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  1. Re:I have an idea on Apple Fixes Shellshock In OS X · · Score: 1

    The profile is sourced after the bash shell has already initialised. If my understanding is correct, the exploits are triggered because bash parses the environment during initialisation.

    Not sure if this is 100% correct, or if there is a difference in before vs after parsing, but if I am correct, this would not affect user profiles.

    Anyone care to expand?

  2. Re:that was fast on Apple Fixes Shellshock In OS X · · Score: 1

    But they are not all in place, there was no mention in the apple security announcement of CVE-2014-6277 or CVE-2014-6278 being fixed...

  3. Re:Dare to be stupid on Friendly Reminder: Do Not Place Your iPhone In a Microwave · · Score: 2

    Cut it off first and put it in there. Bonus points if you can still pull a different face on every rotation of the turntable!

  4. Re:It doesn't have to work perfectly. on GM To Introduce Hands-Free Driving In Cadillac Model · · Score: 1

    Don't forget that incident due to improper maintenance also counts as human error. Under inflated tyres, worn brakes, etc.

  5. Re:Competing with Amazon yet again? on Google Testing Drone Delivery System: 'Project Wing' · · Score: 1

    Oh well done sir. I appleaud you on your funny.

  6. Re:really? really. on Continued Rise In Autism Diagnoses Puzzles Researchers, Galvanizes Advocates · · Score: 2

    Wow, I could have written that post. I'm not alone!!!

  7. Re:I never got the fascination with AMD/ATI on Retail Radeon R9 290X Graphics Cards Slower Than AMD's Press Samples · · Score: 1

    Just for your info, I covered the extra electricity charges for the coming month in under 24 hours.

    And there are no ASIC chips for scrypt based mining yet so it's currently GPU mining all the way (to tha moon, lol).

    I'm not 100% sure yet, but I also think that due to the very nature of the scrypt algorithm, ASIC mining is unlikely to come soon as it;s really reliant on having a lot of fast memory (Basically, high end video cards). There is one company that claims it's close to making one, but they have not actually shown anyone a working product yet so we'll see.

  8. Re:I never got the fascination with AMD/ATI on Retail Radeon R9 290X Graphics Cards Slower Than AMD's Press Samples · · Score: 1

    Yeah I thought I missed the bandwagon, but then I discovered scrypt based coins and it turns out I might just be able to catch the tail end of this ride. My first card I just bought should pay for itself in ~16 days. *IF* that happens, I will be upgrading to a bigger rig.

    It's not too late.

    Mine for WorldCoin by the way. It's still one of the best longterm options for mining.

    I will either be wrong, in which case I have a perfectly sellable graphics card I can move on (Or game with) or I am right and BWUAAHAHAHAAAA

    I think that's called win:win :)

  9. Re: I never got the fascination with AMD/ATI on Retail Radeon R9 290X Graphics Cards Slower Than AMD's Press Samples · · Score: 1

    And me :)

  10. Re:I never got the fascination with AMD/ATI on Retail Radeon R9 290X Graphics Cards Slower Than AMD's Press Samples · · Score: 2

    I used to be an Nvidia guy until last week. Just hopped onto the crypto coin mining bandwagon and my new 7950 card should pay for itself in ~2-3 weeks.

    Nvidia are junk for this, unfortunately.

    And it shows, you try to find a new or 2nd hand 79xx card anywhere for a reasonable price. They have all been snapped up by the miners :(

  11. Re:In other words on First Experimental Evidence That Time Is an Emergent Quantum Phenomenon · · Score: 1

    Nope, try imagining an ebony bath full of fine dry sand and then video it as the sand drains out. Then play the video backwards and watch the sand filling the bath. Like that, yes.

  12. Re:Instead of likening things to rocket science on First Experimental Evidence That Time Is an Emergent Quantum Phenomenon · · Score: 1

    Arrrgh, this is thoroughly pissing me off too. Do you have any info on the sets you got?

    The best I have found so far is the technic lego sets that have 'build 3 models' options. That or the HUGE expensive kits that STILL only build 2...

