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  1. Facebook reports Facebook better than competitors on Facebook Says That Google+ Has No Users · · Score: 1

    More at 11.

  2. Re:What countries? on Why Some People Don't Have Fingerprints · · Score: 1

    Summary is most likely poorly written (imagine that). It's humourously called 'immigration delay,' Immigration != visiting. I had to be finger printed to enter the US under a work visa and than again applying for permanent residency. I'm Canadian.

  3. Re:Come on.... on Review: Cowboys & Aliens · · Score: 1

    How can there not be a Pirates v. Ninjas yet? They wouldn't do it right though. It should be non-stop violence and action with next to no story and absolutely no romantic subplot or motivations. 90 minute film, 85 minutes of action.

  4. Re:No kidding on House Panel Approves Bill Forcing ISPs To Log Users · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Detailed? Really? Like what the name of the person who checked you out at Lowes was? You submit that you bought 16 feet of duct tape right before you went and bought those sleeping pills? Which, coincidentally, was a week before that girl was found tied up and drugged in your area.

    The level of detail your ISP would be logging would far outweigh any amount the IRS keeps about you.

  5. Re:Is that really a GPL violation? on Emacs Has Been Violating the GPL Since 2009 · · Score: 3, Informative
    That is the basic gist of it. Source doesn't have to be shipped together with binaries. GPLv3 changes the 'bothered to request it' part as that is something of an artifact of physical media distribution of GNU software.
    Quick Guide to GPL v3

    One of the fundamental requirements of the GPL is that when you distribute object code to users, you must also provide them with a way to get the source. GPLv2 gave you a few ways to do this, and GPLv3 keeps those intact with some clarification. It also offers you new ways to provide source when you convey object code over a network. For instance, when you host object code on a web or FTP server, you can simply provide instructions that tell visitors how to get the source from a third-party server.

    The actual wording for network distribution in the GPLv3 says you just have to make or have the source available in the same methods that the binaries were
    GPLv3

    d) Convey the object code by offering access from a designated place (gratis or for a charge), and offer equivalent access to the Corresponding Source in the same way through the same place at no further charge. You need not require recipients to copy the Corresponding Source along with the object code. If the place to copy the object code is a network server, the Corresponding Source may be on a different server (operated by you or a third party) that supports equivalent copying facilities, provided you maintain clear directions next to the object code saying where to find the Corresponding Source. Regardless of what server hosts the Corresponding Source, you remain obligated to ensure that it is available for as long as needed to satisfy these requirements.

    I bet we can find Emacs source on the same server we can find Emacs binaries.

  6. Re:PC Gamers enjoy indie RPGs more than console ga on Indie RPG Struggles On Xbox, Yet Thrives On Steam · · Score: 1
  7. Re:PulseAudio? on Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore · · Score: 1

    I'd like to beat him for systemd while we're at it.

  8. Don't really know on The Best Unknown Open Source Projects · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't really know of any. I guess that's sort of the problem.

  9. Poisoned? on Microsoft Yanks Security Site Poisoned With Porn · · Score: 0

    Poisoned? Or made Better?

  10. For a new Android user on New SMS Trojan Found In Android Markets · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As someone who is about to get their first Android device, is there a good resource for practices for protecting it?

    Reading the summary, it seems this is a 3rd party market that was infeted. Obviously the first thing is not to install everything you see, followed by don't use 3rd party markets. However there seem to be several 3rd party markets that do have worthwhile software. Is there a suggested list of marketplaces that are reliable?

    There also appear to be several Android firewall apps. Is there a site where they are reviewed and compared?

  11. Re:People need to get out more on When Software Offends · · Score: 2

    Theres a difference between having fun with software names and this. It is incredibly misogynistic, and it is perfectly reasonable to be offended by it.

    No there isn't. Just because YOU don't see this as having fun with names doesn't mean the author didn't. 'Having fun with names' and 'Having fun with names that I approve of' are not the same thing. 'Having fun with names' and 'using names that aren't offensive' are also not the same thing.

    There's a big difference between this and ... 'booblib'.

    Once again, you're wrong. I bet that it wouldn't be hard to find people who would be just as offended at booblib or libboob as libupskirt.

    This is actually a pretty good example of what I first said. Your morals say libupskirt bad, libboob ok. Others see no problem with either and still others will find neither acceptable. Here however, you are using your morals as a rule that everyone should follow.

  12. Re:Put a fork in it on No Additional Firefox 4 Security Updates · · Score: 2

    Jump to where? Ad Block, noscript, firebug, flash block and the like have become pretty much required for my browsing needs. Who else has something like this?

  13. Re:I call BS on EVE Online Targeted By LulzSec · · Score: 1

    Except by information currently out, it's just a DDOS.

  14. Re:I call BS on EVE Online Targeted By LulzSec · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who needs to learn how to use LOIC?

  15. Re:False Premmise on Is There a New Geek Anti-Intellectualism? · · Score: 1

    Exactly, what makes you a geek is a single-minded passion, not any level of intelligence or intellectual capacity or drive. An Otaku for instance, doesn't have to be the brightest bulb in the bunch, but damn if they don't know that in episode X Bob did Y at time 3:24 and why it's important to the story.

  16. Re:I would hope apple will defend. on Lodsys Sues 7 iPhone Devs Over Patent Infringement Claims · · Score: 2

    Android devs would be on the hook for this as well if it goes through. The patent basically covers any and all in-app purchasing. Lodsys has clearly stated the licensing Apple and Google have paid does not cover 3rd party developers.

  17. Without porn on Anti-Porn Facebook Page is Deleted, Then Restored · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Without porn, what is the point of the Internet?

  18. Re:Rocks Cluster uses a modified Centos on Ask Slashdot: Best Linux Distro For Computational Cluster? · · Score: 2

    Ok, none of that is true. Even as a troll, that's pretty pathetic.

  19. Re:Latest is the best??? on The Petition to Classify Wikipedia a "World Wonder" · · Score: 1

    So the Pyramids at Gaza weren't a wonder the day after they where built?

    No more than any building built today is. A large part of their wonder comes from their longevity.

  20. Re:Nice explanation on Book Review: Camel In Action · · Score: 1

    I have no idea what it is, but I really hope this project takes off

    What is a Camel-TOE

  21. Re:defence against MacDefender on Apple Acknowledges MacDefender · · Score: 1

    I didn't say it was a good idea. It is however, exactly how every other basic anti-virus application works.

  22. Re:Can't fix that on Apple Acknowledges MacDefender · · Score: 1

    You can't, but you can release one that tells the user they're stupid if they choose to run this piece of malware.

  23. Re:defence against MacDefender on Apple Acknowledges MacDefender · · Score: 1

    A simple check against known signatures at the same time when OS X says "This app was downloaded from the Internet, are you sure you want to run it?"

  24. Re:So That's What Slashdot Is Today on Cyanogenmod Puts Users in Control of Permissions · · Score: 1

    I went looking for a better battery display then I had on my CM7'd nook. Every one I looked at requested at least full network access and many had that and local storage access. There is a difference between paranoid and realizing that to do a job a battery widget does not need to talk to the outside world.

    Evidence points to Android developers acting like poor Windows developers, expecting and asking for full permissions always instead of doing the right thing and asking for the absolute least amount of privileges needed.

  25. Re:Not surprising on PLA Develops First Person Shooter With US Troops as Targets · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because the US is always the good guys. It can't be the other way around.