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  1. seriously? on New Blood Test Offers Early Warning for Alzheimer's Onset · · Score: 0

    Oh wow, what a useful breakthrough...considering there's no cure or prevention.

  2. what a coincidence! on The Tangled Tale of Mt. Gox's Missing Millions · · Score: 2

    Hey, what a coincidence! My company is doing poorly because it's run by incompetent idiots too! Small world, huh?

  3. Re:bigger problem on Ask Slashdot: Linux For Grandma? · · Score: 1

    How did this fly over the head of everyone here? I mean there are features common to all versions of Linux that are confusing because they used methods called in the kernel or they're just simply how the kernel operates. I'm not saying she's worried about memory garbage collection, I mean the default folder structure makes no sense to people for starters. I'm not 100% sure that's an unavoidable kernel feature but you know what I mean.

  4. a bit of a flaw with this on Dinosaurs Done In By... Dark Matter? · · Score: 1

    There's a flaw I see here. When the solar system was formed, chunks of stuff flew around in random directions and collided and there's X chance that one hits Earth. So something comes along and alters the trajectory/orbits of some of this stuff, also randomly. The probability that one hits Earth does not go up. You took something random and made it differently random. For this to be true, the vast majority of matter would regularly have to have magically been specifically not on a trajectory to eventually hit Earth ever. That simply isn't true.

  5. bigger problem on Ask Slashdot: Linux For Grandma? · · Score: 1

    There are certain things in the kernel itself for Linux that my customers have found drastically confusing and I've found difficult to explain. So really I don't think Linux (or computers) are great for old people. Single purpose devices seemed more popular for a bit years ago like e-mail only devices but I don't know what happened to that big market.

  6. right next door on A Tech Entrepreneur's Guide To Visiting Shenzhen · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Shenzen gets all the credit. For example Toshiba builds most laptops there but they have a secondary factory or assembly facility or storage facility or something in the nearby Chonquing, China. That's pronounced "Chong Ching China" in English. My customers think I'm kidding when I tell them their shipment is still in "Chong Ching China."

  7. Re:Hiding under his own name? on Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto Outed By Newsweek · · Score: 1

    Well, the seach was pretty thorough with a lot of investigating but you know...nobody uses phone books anymore lol.

  8. Re:Why? on Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto Outed By Newsweek · · Score: 1

    That is almost definitely not true. There is zero solid evidence that he owns or has ever owned bitcoins in large amounts. When people thought he was the founder of silkroad or one of the original protocol/client software designers, that's where most of the rumor started. It sounds like he isn't so he isn't rich.

  9. oh yes on Fedora To Have a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" For Contributors · · Score: 1

    You can easily assign a dollar amount in benefit from the development or distribution to a foreign company so yes, they definitely should remain banned. As for workers working on the project, that doesn't make a lot of sense until you consider that you're giving them a compilable version of the code to work on and thus a product that can be assigned value.

  10. the answer is simple on Apple Refuses To Unlock Bequeathed iPad · · Score: 0

    Don't buy apple products. Is it just me or does everyone get the impression lately that Apple doesn't even have a PR department?

  11. Re:the one flaw in that on Microsoft's Attempt To Convert Users From Windows XP Backfires · · Score: 1

    Your oven (probably) doesn't have a security infrastructure that needs to protect your important data.

  12. Re:the one flaw in that on Microsoft's Attempt To Convert Users From Windows XP Backfires · · Score: 1

    SECURITY! Obviously. Are you running a 14 year old hardware firewall too?

  13. not at all what you think on Ask Slashdot: Does Your Employer Perform HTTPS MITM Attacks On Employees? · · Score: 1

    The author is an idiot and doesn't get what's going on. By default, Cyberoam products do this. They issue their SSL cert to everyone at the company and then intercept all 3rd party ones to check them. They claim their list of revokes certificates is better than your browser's or whatever. I turned the feature off because it broke Activesync and like 8 other things.

  14. I have an idea on Computing a Winner, Fusion a Loser In US Science Budget · · Score: 1

    Maybe they should get their shit together, build something realistic for the long term, and start selling the electricity then. If I invented a magic device that created gold, I'd probably be selling the gold. Just saying.

