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  1. Um...syfy...right on Classic BBC Sci-fi Series Blake's 7 To Return On Syfy Channel · · Score: 1

    Anyone else getting the "Remaking it just so they can cancel another scifi show and replace it with even more wrestling?" vibe here?

  2. Re:Longest Running Linux Distribution on Longest Running Linux Distribution Slackware Adopts MariaDB · · Score: 1

    Well, yes; you need to understand how a distro does something before you go modifying their config files. It's not hard really, it's just something to keep in mind.

    Personally, I don't see what the big deal is.

  3. So many answers on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Block Web Content? · · Score: 1

    Yet so many wrong answers. If the question is "where do you filter", the answer is "where it makes sense".

    You place the filter as "low" on the network diagram as possible while achieving your objectives. To put it another way, as close to your end users as possible.

  4. Re:Worth noting on SimCity 5: How Not To Design a Single Player Game · · Score: 1

    And yes, I did just use sinked. It's my word, you can't have it.

  5. Worth noting on SimCity 5: How Not To Design a Single Player Game · · Score: 1

    I am an AVID SimCity fan. As much time most people have sinked into diablo2, I have dropped at least that much into the previous simcities. Bought all the expansions, first day. Loved them all to death. I know I'm not alone in this.

    I will not be buying this game. In part because of the "always on" nature of the game, in part because it's EA. What's amazing to me is how these companies can take such brand loyalty and absolutely destroy it. And not just by releasing a bad game. Hell, how many of us are fans of franchises that have stinkers? No, they destroy it by abusing customers, by kicking them where it hurts, then trying to charge you more for the privilege.

    So no thanks. As much as it will pain me not to play this latest installment and get my city on, I'm sitting this one out, thanks.

  6. Re:Of course not on Is the Era of Groundbreaking Science Over? · · Score: 1

    Until half of scientists are female, science remains fundamentally sexist.
    Let's break some ground, and get more ladies in there.
    Because #Fairness.

    As a single male scientist, I approve of this message.

  7. Doom and gloom, except when it isn't on As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow To a Trickle · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I have a hard time getting worked up about their dire predictions. Let's pretend the worst comes to pass; as a consumer, the downside for me is that the crap being produced is even less varied than previously. If that's really a problem, then a need will develop for more interesting music, and inevitably, someone will address that need.

    These "artists" are not owed a living. They are not exempt from capitalism because of their chosen profession.

  8. Re:Wrong approach on RIM's BB10 Campaign Requires Some Serious Work · · Score: 1

    Great, now if only they can do this about 3 years ago it'd be perfect.

  9. Re:Wrong approach on RIM's BB10 Campaign Requires Some Serious Work · · Score: 1

    With the clout RIM has? They could have worked with the vendors to get their kit built in as part of the OS, sandboxed and all.

    Look at it like this: It would have created a "business" class of devices, that came "Ready for the Enterprise" because of the extended functionality.

    Android and iphone don't really have anything in this arena, even now, so I would expect that this would have gone over very well.

  10. Wrong approach on RIM's BB10 Campaign Requires Some Serious Work · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I maintain that they should be focusing on mobile security and management software, and should have been for the past several years.

    Even as recently as last year, RIM had a reputation for security mobile data devices. The problem was, nobody wanted those devices. So instead of spending the fortune on building a new handset/OS, they should have spent time and money developing a decent mobile management server, with associated mobile clients for android, iphone and MS kit ( with plugins for the various data sources; exchange, groupwise, ect... ).

    They could have parleyed their reputation on to the entire mobile market for business handhelds, instead of floating a NEW hand held in an already contentious market.

  11. Re:And do you know why it's not widely deployed? on 5 Years After Major DNS Flaw Found, Few US Companies Have Deployed Long-term Fix · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wrong actually. Security works best when it's simple. Make it too complex, or needlessly complex, and you open yourself up for implementation flaws.

    Security implementation should only be as complex as needed. Added complexity only serves to compromise the security you are trying to achieve in the first place.

  12. And do you know why it's not widely deployed? on 5 Years After Major DNS Flaw Found, Few US Companies Have Deployed Long-term Fix · · Score: 1

    Because the standards are a pain in the ass and most implementations are needlessly complex.

  13. Re:Wow on Turkey's Science Research Council Stops Publication of Evolution Books · · Score: 1, Informative

    In case anyone missed it, that was loaded with irony.

  14. Wow on Turkey's Science Research Council Stops Publication of Evolution Books · · Score: 5, Funny

    What a backwards country, to be so afraid of science as to effectively censor it.

    Glad I live in 'merica. FUCK YA!

  15. Re:So...um... on Nokia Redirecting Traffic On Some of Its Phones, Including HTTPS · · Score: 2

    It's a question of liability; sniffing dns traffic is radically different than purposefully performing a MIM attack.

    My bank account gets cleared out; Nokia is now a suspect.

  16. So...um... on Nokia Redirecting Traffic On Some of Its Phones, Including HTTPS · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Are they actively trying to kill the company? I have to ask, because it really seems as if that's their goal.

  17. More questions than answers on Why Girls Do Better At School · · Score: 1

    I read the article ( shocking! ), and walked away with more questions than answers. Mainly, did they track the gender of the teachers? Do male teachers buck the trend?

    Most teachers, especially at primary level, are female. I wonder how much of an impact this has.

  18. Re:IT Stud? on Brewing Saké in Texas for Fun and Profit (Video) · · Score: 1

    Someone in IT who can make their own booze.

    I think we can all agree that's pretty awesome.

  19. Is it legal? on Facebook Paid 0.3% Taxes On $1.34 Billion Profits · · Score: 2

    They why is this a problem? If they are paying what they are legally obligated to pay, then why should they be forced to pay more? Who's the authority on how much more they should be paying? Why should they pay more? Ethics? Does that mean there is an ethics tax now?

    If we don't like how companies use the laws that are set up, I guess we know what we need to do, don't we? Make laws that force companies to pay what we feel is justified. Just don't be surprised by the outcome.

  20. Re:That bad? on Windows 8: a 'Christmas Gift For Someone You Hate' · · Score: 1

    Either the shills are all reading from the same play book, or you operate under the "heatlessun" moniker over at http://hardforums.com./

  21. Re:Merit on Ask Slashdot: How Should Tech Conferences Embrace Diversity? · · Score: 1

    That'll be about enough of that kind of nonsense.

    No sir! Around here we are more worried about the color of people's skins, or what they do or don't have hanging between their legs. Obviously, these things are of great import when discussing such important matters as the programming language of Ruby.

  22. Alternatively, you could try... on Ask Slashdot: How Should Tech Conferences Embrace Diversity? · · Score: 1

    embracing divertingly.

    It makes as much sense as "Embracing Diversity", except you get a free hug!

  23. Re:Weev is not an online activist. on Jail Looms For Man Who Revealed AT&T Leaked iPad User E-Mails · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The car analogy doesn't work here, as a website is inherently a publicly offered service, whereas your car is not. There really isn't a good analogy for this situation, as it doesn't really require an analogy in the first place.

    AT&T put private information on their public website. Mistake or not, their actions made the information public, not the defendant in this case.

    AT&T is obviously to blame here.

  24. It's the screens.. on Breakthrough Promises Smartphones that Use Half the Power · · Score: 1

    Except for most modern smart phones, screens take up a bulk of the battery's power.

  25. Re:Not with those decision making skills on Can Nokia Save Itself? · · Score: 1

    Well, the implication was that the goal of said decision makers was to save the company.

    If, instead, the goal of the decision makers is to cash out as offensively as possible, then their sanity is beyond reproach.