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  1. Re:And stupidly enforced mandatory extension signi on Firefox 44 Arrives With Push Notifications (mozilla.org) · · Score: 1

    Yes, you are confused. Delaying something instead of cancelling it means I know before it pissed me off. Posted via chrome.

    And chrome sucks for dashslot, so I'm not real happy about it either.

  2. Re:Logitech racing wheel driver? on Linux 4.5 Adds Raspberry Pi 2 Support, AMD GPU Re-Clocking, Intel Kaby Lake (phoronix.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because the round trip between kernel and user space is slow. And when you drive with the Logitech brand Racing Wheel, you want to go FAST!

    Say your turn stars a microsecond too late. Well bam, you didn't make that sweet corner, you just drifted into two orphans and a nun. And since your brake kicked in late, you didn't just hit them, you broadsided them right into the facade of a 19th century faux gothic whiskey still, and but for want of a mason jar you could have made orphan preserves from the remains.

    All because you put your slow ass driver in userspace, with a fast ass driver in the seat. Think of the children, you monster!

  3. Re:You've made your point...now shut it down. on IoT Security Is So Bad, There's a Search Engine For Sleeping Kids (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I did the impossible. I searched Google and came up with martial arts, Go, and this article. And similar articles from back when this was news. The connection you claim is obvious is clearly missing.

    I'm more interested in this having been news for years, and devices aren't even using minimal security via obscurity. A normal ISP might knock you off for port scanning, but hitting random addresses on a single port might not trigger the same response, making it trivial to replicate this search engine.

  4. Re:How about fixing it properly? on Fedora Linux Might Drop Incremental Upgrades (happyassassin.net) · · Score: 1

    NLite has offered this for a long time, W7+ works according to the site (google if you like). Prep the original install plus service packs plus other updates, and you get a one shot install.

    Linux is no monolith, though, and I don't expect any distro to anticipate which updates need to be slipstreamed.

    And then we have the solution to a non monolith os, the package mananger. The os doesn't have built in updates, there are multiple managers to handle it.

    And that's why you get everything described here. If linux had one updater with a distro specific repo, maybe it would be more seamless.

    But that's not what the linux community wants, or it would already be done.

  5. Re:Smartphonization of PCs on Microsoft: Only the Latest Version of Windows Will Support New CPU Generations (windows.com) · · Score: 2

    I spent yesterday yelling at my computer. "It's a desktop. Not a tablet, so quit acting like a goddamned tablet." Office 2013 and server 2012 are the things most likely to make me give up completely. I will have no use for 10.

  6. I'll put up with it until 2020, when windows 7 is no longer updated. That seems reasonable, since I can block the telemetry patches.

    And security researchers are having a field day looking for new telemetry patches, so I'm not even worried about surprises.

    Normal precautions until then.

  7. Re:Secrets =~ Stigmas on How To Talk About Mental Illness Online? · · Score: 1

    I you live in an environment unlike where the water apes evolved, or eat a diet unlike what the land lubber water apes became accustomed to, you are probably going to experience mental illness, without any genetic or otherwise predisposition.

    Being a psychopath or pedo does have ramifications for society, unlike anxiety or depression, unless the patient is aware and actively avoiding trigger situations. A great way to avoid is to tell people they have this problem, and there are of course cognitive exercises that may help.

    Specifically, naming and labeling can be helpful as a tribal protection, a warning to others, if you see behavior before a doctor is notified to evaluate the patient. Don't trust this person, dnor leave your kids with that one...

    The labeling becomes a warning label, and stigmas come right back.

    The way people simplify data for future reference makes an open minded approach impossible for most people. Which is unfortunate.

  8. Re:... secure enough ... if implemented correctly. on After Two Fixes, OAuth Standard Deemed Secure (net-security.org) · · Score: 1

    That's not the rub. This, this is the rub.

    You look tense. Buck up, amigo. *slap* Oh wow, you feel tense. All through your shoulders. Let me get that.

    No no, it would be a favor to me. I got to keep my hands in shape. Feels tense right here, is that where you feel it? Oh, yeah that's tense too.

    Bow chicka bow wow...

  9. Re:Why cant the browser run as its own user id? on Forbes Asks Readers To Disable Adblock, Serves Up Malvertising (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Because fuck you, also stupid users. And too many prompts and going to click yes anyway.

    Have you met people? You're smarter than most of them. You can read. I assume, because you posted marginally on topic.

    Extra clicks to view my bank account, or my spank account, and you lost me. Imma disable this extra click shit.

    IOW because users.

  10. Re:And with laws like the DMCA you can be sued for on Forbes Asks Readers To Disable Adblock, Serves Up Malvertising (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    Yes, Forbes can be sued for facilitating. They can also be sued for liking blue, for farting an aerosol dye, and for starting the French Revolution.

