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  1. Re:learn to write, dammit! on Google: Indie Musicians Must Join Streaming Service Or Be Removed · · Score: 1

    Agreed. And the quality of comments has not improved at all with the requirement of G+.

  2. Re:Ummm on Google: Indie Musicians Must Join Streaming Service Or Be Removed · · Score: 1
    Exactly this:

    Google is unwilling to negotiate the terms of the [streaming service] contract except by saying "Well if you won't accept this offer, we'll pull your music from Youtube, our free platform, and yank the ad revenue because it's our service and that is our right."

  3. Re:Meta-review on Book Review: Security Without Obscurity · · Score: 1
    I also thought the review was overly wordy and hard to parse. For example:

    One of the ways Stapleton brings his broad experience to the book is in the many areas where he compares different types of cryptosystems, technologies and algorithms. This enables the reader to understand what the appropriate type of authentication is most beneficial for the specific requirement.

    Could easily be written as:

    Stapleton compares different types of cryptosystems, technologies and algorithms.

    Leaving plenty of space to list more concrete information from the book, like the Parent suggested: a table of contents.

  4. Re:A Lost Era on Interviews: Ask "The King of Kong" Billy Mitchell About Classic Video Games · · Score: 1

    It was Pac-Man Battle Royale which could easily be a mobile/PC/web multi-player game.

  5. Re:A Lost Era on Interviews: Ask "The King of Kong" Billy Mitchell About Classic Video Games · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Even if there are arcade "museums" and other classic arcade venues to be found, do any of those have NEW games? There's a new 4-player pac man game (amidst many ticket-churning games) at a local arcade, which is fun, but it's an iteration on an old game.

    My Billy Mitchell question: Is there anything new out there in arcade games that play in a more or less classic style, but don't churn out tickets?

  6. Re:This is all wrong on Britain Gets National .uk Web Address · · Score: 1

    No, not for SSL. It's only a single certificate for: www.arent.new.gtlds.fun.wtf

    However, you are correct for DNSSEC, the roots must sign .wtf, which must sign fun.wtf, which can then sign the A record for www.arent.new.gtlds inside the fun.wtf zone.

  7. Re:Encryption on PHK: HTTP 2.0 Should Be Scrapped · · Score: 1

    Right, we need password-authenticated key agreements to become more common place, which are based on a zero-knowledge password proof. There are even IEEE and RFC standards.

    What is the hold up here? Implementation is harder than simple password comparison?

  8. Re:Encryption on PHK: HTTP 2.0 Should Be Scrapped · · Score: 1

    How is the Auth1 scheme described above susceptible to offline dictionary attacks?

    I'm assuming both client and server then exchange the Auth1 value to know if they can trust the other side: server would check for correct password, client would check for non-MITM server.

    The supposed MITM would attempt to offline brute force the Passhash as they now know the inputs to the HMAC, and they know the correct Auth1 value?

  9. Re:Apple has had heart rate sensor support on Samsung S5 Reports Stress Levels Through Heart Rate Variability Measure · · Score: 1

    But pairing the bluetooth smart (bluetooth LE or low energy) can suck with the current Android release. Almost always need to re-sync the HR monitor before a workout. Perhaps a software update can make it better, or devices need a firmware update.

  10. Re:Google is dropping XMPP and Talk/Chat anyway on XMPP Operators Begin Requiring Encryption, Google Still Not Allowing TLS · · Score: 1

    Features? It's great to have the server manage groups so when a new user of Team X gets added, all of Team X shows up in their roster. File transfer is simpler and more secure using XMPP+TLS than requiring the "cloud". Persistent chat rooms (ala IRC channels) are a great way to keep people collaborating. Even IDEs like Intellij can help collaboration by sending "File Z line N" code pointers or diffs that show up right next to the code your team is working on.

    That and by using OTR or trusting your own server to not log chats protects privacy. But does anyone care about privacy anymore?

