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  1. Re:Monitor Tiling! on Eizo Debuts Monitor With 1:1 Aspect Ratio · · Score: 1

    I went to 16:10 monitor with 1920x1200, but when coding then both width and height is important. 16:9 is not a great upgrade from most 4:3 monitors from the aspect of coding.

  2. Re:Meet Streisand on UK Hotel Adds Hefty Charge For Bad Reviews Online · · Score: 1

    It depends on how reasonable the contract was beforehand.

    If you strike out something that might not go well in court then you are probably fine anyway.

  3. Re:Yes, it could be much cheaper on Military Laser/Radio Tech Proposed As Alternative To Laying Costly Fiber Cable · · Score: 1

    And what's wrong with commercial microwave links out in the boondocks?

  4. Re:This article is useless on Facebook Planning Office Version To Rival LinkedIn, Google · · Score: 2

    I don't do Facebook at all and I don't see any reason to either.

    I do use Linkedin, but mostly as an address book.

  5. Re:Split Comcast in two on Can the US Actually Cultivate Local Competition in Broadband? · · Score: 2

    Separate the ownership of the infrastructure (fibers, wires) and the ownership of the service providing regardless of area/company.

  6. Re:spittake on Machine Learning Used To Predict Military Suicides · · Score: 1

    If it's possible to find persons at risk and counter their behavior it's good. Most interesting are the high-skilled persons that joins late. It's not easy to put a diagnosis straight on each case, and if someone is depressed the cause may vary, ranging from bipolar disorder to post traumatic stress reaction and adrenaline junkies.

    Sudden relief from stress to a mode of passivity can be highly problematic for some persons.

  7. Re:Well, at least there are drones on No, You Can't Seize Country TLDs, US Court Rules · · Score: 1

    You can always put in blocks for their IP address ranges as well as reverse lookups denying them communication.

    The disadvantage is that you also will filter out possible channels for the opposition in those countries.

  8. Re:Second problem with Comcast in a day on Ask Slashdot: Getting Around Terrible Geolocation? · · Score: 1

    Maybe time to learn the ISO date format YYYY-MM-DD.

  9. Re:Call Comcast? on Ask Slashdot: How To Unblock Email From My Comcast-Hosted Server? · · Score: 1

    They are likely to use some kind of block list service. So if you can find out which service that they are using you can get on.

    There is also a possibility that Comcast do a "man in the middle" intervention on your mail traffic that you aren't aware of yet. Check the IP addresses that can be involved, and if you have account on servers elsewhere it might help.

    But often whole net blocks are marked as dynamic addresses in anti-spam services even though they aren't.

  10. Re:Epic Fail on Hacker Builds a Dark Net Version of the FBI Tip Form · · Score: 0

    It depends on the tip if they investigate it or not.

    A single tip may not be a case for action, but it may still be useful to raise awareness of that something is going on.

    If more than one indication comes in then the tip may be useful.

  11. Re:names.. on After Silk Road 2.0 Shutdown, Rival Dark Net Markets Grow Quickly · · Score: 1

    Don't target the marketplaces, target the vendors on the marketplaces.

    And how can the vendors on a marketplace be sure it's not a federal honeypot?

  12. Re:MS Office Incompatibility on What Happens When Nobody Proofreads an Academic Paper · · Score: 1

    That's why you have some review features of a document.

    However it is proven earlier that even deleted text often lingers around in the Microsoft Document file format, so the only way to make sure that you come clean is to only publish as a PDF.

    In addition to this - use some kind of "keyword" in your texts for sections that you need to revisit when writing. Use a word that's unlikely to be in the final document that you can search for.

    And even when you write - don't use words like "crappy" unless actually referring to fecal matter, use a more civil word like "questionable".

  13. Re:LOL well they don't need to spy inside Germany on German Spy Agency Seeks Millions To Monitor Social Networks · · Score: 1

    They just need to monitor 4chan.

  14. Re:DDOS + Poison Pill on Tor Project Mulls How Feds Took Down Hidden Websites · · Score: 2

    In which case it may mean that what happened is that the authorities did set up at Tor node, then tagged the packets and sniffed them on their way to the destination.

