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  1. Re:Good Riddance on Adobe Releases Last Linux Version of Flash Player · · Score: 1

    Adobe has consistently and continually failed to make flash a safe platform for any computing device. I do need to use it for somethings but now I have it set up so I can run links in a virtual PC running as minimal a linux install as possible.

    I removed flash from my phone as it's just a malware vector. It wasn't just malware doing evil, a game I paid for took control of my phone to show me a full screen flash ad. They later claimed the game must have not read the license key. They felt fine with abusing the free users trust and having a broken DRM mechanism.

  2. Re:What makes it really interesting... on Political Party's Leadership Election Hit By DDoS Attack · · Score: 1

    Since it's anonymous it could one of the following. I'm not being facetious it is a fact of any conspiracy without hard evidence.
    1) Your bestest fan so you can appear righteous in the face of great travails.
    2) Your bestest enemy (all of them)
    3) Some random asshole
    4) Someone targeting it because they hate electronic voting
    5) Someone targeting it because they love secure electronic voting

    etc

    It purely sucks and Occam's razor is pretty dull in this context.

  3. Re:why ? on China Plans To End Executed Prisoner Organ Donations Within 5 Years · · Score: 1

    You were caught j-walking and the pretty princess prom queen needs a pair of kidneys due to a car accident where she swerved to miss a kitty cat. You are tried/convicted/sentenced to be executed and she gets your kidneys. Some overweight smoker gets your lungs and liver and the rest of you is dispensed as needed.

    If you think the US is moral enough to not get caught up in that mess you may be right but I don't want to try it. Look at every other country and see if it would not be driven to excess. I'm surprised China didn't go for the better organs by making more things a crime punishable by execution.

  4. Re:Welcome to the future on ISOC Hires MPAA Executive Paul Beringer · · Score: 1

    I want to hear the news. The editorializing can appear on the editorial page. Most of the MSM want to gag me with their special polemic of the day and twist and bend the facts to suit their agenda. It doesn't matter which corporate news organization, pick one, it's tainted and flawed.

    We're getting a little better with independents and I can get my propaganda direct from the gov't without interference by the MSM. I'm currently harassing the mayor I voted for to quit sucking up to the MSM and put relevant news items on the cities blog with an atom feed. Sheesh, raised in a bog with no internet and expects to run a modern city, nice person, woefully inadequate at the modern conveniences.

  5. Re:Just what Hollywood needs.... on Michael Bay To Remake TMNT As Aliens · · Score: 1

    You're should review your logic and your use of strawmen. I don't give a fuck what some pedant on slashdot accuses me of. I don't feel promoting here is proper in this case. If you want to find them or ones of equal quality to you it's easy enough to go out and read a couple hundred free ebooks.

  6. Re:Just what Hollywood needs.... on Michael Bay To Remake TMNT As Aliens · · Score: 1

    Because it would just be a well written astroturf and /. gets enough of that. I have done so in the past due to fanboiitis but I got better. ;)

    I will state that there are good people doing ratings, they're not hard to find what is hard is weeding them out from astroturfing shills. It's like trying to find science in climatology.

    If I build up enough good authors I'll start a blog dedicated to what I've found. If I'm good enough you'll hear about it. If not I'll stay broke and unknown. I believe that individuals who do rate authors and books will become gateways for the public to find good authors but I can't see it paying nearly as much but it might make an individual a living. Time will tell.

  7. Re:Just what Hollywood needs.... on Michael Bay To Remake TMNT As Aliens · · Score: 2

    I'm currently wading through Gutenberg's science fiction bookshelf. I'm also slowly building up a list of good authors who are independent of publishers. It's very difficult as there is zero rating system and you have to spend time to read what ever book they offer for review. Since by reading it I'm making a commitment to them that first one should be free, proofread and edited by a professional and be someone consistent and coherent. (ow ow ow).

    I now have all of two ebook only independent authors picked out. I'm building up the skill to weed out the wannabes, polemic spewers, TrueBelivers[tm], incompetent etc. I've read through about 30 of these and that's with weeding out a couple hundred and I only kept 2. I...can see why publishing houses have gone so insular and only want agents to do submissions.

    Several authors published through a publishing house are now offering ebooks of their work directly. Some use DRM some do not. I'll deal with that as it comes up.

  8. Re:Problematic on Camera Gun Would Let Hunters Get Killer Wildlife Shots · · Score: 0

    If you want to do a real sport take your fat ass out in the woods with a simple camera, a hunting license and some ordinarily available hunting camo and scent blockers. Now find deer, there are books on how. Park your ass somewhere they might show up. When one is close reach out, touch it and snap a picture. If you live and you get a good shot you get to brag.

  9. Re:What??? on Mozilla Debates Supporting H.264 In Firefox Via System Codecs · · Score: 1

    They crapped all over Firefox anyway might as well ladle more shit in. Such an ugly thing and I doubt it can be forked and fixed as bloated as it is.

  10. Re:What utterly incompetent tradecraft on Accused LulzSec Members Left Trail of Clues Online · · Score: 1

    It is frightening that many assume they could be harmed because of their connection to him over and above the normal consequence to a family when a member is accused/convicted of a crime.

