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  1. Re:So... on Meet the Lawyer Suing Anyone Who Uses SSL · · Score: 2

    "we can't have it both ways. I"

    No, but we should a least have it one way or the other.

    As it stands, if you add "on the internet" to it, you get a patent, or as in this case, even if you don't, you can still enforce your patent "on the internet"

  2. So we could actually call this on Project To Build Dual-Booting Linux, Android Tablet For $100 · · Score: 3, Funny

    One Linux Per Contributor?

  3. While I agree in principle, I'm having difficulty with 7-8 elite military coming to the uniform conclusion that what they were doing was acceptable.

    If they broke rules/regs then they get what they deserve. If it wasn't reasonably clear and defined however, then trashing their careers is a harsh way to clarify something for others. (And I know the military is harsh for a reason.)

  4. Re:Electric cars... yawn on Elon Musk Will Usher In the Era of Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    How many nitromethane filling stations are on the way to the post office?

    >Starts counting Taco Bell, Taco Cabana, El Azteca, Rio Bravo, Mama Ninfa's,......

  5. Re:He's going to patent lots of obvious stuff on Elon Musk Will Usher In the Era of Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    So my Fordroid will be using treads soon?

    On the bright side, I'll be able to control tread speed on both sides independently if I want to.

    Oh, and the radio will work no matter how I'm sitting :-)

  6. Re:A Wasted Vote... on Ralph Nader Moderates One Last 3rd-Party Debate for 2012 · · Score: 1

    While you couldn't swing a cat in those circles without hitting one, James Madison wasn't a Freemason.

    Also, the thought of a Constitutional Convention sends shivers down my spine more then four (more) years of Obamney with a like minded majority in the House and Senate.

  7. Re:Time for Apple to go for the jugular on Sharp Warns That It Might Collapse · · Score: 1

    All else being equal, If you've got 1 billion in the bank, and you get 15% letting it sit there, or by acquiring a company that returns 15%, but instead use it to acquire a new business that returns 7% you just threw away 80Million in year one, and that just compounds over time.

    So yes, adding another profit base to your business can easily be quite a terrible idea.

    Of course if the company in question is a major supplier of yours, it is entirely possible that all things are not in fact equal.

  8. Re:Did I miss something? on Boeing 787 Makes US Debut · · Score: 1
  9. Re:Awesome on Boeing 787 Makes US Debut · · Score: 1

    To be fair, what other airline provides music like this for us? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo

  10. Re:good vaccine on Scientists Move Closer To a Universal Flu Vaccine · · Score: 1

    Invention describes an innovative method of improving general physical health through combination of repetitive physical exertion, nutritional supplementation, and dietary selection.

  11. Extrapolation on Scientists Move Closer To a Universal Flu Vaccine · · Score: 3, Funny

    So if a one season shot makes your shoulder sore for four or five days, this will....?

  12. Re:Screen size on Google's Nexus 4, 7, 10 Strategy: Openness At All Costs · · Score: 2

    I admit it. About a 7" Phablet is what I'm waiting for.

    Galaxy Note II is the closest thing out, wish it was a Nexus device though.

  13. Re:I hope it gives me super powers on 26 Nuclear Power Plants In Hurricane Sandy's Path · · Score: 1

    We could be so lucky :-p

    Is there some provision to replace them by the party on the ballot? VP's move up?

  14. Re:Or... on 72% of Xbox 360 Gamers Approve of "More Military Drone Strikes" · · Score: 1

    School assignment.

    One mine had to watch at least part of the debate, and presumably write something up other than what dad yelled at the TV...

    I got no answer on the political poll. Maybe there's an achievement?

  15. Re:Archer on All Five Star Trek Captains Share a Stage · · Score: 2

    Troi---the officer on the bridge whose job it was to make sure the other officers and crew were thinking right.

    The Soviets had those too, but they called them a zampolit, not councilor.

