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  1. 2.84..updated? on Transmission BitTorrent App Contained Malware (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Hi, I have two computers.

    I remember I saw that "improved compatibilty with modern OS X" and pressed install update..., but I can not remember which one or even both. After checking this machines Transmission, it is still 2.84

    And I when reading this, I actually catched an uber to get to my other office to check what was going on there. ... but that also had 2.84, so it seems that the 2.9 update was unsuccessful on both computer / or one of them...

    so then all safe? or is it masking itself as an older version or something.

  2. Another Topre on Ask Slashdot: Good Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    I am using the Leopold FC660C it has the same switches as HHKB, but have dedicated arrow keys, but still pretty compact. I can recommend it, great for coding.

  3. Doubtful 2 on Does USB Type C Herald the End of Apple's Proprietary Connectors? · · Score: 2

    Lightning was designed from the ground up to be a very sturdy plug supporting an iPad or an iPhone in a dock or with physical use. After checking out the drawings on usb-c it is much better than usb-micro, but it is still based on very thin metalsheet and I do not think Apple would change a superior design that they invented themselves to another that can not handle the spec.

    Thunderbolt at (thunderbolt2 now) is of open to use by others using intel hw, but it is more for the pro market, or people that have better demands, it can handle displays bandwidth of 5k @60hz and run external disks as fast as internal, which is impressive. That tech won't disappear on apples pro machines.

    I would guess the next iPad Pro would have usb3 bus speed, but I doubting actually that apple would integrate that in iPhones. Is the usb3 hw possible to make as small as the usb2 hw in the phone right now? if yes they will integrate it, but if not it would take time as they won't use space of their thin phones to that... As people using them mostly wirelessly....

  4. This is correct on A Link Between Wormholes and Quantum Entanglement · · Score: 0

    This is the direction. Thanks.

  5. True in many cases on 25,000-Drive Study Gives Insight On How Long Hard Drives Actually Last · · Score: 1

    My disks lasts mostly for a long time, the few times I thought it was failed it actually was other things, as bad ram (never buy value ram) bad controller card in external drive etc.

  6. Apple Fusion on SSHDs Debut On the Desktop With Mixed Results · · Score: 1

    Yeah I have setup the fusion system with a Mac Pro (4 disk bays), with a OWC 128gb and a fast enterprise 7200 rpm disk. runs about half ssd speed range ++, Very stable very satisfied with it, there is good tutorials of settings this up on the net. Plus you have space for another disk that backups this combination every hr. Reason is that I use software that stores a lot on system disks, so this works better than buying expensive large size ssds.

  7. I question the article content on Earth May Have Been Hit By a Gamma-Ray Burst In 775 AD · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Android versions on Android Rules Smartphones, But Which Version? · · Score: 1

    FYI:

    CM9->CM9.1= 4.0->4.04
    CM10->CM10.1=4.1->4.2

  9. Android versions on Android Rules Smartphones, But Which Version? · · Score: 1

    Have been running different versions of Android on my average phone; Galaxy S which I got for free from a friend. It would of course be stuck with a sluggish 2.3.6 if I used samsungs offical releases; with the explanation from them that it is not capable of running 4+. They just lie, it works much better and more stable with CM7 and 9 and I am planning to upgrade to the 10 stable now... I mean the old galaxy s looks so up to date GUI-wise (vanilla android 4+) and the smoothness of GUI motion that casual people believe this is current gen. That people buy the new Samsung stuff and argue against apple is beyond me. Samsung just rip you off by stopping updating the phones after maybe less than a year. Smart users like slashdotters of course can hack and tweak, but the casual person do get this. and just create e-waste by design. If it was cars, an iPhone would be maybe a BMW / Audi with a good service deal, and Samsung a top model Daewoo or Hyundai, with no service. And all the the androids out there (50%) does not accelerate any development of real good apps either, people does not want more keyboards, useless widgets... and I guess many users that is stuck on 2.3 variants, is looking on their friends Iphone and would buy that as their next phone. It is really hard to argue for android for the casual user. The only good Android out there is vanlilla, either in CM variants or Nexus, but that is again for advanced users. *CM = Cyanogenmod.org

  10. Pen type-A on Ask Slashdot: The Search For the Ultimate Engineer's Pen · · Score: 1

    This is nice: http://shop.cwandt.com/

  11. MIPS for super computers on MIPS Technologies Porting Android 4.1 to MIPS Architecture · · Score: 1

    Seems like MIPS has been used in budget super computers lately in China. Nice that they are early out with porting this. Someone should make a cheap unbranded, unthemed, vanilla. android phone.

