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  1. Re:Graphic design geniuses too on Not Just a Cleanup Any More: LibreSSL Project Announced · · Score: 1

    I didn't understand what you were talking about until I checked the CSS's source.
    They forgot to embed Comic Sans, so unless you installed it manually, you'll just see plain Sans. :)

  2. Re:Please change the name! on Not Just a Cleanup Any More: LibreSSL Project Announced · · Score: 1

    You mean spanish, right?

  3. Re:Quality? on Joss Whedon Releases New Film On Demand · · Score: 1

    Your town isn't a reference for every town in the entire world. Remember, stuff in countries with strong economies tend to be expensive in the eyes of most of the rest of the world.

  4. Re:Please justify $5 for one rental on Joss Whedon Releases New Film On Demand · · Score: 1

    Dear fan,

    I am sure that you can find many other entertainment content options that also cost significantly more than $5, especially among those available on the first day of theatrical release. Many of them also require you to get off your ass and go somewhere, rather than letting you enjoy your entertainment experience in bed, at home, on your tablet.

    That doesn't make sense. Seeing it from home should be cheaper, since they don't need a huge cinema, lots of personel, cleaning people, rent, etc, etc. They just deal with server costs which a way lower.

    So, yeah. $5. It costs that much because we think it's worth that much, and because we think that enough people will agree with that assessment to make this business financially viable. In a very real and tangible way "what people will pay" is very much "what something is worth", at least for dollars-and-cents pricing decisions.

    Sincerely,

    Joss Whedon

    P.S.: I'm funnier than Louis CK, so there's that, too.

    Cinemas cost less in different parts of the world. Maybe in the US a cinema costs $5, but not everywhere. Heck, even an Imax is around $5 where I live, and Imax is the most expensive one around.

    This movie costs $5 even in places where that's more than twice the daily salary.

  5. Re:Quality? on Joss Whedon Releases New Film On Demand · · Score: 0

    $5 to watch a movie a single time!? Sounds like a huge ripoff. The most expensive cinemas in town cost less than that. The cheap ones cost about a fifth. And I only get to "rent" it, I can't even watch it again later, or with friends, etc.

    I'm sorry, but I'm just sticking to thepiratebay until you fix your business model.

  6. Re:You say tomato? on Intentional Backdoor In Consumer Routers Found · · Score: 3, Informative

    Freedns has been around for ages, and doesn't seem to be going anywhere. They include DDNS for free as well.

  7. Re:You say tomato? on Intentional Backdoor In Consumer Routers Found · · Score: 1

    Came here to say exactly that. Unless it's done in hardware (which would be EXTREMELY complicated), OpenWRT can do away with that. Plus, you get all the extra free features, and, with luci, a DECENT http interface (contrary to what most routers include).

  8. Sounds like what they're trying to fix is scenarios where the server SHOULD be returning 410, not 404. This has nothing to do with PROPER 404 status codes.

    Anyway, is something is so important mirror it yourself and be done with it. No need for html tags. BTW, it seems to blur the line between HTML and HTTP too much.

  9. Re:useful given my recent experience with the linu on Linux Voice is a New Magazine for Linux Users — On Paper (Video) · · Score: 1

    Troll? He's a comedian, and a pretty good one!

  10. Re:Marketing geniuses on Linux Voice is a New Magazine for Linux Users — On Paper (Video) · · Score: 1

    And their logistics. I'm still wondering how they solved the "we need to distribute this magazine to people all around the world at acceptable costs" as well.

  11. Re:de Raadt on OpenBSD Team Cleaning Up OpenSSL · · Score: 1

    Because of how OpenBSD's allocator works, the "reading past the allocated space" code would trigger page faults on OpenBSD (not always, but some times). These are fatal, and make the program crash.

    One of the messages on the thread linked in TFS mentions how this works in greater detail.

  12. Re:de Raadt on OpenBSD Team Cleaning Up OpenSSL · · Score: 1

    If they hadn't used their own allocator, then this bug would have been exposed on OpenBSD ages ago since it would lead to OpenSSL crashing over and over again. At first you migth think that this only helps OpenBSD users, but no: this would have led to research on the matter (the crashed), and the issue being found quite soon after it was introduced.

    So it would not have been benefitial only to OpenBSD, but to everyone.

