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  1. Bose headphone worth it? on Despite Patent Settlement, Apple Pulls Bose Merchandise From Its Stores · · Score: 1

    Do they sell any quality headphones? Better than Sennheiser's including the types that require specialized amp? Or only garbage like Sony's?

  2. Re:20 million out of 50 million stolen? on South Korean ID System To Be Rebuilt From Scratch After Massive Leaks · · Score: 1

    It's just list of ID: Name. What's secret about that? There is no harm in publishing these and anyone could have obtained yours if they actually attempt it.

    You could print it on your clothes for ease of identification!

  3. Algorithm? on Python-LMDB In a High-Performance Environment · · Score: 1

    Why don't they publish the algorithm on wikipedia instead? Putting a non-popular library on wikipedia seems a bit extreme. It may well include all github projects including mine...

  4. Re:First taste of Mac OS X on OS X 10.10 Yosemite Review · · Score: 1

    It looked really awesome when you're not using it, I had been dreaming to have a real mac ever since I saw Emacs on it. But I installed old OS back on mac mini right after one month.

    It wasn't a computer for work and I could stop coding, photoshopping and all the complex stuff. All I wanted in the last days is to surf the web, but the browser doesn't even allow me to sort my bookmarks!

    F*** it

  5. They're kidding right? on OS X 10.10 Yosemite Review · · Score: 1

    We have had themes like that on Linux desktop for decades. Terrible OS/X mocks and compromises for the unstylish layout they make on desktop apps. Even KDE looks better than that now.

    Did they fire all Aqua designers and fill the seats with Unix geeks instead?

  6. Re:So don't use mice or rats for experiments. on Scientists Find Rats Aren't Smarter Than Mice, and That's Important · · Score: 1

    s/pesticide/pest

  7. Re:So don't use mice or rats for experiments. on Scientists Find Rats Aren't Smarter Than Mice, and That's Important · · Score: 1

    do you lead a pesticide-free existence? .....

    said by the biggest pesticide on earth.

  8. Will it be reusable? on Microsoft's JavaScript Engine Gets Two-Tiered Compilation · · Score: 2

    For node.js and/or .NET apps on Windows?

    It'd seem like a waste of effort if the shiny JS engine can only be used within IE. IE is dying anyway and they could save tons of money by embedding WebKit instead.

  9. Re:It's not that hard to do it right on Drupal Fixes Highly Critical SQL Injection Flaw · · Score: 1

    Just dynamically append SQL which uses parameters and then assign the parameters. Generate the parameter names by automatic means if you have to.

    That being said, SQL in text form is really stupid and it's even more stupid that ORMs have to construct it from syntax trees (criteria expressions / linq), only for it to be re-parsed into syntax tree later inside the database.

  10. Re:Apparently on Microsoft, Facebook Declare European Kids Clueless About Coding, Too · · Score: 1

    $8/hour is about the average income of our people including that of programmers.

    The result of their study is rather weird, considering most of open source projects are primarily contributed by American and European programmers, while Indians, Chinese, Russians and others have done very little despite of greater numbers and supposed superior skill. The only projects that coders of my country participate are all about foreign language support (IME, translation, etc).

  11. Re:Surprised? on Positive Ebola Test In Second Texas Health Worker · · Score: 1

    No but you should have banned all travels from Africa long ago.

  12. Surprised? on Positive Ebola Test In Second Texas Health Worker · · Score: 0

    The sick ones face almost certain death yet they entered the area without even knowing how to cure it.

    When shit happens on spaceship and you don't know how to deal with it, you seal the gate between parts and forget it. That's how the rest would survive.

  13. Re:People must be blind on Windows Flaw Allowed Hackers To Spy On NATO, Ukraine, Others · · Score: 1

    They can be hidden by 1) obtaining the administrator privilege and thus modifying process list in kernel, or 2) removing a line from the process table/list of Task Manager UI of the current user. It's part of centralized GUI / automation feature on Windows - also theoretically doable on X-window but nearly impossible due to massive use of lightweight widgets which are painted on the main window like it's a canvas (might have to do OCR on bitmaps...)

