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  1. Re:Why do they have to be citizens? on Why Google Wants Your Kid's SSN · · Score: 1

    And thanks to our over-protective Loto-Quebec government branch, most contests available in the USA and even in Canada aren't available for Quebec residents. Never mind the requirements about bilingual informations and rules, I've heard that they require you to submit something like 10% of the prize to them as a security deposit until the contest is over, that any legal problem has to be ruled in Quebec, etc. That's why it's always "All provinces except Quebec", it's just too much trouble.

  2. Re:Hey, I've got an idea. on Sonar Keyboard Logs You Out To Protect Your Data · · Score: 1

    Unless your camera can detect depth, I'm pretty sure that kind of security is easy to bypass. See Columbo And The Murder Of A Rock Star.

  3. Re:Cow? on Nautilus-X: the Space Station With Rockets · · Score: 2

    Depends. Did you just put Wirt's leg with a book of town portal inside a cube?

  4. Re:Hey, I've got an idea. on Sonar Keyboard Logs You Out To Protect Your Data · · Score: 1

    Companies who make security should really have two teams:
    - Team A in charge of security
    - Team B in charge of defeating/bypassing security

  5. Re:Persistent myth? on Why You Shouldn't Reboot Unix Servers · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm pretty sure you must have done at least one 777 to log into Slashdot.

  6. Re:/tmp on Why You Shouldn't Reboot Unix Servers · · Score: 1

    now if we could just get people back to knowing what a pointer is...

    Hey, we do know what a pointer is! ... you're talking about those laser pointers, right?

  7. Re:cheapest is the top priority for laptop makers on Laptop Design For Disassembly · · Score: 1

    Propitiatory, as in propitiatory psell-checkers.

  8. Re:They already removed too much on Chrome May Drop the URL Bar · · Score: 1

    Slowing my UI is not helping me. I'd rather be able to switch it on completely with full adresses like other browsers.

    There's something about cutting out too much, you end up with an interface that starts going backward in terms of being useful to the user.

  9. Re:Comment to geohot on GeoHot Asks For Donations To Fight Sony · · Score: 1

    White text on a black background will only do two things:
    - stop people from reading your text
    - stop people from printing your text to display somewhere

    Reverse that image if you really care about it.

    P.S.: good call on the PNG format, though. Too often do I see similar graphics saved in JPEG.

  10. Re:Sure. What is his bank account number? on GeoHot Asks For Donations To Fight Sony · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1,2,3,4,5? That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage! - President Skroob

  11. Re:Iceland = Saudi Arabia on Iceland Eyes Liquid Magma As Energy Source · · Score: 1

    And if that doesn't work, open up the nation as a theme park called Magmaland.

  12. They already removed too much on Chrome May Drop the URL Bar · · Score: 1

    Their short status bar which hides long links already annoys me enough not to use their browser.

  13. Re:needed to head off next supervolcano? on Iceland Eyes Liquid Magma As Energy Source · · Score: 3, Funny

    Was the coffee hot enough to be used as an energy source?

  14. Re:Dwarf fortress on Iceland Eyes Liquid Magma As Energy Source · · Score: 1

    In Canada, we call -10C "spring".

  15. Re:needed to head off next supervolcano? on Iceland Eyes Liquid Magma As Energy Source · · Score: 3, Funny

    Isn't that what they call archeologists on Vulcan? /duck

  16. Re:Why the password? on Employer Demands Facebook Login From Job Applicants · · Score: 3, Funny

    Make your password "imnotgivingyoumypassword", problem solved.

  17. Re:Why the password? on Employer Demands Facebook Login From Job Applicants · · Score: 1

    Great, now I wonder who has the privilege of having the Slashdot ID #42. Maybe he could give us an answer?

  18. Re:This is why I don't use facebook on Employer Demands Facebook Login From Job Applicants · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I see Facebook more like a Geocities 2.0

    Except a lot of people who had a website on Geocities also had a minimum of technical knowledge.

  19. Re:Hope They Hurry on Geohot To Turn Over Computers To Neutral Third Party · · Score: 1

    Wasn't it Nintendo that sued Lik Sang?

  20. Re:Plug-ins Bad. Here's ours on 80% of Browsers Found To Be At Risk of Attack · · Score: 1

    I didn't have to download or install anything when I did the test. I even browse with Java and plug-ins disabled.

    I clicked, it said "Safari 5.0.3, up to date", done. Took about 3 seconds.

    I'm guessing different browsers and operating systems require different things.

  21. Obligatory on Two-way Radio Breakthrough To Double Wi-Fi Speeds · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Combined drive? on Intel 310 Series Mini SSDs Now Shipping, Benchmark · · Score: 1

    Using the SSD as a cache to the mechanical drive is exactly what I don't want.

    I'd love to upgrade to a SSD but still have enough room for big media files. But most current laptops only have room for a single 2.5" drive. I want two drives in one 2.5" package, which show up as two separate drives to the computer so that we can put OS and applications on the SSD and media/work files on the mechanical drive.

  23. Re: Interesting? on Visualization of Egyptian Revolution On Twitter · · Score: 3, Informative

    May I suggest listening to "Why Does This Always Happen to Me" by Weird Al Yankovic?

  24. Combined drive? on Intel 310 Series Mini SSDs Now Shipping, Benchmark · · Score: 1

    Would this new SSD be small enough to be combined with a 1.8" HDD into the size of a 2.5" HDD?

  25. Re:Units? on Intel 310 Series Mini SSDs Now Shipping, Benchmark · · Score: 1

    Why would you need a SSD in the Taco Bell range? What does that even mean?