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  1. Redundant: POS Malware on High Level Coding Language Used To Create New POS Malware (isightpartners.com) · · Score: 2

    By definition, if it's malware, it's a POS. Even if it's written well.

  2. It's a defense mechanism... on Understanding the Antikythera Mechanism (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    It's to defend against these guys...

    http://www.kythera.com/

  3. Re:No LEDS on Ask Slashdot: What Single Change Would You Make To a Tech Product? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm with you. I'm still trying to figure out why my DVD player and TV need a light on to tell me when they're OFF. And when I turn them on, the LED goes off.

    Can anyone say "parasitic power draw"?

  4. Re:deliver astronauts on NASA Orders SpaceX Crew Mission To International Space Station (nasa.gov) · · Score: 1

    I'm aware of the Salyut tragedy. I was going for a Schroedinger joke.

  5. Re:deliver astronauts on NASA Orders SpaceX Crew Mission To International Space Station (nasa.gov) · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can't tell until you open the spacecraft hatch.

  6. Re:Ob: homeopathy on ISIS's Hunt For a Bogus Superweapon · · Score: 1

    Hydroxylic acid is an even better solvent.

  7. Re:Easy on Animal Rights Group Targets NIH Director's Home (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    PETA members should be denied medical treatment for anything that isn't an injury.

    Won't SOMEONE think of the bacteria and viruses!!!!

  8. Feynman tells the story of a book nearly being approved even though every page was blank.

  9. Isn't that in "What do you care what other people think?" ?

  10. The Cartoon Laws Of Physics on Structural Engineer On the Fallacies of Movie Bridge Destruction (hackaday.com) · · Score: 5, Funny
  11. Re:Another attack on Christianity on Spaghetti Strainer Helmet Driver's License Photo Approved On Religious Grounds (immortal.org) · · Score: 1

    Years ago, my sig here read, "People who need government to enforce their religion must not have much faith in the power of its message".

  12. Old news... on Spaghetti Strainer Helmet Driver's License Photo Approved On Religious Grounds (immortal.org) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Former porn star Asia Lemon (aka Asia Carrera) did this in Utah back in 2014.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

  13. After all this time... on Mozilla Has 'No Plans' To Offer Firefox Without Pocket (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I still have no f***ing idea what Pocket is, and why I should have it in my browser.

  14. in a locked room with no windows... on Hour of Code 2015 Star Wars Tutorial: Spare the IF Statement, Spoil the Child? · · Score: 1

    I'd prefer a white room with black curtains at the station.

  15. Re:Don't even need to board it ... on Ask Slashdot: How To Determine If One Is On a Watchlist? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Happened to me once... Was heading to Vermont to pick up my daughter from college. For various reasons, it was easier to split it up into two one-way flights (mostly to guarantee adjoining seats on the return flight).

    Anyways, I couldn't check in online. I go to the counter to check in, and was asked a bunch of leading questions ("You're going to Logan, right?" "No, Burlington Vermont!") over and over. Eventually I checked in.

    While waiting for the gate, I realized... I hit all the flags... Male, travelling alone, no bags, one way.... DING DING DING DING!!

  16. Re:Please don't bring it back on MST3K Is Kickstarting Back To Life · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apparently GP was stuck on a satellite, and couldn't stop the movies because he built some robots.

  17. * Look for the likes of Samsung to install WEP and WAP password cracking software on these devices, so they can get on protected networks. They'll probably say it is a customer "protection" feature.

    I wonder if you could file a DMCA suit in that case, since you have data you generated (therefore copyrighted) on your internal network?

    [Yeah, I know, the DMCA is for the $BIGCORPS to use against the $littleguys, not the other way around]

  18. Re:Assuming this is a genuine question... on Viewing Data Harvested From Smart TVs Used To Push Ads To Other Screens? (securityledger.com) · · Score: 1

    $70 for an HDMI cable??? Are you buying from Monster again?

  19. Re:A better idea on How Outsourcing Companies Are Gaming the H-1B Visa System (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Wasn't that was Disney did? Hire Infosys, not H1-B directly?

  20. Re:Fundamental right????? on Fast Broadband To Be Classed a Fundamental Right in the UK (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You misunderstand. How can GCHQ spy on people who are not online? This is an attempt to close the spy-agency version of the analog hole.

  21. Re:hence the old joke... on When Slide Rules Were Like Cellphones (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    Only problem I ever had with my Log Log double K was when I droppped it and the glass guide broke. Glued the guide back together and it was fine.

    Still have it around somewhere.... Now I have to go look for it tonight when I get home.

  22. Re:changing times my ass on HP Is Now Two Companies. How Did It Get Here? (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    And for what she did to Lucent.

  23. Re:I'll be interested in Hurd when... on GNU Hurd 0.7 and GNU Mach 1.6 Released · · Score: 1

    Systemd is a nice OS, but let me know when it has a good init system.

  24. Re:Am I the only one that... on A Push To Ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty? (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Atmospheric tests were banned by treaty in the '60s.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    And how do you plan on dealing with fallout?

  25. Sony put rootkits on some of their music CD's

    No, they were not CDs. They didn't not meet Red Book standards, and hence were not CDs. IIRC, Phillips made them stop using the CDDA logo.

    What happened was that Sony put rootkits on silver disks with music on them.