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  1. Time to invest in popcorn on China Has a Massive Windows XP Problem · · Score: 1

    A shitload of people is probably hoarding exploits to use when MS stops patching the product. Once that happens,it's gonna be fun to watch.

  2. So what? on Math Advance Suggest RSA Encryption Could Fall Within 5 Years · · Score: 1

    By its very nature, encryption is a never-ending arms race.

  3. Re:N900Fly exists from quite some time already on New Android App Encourages Users To Throw Device As High As Possible · · Score: 1

    Exactly!

    Ah, the good times, when Nokia still produced stuff that was worth bothering.

  4. VTOL aicraft? on Japan Unveils Largest Warship Since WW2 · · Score: 1

    Unless they changed something about the surface mix during the move from the Hyuga class to the new Izumo class, the downward heat from a launching VTOL fighter like the F-35 would melt the runway. Not the kind of surface you'd want to take off from.

  5. Re:Why not? on Administration Seeks To Make Unauthorized Streaming A Felony · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Tell that to the people in Gitmo.

  6. So? on Russian Vehicle Delivers Spacesuit Repair Kit To ISS · · Score: 1

    Bicycle Repair Men, but in space?

  7. Re:Lawmaker doesn't grasp technology .... on British Porn-Censoring MP Has Website Defaced With Porn · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This could get even funnier if you think about the Brits and their insane version of libel laws.

  8. Re:Executive Power on DNI Office Asks Why People Trust Facebook More Than the Government · · Score: 1

    Private parties can easily ruin your life, but compared to the government they're still playing in the amateur league.

  9. Re:how long until they realize? on Rise of the Warrior Cop: How America's Police Forces Became Militarized · · Score: 2

    Yes, don't forget Poland!

    On a related note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCzT4njsyH4

  10. Re:MSFT + NVDA on Microsoft Is Sitting On Six Million Unsold Surface Tablets · · Score: 1

    As the name says, it's a "minimum". That's why I explicitly mentioned the difference between a minor volume and and something that actually sells (e.g., Apple's iPhones or Samsung's Galaxy product line).

    And now be a good troll and go play with some live grenades.

  11. Re:MSFT + NVDA on Microsoft Is Sitting On Six Million Unsold Surface Tablets · · Score: 1

    You might want to look up fixed&variable costs. Just because manufacturing the components breaks even doesn't mean you'll make as when they're intended for a product that's in high demand.

  12. Re:MSFT + NVDA on Microsoft Is Sitting On Six Million Unsold Surface Tablets · · Score: 2

    Why shouldn't they? It's always nice to see a competitor get tied up in a project that will never be profitable.

  13. Could be worse on Why Are Some People Mosquito Magnets? · · Score: 1

    At least it's not like in a colleague's case. That poor bastard attracts wasps.

  14. Re:So it's going to be irrelevant on You Will Get DirectX 11.2 Only With Windows 8.1 · · Score: 1

    For companies like Dell it's a selling point to be able to offer Windows 7 as a option. Even they aren't stupid enough to let that opportunity go unused.

  15. Re: Mehh on You Will Get DirectX 11.2 Only With Windows 8.1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The start menu is still broken by default, but now it comes with a useless button. Definitely an upgrade!

  16. Nice! on PlayStation 4 Will Be Running Modified FreeBSD · · Score: 1

    The fact that game developers will be able to recruit people who have several years of experience with the base of the underlying OS should result in better code than the usual half-assed guesswork near the beginning of a console's lifetime.

  17. Re:Retirement isn't bad on The Aging of Our Nuclear Power Plants Is Not So Graceful · · Score: 0

    Last week brought us an article that illustrates the state of some nuclear power plant quite nicely:
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/19/nuke_plants_to_keep_pdp11_until_2050/

    Nuke plants to rely on PDP-11 code UNTIL 2050!

    The venerable PDP-11 minicomputer is still spry to this day, powering GE nuclear power-plant robots - and will do so for another 37 years.
    That's right: PDP-11 assembler coders are hard to find, but the nuclear industry is planning on keeping the 16-bit machines ticking over until 2050 â" long enough for a couple of generations of programmers to come and go.
    Now that you've cleaned up the coffee spills and finished laughing, take a look here, at Vintage Computer forums, where GE's Chris Issel has resorted to seek assembly programmers for the 1970s tech.
    . ...

  18. Re:Oh well, it was nice while it lasted... on Tennessee Official: Water Complaints Could be "Act of Terrorism" · · Score: 2

    The current situation is simply amazing. You just can't make this shit up:
    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1267204/us-cyber-snooping-makes-it-worlds-biggest-villain-our-age-says-xinhua

    Xinhua, China's official news agency, says the US is the world's 'biggest villain' for IT espionage.

  19. Re:Depends on what you are applying for on Ask Slashdot: Is an Online Identity Important When Searching For Technical Jobs? · · Score: 1

    OTOH I've had several talks where having contributed to open source projects was counted as an advantage.

  20. Re:GIT sucks on windows on Subversion 1.8 Released But Will You Still Use Git? · · Score: 2

    If you'Re using Windows, just try SourceTree.

  21. Re:Seems fishy on Revealed: How the UK Spied On Its G20 Allies At London Summits · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And why would this guy go to Hong Kong of all the places he could go?

    Because it's one of the few places that provide some decent protection against extradition to a "beacon of freedom" that runs secret prisons, tortures its prisoners and imprisons people for years without a trial

  22. Re:don't we already have Linux for smartphones on First Look At Ubuntu Touch, the Smartphone OS · · Score: 1

    Sure, but Android seems to be the only flavour that has gained enough of a foothold.

  23. Re:Sounds like a game name on Mageia 3 Released · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Considering Mandrake is a comic character, that's quite an achievement! ;)
    But you're right, it was because of a lawsuit from the Hearst Corporation (their comic subsidiary also holds the rights to The Phantom, Flash Gordon, Popeye and a ton of other classic stuff).

  24. Re:Sounds like a game name on Mageia 3 Released · · Score: 1

    Oh, yes, because the Debian releases sound so much more mature, right?

    Get your head out of your ass before you step on your soapbox.

    I simply don't keep track of all the distros out there because I have decided on ones I prefer.

  25. Re:Sounds like a game name on Mageia 3 Released · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Same here, though it's probably because I personally prefer the Debian area of the Linux family tree (currently Mint (Xfce) on Desktops and Debian on servers).