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  1. WMV fail on New Shape Born From Rubber Bands · · Score: 2

    Windows Media Video 9 files without any identifying suffix in the downloadable archive. Good going.

    Assholes.

  2. Re:warning about unreachable code on Apple Fixes Dangerous SSL Authentication Flaw In iOS · · Score: 4, Informative
    Sorry, it's not there. It's silently ignored, which is the WORST POSSIBLE SOLUTION to the problem. Ugh.

    The -Wunreachable-code has been removed, because it was unstable: it relied on the optimizer, and so different versions of gcc would warn about different code. The compiler still accepts and ignores the command line option so that existing Makefiles are not broken. In some future release the option will be removed entirely.

    http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-help...

  3. Need the expressiveness on Ask Slashdot: Why Are We Still Writing Text-Based Code? · · Score: 1

    It's a bit like asking why we aren't all writing novels with a markov chain generator.

  4. State of Deception on US Federal Judge Rules NSA Data Collection Legal · · Score: 2

    I think (long) this article provides the right background.

  5. Broken premise on Is Choice a Problem For Android? · · Score: 1

    Ignoring the premise that Android is "impossible to navigate" (which is false), as for this specific quote:

    That’s fun for them; but they’ve made the mistake of not understanding how their motivation differs from the rest of us

    No, I understand perfectly well, it's just that I don't care about your needs. Why should I put your needs first? Are they more important than mine? What's the end game here? If Android copies iOS then it's called out for that by people like you ("no innovation!"). If it doesn't then it's "impossible to navigate because it's not exactly like iOS".

    Is there a middle road where tinkerers and "normals" can coexist on one OS? Perhaps. But maybe it's okay that to have the existing distinction between the OSes. Or maybe iOS should be more open to tinkerers? Why don't you head over there and suggest that they simply don't understand that iOS is too hard to tinker with.

    (Again, I don't think there's acutally anything major that'd make Android hard to use. In fact, I recommended an Android phone for my mother, knowing full well that I risk being the designated support (which I don't want to be).

  6. NSA 2006 Report on Tor up now. on How The NSA Targets Tor · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Our goal was to analyse Tor source code and determine any vulnerabilities in the system. We set up an internal Tor network to analyze..." http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/world/nsa-research-report-on-the-tor-encryption-program/501/

  7. Re:How about the nodes on How The NSA Targets Tor · · Score: 1

    One slide mentioned this. It said that the node exploitation route was improbable due to technical and legal difficulties.

  8. Unmasked on Declassified NSA Docs Shed Light On Cold War (And Modern) Operations · · Score: 1

    The on-site computer (a CP 818) REDACTED and demodulated the signal, then scanned the plaintext transmissions for key words. The system would alarm on . recognition of high-interest text, and the operators would react with special processing and forwarding routines.

    So it DECRYPTED and demodulated the signal you say? :-\

    (1st para, p.18 / 373).

  9. Re:USB sucks on Misinterpretation of Standard Causing USB Disconnects On Resume In Linux · · Score: 2

    I did that yesterday.

    Then I yelled at the phone for not charging.

  10. Re:youtube.com/my_subscriptions also deleted today on Google Blocks YouTube App On Windows Phone (Again) · · Score: 1

    Yes, this is the real crime here. Make youtube absolutely dreadful to use in a normal web browser on the desktop. I haven't seen that kind of UI degradation since shacknews abandoned black and orange.

  11. Finally a good ISP service. on New Zealand ISP Offers "Global Mode" So Users Can Circumvent Geo-Restrictions · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sound great. Wish my ISP had the same. All this 'free market' is bullshit when it's perverted with artificial region restrictions. Here's the REALITY of it straight out of my inbox:

    This is an important announcement for our MYREGIONHERE users regarding pricing on the Green Man Gaming website. We are always reviewing our policies here and have decided to make a change that will help us deliver the value you expect from GMG. All MYREGIONHERE users will notice that prices on the Green Man Gaming website are now shown as GBP (£) instead of USD ($). Of course, this is a change and change doesn't suit everyone, but we hope that this will enable us to stay competitive and continue to serve your market diligently. Thanks for your continued support The GMG Team

    Some times even if you can actually buy the product, you can't use it because there are further region checks down the line (e.g steam refusing out-of-region keys).

