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  1. Re:Open Source Issues? on Sophisticated Apache Backdoor In the Wild · · Score: 1

    They are getting root so that they can install their hacked Apache binary by exploiting holes in Cpanel. Which is closed source.

  2. So if you cut up onions before flying... on New Device Sniffs Out Black Powder Explosives · · Score: 1

    ...Wash your hands very, very thoroughly.

    And whatever you do DON"T FART while going through security.

  3. Will it get rid of the BitCoin mining malware... on Ask Slashdot: Would You Accept 'Bitcoin-Ware' Apps? · · Score: 1

    ...that is already on your Windows box?

  4. So we aren't going to be able to replace... on Inventor of OpenFlow SDN Admits Most SDN Today Is Hype · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...all the fiber optic cables with software? We aren't going to move everything to the cloud, including the cloud?

  5. So the "industry" is harmed. So what? on Hollywood Studios Fuming Over Indie Studio Deal With BitTorrent · · Score: 4, Insightful

    > The fact of the matter is BitTorrent is in it for themselves, they're
    > not in it for the health of the industry.

    The fact of the matter is the studios are in it for themselves, they're not in it for the health of anyone but themselves. And that's fine, but why should the rest of us give a shit about their health? So Cinedigm's innovative move might cause movies to become less expensive and owning a studio less profitable. So what? That's competition.

    In fact, if the studios have some sort of agreement not to make any of their "properties" available via BitTorrent they should be sued for engaging in a restraint of trade.

  6. If we can't understand them we can't predict them. on Why We'll Never Meet Aliens · · Score: 1

    If we are not smart enough to know how advanced aliens would think, how can Mr. Tyma be smart enough to be sure that they will not, for their own incomprehensible reasons, come here?

  7. Amusing, but how does it *work*? on Omnidirectional Treadmill: The Ultimate FPS Input Device? · · Score: 1

    n/t

  8. So what? on Facebook's Android App Can Now Retrieve Data About What Apps You Use · · Score: 1

    If you have a Facebook account you have already decided to publish every detail of your life anyway.

  9. Doesn't really matter. on Guantanamo Hearings Delayed as Legal Files Vanish · · Score: 2

    These are kangaroo courts anyway. Real Federal trials take place before real Federal judges who are members of the judiciary, not military officers who are functionaries of the executive branch.

  10. "...sensitive missions...firefighting..." on New Bird Shaped Drone Shown at Security and Defense Trade Show · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because, after all, you wouldn't want the fire to know it was being watched.

  11. "Regulate Civilian Drones Now" on Eric Schmidt: Regulate Civilian Drones Now · · Score: 1

    "So we can arrange for Google to be among the few licensed to use them".

  12. Re:slow news day? on No Such Thing As a Tax-Free Lunch At Google? · · Score: 2

    > So in your world would firefighters be required to pay for
    > meals and housing while they stay at the fire station and
    > have that reflected in their income tax statements?

    Unless exempt in-kind payment is taxable.
    The law says that meals and/or housing provided "for the convenience of the employer" (i.e., you can't really do your job unless you eat and/or reside there) are not taxable income. The same applies to vehicles. This clearly does not apply to Google and their free meals should always have been treated as income to the employees.

  13. California should ban everything while driving. on Should California Have Banned Checking Smartphone Maps While Driving? · · Score: 1

    It should be a crime as serious as burglary or smoking in public to not keep your mind on your driving, keep your hands on the wheel, and keep your snoopy eyes on the road ahead.

    And no playing footsie, either.

  14. Re:"Deleted" on British ISP Bombards Users With Deleted Emails · · Score: 1

    > On the Google side it was configured such that a delete
    > requested over the POP protocol was interpreted as
    > archiving the message.

    Then they were not correctly implementing the protocol.

  15. Surely that cannot be true. on Study Suggests Patent Office Lowered Standards To Cope With Backlog · · Score: 1

    It might imply something positive about the Bush administration, and that is not permissable.

  16. For industrial infrastructure such as pumps.. on NetWare 3.12 Server Taken Down After 16 Years of Continuous Duty · · Score: 1

    ...sixteen years of operation is ordinary. It's sad that this considered outstanding for a router.

  17. "it will be sucked into regulatory structures" on Will Legitimacy Spoil Bitcoin? · · Score: 1

    Yes, of course. Otherwise people would be doing things without permission.

  18. Re:KISS on Matthew Garrett Has a Fix To Prevent Bricked UEFI Linux Laptops · · Score: 1

    > The fix is in the wrong place.

    Yes, of course, but only Samsung can put it in the right place. At least this is a workaround for people who already made the mistake of buying one of these pieces of junk.

  19. That's great, but can they be fixed once bricked? on Matthew Garrett Has a Fix To Prevent Bricked UEFI Linux Laptops · · Score: 2

    n/t

  20. Should Congress Telecommute? on Should Congress Telecommute? · · Score: 0

    No.

  21. I trust NSA more than I do DHS. on US Gov't To Scan More Civilian Infrastructure Traffic · · Score: 1

    NSA doesn't have any cops.

  22. I'm just wondering when they're killing search. on Ask Slashdot: Which Google Project Didn't Deserve To Die? · · Score: 1

    After all, search is *so* nineties. Social is where it's at now, init?

  23. Re:Amazing technology but micro, not nano. on Nanoscale 3D Printer Now Commercially Available · · Score: 5, Informative

    > so 30nm resolution is not nano scale enough for you?

    That's 3% at one micron: barely adequate for devices with minimum dimensions of one micron and up. For nanoscale devices you need one nanometer or better.

    Look at the examples. They're all dimensioned in the tens to hundreds of microns.

  24. Amazing technology but micro, not nano. on Nanoscale 3D Printer Now Commercially Available · · Score: 4, Insightful

    n/t

  25. Just wait. Surely next year will be... on Microsoft To Abandon Windows Phone? · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...the year of Windows on the smartphone.