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  1. Re:English for Slashdot editors on Matthew Garrett Has a Fix To Prevent Bricked UEFI Linux Laptops · · Score: 1

    According to Garrett, storage space constraints in UEFI storage variables is the reason Samsung laptops end up bricking themselves.

    Is? Is?

    I think your one of them Gramer-Nazi's who is always wanting to correct other people's posting.
    Just sit on you're hands for one's!

  2. Irresponsible on Researchers Describe First 'Functional HIV Cure' In an Infant · · Score: 1

    They shouldn't have published these results.

    This will just lead to irresponsible behavior in infants.

  3. Re:Where's the toilet handle. We're done here. on State Rep. Says Biking Is Not Earth Friendly Because Breathing Produces CO2 · · Score: 1

    He said that your breath while cycling is more harmful to the environment than your breath while driving a car, as you release more CO2 because of the physical exertion. Where I come from, we learn that in science class at around 10 years old.

    Texas?

  4. He doesn't say that bicycles produce more CO2 than cars, he says that:

    • Drivers pay road tax to cover the costs of roads, including bike lanes, why shouldn't bikes pay some of this?
    • Cycling increases your respiration rate so produces more CO2 than not cycling.

    Both of these are true. The only one he is actually using to justify his position (that bikes should pay road tax) is the former, the second point is refuting the point that bikes are environmentally friendly. The second point is debatable

    No it's not debatable. It is "true" in the sense only, that it is not a false statement. But it is one of these true lies like "CO2 is life" that destroy a scientific debate. Used by people who are completely dishonest and/or don't have a brain.

    There are lots of valid reasons to mock Republicans, we don't need to make more up.

    And this is one valid reason.
    -not to mock Republicans, but everyone who repeats this bullshit.

  5. Re:Next? People who have plants! on State Rep. Says Biking Is Not Earth Friendly Because Breathing Produces CO2 · · Score: 1

    Plants emit CO2 at night, let's have a tax on people who have plants too!

    Except for the people who have a grow room in their closet, they should then receive tax benefits.

  6. Re:Not as strange as it sounds on State Rep. Says Biking Is Not Earth Friendly Because Breathing Produces CO2 · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the fact that the people on the bus are still breathing, albeit not as much as while riding a bicycle..

    But if they never work out, they won't be breathing as long. So their life-time carbon footprint could be smaller. I bet that is ignored as well.

  7. It's the fault of the stupid haedline on Physicists Discover a Way Around Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle · · Score: 5, Insightful
    While it is news, the headline really butchers it by trying to blow the claims out of proportion:

    This:

    Physicists Discover a Way Around Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

    versus this:

    The downside of this type of measurement is that a single measurement only provides a small amount of information, and to get an accurate readout, the process has to be repeated multiple times and the average taken.

    (my emphasis)

    /. editors at their best again </sarcasm>

  8. Re:Sorry, little retro rockets won't work for that on Neil deGrasse Tyson On How To Stop a Meteor Hitting the Earth · · Score: 1

    I'm going to assume Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is a much better source than you.

    Better source, yes. But is he a reliable defender of our planet?
    If a meteor is coming our way, it would kind of proof that earth hasn't been able to clear its own path.

  9. Re:Hmm on Sergey Brin Says Using a Smartphone Is 'Emasculating' · · Score: 1

    Or trying to hold a conversation with someone who's grinning at you because they replaced your clothing with something else.

  10. Re:Leftist as in Hitler? on Islamists In Bangladesh Demand Murder of More Bloggers · · Score: 1

    As head of the German Socialist Party (NAZI), Adolf was as left wing as they get.

    Sorry troll, Old Adi was head of the NationalSocialist Party. The two big movements in the 1920s were socialism and right wing nationalism. The Nazis funny idea was to get angry protest voters from either side by including both political terms in their party name. You know, like "compassionate conservative".

  11. Rachel on 'This Is Your Second and Final Notice' Robocallers Revealed · · Score: 1

    It really must suck if your name is Rachel.
    Whenever you call someone, people either hang up or call you some nice names.

  12. Minnesota Normals. on We Aren't the World: Why Americans Make Bad Study Subjects · · Score: 2

    Psychologists used to use a group of Minnesotans "the Minnesota Normals" to classify behavior as "normal" or not.

