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  1. LAPTOP! useful, indeed. on Ask Slashdot: Capture the Flag Training · · Score: 1

    Either way, start with portable computing. 0wn the server fake the flag. w00t.

    who's IP is 69.144.75.19 ? =).

  2. Re:i wonder...a on The NSA Is Looking For a Few Good Geeks · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately they tend not to be able to hire "the brightest and best" because those folks tend not to always be on the up and up for the requisite 100% of the time... A little moral ambiguity or tarnished classified file => no bueno.

    Is it not messed up that two marines can now go blow each other but can't puff a joint? Even in the states that have declared it "not illegal"... wtf have we come to.

  3. Maybe?? You should fix that... on The Silk Road Is Back · · Score: 1

    zing.

  4. Re:YAY !! on The Silk Road Is Back · · Score: 1

    No, they would try to talk you into stating that you will poison something before selling you a false substance. Then it would be controlled delivery and they'd take you straight to court on conspiracy and whatnot...

  5. BTC New Deal. NSA, Capt. Obvious...? on Bitcoin Protocol Vulnerability Could Lead To a Collapse · · Score: 1

    Does anyone REALLY believe the NSA hasn't had the computing power to overthrow bitcoin at the drop of a hat ever since bitcoin's inception? Tour the cryptologic museum and behold we had boxes in the gulf war that still far surpass our standard desktops/laptops of today.

    The FBI 'siezed' some bitcoins by taking control of Silk Road, but what if the US government did what they did with gold during the New Deal in 1933 with Executive Order 6102.

    Imagine, "All your BTC belong to U.S."

  6. sysvinit is dead; long live sysvinit!!! on Debian To Replace SysVinit, Switch To Systemd Or Upstart · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Tell me I'm not the only one still clinging to sysvinit?

    The new "replacements" (alternatives) are ghey++ and will no doubt be replaced in due time.

    I dno't want to hear about a few seconds faster boot time. I want my *nix startup to be configurable, scripted, and simple. sysvinit takes the cake;.It's documented, and sysvinit is so simple it doesn't really require documentation, anyway.

  7. Re:Trust on Snowden Says He Took No Secret Files To Russia · · Score: 1

    That's pushing it a bit far, because I think he left me wondering how much further the knife would be pressed in, in coming years...

    NOTHING that Snowden revealed was a "secret." His revelations are simply not confined to the realm of conspiracy theory, anymore.

  8. paid article. bunk! on Study Finds Fracking Chemicals Didn't Pollute Water · · Score: 2

    How much do you suppose CHK Energy forked over for that article to appear?

    Article doesn't address other much more serious incidents all over the NE in recent years...

  9. Re:Multimedia's still damaged. on Debian 7.0 ('Wheezy') Release Planned For 1st Weekend in May · · Score: 1

    x2 wtf have debian developers been smoking on? libav is not at all the replacement for ffmpeg, it's a crappy fork. It might compile more cleanly than certain parts of ffmpeg, but ffmpeg remains king.

    Putting libav into a distribution instead of ffmpeg at THIS POINT IN TIME is an epic fail.

  10. Re:Funding on Cyber-Terrorists Attacking U.S. Banks Are Well-Funded · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the exorbitant costs of shelter, food, electricity/internet for a handful of non-employed cyber-savvy jihadist militants with nothing but boredom and vengeance on their minds. In an Islamic setting, a few $ can buy a lot of hacking time. In western cultures, I don't know about all ya'll, but I have to work full-time, and dedicating myself exclusively to crafting new attacks would indeed take $$$$$$..

  11. Freshmeat? on AirBNB Opensources Chronos, a Cron Replacement · · Score: 1

    Seriously, why isn't this on freshmeat instead of /.? How the fawq is this news??

