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  1. Re:Upate to the most current on New Windows XP Zero-Day Under Attack · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Upgrading the OS would be wise as well, especially since we're fast coming to the point of end of support, April 8th 2014. Windows 7 and 8.x both improved security considerable, and there are other more secure options as well such as MacOS X and the other varies flavors of *nix such as Linux distributions.

  2. Re:Lie a little on Ask Slashdot: Are We Older Experts Being Retired Too Early? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Just because two notable names have made a big deal about it doesn't mean there aren't still plenty of such positions. Asking someone to uproot their entire lives and move across the country to benefit you with their extensive knowledge and experience for work that absolutely does not require your on-site and on-hands presence far exceeds "flexibility".

    Sorry, no it doesn't exceed 'flexibility'. Sometimes one just has to go where the work is. Despite your assertion the trend is and has been for some time moving away from telecommuting. It's not just 'two notable names' say so. It's a real trend in many industries. Requiring to work remotely will seriously curtail the number of opportunities a job seeker can find.

  3. Re:Comparison on DragonFlyBSD 3.6 Brings AMD/Intel Graphics Drivers & Better SMP Scaling · · Score: 1

    You might find this interesting. It compares several versions of BSD with Linux.

  4. Re:Let me guess on Science Museum Declines To Show Climate Change Film · · Score: 1, Insightful

    No, that would imply an equal hatred of democrats. They are just as bad, just in slightly different ways. It would be more accurate and appropriate to hate all politicians.

  5. Re:Wagging the dog. on Only 25% of Yahoo Staff "Eat Their Own Dog Food" · · Score: 0

    Another reasonable approach from might be to task, "How does our service need to change, in order for our own employees to want to use it?"

    That would be reasonable, but honestly they don't have to even do that. If the company says the new standard is X then everyone changes to X. That's a draconian way, and I like your suggestion better, but still, it's Yahoo's systems and standards. They can change them to use whatever tool they want.

  6. Re:Need more information on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop a Debt Collection Scam From Targeting You? · · Score: 1

    Yes it works great on Linux but I use it even with my Windows 7 laptop. Hell it even works with my Asus Transformer Prime.

  7. Re:Need more information on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop a Debt Collection Scam From Targeting You? · · Score: 1

    I use one all the time. It's hard to get serial console access to a firewall, switch, or router without one when your laptop only has USB. So much for your smug know it not attitude though :)

  8. Re:Need more information on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop a Debt Collection Scam From Targeting You? · · Score: 1

    Just get a USB to Serial adapter.

  9. Re: Stop Pumping up OIL!!! on Norway's Army Battles Global Warming By Going Vegetarian · · Score: 1

    No don't you get it? The greenhouse effect is caused by farts not oil. We all need to start farting less, start with the cows.

    We need to put strict controls on beans and other legumes before it's too late! Think of the children!

  10. Re:Doesn't implement the standard???? on Ubuntu Wants To Enable SSD TRIM By Default · · Score: 4, Insightful

    More like Linux doesn't follow the best practice recommendations of the standard when it wouldn't be all that hard to do so.

  11. Re:Would not survive on Chicxulub Impact Might Have Spread Life-Bearing Rocks Through the Solar System · · Score: 1

    Is that a bad attempt at a joke or did you just miss the obvious? The Earth was teeming with microbial life, some of which could quite possibly endure not just the trip but some of the conditions found elsewhere.

  12. Re:WTF? IBM is promoting big time to ditch GPUs on NVIDIA Announces Tesla K40 GPU Accelerator and IBM Partnership In Supercomputing · · Score: 2

    They are pursuing both, and in fact the Power8 will support both GPU and FPGA accelleration add-ons.

  13. Re:FOR-PROFIT CORP !! NO THANX !! on Ars Checks Out CyanogenMod's New Installer · · Score: 1

    Unless you have a Verizon or Sprint Nexus...

    If you have one of those, you've been ripped off. Nexus aren't tied to carriers.

    Or the AC in question has never touched a Nexus and is just trolling.

  14. It runs. It's not fast, no, but it runs fast enough to actually play around with.

  15. Re:Advanced Persistant Threat (APT) on IE Zero-Day Exploit Disappears On Reboot · · Score: 1

    I didn't say it did, I was just pointing out that it was not just made up.

  16. Re:Advanced Persistant Threat (APT) on IE Zero-Day Exploit Disappears On Reboot · · Score: 1

    The term has been used in the IT security industry for years.

  17. Re:Is it a phone ? on Nexus 5 With Android 4.4 and Snapdragon 800 Challenges Apple A7 In Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    There's nothing stupid about it. I could have included the radio to TV transition as the primary media source if you want something more recent. Or perhaps the advent of cheap microwave ovens, or cable television vs. OTA broadcast. It's not my fault you were not able to grasp the point that new technology supersedes the old in many cases. It's called progress.

  18. Re:what? on US Postal Service To Make Sunday Deliveries For Amazon · · Score: 1

    The USPS has not received any direct taxpayer money since the 1980's, with minor exceptions for delivery overseas (APO's, etc.) and for disabled services.

  19. Re:New phone almost as fast as month old phone on Nexus 5 With Android 4.4 and Snapdragon 800 Challenges Apple A7 In Benchmarks · · Score: 0

    The main advantage of 64 bitness is access to a far larger memory address space. Yes there can be a few minor performance improvements with proper use of larger registers, but it's really not that big an advantage. Until smartphones and tablets start exceeding 4 gigabytes of RAM there is really not much point other than marketing to use 64 bit code on such devices.

  20. Re:Is it a phone ? on Nexus 5 With Android 4.4 and Snapdragon 800 Challenges Apple A7 In Benchmarks · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I am curious...

    Before the 20th Century did the average person drive an automobile?

    Before the Industrial Revolution did the average person have access to cheap, mass produced good?

    Before the Agricultural Revolution, did the average person have access to plentiful grain?

    Before the Paleolithic, did the average person have access to crafted stone tools?

    Don't get me wrong, I'm just curious...

  21. Re:Soon, no more bookstores. on Amazon Gets Blow-Back Over Plan To Sell Kindles At Small Bookshops · · Score: 1

    The last disc won't be for a long, long time. Too many people like to collect them. It'll be years before they are totally superseded by digital downloads.

  22. Re:does it work through walls? on Chinese Professor Builds Li-Fi System With Retail Parts · · Score: 0

    But how do you get the sharks to hold still long enough to get a signal across???

  23. Yes, aside from the impressive 'reflexes' of the system and the speed with which it operates there really isn't much impressive about this. It isn't a win if it is cheating.

  24. Re:A great example for kids on 10-Year-Old Boy Discovers 600-Million-Year-Old Supernova · · Score: 1

    You're either trolling or do not know many home schooled people. What you describe is a minuscule fraction of them.

  25. Re: NOT posted as AC. on TSA Union Calls For Armed Guards At Every Checkpoint · · Score: 1

    Not even close. Think about it. The Union is NOT the TSA.