Informative

    As I understand, vmware does do some limited emulation, at least VGA and Network cards. Xen instead traps all attempts to access the real devices in the machine and schedules them so that each operating system still thinks that they have full access to all of the real equipment. This requires some special kernel hooks, and that's why things like Windows and OS X aren't fully supported.

    Also, I've seen this story in at least 3 places and I don't think it's right to say anyone ported Xen to NetBSD, NetBSD was updated (It's not exactly a "port") to take advantage of Xen features. It's possible that patches were sent to the Xen team to make things work more smoothly, but it's hardly porting.

  19. Re:The biggest news from the report on NetBSD Q3/Q4 Status Report Published · · Score: 1

    Check out the article, it really does make toast. The switch and the elements are hooked up to the 7200 and it controls the darkness, etc. It's pretty neat, even if it is really just a tech demo to say "see how hardcore our embedded boards are!"

  20. Re:I remember Nintendo was a great company on Nintendo Announces DS Lite · · Score: 1

    If GTA is all you want to play, then yes, the PSP is better than the DS. If not, the PSP lineup is sorely lacking.

    And to hell with UMD movies, I know where my DVD player is, and I can't say I've ever cared to drag one around with me.

  21. Top quality fiberboard! on MySQL To Be Ikea Of The Database Market · · Score: 1

    So, if you INSERT INTO "table" ('object') VALUES ('water'); in a MySQL table, the database completely disintegrates?

  22. Re:Hey Rob: How about IDs for comment mods? on Slashdot HTML 4.01 and CSS · · Score: 2, Informative

    No good at all. id is a unique id. Like name. What you want is exactly what class is for. You can have multiple class entries (including undefined ones) so your example would be
    <li class="comment Troll Insightful mod_4 Friend Friend_of_Foe" id="(comment #)">

    Then your personal CSS file could have entries like so: .mod_neg1
    {
    display:none;
    } .Friend
    {
    font-weight: bold;
    }

    etc.

  23. That's why I always take mine with me on What's On Your Hotel Keycard · · Score: 1

    Well, that, and I completely forget about it, heh. I have an inch tall pile of them at home, I've been meaning to get a card reader and take a look at some, heh.

  24. A good question on Infrastructure for One Million Email Accounts? · · Score: 1

    I'm wondering if they didn't know how to use Exchange properly, what makes them think that "Anything But Microsoft" is going to be any easier? Are they just going to try each one until they find one with defualt settings that most closely match what they want to do? Inquiring minds want to know.

  25. Re:Sucks on Libraries Use DRM to Expire Audiobooks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm quite sure it's free to check these out too. In either case you're definately not allowed to keep items you check out forever, such as you are with a sound file.

    Knowing that, do you really think any company, anywhere would license a library to distribute whole audiobooks without some sort of expiring DRM? a single book on CD costs close to $70, they're never going to let us give them away for free.

    Libraries do exist to get information and literature to any and all who want it, but we don't make the stuff, so if there's a license involved, we have to follow it.

    There are other libraries that do other things though. Since you can't easily copy things from your ipod to your PC, they load iPods up with audiobooks and then check out the whole thing, without any expiring DRM. That costs more though, and people still have to wait for a physical device to come back. But as long as I'm allowed to use my own headphones, that's really what I would prefer. (And not just because my wife is too cheap to let me buy an iPod! ;) )