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  1. Re:Medical doctor on Ask Slashdot: Are You Apocalypse-Useful? · · Score: 1

    Dating is easier when you have resources, such as ample food, that are in demand. However, you may not want to be so quick to disregard the primitive bow and arrow factor, as such projectile weapons are also capable of dispatching you when used by competing males. Arrows readily traverse pits.

  2. Re:Bigger problem: stupid 'optimizations' on Heartbleed Coder: Bug In OpenSSL Was an Honest Mistake · · Score: 1

    Agreed.

  3. Re:Bigger problem: stupid 'optimizations' on Heartbleed Coder: Bug In OpenSSL Was an Honest Mistake · · Score: 1

    The added feature implemented a performance optimization.

  4. Re:Linux is not an Operating System on Not Just Apple: GnuTLS Bug Means Security Flaw For Major Linux Distros · · Score: 1

    GnuPG implements RFC4880. See also the OpenPGP alliance. GnuTLS implements SSL, TLS and DTLS. See also OpenSSL and PolarSSL.

    Your userland software may or may not link against GnuTLS. It's probably more likely to link against OpenSSL.

    It's important to understand the mechanisms involved with software that provides facilities for securing information both locally and in transit to others. It's nearly as important to do a bit of research on said mechanisms before engaging in discussions on them.

  5. Re:Why? Is it really necessary? on Ask Slashdot: User-Friendly Firewall For a Brand-New Linux User? · · Score: 1

    When was the last time you were party to a serious information security audit? I get the feeling you don't protect data of substantial value for a living.

    In any event, this only protects against internal incompetence rather than external malice, so is not a necessary part of running a secure system.

    You forgot to mention internal malice.

  6. Re:No more iptables on Ask Slashdot: User-Friendly Firewall For a Brand-New Linux User? · · Score: 1

    As I mentioned in a previous /. story regarding nftables, iptables isn't "going away." You neglected to mention that nftables provides backward compatibility with iptables, while allowing significant new functionality. A huge amount of infrastructure utilizes iptables rules, and nftables isn't intended to break that.

    There is no confusion of tons of admins here.

  7. Re: Here it comes... on Security Evaluation of the Tesla Model S · · Score: 1

    and is not required at all for a computer

    You must have missed my earlier reply. As the GGP comment contained the excerpt "like your computer", I'm still eagerly awaiting a citation regarding a computer which contains no plastic components, presumably one available for purchase under the implicit assumption that you are in possession of such a machine. I'm looking forward to the opportunity to purchase this wonderful device for my own use, so please don't keep me waiting too long.

  8. Re: Here it comes... on Security Evaluation of the Tesla Model S · · Score: 1

    Please cite a source for any laptop which does not contain plastic.

  9. Re: Here it comes... on Security Evaluation of the Tesla Model S · · Score: 1

    I believe the GP was referring to the plastic portions of laptops, which are largely synthesized from oil and natural gas, not silicon.

  10. Re: Let them be. on Crows Complete Basic Aesop's Fable Task · · Score: 1

    You must have missed the bit about "Three fowl plays and you're bunted out!"

    That's a reference to the "three strikes and you're disconnected/banned at the ISP level" legislation that has popped up in various locales, lobbied for by the media industry folks. As far as I can tell, the source of your whooshing was a joke in a joke, and I must say I found it pretty amusing.

  11. Re:Does it make Minecraft run faster? on Java 8 Officially Released · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Quoting the grandparent:

    The one thing they need to do is make Java run multi-threaded ... Oracle should not ignore it's Minecraft userbase.

    Three things seem plain. First, the poster appears to believe that applications may be rendered multithreaded by mere virtue of the programming language they are written in, without special consideration; in other words, an application that would otherwise be singlethreaded may be made instantly multithreaded without special work. Second, the poster did not know Java has threads. Third, the poster believes Oracle cares about Minecraft. All of these things appear to reflect an uninformed poster.

  12. Re:But, but... on Snowden Says No One Listened To 10 Attempts To Raise Concerns At NSA · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That whooshing sound is your cue that you're too stupid to vote.

  13. Re:I don't get it. on Google Funds San Francisco Bus Rides For Poor · · Score: 1

    To be fair, the odds are good that he would feel threatened for long.

  14. Re:jagger's dna lost in lhc composting accident on Paraguayan ccTLD Hacked, Google.com.py Redirected, Internal Database Leaked · · Score: 1

    The bit about hymenless monkeys is intriguing. Newsletter?

  15. Re:So a good match... on New Russian Fighter Not Up To Western Standards · · Score: 4, Funny

    I read "defect" as "defecate" at first, and was solemnly nodding my head in agreement, as that would be difficult to cover up.