  11. Re:What utterly incompetent tradecraft on Accused LulzSec Members Left Trail of Clues Online · · Score: 1

    I think they're very young and very naive I vaguely remember being that naive and reckless though I never had that level of skill with software. I can't say the FBI treated them any differently as in the past but a lot of barriers on government actions have been wrecked and a bureaucrat can command a whole lot of power.

  12. Re:My death will not be compromised! on When Are You Dead? · · Score: 1

    Grammer gnazi with an e

  13. What utterly incompetent tradecraft on Accused LulzSec Members Left Trail of Clues Online · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They're children going up against people who have been trained to play this game by masters at it. They were nothing until they became a significant irritant and when that happened they ended up under a sledgehammer. It is a most dangerous game where you cannot make a mistake at as your life is at stake. I don't know how badly they will fall but they're tagged now and most likely will be assigned to someone to watch for some time to come.

  14. Re:Seems to be common on Battleheart Developer Drops Android As 'Unsustainable' · · Score: 1

    *shrugs* I can go with apple that will coddle my cock and make it all better for a price or I can go with android and have a chance of being left with my freedom and a cold cock for cheaper.

    I suppose I should learn android and be a technologist and not a whiner.

  15. Re:who told you the reason they were rejected? on Bing Now Nearly As Good As Google — Says Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Mak article offerings to slashdot via the 100 or more karma equal accounts you have.

    Using math which I'm not good at. Sprinkle articles which are identical but do and do not mention slashdot over all 100 accounts. Total your sucess/fail rate. Do this over time. Using that pesky math figure out if there appears to be a bias against accepting articles with slashdot in them.

    Now write a thesis paper about it and get that degree.

  16. Re:Seems to be common on Battleheart Developer Drops Android As 'Unsustainable' · · Score: 2

    I've had a few flat out crash. 3D is right the hell out as is any decently functioning 2D. I can't get gingerbread because samscum won't release it as they'd have to go with stock android rather than their execrable UI extensions.

    "Pocket Gods" did the support fandango and got rid of about every cool aspect of the game for android as a work around rather than bothering to make it work.

    If I want a game machine I'll get a desktop. I won't be buying another samsung phone and will most likely stay away from their products. I don't like apple as a company but they do well with their product. I'll play with this almost smartphone of samsung's till it breaks and then get something I can depend will be supported.

    Android does need some sort of baseline but it seems the cool and wanted features are not going to be standardized.

  17. I shall look but you seem to know how to setup and configure to use tmpfs for /tmp. I'm using LXDE and they use tmpfs for some things but I'm unsure if /tmp exists there. Thanks.

  18. Re:Redundancy on Chief Replicant Dev On Building a Truly Free Android · · Score: 1

    Samsung's proprietary processor and other proprietary chips in it's Vibrant phones means I'm unlikely to see a fully working Gingerbread release anytime soon. I will deal with this as is but won't trust Samsung since they dropped support for this one. I picked them based on wow and got walloped.

    Hardware is hard, the open hardware phones I've seen are weak and underwhelming though a valiant attempt I saw no point in getting one.

  19. Re:Ban idiotic research first on Government Should Ban Skinny Models To Curb Anorexia, Say Researchers · · Score: 1

    If it can be done to cigarette makers it can be done to any fictional entity. Oh wait the supCT said they're "people" now so we can't regulate their speech at all! I need to let cigarette makers know this so they can make it seem Kool the fuck camels again.

  20. Re:A Joke on Chevy Volt Meets High Resistance, GM Suspends Sales · · Score: 1, Troll

    No, it mostly was built by government handouts from taxes taken from productive people. More than just the handout most think about there are a gravy train of subsidies on that car and it's still too expensive to be economical.

  21. Re:Newsflash on Linode Exploit Caused Theft of Thousands of Bitcoins · · Score: 1

    That is an odd one. If the value of the commodity is variable which many are how do you calculate a premium and payout to mitigate your risk yet provide a product your customers value enough to pay for.

    I would have to leave that to an expert. I'm sure there has to be one insurance geek around here somewhere.

  22. Re:Newsflash on Linode Exploit Caused Theft of Thousands of Bitcoins · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Isn't that the point of bitcoin? To make the intangible tangible? If those bits can be stolen they're about as tangible as it gets. ;) So there is a loss. I'm sure Lloyds of London could write that policy but I don't see them doing it for a price that was affordable.

  23. Re:Here's a quick test of one of the compressors on Japan Creates Earthquake-Proof Levitating House System · · Score: 1

    Japan has a long history with earthquakes and tsunamis depending on severity and frequency of earthquakes and severity and frequency of tsunamis this may be a productive use of the resources expended. I would leave it to the home owner and the contractor to run those numbers and make a decision.

    Any risk mitigation where you take into account costs versus potential damage is a lottery but if you use experience and intelligence, it can be more profitable than random chance.
     

  24. Re:Git? on MINIX 3.2 Released With Some Major Changes · · Score: 1

    Is minix open source? I thought it still cost money for any productive use?

    That may have been in the 90s...

  25. Re:Rearview cameras is good. on Rearview Car Cameras Likely Mandated By 2014 · · Score: 1

    How about mandating pedestrians go around with a bright flashing light and making screeching noises every three seconds? Damn squishy things ruin the paint on cars and the paperwork when you hit one is awful!