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  1. Re:Unsigned on Love and Hate For Java 8 · · Score: 1

    Not that slow. Most CPUs do that out of the box employing an overflow or carry flag.

  2. ArithmeticException on Love and Hate For Java 8 · · Score: 1

    The is one and only one correct behaviour: 32-unsigned 0 minus 32-unsigned 1 = ArithmeticException — which is perfectly CPU independent. Obviously Gosling did not think far enough.

  3. Re:Snowden-Style Security Breaches on Ask Slashdot: Preventing Snowden-Style Security Breaches? · · Score: 1

    Let me quote the title: “Ask Slashdot: Preventing Snowden-Style Security Breaches?”

  4. No PGP in Outlook on MS Handed NSA Access To Encrypted Chat & Email · · Score: 1

    Did you notice that none of the big corporation E-Mail clients supports PGP out of the box? And at least Apple Mail breaks the PGP plugin on a regular basis.

    I always suspected the governments pressurising the corporation not to add PGP.

  5. Several years ago. on MS Handed NSA Access To Encrypted Chat & Email · · Score: 1

    It already is a PATRIOTic corporate-fascist police state.

  6. Snowden-Style Security Breaches on Ask Slashdot: Preventing Snowden-Style Security Breaches? · · Score: 1

    The OP was only asking about “Snowden-Style Security Breaches” — So for the problem at hand it is good enough.

    Of course security breaches in general can not be prevented as the you correctly pointed out.

  7. thats why: don't do evil on Ask Slashdot: Preventing Snowden-Style Security Breaches? · · Score: 1

    You nailed the problem on the head. And that is why “don't do evil” is in fact the only feasible way to prevent whistleblowers.

  8. Don't do evil. on Ask Slashdot: Preventing Snowden-Style Security Breaches? · · Score: 1

    It is very simple: If you don't break the law, if you don't do evil then no whistleblower can blow the whistle on you.

    I know I am not the first to say this but I think this message can not be hammered in enough: Don't do evil.

  9. Not me. on 10GbE: What the Heck Took So Long? · · Score: 1

    I have Cat7 fitted to my home. And in the last one as well. Not everybody is unprepared for the future.

  10. More to "conficate" on TSA Decides Against Allowing Small Knives On Aircraft · · Score: 1

    You would not to loose you that little extra income...

  11. Re:In capitalism... on How Colleges Are Pushing Out the Poor To Court the Rich · · Score: 1

    post-WW2 America

    Not just America. Same for Europe (Germany, France in particular). Here the neo-liberals imported cheap labour from neighbouring countries and spoiled it all — but for the 5% that is.

  12. Note to self on WD Explains Its Windows-Only Software-Based SSHD Tech · · Score: 1

    … don't buy WD drives!

  13. Hidden cost of not upgrading on Ask Slashdot: Why Won't Companies Upgrade Old Software? · · Score: 1

    Very true indeed. However, what is often overlooked is that there is a cost to not upgrading as well. The hidden cost of lost opportunities. But as I said: a hidden cost not showing up on the balance sheets.

  14. Plays automaticaly — NOT on Facebook To Introduce Video Ads · · Score: 1

    No video ever plays automatically on in my browser as plug-ins are configured “click to play” — But then again, i do fear the day … goes mainstream.

    PS: Reloading the page (and making the poster loose the posting) after changing the config is very evil indeed.

  15. After very tight comes very loose on Mitigating Password Re-Use From the Other End · · Score: 1

    for example, randomly select a length, then randomly generate a password

    Because then users will write them down. As they say in mechanics: After very tight comes very loose. (as in: the screw breaks off).

  16. Plaspass is a Cloud service on Mitigating Password Re-Use From the Other End · · Score: 1

    If your Lastpass DB is corrupted, goodbye passwords.

    The Lastpass DB is stored in the cloud and is synced over several devices. Pretty unlikely.

    And before you say it: The Lastpass DB is Client site encrypted using the master password. So the master password is something I know and all the other “passwords” are indeed now token.

  17. Or Mac OS X on Ask Slashdot: Protecting Home Computers From Guests? · · Score: 1

    or Mac OS X which even has a guest account preconfigured. Best of it: The guest account gets completely wiped at logout.

    It is just one more example on how M$ screws us all. Because Windows could provide guest accounts as well.

  18. Amazon and Mobipocket on The Real Purpose of DRM · · Score: 1

    Another *not* surprise.

    At least for those who know the difference between the Mobipocket and #Kindle DRM.

    What to know: Just one byte the type flag is different. That is all. And now consider that Amazon owns Mobipocket.

    And last Previewnot least: Mobipocket DRM was already cracked when Amazon bought Mobipocket.

  19. free gratis on Google Removing Ad-Blockers From Play · · Score: 1

    Probably because free is not gratis (lat. grtia => for a thank you) . Free usually is a trick.

  20. NaN on EU Car Makers Manipulating Fuel Efficiency Figures · · Score: 1

    Only 0/0 is undefined and not infinitive.

  21. Still more efficient then US-Cars. on EU Car Makers Manipulating Fuel Efficiency Figures · · Score: 1

    So what. Feel good for the US? The EU cars are still more efficient then the US cards. Even when there are from the same car manufacture. Which is far more interesting: Same manufacture says that new US laws are to tough while at the same time selling cars in Europe which fulfil the new law for 10+ years.

  22. LMGTFY on Ask Slashdot: Are Timed Coding Tests Valuable? · · Score: 1
  23. To Late on Ban On Loud TV Commercials Takes Effect Today · · Score: 1

    I already have a reflex to mute the TV as soon as the commercials start.

  24. Do you really thing you can survive on a lonely island, without the industrial supplements and processed food like tofu. On a vegan diat only?

  25. Re:Batshit Crazy! on EVE Online CSM and Diplomat Killed in Libyan Consulate Attacks · · Score: 1

    One has to wonder how "Christians" would react had someone made a movie implying that Jesus was a pedo...

    Well, current studies found that Jesus preferred (wealthy) widows — a group of women which tend to be not under aged.