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  1. Re:Remember this is an initial report on Flight 447 'Black Box' Decoded · · Score: 1

    i believe the speculation is that the heaters in the sensors were faulty/insufficient and they became clogged with ice. the flight envelope at high altitudes is very narrow and apparently very difficult to fly without reliably knowing the airspeed.

  2. 10,912 ft/min on Flight 447 'Black Box' Decoded · · Score: 2

    = 124 miles/hour

  3. great. on Seismologists Tried For Manslaughter For Not Predicting Earthquake · · Score: 2

    I'm not a qualified slashdot commenter, and in no way should this comment be taken to convey any meaning, opinion, or suggestion that could in any way harm the reader. The poster is not to be held liable for any damages incurred by, or after reading this comment. By reading this comment, the reader hereby relinquishes any right to sue, or in any other way claim damages from the poster, and any such legal proceeding shall be brought in a location of the posters choosing. The content of this post is copyright (c) 2011 the poster, all rights reserved. Any reproduction of the comment must contain this paragraph.

    What a load of fucking bullshit.

  4. Re:No surprises here on Mac Malware Evolves - No Install Password Required · · Score: 0

    mac users are unaware of this fact. to them, the universe just looks like brushed metal - no effects reality-distortion are visible within the field.

  5. Re:There's a difference... on Mac Malware Evolves - No Install Password Required · · Score: 1

    this would only happen if there's an unpatched privilege escalation vulnerability on the system you're using.

    i'm not sure why windows/mac/linux would be any different in this regard.

  6. Re:Same with 1080p on Users Want Matte LCDs While Glossy Screens Dominate · · Score: 1

    although, you won't find a 15.4" WUXGA (1920x1200) laptop any more. they stopped making them several years ago, for shame :(

    (typing this on my 15.4" WUXGA Dell D830)

  7. Re:Hmm... on Should a Web Startup Go Straight To the Cloud? · · Score: 1

    do you happen to live in one of those countries where MS sales reps just sit around all day (going to lunch periodically) just waiting for someone to actually spend money on software?

  8. Re:Hmm... on Should a Web Startup Go Straight To the Cloud? · · Score: 1

    BizSpark will give you all the MS software you need for $100 for 3 years. If software licensing costs are still important after 3 years, you're doing it wrong.

  9. Re:YES! on Neuromancer Movie Deal Moving Forward · · Score: 2

    YES!! Hopefully it'll be as good as Johnny Mnemonic!

  10. Re:The Product Management for VS says it's not tru on Confirmed: Microsoft Says It Will Open Source VB 6 · · Score: 2

    who'd have thought? from such reputable new sources, too!

    twitter -> reddev -> timothy -> slashdot

    damn, those nyt people must be shaking in their boots.

  11. Re:The Only Feasible Strategy... on Apple Support Forums Suggest Malware Explosion · · Score: 1

    i get all my updates from http://filehippo.com/

  12. Re:Business 101 on Developer Blames Apple For Ruining eBook Business · · Score: 1

    well if Steve Jobs is right, and there can only be one "App Store", then wouldn't that define a market segment, and therefore this position be actionable under anti-trust laws?

  13. Re:Disclosure policy on New Chrome Exploit Bypasses Sandbox, ASLR and DEP · · Score: 2

    brown hat

    what, like "shit-head" ?

  14. Re:Stuff you can figure out from the video... on New Chrome Exploit Bypasses Sandbox, ASLR and DEP · · Score: 1

    correct, suspended processes have a darker gray background. the light gray is the selection highlight for inactive windows.

    it's somewhat suspicious, though, that the un-maximized chrome window is set up to obscure all but the new medium-trust chrome.exe and calc.exe.

    it looks to me like they've done some heap spraying in chrome.exe (see the unusual 450MB working set).

    the list of 'gray' processes in the 2nd procexp session are:
    1) explorer.exe
    2) process_explorer.exe
    3) process_explorer64.exe
    4) chrome.exe (UI)
    5) chrome.exe (low-trust child)
    6) (new, unknown.exe)
    7) heap-sprayed, medium chrome.exe
    8) calc.exe

    as for #6, above, you can see the bottom 2 rows of pixels of the icon, and it doesn't look like chrome's icon, maybe rundll32.exe ?

  15. Re:from vulpen site on New Chrome Exploit Bypasses Sandbox, ASLR and DEP · · Score: 4, Insightful

    wait... in whose screwed up version of utopia do "law enforcement agencies" need "tailored and unique codes" in order to carry out their "offensive missions" ?

    alternative choices:
    1) get a bench warrant.
    2) don't.

  16. Re:Bad luck on Ask Slashdot: Moving From *nix To Windows Automation? · · Score: 1

    actually office has been automatable via its COM/OLE API since around '93 when VBA first came out.

  17. Re:C++ on Ask Slashdot: Moving From *nix To Windows Automation? · · Score: 1

    yeah, because CPU optimization is really important when distributing commands/queries to multiple remote systems...

  18. Re:Learn VBScript on Ask Slashdot: Moving From *nix To Windows Automation? · · Score: 2

    not everything, VBScript handles optional arguments, Variants and SAFEARRAYS better than JScript. All key differences when talking to COM.

  19. Re:as noted, this is pretty funny on Oracle Subpoenas Apache Foundation In Google Suit · · Score: 1

    nah, they'd probably just buy another company to do it for them...

  20. Re:bug? on Apple Releases iOS 4.3.3 To Fix Location Tracking · · Score: 1

    except if you've got a 3G, then you're screwed, still, more, again...

  21. Re:Kinda figures. on iPhone 3G and iOS4 Lack Chemistry · · Score: 1

    the kicker is that if you jailbreak your 3G you can enable some of the iOS4 features they said it couldn't handle and it works just fine. well, no worse than it normally does, anyway.

  22. Re:new user-interface is a bad idea and may slow d on Another Windows 8 Pre-Beta Surfaces · · Score: 1

    yeah, they should stick to weaving textiles by hand, dammit.

  23. Re:But thats not true on Comcast's 105MBit Service Comes With Data Cap · · Score: 1

    you pay $105 for 10Mbps? ouch

  24. Re:Wrong question on Flash On Android Fails To Impress · · Score: 1

    which bring no benefit to the user

    i'm no lover of display ads, but i have to take issue with that comment.

    the benefit they bring to the user is the existence of the sites themselves.

    there's a few steps missing there, but it shouldn't take an economics degree to work them out...

  25. Re:Stereo microphone? on Microsoft's Kinect SDK Can Track and Listen · · Score: 1

    it has 4 mics, and apparently they do a whole lot of audio processing formerly considered impossible, like distinguishing multiple voices at a distance & noise-cancelling multiple sources. for example, they can do voice recognition on two different players while ignoring the sound coming from the TV, stereo, vacuum cleaner, etc...