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  1. Re:Thanks for sharing on Ask Slashdot: Building a Personal FOSS Cloud? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, that's like saying that if I open a book all I'll see are characters.

  2. Re:Thanks. on Putting the Raspberry Pi Into Orbit · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Indeed, we must have our weekly pi propaganda!

  3. Let me summarize on Highlights From Comic-Con 2012 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Lots of fat white people.

  4. Re:Filter it. on The Ugly, Profitable Details About Xbox Live Advertising · · Score: 0

    I guarantee you violated some kind of TOS doing that, which means they can decide to kick you off their network.

  5. Re:No magnetic fields on Bas Lansdorp Answers Your Questions About Going to Mars · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Magnetic fields have no effect on electromagnetic radiation such as UV. It just passes through it. You need an ozone layer to protect from that kind of radiation.

  6. Re:So, basically ... on The Ugly, Profitable Details About Xbox Live Advertising · · Score: 4, Funny

    You are absolutely right my friend. I find it amazing that people will pay money to receive ads. This is why we need a non profit FOSS console that doesn't do this crap.

  7. Duh on A Million-Year Hard Disk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those control crystals from SG1.

  8. Re:Don't encrypt on Ask Slashdot: Managing Encrypted Android Devices In State and Local Gov't? · · Score: 5, Insightful
    It doesn't just have to do with hiding immoral actions (btw we don't even know what agency he works for -- he could be fracking parks and recreations), it also prevents tampering.

    I encrypt the disks on my computers not to hide anything, I will gladly decrypt my disk for the FBI if they ever asked, but to prevent outside tampering. Without encryption, an adversary can just load up a linux live cd and tamper with anything they want with root access. By encrypting the entire disk I can prevent that sort of tampering. They can still boot a live cd, but they can't tamper with the installed operating system or the data.

    Besides, there is a metric ton of personal information on any smart phone. How would you like Joe the Laptop Thief to get access to your Google account, or possibly even login information for your online banking?

  9. Re:state agency will take the best deal not the be on Ask Slashdot: Managing Encrypted Android Devices In State and Local Gov't? · · Score: 2

    No, the US government actually takes computer security pretty damn seriously.

  10. iPhone on Ask Slashdot: Managing Encrypted Android Devices In State and Local Gov't? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Considering that any meaningful encryption (I will assume you want some sort of volume group/full disk encryption) will require root access and probably a custom kernel module, you will need android. Personally I would download the source code and hack it myself, add in the encryption and other features I want, and then flash the modified ROM onto a device of choice. You can't do that on an iPhone. It worked for SELinux.

  11. Lol on AOL: Outdoor Server Huts Are the Future · · Score: 2

    As if AOL can tell us about the future.

  12. Re:Found at 125 GeV on LHC Discovers New Particle That Looks Like the Higgs Boson · · Score: 1, Informative

    I think thats the energy level needed to isolate it not the mass of the particle itself.

  13. No. on Open Source Morrowind Version 0.16.0 Released · · Score: 5, Insightful

    FOSS games tend to be coded very well but they lack polished art and game assets. It's like building V8 engine and putting it in an ugly car. It runs great but scares people away.

  14. Re:Sounds a little hokey on Is Being In the Same BitTorrent "Swarm" Equal To "Interacting"? · · Score: 5, Funny

    But this involves the internet which makes it different.

  15. Sports Announcer Voice. on On the iPhone and Apple's Meteoric Rise To the Top · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alright gentlemen we have a fine flame war in store for you tonight.

  16. culture? on Ask Slashdot: What Defines Good Developer Culture? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Soon we'll be using rasberry pis bought with bitcoins in the year of the linux desktop.

  17. Re:Holy f*** on Cyanide-Producing GM Grass Linked To Texas Cattle Deaths · · Score: 1

    This is amazing. I mean this is like something from The Onion. Except its real.

  18. Whua! on Wikipedia As a "War Zone," Rather Than a Collaboration · · Score: 4, Informative

    Editing wars on wikipedia? Say it ain't so!

  19. Re:Uhh on Ask Slashdot: No-Install Programming At Work? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hear that the old assemblers from the 80s and 90s are pretty portable and dont require an installation.

  20. Re:Whats the problem on Sexy Female Scientist Video Draws Fire · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The main issue is that this video is not an accurate depiction of lab work. It's an idiotic thing that would have been a great 80s music video.

  21. Re:If RIM were a passenger jet... on RIM Manufacturing Partner Pulls the Plug On BlackBerry Phones · · Score: 2

    They can still salvage the platform.

  22. Re:Is it necessary the vien come from a dead human on Vein Grown From Her Own Stem Cells Saves 10-Year-Old · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I believe that children are our future..unless we stop them now." -- Homer Simpson.

  23. Re:Is it necessary the vien come from a dead human on Vein Grown From Her Own Stem Cells Saves 10-Year-Old · · Score: 1

    I'd imagine your right but I'm not a biologist. But a human one might have a better form factor making it easier to implant. I love the 21st century.

  24. Huh on Adobe Releases Sandboxed Flash Player For Firefox · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I thought adobe was abandoning flash.

  25. Re:And Skynet becomes self aware on MIT's Self-Assembling 3D Nanostructures — the Future of Computer Chips? · · Score: 1

    Nanotechnology always amazes me. I love the 21st century.