  15. the one flaw in that on Microsoft's Attempt To Convert Users From Windows XP Backfires · · Score: 0

    There's one flaw in that complaint. The last computer sold with XP that would be unbelievably fast would likely be an early core duo or core 2 duo or Phenom x6 AM2 socket with 8GB of RAM and a sub-100MB/s SATA drive and a gTX285. That system overall is pathetic and wouldn't run Windows 7 very well at all not to mention its insanely inefficient energy usage. Back in reality, most have 1-2GB of RAM, a pathetic hard drive, and an even more pathetic chip, usually a single core. So to say "replace your device" as the most recommended step um yeah. The youngest XP device from a normal manufacturer would be 7 years old right now. Time to go.

  16. Re:The transactions are public...follow the money on Bitcoin Exchange Flexcoin Wiped Out By Theft · · Score: 1

    You send your funds into a pool or online wallet or exchange account that's one giant mass of coins. Then you withdraw unusual amounts that don't quite add up to the original amount. Once it hits the giant super wallet, it's laundered.

  17. just wait on NASA Forgets How To Talk To ICE/ISEE-3 Spacecraft · · Score: 2

    Just wait until the prove discovers that not only did communication stop for no reason but the planet was taken over my talking apes!

  18. This is really simple on All Else Being Equal: Disputing Claims of a Gender Pay Gap In Tech · · Score: 0

    There are a few key points to this argument. One, feminist assholes love to mess with the math to make things that aren't true seem true. They're always perpetual victims in their own minds no matter what the real math says.

    Secondly, if you aren't getting paid what you want, get a different job. In fact, don't take the job in the first place. The (pretend) wage difference problem is solved!

    Third, I don't get months and months free time off constantly like women do every time they get pregnant. That's why every company in the world hires a man for a job over a woman. You can't afford to lose someone for months at a time in important positions.

  19. wrong on New Attack Hijacks DNS Traffic From 300,000 Routers · · Score: 1

    Excuse me? Not my bank. My bank brings up a secure photo from one server and a secure message from another while logging in. If I do not see on the login screen the image and the text, it's not my real banking page no matter what the URL says in the address bar. It'd have to be such an unbelievably targeted attack to intercept the real page and replace it after the fact that it's not likely.

  20. Re:Multiple mice on one PC on Ouya CEO Talks Console's Tough First Year, and Ambitious "Ouya Everywhere" Plan · · Score: 1

    They bring their laptops. Or I use a cheap wireless HDMI streamer.

  21. Re:why it bombed on Ouya CEO Talks Console's Tough First Year, and Ambitious "Ouya Everywhere" Plan · · Score: 1

    Also, you can hook a USB controller to a PC. We win, you lose.

  22. Re:why it bombed on Ouya CEO Talks Console's Tough First Year, and Ambitious "Ouya Everywhere" Plan · · Score: 1

    "Before there were gaming PC's in the home, there were consoles."
    FALSE!

  23. oops on Walmart Unveils Turbine-Powered WAVE Concept Truck · · Score: 1

    " the steering wheel is flanked by LCD screens instead of conventional gauge"
    which won't work in the northern half of the US half the year. Even specialized GPS screens ghost and fail to turn on and are miscolored below 10F.

  24. I doubt it! on MtGox Sets Up Call Center For Worried Bitcoiners · · Score: 1

    "to help allay your fears"
    They own half the bitcoins they owe and are filing for bankruptcy. Considering that I can do 1st grade math, what could they possibly say that would allay my fears?
    P.S. I don't actually have a balance at MTGox and haven't for many months :-P

  25. It's basically a freaking Linux steambox without a mouse. Mice are the #1 reason PC gamers are better than console gamers. I'd rather eat a pineapple blindfolded with my hands tied behind my back than aim a gun with a joystick. THAT is why the console failed. Moronic console monkeys already have 3 console choices with better game selections. They're perfectly happy living in their own little zoo that already exists. Geekier gaming enthusiasts use REAL computers, not an Ouya.