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  1. White Hat? on White Hat Security Group Hacks Marvel Twitter Accounts (polygon.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Wouldn't this make them Grey Hat at best?

  2. Uh oh on Docker Turns To Minecraft For Server Ops (sdtimes.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is all well and good until a rogue creeper blows up half of your servers.

  3. Re:World of Goo on Ask Slashdot: Really Short Time Wasters? · · Score: 1

    Seconded. I love playing a 44x22 grid of Range. Pearl is one of my favorites, but generation of solvable puzzles beyond a certain size takes a very long time, and they usually end up sharing a single common pattern. I've had games of Pearl take a day and a half to generate, and I've solved it in 10 minutes. Loopy (16x10, Kites, Hard) is my next favorite, but the yellow lines on grey background is difficult to focus on. I've tried tweaking the source and haven't found a colour that works well for me on that level.

  4. Re:Where is it? on Stanford Online Courses Delayed; More Time To Sign Up · · Score: 2
  5. Re:Misguided attempts on Outgoing CRTC Head Says Technology Is Eroding Canadian Culture · · Score: 1

    Does Anachronox count? The universal currency used in that game is the Canadian dollar.

  6. Re:I, for one, on Instead of a Wheel Chair, How About an Exoskeleton? · · Score: 2
  7. Winter on Ford System Will Warn, Correct Lane-Drifting Drivers · · Score: 2

    What will it do in the winter when the clear tire tracks that are safe to follow aren't necessarily perfectly between the lines?

  8. Livermorium on Periodic Table To Welcome Two New Elements · · Score: 2

    I don't like liver. Can we call it "Liverlessium" instead?

  9. Re:Microsoft has already tried this on Could Apple Kill Off Mac OS X? · · Score: 1

    Windows 7 Starter Edition is on the netbook I bought for my wife this Spring. The only thing that it's prevented her from doing so far is changing the desktop background. Otherwise it doesn't seem to be getting in the way. For something like a netbook, a lower-cost starter edition OS fits well.

  10. Not for me on PayPal Co-Founder Gives Out $100,000 To Not Go To College · · Score: 1

    I dropped out of University in 1996. I've never regretted anything in my life more than this. I'm happy with my life now, I have a good career and a family that I love, but I still think that dropping out was the biggest mistake I ever made. If I had the money, I'd go back, but it wouldn't be the same experience now.

  11. New name? on Facebook Wants To Buy Skype · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they buy Skype, they should change their name to Phonebook.

  12. Gilette on Microsoft Leaks Details of 128-bit Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    In related news, razor-blade manufacturer Gillette has announced their expansion into the personal computer operating system market. When he was informed of Microsoft's plans for future versions of Windows, CEO James M. Kilts is quoted as saying, "Fuck everything, we're doing 512 bits."

  13. Re:How accurate does it need to be? on Pulsar Signals Could Provide Galactic GPS · · Score: 1

    And thus is born the sport "Galactocaching".

  14. Re:thiS is goaTsex on Windows 7 RC Download Page Points To May Release · · Score: 1

    We all know it anyways. Is it really that much work to type it out by hand? You could always just bookmark it and never have to worry about it again.

  15. Re:Well on Open Source Software For Experimental Physics? · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure why you'd want the CERN-branded SL, as it's configured specifically for their network (their AFS, Kerberos, printers, etc). I used it because I wasn't aware of the more generic version:

    Scientific Linux download

  16. Free tacos! on Dropped Shuttle Toolbag Filmed From Earth · · Score: 1

    Another opportunity for a publicity stunt by Taco Bell when this thing falls out of orbit?

  17. Re:pipe through SSH to transfer files on (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks? · · Score: 1

    Any reason why "scp somefile bubba@192.168.1.1:" won't work for you?

  18. Re:Business as usual. on Playstation 3 Video DRM Only Allows One Download · · Score: 1

    ?SYNTAX  ERROR IN 10
    READY.

  19. Similar to my own project on New Racing Simulation Distances Itself From Gamers · · Score: 3, Funny

    I like how these guys think. I too am producing a serious online simulation project that isn't really aimed at lowly "gamers".

    My "iShitting" bowel movement simulation is an exciting new way to experience the joy of a good crap with thousands of friends from all around the world. iShitting will allow serious shitters to compete in such areas as Stench, Log Size, Color, and Composition (with bonus points awarded for visible undigested food, gum, etc). World of Warcraft has a real appeal... but seriously, folks, do you think that somebody who pretends to be an elf has what it takes to produce (and survive) the truly gargantuan masterpieces that professional shitters are famous for? Get real.

    For the sake of realism, iShitting requires a full-size USB or Bluetooth toilet controller. iShitting will not support any gamepad, keyboard and mouse, wireless wand and nunchuk, Spaceball, trackball, joystick or paddles.

    Like the good folks at iRacing, I also feel that iShitting should not be called a simple MMO. I have devised my own clever acronym that captures all that iShitting is: MMSGBMBMSOPF (Massively Multishitter Stinky Gigantic Brown Messy Bowel Movement Simulated Online Production Facility).

  20. Re:I take it by the name..... on Light-Emitting Particles Yield Faster Computing · · Score: 1

    Why? Without at least one "hole", it's not very interesting "porn" to most people.

  21. Re:Maybe give them a service? on How To Convince My Boss Not To Spam? · · Score: 1

    I meant to add, even better is to use a decent mailing list manager that supports unsubscribing. Better still is to not do it in the first place.

  22. Re:Maybe give them a service? on How To Convince My Boss Not To Spam? · · Score: 1

    Just make sure you don't send that message "To" or "Cc" the same distribution of people :)

    If you must send out a message like that, you've got the right idea about protecting the recipients' identities. Do it like this:

    To: Undisclosed Recipients <your@own.email.address>
    From: Trustworthy Travel, Inc. <your@own.email.address>
    Bcc: The Actual Complete List

    That way, nobody will see anybody else's email address, and even a Reply-To-All will only go to your@own.email.address.

  23. Re:Competitors? on Offline Wikipedia Reader For iRex Iliad · · Score: 1
  24. Re:books on Decent Book Clubs for Sci-Fi Fans? · · Score: 1

    Is there an archive of these? I managed to miss about a month's worth of Tor newsletters when my throwaway mail account exceeded quota. It took me until this morning before I realized that account didn't have *any* new mail in almost a month.

  25. Re:Without even looking... on Vaporware - the Tech That Never Was · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Since when has FTL space travel ever been "promised"?