  12. Some free resources on Ask Slashdot: Open Source vs Proprietary GIS Solution? · · Score: 5, Informative
  13. Re:Ten times bigger. on Occupy Flash? · · Score: 1

    You should take a look on these samples:

    http://raphaeljs.com/

    You can also animate vector (svg is native i modern browsers, some gpu accelrated even) with fallback for older browsers, (which raphael takes care of) Maybe not there yet, but another sign that flash plugin will die.

    About the open source project, sure, but no one have bothered making a good plugin then, why bother.

  14. Protocol instead of plugin on Occupy Flash? · · Score: 2

    I think they should open it, and it should not be plugin, but a protocol, as in flash://adobe.com would launch the app/anim/advanced air application/whatever in flash.app / flash.exe or your open source choice for executing flash.

    And at this time when you can do everything for the most in html (html5/csse3/js) it just need skills., why should you embed the really advanced stuff flash could do like 3d games etc. For HTML pages, html is the best.

    Then I do not need to restart the browser everytime there is an update to flash either, much safer than a forced execution of flash (I use flashblocking), I do not see the reason for a page to have a lot of different flash animations one page, that scenario would usually be just ads.

    And you do not need flash for playing video, that era is over. If you are a developer and can not manage to make a cross platform player / solution and a worst case fallback to flash, you should not develop that page.

  15. Adjustment: on Terror Attack On Norwegian Government · · Score: 2

    Conservative, right-wing, going to extreme extents. Thoughts documented of the person (in Norwegian): http://www.document.no/anders-behring-breivik/

  16. Re:The terrorist on Terror Attack On Norwegian Government · · Score: 1

    what they say now.

  17. The terrorist on Terror Attack On Norwegian Government · · Score: 1
  18. Re:It's not "terror" on Terror Attack On Norwegian Government · · Score: 1

    I fear this, it started now, therefore I am terrorized.

  19. Flickr images on Terror Attack On Norwegian Government · · Score: 1
  20. More pictures on Terror Attack On Norwegian Government · · Score: 2
  21. Maybe not clear enough on Terror Attack On Norwegian Government · · Score: 5, Informative

    But an attack like this is big deal in Norway, I live nearby, and the blast has blasted the window in almost 1 km radius, check these images. This is the main government building in Norway: http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.7722919

  22. Re:Mac is vulnerable too on Poisoned Google Image Searches Becoming a Problem · · Score: 1

    So there is not any sensational about this. The zip, unzips on a "unsecured" computer (opens "safe" files), but you have to run a mpkg manually that resides in your download folder, little chance that this happens, if the user are not aware of what a mpkg is anyway. Safari gives you few indications other than the download manager that a file is downloaded.

  23. Re:Mac is vulnerable too on Poisoned Google Image Searches Becoming a Problem · · Score: 4, Informative

    Safari / Mac OS X latest versions as 08.05.2011 CET As I happen to use the Google image search a lot, and open each image (from google results) in a tabs (collect them) and after that reviewing them. Today I searched for different architecture related things and managed to open this this FAKE AV page, a lot of times, differnt pages. And the file that is downloaded is "anti-malware.zip" [1,9 MB on disk (1 872 571 bytes)]. This file contain "MacProtector.mpkg." I am sure I do not have the default settings, because I review every programs settings before I am starting using it, as a common proceedure. I have the open secure files automatically option off, it was not opened. As far as I know Safari does not consider a zip a secure file, and there is not an automatic execution of mpkg inside a zip as standard?