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  1. Re: Thats great.. on Injured Man Is First Person Saved By a Police Drone In Canada · · Score: 1

    BEN!

  2. Re:How can they possibly know that number? on BitTorrent Sees Sync Users Share Over 1PB of Data · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can hide rootkits in your source code by setting their text color to white.

  3. Re:Dated, old, irrelevant to many except the dieha on Debian 7.0 ("Wheezy") Released · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Until you put it under load on a mission critical server somewhere.

  4. Re:Ecellent, may we now hope for Steam support? on Debian 7.0 ("Wheezy") Released · · Score: 1

    You can use steam on basically any Linux distro.

  5. Re:Why Debian? on Debian 7.0 ("Wheezy") Released · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Debian places a strong emphasis on stability compared to most distros. Instead of being on the bleeding edge they are conservative and try to provide a stable, bug free, and secure system which is well tested and well understood. Debian also has an extremely strong stance of software freedom, which appeals to some people. Debian is a solid enough distribution that plenty of other distros use it as a base, that should say something about the quality of the work they do. Without Debian there'd be no Ubuntu or Linux Mint since they both pull packages from the unstable (read: under testing / "current" ) Debian repos.

  6. Re:Space ports are nice and all. on Spaceport Development Picks Up Steam In Texas · · Score: 1

    Because the EM Drive is today's cold fusion. Call me when they have a working prototype zooming through the solar system.

  7. Re:It works in eve on EA Building Microtransactions Into All of Its Future Games · · Score: 1

    It takes 16 days to go from 0 to sitting in a Vindicator.

  8. Re:Let me guess on Blizzard Set To Debut 'Something New' At PAX East · · Score: 2

    That sounds a lot like EVE General Discussion to me.

  9. Re:Clealry on Blizzard Set To Debut 'Something New' At PAX East · · Score: 1

    Avoiding RTS stories (most are bad) is as easy as multiplayer and skirmish.

  10. Re:WoW for PS4 and Xbox Durango?!?!? on Blizzard Set To Debut 'Something New' At PAX East · · Score: 4, Funny

    Citizen, you enjoy microtransactions.

  11. Re:It works in eve on EA Building Microtransactions Into All of Its Future Games · · Score: 1

    No it fucking doesn't work in EVE Online. I also control the character 'masternerdguy' who is an EVE veteran and let me tell you that PLEX (an in-game item that represents 30 days of game time) seriously damaged that game. First of all PLEX exists to try and reduce RMT (and by reduce I mean move the profits to CCP). For those who don't understand the system, a PLEX is bought for about $20 a unit (or less if you buy in bulk) and is traded for in-game currency, ISK, on the free market. So if I wanted to sell a PLEX I'd pay my money, get a PLEX, and sell it in Jita for about 500 million ISK, assuming that another player wants to buy it from me. While it is true that PLEX is a zero sum game (no ISK is created, it only changes hands to a willing buyer. The buyer wants a PLEX because they can pay their subscription with it using ISK) the system results in bizzare wealth distribution. You get 30 day old players flying 10b ISK officer bit Vindicators ( which die hilariously and are made fun of on themittani.com ) because they have a big credit card. PLEX isn't pay to win, but it does allow you to buy things you shouldn't be able to afford yet. You shouldn't even consider stepping into a Vindicator for 6 months after you start a character.

  12. emailed pdf, say it ain't so! on 'Old School' Hackers Attack European Governments Using 'MiniDuke' Malware · · Score: 1

    "The computers were corrupted through an Adobe PDF attachment to an email." -- It never ends! Why is this still an attack vector? This could have been totally avoided with a little user education and decent network security policy.

  13. Yes, everyone's always wanted to pay $1000+ for a computer that they don't own that has worse specs than one half the price.

  14. Re:I like Windows Phone on LG Not Working On Windows Phone 8 Devices · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You're using the metro interface on the intended device, of course it works. Most people's issues with Windows 8 have nothing to do with the mobile market, it's the desktop.

  15. Re:Shotgun approach on LG Not Working On Windows Phone 8 Devices · · Score: 1

    I don't want to go back to Palm, Firefox OS doesn't exist yet (they've yet to ship a product), so that leaves Android (which is a great choice because of the well developed ecosystem and ease of deployment). But you forgot about WebOS which is being sold off and is already fully developed by HP, and you forgot Chrome which is looking for someone to care about it.

  16. Well on LG Not Working On Windows Phone 8 Devices · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Microsoft partnership is like the kiss of death, at least in the mobile market.

  17. Re:I wish them the best of luck on British Farmers Growing Their Own Internet Service · · Score: 2

    Those who can, do. Those who can't, sue.

  18. Re:They better be careful on British Farmers Growing Their Own Internet Service · · Score: 0

    Monsanto only goes after farmers who knowingly grew their seeds, and they determine that because the pesticide monanto's "roundup ready" seeds are engineered to be resistant to kills regular plants. You'd never apply it to your crop unless you either wanted to kill it or you knew it was the resistant strain. Do the research.

  19. Re:lol on A School in the Cloud · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Last I checked lots of countries now require a minimum state approved education paid for by tax money. That's much better than only educating the aristocracy and putting all the peasant children to work.

  20. lol on A School in the Cloud · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We didn't spend 7000 years trying to educate everyone, we've been trying to educate everyone for maybe 400.

  21. NEAT on RSA: Self-Encrypting USB Hard Drives for all Operating Systems (Video) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shut up and take my money!

  22. Re:The way I do security on Cryptography 'Becoming Less Important,' Adi Shamir Says · · Score: 1

    I fix the computers of friends and co workers all the time.

  23. Re:The way I do security on Cryptography 'Becoming Less Important,' Adi Shamir Says · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Have fun when Joe the Burgler takes your computer.

  24. Re:The Real Key on FOSS Communities Key To Managing Patent Risk · · Score: 1
  25. Re:no on Cryptography 'Becoming Less Important,' Adi Shamir Says · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Crypto is part of a full solution containing (crypto), proper segregation of permissions, proper segregation of user data / accounts, proper firewall configuration, proper software configuration, patching vulnurabilities, malware detection (lots of solutions on Windows, chkrootkit on linux), and user education. If I forgot anything add it to the list.