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  1. Re:Who'da thunk on Malware Attack Infected 25,000 Linux/UNIX Servers · · Score: 1

    If you don't know how to use a tool, don't blame the tool.

    Let's say you don't know how to use a chef's knife, would you complained that it's too dangerous and nobody should use them because you can cut your fingers off?

  2. Re:PHP is Phirst Homepage Post on The New PHP · · Score: 0

    yeah, you Phail it...

  3. Re:Don't confuse iOS (hipster) with OSX (UNIX) on Linux 3.12 Released, Linus Proposes Bug Fix-Only 4.0 · · Score: 1

    Afterward when you want to install something like Python 3 then all you need to do is type "brew install python3". Another neat feature which is not currently found in apt or yum is if you want to visit the home page of the package you can simply type "brew home python3".

    You say that like it's a big feature. If you want, just use this one-liner:
    lynx "`yum info $1 |egrep '^URL\s+'|awk -F' : ' '{print $2}'|uniq`"

  4. Re:not today but... on Ask Slashdot: Old Technology Coexisting With New? · · Score: 2

    Pfft. I know a genuine Panaphonics when I see it. Wait, maybe it's a Magnetbox or a Sorny.

    (my apologies to Homer ...)

  5. Helpful on 80,000lbs of Walnuts Purloined In Northern California · · Score: 1

    I think a Johnny Cash song would be appropriate right about now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWCDBKx8Q_w

  6. Re:Just block all ads and don't worry about it on Ask Slashdot: To AdBlock Or Not To AdBlock? · · Score: 2

    Well, it's more someone gathering up a bunch of free newspapers, cutting out all of the ads, then handing out the newspapers to anyone that wants them.

    No one is saying you need to read all of the ads, but the ads are there and your eyes may stray to one while you're reading the paper, and that's what the advertisers are paying for -- the chance that you'll find their ad interesting enough to read it and ultimately purchase what they are selling.

    Well, it's actually: someone gives you a template to put over the pages that lets you view the content with the ads blocked out. That's it. This has nothing to do with gathering or giving out newspapers.

  7. Facebook Down? on Facebook Says Your Email Is @Facebook · · Score: 1

    I get a blank page going to facebook.com. Digging a bit deeper, using telnet I get:

    Trying 69.171.237.16...
    Connected to www.facebook.com.
    Escape character is '^]'.
    GET / HTTP/1.0

    HTTP/1.0 503 No server is available for the request
    Server: proxygen/129
    content-type: text/plain
    Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:00:35 GMT
    Connection: close
    Content-Length: 0

    Connection closed by foreign host.
    Is it retaliation?

  8. Re:What's funny is on MPAA-Dodd Investigation Petition Reaches Goal · · Score: 1

    Here's a hint: saying "Democrats are bad," is not equivalent to saying "Republicans are good."

    In a 2 party system and a black or white lens filter it is. Gee, it's like the US political system is binary....

  9. Re:I KNEW IT! on Ask Slashdot: What Can You Do About SOPA and PIPA? · · Score: 1

    Don't wake the troll you fool! Leave it be.

  10. Re:why footwear? on Crowdsourced List of SOPA Supporters · · Score: 1

    Nevermind, I read/commented the wrong post. My bad.

  11. Re:why footwear? on Crowdsourced List of SOPA Supporters · · Score: 1

    But isn't it SOPA: Stop Online Piracy Act?

    So the parent's question stands, why would Nike et al. care about online piracy?

  12. Re:Product photography on US Watchdog Bans Photoshop Use In Cosmetics Ads · · Score: 1
  13. Re:Try replacing rats wit lawyers for experimentat on Rats Feel Each Other's Pain · · Score: 1

    ...(using lawyers as text animals)

    As opposed to what? Binary animals?

  14. Re:In my corporate environment.... on Ask Slashdot: Do I Give IT a Login On Our Dept. Server? · · Score: 1

    ... IT collectively has way too much time on its hands for reading Slashdot.

    Said the troll posting at least 8 times in this story.

