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  1. Another good reason on Even the Dumbest Ransomware Is Almost Unremovable On Smart TVs (symantec.com) · · Score: 1

    Another good reason to never, ever, under any circumstances, directly connect a smart TV, or any IoT appliance to any computer network whatsoever.

    This is information Security 101

  2. Re:Jar Jar Binks on George Lucas: "I'm Done With Star Wars" · · Score: 1

    Natalie Portman is an award winning actor and quite good in other movies. Hayden Christensen might be terrible, but you can't come to that conclusion solely on his performance in episodes 2 and 3 because clearly even a really good actor couldn't act well in that situation. The blame has to fall on Lucas. He thought he was inventing a new form of film-making where he could fix everything in post production so he didn't push for good performances. He was wrong.

    Nailed it. You should get a +5, Insightful for that.

  3. Re:So now? on George Lucas: "I'm Done With Star Wars" · · Score: 1

    You're looking for Star Wars: Revisited.

    Chewie also gets a medal.

  4. Replacing an email program? on File Says NSA Found Way To Replace Email Program (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Which one? Thunderbird? Kmail? Evolution?

    Perhaps they found a way to replace their email programme.

  5. Re:Blinders Much on Sony To End Sales of Betamax Tapes Next Year · · Score: 1

    That reminds me of the cassette adapters that you used to see, that looked like a cassette tape with a headphone cable coming out of it. With one of those you could play your DiscMan or other audio player through your tape-only car stereo!

  6. Betteridge's law of headlines on Can the Cloud Be More Secure Than Your Own Servers? (Video) · · Score: 1

    Betteridge's law of headlines applies here.

    Okay, while it's theoretically possible to configure a home server to be less secure than a "cloud" solution you would almost have to go out of your way to do so.

    It's lovely that a spokesperson from a Cloud provider wants to reassure us that using their services is secure, but:

    What assurances do you have that they're not sharing your data with their partners or anyone else with enough cash?
    What co-operation will they provide when a TLA (three-letter agency) shows up at their door, and will they tell you?
    Is their replication/backup strategy as robust as they say it is?
    What happens to your data when their company goes belly up?
    How many security breaches have they had in the past 24 months? Would they tell you?
    What scope is there for expansion should your needs grow?

  7. Re:Good, but man the fonts on Browser Tests Show Edge Fastest, But Weak On Standards (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    * No significant MathML support

  8. Re:You're so negative on The United States and Israel Sign Space Cooperation Agreement (israelnationalnews.com) · · Score: 0

    I don't know. Is it any worse than the scum who try to kill them every day?

  9. Re:Sharks don't kill very many people on The Life-Saving Gifts of the World's Most Venomous Animal (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Why? Do we need more of them?

    (Actually after some background reading I see they are endangered so some might argue we do need more of them)

  10. Re:I find it amusing on Wayland Ported To DragonFlyBSD (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    What? No!

    RDP is for full desktop sessions. X allows individual windows/programs/whatever to run on another client (ahem, sorry, server in X11 terms), without needing a separate desktop session. These are usually tunnelled through an SSH connection and for persistence started within an xpra session.

  11. Re:How will it work? Seriously on DRM In JPEGs? (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Well, it won't be the end of JPEG. It will just be another format that nobody uses. Like JPEG2000.

  12. Re:I find it amusing on Wayland Ported To DragonFlyBSD (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    I support Wayland, but RDP is not network transparency.

    Not even close.

  13. Put a fork in it... on What Non-Geeks Hate About the Big Bang Theory · · Score: 1

    The fact that it's run for at least three more seasons that it should have.

  14. If you don't like the idea of being screwed over then perhaps Windows 10 is not for you.

  15. Re:"or at one of the Lagrange points" on Who Will Pay For a Commercial Space Station After the End of the ISS? · · Score: 1

    I think the additional problem of regolith would make that idea, while not impossible, less attractive than other options.

  16. Fuses on Misusing Ethernet To Kill Computer Infrastructure Dead · · Score: 1

    Most enterprise switches will come with user-changeable fuse modules on each individual port for exactly this reason. And for cheaper switches, just buy an inline fuse module that sits in front of your ports. Problem solved.

    * I have no idea if either of the above technologies actually exist, but they should.

  17. Re:Not an option for High Frequency Traders on What Hurricane Sandy Taught IT About Disaster Preparedness · · Score: 1

    The optimum location for US High Frequency Traders is a few miles east of the transatlantic fiber head ends.

  18. Re:Buh-bye DX12 on Nintendo Joins Khronos Group · · Score: 1

    Pretty sure EA is still AA

  19. What were they thinking? on Volkswagen CEO Issues Apology Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 1

    Have we learned nothing from the quack3.exe fiasco?

  20. Such innovation on Skype For Microsoft Edge Will Work From the Browser, No Plug-Ins Required · · Score: 1

    It looks like Microsoft Corporation just invented Firefox Hello, or Facebook Video chat.

  21. Re:Separate code from data on Skype For Microsoft Edge Will Work From the Browser, No Plug-Ins Required · · Score: 1

    HTML is executable code.

  22. What photos and videos? on A Powerful 8.3-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Chile's Coast · · Score: 1

    Is anyone else just seeing a standard Google map in the above link?

  23. Re:Yes, especially in Boston. on Obama Invites Texas Teen To White House After "Bomb" Clock Incident At School · · Score: 1

    Yes but you're neglecting an important point: Those morons did something fully deserving of arrest. This kid didn't.

  24. Clap, tap on Ask Slashdot: Synchronizing Sound With Video, Using Open Source? · · Score: 1

    I can't help with the automagic part, but...

    I capture with this method too, except when working with pre-recorded studio performances. I highly recommend rolling the audio and video capture device for a few seconds before "action" to give you time to clap or tap an object in front of the camera, as close to the sound source (not necessarily the microphone) as is practical. you will then have a definitive reference point in your audio and video streams against which you can synchronize in your editor of choice. There are many FOSS editors that can help with this. The one I am currently using is OpenShot.

  25. Re:Oh I forgot on Ask Slashdot: Synchronizing Sound With Video, Using Open Source? · · Score: 1

    The FOSS program motion works well for this too. I have it set to contact me when it detects movement, along with a few frames of the captured video.