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  1. Re:Pure filth and evil on Researchers Are Keeping Pig Brains Alive Outside the Body (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Also, what if the police want their brains back? Or do they share one brain among themselves?

  2. Re:Good on Apple Discontinues Its AirPort Router Line (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 0

    Given how insecure both the Mikrotiks and Ubiquiti's are (did you specifically choose those two because of this?), I think anyone doing any research into getting one will go straight back to Apple.

  3. Re:Say what? on Hacking a Satellite is Surprisingly Easy (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Same here. In fact there's only one single comment on Windows 95 in the entire article, and that's the unfounded, unsupported, unreferenced claim that satellites are "operating on Windows-95". And it's followed by "A malicious actor could fake their IP address, which gives information about a userâ(TM)s computer and its location. This person could then get access to the satelliteâ(TM)s computer system".

    What a pile of bollocks. It's just a bunch of satellite-related gibberish collated together into a clickbaiting article.

  4. I use BackupFactoryFactoryFactoryFactoryFactoryFactoryFactory. Unfortunately my BackupFactoryFactoryFactoryFactoryFactory was still in the process of manufacturing my BackupFactoryFactoryFactoryFactory, so I never got the backups done before the ransomware hit.

  5. In the end, DNS will likely fix everything...

    Uptake of DANE, and a large pile of other lets-stuff-security-things-in-the-DNS that people have come up with over the years, is about the same as Firefox' market share. Don't count on this to fix anything.

  6. Not just Lets Encrypt, from any CA. DV means you control the domain, which the attackers did. The only difference is that Lets Encrypt gives you the cert while other CAs charge you for it.

  7. Yahoo, will have to pay a $35 million fine for failing to disclose a 2014 data breach

    "Smithers, take it from petty cash, and we're done". The GDPR may be a bit overreaching in places, but one thing they have got right is the fines, that's something companies can't ignore any more. For the first time, shareholder value will now be tied to looking after people's private details.

  8. Re: +/- 12,383 miles on No One Knows How Long the US Coastline Is (discovermagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    It also depends at what resolution you're measuring. If you go down to the atomic level you're going to get (a) a very, very long coastline and (b) no certainty over exactly how long it really is.

  9. Re:Not a malicious ad? on Pasta Is Good For You, Say Scientists Funded By Big Pasta (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    I smell a giant Pastafarian conspiracy at work here...

  10. Re:Ajit Pai's friends on Former FCC Broadband Panel Chair Arrested For Fraud (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    My thoughts too, it's exactly the sort of person you'd expect to find among Ajit Pai's cronies.

  11. Re:Something you have and something you know on Windows 10 Update Will Support More Password-Free Logins (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I've seen a preview of the new passwordless login, if you get your password wrong three times it says âoePardon meâ¦Have you forgotten your password? What password would you like?â and you (or anyone else) gets to change it to something more memorable.

  12. Re:Nothing about corruption? on Why New York City Stopped Building Subways (citylab.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but it's the sort of life that most other subways use exterminators and disinfectant to control.

  13. Re:Why is Iran still the bogy man on US Bans American Companies From Selling To Chinese Electronics Maker ZTE (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Relations with Israel were seriously strained when the Ayatollahs came into power and declared Israel as an enemy of Islam

    That wasn't the primary reason, it was because the Shah's brutal SAVAK secret police were set up and trained by Israel. In other words the principal instrument of oppression, with a long history of torture and murder and possibly the most hated part of the whole regime, was set up with the active assistance and input of Israel. You can forgive Iranians for being somewhat upset about that.

  14. Some time ago my neighbour called me in a bit of a panic, he was being surveilled by the FBI! He's a bit of a crook so this wasn't too far-fetched for him, but in this case it was just him seeing one of my more creatively-named SSIDs...

  15. The headline has a spelling mistake in it, it's Fecebook, not Facebook.

  16. Re:Secret? Google says not so. on FTC Warns Manufacturers That 'Warranty Void If Removed' Stickers Break the Law (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Informative
    The comment about Apple also needs rewording:

    aftermarket parts regularly break iPhones due to software updates

    It should say:

    Apple regularly breaks iPhones via software updates if aftermarket parts are detected

    This isn't accidental breakage, this is by design from Apple.

  17. Re: So just don't use it? on Is Microsoft Trying To Make Windows 10 Mail Worse? (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You may think that Thunderbird is a bit old, but it's working pretty well and don't cause any trouble.

    It's not "a bit old", it's "good enough and does what you want". It has the added benefit that Mozilla have decided to leave it alone, unlike Firefox which they're determined to keep fucking up more and more until their last users decide that since it's just a crappy copy of Chrome anyway they may as well use the real thing.

  18. Re:I Miss Windows In Everything I Own on Ask Slashdot: Do You Miss Windows Phone? (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Do You Miss Windows Phone?

    No. Next question.

  19. Re:popcorn: ready on Your Strategic Plans Probably Aren't Strategic, or Even Plans (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    I ask attendees, who rank from board members and CEOs to middle management, to write down an example of a strategy on a sheet of paper

    To crush our enemies. See them driven before you. And to hear the lamentations of their women.

  20. Re:Solution to amplification DDoS exists for 18 ye on 1.1.1.1: Cloudflare's New DNS Attracting 'Gigabits Per Second' of Rubbish (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Meh. Implementing RFC 3514 is far more useful, you could automatically disconnect all evildoers, not just threaten to disconnect people who may be evil.

  21. Re:Bug or feature? on Software Bug Behind Biggest Telephony Outage In US History (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's a bug no matter what the spec says. Anything where you can shut down phone service for 110 million subscribers simply by hitting enter (without filling a field) isn't just a bug, it's a twelve-storey bug with a magnificent entrance hall, carpeting throughout, 24- hour portage, and an enormous sign on the roof, saying 'This Is a Massive Bug'.

  22. Re:The question is are there really jobs on Duolingo To Silicon Valley Workers: Move To Pittsburgh, Where You Can Actually Afford a Home (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    The question is, YOU! job postings! You have skills, those skills have a market!

    A new life awaits you in the Off-World colonies! The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure! New climate, recreational facilities.....absolutely free!

  23. Re: Facebook is on fire... on Facebook Employees In An Uproar Over Executive's Leaked Memo (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that's another benefit.

  24. Re: Facebook is on fire... on Facebook Employees In An Uproar Over Executive's Leaked Memo (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That was my impression too. Read the whole memo to get the context of what he's saying. If you still don't get it, substitute a few words:

    "Maybe someone eats a sandwich who's a terrorist who wants to attack and kill people. And still we feed people. The ugly truth is that we believe in feeding people so deeply that anything that allows us to feed more people more often is *de facto* good."

    He then goes on to say that most of what they do is good (well, for some value of good), and the good outweighs the bad.

    That single out-of-context quote does make for great clickbait, I must admit. Having said that, if I wanted that kind of crap I'd read the Sun, their page 3 is more interesting than Slashdot's.

  25. Re:Largest organ? on Meet the Interstitium, the Largest Organ We Never Knew We Had (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    In any case it's complete bollocks, the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ is the largest organ. Everyone knows that.

    Well, everyone should know it.