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  1. Re:RTFA on Microsoft's Hotmail Challenge Backfires · · Score: 2

    Funny, I wrote a brute force login app for Hotmail back in like 2002, to see if such a thing was feasible (brute forcing that is). After about 5 failed login attempts, each one after that took over a minute. When did they undo this?

  2. Re:American Culture on Mad Cow Disease Confirmed In California · · Score: 0

    Honestly. Tell me that when you kid dies because of the "1 out of millions" hit them

  3. Re:Depends on the source code and what the chip ne on Startup Claims C-code To SoC In 8-16 Weeks · · Score: 1

    See, this is the problem with application layer software guys like you who haven't ever thought about the underlying HW implementation. You know about one tool, a hammer (sequential instruction streams executing in a VM controlled address space), and when someone tells you that things are different in other domains you won't even let the information in, because as far as you're concerned everything is a nail.

    I don't disagree with you at all. But when the hammer says "Microsoft"/"Intel" on it, I can make all of the holes in the wall that I want, so long as the end result "works". Don't hate the player. Hate the game.

  4. Re:Depends on the source code and what the chip ne on Startup Claims C-code To SoC In 8-16 Weeks · · Score: 1

    and lots of private memories for small pieces of the system

    It is called Virtual Memory. Get back with me when you catch up to this year (do you know what year it is?)

  5. Re:Depends on the source code and what the chip ne on Startup Claims C-code To SoC In 8-16 Weeks · · Score: 2

    Or you follow their SDK and let them do the work. Are you an engineer appropriate to make such statements?

  6. Re:what's new? on New Sanctions To Target Syrian and Iranian Tech Capacity · · Score: 1

    Iran is already on the list, so it doesn't count. However, Syria appears to be a newcomer to the club, so make sure you get em a jacket!

  7. Re:SEC on US Charges English Twins Over $1.2m 'Stock Robot' Fraud · · Score: 1

    Dollar bubble? The dollar is worth less to comparible countries than it has been since I've been alive.

  8. Is it just me? on Iranian Military Says It's Copying US Drone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it just me, or does copying a $100m spy drone that you easily captured seem like a bad direction to go?

  9. Re:Had to read the article... on US Charges English Twins Over $1.2m 'Stock Robot' Fraud · · Score: 1

    Well, let's be fair. You never threaten someone directly. Say things like "You're gonna die!" instead of "I'm going to kill you!". The former can be argued because it is a true fact and your intentions are ambiguous. I still wouldn't try shouting either at the President

  10. The wave was so high that the ship did a loopty-loop, causing a rift in time where they just ended up here. The same phenomenon can be seen if you can swing high enough on a swingset to go around once

  11. Re:Citation please on The Laws of Physics Trump Traffic Laws · · Score: 1

    Duncansville, PA. Call their office.

  12. Re:Gnash on Mozilla Testing Click-to-Play Option For Plugin Content · · Score: 1

    Are you saying that flash allows for XXS attacks?

  13. Hahahahahaha on Reddit Subpoenaed In Wrongful Death Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Klerck wants his movie plot back!

  14. Re:Wow on Nearby Star May Have More Planets Than Our Solar System · · Score: 2

    Look little buddy. I made this contraption to measure planets around nearby stars. I call it the Star Gazer 3000....

  15. Re:Why? on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Test Storage Media? · · Score: 1

    A plastic strap won't save you from the drive head failing to move. I've seen this happen when a bunch of unemployed temp workers unload the truck. This is why it seems "batches" of similar drives fail if you are getting them from the same source... some asshole was throwing and kicking the boxes around.

  16. Re:Simple Answer: on Despite Drop In Piracy, French Music Industry Still In Decline · · Score: 1

    Motley Crue? Dude, Alice in Chains is played on the local "classic rock" station with Soundgarden. If you have a neckbeard, I'm guessing it is going grey.

  17. Re:Why? on GNU/Linux Running On An 8-Bit Processor · · Score: 1

    And DOS was just a bunch of software interrupts on top of the BIOS

  18. Re:I'll own up to it...I throw them away on Canada To Stop Making Pennies · · Score: 1

    It isn't "just a penny". It is usually a dime, a couple of pennies, and maybe a nickle. It is a significant amount of change that you receive back

  19. Re:I'll own up to it...I throw them away on Canada To Stop Making Pennies · · Score: 1

    You laugh, but I get angry when every time I get change from the USPS, there is ALWAYS Canadian money mixed in

  20. Re:WTF? on UK Man Jailed For 'Offensive Tweets' · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure why you don't understand the term "encourage". Perhaps you should buy a dictionary.

  21. Re:WTF? on UK Man Jailed For 'Offensive Tweets' · · Score: 1

    No lawyer needed.

    incite/inst/
    Verb:

    - Encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behavior).

  22. Re:Not a Hearing on Congress Capitulates To TSA; Refuses To Let Bruce Schneier Testify · · Score: 1

    That is because, in the end, a kilt is, in fact, a skirt.

  23. What about crazy? on MIT Prof Predicts the End of Disabilities In Next 50 Years · · Score: 1

    You can't fix crazy. With meds, you can beat it into a silent droolfest, until the person is worthless, but it will never be gone.

  24. You are just a bitter asshole, is what I see. I am well beyond the capacity to deduce the age of my coworkers, if not told flat out being told, by the age of their children, the number of years worked, all of which come out in casual conversation all of the time.

    Hating the world for your situation isn't going to make it any better. If you can't fix it, change it. I would think someone of your age would have figured this life gem.

  25. I've been a developer, professionally, for almost 14 years (since while in college). Maybe you are bitter at your situation, however, I'd say 80% of my fellow workers have been over 50 when I worked with them. When it came to "young blood", it was usually me and maybe someone around my age.