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  1. Re:What would be sweet... on TrueCrypt Master Key Extraction and Volume Identification · · Score: 1

    CPU with its own memory,eh? Hmmm.
    http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3554

  2. Re:I'll disagree. on Programmer Privilege · · Score: 1

    > If his appearence had been different then there would be obstacles to overcome that
    > he did not have to face.

    You're both right! Or wrong! One of them, probably. Or a bit of both?
    Now, get back to work!

  3. Re:The summary is wrong. on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1

    Fear for his life? Why, was he worried that the argument he'd just constructed out of nothing might potentially escalate into something he couldn't handle without murdering someone?

  4. Re:Texting during the *previews* on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1

    What's the difference? And what's the problem with texting, anyway? Assuming that the phone doesn't beep/click with every key press, or when replies turn up. Is it just the screen lighting up? Do people get shot to death for eating popcorn/snacks noisily too?

  5. Re: Excellent! on India Frees Itself of Polio · · Score: 1

    > during my stay in India last month there where records of polio outbreak in Pakistan

    India is not Pakistan. Unless you're suggesting that it was because you in India that Pakistan has an outbreak. Or perhaps you thought was important to tell us which country you were in when you heard the news. I'm in the UK, and this seems to be good news, but I imagine it's also good news if you hear about it anywhere.

  6. Re:Regex this on Regex Golf, xkcd, and Peter Norvig · · Score: 1

    He works at Google on AI, and this problem is both amusing and interesting. Having two monitors is totally normal.

    Slashdot really has gone to the dogs, hasn't it. Would be great if there were some sort of technical test one could take here; the results of which could be used to filter out all the - for want of a better word - users.

  7. Re:What can we do to stop this? on Demonoid BitTorrent Tracker Apparently Back Online · · Score: 1

    Simple. You just have to understand that what you're trying to restrict is the duplication of numbers; that numbers can be duplicated perfectly and trivially by computers; that many people want to duplicate those numbers; that many people are sharing those numbers all the time; that it takes time and effort to identify where the numbers are being shared from; that each time you remove a site which faciliates the location of that number, or a list of people who are sharing the numbers, it'll get replaced immediately; that the numbers are much easier to obtain via downloading than via traditional methods; that we're in a recession and buying/renting these numbers is a lower priority than buying food/fuel/paying rent; that there's no technical way of preventing the copying or transmission of these numbers.

    Also, many people who create `digital media` (I guess you mean `numbers`) do not find it in the least offensive.

  8. Re:Laugh on Tweets and Threats: Gangs Find New Home On the Net · · Score: 1

    > The problem here is that those show-offs draws the attention of the law enforcement
    > from the ones working silently. Some of the silent ones can be even more
    > dangerous because you don't know who they are and where they will strike.

    So...there's no problem then. The silent ones aren't drawing any attention because no-one knows they're doing it. The police won't know about it until, typically, someone tells them about it, at which point they'll know about it. Then again, the police are largely concerned with manipulation of crime figures, making people feel safe, protecting - typically - the rich from - typically - the poor. These show-offs are just a free ride for the police; they might as well turn up at the police station and hand themselves in.

  9. feedback on Mobile Banking Apps For iOS Woefully Insecure · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How long do you think it'll take them to come back with feedback? They'll need to work out whose fault it was, who they can blame, what they're going to do about it, the impact of blaming the people whose fault it wasn't, and all the time looking good to upper management. Lessons will be learnt, and this will definitely not happen again, just like always.

  10. something really incredible and unique on First Recorded Observation of Freshwater Fish Preying On Birds In Flight · · Score: 1

    I do not think that word means what you think it means.

  11. I get through a million virtual dollars in a single session of online poker. And you should have seem my driving on RollCage.

    What's the point here?

  12. Re:And thus ends Yelp. on Court Rules Against Online Anonymity · · Score: 1
  13. Really? on Blackhole Exploit Kit Successor Years Away · · Score: 1

    One person? All the crime?

  14. Re:Cool, so can I use it yet? on New Oculus Rift Prototype Features Head Tracking, Reduced Motion Blur, HD AMOLED · · Score: 1

    Personally, next day is too vaporous for me - it's same day, or it's as if it didn't exist.

    And I want one in green.

  15. Re:Obviousness on BlackBerry Sues iPhone Keyboard Maker Typo · · Score: 1

    > Case dismissed.

    Just stall the case until Blackberry goes out of business.

  16. Re:Crop circle on Nvidia Announces 192-Core Tegra K1 Chips, Bets On Android · · Score: 2

    "I definitely thought the crop circle was manmade, given...." ...that they all are?

  17. Re:Use it or lose it on UK Company Successfully Claims Ownership of "Pinterest" Trademark · · Score: 3

    Yes, the Americans certainly seem very sensible with their understanding of the purpose of copyright. Just think, without a bizarre and constantly changing set of rules, material such as Happy Birthday and Mickey Mouse would be in the public domain, resulting in an ugly free-for-all which will strike at the heart of the creators of content everywhere. But specially in America.

  18. Perl on Source Code For 22nd IOCCC Winners Has Been Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is there one for Perl, but the other way around - where it's clear what the code is actually doing?

  19. Re:Google Abuse on Rap Genius Returns To Google Search Rankings · · Score: 1

    > google searches are near worthless

    You clearly aren't a developer who needs quick answers to edge-case problems which have affected a hangful of other people (including your client), or someone stalking their...uh...forget that - go with the programmer thingy.

  20. Re:Two Flavors on Do Non-Technical Managers Add Value? · · Score: 1

    I meant in his post
    It was but one syllable
    That's why it don't scan

  21. Re:Retroposons on "Jumping Genes" Linked To Schizophrenia · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Bad call on Bill Nye To Debate Creationist Museum Founder Ken Ham · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Fortunately, with science you don't have to believe. Belief is for when you want the same warm fuzzy feeling your parents have about whatever religion is popular in that particular region. Science is for when you want the right answer.

  23. Re:Two Flavors on Do Non-Technical Managers Add Value? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Think your problem mate
    Is futile's one syllable
    Though your point still stands

  24. Re:Don't do what we do on Syrian Electronic Army Defaces Skype's Facebook Page, Twitter Account, and Blog · · Score: 1

    Blamed by who? To what end? Who cares? Change the password and move on. Probably a lame "social engineering" attack a la Onion. Nothing to see here.

  25. Re:Eventually people will look up... on US Customs Destroys Virtuoso's Flutes Because They Were "Agricultural Items" · · Score: 1

    A general in a US-backed dictatorship approves of US actions? That changes everything!