  12. Re:tl;dr: on Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 Review Roundup · · Score: 1

    They work perfectly fine overall. Most people who complain can often be put into one of these three specific categories:

    • a) People who had a bad experience 10 years ago and is still harping on about it. They probably have similar strong albeit uninformed feelings about hard drive brands.
    • b) People with laptops where the system builder basically gave up on the product the second it was built, so they upgrade to the 'official driver' and some specific system feature stops working.
    • c ) people who are into multiple-GPU setups. These may have valid complaints, but they're a WAY-WAY vocal minority. The first rule about multi-GPU setups is Don't Do It.
  13. Re:App revenue on Android Fragmentation Isn't Hurting Its Adoption · · Score: 1

    >Anecdote is not the singular of data. When aggregate studies show that more money is to be made developing for iOS

    Yet neither you nor the OP provided any supporting evidence for your assertions.

    Assertions are not the singular of data either.

  14. Re:App revenue on Android Fragmentation Isn't Hurting Its Adoption · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Evidence suggests otherwise. Android vs iOS Game Myths

  15. Re:What is a publisher even for? on MS To Indie Devs: You Have a To Have a Publisher · · Score: 1

    In the case of the XBox, they are required for access to the platform at all.

  16. Watch 'One Man, 17 SKUs' on MS To Indie Devs: You Have a To Have a Publisher · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Brian Provinciano held a great presentation at GDC2013 about writing and releasing Retro City Rampage. Required watching/reading. One Man, 17 SKUs: Shipping on Every Platform at Once. He does not have many good things to say about working with MS on the XBox Live version.

  17. Re:lol, Xiph, like GNU Hurd on FLAC Gets First Update In 6 Years · · Score: 1

    I don't know where you got that idea, or why you got modded 'informative', when the whole point of Opus is to have one codec that covers the whole range from low-band speech to full-band music, as can be seen from their handy chart.

  18. Re:The limited revelations so far... on British Foreign Secretary on Surveillance Worries: '"Law Abiding Citizens Have N · · Score: 1

    Costly in relation to what, drunk driving?

  19. So Germany? on NSA Surveillance Heat Map: NSA Lied To Congress · · Score: 1

    I'm the reason they're yellow is because of NSA industrial spionage?

  20. Re:But can you play Crysis on it? on 4K Computer Monitors Are Coming (But Still Pricey) · · Score: 1

    I would assume many games would play well in 4k (at least this fake-4k we're unfortunately talking about here). I think "Metro: Last Light" supports it officially.

  21. Preemptive comment on Honeywords — Honeypot Passwords · · Score: 2

    Doesn't mean you SHOULDN'T use a good KDF like scrypt of course, but remember that these "honey accounts" can give you more information. If your data is stolen you want to know about it as soon as possible for all sorts of reasons. If someone breaks in and steals your super-safe account database, you still have a problem you want to detect and fix; the break-in itself. This can be one more layer in that protection.

  22. Re:This... is a very good idea. on Honeywords — Honeypot Passwords · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You'd do it because salted passwords are falling to increasing GPU power. It's a brand new world.

  23. Oh, Obama. You're no President Bartlet, that's for sure.

  24. Re:ah the anti-NSF crowd again on SOPA Creator Now In Charge of NSF Grants · · Score: 1

    Your attempted argument is so one-dimensional and simple-minded it just makes me sad.

  25. Re:ah the anti-NSF crowd again on SOPA Creator Now In Charge of NSF Grants · · Score: 2, Informative

    You are crazy if you think availability doesn't play in. Ever heard of Australia? Yes, it's a people problem, but so is drunk driving. Fixing it means attacking it from all angles, both the tech and the people.