  12. Re:completely obvious on Security Vulnerability Found On US Federal Government Contractors Site · · Score: 1

    That's because you didn't opt-out of "publicly" listing your company's infoz, though I've never understood why the fraq any private sector contractors should EVER have such easy access to the data. Alas, it's too late, anyway! I am still getting boatloads of spam from after I first registered on CCR several years ago (like, 5). Never would have imagined listing company infoz for gov agencies to see would lead to copious amounts of SPAM. One company even snail mailed me a nice ink pen with my company's name on it, trying to sell me pens.

  13. Re:Mah nishtanah, ha-laylah ha-zeh, mi-kol ha-leyl on Australian PM Targets Imported IT Workers · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's different because the aussie leadership actually recognize it as a problem. In the US it's just business as usual.

  14. Re:11 years or 100 years on Japan Extracts Natural Gas From Frozen Methane Hydrate · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Huge difference between looking at estimated recoverable vs. estimated total quantity. Just because we know an energy source exists doesn't mean it will ever be worthwhile to spend the energy required to recover it. eg, Helium-3.

    Shall beds are geographically huge, but note how they have so far only been drilled in the thickest portions and only the shallowest formations have been actively pursued (marcellus vs. utica). It takes a lot of energy to get a gas well to produce, sometimes more than it will ever be capable of producing.

  15. Re:Congress gunning for 300,000 plus H1Bs on US CompSci Enrollment Leaps For 5th Straight Year · · Score: 2

    What do you suggest I pick my major to be mr asshat?

    Mathematics, assclown.

  16. Re: smarter.. on US CompSci Enrollment Leaps For 5th Straight Year · · Score: 1

    or be smarter and avoid drugs & the fuzz so they can qualify for a clearance. Talent not required, just an immaculate permanent record. Sad, but true.

  17. Re:EVERYBODY DO CS on US CompSci Enrollment Leaps For 5th Straight Year · · Score: 1

    Maybe they will dilute the CS talent pool enough that recruiters will start recognizing where the real talent is -- dropouts =).

  18. If only we could figure out.. on Global Temperatures Are Close To 11,000-Year Peak · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only we could figure out how the cave men managed to make the earth cool off for the last ten millenia...

  19. Re:But no mention of why. on Most Doctors Don't Think Patients Need Full Access To Med Records · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because you don't need it; now stop acting like a 3 year old with all this 'why' nonsense!

  20. Re:Conspiracy! on Most Doctors Don't Think Patients Need Full Access To Med Records · · Score: 1

    ever been to a mental health "professional" (for ANY reason)? Go ahead and get upset that you won't be getting a copy of what they're writing about you in your file, which will inevitably be stored on insecure computer storage medium, and watch how much they subsequently write down... Conspiracy, indeed!

  21. Re:Less skilled often means less profitable on UC Davis Study Concludes H-1B Workers Neither Best Nor Brightest · · Score: 1

    What are you smoking? Show me these companies, unless by 'lower-skilled people' you just mean idiots WITH degrees and by higher-skilled you mean certain struggling unemployed folks that didn't piss away $$$$$ paying a bunch of foreign fucks to "teach" in a post-secondary situation.

  22. Re: find another job? Wut?!?! on UC Davis Study Concludes H-1B Workers Neither Best Nor Brightest · · Score: 1

    If a US citizen decides that they are being screwed, they can give notice, quit, and SEARCH+BEG FOR another job ^^ Fixed it for ya. H1B's just have higher formal education level for cheaper wage, precisely what most recruiters desire!

  23. Re:Courtesy of Bill and Melinda on $100 Million Student Database Worries Parents · · Score: 1

    You meant to say, personalized NON-hiring, right? Employers only look to databases and credit history for reasons NOT to hire you.

  24. Re:You bloody fucking idiots! on A New Version of MS Office Every 90 Days · · Score: 1

    Maybe this is a sign M$ office will FINALLY stabilize? Perhaps you need to have some faith? (/me ducks)

  25. Re:Guess I'm not their target customer on A New Version of MS Office Every 90 Days · · Score: 1

    I thought I was the only one. OO.org rocked 10+ years ago, then went to crap for the longest time. THEN it forked!