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  1. Re:Core pron on IBM's Eight-Core, 4-GHz Power7 Chip · · Score: 4, Funny

    I came.

    I saw.

  2. Re:Redundent -- read selectively. on Head First C# · · Score: 1

    an interface can only ever be "realized", and cannot be "inherited"

    Inheritance is not limited to classes. For example, interfaces in C# may inherit other (multiple) interfaces. In this case, however, you are inheriting a contract (or multiple contracts), not an implementation.

  3. Re:baby rapes became a serious problem on PC Repair In Texas Now Requires a PI License · · Score: 1

    Think before you say these things, Mitch.

  4. Re:baby rapes became a serious problem on PC Repair In Texas Now Requires a PI License · · Score: 1

    In Africa, witch doctors are telling people that sex with a virgin will cure AIDS.

    So what? In the US, licensed doctors prescribe anti-depressants for headaches. Shrinks prescribe them for ___________.

    It still boils down to an informed patient making their own decision. Listen to the quack, or don't. It's the patient's choice.

  5. Re:Government should not be involved at all on Where To Draw the Line With Embryo Selection? · · Score: 1

    Once another human being is consentually created, it's no longer anyone's choice.

    Until time of war. Or inside the death chamber. Or after some asshole breaks into your house and you shoot him dead.

  6. Re:Untamed Slashdot on Will Amazon Get a Visit From the Tax Man? · · Score: 2, Funny

    You wanted an argument? Oh, I'm sorry, but this is abuse, you want room 12A, just along the corridor.

  7. Re:He's probably making minimum 4-5 times your sal on NASA Tests Hypersonic Blackswift · · Score: 1

    The wealth doesn't them any less of an idiot.

    Oops, that should read:

    The wealth doesn't make them any less of an idiot.

    Where's my fancy house!

  8. Re:He's probably making minimum 4-5 times your sal on NASA Tests Hypersonic Blackswift · · Score: 1

    There is such a thing as a useful idiot, and some are well paid. The wealth doesn't them any less of an idiot.

  9. Re:I feel dirty on NASA Tests Hypersonic Blackswift · · Score: 1

    George Carlin starts asking the homeless people for money, since he thinks that at least two of them must be worth more than that amount.

    The correct thing to do in that situation is mug the person making the announcement.

  10. Re:I feel dirty... on NASA Tests Hypersonic Blackswift · · Score: 1

    They also gave us the African Sand Dance, Miracle the Horse, treasure baths...

  11. Re:Damn elitist on NASA Tests Hypersonic Blackswift · · Score: 1

    Intelligence has nothing to do with it. It's about escapism. Some people want the wool pulled over their eyes, for whatever reason, and FOX (and company) obliges.

  12. Re:Does this work for all mail? on White House Refused To Open Unwelcome EPA E-Mail · · Score: 1

    It's a special character encoding. It's only when you're not looking at it. I don't get it.
  13. Re:Would you expect any less on White House Refused To Open Unwelcome EPA E-Mail · · Score: 1

    Otherwise we still have this thing called checks and balances. Unfortunately, these days that translates to checkbooks and bank balances.
  14. Re:What a great threadjack. on 66% Apple Market Share For Sales of High-End PCs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It is as if you are speaking to a different person by a subtle shift in login.

  15. Re:I don't type on Best Way To Avoid Keyloggers On Public Terminals? · · Score: 1

    Agreed, but you still shouldn't rely on HTTPS alone, which is why I mentioned using your own SSH tunnel. With HTTPS you are trusting the server's key, which can be compromised by a man-in-the-middle attack. This is still possible with SSH, but if it's your own server you will (or should) quickly recognize if the server's key signature changes (especially when putty (or your other favorite client) warns you of this).

  16. Re:I don't type on Best Way To Avoid Keyloggers On Public Terminals? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    That still gives the person logging keystrokes a valid password, even if it's scrambled (unless I misunderstand your approach). It would be trivial for them to try all possible combinations when they realize what you entered doesn't work as-is. An automated attack program probably already does this unless it's trying to keep a very low profile.

    all the good keyloggers This type of attack might also include a packet sniffer on the machine, rendering any clever input techniques useless. The only real way to avoid loggers/sniffers on a public terminal is to never use one. It isn't even a good idea to use public networks with your own device unless you use something like SSH to tunnel into your home and use a local (to your home network) proxy (IMO).
  17. Re:I don't type on Best Way To Avoid Keyloggers On Public Terminals? · · Score: 1

    I was about to recommend dragging from the "Characters to copy" text box to the text box in whatever application you are using, but apparently as soon as you double click a character in the character map the entire contents of that text box are copied to the clipboard (even without clicking the Copy button).

    Good stuff. :|

  18. Re:Laptop drive? on Western Digital's VelociRaptor 10K RPM SATA Drive · · Score: 5, Informative

    When you say 'based on 2.5" tech,' does that mean this IS a laptop drive? It is not a laptop drive. Here, take a gander.

    I assume the power requirements would be intense though According to TFA, the Velociraptor consumes the least power out of the drives compared (all WD, including a Raptor 150).

    And also being a WD drive, as far as reliability goes you'd probably be better off just keeping your important documents in RAM. I've had 1 drive out of over 20 fail on me in the last 6 years, all made by WD (including several Raptors, which run hot as hell but never seem to skip a beat). The one WD drive that did fail did so only after 3+ years of constant usage in a server.

    I guess I don't understand all the WD bashing. They do have warranties, you know, and I hear they even honor them.

    Besides, why are you relying on a single drive? If you have Important Documents you need redundancy + backups, not a "better" hard drive. You should check this out. It's saved my butt on more than one occasion.
  19. Re:commies! on .su Lives On, Stronger Than Ever · · Score: 4, Funny

    They'll have each other.

  20. Re:Oh, greeeaaaat. on Schoolboy Corrects NASA's Math On Killer Asteroid · · Score: 1

    If not, there's always Steve Buscemi.

  21. Re:No suprise here... on Schoolboy Corrects NASA's Math On Killer Asteroid · · Score: 1

    Now that we have that cleared up you should feel free to continue your bullshitting and insinuating via hearsay. You know all those moon landings? I heard they were real!
  22. Re:It's a Village People thing... on More DMCA Censorship at Yahoo! · · Score: 1

    How does the public benefit in any way that the YMCA recording is still a monopoly? It reduces the chance of accidentally hearing it?
  23. Re:Good for him on Creative Backs Down on Vista Driver Debacle · · Score: 1

    Kobra Kai!

  24. Re:Factors ignored. on Engineers Make Good Terrorists? · · Score: 1

    Those are really personality traits. A truly good engineer knows not just what to make of a spec, but what to make of a situation. It's the ability to improvise which makes them so valuable.

  25. Re:Unanticipated Use on New Service Maps Speed Traps By Cell Phone · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I wonder what effect that could have? People should monitor law enforcement, imo. If someone sees and identifies a police officer, clearly that officer is making no attempt to conceal him/herself, so what's the harm? Their presence alone can be a deterrent, so broadcasting knowledge of said presence might actually prevent a crime from taking place.

    The purpose of a police force isn't to bust people, it's to prevent crime. We keep forgetting this. If that goal can be achieved without someone going to jail and getting sucked into a system designed to keep them in it, I'm all for it (especially given the non-violent crimes you cite for example).