    Will it be successful? I don't know where to start. Why don't you tell me the last grade you graduated from, and I'll just wing it.

    You could read ahead, if you like, so I don't have to hold your hand through the internet bar exam.

    I wonder, what did that guy in the stall next to me eat last night? Pure sulphur? Dead curry filled corpses? Raw farts in jars? I can wonder out loud for no reason, too. It's purely rhetorical, so you think I'm smarter than I am.

  11. Re:Of course ... on KDE Plasma 5.5 Has Matured Past the Point of Plasma 4 (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    "The HP200A was the first product made by Hewlett-Packard and was manufactured in David Packard's garage in Palo Alto, California......

    The product code was chosen to give the impression that HP was an established company. "

  12. Then make a case. I could file a lawsuit against you for being ignorant, but that doesn't mean it has merit.

    Likewise, either test your legal acumen in the arena, or stop having brilliantly stupid ideas in the internet.

    I spent time typing this, you owe me money. I'll settle for $100 BTC.

  13. Re:Is it right, though? on Free State Project 93% Towards Goal (freestateproject.org) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This is a response to, "If you don't like it, move." Okay, they did. And NH is close enough to their goals that it won't be a major policy change.

    I like the idea of having an honest community standard, where people generally have the same principles. Being comfortable because you grew up somewhere is the worst kind of community. Because you may like your house and neighborhood, but disagree with the neighbors.

    One that runs out nonconformants will sort itself out. And I would like to see communities with such strong identities that up to the state level people generally agree.

    Since the target is a low population area, I don't see a problem.

    Give me liberty or death, because I can't be arsed to move a few hundred miles?

  14. We should have stopped after the unicycle attack. That was taking the IoT one far.

    Should have been more than enough warning.

  15. So now we know APK's alt...

  16. Re:"we contacted Microsoft..." on Microsoft Monitoring How Long You Use Windows 10 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Even better, the blog they linked to appears to be black font on black text (JavaScript is disabled here).

    Does that mean their reply is completely transparent?

  17. Re:Technical Features Rather Than Content on LG Announces "Super UHD" TV Lineup (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 0

    You don't need UHD content. You can fit 6 or more HD shows on an 8k screen. Just the thought of it makes me want to ejaculate the words, "Please dismiss yourself, I am having a private moment with myself."

  18. Re:Still no images, Slashdot? on The Sad Graph of Software Death (tinyletter.com) · · Score: 1

    You say articles, but these are not articles. You are confusing a news aggregator with a corporate property intended to make a profit.

    That's why I block everything but text. And if all text loads via JavaScript, I'll move on to the rest of my bookmarks, minus dashslot.

    Click or do not click, there is no whinge

  19. Re:fred brooks to the rescue on The Sad Graph of Software Death (tinyletter.com) · · Score: 1

    Then why post, for fuck's sake? Brooks wrote a lot of words, and either it is familiar, or not.

    I have mid points, but calling you out on something either redundant or not informative is much more help than moderating it as such.

    Try to be helpful.

  20. Re:Overtaking slow-moving predecessors on The Three Possible Classes of Interstellar Travel (forbes.com) · · Score: 2

    Heinlein, Time for the Stars, the fast boat picks up people from the slow boat.

  21. Re:Not gonna read this on How the Internet Changed the Way We Read (dailydot.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I skimmed it and you're right. Sweeping generalizations tossed in a word salad.

    I just spent 6 hours reading Heinlein on e ink, so I humored him. Meanwhile, the same has been said in fewer, clearer words for at least 5 years now, with predictions of same around the time facebook, texting, and news aggregators went mainstream. Each time, that is.

    Take old news and wrap it in New paper.

  22. Re:The year on fleek on Ask Slashdot: Predictions For 2016? (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    I'm going to give a shit, then take a shit. Repeat as needed for zero total shits.

  23. Re:NULL is there. Use it! on Epoch Time Bug Causes Facebook To Congratulate Users On 46 Years of Friendship (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Null is probably stored as a flag, not a number. The flag says that the number value is ignored. It could be a high bit in a numeric value making it.out of range, and that's definitely not zero. But its not a numeric value, its a flag.

    How about you look at some open source databases or read Wikipedia or something?

  24. Re:Not sure about suicide on Debian Founder Ian Murdock Has Died (docker.com) · · Score: 1

    Suicide intervention takes focus and energy away from processing and logging information. It makes sense, in a strange way, to request not being interrupted.

    Looking for the autopsy, which the family will surely release, and the lawsuit.

  25. Re:AVG used to be good and then about 4 years ago on AVG Forces Chrome Extension On Users, Extension Is Woefully Insecure (google.com) · · Score: 1

    I do the same thing, but It's woefully inadequate. I don't know what will change, but something needs to.

    One wrong click and you're grabbing your digital ankles. It's gonna happen.