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  1. Re:UEFI Booting is Required on Valve Releases Debian-Based SteamOS Beta · · Score: 1

    Heh... I've got a ball-buster PC when I bought it that's still a bit of one- and it DOES NOT BOOT UEFI.

    That kind of pisses me off, all things considered- I have to go buy a bunch of new boards that have it as an option just to try this out.

  2. Re: Why nVidia only? on Valve Releases Debian-Based SteamOS Beta · · Score: 1

    I bet someone does a re-spin that supports it- it wouldn't be hard since it's Debian derived and in order for it to "work" as they claim, they need OpenGL support- so...

  3. Re:Desktop Linux! on SteamOS Will Be Available For Download On December 13 · · Score: 1

    Heh... There's levels of "intrepid Linux hacker"... Some go where angels fear to tread, after all... >;-D

  4. Indeed. The thing is... on SteamOS Will Be Available For Download On December 13 · · Score: 1

    ...if you're doing Linux gamedev or are already using Steam on Linux...you may well be ready for that.

    Me?

    BRING IT

  5. Re:Unconscionable Contract clause on Woman Facing $3,500 Fine For Posting Online Review · · Score: 1

    Actually, depending on the State in question, it *IS* defined as a Deceptive (hint...class of fraud...) Trade Practice. Falls under unconsionable clauses in a contract.

    The fact that they're applying to the party absolutely not involved with the deal...heh... That IS clearly Fraud.

  6. Re:Good on GIMP, Citing Ad Policies, Moves to FTP Rather Than SourceForge Downloads · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah, as do some of the 4-digit crowd as well...

  7. Heh...they were complaining about the predecessor, Chips and Dips, from it's day 1... >:-D

  8. Re:Gpu based paravirtualization rootkit, all os vu on Airgap-Jumping Malware May Use Ultrasonic Networking To Communicate · · Score: 1

    Dude...lay down the crack pipe. It's making you post bullshit- and Anonymously at that.

    Any OS? Really? This would mean you're using OpenCL or OpenGL/OpenGLES to do things- just for starters. But, in truth, there's no inbound/outbound pathway from or to the GPU (The GPU generally doesn't have I/O access to things and for good reasons...) without an additional OpenGL/OpenCL application as a front-end. Which would be VERY OS specific.

    Sorry, but the person in question that claimed that it was possible hasn't the foggiest about what he was talking about. But...nice try.

  9. I call BS... on Airgap-Jumping Malware May Use Ultrasonic Networking To Communicate · · Score: 1

    If it's using some sort of communications ("ultrasonic networking") it's **NOT** airgapped in any way, shape, or form.

    "Airgapped" means no remote automated communications of ANY kind would be possible. You can't interact with it by remote, period- you have to have a human being log into a local console to do things with it. This is a failure of the airgapping measures being exploited is all- or it was never really airgapped to begin with.

  10. Re:"and intent" on Call Yourself a Hacker, Lose Your 4th Amendment Rights · · Score: 1

    Vaseline? Try Teflon....

  11. Re:Of *course* you can't like anything today.... on Facebook Isn't Accepting New Posts, Likes, Comments... · · Score: 1

    For wont of mod points....

  12. Re:Linux Mint anyone? on Ask Slashdot: Are We Witnessing the Decline of Ubuntu? · · Score: 2

    They didn't put as much effort into "it just works" with mostly the latest and greatest as Ubuntu did. Debian's got more amazing amounts of "stuff" than people were prepared to deal with- and the good stuff was oftentimes in "Sid" which meant you weren't as stable as Ubuntu USED to be.

  13. Re:This is pretty standard for the silicon already on FDA Will Regulate Some Apps As Medical Devices · · Score: 1

    You pay a differing price dor those types of uses.

  14. Re:Nothing already contributed can be taken away . on IBM Promises $1B Investment In Linux Development · · Score: 1

    You're presuming that $1Bln put into FreeBSD work is going to EVER be contributed back. That's NOT a foregone conclusion, perpenso.

