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  1. Re:ground effects lighting on UK Plan Would Use CCTV To Stop Uninsured Drivers From Refueling · · Score: 1

    I guess no one from Anonymous could work at a gas station.. or deity forbid, the government.... where they might have access to the network.

    Simply making enough key or authentication requests under the right circumstances might be enough to break the system; I don't know. I do know that with physical access to the network (which is not outside the realm of possibility) your security drops by orders of magnitude and unless there is no "over-ride" for the gas station attendant (which introduces a whole new batch of issues) there is access to the network.

  2. Re:ground effects lighting on UK Plan Would Use CCTV To Stop Uninsured Drivers From Refueling · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't think anyone disputes the necessity of auto insurance or the laws requiring it. What is at discussion is what is probably a broken implementation of a Draconian scheme.

    Imagine the day that Anonymous DDOS's the database used to authorize fuel dispensing.

  3. Re:AT&T Investigated on AT&T Should Be Investigated For 'Fraudulent' Data Policies, Says PK · · Score: 1

    Since when has a politician saying things during a campaign been something believable?

    Which is exactly the problem. How is it that these people can blatantly lie to get a job and then they get to keep the job when in the real world this would never fly. Why is it that politicians are not held more accountable for promises?

  4. Re:All bugs? on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Beta 1 Released · · Score: 1

    I agree 100%

    I view man pages in Konqueror (man:command in the URL bar). I love having a nice pointy-clicky file browser with a konsole window attached ( settings -> Show Terminal Emulator ).

    I never understood the push to Dolphin. I use Dolphin occasionally, but generally prefer Konqueror the features of Konqueror.

  5. Re:Youtube on Microsoft's Anti-Google Video Campaign · · Score: 3, Informative

    I believe what GP is *trying* to allude to is "common carrier" status. However, Google is not a carrier in this respect.

  6. Re:Why didn't Google buy Sun? on Oracle's Java Claims Now Down To $230 Million · · Score: 1

    Google is also heavily invested in MySQL internally. Just another reason this would have made a good pairing.

  7. Re:Internet Ban on Megaupload Co-Founder Allowed Bail · · Score: 3, Funny

    David Lightman was able to launch nukes with just a payphone and a pull-tab.

    That was MacGyver, not this "David Lightman" character. Jeesh.

  8. Re:BLECK! on GNOME 3: Beauty To the Bone? · · Score: 1

    I don't follow how your statement agrees with authors summation of the article:

    So my recommendation for all Trinity users is to either try again KDE Plasma 4.8 or to give razor a try. Trinity is no project anybody could seriously recommend and a stock KDE 3.5 is most likely a better solution than Trinity.

  9. Re:It worked for Microsoft on Leaked Zynga Memo Justifies Copycat Strategy · · Score: 1

    Linux is an expansion of 'Minix' which is still used as a college trainer OS based on Unix standards.

    Linux was written completely from scratch.... It is not an expansion nor derivative of Minix.

    Try to know something before you troll.

    Hello pot, meet kettle!

    (not a Linux fanboy, I have no interest in recompiling my kernels, I prefer to game)

    Not a Windows fanboy, I have no interest in dealing with licensing issues, I prefer that my machines do work than require it.

  10. Re:Why a new protocol? on Big Internet Players Propose DMARC Anti-Phishing Protocol · · Score: 1

    I am dumb.. I thought we were discussing DEMARC, not PGP :P

  11. Re:Why a new protocol? on Big Internet Players Propose DMARC Anti-Phishing Protocol · · Score: 1

    This appears to be transparent to the user. It is a layer that runs on top of SPF/DKIM which a user should not even be aware of.

  12. Re:Two Slashdot stories and a PA comic = Epic Fail on World's Worst PR Guy Gives His Side · · Score: 1

    Paul was a friend of David Kotkin's.

    Do you have a citation for that? As I understood it, together they had set up an LLC in Fl. that never came to fruition, but that is the only connection between the two.

