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  1. Re:And this is important because? on NTLM 100% Broken Using Hashes Derived From Captures · · Score: 1

    Not quite.

    The attacker only gets the password, however the password is never directly used, it is always converted to the hash.The hash is essentially the real password, and for injection attacks is more useful than the password as it saves you from converting the password to the hash.

  2. Re:I'm not a nerd anymore... on Is HP Right? Autonomy Salesperson Shares Internal Emails · · Score: 1

    While the person who taught me how to cook without needing recipes was a physicist I would argue that it cooking is mostly chemistry.

    I would classify vinegar cakes as sort of the ultimate nerd baking.

  3. Re:NoSQL? Then what? on Cassandra NoSQL Database 1.2 Released · · Score: 1

    One of the useful features of solr/lucene is the MLT key word (which stands for More Like This).

    Another useful feature of many NOSQL databases is faceted searches with good performance.

    It seems to be a very common practice to store the data in an SQL database and duplicate that database in a nosql database to use for searching, then if the nosql database gets corrupted you rebuild from the original data and your searches are incomplete while the rebuild goes on. (worst case I've had to deal with is a couple days for the rebuild).

    Many sites use both SQL and NOSQL databases. Eventual consistency is fine for a lot of use cases, in others use cases eventual consistency renders the application completely useless.

  4. Re:Android book on Does 2012 Mark the End of the Netbook? · · Score: 1

    I am sort of torn between getting a bluetooth keyboard for my iPad and getting a cheap chrome book.

    With the cost difference being only $150 or so having yet another device to test websites with has me sort of leaning that way. (and the escape key)

  5. Re:Newbie on Linus Chews Up Kernel Maintainer For Introducing Userspace Bug · · Score: 1

    Torvalds was counting on Mauro to be checking to make sure this type of stuff doesn't happen.

    Not only was the patch bad, but it broke the trust that Torvolds had in Mauro.

    Torvalds was probably thinking something along the lines of "Fuck, now I have to go back and check every patch I have ever accepted from Mauro and see if it is also crap."

  6. Re:reveal codes FTW on Google Docs Vs. Microsoft Word: an Even Matchup? · · Score: 1

    Not the original poster but here is why I don't use LaTeX. You have to compile to see your changes, and LaTeX does not have a wysiwyg mode. (There are a few attempts, but none of them that I have tried work al that well. and I have used Lyx a lot)

    Courts have rules that are based on typewriters and word perfect. You must have your heading on line 8 or line 10 or what ever it is for that court. From my experience LaTeX and Lyx is that creating a style sheet and tweaking it is actually rather tedious and time consuming as there are no tools to my knowledge to get you to the 90% done format quickly.

    Further more I don't know of any good way of collaborating with people using LaTeX. git is fine for coders but it is a bit of a nightmare trying to get non-coders to share free form writing with it.

    Admittedly these are all things that could be addressed with some UI polish and some small tools. but If you need to get something filed by a deadline, the best way is rarely the path you take, but rather one you know you can complete the task on deadline.

  7. Re:Thank the ghods. on Judge Refuses Apple Request For Samsung Ban, But Denies New Trial, Too · · Score: 2

    No, but the billion dollar award is not official until several motions by Samsung are heard.

    On the other hand Apple has been ordered to pay damages for the injunction against the galaxy tab that they got granted.

    News reports on the day of the trial: Samsung lost a billion dollars to Apple. Actual payments ordered so far: Apple has to pay 2.6 million (IIRC).

    It is far from clear who is going to win this trial, but MoFo has scored some impressive wins for Apple.

  8. Re:Thank the ghods. on Judge Refuses Apple Request For Samsung Ban, But Denies New Trial, Too · · Score: 4, Informative

    The question "Are you on crack?" was not in response to them wanting to submit a huge amount of paperwork. It was about claiming that they could go through a large number of witnesses in the remaining time and that Samsung should have to prepare for them.

    The game that they were trying to play was to make Samsung guess which witnesses would be called in the last two days. MoFo (Apple's lawyers) tried this because they were getting away with similar tactics leading up to the trial.

  9. Amazon doesn't offer the ereader I want from them. on Will Tablets Kill Off e-Readers? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    What I want is the ten inch paper white touch screen at a reasonable price ($200 - $300 or so)

    I also want the weight to be somewhat less than my ipad3.

    I also want my kindle to support epub without having to do crazy side loading.

    I don't use the kindle that much because it really is only useful for reading on the train and such, which I don't do that often.

  10. Re:Is it just me or... on Inside the World's Biggest Consumer 3D Printing Factory · · Score: 1

    It is the default base font size for the modular scale plug in for compass. Changing it would be one line in the config file and then recompiling the css.

  11. Re:Next up 64 bit Raspberry PI? on Linux 3.7 Released · · Score: 1

    It depends on the work load.

    IIRC on AMD64 most programs are about five to ten percent larger if they are compiled for 64 bit instead of 32 bit with a slight slowdown. However SSL and other programs that extensively use numbers larger than 32bits tend to be twice as fast on 64bit than 32bit. So if you are doing mostly authentication or ssl on your PI then 64 bit would make sense.

