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  1. abuse of power? on US Carriers Finally Doing Something About Cellphone Theft · · Score: 1

    I thought our aircraft carriers were for protecting abroad, not for domestic problems.... seems like bombing a cell phone thief is a bit drasti... OH. phone carriers. my bad.

  2. Re:For this you want a professional product on Ask Slashdot: Open Source Tax Software? · · Score: 1

    It's not something I recommend trying to cheap out on without doing the work when it comes to the government.

    As a married, self employed consultant, I hire a CPA to do all the work for me. Looking at the huge stack of papers he sends back with the filing, the time I would otherwise spend trying to mimic that... is priceless. Well worth the few hundred $$ to have him do it.

  3. Re:I've had worse questions... on Ask Slashdot: How Have You Handled Illegal Interview Topics? · · Score: 1

    "Do you pack?" Having a concealed carry will help you get a job at some places because it means that you already went through some criminal screening.

    See, personally, I would deliberately not hire somebody who carries a concealed weapon. There's a chance they may bring it to work, and that is a bad thing.

    To each his own, I might be more likely to hire, so we could go to the range together...

  4. YES... on Inside the Mummification of Space Shuttle Discovery · · Score: 1

    Someone knows.

    For somewhat lest thrust, you could always watch the episode of mythbusters where they used three model rocket motors.

  5. Re:palm it? How big are your hands? on What's Not To Like About New iPad? · · Score: 1

    I have my ipad in a leather case that folds over for holding it upright, and it works well as a triangle surface to grip it with one hand too.

  6. Re:Ever actually happened? on Facebook: Legal Action Against Employers Asking For Your Password · · Score: 1

    making it sound more anecdotal than factual.

    In what way are anecdotes not facts? They may not tell the whole truth, or be the statistical norm, but they *are* facts of some degree.

  7. Re:Strategic software on GitHub Hacked · · Score: 2

    Yes, the id of every commit is a cryptographic hash of the contents of that commit, which inherently includes the state before it; if you tried to insert a commit in the middle of the commit tree, all the id's would change, or not compute... Hard to say what would happen, because it just won't work. The tools would all scream at you. It would be very obvious, if it could even be done.

    They may not all be "signatures" in the sense of identifying who committed it, but it *does* validate the consistency of the source tree and the commit.

  8. Re:Matter of degree... on Famous For Fifteen People: Is Everyone a 'Facebook Celebrity'? · · Score: 1

    And what about the whole, "hook up with long lost friends, post as many baby pictures as you want for grandma to see" The whole website is free. You get what you pay for.

  9. Re:I have only one thing to say to this on Why the Number of O's In LOL Matter On YouTube · · Score: 1

    For those who totally missed the joke, try: LOO^H^HL

  10. Re:Matter of degree... on Famous For Fifteen People: Is Everyone a 'Facebook Celebrity'? · · Score: 1

    Facebook is making money from the advertising they push out to users and, presumably, from the advertising they stick your photo into, but where's your cut for use of your likeness?

    The *free* use of their service?

  11. Re:I have only one thing to say to this on Why the Number of O's In LOL Matter On YouTube · · Score: 5, Insightful

    LL

  12. Re:Hopefully lots of stuff of value was lost on Facebook Malware Goes Viral · · Score: 1

    More to the point, having your gun loaded while cleaning is like trying to change the fan belt while the car is running...

  13. Re:aren't there some structural ways to curtail th on Kelihos Botnet Comes Back To Life · · Score: 3, Interesting

    MX record is inbound only. period.

    However, ISP's could block outbound port 25 unless using their servers (such as my cable company) and/or make arrangements for a particular IP range to be outgoing mail servers. That starts to make sending servers a little more accountable.

    If you need to send mail direct to a server outside this network, use ssl and submission port, not port 25.

  14. Re:So just like the old Sears crap? on Retail Chains To Strike Back Against Online Vendors · · Score: 1

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    If we could get over our fear that someone might get something for nothing, we could simply start giving everyone enough money to get by, with jobs being something people do to get ahead, not to survive. If we don't do it soon, increasing automation will force the issue within a few decades.

    Wow, that's quite a statement. Have you been watching too much Star Trek? Please explain your economic theory....

  15. Re:I'd start by shooting the Captain.... on What To Do With a 1,000 Foot Wrecked Cruise Ship? · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should look at the reactions of other captains. Life on the sea is still dangerous, and the job of a captain requires a high calling and duty.

  16. Re:the Same People on Forget Space Beer, Order Meteorite Wine Instead · · Score: 1

    I saw a documentary on coffee making, where they mentioned this... it wasn't a cat, but several types of animals were mentioned. They did a blind taste test with a bunch of professional coffee testers (called Cupping ) and the result? The pooped coffee was indistinguishable from the worst samples of "normal" coffee. Certainly worse than the good varieties.

  17. Re:Sharks instead? on Navy May Use Mine-Detecting Dolphins In the Straight of Hormuz · · Score: 1

    No need to train sharks, this idea has already been done by Don Knotts

    Ok, that movie might be a little before most of the /. crowd.

  18. relevant? on Google Merges Google+ Into Search · · Score: 1

    Google will now display relevant people and pages from Google+, like Britney Spears, Alicia Keys and Snoop Dogg.

    I fail to see how those are relevant...

  19. Re:Why does the Indian military have the source??? on Symantec Looks Into Claims of Stolen Source Code · · Score: 1

    Ok, so they can audit the source code. Do they actually build the whole thing from this code themselves? With what compiler? I don't think having the code helps them much in this regard...If a hidden compiler trojan were to truly exist, THIS is where I'd expect to find it. It would be simple for MS to include a trojan in the compiler they give, or give binaries that don't match the source code...

  20. Re:Nope.. on Symantec Looks Into Claims of Stolen Source Code · · Score: 2

    Norton has long outclassed virus makers in terms of damage it does to a computer system; Now the virus makers know how to cause as much damage too!

  21. Re:Sorry to break this, but... on Controlled Quantum Levitation Used To Build Wipeout Track · · Score: 1

    Very simple electromagnets could handle that...

  22. Re:Sorry to break this, but... on Controlled Quantum Levitation Used To Build Wipeout Track · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The real quantum levitation doesn't need that throttle, just give a push and it would skim around really fast. That doesn't even look right. The real thing is much smoother: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA

  23. Re:Some tips on Ask Slashdot: Writing Hardened Web Applications? · · Score: 1

    Right; the key is, javascript can do nothing for security, only for interface enhancement. The security must be maintained only by the server side.

  24. Re:Some tips on Ask Slashdot: Writing Hardened Web Applications? · · Score: 1

    Use as little javascript as possible (if you're planning to use web2.0 AJAX type stuff). It's almost laughably easy to change javascript after the webpage has loaded (Greasemonkey for example). .

    That really has no impact, as long as you make sure the server side validates all actions to be sure they are correct and allowed. Javascript is great to enhance the experience, but it does nothing for security.

  25. Re:So.... on Windows Phone Homebrew Hits a Snag · · Score: 1

    Whoosh....