  15. Re:Sysadmins VS Lusers, lets get ready to rumble! on Ask Slashdot: Do I Give IT a Login On Our Dept. Server? · · Score: 1

    About that, can you please clarify? I say this because google returns the following on 'Daniel Phillips':

        - a physics professor: http://www.phy.ohiou.edu/~phillips/
        - a make-up artist: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0680066/
        - a rapist (i'm not kidding): http://mssparky.com/2011/01/rapist-hides-out-in-iraq-while-working-for-us-contractor/

    I wonder which one is states your IT qualifications.

    May I suggest some ketchup to go with that foot?

    Back on-topic: it is simple, really: Users that have IT needs, go through IT requesting services. IT staff are hired to take care of IT, they dictate how/what is used concerning IT. Users have no business running IT since neither their job nor their responsibility. That last one is the biggest factor.

  16. Re:Star Wars on Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies? · · Score: 1

    To be fair though, it was 'a long time ago'...

  17. Re:Difficult to create data with soldering iron .. on SSDs Cause Crisis For Digital Forensics · · Score: 1

    Plaintiff's Attorney: "Sir, what are the chances of the drive automatically generating the exact sequence of bits required to form this email?"

    Expert Witness: "Billions to one, certainly."

    errmm, a quick run with numbers: 128 possible values for a single byte and lets say 1 KB messages, that would be 128^1024 possible combinations, wouldn't it? Which is WAY more than 'billions'. Not much of an expert that witness.

  18. A tip for the MPAA on MPAA Threatens To Disconnect Google From Internet · · Score: 1

    You cannot disconnect Google from the Internet. That is impossible. Instead, you must realise the truth: It is the Internet that will be disconnected from Google.

  19. Re:Warner Bros on Xbox Live Labels Autistic Boy "Cheater" · · Score: 1

    Luckily, South Park has never been dubbed.

    Really? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-67qV_y-sA

  20. Re:Prosthetics department on Google Censors "Piracy Terms" From Instant Search · · Score: 1

    Luckily 'whoosh' is not censored...

  21. Arcticle author on Ars Thinks Google Takes a Step Backwards For Openness · · Score: 1
    http://arstechnica.com/author/peter-bright/

    Peter Bright Microsoft Contributor Peter Bright dropped out of university after about five minutes to work as a software developer writing C++ and C#. After several years of Java development in the financial services industry, he joined the British Library, where he worked to preserve the ever-growing legacy of digital information. When not musing about the future of Microsoft, he enjoys programming for fun, burritos, and photography.

    Make your own conclusion about the author... Hint: not exactly a defender of "openness", they should've added cool-aid drinker to that list.

  22. Re:Anarchist van... on Political Affiliation Can Be Differentiated By Appearance · · Score: 1

    'FBI has had me on an Anarchy watch list for years'

    Now THAT would be a great bumber sticker!

  23. Re:It's times like this... on Flash Vulnerability Found, Adobe Says No Fix Forthcoming · · Score: 1

    I'm glad that 64-bit Firefox doesn't have a flash plugin.

    Really? http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/faq.html

    It's in Alpha but works fine with Fedora 10 and 11. Also works well in CentOS/RHEL 5, rpmforge even has it in the repo:

    http://packages.sw.be/flash-plugin/flash-plugin-10.0.32.18-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm

    Oh, your must be using "The OS" (TM) or "The Other OS" (TM)(C), then yeah, your right it doesn't exist and you have my sympathy.

    Sorry for the sarcastic tone, I'm just feeling like it right now.

  24. Re:This proves one thing on Secret Copyright Treaty Leaks. It's Bad. Very Bad. · · Score: 1

    Did someone call me?

  25. Re:Macs on Apple 10.4.11 Update Can Brick Macs With Boot Camp · · Score: 3, Funny

    Didn't you know? 'brick' is a buzzword and as you know, to be popular, you have to use buzzwords as much as you can regardless if it applies or not. It's the same type of people that write: l33t h4x0r pwn3s you n00b5 LOLs!!!!111