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  1. Re:Fork it, then on Mozilla Leaves Out Linux For Initial Web App Support · · Score: 1

    Do you have examples of your work or experiences so as to learn best practices?

  2. Re:The real news on The 30 Best Features of Windows · · Score: 1

    Yep, that should've been first, imo. The only thing that looked really appealing.

  3. Re:what is the problem you want to secure against? on Ask Slashdot: How To Secure My Life-In-A-Briefcase? · · Score: 1

    The cloud storage is not void of backups. they don't really delete your info so you'd be able to easily restore it via their APIs or by informing the company of your situation and providing proof of identity.

    The email situation would also be handled via contact to the company.

  4. But then comes heritage. on Positive Bias Could Erode Public Trust In Science · · Score: 1

    Even if you had a group of responsible an fair enlightened people, there's no guarantee that those people would have friends and families that lived up to those standards. Why am I saying this? Because people want to take care of their friends and family and will eventually exercise their privileges in order to do so.

    Eventually, their efforts to ensure the well-being of their circles will advance inadequate people into the ruling groups.

    It happens regardless of the political system.

  5. Re:lol asshole on Iran's Web Censorship Filters Supreme Leader's Own Statement · · Score: 1

    For every country there are stupid trolls. I'm just concerned for the two idiots with mod powers who modded him funny.

  6. Re:Completely reasonable on Microsoft Blocks 3d-Party Browsers In Windows RT, Says Mozilla Counsel · · Score: 1

    No. Check the user out. This is his first post. He subscribed today.

  7. Definitively a shill or a troll. on Microsoft Blocks 3d-Party Browsers In Windows RT, Says Mozilla Counsel · · Score: 1

    He IS a shill or a troll. He specifically created the account to post here and his post was within the minute. He has one submitted article about "How EA Helped a Transgender Transition Inside EA Sports" as if that would make me him a usual member of the community or something.

  8. Re:How can you quantify the loss? on The Avengers: Why Pirates Failed To Prevent a Box Office Record · · Score: 2

    mmmm, this is interesting.

    Imagine if someone implemented some sort of:

    "Watch the first 10 minutes of this movie for free" and then you have the option to buy the ticket "for your nearest cinema" (or purchase the movie online if it has already been released in that medium).

    Although it seems unlikely because it offers almost no incentives in the business side of things (unless it was a paid subscription system).

  9. Re:malware on Apple Security Blunder Exposes Lion Login Passwords In Clear Text · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The problem with Linux and generalizations is that there's more than one Linux.

    I've never recompiled a kernel (that I'm aware of).

  10. Re:Some half-truths and prejudices on Ask Slashdot: What Language Should a Former Coder Dig Into? · · Score: 1

    A good idea here would've been to say good (or used) instead of best. Less prone to create useless arguments.

  11. Re:Your answer on Ask Slashdot: What Language Should a Former Coder Dig Into? · · Score: 1

    +1 insightful.

    You could be more diplomatic, give examples and beat around the bush but it still wouldn't change a thing.

  12. Re:*That's* considered the "hard way"?!? on Unblocking The Pirate Bay the Hard Way Is Fun · · Score: 2

    The worst part is that they pretend that it's a smarter way in case of a more draconian future or something. It's still the SAME proxy method. I'm sure that if things went draconian they'd try to prevent Google (or anyone else) from serving you the data.

  13. Re:Is Apple the new Microsoft? on Is Google the New Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    heh, now I'm left wondering who wasted a moderation on my joke. But noted. I disturbed one of the ancients!

  14. Re:Is Apple the new Microsoft? on Is Google the New Microsoft? · · Score: 0

    Is Khasim the new AC?

  15. Re:really? on Osama Bin Laden Didn't Encrypt His Files · · Score: 1

    And he would trust the US government to honor that promise because? What's to prevent the US from classifying him as a threat and keeping him in a dark cell while still getting out the information they want via enhanced information obtaining techniques (or whatever torture is called these days).

    Even if he did obtain the 20 million and retired wealthy. How would he avoid reprisals aimed at him or anyone he cares about? Keeping that kind of reward and the reason for it hidden doesn't seem like a simple task.

  16. Re:Bad enough I pay for microtransactions in MMO's on Windows 8 Won't Play DVDs Unless You Pay For the Media Center Pack · · Score: 1

    Also, it has good support for loads of formats and a number of other OS's.

  17. Re:Worried the U.S. is about to stumble into WWIII on Russia Threatens Pre-emptive, Destructive Force On US Missile Defense · · Score: 1

    nah, Nazi excuse is outdated. Now we call it a state that funds terrorists groups. That's way harder to falsify and super effective.

    We can claim victory and still require more resources to fight said threat.

  18. Re:The United States wouldn't care on Russia Threatens Pre-emptive, Destructive Force On US Missile Defense · · Score: 2

    I don't understand why so many commentators feel that the US is entitled to do whatever it wants in terms of military positioning around the globe but other countries can't protest or take similar actions.

    Remember this diplomacy is a bit more complex than good guys vs bad guys.

  19. I'm going to assume you're a troll.

    Wars have little to do with freedom/lack-of or forms of government. They have much more to do with economic and military incentives.

  20. Re:really? on Osama Bin Laden Didn't Encrypt His Files · · Score: 2

    Your comment is irrelevant. An informant/spy/traitor might be willing to risk stealing a small thumb-drive but would probably not risk a direct or violent route.

  21. Re:Good for them! on B&N Pulls Linux Format Magazine Over Feature On 'Hacking' · · Score: 1

    But the magazine cover [linuxformat.com] says "everything you need to be evil."

    I was aware. Before commenting, I read both your comment and the website's text and thought you had made a mistake but the image of the actual cover allowed the words "be evil" to be read beside the "censored" tag.

    Which is why I said the webpage showed better intent.

  22. Re:"populist security sense" on B&N Pulls Linux Format Magazine Over Feature On 'Hacking' · · Score: 1

    They should've written something along the lines of "using something other than the way in which was first intended", instead of that narrow and mischief sounding definition.

    Servers were not intended to be available for access to you, if you circumvected that security, then you "hacked" the system.

  23. Re:Good for them! on B&N Pulls Linux Format Magazine Over Feature On 'Hacking' · · Score: 2

    well, the webpage shows better intent:
      "Attack servers, crack passwords, exploit services, beat encryption - everything you need to protect yourself from evil."

    But it amounts to the same thing. This information is out there. You should be learning from it and protecting your information instead of trying to censor it as some sort of apology of crime. Anyone who is interested in "doing evil" and capable enough to do so, will surely find lots of ways they can gather that information online or even from programming/networking books.

  24. Re:Software Apocolypse... on Android Ported To C# · · Score: 2

    But how will economists make accurate predictions without the source?

  25. Re:Making Up vs. Facilitating on NY Times: 'FBI Foils Its Own Terrorist Plots' · · Score: 1

    I'm glad they're doing it. I really hope they are doing even more along the same lines for anyone seeking experts or parts required for WMD. And shame on the NY Times for trying to make this out to be something its not.

    You really need to stop watching Mission Impossible movies. It's damaging your common sense.