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  1. Impressed on Rand Paul Suggests Backing Bitcoin With Stocks · · Score: 1

    I was impressed that he used the word 'permutation'. That made what he said not quite entirely pointless (but still close).

  2. Re:Is SSH affected? on OpenSSL Bug Allows Attackers To Read Memory In 64k Chunks · · Score: 1

    Quite right. There is something hideously wrong with software so complex that no one person can definitively answer such a question about it. That said, the functionality that OpenSSH provides is entirely indispensable to my workflow.

  3. *ahem* on OpenSSL Bug Allows Attackers To Read Memory In 64k Chunks · · Score: 1
  4. Re:systemd Architecture on Linus Torvalds Suspends Key Linux Developer · · Score: 2

    I thought the point was that it starts all the system services in parallel as much as possible thereby speeding up overall boot time significantly? Correct me if I am wrong.

    My Arch Linux systems seem to boot much faster since they moved to systemd. I will admit I was pretty much lost when first working with it but I chalked that up to unfamiliarity and haven't had to touch it much since. Then again, I'm using a Debian 7 install right now and it boots quite fast and does not use systemd.

  5. Re:Not likely to help on Former Google Lawyer Michelle Lee To Run US Patent Office · · Score: 1

    Because $16K over 12 years is chump change for most of the companies filing patents. Also they seem to have this paranoid notion that it is much better to keep around something that they might need than not have it and want it later.

  6. Re: Maybe, but... on Piracy Offers Heavy Metal a New Business Model · · Score: 1

    Turns out some of the songs on that playlist were not from the '...And Justice For Jason' album, so here is a link to the whole thing (couldn't preview last night from bed without incurring deadly female wrath).

    Finding the mp3s is left as an exercise to the reader. ;)

  7. Re: Maybe, but... on Piracy Offers Heavy Metal a New Business Model · · Score: 1

    Have a listen to '...And Justice For Jason'. Some fine gentleman did a masterful job of recording bass tracks over the original songs. I can't listen to the vanilla album anymore. http://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-6D3uVSacJhI2swNvFYPQOTRmaerYVGz&desktop_uri=%2Fplaylist%3Flist%3DPL-6D3uVSacJhI2swNvFYPQOTRmaerYVGz

  8. Re: Wait second on Piracy Offers Heavy Metal a New Business Model · · Score: 1

    Iron Maiden has by far the most elaborate live shows of any genuine metal band. Do not allow this to fool you into thinking it has anything to do with commercialization. You may think their music is decent but its sweeping influence is felt throughout every subgenre in the metal world and acknowledged by fans of those subgenres who may not even care for Iron Maiden's brand of heavy metal in the first place.

  9. Re: You Are Not Special on Piracy Offers Heavy Metal a New Business Model · · Score: 2

    Of course it's not a fucking "beautiful and unique snowflake". It's HEAVY. FUCKING. METAL.

  10. IOU: One mod point on Geeks For Monarchy: The Rise of the Neoreactionaries · · Score: 1

    +1 Funny.

  11. Re:Two reasons I don't care about this on HIV Tracking Technology Could Pinpoint Who's Infecting Who · · Score: 1

    Medicine is way more complex than coding

    It is? Most people in the modern world have some idea of what makes them sick and what to do to get better. Most people in the modern world don't have the first clue about software or what makes their computer crash. Attitudes like yours do nothing to demystify medical doctors' "illusion of omniscience".

  12. Re: Why switch? on OpenSUSE 13.1 Released and Reviewed · · Score: 2

    FYI, it is very easy to add a users group on Debian/Ubuntu. Having used both systems, I like to have a users group and a group per user. It gives much more fine grained control over things.

  13. Re: Third party software on OpenSUSE 13.1 Released and Reviewed · · Score: 1

    I'm curious to know in what ways Suse is more like Unix? Once upon a time my company had a bunch of SLES installs, then we moved to Debian, and now we have a couple of RH machines. Maybe it's my perspective but I've found SLES and RHEL to be basically identical apart from all the GUI garbage that gets layered on top.

  14. Re: Dear Slashdot... on Google Is Testing a Program That Tracks Your Purchases In the Real World · · Score: 1

    Google has given much valuable information away in the form of useful source code and a push for Internet standards rather than lock in, but I guess that was all part of their "evil plan" too, eh?

  15. Re: Misleading title...Your worst enemy is you on Google Is Testing a Program That Tracks Your Purchases In the Real World · · Score: 0

    Keep your sediment out of this discussion, please.

  16. Re: Passwords are property of the employer on Withhold Passwords From Your Employer, Go To Jail? · · Score: 1

    Yes, please.