  13. Re:Backport\Upstream? Seems unlikely on OpenBSD Team Cleaning Up OpenSSL · · Score: 1

    Looking at the diffs in tech@, is seems they're dropping DOS, WIN16 and WIN32. I've no idea if there was any WIN64 specific code, but yes, it seem's windows in general is being stripped.

  14. Re:Backport\Upstream? Seems unlikely on OpenBSD Team Cleaning Up OpenSSL · · Score: 1

    Dropping support for these platforms means getting rid of a lot of files/code/ifs/etc. Less code is easier to review. Better reviewed code has more chances of bugs being caught in time.

  15. You say you're a new Linux user, and it looks like you're carrying over you windows-way-of-thinking.

    Most Linux distros don't have services running with lots of security holes. You don't generally need this.
    Most malware out there is actually stuff like "click here for free money.exe". Even if you come across Ubuntu-targeted stuff, it does look like you're the kind of person who wouldn't click that.

    Several people here have pointed out possible solutions, but think for a moment if you really need them.

  16. Re:not developed by a responsible team? on Theo De Raadt's Small Rant On OpenSSL · · Score: 1

    Did you read the entire email? Several of the issues he's mentioning here are not mere "errors". Skiping exploit mitigations for the sake of performance (on some platforms!) on a security library/program isn't an error, it's awfully irresponsable!

  17. Re:Is SSH affected? on OpenSSL Bug Allows Attackers To Read Memory In 64k Chunks · · Score: 1

    Assuming it uses a version of openssl that supports the relevant TLS feature[...]

    That's a pretty generic response and applies to absolutely every piece of software in existance.
    It's a good think OpenSSH doesn't use any version of OpenSSL though.

  18. Re:Huh? on Ask Slashdot: How To Start With Linux In the Workplace? · · Score: 1

    It doesn't really matter which OS they pick, they still need to pay somebody for support (in the sense of fixing installs, etc. Updates will be provided from upstream).

  19. Re:The department gives the hint. on Ask Slashdot: How To Start With Linux In the Workplace? · · Score: 1

    XFCE may look superficially like XP but actually has all sorts of differences that make it irritating as hell to use. Just off the top of my head:

    - No decent file explorer.

    Why? What's wrong with thunar?

    Thunar is abysmal compared to XP's.
    - Window borders too small, like 1px. Resizing windows is a pain.

    I haven't used XFCE is ages, but I belive lots of WMs out there use super+m2 to resize. Windows borders are useless, and having to aim at tiny stuff to resize windows is stupid.

    - Window maximize behaviour is annoying, because you can still drag the window out of fullscreen after it's been maximized, yet dragging it to the top of the screen doesn't automatically fullscreen the window again.

    Rather than "annoying", I'd say it's just "different from windows". Also, I belive this is configurable.

    - The 2 clipboards, one of which is a "mouse buffer", is so unintuative I would classify it as a bug. Linux desperately needs a unified clipboard.

    Use something like parcellite if you want to unify them. Getting rid of both clipboards to make life easier for people who don't know how to use a computer is a bad idea (see GNOME3).

  20. Re:Let me just on Seagate Releases 6TB Hard Drive Sans Helium · · Score: 1

    Of course, instead of going bankrupt after spending all my money in 6TB hard drives, I could just enjoy myself for now, and got bankrupt later on when one of by four 3TB disks fail.

  21. Lubuntu on Ask Slashdot: How To Start With Linux In the Workplace? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    [url=http://lubuntu.net/]lubuntu[/url] is pretty lightweight, and looks pretty similar to windows as far as I can tell. Plus, it's all Ubuntu under the hood (for better or for worse). You know you'll have updates for a looong time coming.

  22. Re:Very bulky. on Nanodot-Based Smartphone Battery Recharges In 30 Seconds · · Score: 1

    Somebody notify mobile phone manufacturers, cause some (eg: Samsung's) just keep getting bigger!

  23. Re:Because you think Google is any better? on Why No One Trusts Facebook To Power the Future · · Score: 1
  24. Re:domain != dyndns on Dyn.com Ends Free Dynamic DNS · · Score: 1

    freedns (freedns.afraid.org) offer free DNS hosting, including dynamic DNS. So just buy a domain, and use that. Still cheaper than $25/y.

  25. Re:I take it this is a server concern on OpenSSL Bug Allows Attackers To Read Memory In 64k Chunks · · Score: 1

    Even if nobody cares about your data/nobody exploits it, the hole is still there.