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  1. Re:Matching my music with iTunes store? on Apple WWDC: iOS 5, Lion, iCloud · · Score: 1, Insightful

    so basically it's exactly like dropbox et al

  2. Re:This is a non-event for those who paid taxes on California Assembly Approves Internet Tax · · Score: 1

    Except they're now forcing businesses in other states to collect and remit taxes for items sold to Californians.

    No they're not. They're only collecting taxes from online companies with a physical presence in California.

    FTFB:

    This bill would revise the definition of "retailer engaged in
    business in this state" to mean any retailer that has a substantial
    nexus with this state for purposes of the commerce clause of the
    United States Constitution and any retailer upon which federal law
    permits this state to impose a use tax collection duty.

  3. Nah on Nokia Issues Profit Warning · · Score: 1

    They're just copying the Microsoft XBox model, sell at a loss and hopefully make it up elsewhere.

  4. The comments are full of hilarity on Patriot Act Extension By Autopen Raises Questions for Congressman · · Score: 3, Insightful

    More nitpicking and stupidity from the GOP that's all it is.

    What, you whiny republicans would rather he hadn't signed it at all, and let the act expire?

    YES

  5. Re:So much new and yet nothing new on Flight 447 'Black Box' Decoded · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Surely, a species with such (magical?) technical expertise could have expended the effort into preventing such a failure?

    There is, it's called heated pitot tubes, and the FAA requires them for US carriers.

  6. Re:Remember this is an initial report on Flight 447 'Black Box' Decoded · · Score: 1

    NTSC?

    That's a video system. Do you mean the NTSB? They're not really involved either, it's the BEA.

  7. Re:Oh, the horror.... on China Alleged To Use Prisoners In Lucrative Internet Gaming · · Score: 1

    ^^^

    Danger, goatse

  8. So they . . . on Upscaling Retro 8-Bit Pixel Art To Vector Graphics · · Score: -1

    invented VectorMagic that came out of Stanford back in 2007.

  9. 'Biased' data on How Companies Are Using Data From Foursquare · · Score: 1

    I dont see how any of these metrics are actually useful in business decisions. What percentage of people actually check in, and of those that do, I bet they actually share quite a bit in common.

  10. Field of Screams on Netflix Dominates North American Internet · · Score: 2

    If you build it, they will pay.

    (Screaming is for the media conglomerates)

  11. Leave it to Linux on GRUB 1.99 Released With Support For ZFS and BtrFS · · Score: 1

    GRUB 2 at 1.99 *brain explodes*

  12. News Flash on Valve's Newell: One-Price-For-Everyone Business Model 'Broken' · · Score: 1

    Large man seen on water ski's above shark infested waters.

  13. Yes on Do Developers Really Need a Second Monitor? · · Score: 5, Informative

    But is this just the posturing of pampered coders, or is this much screen real estate really a requirement for today's developers?

    When debugging a web-app I find it infinitely easier to have my terminal windows open on one monitor with the code and logs and then use the second monitor for my browsers so I can actually see things *as they happen* instead of trying to do lots of switching.

  14. Worthless Summary on New Alureon Rootkit Takes Malware To New Level · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A new version of the venerable Alureon malware has appeared, and this one includes some odd behavior designed to prevent analysis and detection by antimalware systems. However, this isn't the typical evasion algorithm, as it uses some unusual encryption and decryption routines to make life much more difficult for analysts and users whose machines have been infected. Alureon is a well-known and oft-researched malware family that has some rootkit-like capabilities in some of its variations. The newest version of the malware exhibits some behavior that researchers haven't seen before and which make it more problematic for antimalware software to detect it and for experts to break down its components.

    A new version of well-known Alureon is out which has odd things to make it hard to analyze. It's odd, and is not normal and makes it's hard to analyze. It's well known and is a rootkit.The new version is odd and makes it hard to analyze.

    We got that after the first sentence, how about actually providing some fscking detail.

  15. Re:Texas vs. TSA on Baby's First TSA Patdown · · Score: 1

    Texas has had enough. Other states will soon follow. On top of states rights, there are individual airports excercising their "opt-out" privileges and replacing TSA with private security.

    Except this *was* private security. TSA isn't stationed at KCI/MCI it's a company called First Line Security.

  16. Re:Extinction-level event on Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM · · Score: 3, Insightful

    2011's Ubuntu releases will change the landscape of Linux for the better.

    I'm not sure everybody would consider those changes better.

  17. Binspam on Google's Honeycomb Source Code Release Is On Ice · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Didn't we cover this yesterday?

  18. Re:At least initially... on App To Keep ISPs Honest About Bandwidth Caps · · Score: 4, Informative

    Last month, I used 350gb of traffic; all of which was legitimate, split between services like NetFlix for television and movies, Steam for gaming, iTunes for music and podcasts, and the rest of normal day-to-day traffic.

    1 HD movie a day for a month from Netflix will top out at about 135 GB.
    Buying one new AAA game a week on Steam for a month is 40-45 GB.
    A 384kbps stream 24/7 for an entire month would only be 125 GB

    I think the Internet turns everybody into hoarders, they download/stream things they have very little intention of ever watching just because it's there.

  19. Ehh on App To Keep ISPs Honest About Bandwidth Caps · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a less useful version of the SamKnows white box already out.

  20. He said it himself on Developer Blames Apple For Ruining eBook Business · · Score: 1

    We bet everything on Apple [...]

    If you didn't see this coming then you shouldn't be in business. Apple charges a premium when you buy from them, and they charge a percentage when you sell through them. If they dont take a commission it just means they're waiting for you to create a market for it before taking their cut.

  21. Not that unusual on 24 Rooms in 344sq Feet · · Score: 1

    Uploaded by JellyWoo1014 on Apr 22, 2010

    Nah, that's about par for Slashdot stories.

  22. Re:It's right here on Apple Delays Release of LGPL WebKit Code · · Score: 4, Informative

    No, no it's not. That's WebKit, not Apple's version of WebKit.

  23. Re:Meh on A Court's Weak Argument For Blocking IP Subpoenas · · Score: 1

    If I were the movie music industry I'd be supporting the transition to IP v6, as it reduces the ambiguity.

    Not really, depending on how ISPs implement it, they'll probably just route a /64 to you, I'd think that'd make it harder to identify as that's a few fucktons of IPs that still could be going anywhere.

  24. No they havent on Anonymous Denies Sony Claims of Disruption, Credit Info Theft · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now, Anonymous has responded.

    No, one person has responded. As has been touted many many many times by people on Slashdot whenever news organizations do it, there is no central authority, there is no registered list. So yes, while that clique may not have done it, does not mean another clique didn't.

  25. Re:sorry ... what?! on Leaked Doc May Have Forced US To Speed Up Bin Laden Raid · · Score: 2

    So what's the argument here? That wikileaks got the government to actually get around to going after the most wanted man in the world? HBGary? Is that you?

    To play devils advocate here, there may have been indications that Bin Laden *may* be hiding there. But the US Govt might have wanted to have firmer intel on that before sending DEVGRU a 100 miles into Pakistan, wikileaks may have forced them to act on not solid intel. If Bin Laden hadn't been there, wikileaks would have caused a nice win for OBL.