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  1. Re:First Latin American? Do servers speak language on Google Announces Its First Latin-American Data Center · · Score: 1

    Because they already have facilities in Sao Paulo, so this wouldn't be worthy of a press release if they said South America

  2. Re:Use a long random password on Ask Slashdot: Security Digests For the Home Network Admin? · · Score: 3, Informative

    "That seems to be enough"

    Until you don't upgrade your kernel/sshd/apache and get hit by an exploit. Long password won't help you when there's an application exploit, which if you're using secure passwords, is the exploit you're likely to see.

    I subscribe to oss-security which is quite useful in keeping abreast of things, but may be overkill for a home webserver.

  3. Re:The most successful storage mediums of all time on 30 Blu-ray Discs In a 1.5TB MiniDisc-Like Cassette · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hear that woosh? That was the sarcasm going right over your head.

  4. Re:They aren't heroes on Anonymous Posts Audio of Intercepted FBI Conference Call · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you can't make an argument without making some stupid stereotypical nazi comment, you probably shouldn't be making the argument.

    It's not that it's wrong to watch the government, it's wrong how they do it.

  5. Do your homework for you? on Ask Slashdot: Technical Advice For a (Fictional) Space Mission? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So you want us to write a story for you? Isn't this the point of you writing it?

  6. Re:Obligatory conclusion on Why the NTSB Is Wrong About Cellphones · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So what you're saying is that you pulled some random stuff about Einstein out of your ass and are trying to use it as justification for your argument?

  7. Re:CA System - Has Never Worked As Intended. on Another Dutch CA Hacked · · Score: 1

    Having every major browser vendor issue a software update, is far from what i'd consider to be "working". Why don't we have proper CRL's?

  8. Re:Well on Free Software Activists Take On Google Search · · Score: 5, Informative

    This has been solved by distributed computing a long time ago, you simply get more than on worker to check the results and if anything looks fishy chuck away everything from that worker.

    Not that this makes this any better of an idea.

  9. Re:Canon or Nikon on Ask Slashdot: Best Camera For Getting Into Photography? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    He said "I don't mean that in the sense of photography as a hobby or a profession, but simply as a method for taking images" and you recommend an SLR? Seriously?

  10. Engadget just did a review on Ask Slashdot: Best Camera For Getting Into Photography? · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/25/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-2011-digital-cameras/

    If you just want to snap pics, go for the lumix. If you want low light photography, I'd go for the s100.

  11. Re:They have access to the source... on Linux Kernel Developer Declares VirtualBox Driver "Crap" · · Score: 0

    Because they have better things to work on than someone else's code? It's not their problem, they don't care about virtualbox and rightly so.

  12. Re:Is the internet in Canada 100% satellite? on Satellite Glitch Leaves Northern Canada In the (Internet) Dark · · Score: 1

    No, there's absolutely no way this carries 40% of our telecom traffic. Maybe 40% of Northern Canada, but not 40% of Canada. Do you realize how much fiber there is near the border and how much data people push?

  13. Re:Lowepro Fastpack 350 on Ask Slashdot: Laptop + DSLR Backpacks · · Score: 1

    Similar here. I have a 15" dell that's a little thick that fits in (it's tight) with a 7d and lenses / misc gear quite well. Works well as a carry on bag, but I find it too big for a day pack. Day pack, I use separate bags.

  14. Re:Why do we immediately assume GoDaddy will suck? on Ask Slashdot: Which Registrars Support DNSSEC? · · Score: 2

    Wait, godaddy doesn't suck already? I don't see how they could possibly get much worse.

  15. Re:No legitimate use on Cellphones Get Government Chips For Disaster Alert · · Score: 2

    There's a pretty simple example that proves you wrong, you even mentioned it in your post: Japan's warning system.

    Here's a pretty good article about it: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2059780,00.html

    In principle, I think this is a very good idea. I'm not American and I wish we (Canada) had something like this in place, I think it's stupid the US doesn't yet. Everyone here is raging about the privacy / spam concerns, but do you really think that'll end up being a problem? It'll be a one way push and they'll use it for emergency services (I hope). You don't see people turning on the old school TV emergency tone / message for political spam do you?

    In today's world of instant communications, it seems silly to not have a way for the government to send out emergency notifications quickly.

  16. Re:VMware shows its PR colors. on VMware Causes Second Outage While Recovering From First · · Score: 2

    Agreed. They seem to treat it as some magical instance where touching the keyboard breaks things, as though this was written by someone's grandmother.

    How did one engineer touching a keyboard when he shouldn't, take everything down? I don't think I could do this at work unless I was really trying hard. This is a really shitty response, especially compared to the writeup that amazon put out.

  17. Not required, just makes it easier. on Does Wiretapping Require Cell Company Cooperation? · · Score: 1

    Long story short: It makes it easier, but it's not required. If they've got it, they can just copy the call at the switch level. If they don't, they can: Install software on the persons phone, sniff + break the radio waves, bribe a telco employee, plant software on the towers (see http://www.dmst.aueb.gr/dds/pubs/jrnl/2007-Spectrum-AA/html/PS07.pdf - really interesting read), or i'm sure they've got more methods.

    Cell phone's aren't secure.

  18. Obvious? on Egypt's Net Ruled By Phone, Not Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    Um, duh?

    Did we really except Egypt to have organized enough to have a big red button for him to push? A lot of people communicate these days by phone, especially when you can't email them.

  19. Story link color is hard to find on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 1

    Hopefully you're actually reading these, I agree mostly with the other people who say too much white space and lack of contract (could use some black lines somewhere, i dunno, it just feels bland). Biggest thing I've noticed is link color.... on my dell laptop which is "color calibrated" with an external spyder the light blue of the links do NOT stand out against the gray of the text. The first story I tried to read I had difficulty finding the link in the text until I knew what to look for.

  20. Re:Good for everybody but the IT guy? on Should Employees Buy Their Own Computers? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Did you read the article? Or maybe even skim it? Instead of basing your comment entirely off the summary?

    In particular:

    Staff taking advantage of the scheme must buy a three-year service contract. "From that point forth the device is their responsibility, and not that of the company," adds Mr Hollison. "We don't asset manage it in any way. "If they want to fill it full of photos and videos of their children, they're free to do so, because the connection back to Citrix is securely in the data centre.

    So they're not running any business apps on their laptop, that's all at the dc on their citrix setup. They're also responsible for maintaining their own gear. Sorry, what was your argument again?

  21. Cyberdyne? on Exoskeletons For Rent In Japan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously? They named their company after the company in Terminator? I'm not sure if I'm amused or concerned.

  22. Switch distros? on Keeping Up With DoD Security Requirements In Linux? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Take a look at gentoo, it'll definitely be bleeding edge enough to have the latest versions. Ubuntu server might satisfy your needs too.

  23. Re:How in the hell did this make the front page? on Draconian DRM Revealed In Windows 7 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Look at his last post.... a single unreplied to posting from nanog about the internet going down. No linking to the actual relevant thread on nanog. Unfortunately, people probably will believe this. This is why we have fanboys.

  24. Roborealm on Saving Energy Via Webcam-Based Meter Reading? · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's windows only but it works wonders: http://www.roborealm.com/tutorial/Digital_Reader/slide010.php Point a webcam at it and use this for the vision processing.

  25. Re:On the condition... on Unsolicited Offer For My Personal Domain Name? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You would trust your personal email to a random company who bought your domain off you?

    The world you live in must be nice.