  13. Drink up, the world's about to end.

  14. Re:No thanks... on Ferrari's New Car Tech Idea: Make Car Go Really Fast · · Score: 1

    '92, weren't they still RWD or something, back when Corollas were cool?

    To be clear, my '99 is one of those annoying crapolabox ones that blocks up the roads everywhere you go..

    Unless I'm driving it lol...
    http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g72/06gtpony/GTAMC%20Track%20Day%20-%20May%2015%202013/DSC_0726.jpg

    Poor POS car :(

  15. Re:No thanks... on Ferrari's New Car Tech Idea: Make Car Go Really Fast · · Score: 1

    Oh and I thought the Corolla would disintegrate, but it made it. All that really happened was 50% wear on a set of brand new front pads that I put on fresh for the day.
    Give it an oil change first too :)

  16. Re:No thanks... on Ferrari's New Car Tech Idea: Make Car Go Really Fast · · Score: 1

    If you have not been on the track, do it - it's a different world.

    When I first started racing in ~'95, I already thought of myself as a fairly accomplished driver when it came to car control and picking fast lines. Once I got on the track I learned how wrong I was. You simply can't drive like that on the road unless you are on a closed stage or something. There is always too much to think about, too many compromises to worry about. On the track, you don't have to worry about as much of that and you can concentrate on perfecting the lines and not worrying about getting 'stuck' in a tree (It was this thought that started me out in racing).

    Do it :)

  17. Re:No thanks... on Ferrari's New Car Tech Idea: Make Car Go Really Fast · · Score: 1

    Fun innit. I know I stung some egos bad that day.

    Had a lot of fun too as it was my first time on the track in about 13 years. People talk about some cars not being fun to drive, I reckon any car can be fun if you try hard enough :)

  18. Re:No thanks... on Ferrari's New Car Tech Idea: Make Car Go Really Fast · · Score: 1

    You may jest, but I recently took my '99 Corolla (Automatic, on worn out no-name (Wanli) winter tyres) to a track day with Mustangs and was catching up with some of them :)

    Sure, those drivers probably don't know how to drive fast (Everyone has to learn, right!) or were too scared to scratch their precious, but come on, seriously? A Corolla faster than a Mustang? That should not be :)

    Made me chuckle inside at least :)

  19. Re:I would have... on Final Mars One Numbers Are In, Over 200,000 People Applied · · Score: 1, Redundant

    And Wensleydale cheese.

    Or.. wait a sec, did I sign up for the wrong interplanetary settlement mission? CRAP!!!

  20. Re:Douglas Adams' "Wise Old Bird" on Wise Old Birds Teach Migration Route To Young Whooping Cranes · · Score: 1

    Yes. I came here to comment about this :)

  21. Re:How many people don't know a 2nd search engine? on Google Outage: Internet Traffic Plunges 40% · · Score: 1

    Incorrect; It's fairly standard procedure to have a fallback for when the hosting provider of the scripts is down. In this case, you have all the benefits of hosting it externally without the increase in potential downtime.

  22. Re:Small correction on Ask Slashdot: Setting Up Non-Obnoxious Outdoor Lighting? · · Score: 2

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                            explanation = 'plausible';
    };

  23. Re:But why? on Ask Slashdot: Setting Up Non-Obnoxious Outdoor Lighting? · · Score: 1

    Yep, I also use mine (Not the one I linked to) for working on the car. Gone are the days of propping up a torch. Love it!

  24. Re:But why? on Ask Slashdot: Setting Up Non-Obnoxious Outdoor Lighting? · · Score: 2

    That was just a cheap example, in case OP responded with "Not paying that much". I have others, but that would suffice for taking the dog out for a crap.

  25. Re:But why? on Ask Slashdot: Setting Up Non-Obnoxious Outdoor Lighting? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Try one of these, they are great for this kind of stuff.

    http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-Industrial-Headlight-Batteries-Included/dp/B00352O79U

    I may look a tool wearing one, but since discovering it, i'll never turn back to handheld torches for poking around the garden.