    A hot woman licking her lips doesn't make you think of Ludevisk? - Pervert.

    Well, they abandoned the "Minnesota Normals" years ago. (Come to think of it, the two words don't really go together well.)
    But now they tell us that Americans aren't the most accurate global standard either? - How shocking! Who knew?!

  13. Seriously? "the Internet Posting Removal Act"

    What a noob!

    If you want anything to get passed it has to have a catchy name.
    Taking away due process? Patriot act Getting rid of unions? Right to work Molesting pregnant women? Women's right to know.

    May I suggest:
    Protecting Our Most Precious Ones Under Seductive Anonymous Speech Situations

  14. Re:they need... on Amazon Sells Out Predator Drone Toy After Mocking Reviews · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the Congressional Inaction Figures.

    Would make for a nice piggy bank.

  15. Re:When an attacker controls 10,000 IPs on SSH Password Gropers Are Now Trying High Ports · · Score: 1

    How does your system determine which IP addresses belong to a particular attacker's botnet?

    Easy.

    Whoever thinks that
    1. I would allow root to ssh in.
    2. That the root password is admin
    and
    3. There is a user named cardiology
    belongs to a botnet or uses the same script.

  16. Re:Interface for specifying approved IPs on SSH Password Gropers Are Now Trying High Ports · · Score: 1

    I guess, you could email your current ip to your server. After receiving a special command in the header of the email, a specific pattern in the body of the email (and maybe your laptop's name as originating sender) your server will extract the ip and whitelist that ip for two hours and 10 connects.

  17. Re:Security by obscurity ... on SSH Password Gropers Are Now Trying High Ports · · Score: 1

    .. is rarely the way to go, however port knocking would go a long way in terms of thwarting brute force guessing.

    Most of the intrusion attempts on my machine are from APNIC. Is there a good way to block any attempt originating in Asia?

    You could put the whole IP block in your firewall's blacklist.

  18. Re:No different than helicopters on Spy Drones Used To Hunt Down Christopher Dorner · · Score: 1

    The great thing about drone operators is that you can outsource the job to China or India. So probably not much.

    Too expensive, try North Dakota.

  19. Re:I just want to point out... on Spy Drones Used To Hunt Down Christopher Dorner · · Score: 1

    This is true. We should also not equip the evil cops with guns. We will have a form that we give them when they sign up with an alignment question.

    Like for immigration?
    Did you commit any war crimes? Do you want to kill the president?

  20. Re:You're Early on Local Emergency Alert System Hacked, Warns Dead Rising From Graves · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a test of the voting system the Republicans are planning to have in place for 2014. ;-)

    Dead people showing up at the poll sounds more like a Chicago thing.

  21. Non sequitur on Local Emergency Alert System Hacked, Warns Dead Rising From Graves · · Score: 1

    Instead of the oblig. xkcd:
    The walking dead

  22. Already air gapped. on Local Emergency Alert System Hacked, Warns Dead Rising From Graves · · Score: 3, Funny

    Most local TV stations are already air gapped.

    Not the equipment. The air gap is usually between the ears of the anchor

  23. Re:Hurry on Local Emergency Alert System Hacked, Warns Dead Rising From Graves · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even the top levels of the US government recommend being prepared for a Zombie Apocalypse. I mean, this is the same group of folks that wants you to get a flu shot.

    And just where do you think zombies come from, hmm? You don't really think its from hell being full now, do you?

    Cadavers Destroying Civilization ?

  24. Re:I Got It! on Deloitte: Use a Longer Password In 2013. Seriously. · · Score: 1

    I currently use "11111111", and Deloitte says I should use at least 9 characters? Easy peasy, I'll buy some time by making it 12 characters long: "111111111111".

    That's a hard password to get right. Use "123456789ABC" so you know that you got your 12 characters in.

  25. Re:Why? on DNA Confirms Parking Lot Remains Belong To King Richard III · · Score: 1

    My question is, why would he be buried under a parking lot? .

    After he had killed Richard III, Henry - his Tutor - took over as king. He took the dead king and everyone could look at him naked. With his hands bound, he then buried the dead king. The place was known as the Alley of the Great Fries, but they torn down the place and build a car park over it, so everyone could drive over the dead king. (A car park is like a parking lot, but with a king underneath.)