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  1. None of this is worth crap until on Solar Breakthrough Could Provide Power Without Solar Cells · · Score: 1

    ..It can be implemented main-stream, for less cost and be more efficient that current processes.  Until then this is all just intellectual masturbation.

  2. Something looks a little fishy here on Skype For Android Can Leak Data To Malicious Apps · · Score: 3, Informative

    # ls -l /data/data/com.skype.merlin_mecha/files/jcaseap

    The dude is in as root (via adb shell?).  note the '#'.  I guess he's still got a point about 666 on private files.  As long as you have execute perms on the directory, you can read files tagged o+r.

  3. I don't have a financial profile unless on Facebook To Be 'Biggest Bank' By 2015 · · Score: 1

    "Screwed by the USA and it's Mortgage Racket" counts.

  4. Can symantec to catch up? on Windows Already Up and Running On ARM Architecture · · Score: 1

    No way I'd run it without antivirus.

  5. sales tax due on out of state purchases on Senator Wants to Tax Internet Shopping · · Score: 1

    been that way forever in some states. this is nothing new for some people.

  6. Kill it with fire on Mono Comes To Android · · Score: 1

    anything novell is offering is better suited for use as an example of what *not* to use. sorry, but someone please kill mono with fire, and while your at it, drive a wooden stake through the lump under the blanket next to it - silverlight.

  7. the internet doesn't 'promote' anything on Vatican Warns That Internet Promotes Satanism · · Score: 1

    the vatican words this like the internet is some conscious body making decisions and choices of what people are or not doing. in reality, people are doing no less than exercising their free will. truth is, vatican, some people choose to do things the catholic church deems inappropriate. the internet is just a medium which peopleuse to represent whatever religeous viewpoints or perspectives they want to, without people getting burned or strung up for not complying with the dogmatic consensus. at least for now.

  8. just a bigger screen on Android 3.0 Is Trickling In, But Are the Apps? · · Score: 1

    Add multiple screen support to your manifest file. 2.1 stuff seems pretty compatible so far, at least the stuff I've tried. Motorola and google only just released the honeycomb/xoom dev stuff a couple weeks ago. also, the price makes the xoom a bit out of reach for some.

  9. Could be intentional on Oracle's behalf on MySql.com Hacked With Sql Injection · · Score: 1

    Maybe create a little negative press for MySQL  and in the process Oracle looks better.

  10. Authors like FOSS and Shareware authors? on MS Wants Laws To Block Products Made By Software Pirates · · Score: 0

    Microsoft has become a douche. In Microsoft's eyes, anyone *not* writing applications for the Windows platform is a "Pirate".

  11. Just like the US on China Starts Censoring Phone Calls Mid Sentence · · Score: 1

    Except the US is more sneaky about it than China.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_controversy

  12. seems like an awesome idea on Ubisoft Announces Music Game For Real Guitars · · Score: 2

    it's really frustrating trying to learn guitar. Following finger positions is almost impossible at first because as you face the person everything is backwards and your brain wants your hand to move left, for instance, when you see the other person move left.

    what's more is trying to learn guitar with guitar-hero and the like is like trying to learn sex through masturbation. You are kind of doing it, but there is way more going on with the real thing.

    i 'll be checking this one out when it hits the shops!

  13. I'm sick of being handcuffed on No Contactless Payment System In Next iPhone · · Score: 1

    I wish I could feel better about apple. Every time I read abut how they are worried they are going to loose a niche, I feel like I'm getting bent over.

  14. not so much about the feds on Ask Slashdot: Privacy Paranoia · · Score: 1

    when a future employer, coworker, s/o, insurance comgoogles me I don't necessarily want them to know everything about me.

  15. shareware isn't about the money on Trumpet Winsock Creator Made Little Money · · Score: 2

    Over the past 20 years i've written about a dozen pieces of shareware. Open sourced several programs too.  The part that was important to me was that people find my software useful or fun. I do it because I enjoy the work, not because I want to get rich.

  16. You didn't get the memo on Android Devices Are Hives of License Violations · · Score: 2

    http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Slashdot

  17. Finding many more earth-like planets on 'Most Earth-Like' Exoplanet Gets Major Demotion · · Score: 1

    Or rather, many more mistakenly, earth-like planets

  18. What kind of systems? on Hackers Target French Government Computers For G20 · · Score: 1

    Just wondering if these were mac, solaris, linux or windows servers that were cracked. Anyone know?

  19. Hitachi Deathstar on Hard Disk Sector Consolidates Amid Uncertain Future · · Score: 1

    I've never been able to get myself to buy Hitachi drives after the deathstar episode.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi_Deskstar

  20. The problem with Evil on Is Apple Turning Into the Next "Evil Empire"? · · Score: 1

    The problem is people generally don't think things have gotten Evil until there is some sort of large-scale crisis.

  21. Why use de-mail when gpg exists? on Germany Builds Encrypted, Identity-Confirmed Email · · Score: 2

    Why would I volunteer to use a government sponsored program that I may get charged for when I can just use Enigmail in Thunderbird, or gpg the message otherwise?

    Second problem: "It will allow service providers to charge for sending messages".

    Major fail. It sounded almost good until I read that.

  22. yggdrasil on Reminiscing Old School Linux · · Score: 1

    The tree of life

  23. Lack of flash and usb on IPad 2 33% Thinner, 2x Faster, iOS 4.3 · · Score: 1

    The extra camera is nice and the added processing power is welcome, but still no flash or usb. I'll pass on it.

  24. Skilled admins will save you $$$ on The Decline and Fall of System Administration · · Score: 1

    Because a skilled unix admin possesses the knowledge to turn a downloaded iso image into a hardened firewall, web server, db server, reverse proxy, network sniffer, VPN, router, iSCSI target, computing cluster, spam filter, XMPP, SMTP, FTP, SNMP, DHCP, NTP, BOOTP, TFTP, SMB (ad nauseum) servers, and/or NID/IPS device. All without a Cisco, Oracle, Windows, Barracuda, Vmware or other site licenses, seat licenses, or maintenance contracts.

    Most admins I know do not posses these skills, nor do they posses the interest in obtaining them.  Perhaps there isn't necessarily a decline and fall of the system admin, but a rise in ubiquity of first-tier administration.

  25. I'm very satisfied with my Boxee Box on Boxee Box Matures; Another Look At the Platform · · Score: 1

    I used to record stuff from my hauppage card, remaster to MPEG-PS and then burn to R/W DVD.  With my Boxee I just leave the recorded shows on a Samba share and stream them to the boxee over wifi.

    All of my mp3's play on the boxee as well and the boxee has this little dancing-gfx-bar thingy on the music player application to give you something to watch while the music is playing.

    The remote is cool with the keyboard on the back, but not something you'd want to surf around with all day.  It does make keying-in passwords and accounts much easier (for pandora, netflix, etc).  It's really nice to be able to pause/rw/ff my streaming content from the network too.

    The way boxee aggregates all the internet content is really nice too and now having Netflix streaming available is pretty awesome.  It was the best $200 bucks I've spent.