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  1. it takes a hacker to break into Linux. Any snot-nosed script kiddie can do Windows.

    Unfortunately, those same snot-nosed kiddies can do Linux too providing they're able to use a search engine.

  2. Re:Fire them on Snowden Used Social Engineering To Get Classified Documents · · Score: 2
    I do our new hire IT Security training and those are exactly the instructions I give.

    Do not give anyone your password, for any reason.

    If you feel your job is in jeopardy because of the person asking, comply with the request but immediately contact myself or HR

  3. Re:Fire them on Snowden Used Social Engineering To Get Classified Documents · · Score: 1

    I have never seen any environment where SELinux was actually used.

    I have. It was a PITA. Shit would just "not work" and you'd have to dig through audit logs to find why. Most of the time it was some undocumented interaction with some other file or interface. Do not like!!!

  4. Re:The submitter is an idiot on Elementary School Bans Students From Touching Each Other · · Score: 2

    So how exactly does that work?

    First you dip them in tar and then you throw feathers on them. Sure it'd take a while but it's hardly impossible.

  5. The vacuum of space on After Successful Launch, India's Mars Orbiter Is On Its Way · · Score: 0

    At least in space you won't be able to hear the incessant honking of the rocket's horn; a distinction among India's vehicles.

  6. Re:No media server support upsets me on Sony Issues Detailed PS4 FAQ Ahead of Launch · · Score: 1

    What is this "audio CD" of which you speak?

  7. Re:Dude! You're getting a Smell! on Dell Fixes Ultrabook That Smelled of Cat Urine · · Score: 1

    Winner!

  8. Stands to reason on Dell Fixes Ultrabook That Smelled of Cat Urine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Runs like shit, smells like piss.

  9. Insect like? on Insect-Inspired Flying Robot Handles Collisions And Keeps Going · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When I read "insect like robot" I don't expect it to be the size of a basketball. Thankfully, insects aren't that big where I live.

  10. Re:Jobs would never have let that out the door... on Apple Blocks Lawrence Lessig's Comment On iOS 7 Wi-Fi Glitch · · Score: 1

    I've been in the Apple developer program since it started. "Rolling back to an older version" has never been supported so I believe the notion that "Steve would've done it that way" is a bit far fetched.

  11. Re:Really? Did we ever really want smart watches? on Leak: Almost a Third of Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatches Are Being Returned · · Score: 2

    And you only need to recharge it about once a week.....not 3 times a day.

  12. Re:iPad already beaten on Nokia Introduces Windows Tablet · · Score: 1

    But yet the ipad makes up more than 80% of online tablet traffic.
    Hmm

  13. Tomorrow's news on Since Snowden Leaks, NSA's FOIA Requests Are Up 1,000 Percent · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Government use of black toner up 1000 percent!"

  14. Re:Another Victory! on German NSA Critic Denied Entry To the US · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... stopping this wonton criminal...

    I knew it! He was really Chinese!

  15. Clearly man made on Cassini Probe Sees Plastic Ingredient On Titan Moon · · Score: 1

    It was probably one of those plastic 6-pack holders.

  16. Oblig.... on The Most WTF-y Programming Languages · · Score: 5, Funny

    WTF?

  17. Re:Saw one on the way home. on New York Turns Rest Stops Into 'Texting Zones' · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Which, of course, means nothing to the impatient texters who didn't see the sign because they were looking at their phone.

    ftfy

  18. Key differences on Microsoft Takes Another Stab At Tablets, Unveils Surface 2, Surface 2 Pro · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The main thing that both Android and Apple based tablets have that Microsoft doesn't, is customers.

  19. Re:I must be tired on Linux 3.12 Merge Window Closes With Release of Linux 3.12-rc1 · · Score: 2

    Not without, at least, dinner and drinks.

  20. I can see it now. on New Smartphone Tech To Alert Pedestrians: 'You Are About To Be Hit By a Car' · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How long before the first lawsuit because someone's phone didn't warn them in time?

  21. Theoatmeal got it about right on US and Israel Test Missile As Syria War Tensions Rise · · Score: 1
  22. I can see it now. on Japanese Ice Wall To Stop Reactor Leaks · · Score: 1

    Some icehole will be responsible for leaking radioactive water.

  23. Re:Annoying on Nissan Plans To Sell Self-Driving Cars By 2020 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Only if it's in the left lane.

  24. Let me get this straight on Tesla Model S REST API Authentication Flaws · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I can also honk their horns, flash their lights, and open and close the sunroof."

    So he discovered a 10 year old?

  25. Spate. Who knew? on A New Spate of Deaths In the Wireless Industry · · Score: 1

    So apparently spate == 10.

    Good to know!