  13. Re:Lack of character shines through.... on World's Worst PR Guy Gives His Side · · Score: 2

    I cannot attest to the correctness of the GPs original statement. I can, however, say that you will probably want to research any legal advice you get on /. (or the internet as a whole) *before* putting it into practice ;)

  14. Re:What's good for the stiock price on Netflix CEO Comments On Recent Decisions · · Score: 1

    While I agree with your sentiment, NF already has trouble with the prices charged; pissing off the only supply of a commodity that your business depends on is probably not a good business strategy.

  15. Re:Aptera vs Solyndra on After 6 Years, Aptera Motors Is No More · · Score: 1

    Ahh.. typical American* politicians; "Hello kettle, this is pot...".

    * I am a US citzen and I vote. Unfortunately in regard to American politics, there is no choice only a lack of options.

  16. Re:Use nginx? on Apache Flaw Allows Internal Network Access · · Score: 1

    nginx does not support reverse-proxy to AJP as far as I know.

  17. Re:Nope on VMware, a Falling Giant? · · Score: 1

    Actually you may want to re-re-read the original post ;)

    ... meanwhile the vmware tools still won't build on anything newer than Linux 2.6.32 without happy-fun-patching-time.

    Hint: "newer" != "less than" :P

  18. Re:You Should... on Which OSS Clustered Filesystem Should I Use? · · Score: 1

    Many thanks for the new sig. Unfortunately with the sig there is not enough space left to attribute it to you!

  19. Re:Get a good adapter set on Ask Slashdot: Best EEPROM Programmer For a Hobbyists? · · Score: 1

    I am jumping on the Willem bandwagon as well. Just a couple months ago I was tasked with backing up the data on some chips that are prone to go out in some PLCs we use in our manufacturing. I purchased one of these and could not be happier with the results.

  20. Re:Can JBoss be installed without being root? on New JBOSS Worm Infecting Unpatched Servers · · Score: 1

    I have used mod_jk however I was under the impression that mod_proxy_ajp is replacing it. I have used mod_proxy_ajp for my last few installations and I love how simple it is to set up. Do you have information to the contrary? Is there specific applications where mod_jk make more sense than mod_proxy_ajp?

  21. Re:What an over sensationalist title on How Microsoft Can Lock Linux Off Windows 8 PCs · · Score: 1

    Sorry for the late late reply.. I only just saw your reply.

    If that's really the case, I'd just mark the Windows partition bootable. Grub doesn't care. However, the DOS MBR can only boot when you only have a single partition marked bootable.

    That is exactly what I did.

    Is it that it never asks you to install, or that you get an error when you install?

    In my case I tried installing the SP via MS Updates and by downloading the SP and running it. Both ways it errored out - I don't remember what the exact error was though. Hope that helps!

  22. Re:Same old thing... on Oracle May 'Fork Itself' With MySQL Moves · · Score: 1

    The only thing missing now is full distro support.

    As I recall, a few months ago Gentoo made "mysql" a virtual slot and defaults now to mariadb as the actual database.

  23. Re:What an over sensationalist title on How Microsoft Can Lock Linux Off Windows 8 PCs · · Score: 1
  24. Re:What an over sensationalist title on How Microsoft Can Lock Linux Off Windows 8 PCs · · Score: 2

    I ran into this same issue some months back. If I am not mistaken, all you have to do is make sure the "bootable" flag is toggled on the windows partition. You can even have more than one "bootable" partition, so don't worry about changing anything else.

    It did take a while to find that fix however, and during the interim I cursed MS up and down :)

  25. Re:What about those that live in colder climates? on Bill Clinton Says 'Paint Your Roofs White' · · Score: 1

    And I assume you will be the one engineering a roof to hold multiple feet of snow that would otherwise have slid off? It is difficult if not impossible to retro-fit most of the houses in New England. Also, once we have rebuilt every building in New England, where exactly is the Carbon Footprint for the project?