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  1. Why? on The 'Linux Inside' Stigma · · Score: 2

    What would the benefit for google be to add this information to their product? If anything it dilutes the brand strength and confuses people. Its the same reason why apple doesnt mention bsd anywhere

  2. Hoax? on Misconfigured Open DNS Resolvers Key To Massive DDoS Attacks · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I know Its not the primary topic here,, but gizmodo has some evidence that the whole cyberbunker thing is a fake

    http://gizmodo.com/5992652/that-internet-war-apocalypse-is-a-lie

  3. Re:Effort and time is not the same as accomplishme on ICANN Reveals Regional Winners of New gTLDs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I thought it was just a cash grab operation by ICANN

  4. Re:Forgot to mention... on How a Programmer Gets By On $16K/Yr: He Moves to Malaysia · · Score: 1

    Detention without trial....

    You mean like in Gitmo, and wasn't Manning still in jail after 3 years?

  5. Re:Dupe on Did Large Eyes Lead To Neanderthals' Demise? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seems slashdot editors have very large eyes as well

  6. Sounds familiar on Future Fighters Won't Need Ejection Seats · · Score: 1

    Back in the sixties the us all but abandoned close combat training for fighter pilots, as all would be done with long range missiles. When they got their ass kicked in vietnam, they had to set up programs like SFTI/TOPGUN to regain air supremacy.

  7. Re:Need better security on New Phishing Toolkit Uses Whitelisting To 'Bounce' Non-Victims · · Score: 1

    All the dutch banks use SSL and OTP for consumer accounts.

  8. Re:Wel you got enough guns on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Anti-Spam Service Extortion? · · Score: 2

    I call BS on that post.

    The blacklist people don't block anything. All they do is publish a list with IP addresses. Isn't that covered under your precious free speech thingy?

    Its the providers that use the blacklist that you should worry about.

  9. Re:People still use blacklists??? on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Anti-Spam Service Extortion? · · Score: 2

    I feel your pain, but as a small-time hosting provider the dynamic-IP blocklists reduce spam by about 90%. In reality there are very very few legitimate mail servers located on a dynamic range. You are an unfortunate example. I currently get less than 1 complaint per year on false-positive rejection. For me this is an unfortunate but acceptable loss compared to the large amount of spam I no longer receive.

  10. Re:Someone tell me on Islamic Hacker Group Resumes Attacks On Banks · · Score: 1

    Well stated (sorry i dont have modpoints today)

  11. Re:Apt-get install clue on How To Use a Linux Virtual Private Server · · Score: 1

    Because for ex-windows admin the learning is too steep otherwise. I always give new admins a gui and discover that after a year, they stopped using it and use the command shell instead.. Without the gui they stop before they even started...

  12. Re:Wow, just wow. on How To Use a Linux Virtual Private Server · · Score: 2

    Translation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System

    You can access x windows via windows using putty

  13. Re:Real bread goes stale after 1 day on Scientists Develop Sixty Day Bread · · Score: 1

    the answer is the amount of fat that is added. Anyone claiming their bread lasts over 2 days and is still edible either has no taste or simply adds some form of fat into the dough. Cheap UK bread always lasted for a month as was still not stale.

  14. Re:This this not evolution on Humans Evolving Faster Than Ever · · Score: 1, Interesting

    So is fabrication of fire arms, but both are not evolution in theway we have defined the term evolution.

  15. Re:This this not evolution on Humans Evolving Faster Than Ever · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But even if you define genetic drift as change in variation due to random sampling, there STILL is selection, just not a biased selection. You refer to bottle-neck populations such as pioneers or disaster survivors. That is however not what tfa is about.

    If you wish to continue this discussion stop posting as ac, as i will no longer read these posts

  16. Re:This this not evolution on Humans Evolving Faster Than Ever · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I should add that selection based on culture (love, pre-arranged weddings etc) rather than fitness also does not help evolution.

  17. Re:This this not evolution on Humans Evolving Faster Than Ever · · Score: 3, Insightful

    According to your definition any genetic alteration is evolution (indluding being exposed to gamma sources). But then you bring genetic drift as an example, which is strange as genetic drift is not an increase in variation, but a SELECTION of a specific allele within a pool, resulting in increased frequency.

  18. This this not evolution on Humans Evolving Faster Than Ever · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Acquisition of mutations is not evolution. Evolution is the combination of variations AND selection of those traits that increase fitness. The fact that we only acquire more genetic mutations means that selectionhas gone down and evolution with it. The simple explanation is that healt care enabled us to cheat on selection.

  19. Re:Drug Patents on Another Call For Abolishing Patents, This One From the St. Louis Fed · · Score: 2

    This is such horse shit. Nih pays at max a few million for starter projects. The 1billion generally required for phase II and III never comes from NIH. If you dont know how pharma works dont act like you do.

  20. RDX on Ask Slashdot: Personal Tape Drive NAS? · · Score: 1

    RDX is much more cost-efficient for small setups and claims the same durability. Sure, the RDX disks are more expensive than tape but the drives are available for $60. And they act like HDD because that is basically what they are.

  21. Its not written in python, it just has a python interface. Compiling pymol is a pain indeed

  22. PyMol on The 'Everyone Gets the Source Code, Donations Get You Binaries' Software Model · · Score: 3, Informative

    PyMol does this and its the de-facto standard in protein structure visualisation

  23. Re:Rockmelt on Is Facebook Going To Buy Opera? · · Score: 2

    well said. The day that opera falls in the greasy hands of facebook is a very sad day indeed.

  24. Re:Makes me wonder on India To Ban .xxx Domain · · Score: 1

    I agree with your intention but your reasoning is wrong. It's like saying "Why make a law against homicide if most people wouldn't kill someone anyway"

  25. Re:Occam's razor... on Free Radicals May Not Be Cause of Aging · · Score: 1

    One caveman to the other: if fire was such a great idea the other cavemen would have thought of it already!