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  1. So how does that work for open-source software?

  2. Re:My friend knows about this... on A Text Message Can Crash An iPhone and Force It To Reboot · · Score: 1

    SQL doesn't, but input validation does.

  3. The future on Systemd Getting UEFI Boot Loader · · Score: 1

    2018 - systemd renames itself to Skynet

    $ skynetctl apocalypse now

  4. Re: Everyone hates Ruby on Is Ruby On Rails Losing Steam? · · Score: 1

    Redmine is a nice Ruby app when you get it installed. But upgrading can be a pain when you are not a Ruby adept, and it requires the latest Ruby gems for its dependencies, which are not in your distro's main repositories.. It turned into dependency-hell.

  5. Re:Boot/init is a critical stage on Debian's Systemd Adoption Inspires Threat of Fork · · Score: 1

    The only change I'd make is to make systemd use syslogd like everything else, so log files end up in the expected place and are plain text so basic tools like more and tail and grep work on them as-is. Binary logfiles offer no great advantage over plaintext, and going through syslogd means not depending on two sets of tools and having to manage two configurations to get logging directed where it needs to go.

    This.

    I have nothing against binary log files per sé, but they should not be the primary and only option. Instead of hanging rsyslog after journald, I'd rather see it reversed, first plain-text logging to syslog and eventually piped to binary logging afterwards (or parallel to both, whatever). That way, all the info is still available in case the binary log files get corrupted for one reason or another, and people still have their easily searchable binary logfiles.
    Also it'd make it easier for other remote-logging tools to hook in with the already existing syslog infrastructure than hook on to journald.

    A good thing is that a wishlist item has already been opened for logstash, so they're working around this issue already.

  6. Re:Windows is not the only OS out there on Almost 100 Arrested In Worldwide Swoop On Blackshades Malware · · Score: 1

    I REALLY don't think you want to see the average Linux user naked and/or blackmail them for dirty pictures.

    One of the few examples where 'security through obscurity' does work.

  7. I don't see what the fuss is about. on Chrome's Insane Password Security Strategy · · Score: 2, Informative

    This functionality has been both in Chrome and Firefox for years now, so I don't see why people make a fuss about it only now..

    Either you don't give other people access to your user account, or you use a 3rd party password-protected keystore like Keepass, Lastpass, 1Password, with a separate (or even 2-factor) authentication.

  8. Welcome Skynet! on Quadcopter Drone Network Will Transport Supplies For Disaster Relief · · Score: 0

    I, for one, do not welcome our airborne overlords..

  9. Re:More Flexibility? on Ubuntu Developing Its Own Package Format, Installer · · Score: 1

    Keeping hundreds of linux boxes up to date and patched is a fucking nightmare.

    For that we have automation tools like Puppet, Chef, CfEngine, Ansible, Satellite/Spacewalk or any other orchestration system.
    Even some basic scripting can get your pretty far already..
    Check them out, maybe.

  10. Re:Socialist agenda on full display tonite on Third 2012 US Presidential Debate Tonight: Discuss Here · · Score: 1

    same way England did: civil war.

    You don't think that the USA Army would remain in foreign countries very long, once civil war breaks out. It is very wel equipped against its own population. Even if your Amendments spell "Carry your own guns", you will be trampled upon. Just watch the Occupy movement vs the Police. Then bring in the army as well.

  11. Re:The rest of the world does not care on Sale of Galaxy Nexus Banned in the US · · Score: 1

    And that's why they are aggressively pushing both ACTA, the TPP and other future treaties, to get other countries in line with this crap.

  12. Re:What would happen... on Robot Hand Beats You At Rock, Paper, Scissors 100% of the Time · · Score: 1

    *insert beowulf joke here*

  13. Re:Finally on Judge Suggests Apple, Motorola Should Play Nice · · Score: 5, Informative

    He's the judge that really adroitly handled the Microsoft antitrust trial, then flubbed it by speaking to the press about the trial before it was over. That gave Microsoft the grounds for an appeal (and subsequent 'slap on the wrist' punishment) based on him 'not being impartial'. Which was bunk, but his mistake gave the appearance, and that was enough.

    That judge was Thomas Penfield Jackson.

  14. Re:Apple knows Samsung is better... on Apple Can't Block US Sales of Samsung Devices · · Score: 1

    It's not as if HTML5 is only present on iOS. Android does both. I thought that Freedom of Choice was an ongoing general idea here at /.
    While I welcome the death of Flash, and better to have this yesterday than tomorrow, I surely don't mind to have at least the option to continue to view the sites during the transition period.

    Note: it IS possible to type on a touchscreen. At least, the few lines above were..

  15. Re:As a US Citizen, on EU Speaks Out Against US Censorship · · Score: 1

    They don't read those. Nobody in the senate actually reads their email. Go out and vote for third party candidates. They pay attention to polls.

    That's a thing I don't understand.. Always a lot of complaints about the Democrats and the Republicans, yet they still keep switching between only these two parties. If there was a sudden 15-20% rise in 3rd parties, or at minimum one state going 3rd party.. it would send a small, but maybe significant wave..

  16. Re:I am truly chagrined... on EU Speaks Out Against US Censorship · · Score: 1

    Yet the EP has enough power to block and ask for amendements before they agree and sign off new laws.

  17. Update your profile on Social Media a Threat To Undercover Cops · · Score: 2

    Just remove "Undercover cop" from your profile and you're done.
    Nice and easy peasy.

  18. Re:seriously? on Facebook Bans Google+ Ads · · Score: 2

    Sounds just as much as "You are violating our patents, but we're not going to tell you which ones."

  19. Re:Microsoft, show os the Details, PLEASE on Microsoft Files EU Competition Complaint Against Google · · Score: 1

    What if Google is providing a restrictive robots.txt to other search providers, but not following it themselves so that only their search can provide access.

    Why would Google pass by a robots.txt file in the first place, if they already have direct access to the data?

  20. Re:42 seconds, that's eternity! on London Stock Exchange Tackles System Problem · · Score: 2

    Imagine telling a trader in the 1970s that we had a 42 second outage in the stock market, it was all over the news, and a few companies probably lost hundreds of millions in revenue.

    At least it would be The Answer to.. !

  21. Re:They are Punishing the wrong person. on Lawmaker Reintroduces WikiLeaks Prosecution Bill · · Score: 1

    No, they should give Bradley Manning a medal and a large sum of money for doing such a good deed in telling the world the USA's dirty secrets (if indeed he did do it).

    Not only the USA's, but also the USA's view on other countries.
    The release of the cables did allow some populations to see what was going on behind the scenes in their own country and act on that.

  22. Re:Double cross? on OpenLeaks — 'A New WikiLeaks' · · Score: 1

    Maybe Freenet is an option as well.

  23. Re:You can't have it both ways. on ACTA Text Leaks; US Caves On ISPs, Seeks Super-DMCA · · Score: 1

    If America can't get control of information soon, we are royally screwed.

    Don't bet all your eggs in the same basket.

  24. Re:Let's all say things that are offensive but tru on RIAA Wants 'Net Neutrality' To Include Filtering · · Score: 1

    Yes. Let's just add "terrorism" in the mix while we're at it.

  25. Re:Crank it to 11 on Knuth Got It Wrong · · Score: 1

    I bet it can go to 012!