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  1. digital shadow.... on Facebook Data Miner Will Shock You · · Score: 1

    This automated system is a mess.

    I gave it access to my account temporarily, and afterwards revoked access.

    Turns out, it can't identify my face, nor can it identify my political leanings or my income with any certainty.

    It also couldn't figure out who my friends and enemies really were.

    All in all? It's a game, and it's not really doing any "data mining" that we should be worried about. ...

    Either that, or I'm a mischievous son-of-a-bitch that pads my timeline with fake information, and uses
    my kids face for my profile picture a lot, and only pushes location information if it's funny, irrelevant, or
    inconsequential.

  2. You got a bit wrong there, Larry... on Oracle Attacks Open Source; Says Community-Developed Code Is Inferior · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You said "Government-sponsored community development approaches to software creation lack the financial incentives of commercial companies to produce low-defect, well-documented code."

    What you really meant was "Unlike proprietary, hidden commercial code, Government-sponsored back doors in software can't be found in the traditional, open-source, many-eyes, well-documented code.

    But that probably doesn't rake in the profits, does it?

  3. Looks familiar... on CERN Launches Line Mode Browser Emulator · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Almost exactly what browsing with lynx looks like on my CIT-101e VT100 dumb terminal that i still have, and still works.
    It's been a workhorse since 1989 or so, and has yet to fail.

    Granted, i don't keep it ON all the time.

    Now, is CERN going to make an archie/veronica tty client for the web as well?

  4. And the NTSB wants cars to talk to each other??? on Hackers Reveal Nasty New Car Attacks · · Score: 1

    Just wait until somebody reverse-engineers the communications between vehicles.

    Then, you can just send a rogue car down the road "Hey, I'm a police car, please pull to the outside lane(s) and slow down to 10mph" and watch the road magically open up for you!

    Or, even worse "OMG! YOU'RE GONNA HIT SOMETHING! EMERGENCY STOP!" to all the cars you pass.

    Or even worse than that.... every nth car you pass....

  5. I'd like to see... on Slashdot Asks: What would you like to see at CES? · · Score: 0

    Felicia Day. She's going, at least per her twitter account.

    But, sadly, I'm not, so i won't be able to meet and greet.

  6. Tell me why... on Linux Is a Lemon On the Retina MacBook Pro · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It is so shocking to think that an operating system doesn't work well on hardware for which no drivers have yet been written?

    And yes, folks have been working on this. It's all up on the G+.

    But seriously, until somebody is paid to write the drivers prior to hardware release, why expect it to work?

  7. The question on everybody's mind, of course, is ...

        will it blend?

  8. Re:Towns on Minecraft Creator's New Game Called 0x10c · · Score: 4, Informative

    Also? RTFA.

    Here's the CPU:
    http://0x10c.com/doc/dcpu-16.txt

  9. Re:Towns on Minecraft Creator's New Game Called 0x10c · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seriously? You think a site like /. doesn't have readers that might be interested in a game that contains
    a VIRTUALIZED CPU THAT CAN BE FREELY PROGRAMMED?

    What are you, some sort of reddit user?

  10. Re:Debt is the most prized American possession. on Ask Slashdot: Shortcuts To a High Tech House · · Score: 1

    My 1st house was built in the early 40's.
    There wasn't a right angle in the place, nevermind that it survived the '64 earthquake.

    And different addition phases meant different building styles.
    The outside of the original structure was still present behind some of the drywall in the "kitchen" area,
    with it's slanted nautical-themed cabinetry.

    still, I'm not moving out of Anchorage.

  11. Re:serves 'em right on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 1

    Ah, right. So anti-vaxers are the new abortionists!

    I can see the campaign posters now...

  12. serves 'em right on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If some anti-vax moron doesn't want to use the help provided by the doctor, then the doctor doesn't need to keep them cluttering up his clinic.

    That's his right.

    It's also the right of the anti-vax moron to die faster, so hopefully they'll be weeded out in short order and we can get back to living better with medicine.

    No. Really. You anti-vax'rs are morons. Self-indulgent, blinded, murderous morons.

  13. So.... on Study Finds Online Cheating Is Infectious · · Score: 5, Funny

    This isn't about my ex-wife....

    Awkward post then.

  14. Re:Not just webmail on OpenPGP Implemented In JavaScript · · Score: 1

    | gpg
    gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit ELG-E key, ID AA53B491, created 2001-11-13
                "Eric L. Howes "
    gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available

    Well, I guess this one isn't for me.

  15. Ugh... on Electric Tron Lightcycle Hits the Streets · · Score: 2

    Looks horribly uncomfortable and dangerously unwieldy to ride.

    I think i'll pass.

  16. For the geeks... on Spectrophotometer Analysis of Crayons · · Score: 1

    He's also on twitter: @markmeyerphoto

    Just in case you want to say hi.

    (Always pimpin' my fellow Alaskans)

  17. Buffalo^5 on Ask Slashdot: Good Gigabit 802.11N Home Router? · · Score: 1

    I've got a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH running the [provided!] DD-WRT firmware, and haven't had any problems.

    It's also the gigabit switch between the upstairs office and the downstairs servers.
    Not had a single lick of trouble, and I've got coverage throughout my 2500 sq ft house.

  18. oh yeah... on Linus' First Linux Post, 20 Years Ago Today · · Score: 2

    Brings back the memories. I remember the usenet post because I was camping on the .minix trying to decide how best to conquer my computer...

    then Linus showed up with his post, and I soon had my answer.

    I've been running Linux non-stop since 1993, and have never looked back.

  19. no dark matter... on CERN Physicist Says Dark Matter May Be an Illusion · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I hope so. Dark matter is the ugliest kludge to the standard model ever.

    It's worse than the Plus upgrade for Windows 98.

  20. Re:What about those that live in colder climates? on Bill Clinton Says 'Paint Your Roofs White' · · Score: 1

    Alaska roofs are even worse. But I hear ya, my igloo brother from a more southern latitude.

  21. Re:Prior Art? on Company Claims Ownership of Digital Messaging · · Score: 1

    I read slashdot but didn't join for a number of years.

    Same with Blues News
    Same with Digg

    Same with lots of other sites. The ratio of tracking vs registration perks needs to rise above a certain level for me.

    Basically, as soon as I *really* feel a need to reply to some snark-ass middling punk.

  22. Re:Prior Art? on Company Claims Ownership of Digital Messaging · · Score: 2

    Phone didn't have presence, quite. However, in 1991, I abused phone to create a notification system for when your peeps logged in, thereby extending
    a two-way chat application with presence.

    Yes. I've had the code online since 1991.

    Anybody with patents on two-way messaging and presence should probably line up and bite my shiny metal ass.

  23. Yggdrasil on Linux Video Tutorials From 1995 · · Score: 1

    I've still got the beta ISO from Ygg, and an image from it loaded here on the workstation.

    Boots up just fine in a VM.

  24. Re:The embarrassing thing on IPv6 Traffic Volumes Are Low, But Nobody Knows How Low · · Score: 1

    http://www.v6.facebook.com/

    they also have an alternate v6 site, but don't recall what it was.

  25. Re:Ten points if reading this on your second monit on Do Developers Really Need a Second Monitor? · · Score: 0

    Yup. 2nd 24" monitor. the 1st is my VM (see FP, haha) but only because WinBlows works better that way.

    But Linux as my main desktop on the right side is where all the action is.
    12 open terminals, pidgin, FF, and anything else I need at the moment.