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  1. Exactly on Exchanging Pictures To Generate Passwords · · Score: 1

    And if you do have to share a key in the open, just be obscure... like, "hey remember the first name of that girl we both [redacted*] at that beach party?" - that's the password to authenticate, "oh, and use the usual case and leet-substitutions..."

    * not for salacious reasons, but just because I know the crowd here (hey, it could be "laughed at", "or felt sorry for", etc.)

  2. Obviously on New State of Matter Could Extend Moore's Law · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perfect vacuum is theoretically impossible

    The relevant law of Nature is: "Nature abhors a vacuum."
    And since it is Mother Nature, the relevant reason behind this law is the old Mother's law: "Because I said so".

  3. Now you understand why... on TSA Employee Caught With $200K Worth of Stolen Property · · Score: 1

    Now you understand the popularity of ever smaller devices!

  4. Re:Simple on Oz High Court Hears Landmark TV Guide Copyright Case · · Score: 4, Insightful

    bacon eggs bread milk
    mustard mayonaise swiss cheese
    butter sugar spam

    This haiku grocery list (C) 2008, all rights reserved.

  5. Plural on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 4, Funny

    where are my inflatable sheep?

    I notice you use the plural - you want more than one? What do you plan on doing with them, flock them?

  6. So you can be taxed on World's Smallest IPv6 Stack By Cisco, Atmel, SICS · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why would anyone want to have a light bulb with a data connection?

    So you can be taxed if you are using more than your fair share of energy, or are causing too much global warming, of course.

  7. Correlating Gov't announcments and the Market... on US Financial Quagmire Bringing Out the Scammers · · Score: 4, Funny

    It seems like the biggest scam does start with line "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

  8. join them all together ... using perl on Where's the "IronPerl" Project? · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and in the darkness bind them

    There, I fixed that for you.

  9. The correct term on Small Asteroid On Collision Course With Earth · · Score: 1

    is Minor Asteroid

  10. Proper reverse collation... on Artists Strive To Wrest Rights From Music Industry · · Score: 2, Informative

    And the evil company acronym is WUSE. Pronounce as you wish.

  11. It's a movie, why wouldn't they fake it? on No Space Porn (For Now) · · Score: 1

    Most of what they do is faked anyhow, wouldn't $1,000,000 buy enough flights in the vomit comet to make a film? Sure you couldn't do it all in one take, but hey, that's what editing is for.

  12. Even with the can sealed? on Ultrasound Machine Ages Wine · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sonication is an effective technique for degassing liquids Where would it go in a sealed can?

  13. Re:New rule of thumb, Swap = 1.2x of Ram on How Big Should My Swap Partition Be? · · Score: 1
    I used to use the SQRT(2)*RAM size. Now I find that Pi/3 * RAM size is just fine.

    Of course, some folks consider me quit irrational.

  14. Myself... on IOC Trademarks Part of Canadian National Anthem · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... and like minded folks, look forward to the Winter of 2010, with glowing hearts, to ignore another two weeks of bad network TV.

  15. DEC, Sparc? on Managing Personal Electronics and Software In the Workplace · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn, your userid is old too.

  16. Define "youth" on Be Part of the 2008 Presidential Youth Debate · · Score: 1

    And is the slashdot demographic really youthful?

  17. OT: Computer users ponder future of NYT on NYT Ponders the Future of Solaris In a Linux/Windows World · · Score: 1
    Meanwhile... everyone else ponders the future of the New York Times, when the Internet and online computing is getting all the buzz.

    Can a dead tree publication survive?

    Sorry, couldn't resist.

  18. There is a simpler, safer solution. on How Asus Recovery Disks Ended Up Carrying Software Cracks · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I just back up my keys.

    I have one key that is over 10 years old, that was updated by the company from an 8 digit code to a more secure 6-groups-of-5-alphanumeric code that still works.

    Never needed a crack, and the key takes up a lot less space. Plus it I know it isn't a trojan program or a virus.

  19. Sounds like Wikipedia needs competition on Debating "Deletionism" At Wikipedia · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To keep it in check. Maybe two or three.

  20. Re:Just to jot things down? on Fast-Booting Text-Editor Operating System? · · Score: 1
    I use the same thing!

    Unfortunately, the native font is pretty much write-only, I think I am writing down brilliant and important things, but after a few hours I can't read it anymore.

    My 3rd grade cursive teacher is spinning in her grave.

  21. Re:Solution: authorize everyone on Open Wi-Fi May Become Illegal In India · · Score: 1

    But it must! It's a car analogy!

  22. Re:Solution: authorize everyone on Open Wi-Fi May Become Illegal In India · · Score: 1

    If your car were an analogy, it would be a terrible conveyor of any meaning.

  23. In the cosmic scheme of things on Hubble Finds Unidentified Object In Space · · Score: 1

    I can say with great certainty that I have no idea what anything is.

  24. But keep your fingers. on Successful Moonlighting For Geeks? · · Score: 0
    No drinking and power-tooling.

    You probably want all your digits for your day job.

  25. Re:Flusssh on Lenovo Removes Linux Option For Home Buyers · · Score: 1
    If your toilet is gone, you still have the hole in the floor where it was, right?

    Lots of folks in the world would say you're still "good to go".