  12. Re:from the fire to the frying pan on Apple CEO Tim Cook On Apple's US Manufacturing Move · · Score: 1

    ... this is proof that corporations respond to publicity and pressure.

    Either that or customers like apple are concerned about import bans in the patent war and want to not be importing into the large markets.

    Yes, I am cynical.

  13. Re:Hey, Apple has browser competition! on Android Options Mean "Best" Browsers Might Surprise You · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In the US:

    • Rooting your cell phone is legal.
    • Rooting a tablet is punishable by jail time.

    This is as per the US copyright offices current interpretation of the DMCA.

    Just a heads up for those of us in the US.

  14. Re:Hey, Apple has browser competition! on Android Options Mean "Best" Browsers Might Surprise You · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In the US you can go to jail for jailbreaking an iPad (you are allowed to jailbreak an iPhone however) Wouldn't exactly call that a viable option.

  15. Re:No one cares on Ask Slashdot: Good Linux Desktop Environment For Hi-Def/Retina Displays? · · Score: 1
    And should save you about $40.00 a month in electricity.

    I am currently looking for a new monitor and not real happy with what I am finding, but CRTs are very expensive to use.

  16. Re:Sensationalist article stating the obvious on Half of GitHub Code Unsafe To Use (If You Want Open Source) · · Score: 2

    Distribution is where copyright law kicks in.

    Like when you distribute the program from your drive to your RAM?

    Now if the program is all rights reserved, and your modified version that you distribute mocks the original author, you could claim the parody exception for copyright. (Would you be successful? I don't know about that question, ask an attorney.)

  17. Re:Reading code can be useful on its own on Half of GitHub Code Unsafe To Use (If You Want Open Source) · · Score: 2

    ... or if you want to implement some modifications of your own (which you don't intend to distribute)

    IANAL, but I have been led to believe that code that is all rights reserved cannot be modified without consent of the author, unless it falls under the fair use exemption of copyright.

    The fact that your modifications could reduce the profitability of the copyright owners derivative works lead me to suspect that the courts would generally find that your changes are a copyright violation, even if they are not distributed.

    Copyright law is all about money and lost sales.

    My advice, get permission from the copyright holder, it is much cheaper and less confusing than attorneys.

  18. Re:Firefox? on Firefox 20 Will Finally Fix Private Browsing Mode · · Score: 1

    Firefox on android syncs with my desktop well enough. (android 4.0 on the phone and debian on the desktop.)

  19. Re:No one cares on Ask Slashdot: Good Linux Desktop Environment For Hi-Def/Retina Displays? · · Score: 1

    If you pay for your own electricity upgrading to a similar LCD might pay for itself over one to two years, and you get a huge amount of desk space back. (the cat will complain about no longer being able to sleep on the monitor however.)

  20. Re:Surprised? on Dell's Ubuntu Ultrabook Now On Sale; Costs $50 More Than Windows Version · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What you get for the extra $1000 is a much lighter laptop.

    Which if you need to take the laptop with you a lot can make a huge difference. My housemates 11 inch mac air is a about the same as the dell being advertised but with a smaller screen and only weighs under 1kg. making it a much nicer machine to carry around than the dell. The 13 inch mac air is almost identical to the dell.

    As a developer what I would really like is an actual touch screen so that I can test out mobile user interfaces without flipping between the laptop and my phone.

  21. Re:Fermat's Last Exploit on Researcher Claims To Have Chrome Zero-Day, Google Says "Prove It" · · Score: 1

    There are many marvelous exploits that attack the problem existing between keyboard and chair.

  22. Re:Security through obscurity FAIL on New Linux Rootkit Emerges · · Score: 2

    Debian does not have SELinux enabled by default. So that is one barrier that frequently they won't have to cross in getting root access.

    Debian might also have been targeted for its large market share and not having security extension installed by default. Considering the wide range of uses that Debian is put to it seems like maybe they should create a "public server" install profile that includes things like SELinux enabled and checkrootkit and other routine auditing tools installed.

  23. Re:Stop renting DVD's on Ask Slashdot: How To Make a DVD-Rental Store More Relevant? · · Score: 2

    The only people that care that Hostess is shutting down are:

    1. The employees
    2. Forty somethings that have nostalgia for their youth.

    It's hard to sell cakes filled with fluffed beef tallow and corn syrup as a premium snack these days.

  24. Re:Moral: Never look at, much less touch, GPL code on Red Hat Developer Demands Competitor's Source Code · · Score: 1

    Also note: This is code they contributed to Linux. They retain rights and can dual license.

    As long as the code they contributed isn't a derivative work you are right. (Good luck figuring out if it is or is not a derivative work or not.)

  25. Re:If it wasn't for Oracle Unbreakable Linux on Oracle Makes Red Hat Kernel Changes Available As Broken-Out Patches · · Score: 0

    That is probably arguable.

    As previously mentioned in this thread the license that give Redhat the right to distribute says

    The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it.

    Which is in the view of many (most?) developers means a copy of the git repository.

    The whole subject is moot until someone with substantial contributions to the kernel gets upset.

    It would be sort of funny to see Oracle sue Redhat for violating the GPL though.