  16. Re:That doesn't seem right. on 200 Dolphins Await Slaughter In Japan's Taiji Cove · · Score: 0

    From Wikipedia: "The killer whale (Orcinus orca), also referred to as the orca whale or orca, and less commonly as the blackfish, is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family."

    You should probably go back to whatever MMORPG you're playing now.

  17. Re:Spell it out the first time on Linus Torvalds: Any CLA Is Fundamentally Broken · · Score: 1

    Just what are you trying to imply here, something or other about programmers, sheep, and conjugal concerns? You've got a sick mind my friend, just plain sick.

  18. Re:Observable universe on Why We Think There's a Multiverse, Not Just Our Universe · · Score: 1

    The expression "observable universe" doesn't work either.

  19. Re:You can name something University and ... on Why We Think There's a Multiverse, Not Just Our Universe · · Score: 1

    Better terminology for this theory would be "islands of causality". But scientists tend to be shit at naming things so instead they will overload a sadly overused term instead.

    While it would certainly be a better technical description, many people might have difficulty understanding the expression "islands of causality." The term "universe" is more widely understood by the general populace, and hence the expression "multiple universes," or "multiverse" if you will, may be more easily understood by a broader audience.

  20. Re:Testability, testability, testability... on Why We Think There's a Multiverse, Not Just Our Universe · · Score: 1

    If there's an alternate universe that doesn't interact with ours in any manner, by definition, it is out of the realm of science.

    The belief that such interaction does not occur does not rule out the possibility that such interaction may be possible given certain circumstances.

    By the same token, speculating about the goings-on inside the event horizon of a black hole is not science as such theories cannot possibly be tested.

    Direct interaction with a system is not the exclusive means available for testing a system. Mathematics is especially useful in such scientific pursuits. You appear to confusing science with engineering.

  21. Re:Bitcoin online only lacking offline and physica on There's Kanye West-Themed Crypto-Currency On the Way · · Score: 1

    You can store BTC offline quite easily. Copy a (hopefully encrypted) wallet to a couple of thumbdrives.

  22. Re:My head just exploded. on Ask Slashdot: Command Line Interfaces -- What Is Out There? · · Score: 1

    I always encourage people to look into other alternatives; some folks swear by C shell, although I don't have much practical use for anything for than bash, Perl, and the usual suite of BSD and GNU utilities when it comes to system automation and other tasks.

  23. Re:My head just exploded. on Ask Slashdot: Command Line Interfaces -- What Is Out There? · · Score: 1

    Quite true. Cygwin is great for what it is, but it's really no replacement for a *nix system if the objective is really to go all out with utilizing the full scope of tools available for many tasks. OS X gets much closer, but you'll still find yourself resorting to Homebrew or MacPorts at some point to get a reasonably complete environment.

  24. Re:My head just exploded. on Ask Slashdot: Command Line Interfaces -- What Is Out There? · · Score: 1

    Enjoy your pool. I'll enjoy knowing I have a history of getting guys like you, folks with no real skills but plenty of attitude, fired following conversations with other guys who wear suits. Your stereotypical attitude regarding technical folks is a strong indicator that you were simply a failure in such areas, and have attempted to "business it up" with a few rounds of bullshit bingo to keep your career afloat. Hint: it falls through when the wrong people smell the bullshit. Think about that for a moment, but do enjoy your pool while you have it.

  25. Re:My head just exploded. on Ask Slashdot: Command Line Interfaces -- What Is Out There? · · Score: 1

    Sorry junior but you already stated that you are only 32 years old, so even if your experiences weren't utterly worthless in this context, you still don't have much of it.

    You just keep telling yourself that. There's a funny thing about experience: at this point, I've got about 15 years of actual professional experience in this field, along with the ability to actually build things, *gasp* work with teams, and generally help others avoid certain kinds of tragic errors of the sort that can wind up being business killers. Some people try to do this stuff for five years or thirty years and never truly grasp anything. Those people tend to wind up rather frustrated; on the off chance that you're not actually a snot nosed 15 year old on his dad's computer, does this sound familiar?

    Also, what happened to going to bed in a couple of minutes? Right, you didn't actually mean what you wrote, you just said it in a futile attempt to dismiss responses because you're ill prepared to handle them.

    Christ, you're a dense one. I've got a couple of kids to deal with these days, and as one might expect from once being a kid himself, they don't always sleep through the night. Add in a wife expecting kid #3, and sleep can get a bit irregular all around. I'm still assuming you're 15 and have no idea what any of this means, though.