    1) is even easier on Linux if malware is run on root permission, and completely undetectable afterwards unless it periodically makes and compares snapshots of loaded kernel code and system data structures (syscalls, VFS function tables etc).

    But most malwares are already running on the highest permission - it's simply a matter of choice whether they hide themselves or not. You'd be glad to know many of them don't even bother to check ACLs or hosts so they could be crippled or disabled by user settings, and they also don't freeze or block AV even though they could do it easily once they're activated.

    The only correct way to deal with that is to NOT let it come inside.

  14. What hacks? on Fighting the Culture of 'Worse Is Better' · · Score: 2

    Does anyone have any idea of the hacks he's talking about?

    Since C++ is intended to and has always been a superset of C, how could there be any problems and hacks caused by compatibility with C? How could it be any better by discarding part of the language itself?

  15. Re:as the birds go on Wind Power Is Cheaper Than Coal, Leaked Report Shows · · Score: 1

    Does it matter? Fact is either they live in our zoos or confined wildlife regions, or don't live at all.

  16. War on climate! on Pentagon Unveils Plan For Military's Response To Climate Change · · Score: 1

    ....... It could actually be good if they start pouring bucks to control the climate rather than useless things such as F22.

  17. Re:Not well regarded on Despite Push From Tech Giants, AP CS Exam Counts Don't Budge Much In Most States · · Score: 1

    Because there are too many already globally.

    And you slashdotters who attempt to advocate CS/programming on kids are NOT helping, but making things worse.

  18. Re:yes, in the past sometimes, and no on FBI Says It Will Hire No One Who Lies About Illegal Downloading · · Score: 1

    I don't know anyone who used to pay stopped paying now. I'm paying 10x more for movies and music than I did 10 years ago.

    The only area hurt badly is the DVD/VHS renting services, which provide crappy products far worse than anything you can find on Internet. And they're slow.

  19. Re:Hypocrits. on FBI Says It Will Hire No One Who Lies About Illegal Downloading · · Score: 1

    Which is exactly why they setup the lying test. How can you be a good agent if you cannot even lie without blushing?

  20. Unused instruction on Where Intel Processors Fail At Math (Again) · · Score: 1

    It’s hidden on 64-bit Linux (my desktop Linux machine is 64-bit) and with VC++ because they both have a hand-written sin() function that doesn’t use fsin.

    No surprise here since they keep adding new instructions and often nobody bothered to use them except during game/multimedia optimization, where precision is the least concern.

  21. Re:They _Should_ Replace It on CSS Proposed 20 Years Ago Today · · Score: 1

    Not just CSS, the entire HTML/CSS stack should be ditched.

    It was never intended for the sort of sophisticated UI we're doing on web today. It lacks abstraction and as a result complex visual representations have to be achieved by even more complex pieces of boilerplate code that couldn't be simplified, and even more difficult to be debugged - that is assume the design is largely correct, which it isn't.

    It's like CISC/x86 assembly language with the performance of QBASIC. While I never liked plugins and google native client as an end-user, they're the only ways to implement things correctly, by bypassing the web entirely. I hope the flooding of apps on tablet and desktop will kill it one day.

  22. Re:Why not... on Ask Slashdot: Capture the Flag Training · · Score: 1

    Yes. It was when Vista came out and I remember the problem has something to do with native dll plugins. However, I just tried it and all seem to be fine now. They also made new renderers to take advantage of new hardwares.

  23. It's not their fault! on BitHammer, the BitTorrent Banhammer · · Score: 1

    Routers are supposed to prioritize all connections based on their applications, ports and behaviors, and handling tens of thousands of connections shouldn't be a problem. It's 2014 not 1984!

    Throw away junk routers, or subscribe 4G yourself.

  24. Re:Why not... on Ask Slashdot: Capture the Flag Training · · Score: 1

    Unreal Tournament 99 is only practically playable on 32-bit Windows now, because community-made plugins require it.

    It was the best days...

  25. Re:Hardly surprising on Why Do Contextual Ads Fail? · · Score: 1

    Google ads were helpful to me once, when I was searching for software of certain type. Due to the obscure nature of that type there was no useful result, except their ads which turns out to be related.