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  1. Re:Synthohol on The Science Behind Powdered Alcohol · · Score: 1

    Star Trek was fiction, but man, let me tell you, Trekkies was fact.

  2. Re:When comments... on Theo De Raadt's Small Rant On OpenSSL · · Score: 1

    Because its Theo. HIs rants are usually pretty funny and thought provoking.

    This one, I have to admit, is pretty tame/lame. Good security design thoughts as always, but not much of a rant.

  3. Re:"It's Not a Tumor" - Oh Wait, It Is on Theo De Raadt's Small Rant On OpenSSL · · Score: 2

    I don't understand what you are trying to imply by contrasting the old way without intermediate vs the new way with intermediate certs. Surely, its better with the intermediates as the root cert that signs it should be and can be used less often and stored in cold storage somewhere.

  4. Re:The fake is a lie. on MtGox's "Transaction Malleability" Claim Dismissed By Researchers · · Score: 1

    Obviously, the guy was a criminal, not an idiot. You *always* pay for protection.

  5. Re:Sounds scary on New Service Lets You Hitch a Ride With Private Planes For Cost of Tank of Gas · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm not sure I would trust the opinion of someone that thinks the TSA is the main regulatory body of civilian aviation.

  6. Re:You cancel service? on Dyn.com Ends Free Dynamic DNS · · Score: 4, Funny

    Eh, They cancelled my account years ago after my router screwed up and started sending them updates to them as fast as it could. They thought it was a DOS attempt or something. It was really just my US Robotics DSL modem telling me it wanted to be set on fire and then smashed into small pieces. But, I understood their decision.

  7. Re:Ask Slashdot? on Ask Slashdot: User-Friendly Firewall For a Brand-New Linux User? · · Score: 1

    What that guy is asking for isn't a simple firewall. Windows firewall can't do that, as far as I recall.

  8. Re:Question on Interview: Ask Bruce Perens What You Will · · Score: 1

    Better yet, people should be moving to:

    https://pipedot.org/

    Modern features like UTF-8. Fast clean interface. Its what beta should have been. Keeps everything good, throws out the bad. Plus, better name than solyant. Less drama.

  9. Re:"Digital Assistant" on Microsoft: Start Menu Returns, Windows Free For Small Device OEMs, Cortana Beta · · Score: 1

    No, its Bob 3.0.
    I'd wait for Bob 3.11 myself.

  10. GARRG! on The Inside Story of Gmail On Its Tenth Anniversary · · Score: 1

    Auto play by default is bad, mkay. Makes me want to pull my hair out.

    This should not happen, by default. Put it in a config option for those who want it, but don't make it default. Using it while driving or anything else is a terrible idea. You still have to navigate to the page and touch the right story.

    Meanwhile, Pipedot has workng UTF-8. Which feature is more useful in expanding your audience? I'll take UTF-8 myself.

  11. There is some truth in that, but you also have to be weary of their accounting. Its full of dirty tricks, where they can make a massive profit look like a loss. Sometimes in reporting the profits along the pipeline, they only talk about the profits of one part of their company. The crude oil department may only make .25 cents, but the refinery also makes .25 cents, the delivery division makes .25 cents, the retail gas station company makes .25 and so on.

  12. Re:I guess Minecraft will stop using it on Facebook To Begin Deploying Btrfs · · Score: 1

    Well, considering G+ didn't exist when Youtube was purchased... Its not that good of an analogy.

    Try comparing it to the Microsoft skype purchase.

    Funny note, Microsoft is now hosting developer video hangouts over G+. Despite owning skype outright, and owning a part of facebook.

    I also hate the Youtube G+ Integration, for the opposite reason. G+ is great, youtube and the comments there are horrible and shouldn't be brought to light anywhere civilized people gather.

  13. Play with the cost to run a car on gas vs electric. There are several calculators out there, including one on tesla's site where you can adjust milage on the gas car, miles driven, cost of electricity, cost of gas. .