  17. Re: Great... on Gunman Opens Fire At LAX · · Score: 1

    From what I can tell, the 43 year old FSTC-CW-07-03-70 or something similar is no longer part of Army doctrine. However, you are welcome to look for yourself. Whether the term "assault rifle" was part of common military parlance in the Vietnam era, I don't know, but it certainly is not now.

    The definitive source for Army terms is FM 1-02 Operational Terms and Graphics (where you can find the definition of "assault", for example). It does not contain "assault rifle", however its scope is operational rather than tactical, so largely does not deal with weapon nomenclature.

  18. Re: Great... on Gunman Opens Fire At LAX · · Score: 1

    Hi, I'm in the military, specifically the Army and began my career as an Infantryman. 1. We have no "definition" of an "assault rifle". A rifle is just a rifle, whether belonging to friendly forces or a threat weapon. 2. A 7.62 mm machine IS a crew served weapon, i.e.: the M240B or the M60 that preceded it. In a dismounted mode there will be a gunner and an assistant gunner who carries a tripod and extra ammunition. A very fortunate gun team (or Squad, since extra ammo will be cross loaded) has an ammo bearer also. I cannot speak to the accuracy of the rest of your post as the subject matter does not fall within my expertise but I can only hope that it is not equally as poorly researched as your military knowledge.

  19. Congress Supports (some of) the Troops on Slashdot Asks: How Does the US Gov't Budget Crunch Affect You? · · Score: 1

    I am a member of the Army Reserve. Since the shutdown we are not conducting our usual once a month drill. While this does not personally cause me financial distress, many of the Soldiers in my unit are like your average American living pay check to pay check. It definitely hurts them and their families when a (normally) reliable part of their income is suddenly taken away. Some of those same Soldiers have outstanding pay owed to them that they currently cannot get resolved because civilian workers who handle pay issues are furloughed. The Reserve Components (including the National Guard) make up 2/3 of the nation's military manpower. So while Congress pats itself on the back for managing to fund active duty service members' salaries and continue to play their political game, the rest of us suffer. We have been asked to fight and bleed just as much as our Active Component counterparts, yet like so many other Americans feeling the ripple effects of this pointless shutdown, we have been forgotten.

  20. Re:Keep it shut down on Slashdot Asks: How Does the US Gov't Budget Crunch Affect You? · · Score: 1

    We do need a military. It is a major part of our political clout and serves as our "Big Stick". It is a deterrent to North Korean aggression against the South, our political and strong economic partner. It is a deterrent against Chinese aggression towards Taiwan and Japan, our political and strong economic partners. It prevents the power vacuum that would exist without it and otherwise we would likely see more uppity states doing rash things. It is our deterrent against foreign terrorism because we have a long arm that will reach out and find the perpetrators of attacks on our citizens and interests. On the home front, it is the response to disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and rampant forest fires. You miss the bigger picture.

  21. Re:It's effected me about as much as the sequester on Slashdot Asks: How Does the US Gov't Budget Crunch Affect You? · · Score: 1

    My best friends wife works for the the VA and she was told that she was "Critical" and would have to work without pay until the budget was passed. She suggested she felt the flu coming on and suddenly she was getting a paycheck again.

    Nice story. Government agencies don't work like that. And no one is so critical to make demands such as this.

  22. Re:Doesn't Affect Me on Slashdot Asks: How Does the US Gov't Budget Crunch Affect You? · · Score: 1

    I guess we won't have to care or notice when you die from food poisoning,or from foods that claim to come from the USA but are actually from Assylvania and laden with heavy metals, or your drinking water is contaminated by hazardous waste left to disperse, et cetera.

  23. Re:Cheaper gas! on Slashdot Asks: How Does the US Gov't Budget Crunch Affect You? · · Score: 1

    No one is driving to the Grand Canyon or a multitude of other National Parks either. It's peak season right now in Utah's seven National Parks (most of any state in the country) because normally it's too damn hot or too damn cold.

  24. Re:Speaking as a non-American... on Slashdot Asks: How Does the US Gov't Budget Crunch Affect You? · · Score: 1

    I think Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, inventor of Fascism and role model to Adolf Hilter said it best --->

  25. Re:What happens in the real world on Slashdot Asks: How Does the US Gov't Budget Crunch Affect You? · · Score: 1

    Apples and oranges. Most gov't employees work for the Executive Branch. Currently they are being abused by a few retards in the Legislative Branch who can't get their shit together. Why quit your job over a few political hacks who could be gone after the next election?

    Furthermore, it's not that easy. Even civilian employees have invested in retirement benefits, not a 401K, but a real pension and also have good healthcare benefits. I doubt many are willing to throw away such things at the drop of a hat. Interestingly the benefits that the gov't offers used to be standard in the private sector. Not anymore.