  15. Re:Suckers on IBM Promises $1B Investment In Linux Development · · Score: 1

    Depends on the nature of the development in the ppc64 branch. If it's in the core instead of the arch/dir, then you gain from it.

  16. Re:First thing I noticed on Google Speeding Up New Encryption Project After Latest Snowden Leaks · · Score: 1

    Not really. It switches to HTTPS for me right now.

  17. Re:level 1 to level 3 on Fukushima Actually "Much Worse" Than So Far Disclosed, Say Experts · · Score: 1

    If you're using the recorded details of the two known Level 7 Incidents, Fukushima's still not QUITE as bad as Chernobyl by the numbers. The thing is, though, it's going to probably have a farther reaching impact than land-locked Chernobyl- and it's still not over with (they can claim it's a new incident with this "leak", but it's still part of that level 7 that started with the Tsunami.) and it's reaching the 1/6th the total radiation at this point and no signs of being over and has signs of possibly being worse or getting worse than they're claiming.

  18. Re:level 1 to level 3 on Fukushima Actually "Much Worse" Than So Far Disclosed, Say Experts · · Score: 1

    Fukushima's actually a Level 7, right on up there with Chernobyl. The leak's a level 3 incident? That's news? I thought this was an aspect of the still ongoing level 7 Incident.

    It's not "as bad" as Chernobyl...yet.

  19. Re:fair use on Comcast Threatens TorrentFreak For Posting Public Court Document · · Score: 2

    Sue 'em for breach of agreement. Quite simple, really. Much like the horse boarding facility in Texas found out- you breach the agreement on YOUR end, you can't expect anything from the other party in return.

    Here's some of the news involved with what I'm talking to:

    Court Affirms Judgement Allowing Boarders to Move Horses Due to Stable Employees Smoking In Barn

  20. Re:Dear Comcast, fuck off on Comcast Threatens TorrentFreak For Posting Public Court Document · · Score: 1

    Actually, it's not.

    You don't get the juicy $150k per incident of willful infringement statutory damages if you don't register it, per the law.

  21. Well... on Why Internet Television Isn't Quite Ready To Save Us From Cable TV · · Score: 1

    ...it doesn't help that you can't really lay your hands on an IPTV (Direct or Multicast) vendor unless you're talking someone like AT&T (U-Verse), CenturyLink (Prism), or Verizon (FiOS). I've tried, to no avail, to get access to decent service that way. No. Go.

  22. Re:Greed knows no bounds on US Horse Registry Forced To Accept Cloned Horses · · Score: 1

    Uh... Horses aren't people (Though I understand that some are confused on that score...). Your analogy goes straight to Hell in a handbasket at that point.

  23. Re:Greed knows no bounds on US Horse Registry Forced To Accept Cloned Horses · · Score: 2

    Actually, they allow it- you just can't register the foal in the AQHA registry at that point.

    You'll see part-bred Arabians all the time and the AHA allows them to be registered as Partbred-Arabians in a seperate segment of the whole registry.

    Why would you want to do this? Simple. You very often get the best of both worlds when you do it. It's just not a breed unto itself and won't "breed true".

  24. Re:Ok, sure... on US Horse Registry Forced To Accept Cloned Horses · · Score: 1

    Nature sets the stage. Nurture turns it into the product they are trying to clone.

    Unless the clone goes through the exact same process of growth, training, etc. it's not going to be the same horse. Genetically, it will be- but it won't show/race/etc. the same way as the original.

  25. Re:Ok, sure... on US Horse Registry Forced To Accept Cloned Horses · · Score: 1

    It's not just to race. There's quite a bit more to the Registries than that.

    Let's see... It's to...

    - Race.
    - Show in Working Cow
    - Show in Cutting
    - Show in Ranch Sorting
    - Looking for specific characteristics for a horse for the task you're looking at one for.

    There's a whole host of things. Say, for example, you want to get a good-to-awesome Cutting horse to do real cattle work with. You're not going to just buy a horse and hope for the best (though some do...)- you're going to go look at who's won out of the registry roles for that breed and then look for horses that tie back to those bloodlines. A clone kinda will work for that, but it really muddies up the whole registry.