    This is my argument:
    It cost less to use electric. Someone will make less money if we were to switch from gas to electric. I'm guessing that someone will be an oil company, even if an oil company supplying natural gas to the electric company.

  14. Re:Sarcasm on Homeopathic Remedies Recalled For Containing Real Medicine · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Within the insane homeopathic industry, that's correct. However, penicillin isn't always a helpful ingredient to everyone. Some are deathly allergic. So for those people it would "help" according to people who lack any cognitive function measurable by modern science.

    Also relevant:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  15. They'll make a heck of a lot more if they are selling gas at the pump than natural gas to the electric company.

  16. Re:not really sales, just the first sale on Are DVDs Inconvenient On Purpose? · · Score: 2

    No it doesn't beg any questions. The Film studios hate first sale doctrine. Netflix can buy DVDs from anywhere and rent them out. Just like Redbox:

    http://www.businessinsider.com...

  17. Re:Linux Only :( on XWayland Aiming For Glamor Support, Merge Next X.Org Release · · Score: 1

    Yeah, Linux seems to be killing BSD and all flavors of UNIX on the desktop that don't have an apple logo on them. I'm not sure why Non-linux support is really needed. However, if it is needed, it kind of makes sense to get it working rock solid and tested on the largest of the three ( linux, BSD, UNIX), before starting a port to the others. When Gnome and KDE have made the transition, then I think it would probably be ready for BSD & Unix Ports.

  18. Re:not really sales, just the first sale on Are DVDs Inconvenient On Purpose? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, this. its obvious if you know the law, or have been paying attention to the industry. This whole article is pretty pointless. Its all about first sale & licensing, not price discrimination.

  19. Re:We have alread seen it. on Facebook Buying Oculus VR For $2 Billion · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, John Carmack works for Oculus, so you might just get your wish.

  20. Re:Meh on Google Now Arrives In Chrome For Windows and Mac · · Score: 1

    It always seems to pick up my tracking numbers ( except china post, which rarely works on the china post web page either). It also picked up all of my flight information as well.

  21. Re:Subjects suck. on Docker Turns 1: What's the Future For Open Source Container Tech? · · Score: 1

    Uhm, it relies on kernel level features inside linux. So, I agree, Theo won't like it.

    As far as I know, it doesn't need any openssh patches to work with it. But I've only done really simple things with docker.

  22. Re:Personal blog on KDE and Canonical Developers Disagree Over Display Server · · Score: 1

    Users, using applications on ubuntu will care when those applications break because of the Mir backend. They'll care. A number of them will probably report that the apps don't work to the application writers, when the real issue is in the MIr support for the toolkits that Ubuntu will have to write. Thus, app developers will have to spend some time trouble shooting the problem.

    This is the argument the KDE guys are advancing. It makes sense to me, but I must admit, I don't know the guts, nuts or bolts of Mir, Wayland, GTK, QT, xorg or the like.

  23. Re:Don't blame others for user error. on Is the Tesla Model S Pedal Placement A Safety Hazard? · · Score: 4, Funny

    My advice to him would be to get an angle grinder and chop 0.3" off of the side of his foot to bring it to international safety standards.

    That way, he can drive any car safely, without additional modifications to them.

  24. Re:Personal blog on KDE and Canonical Developers Disagree Over Display Server · · Score: 2

    They are terrified, because it would mean more work for them and less advancement of the linux graphics stack. Having three display servers ( Xorg, Wayland, Mir) increases the amount of code paths everything and everyone has to deal with.

    Its not trivial as Robert suggested, and more importantly, it doesn't increase Robert's workload.

    If there is one thing that's really annoying, its someone telling you how easy your really difficult job is. So I understand the frustration apparent in the kde blogs.

  25. Re:Subjects suck. on Docker Turns 1: What's the Future For Open Source Container Tech? · · Score: 1

    No, its a fancy name for a super fancy, much improved chroot.