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  1. Re:It doesn't work on Konami Slot Machines Flashing Subliminal Messages? · · Score: 1

    Too bad funny doesn't get you karma. Reverse psychology on Slashdot is where you post a link to something blindingly obvious, yet germane to the thread ;)

  2. Re:Huh, global warming on New Sub Dives To Crushing Depths · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Who the hell modded this troll? It's insightful! The water is deep in the ocean, closer to the earth's core... or does geothermal heat not exist in the mod's world?

  3. Re:quothe the poster on Pthreads vs Win32 threads · · Score: 1, Informative

    ...civil disobedience is going against laws. I am fairly certain there was no governmental entity that told him to change his viewpoint on Windows threading.

  4. Re:Parent Group != Most Parents on Award-Winning Ad Taken Off Air In Australia · · Score: 1

    The "normal" parents just need to have time to respond, rather than "Oops, someone's complaining, take it off the air NOW!" habit that all stations seem to have. I'd even be willing to bet that a signification portion of people in America weren't offended by Janet's Super Bowl show. It was just a few people who piss in the pool, spoiling it for everyone else. (not that there was much worthwhile to see there, but the principle remains...)

  5. Re:I didn't think it was that difficult on Tricking Vista's UAC To Hide Malware · · Score: 1

    "Dude, how can you say HIV is bad if you haven't ever had it? Why would you listen to other people who do have it?"

  6. Re:Better listen up, guys... on Tricking Vista's UAC To Hide Malware · · Score: 1

    I just "fixed" my aunt's computer by removing Norton's shitware. It used to take 30-60 seconds to open up any Word document because the thing decided to virus scan it EVERY time it was opened. And this is on an Athlon X2 laptop with a gig of RAM. Sans Norton, it's running like the brand-new computer it is. I just installed AVG and Firefox for her, and she's off and running.

  7. Re:We need to cut down on the complexity. on Tricking Vista's UAC To Hide Malware · · Score: 1

    But it's impossible to run a privileged service (port under 1024) as a normal user in Linux. That'll stop a lot of random mail relays, as well as other "fake" servers. You can't just use a random user-privileged unix account to serve up your phishing site, or to do a lot of things that a typical Windows pwning will allow.

  8. Re:quothe the poster on Pthreads vs Win32 threads · · Score: 5, Informative
    Did you notice the other similarities?

    Initial (2003) article:

    I've used both POSIX threads (Pthreads) and Win32 threads APIs and I believe that Pthreads has the better programming model of the two. While each threading method can create threads, destroy threads, and coordinate interactions between threads, the reason I make this claim is the simplicity of use and elegance of design of Pthreads. Let me illustrate with a few examples.
    And in the later article:

    I've used both POSIX threads (Pthreads) and Windows threads APIs, and I believe that Windows has the better programming model of the two. While each threading method can create threads, destroy threads, and coordinate interactions between threads, the reason I make this claim is the simplicity of use and elegance of design of the Windows threads API. This is all from the perspective of multithreaded code developers or maintainers. Let me illustrate with a few examples.
    It's not plagiarism because he copied from himself and just added a few edits, but c'mon... how lazy of a shill can you be?
  9. Re:A big strike against Net Neutrality on Does the Internet Need a Major Capacity Upgrade? · · Score: 1

    I personally am against common carrier protections
    So the US Postal Service should be responsible for all of Kaczynski's bombs? That's a great idea!
  10. Re:IntelliTXT too on Recovering a Wrecked RAID · · Score: 2, Informative

    *.intellitxt.com is blocked in my adblock list. Makes hundreds of sites more readable.

  11. Re:B$ on Google Apps Premier Edition Launches, Widely Used · · Score: 1

    That's more like 95%

  12. Re:Waits for it.. on Ex-judge Gets 27 Months on Evidence From Hacked PC · · Score: 1

    Yup. But the search turned up diaries and other stuff that wasn't possible for a computer tipster to have planted. I think things went how they should in this case, no matter what the "OMGPRIVACYENTRAPMENTBADGOVERNMENTNOCOOKIE!" people say.

  13. Re:"how they improve system performance" on Inside the Windows Vista Kernel, Part 2 · · Score: 1

    http://www.powernotebooks.com/
    http://www.system76.com/

    I just buy from companies that actually sell what I want.

  14. Re:Slowing down over time? on Inside the Windows Vista Kernel, Part 2 · · Score: 1

    Are we comparing never-reinstall stories? My old boss' machine's Windows directory was still called "WINNT35". And he was running 2000. It was part of my job to keep it running, with minimal UI changes (as in, he still had progman.exe in his startup folder).

    Beat that :)

  15. Re:Why 'Ready'? on Inside the Windows Vista Kernel, Part 2 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    No seek time. That's the main benefit over a hard drive. If you need lots of data, it's not that great. But if you just need a few bytes, it'll be faster than asking the hard drive. Ask the USB stick for the first few bits of a page, and the hard drive for the rest, and you get the best of both worlds.

    At least, that's how I'd design it if I were much of an engineer ;)

  16. Re:Time to put your money where your mouth is on Puretracks Music Store Drops DRM · · Score: 1

    It's a great tour, too ;) I saw them when they came through Denver. Their live shows are well worth it.

  17. Re:What is the maximum latency for communication? on Building the Interplanetary Internet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    GMT offset of Mars... let's see, carry the one... I'd say about i ?

  18. Re:Ping on Building the Interplanetary Internet · · Score: 1

    I hope that by the time we need a .milky, we don't need keyboards. Neural jacks FTW!

  19. Re:Doom Server on Building the Interplanetary Internet · · Score: 1

    "almost"? Have you ever seen what Doom does online? Doom sends EVERYTHING over the network. Newer games at least have decent netcode.

  20. Re:Also... on Ex-judge Gets 27 Months on Evidence From Hacked PC · · Score: 1

    But would it be enough to send the police in with a warrant looking for evidence (as is exactly what happened in this case)? I'd hope so.

  21. Re:The script kiddy part... on Ex-judge Gets 27 Months on Evidence From Hacked PC · · Score: 1

    Basement? Hell, my mom treats me nice because she knows I'll choose her nursing home. "Health code violations? That'll teach her to make me wash behind my ears..."

    I kid, I kid...

  22. Re:Also... on Ex-judge Gets 27 Months on Evidence From Hacked PC · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'll use the example that I used above: If I break into someone's house, and see someone kill someone else, does your reasoning then mean that my testimony can't be used to convict them, so they get away with murder?

  23. Re:Waits for it.. on Ex-judge Gets 27 Months on Evidence From Hacked PC · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If I break into a house, and see someone kill someone else, does that mean that my testimony is invalid in court? Because it's the same thing here.

  24. Re:Symantec on SystemDoctor: Pot, meet kettle... on Microsoft Apologizes for Serving Malware · · Score: 1

    Actually, ignore the above. I didn't realize it was pay-for crapware. Try the sysinternals utilities:

    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/File AndDisk/pendmoves.mspx

  25. Re:Symantec on SystemDoctor: Pot, meet kettle... on Microsoft Apologizes for Serving Malware · · Score: 1

    http://www.softwarepatch.com/tips/howto-delete-xp. html That should solve it :) It uses a standard Windows mechanism, but gives you access to it.