  16. You want a windows appliance eh? on Ask Slashdot: Securing a Windows Laptop, For the Windows Newbie? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Translating - you aren't a windows guy, and you aren't going to become one for this, but you don't want to waste time reinstalling every couple of weeks or listen to your kid crying his account got hacked.

    With that premise

      - Set Windows updates to nightly download and install automatically.
      - MSE (AV from MS) is fine, oddly enough. Its even light enough you can run a second one such as Avast! if you wish.
      - NAT router in front assumed
      - Leave the Windows Firewall on, don't enable file sharing
      - Install Firefox, make it the default browser, load two addons - NOSCRIPT and AdBlock Plus. Remove the IE icon from the desktop.
      - Council the kid that this is NOT his general internet browsing/use machine. It is dedicated for the games. Continue to browse etc. on the systems you know how to maintain.

    With the above, you have no cost, minimal maintenance and the machine is very likely to stay secure for years.

  17. Re:False positives on Nissan Develops Emergency Auto-Steering System · · Score: 1

    "a metallic balloon drifts through a lane of traffic and the Nissan goes into panic mode and starts a big chain reaction"

    Red ones are the worst about this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4

  18. Re:Spamhaus and RBL = evil on Zero Errors? Spamhaus Flubs Causing Domain Deletions · · Score: 2

    greylisting stops a lot more spam than blacklisting, and has a zero false positive rate as long as the originating server follows the rfc detailing how smtp is supposed to work.

    Back in the real world, greylisting is anything but a panacea and has its own set of impacts on email.

    Different greylisting implementations remember send attempts differently.

    Senders relaying through outbound services (yes, we run our outbound through antivirus/malware/spam filtering) with outbound farms or ranges of addresses may never be allowed through as their email presents from a different IP each time and greylisters don't all follow greylisting best practices by whitelisting the large outbound 'farms' from services like Postini.

    A sender's deferral retry interval can be too short for a recipient to allow (some have a minimum time before they will recognize the resend), and too long for others to remember (some will forget a send before a retry interval is up.).

    You can't configure your systems to make all greylisting receivers happy so you wind up having to troubleshoot the inevitable user complaints and get your systems whitelisted with recipients.

    The approach is OK for a personal or small site with a static clientele and partners. Particularly if timeliness isn't important with new contacts. But If this approach ever becomes popular enough to inconvenience spammers seriously, they will just code retry capability into their bots.

  19. Re:Spamhaus and RBL = evil on Zero Errors? Spamhaus Flubs Causing Domain Deletions · · Score: 1

    "The process stopped being overseen by humans, started to assume everyone was an evil spammer..."

    How is SORBS these days anyhow?

  20. So a tomato IS a fruit?

  21. Re:Thanks on Thanks For Reading: 15 Years of News For Nerds · · Score: 2

    At least they aren't Windows-8-ing the interface like some news sites are...

  22. Re:Romney-Ryan no Insurance your doctor is ER and on Romney-Ryan Release Space Policy Paper · · Score: 2

    I remember wondering why it was illegal to shoot buzzards once when I was a kid.

    I was told

    "How much would it cost for the county to remove a dead animal from the road, or for you to do it? Buzzard does it for free."

    No idea if there's any truth to it, but hey, it seems like it answers the question :)

  23. Re:Those amazing stem cells on Stem Cells Turn Hearing Back On · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wake me when the do this with non-Embryonic stem cells. I don't have an embryonic me lying around on ice to harvest.

  24. Re:Look at ninety percent of the effort towards go on Republican Platform To Include Internet Freedom Plank · · Score: 1

    The restrictions on water are on pure quantity - not on what you do with a given liter of water.

    Depends on the level and type of restrictions. For example certain high-usage activities such as watering your lawn might be banned completely, or only allowed on certain days. We had watering restrictions like this here a couple of years ago and couldn't set up water slides for the kids at all, or water our lawns except on specified days based on our street numbers.

  25. Re:Just block all ads and don't worry about it on Ask Slashdot: To AdBlock Or Not To AdBlock? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There are a few things it would be nice for Google to remember

    -review -expertsexchange -directory ...