Slashdot Mirror


User: XanC

XanC's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
1,855
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 1,855

  1. Re:What obscene prices... on "Magic Helmet" For F-35 Ready For Delivery · · Score: 1

    You've got your period and comma keycaps swapped. Or you're European, I guess. Either way, it doesn't make sense to write numbers that way.

  2. ...The hell? on Why My LG Optimus Cellphone Is Worse Than It's Supposed To Be · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why is this on Slashdot?

  3. Re:So... on X.Org Server 1.16 Brings XWayland, GLAMOR, Systemd Integration · · Score: 1

    Well, you see:

    The systemd integration finally allows the X server to run without root privileges, something in the works for a very long time. The non-PCI device improvements mean System-on-a-Chip graphics will work more smoothly, auto-enumerating just like PCI graphics devices do. As covered previously, GLAMOR (the pure OpenGL acceleration backend) has seen quite a bit of improvement, and now works with Xephyr and XWayland.

  4. Re:Some people are jerks on Sexual Harassment Is Common In Scientific Fieldwork · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's just stupid to blame a lack of policy for somebody doing something illegal. The absence of a policy in no way means the entity endorses an activity.

  5. Re:Some people are jerks on Sexual Harassment Is Common In Scientific Fieldwork · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I suppose you might. Because I don't see how, if something is already illegal, it also needs to be against "policy". Do all company/university policies have to comb through the entire legal code and duplicate it in policy?

  6. Perl on Ask Slashdot: Choosing a Web Language That's Long-Lived, and Not Too Buzzy? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Perl 5 pretty much satisfies everything you're looking for. What's the problem with Perl again?

  7. Re:It is Canada's fault! on Krebs on Microsoft Suspending "Patch Tuesday" Emails and Blaming Canada · · Score: 2

    Thank you!

    The summary makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time. So the people who wrote the law don't think there are any costs of compliance? I'm sure that's not news. That right there is a HUGE problem with government solutions.

  8. 1 in 10 adult deaths on CDC: 1 In 10 Adult Deaths In US Caused By Excessive Drinking · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1 in 10 deaths, huh? That's a bold statement considering the huge qualifications on it:
    * 22-64 years old
    * preventable

    So the actual number is much less than 1 in 10, not much more as the summary says.

  9. "Inciting" on The Simultaneous Rise and Decline of Battlefield · · Score: 0

    Not "incentivizing". "Inciting".

  10. Re:There's no such word as "incentivize". on Research Project Pays People To Download, Run Executables · · Score: 1

    Neither "incent" nor "incentivize" are words. Using them makes you look illiterate.

  11. Tuning it out? on The Bursting Social Media Advertising Bubble · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'll say we're tuning it out. With AdBlock we don't even receive it.

  12. Re:What moron puts IPMI public facing? on Supermicro Fails At IPMI, Leaks Admin Passwords · · Score: 2

    I was asking about this on the OVH forums just the other day, in fact:

    Our IPMI are actually configured on a private network separated from Dedicated Servers network using a private VLAN for all the IPMI traffic fully secured via our network equipement.

    There is two way you can access the IPMI connection:

    1- Over a Java applet which generate and send you a .jnlp file valid for this session only. (This method let you use keyboard and mouse)

    2- Over a webrowser via Serial over LAN that use a temporarly generated user valid for this session only.

    https://forum.ovh.us/showthrea...

  13. There's no such word as "incentivize". on Research Project Pays People To Download, Run Executables · · Score: 1

    We already have "incite".

  14. Re:Whom you trust ... ? on Whom Must You Trust? · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Like, for example, in the title of this article.

  15. Re:Whom you trust ... ? on Whom Must You Trust? · · Score: 0

    But in the case of the title of this article, "whom" is entirely correct.

  16. Re:Versions on New OpenSSL Man-in-the-Middle Flaw Affects All Clients · · Score: 1

    Exactly what definition excludes those people from your assertion that "everyone upgraded appropriately"?

  17. Re:Versions on New OpenSSL Man-in-the-Middle Flaw Affects All Clients · · Score: 1

    That's not necessarily true. People may have "panic upgraded" who were using a supported and up-to-date (and not vulnerable) 0.9.8. People may have "panic upgraded" by building and installing the latest OpenSSL, not knowing that their distribution had pushed out a patched version of the version they had been running. Now, their OpenSSL might be totally outside of package management, and they could really be in trouble for this one, unless they're paying a lot of attention (which they aren't, or they wouldn't have screwed up in the first place).

  18. Re:Not in trouble for hacking... on Feds: Sailor Hacked Navy Network While Aboard Nuclear Aircraft Carrier · · Score: 1

    I hope the percentage of criminals who get caught for bragging is high... Because if for every one of these guys in the article, there's one who can keep his mouth shut, then we may be in trouble.

  19. Re:Motivated rejection of science on Wyoming Is First State To Reject Science Standards Over Climate Change · · Score: 0

    A "global extinction event" is "highly probable"? And the future is wind and solar?? Talk about drinking the Kool-Aid.

  20. Re:WHERE THE HELL... on Duo Sneak an Oculus Rift Onto Roller Coaster For a Wild Ride · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know what's bad if you have motion sickness?

    Watching a video of a guy on a roller coaster watching a video of being on a roller coaster.

  21. Re:Browser plug-in on One Month Later: 300,000 Servers Remain Vulnerable To Heartbleed · · Score: 2

    FoxBleed is one. It doesn't block the connection, but it lets you know about the problem.

  22. Re:We can't patch yet... on One Month Later: 300,000 Servers Remain Vulnerable To Heartbleed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You should be fired.

  23. Re:sigh on US Climate Report Says Global Warming Impact Already Severe · · Score: 2

    It's an F-350. It's tornado-proof.

  24. Re:sigh on US Climate Report Says Global Warming Impact Already Severe · · Score: -1, Troll

    Anything that advances the anthropogenic global warming agenda is climate. Anything that doesn't is weather. Keep up!

  25. Re:Apocalypse, Really? on The Upcoming Windows 8.1 Apocalypse · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Would you care to read the summary and try again?