Slashdot Mirror


User: should_be_linear

should_be_linear's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
647
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 647

  1. Re:GEnergy on Google Gets US Approval To Buy and Sell Energy · · Score: 2, Informative

    You watch TV a lot? Get ads for a new plasma TV.

    And how it could detect I scored with my girlfriend? No way, we never use _any_ electric.... wait... light in bedroom followed by light in shower.... I HATE YOU GOOGLE!

  2. Re:I'm really getting sick of this excuse on IE Flaw Gives Hackers Access To User Files · · Score: 1

    or maybe registry DB. There is lot paths to various documents there...like recently used etc.

  3. Re:Just a cache? on A Hybrid Approach For SSD Speed From Your 2TB HDD · · Score: 1

    DRAM can only be used as read-cache. SSD is much larger and is read and write cache.

  4. Assembler on x86 Assembler JWASM Hits Stable Release · · Score: 1

    I used to program anything serious in assembler until, say, 1991. Then I moved to C++/Pascal, but always hand-tuned critical parts with Assembler. Around 1995 I realized compilers are doing better job in optimization of those critical parts then my hand-crafted assembly code. I think currently it is only useful for SIMD instructions and similar cases where it is hard for compiler to figure parallel data manipulation with specialized instructions. With ongoing improvements in compilers, those will go away too, right? Or is there anything compilers definitely cannot figure out?

  5. Re:IE8 has the flaw but is immune... on Microsoft Says Upgrade To IE8, Even Though It's Vulnerable · · Score: 1

    A security fix which breaks other required functionality isn't much better though is it?

    Joe Sixpack might be upset, but yes, it is _much_ better then leaving your computer vulnerable.

  6. Re:IE8 has the flaw but is immune... on Microsoft Says Upgrade To IE8, Even Though It's Vulnerable · · Score: 4, Insightful

    OK, so Microsoft is opting for backwards compatibility, other browsers for security. And your original question was: And how are other browsers better in that case?

  7. Re:IE8 has the flaw but is immune... on Microsoft Says Upgrade To IE8, Even Though It's Vulnerable · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Having radio button somewhere that makes your OS vulnerable to _KNOWN_ exploit is really stupid idea.

  8. Re:IE8 has the flaw but is immune... on Microsoft Says Upgrade To IE8, Even Though It's Vulnerable · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And how are other browsers better in that case?
    This whole problem is based on fact that MS is not willing/able to fix this issue for quite long time (days?). Other browsers are different in a way that they are fixing security issues ASAP.

  9. Re:Still waiting... on How Apple Orchestrates Controlled Leaks, and Why · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am waiting for iScored :-(

  10. Get a life on Office Work Ethic In the IT Industry? · · Score: 1

    For example, match Man.Utd. - Chelsea is more important then anything you are programming anyway, so STFU and listen to elders. Your work is not something to escape and doing everything very fast for your fat stupid manager will not make you Employee of the month (or maybe it will, who cares). And your customers actually expect you will never meet deadlines anyway.

  11. Re:I'll believe it when I see it on OnLive One Step Closer · · Score: 1

    OnLive is probably expecting to become acquired by likes of Google or Yahoo that have servers everywhere and are able to cut latency to acceptable levels. They only need to prove their system is OK when server is few miles around.

  12. This will be big on Microsoft Sued Over Bing Trademark · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    failed business from Missouri suing failed search engine for mostly unknown brand of zero value.

  13. !millions on Black Soot May Be Aiding Melting In the Himalayas · · Score: 2, Informative

    continent's mightiest rivers, on which millions of people depend for their water supplies.

    It is more like hundreds of millions.

  14. .Not on Has a Decade of .NET Delivered On Microsoft's Promises? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Joking aside, Java is multiplatform in practice and .Net is only in theory.

  15. Re:How about the same - for computers? on How Europe's Mandated Browser Ballot Screen Works · · Score: 1

    They cant fix everything at once. So far they fixed Samba documentation and browser thing AFAIK, Thats more then other countries combined

  16. Re:Fun and Easy to Use on Tag Images With Your Mind · · Score: 1

    Still, it is improvement from Outlook.

  17. Re:Pay closer attention. on Obama Wants Computer Privacy Ruling Overturned · · Score: 1

    His slogan was actually "360 degree change!". Too bad US education in only playing catch-up with the rest of the world.

  18. Re:Looks pretty shit on Google Releases Source To Chromium OS · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, because what Joe Sixpack needs is Antivirus, endless straem of updates, burning backups of mail and documents and restoring it later, and rest of that shit.

  19. Re:Gee, it's almost like they have a monopoly or s on Less Than Free · · Score: 1

    In the end, they will even sell "Google thin foil" to you. They will control _everything_.

  20. Everyone remebers "Die Quickly" line on Genentech Puts Words In the Mouths of Congress Members · · Score: 1

    But thet was not Roche, right?

  21. Cloud gaming on HTTP Intermediary Layer From Google Could Dramatically Speed Up the Web · · Score: 1

    Everything plays together nicely for "cloud-gaming" statrups. This will solve, at least to some extent, one of their hardest problems, for free. Except if Google itself is not after exect same market. They never mentioned how Chrome OS is supposed to provide gaiming to users ...

  22. Re:Evacuate this universe! on LHC Shut Down Again — By Baguette-Dropping Bird · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sure, like KFC is involved in organic stuff.

  23. Re:Hoping for Windows 7's success... on Firefox Passes IE6 In Browser Share · · Score: 1

    As far as JavaScript performance is concerned (increasingly important on the modern websites), moving from IE6 to IE8 is like moving from Segway to Bicycle.... on the highway.

  24. !Controvrsy on Physics Rebel Aims To Shake Up the Video Game World · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Controversy" already settled by being tagged "BS" by major physicists.

  25. Re:Search on your route is a great feature on Android 2.0 SDK Released, Google Maps Navigation Announced · · Score: 2, Interesting

    always up-to-date maps, sounds good for free product. If enough people are using it (it will), they could even "see" traffic congestion in streets (average speed) and influence route planning for other people in real time.