    Essentially - any system where the intruder have access to the majority of the network is vulnerable, no matter if the information is encrypted or not. The conclusion is that if you are going to run questionable stuff, then you need to put a server in a country where the legal system is corrupt and you pay them to look the other way. If your business gets big enough it won't help since then that country might be cut off from the net.

  15. Re:Licenses That Are Missing on Canadian Police Recommend Ending Anonymity On the Internet · · Score: 1

    4. License to be a politician.
    5. License to procreate.

  16. Re:ROFL on Canadian Police Recommend Ending Anonymity On the Internet · · Score: 1

    The problem as I see it is not the authorities, but that if you have an unusual name and have opinions that aren't popular in one camp then you run the risk of getting harassed. Even if your opinion is legal and acceptable you can still run this risk. You will only have to go as far as a political opinion that can cause trench warfare. Like Obamacare.

    Some people have the tendency to focus more on you as a person than on the issue.

    The end result will be that people won't dare to publish their opinions due to the risk of being followed, getting their property damaged or worse.

  17. Re:Does it know if I've been bad or good? on Big Data Knows When You Are About To Quit Your Job · · Score: 1

    The catch is that they don't get that data until after I have ordered and am about to pay.

  18. Re:Does it know if I've been bad or good? on Big Data Knows When You Are About To Quit Your Job · · Score: 1

    No, they don't know which burger I want at McDonalds because I prefer another chain.

  19. Re:Or, to put it another way... on The Effect of Programming Language On Software Quality · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So far my preference lies with static strongly typed languages, and from the question of code quality it's certainly helpful.

    However the real strength of static strongly typed languages is when it comes to maintenance. The original programmer knows what he's using, but someone inheriting an old code base will need to put down a large amount of time to figure out how it's actually built and what a certain type do. A dynamically typed solution tends to be elusive and can change the semantics depending on how it's used, which can range from confusing to outright hilarious.

  20. From being obscure to being world famous. on Pianist Asks Washington Post To Remove Review Under "Right To Be Forgotten" · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Dejan Lazic went from being obscure to being world famous for the wrong reason, now he will remain in the memories of people as a person not able to take criticism.

    How many did know of him before this story?
    Who will hire him for a concert now?

    If I wanted an obnoxious person-centered musician with an ego the size of Mount Everest I would hire Prince.
    If I wanted a piano player that is fun to watch I'd take Robert Wells instead.

  21. Re:Nothing is worth dying on Space Tourism Isn't Worth Dying For · · Score: 1

    There are always those willing to take risks. If you don't take a risk you can't make progress.

    Just look at the evolution of humankind - if no risks were to be taken, no progress would have been seen.

  22. Re:Screw the Vote on Boo! The House Majority PAC Is Watching You · · Score: 1

    The problem that I have seen is that it has been in some cases been possible to cast votes in two different states, that is still happening.

    The need to register to vote - well, you have probably already been registered as a tax payer when you moved to your address, which should be sufficient and make you appear in the registers. So having a separate registration procedure for voting should not be necessary since you are already registered in a number of files.

  23. Re:Clean out your keyboard! on Video Raises Doubts About Attkisson's Claims of Malicious Hacking · · Score: 2

    First question here would be if she uses a wireless keyboard.

    In the early days of wireless keyboards they had a tendency to cause interference between two of them due to lack of proper protocol and authentication, but this may still happen if something goes wrong.

  24. Re:Screw the Vote on Boo! The House Majority PAC Is Watching You · · Score: 1

    The US election system is broken.

    • Many locations don't check the ID - and don't match it against a database of voters that have already cast their vote.
    • You are forced to first register in order to be able to vote - a valid ID shall be sufficient.
    • The election system isn't proportional - no new ideas can influence the current stale politics.
    • Electronic voting machines aren't open to public scrutiny - so the outcome from them can't be trusted.
  25. Re:Intelligent Design on Pope Francis Declares Evolution and Big Bang Theory Are Right · · Score: 2

    Which in a way is to try to please everybody.

    I think that what he tries to do is to defuse the debate entirely and take a pragmatic approach to it. We don't need more religious wars right now.