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  1. Openvpn on Ask Slashdot: VPN Solution To Connect Mixed-Environment Households? · · Score: 4, Informative

    If I'm understanding the requirements, you will want to use openvpn. It has support for Windows and anything running Linux, all sorts of routing options to play with, etc.

  2. Shark Repellent bat spray on CIA Shares Julia Child's Shark Repellent Recipe · · Score: 1

    So Julia Childs invented this: http://img.gawkerassets.com/po...

  3. You cannot regulate cyberweapons. on Hacking Team Breach Leaks Zero-Days, Renews Fight To Regulate Cyberweapons · · Score: 5, Interesting

    First, the entire idea of cyberweapons is laughable. Exploits are only possible because of flaws in the code. That is no more a weapon than an unlocked door.

    Second, you cannot regulate them as they are immaterial. It would be possible to discover a previously unknown vulnerability, and then not record the finding anywhere. Congratulations, you have a cyberweapon in your brain. Good luck regulating that.

  4. Re: Oracle is GPLd now, then. on SCOTUS Denies Google's Request To Appeal Oracle API Case · · Score: 2

    Actually, he might have a valid point. If an api is subject to copyright, wouldn't that make a whole bunch of closed source things in violation of the gpl? For example, the closed source nvidia drivers include some of the kernel api, so are they now subject to gpl?

  5. Hate to be that guy, but Linux on Ask Slashdot: Are Post-Install Windows Slowdowns Inevitable? · · Score: 0

    I know the organization probably has applications that won't work on Linux, but quite seriously, that was my solution. All through college I did Windows reinstalls twice a year until I got sick of it and installed Linux.

  6. Copyrighting History on Joseph Goebbels' Estate Sues Publisher Over Diary Excerpt Royalties · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It seems that the bigger problem here is that modern copyright is so unreasonably long, historical documents are still under copyright. Anything over the original 28 year copyright term is really robbing the next generation of history.

  7. Jurassic Park 7 on Windows 10 Successor Codenamed 'Redstone,' Targeting 2016 Launch · · Score: 1

    It's a Redstone system, I know this! This time, the young hacker saves the day by knowing minecraft, instead of an sgi unix.

  8. Let the stupidity continue on Another Patent Pool Forms For HEVC · · Score: 1

    If enough of this sort of stupid continues, perhaps the backlash will be enough to finally kill the software patent beast.

  9. Re:The dumbest thing on A Bechdel Test For Programmers? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Then someone else will make it work. The test suggest that we should care about the gender of the coder more than the effectiveness of the code. That is sexism. How exactly did I call for a stop to learning? If someone really wants to examine their code for such a test, that's up to them. I'll stick with prioritizing code quality over gender, thanks.

  10. The dumbest thing on A Bechdel Test For Programmers? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seriously, this is the dumbest thing ever. Just make the code work. I don't care at all if women wrote it. There are so many issues that actually matter, and this isn't one of them.

  11. not really "at risk" on Duplicate SSH Keys Put Tens of Thousands of Home Routers At Risk · · Score: 1

    Not a great idea for the keys to be the same, but not really a security risk if ssh is never used. Now, the fact that there is an ssh port open to the world without the end user setting it up, that could be a problem.

  12. Sentora on Centos on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Web Development Linux Distro? · · Score: 1

    I have used zpanel in the past, and it works fairly well. That project is somewhat abandoned, but the main devs have forked and called the new project Sentora. http://www.sentora.org/ They just made the first stable release, might be worth looking into.

  13. The truth of the matter on Google Throws Microsoft Under Bus, Then Won't Patch Android Flaw · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The original article doesn't give any details as to what this "exploit" is in android. Even if it is a real exploit, no new phones will be made with Android 4.3, and at this point, no manufacturer would push an update to an old device even if Google did fix it. As to Google throwing Microsoft under the bus, that is utter crap. Google privately disclosed a vulnerability to MS, and *TOLD THEM* they had 90 days. After 90 days, Google publicly released the vulnerability. This is standard stuff. Giving a deadline is the only way to keep vulnerabilities out of the NSA toolkit and force MS to actually fix it.

  14. TP-Link on Ask Slashdot: Life Beyond the WRT54G Series? · · Score: 2

    This. I have installed probably close to 50 tp-link routers running openwrt in various businesses in my town. The 1043 is great, as it has a usb port. Openwrt runs very well on these routers.

  15. LuCi from Openwrt on Ask Slashdot: Best Management Interface On an IT Appliance? · · Score: 2

    I really do like the LuCi interface on the openwrt project. Though it's even more fun to turn it off, leaving only ssh access, and get calls from the clueless IT guy that is trying to twiddle something he shouldn't be.

  16. eset nod32 on Ask Slashdot: Light-Footprint Antivirus For Windows XP? · · Score: 1

    I recommend Eset nod 32 for exactly this reason. They wrote portions of the program in assembler in order to be lighter.

  17. Linux for years on What Keeps You On (or Off) Windows in 2013? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've run Linux since college. I dual booted Fedora Linux (it was Fedora core back then) and Windows xp on my Laptop. I was in the habit of reinstalling windows xp every 6 months. After one such install, I went to my C: drive to tweak something, and the files were hidden with the message that it was dangerous to change any files. I suddenly realized that message encapsulated everything I disliked about Windows. My computer was telling me I wasn't to be trusted with anything under the hood. I wiped out that windows install and have exclusively run Linux on my main machine ever since. Now I actually have control over my computer and what runs on it. It's also more usable than a Windows machine for IT and server administration. My two disappointments are that one: I am still running the proprietary video card drivers (though with the upcoming Fedora release, I'll probably run with the foss drivers), and two: Coreboot doesn't yet work with my mobo and processor combination.

  18. Re:mp3 vs wav on Can You Really Hear the Difference Between Lossless, Lossy Audio? · · Score: 1

    I don't remember what the encoding rate was. It wasn't the on the low end, but I can't be sure it was full 320, either.

  19. mp3 vs wav on Can You Really Hear the Difference Between Lossless, Lossy Audio? · · Score: 2

    Yes, I can hear the difference. When working in a small sound recording studio, I trained my ears to pick up on fine details. There was one day in particular I remember listening to a track, and wondering what the strange noise in the background of it was. I realized that I was hearing the audio artifacts from the mp3 compression. Not sure how Mr. Young figures that a CD is only 15% of the master, though. A CD is pure uncompressed audio. If you recorded and mixed in 44.1k audio, then your cd is an exact copy of your master.