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  1. Re:Good. on DigiNotar Goes Bankrupt After Hack · · Score: 1

    I mean, sheesh, this would be like a bank security company having its own payroll stolen.

    ... but still not as bad as getting attacked by Reavers.

  2. Re:read the book on Augmented Reality's Disruptive Potential · · Score: 2

    There's also an anime called Denno Coil that takes place in a world with AR glasses.

    However, they're mostly used by kids and techie geeks. It's not seen as a "big thing" to the adult populace.

  3. Re:Overhyped on Google Wallet Launches With $10 Credit · · Score: 2

    I heard an interview in the town square last month about this and the gentleman was gushing about how in a few years we won't carry bushels of supplies to barter in our oxcarts anymore. Which seems to miss the point that we carry other supplies in oxcarts. My pitchfork, shovel, rake are all still in there, plus some gold shillings for places which don't barter.

    Meanwhile, why would I use Paper Money? Most stores don't support it and, in my area, they probably won't for several years. And if I'm out and about I'm going to have both my oxcart and gold shillings on me. I don't see th benefit of paying for something with paper money.

  4. Re:Grammar on Seagulls Spreading Resistant Bacteria On Beaches · · Score: 1

    You are correct, if the topic were about multiples of the same bacterium.

    However, the topic is about multiple different bacterias.

  5. Re:Tax planning and rich people on White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" · · Score: 2

    You went in the wrong direction with your Animal Farm quote.

    Try this one instead:

    "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."

  6. is Facebook censoring this news? on The Google+ API Is Released · · Score: 1

    This is what happened to my post, shortly after linking it on Facebook... The link and preview are completely gone.

    http://i.imgur.com/6k8tE.png

    WTF, Facebook? U scared?

  7. Re:spare is not free on theSkyNet Wants Your Spare CPU Cycles · · Score: 1

    Yes, but how many potential CPU cycles are you losing?

  8. Re:Google? on New Legislation Would Punish Mishandling of Private Data · · Score: 1

    Troll much?

    Google is the only Ad company that gets your personal information from Google.

    Perhaps you're confusing them with Facebook?

  9. Re:what is all the fuss about on Porn-Industry Outsiders Fear 'Shakedown' In .XXX TLD · · Score: 1

    > unless they seem like a prude. Then it's safe to assume that they're into the WEIRD porn.

  10. Re:Solar dies, RADIATION LIVES. on Solar Company Folds After $0.5B In Subsidies · · Score: 1

    "Dr." Bob also believes that global warming is caused by subluxation.

  11. Please on CloudStack Goes Open Source · · Score: 1

    Somebody find a 0-day and nuke Zynga from orbit. It's the only way to be sure!

  12. Operation Takedown on Ask Kevin Mitnick · · Score: 1

    How disappointed were you with the portrayal of your character in the movie "Operation Takedown" ?

  13. Re:Answer = Proxy Server on Cybercrime Treaty Pushes Surveillance Worldwide · · Score: 1

    Thanks for clearing that up.

    Clarification: He has done things that would get him in more trouble than hacking Palin's e-mail.

  14. Re:Yeah right on China Removes Cyberwar Video, Denies Everything · · Score: 1

    In America, it doesn't matter if you get caught, so long as you make a metric fuckton of money in the process.

    Obligatory Bob the Angry Flower

  15. Good luck flying! on Theoretical Shoe Inserts Could Power Your Gadgets · · Score: 1

    Imagine the TSA's reaction when you've got electronics AND liquids in the sole of your shoe!

  16. Re:Answer = Proxy Server on Cybercrime Treaty Pushes Surveillance Worldwide · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The guy who got into Palin's Yahoo used a VPN server, and those guys were more than willing to burn him when the Feds came knocking.

    I went to college with the guy who ran that VPN server.

    The only reason he cooperated with the Feds so readily is because he didn't want them flagging him as a Person Of Interest.

  17. Re:Will the file copy/move crash.... on Estimated Transfer Time Is No More In Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    I had to deal with this quite often when I worked in the Photo Lab at the local retail store.

    XCOPY /C is your friend.

  18. Customize on P2P Alarm Clock Service · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do I have the option of a custom phrase to wake me up?

    I'm thinking something along the lines of Moan My IP.

  19. burst pipe on Alaskan Village's Orange Goo Was Fungal Spores · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Orange goo? I wonder if it makes you run faster...

    Now you're thinking with fungals!

  20. Re:Cataclysm wall about fixing Arena's and PvP on World of Warcraft Finally Loses Subscribers · · Score: 1

    Starting Cata as a Holy Priest wearing mostly 251 gear with some 264 gear, the thing I found difficult with the changes to healing wasn't the increased HP of the tank, the higher mana costs of my spells, or even the one-goof-and-you-die mechanics..

    It was learning to play my class with the Cata changes, rather than continuing to do the same stuff I did in Wrath.

    Once I figured out which heal to spam, which cooldowns to use, and how to handle bad situations, it got a lot easier. To the tune of "The boss just died and I have 90% mana."

    Playing my Tank/DPS characters, the only healers I've seen that fail are the ones who spam their big-healing-but-huge-mana-cost spells and go OOM halfway into the fight.

  21. Re:Ultimate game realism on The Case For Surrealism In Games · · Score: 1

    Put in a few Achievements, and you'll sell a million copies.

  22. YouTube clip of China's car in action on China Catches Up With Google's Driverless Car · · Score: 2
  23. Emulated Servers on Reaction To Diablo 3's Always-Online Requirement · · Score: 1

    The reason there won't be offline Single-Player for Diablo III is simple: They would essentially be giving you the code used to run the Battle.net server.

    In Single-Player, things like Loot generation, Mob spawning, Spell casting, etc. would be handled by the client.. the people who develop Emulated servers could peek into the code, and it wouldn't take much to start porting that over to an Online Multi-Player Server.

    If Blizzard keeps all the server code on the server, especially with the obfuscation of opcodes like in WoW 4.x, then there's a much larger barrier to entry for the makers of Emulated servers.

    However, if they have to embed that server code into the Single-Player client, it would be a matter of weeks (if not days) before people had functional Emulated servers up and running.

  24. I don't know much about electronics.. on Science Fair Entry Shuts Down Airport Terminal · · Score: 2

    .. but a cursory glance at the device makes me think "This is some kid's electronics project."

    The only thing in the photo that looks 'odd' is the wooden box, which is obviously (knowing that it's an MP3 player) the speaker.

    The "after" photo looks like the TSA decided to be dicks after they figured out it lacked any kind of explosive capability.

  25. Re:SquirrelMail? on Ask Slashdot: Self-Hosted Gmail Alternatives? · · Score: 1

    Labels are a super-set of Folders.

    You can use them the exact same way.

    You also gain the benefit of having your e-mail stored in multiple folders.