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  1. I recommend using Authy vs. Google Authenticator: https://authy.com/blog/authy-v...
    It resolves your issues.

  2. What?! on YouTube's Top Creators Are Burning Out and Breaking Down En Masse (polygon.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Youtube doesn't need to provide professional help for these attention seeking assholes. And no one is compelling them to create content. Take a break. Take that Youtube revenue and pay a doctor/therapist. Youtube doesn't owe you shit. What's next? They didn't make your favorite dinner? They didn't tuck you in at night? You made content, they paid you. Fuck off!

  3. Just step in front of one of your cars.

  4. Re:Black Holes and Birth of our World on Concern Over Creating Black Holes · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think each block hole is created by civilizations conducting experiments similar to ours. They're thinking that this is just too small and unstable to turn into one of those real big black holes out there...

  5. Re:careful how you read that... all's not gold on Google In-Flight WiFi? · · Score: 1

    Boeing likely got out of the business because the possibility of people not being allowed to "carry-on" their laptops due to security guidelines.

  6. Re:Well.... there's gotta be a reason on Apple Settles Creative Lawsuit for $100 Million · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I agree. Apple probably thinks that it was worth the 100M to cockblock Microsoft's Zune and other potential infringers. Any self respecting lawyer would have added language that gave Apple right of first refusal on licensing and sale of such patent rights. In a way Creative has to pay (rebate) Apple if any subsequent licensing deals are made. Not a bad investment.

  7. Re:Apple is acting like Microsoft on Apple Sues Creative · · Score: 1

    Good points. I think Apple will actually be in better shape with Creative being awarded the patent. Apple has the defensive IP to deter Creative from winning any substantial battle. The other competition doesn't posess the "bend-Creative-over-the-barrel" IP, so they lose. Apple could license Creative's patent at zero cost and write in some contractual clause that makes Creative responsible for prosecuting other violators --at Creative's cost.

  8. Flamebait? on Apple Unveils New Macbook · · Score: 1

    Really???

    How about Spy vs. Spy? Is that flamebait too?

    GO JOE!!!

  9. Re:Oh my gods! on Super Smash Brothers Wii, Featuring Solid Snake · · Score: 1

    That would rock! I think the benefits of being able to play vintage games on the Wii will allow Nintendo to gauge the popularity of potential releases.

    If there's a high enough demand of players downloading the NES version of a game to play on their Wii, I think Nintendo would be foolish not to give the people what they want.

  10. Re:So many features... on Apple Announced 17" MacBook Pro · · Score: 1

    I wonder about that too. I've never been in a corporate laptop environment where there weren't docking stations. Having such an option couldn't hurt their advance into the corporate environment.

    I was a big fan of the PB Duo, but their prices were way too high. Take out the iSight and add a dock port for the corporate customers. Just a simple ~$400 dock that duplicates video, audio, fw and usb.

  11. Re:Turn Off Remote Root on Got Root - Should You Use It? · · Score: 1

    I'm lazy and like to scp files as root --it helps adminstration. I guess you could just rename the root account to keep remote logins. I've never tried this, but I wonder if there's any flavors that have a specific dependency on the actual UID 0 being named "root". With that said, you could do what others mentioned and create duplicate UID 0 accounts.

    If you're needing remote root login, set PermitRootLogin to "without-password" and use keys. I know key administration is a real PITA, but it's easy if you have a utility server that you can use as a jump host for root logins. Keep the root private key on the utility server and hop from it when you need root (remote) access. This way all of your root key management is done in one place.

    Another lazy thing I do is "sudo su - root -c bash". This works best when the NOPASSWD option is used in sudoers. This of course blows away logging, but you can still see who's logged in...

    While we're on the subject of security... Keep your email addresses and your logins different. I've run across so many people who have their email address listed in their whois technical contact info and this just so happens to be their unix username as well. Don't make it easy for brute force attackers by giving them your username.

  12. Re:Sorry... on MySpace Makes it to Top 10 Internet Sites · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So true, but that's not their main problem. It appears to me that they change their code constantly thoughout the day. So, it's not so much the retarded monkeys' coding so much as their ability to keep their shitty code out of production. They must do their development on their production servers, because there's always something in the middle of the day that just broke and they're working on a fix. That's not how a top 10 site should operate. They need to get some change control in place --perhaps QA/QC as well.

  13. Market implications on Ballmer Won't Dismiss Idea of Suits Against Linux · · Score: 1

    Microsoft shareholders probably own stock in Linux technology companies as well, so would it be in the shareholders interest? I'm curious about the diversity of technology funds out there that may include both the plaintiff and the defendant.

  14. What Apple missed out on: HiFi-WiFi on Mac Mini and iPod Hi-Fi Over-Hyped? · · Score: 1

    HiFi-Wifi: Throw in an airtunes receiver and this would be worth $350 and I know I'd put a couple of them around the house.

    I think the gathering was hyped appropriately, but maybe Steve had other plans that were held up. Probably a movie download or video ipod announcement that got canned due to bickering with studios over a subscription/non-subscription model.

  15. Why do I need to see the tops of buildings? on Google and Volkswagen Plan Navigation System · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That'd be great if VW made a flying car.

  16. RTFPP on iTunes is Malware? · · Score: 1

    @iTMS scroll down, click, read.

    Furthermore, I recall seeing some disclaimer about anonymous data being sent when running softwareupdate around the time 6.0 and the "Just for You" feature came out or maybe Jobs mentioned it at the release. Didn't see anything specific in the Windows install. At least Apple tells you why these things are being recommended (e.g. "you bought X, we recommend Y"). Probably leaving room for "you listen to A, we recommend B". Plus, you can disable "Just for You".

    Malware? Come on. It only reports back on itself, it's not spying on anything else in your computer...

  17. Re:Can anyone confirm this? on GoDaddy Serves Blank Pages to Safari & Opera · · Score: 1

    I was totally expecting a goatse...

  18. Re:too far? on Sun Open-Sourcing UltraSPARC Design · · Score: 1

    I am expecting Niagara's thirst for threads to work really well with Solaris Containers. This will work out great for consolidating servers; since single threaded processes will no longer be fighting for a slice of time, they'll just be handled by 1/4 of a SPARC T1 core.

  19. Re:Powerbook Resolution on Apple Unveils New Pro Products · · Score: 1

    Ahh... According to Apple you need to have it running on AC.

  20. Re:Powerbook Resolution on Apple Unveils New Pro Products · · Score: 1

    I noticed that Apple has added mention of "lid-closed operation" of the Powerbook when an external monitor is connected.

  21. Re:Cheap TV Shows on iPod Video Coming to a Car Near You · · Score: 1

    I think it's fair pricing. TV shows are commonly watched only once. I'd pay the $1.99 to not have the commercials.

    They could sell the entire season for $19.99 like they do with DVDs... Paying in advance would be even cooler, subscription models may be good for TV shows.

  22. DMCA and licensing on HBO Attacking BitTorrent · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wouldn't that make HBO in violation of the DMCA by hacking the protocol?

    Furthermore, according to the BitTorrent license, shouldn't they release the source of their derivative work?

  23. Why nuclear energy? on Novell OpenSUSE Server Hacked · · Score: 1

    Aren't they sitting on top of a shitload of oil?

  24. CNN has the video on Giant Squid Caught on Film · · Score: 1
    http://www.cnn.com/

    There's the textual article with pictures plus there's a video link off the home page.

  25. Re:/usr/sbin/scp on RIAA Says P2P Encourages Illegal Downloads · · Score: 1

    The RIAA has already gotten /usr/sbin/scp banned. Now they're after /usr/bin/scp.