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  1. Re:Must be desperate to buy noted malware host SF on Slashdot and SourceForge Sold, Now Under New Management (bizx.info) · · Score: 1

    Someone mod this up.

  2. malware vector on Oracle To Drop Java Browser Plugin In JDK 9 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    The one and only time I had a Windows machine infected was some malware that got installed without my knowledge via Java Web Start. I have never let that be on a computer of mine since. I've never had that happen via the Java plugin (which, BTW, I don't allow to run by default in FF and Chrome).

  3. Does it really need to be watched in real time?

  4. November 2015: "Now safely tucked away at our launch site in West Texas is the rarest of beasts—a used rocket,” said Jeff Bezos.
    December 2015: Elon to Jeff: "Mine is bigger than yours"
    January 2016: Jeff to Elon: "I can get mine up again, can you?"

  5. Re:16 years on Replacement For Mozilla Thunderbird? · · Score: 1

    You've obviously never been on the receiving end of a lawsuit discovery looking for old emails.

  6. Re:Time to upgrade on Firefox 43 Arrives With 64-bit Version For Windows, Android Tab Audio Indicators (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I won't use Chrome again until there is a reliable way to prevent extensions from auto-updating. I got tired of finding out "surprise!" that something that worked yesterday is no longer around because the extension has gone "pay".

  7. Re:Gonna need some hollywood magic on Spike TV Is Turning Red Mars Into a TV Series (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I didn't find them slow at all. However, I would have loved to see real 2nd and 3rd generation characters, rather than inventing life-extension and keeping the same old group around.

  8. A word document? on Second Root Cert-Private Key Pair Found On Dell Computer (threatpost.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why were the removal instructions provided as a word document? They couldn't just have a simple web page with pictures?

  9. Fallout 4, the latest instalment ...

    How about raising questions of not using spell-check?

  10. All those great new features... "and more"! I can't just wait to install the very first version of their completely re-architected software on my system to find out what "more" they will do to me!

  11. The movie simplified and eliminated details on A Real-Life Space Botanist Comments On the Potato Garden In 'The Martian' (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    The movie took lots of liberties and simplified (or eliminated) many of the detailed explanations in the book. Don't look at the movie for scientific accuracy; it isn't. The movie is a product of Hollywood after all.

    Read the book. It's far more rewarding.

  12. The movie took lots of liberties and simplified (or eliminated) the detailed explanations in the book. In the book Watney explained that he had live soil that he used to "seed" the compost/dirt mixture.

  13. Re:Also, plastic over the opening on A Real-Life Space Botanist Comments On the Potato Garden In 'The Martian' (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The movie took lots of liberties and simplified (or eliminated) the detailed explanations in the book. The book did not use plastic and duct tape.

  14. That's on LTE 4G Networks Put Androids At Risk of Overbilling and Phone Number Spoofing · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Softpedia article claims
    "Only Android devices are affected, iOS users are safe"

    The paper cited only describes the vulnerabilities in terms of being researched on Android. Nowhere does it say that iOS cannot have these problems.

    I didn't even see anything to this effect in the CERT postings.

  15. Will this stop them of dreaming of electric sheep?

    Or did the poster mean "Android phones"?

  16. Who is John Galt? on The Campaign To Get Every American Free Money, Every Year · · Score: 1

    There is no such thing as free money.

  17. Fix the comment... on Supersonic Jet Could Fly NYC To London In 3 Hours · · Score: 1

    "is being developed by a team of engineers" ==> "is being designed by a team of engineers"

    It's just a paper design.

  18. I'd use Chrome if only... on Mozilla's Plans For Firefox: More Partnerships, Better Add-ons, Faster Updates · · Score: 1

    I would just switch to Chrome if disabling the "auto-update all the time" wasn't such a chore. In particular, the auto-updating of extensions without my control ticks me off; I've had several where the author removed features that I depended upon.

  19. Re:Automatic update service on Mozilla's Plans For Firefox: More Partnerships, Better Add-ons, Faster Updates · · Score: 1

    Sync isn't even a good idea. I don't want my professional browser to pick up ANYTHING from my home browser.

    Mod this up, please!

  20. Re:Not ignoring the story is a good start! on SourceForge and GIMP [Updated] · · Score: 1

    Editor's note: I just got back from a busy weekend to see that a bunch of people are freaking out that we're "burying" this story, so here it is. Go hog wild. Sorry it took so long.

    You said "sorry it took so long" but your excuse in the article doesn't match what you just said down here. It's long on bogosity.

  21. Re:Hybrid != EV on Cheap Gas Fuels Switch From Electric Cars To SUVs · · Score: 1

    Grouping Hybrids and EVs together is just dumb. They aren't the same "type" of car. (and in my book, the Volt is a Hybrid).

    I've been driving a LEAF for a year and I hope to never go back to a car with an ICE. Free fuel (solar and charging at work) beats cheap gas every time.

    We're really considering replacing our 10 year old minivan with a Model S at this point. The space inside that car is incredible.

  22. Re:Android on Google Sunsetting Old Version of Google Maps · · Score: 2

    Try the OsmAnd -- open source app that uses the Open Street Maps data. Better than any of the proprietary sites and apps. Offline support is excellent.

  23. Pollute their data on Australian ISPs Must Hand Over Pirates' Info · · Score: 1

    Lots of people should find torrents of popular movies and just get the "README" or "NFO" files in them, but not the actual movie. That way, when they get your IP as a participant in the torrent and to sue you for (downloading &) uploading the movie, you will have nicely defensible case.

  24. Re:in further news show tanks on Jeremy Clarkson Dismissed From Top Gear · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't they just always have him regenerate and replace him with another actor?

  25. No surprise... FTC is just worthless bureaucracy on FTC: Google Altered Search Results For Profit · · Score: 2

    This just in: FTC discovers that Macy's employees really don't refer their shoppers to Gimbels.