  11. Re:Mutliscope on NASA's Plan To Block Light From Distant Stars To Find 'Earth 2.0' · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Wrong concern on Don't Be a Server Hugger! (Video) · · Score: 1

    Homomorphic encryption has been the Holy Grail of cloud computing since the term was coined. Yet until it has large toolchain support, why suffer with the extra hassle?

  13. Re:Wrong concern on Don't Be a Server Hugger! (Video) · · Score: 1

    And since I shouldn't store the keys in the cloud, for every instance that uses some encrypted disk, I need to manually login then provide the key and passphrase.

    Seems difficult to use encrypted storage in the cloud...

  14. Re:limit_rate on Shunting the FCC To the Slow Lane · · Score: 1

    But does the syntax even work? ~* seems to be a string operator matching the $remote_addr to a CIDR notation subnet. Will nginx match that properly?

  15. Re:OT: Slashdot Beta on the rise again on Nasty Security Flaw In OAuth, OpenID · · Score: 1

    As a logged in user, I still get Classic view, but on a narrow but tall vertical monitor, Beta comments are completely unreadable for me. Thus, when beta hits, I will be a summary-only reader. (And might finally get around to creating an account on reddit.)

  16. Re:as fast as Chrome? on Firefox 29: Redesign · · Score: 1

    I've not yet tried it with FF 29, works great on FF 28.

    I've not figured out a way to highlight the current tab, but I use another way to show me which tab I'm on. I disable the close button (X) on all tabs except for the current one, so I can look to the far right of my tab list for the (X) as I have tabs on the right.

    With a vertical monitor, my tab width is small, but I can show many tabs without scrolling (about 70 un-collapsed).

  17. Re:as fast as Chrome? on Firefox 29: Redesign · · Score: 1

    How could you possibly use Chrome with that many tabs and not have tabs on the side?

    I routinely have 50-100 tabs open in Firefox, memory usage is great, even with a bunch of add-ons, from versions 26-28. Granted, some of my add-ons help reduce overall resources by blocking cookies and scripts. Also 'click to play' is a necessity so Flash only loads on the few sites I allow.

  18. Re:as fast as Chrome? on Firefox 29: Redesign · · Score: 1

    That's why we have ctrl+T or ctrl+N, it's your choice.

  19. Re:more downgrades on Firefox 29: Redesign · · Score: 1

    Also try Ghostery and Disconnect if you want to block known advertising sites. It lets through all the requests to cloud providers like //ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js and such which track you, but if you also run Cookie Monster and Referrer Control, they don't get much.

    I would love a noscript/request policy like addon that would allow me to substitute "common" shared resources, like jquery or bootstrap, from a local cache.

  20. Re:Step 2. on MIT Designs Tsunami Proof Floating Nuclear Reactor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    While that sentiment is accurate, no one wants to pay for decommissioning old reactors. Say we build a bunch of modern reactors, in 50 years will anyone want to pay for decommissioning them?

  21. Re:Test servers your self with PoC on Theo De Raadt's Small Rant On OpenSSL · · Score: 1

    How? The client also responds to the heartbeat?

  22. Test servers your self with PoC on Theo De Raadt's Small Rant On OpenSSL · · Score: 1

    Test your servers yourself: https://gist.github.com/takesh... This was a server-side attack so clients are unaffected.

  23. Re:When comments... on Theo De Raadt's Small Rant On OpenSSL · · Score: 1

    Cutting through to the truth? Seems like OpenSSL's primary technical goal should be security, secondly performance.

  24. Re:How do we address the weaknesses of Open Source on Interview: Ask Bruce Perens What You Will · · Score: 1

    Tabs on the side is the only way to browse with wide-screen monitors (and I use narrow tabs on side with vertical monitors). Try Tabkit 2nd edition

  25. This fits TFA the best: http://i.imgur.com/WuEff.jpg

    But this is far more entertaining: http://media.moronail.net/imag...