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  1. Re:Before we take the city to task ... on Hacked Tornado Sirens Taken Offline In Two Texas Cities Ahead of Major Storm (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Balint Seeber has done some excellent analysis and DefCon presentations on this very topic. They had been warned ahead of time, but if a tree falls in the forest...? https://www.bastille.net/blogs...

  2. Re:not close to the CIA or NSA? on Facebook To Build $1 Billion Data Center In Virginia (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    It's only 99 miles to Fairfax. The National Reconnaissance Office will welcome the easy access to your traffic.

  3. Extreme narcissism alert! on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Developer Secrets That Could Sink Your Business? · · Score: 1

    "In today's tech world, the developer is king." - Anyone thinking that they are more important than the actual business of making money could sink any company. TFA continues this self-centeredness with "Developers are smart folks. And some of us are pure geniuses." While I know that there are geniuses in many fields, this kind of thinking is ultimately self-defeating.

  4. Re:10,000 not 1000 times faster on Nokia Says It Can Deliver Internet 1,000x Faster Than Google Fiber (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    500Mbs is ~10k times 56kbs, not 1k times as the article is written

    ~8,928 but who's counting?

  5. Again, anything that diminishes reliability does not belong on a firearm. The thing that makes them reliable is the fact that they have no "smart" technology. BTW, "smart" technology is just another liberal misnomer backed by hopes and dreams and not grounded in facts. Just when you think you've developed foolproof "smart" technology, the universe will have developed a better fool.

  6. Your very first sentence is self-contradictory. People need government welfare programs so they can remain independent. What? If one is dependent on a government welfare program, you are not independent. I stopped reading after that. It just wasn't worth my time to continue to find fallacious assertions such as those.

  7. I seem to recall the vi man page having a pronunciation guide in HP-UX 10.10 or 10.20. I might be wrong on the particular operating system, but it was funny nonetheless.

  8. Everything old is new again: http://www.recycledgoods.com/h...

  9. Reputation doesn't belong to you on Facebook Rant Lands US Man In UAE Jail · · Score: 1

    The UAE law meant to protect reputation is founded on the mistaken belief that one's reputation belongs to him or her. Much like "brand image" it is the consumer, or the beholder in this case, to which the reputation belongs.

  10. Re:Bruce has been scrubbed from the hearing... on Congress Wants Your TSA Stories · · Score: 1

    Yeah, the only people left on the witness list are representatives from TSA and Homeland Security. Schneier was apparently the only voice of reason on the witness panel, and he's been scratched. If I had to guess, which I don't, I'd say the gub-mint scratched him.

  11. ironic on Hacker Exposes Parts of Florida's Voting Database · · Score: 1

    I think that there's a decent bit of irony in the fact that he "hacked" the voting database of the State of Florida, and then laments the ability of the United States Government to keep its data secure. Apparently while he may or may not be a decent cracker, he doesn't know the difference between state and federal government.

  12. Defensive firearms must be utterly reliable on Gun With Wireless Arming Signal Goes On Sale Soon · · Score: 1

    Defensive firearms must be utterly reliable. This firearm, by definition, is not utterly reliable. I can see them being sued because their product didn't function at the one time it was desperately needed. I predict that it will sell a few copies, and then fizzle. However, that won't stop the anti-gun lobby and idiot Democrats from attempting to pass laws requiring that all firearms have this bug (I mean "feature).

  13. Re:Mutually exclusive on Powerful Linux ISP Router Distribution? · · Score: 0, Troll

    They are mutually exclusive. The OP is taking the Wal-Mart approach. He's getting some of the cheapest shit possible, and then telling himself that it's just as good as "commercial grade" equipment.

  14. Re:This is weak even for slashdot on Best Man Rigs Newlyweds' Bed To Tweet During Sex · · Score: 1

    Does not anonymity grant privacy?

  15. Re:Um... on Best Man Rigs Newlyweds' Bed To Tweet During Sex · · Score: 5, Informative

    Another possible 'whoosh'... but I think it's because she's married now, and no longer has to look good for the wedding. It happens EVERY time. Woman works out like crazy for months to fit into a particular dress size, then once the wedding cake hits her gullet, the fat starts piling on. To be fair, men get fatter too, but we don't "false advertise" for the wedding.

  16. Re:"Obviously lifted" not so obvious on Did Microsoft Borrow GPL Code For a Windows 7 Utility? · · Score: 1

    The author seems to have added a different example that gives more credence to his claims.

  17. Re:arrest them on Researchers Hijack Mebroot Botnet, Study Drive-By Downloads · · Score: 1

    AC does have a bit of a point in his troll. There is a certain criminal element to the "researcher's" tactics. Is it ethical to break the law to study lawbreaking?

  18. Re:Hell called on Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers As GPL · · Score: 1

    Am I to believe that the Cubs are going to win the World Series too?

  19. Re:Library card catalog on Judge Thinks Linking To Copyrighted Material Should Be Illegal · · Score: 1

    you forgot to enclose your post with tags. If no one uses it, it will die.

  20. Library card catalog on Judge Thinks Linking To Copyrighted Material Should Be Illegal · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm pretty sure that this also means the end of the Dewey Decimal system, since it links to copyrighted material.

  21. Re:Answered your own question on How To Manage Hundreds of Thousands of Documents? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Absolutely correct. However, I would take it a step further and say that you need a document management system that manages security, meta-data, retention, disposition, etc. Examples are Documentum, IBM FileNet P8, Alfresco, etc. Here's a place to start readin: http://www.cmswire.com/.

  22. Who didn't see this coming? on Pixar's Next Three Films Will Be Sequels · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is Disney's modus operandi. The differences are that Pixar films have great story lines and aren't musicals. Other than that, I for one totally expected that Disney would start making sequels. Guess what's next...limited re-releases.

  23. Re:Just a matter of time on Fluorescent Monkeys Cast Light On Human Disease · · Score: 2, Funny

    He's not dead

    He will be in a minute.

  24. Re:Fluorescent monkeys? Bah on Fluorescent Monkeys Cast Light On Human Disease · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Exactly. I too, wish to nit-pick the whole "glow-in-the-dark" monkeys thing, because they don't really glow in the dark. They fluoresce. Hopefully this isn't to pedantic.

  25. Re:FInally someone has a clue on Judge Says Boston Student's Laptop Was Seized Illegally · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Simply being a dick doesn't warrant getting the cops all over you. You may think so, but you'd be what I like to call "wrong". I will now wait for the search warrant, since I was a dick.