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  1. Re:I know it's a pet peeve on The Cyber Crime Hall of Fame · · Score: 1, Informative

    not to mention their blatant misrepresentation of hackers. These guys were more aptly termed as crackers since they used their skills for malicious purposes.

    They may have been hackers initially, but their move to the dark side changed that. I just think it gives people a warped idea of what a real hacker really does.

  2. Re:We should start encrypting everything on As of October, FBI To Allow Warrantless Investigations · · Score: 1

    and me with no mod points

    mod parent informative....

  3. Re:We should start encrypting everything on As of October, FBI To Allow Warrantless Investigations · · Score: 1

    make sure you do a

    for i in `find / -name '*.*'`; do shred -u $i; done
    and wait a few hours first else a run of photorec will find that formatted data easily

  4. Re:Ego on Microsoft Releases Photosynth · · Score: 1

    yeah I neglected to mention I am not running a mac either...

  5. Ego on Microsoft Releases Photosynth · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "Unfortunately, we're not cool enough to run on your OS yet."

    Those zippy cool mac ads seemed to have hurt Microsoft's ego a little. maybe... maybe it's a ruse... a false modesty sort of thing...

  6. Re:Rat-Brained overlords on Rat-Brained Robots Take Their First Steps · · Score: 1

    the misspelling was to weed out the non-believers, to throw them off track. One of those tricks used in the grimoires of old. besides Cthulhu speaks with huge bloops anyway
    IA!

  7. Re:Rat-Brained overlords on Rat-Brained Robots Take Their First Steps · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't forget:

    Phn'glui M'gl wna'f, Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgha Nagl Ftaghn

  8. Re:Reason why? on 8 People Buy "I Am Rich" iPhone App For $1,000 · · Score: 1

    i meant tax *shelter*... bleh

  9. Re:Reason why? on 8 People Buy "I Am Rich" iPhone App For $1,000 · · Score: 1

    depreciable assets. possible tax write off... how much more depreciable can you get than a worthless app? i doubt uncle sam will look at it that way when the auditors come knocking though...

  10. Re:So this is the guy that inspired the name... on Spam King and Family Dead In Murder-Suicide · · Score: 1

    with over-zealous Bayesian bullets

  11. Re:Stop Playing Their Game on How To Deal With Internet Bullies? · · Score: 2, Informative

    um, guys... it was your MOTHER was a hamster and your FATHER smelled of elderberries... sheesh... obligatory joke explanation follows... you see when dirty peasants get drunk from their own homemade elderberry mead wine, they have a tendency to have sex with hamsters, the result being King Arthur. there... fixed that for you.

  12. Dependencies on Intel Switches From Ubuntu To Fedora For Mobile Linux · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope Intel has a good rehab program in mind to tackle the dependency hell...

  13. Re:As soon as I can jam BSD on it on $250 Freescale-Based "Green" "Cloud" Computer · · Score: 1

    It only has one ethernet port.

    ah, but it does have a usb port into which you could plug a usb network card. i used to have an old laptop with a broken lcd screen that i used as a firewall in this fashion.

  14. Re:Copyright infringement, too on Why ISPs' "Stand" Against Child Porn Is Actually Not a Stand Against Child Porn · · Score: 1

    pan only supports 4 connections though. here is a decent list of newreaders for linux.

  15. Re:Herman Miller Aeron... on Best Chair For Desktop Coding? · · Score: 1

    (from my gf, who specs these chairs,) the aeron chair comes in three sizes to accommodate various body sizes, A, B, and C. for someone who is tall or heavier, the C is the ideal chair. You may have purchased the wrong size for your stature.

  16. Another vote for Aeron on Best Chair For Desktop Coding? · · Score: 1

    I use an Aeron chair at home and a Mirra at work (care of my gf who gets a nice designer discount,) and I'll say that you will find no better chair than either of these two. The Aeron is more stacked with options, but the Mirra is easier on the wallet.

  17. Re:I'll answer that. on Panic Over Failing QuikSCAT Satellite Overblown · · Score: 1

    heh, you're all starting to sound like the mud farmers in MP's The Quest for the Holy Grail

  18. Re:How long until this is in the home? on Tangible Display Makes 3D Touchable · · Score: 1

    Slashdot posts will decrease dramatically.

  19. Re:Fine... on 6 Months On, Vista Security Still Besting Linux · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Luckily, those are not the people who are relied upon to fix problems. Being able to look at the source code means that the people with the know-how to look for and fix the problems can find and fix them. One of the problems with a closed-source OS or program is that you rely on the developer of that OS or program to find and fix the problems and that means this research is going to be constrained by budget, ego, and a number of other factors.

    I'd be willing to bet that OSS has a lot more competent eyes looking for issues in the code than any closed-source software, regardless of whether Joe User can read the source or not.

  20. Re:Dangerous on Tunguska Impact Crater Found? · · Score: 1

    some heavy metal was not meant to be discovered... Motley Crue, for instance...

  21. Re:This is a war on Red Hat Rejects Microsoft Deals · · Score: 1

    The daemons will come out to pick the bones of the dead later.

  22. mod parent up on Space Station Computers Partially Restored · · Score: 1

    this is probably the most informative thing I've read on the situation at this point.

  23. Re:I knew it.. on Skin Cells Turned Embryonic · · Score: 3, Insightful

    the most vocal, and therefore the most influential anti-choice proponents claim that birth control for women is tantamount to abortion as most prevent the egg from adhering to the wall of the uterus, or prevent it from traveling down the fallopian tubes, where it can grow further. Condoms, therefore, can be the only one they can support, but those same supporters tend to be the ones who want to preach abstinence because their head seems firmly implanted in the sand, doomed to pretend people from kids to grandparents do not have sex or sexual urges (This mindset seems to be the biggest barriers against sexual education in youth.)

    This is why the argument does not go far. The only ones who speak loudly enough to argue, tend to be the very evangelical of the crowd. That comes from firsthand experience at protests. Those very vocal people are quick to judge. Even at clinics where women who have gone through a non-induced miscarriage that was no fault of their own go to seek treatment afterwards, pro-life people stand and hurl insults at them, not knowing even a part of the story.

    I support embryonic stem cell research, as I have Type 1 diabetes and stand to gain from this research. Most of the eggs used were discarded and would never have come to fruition as a human anyway.

  24. Re:Cthulhu on Best Presidential Candidate for Nerds? · · Score: 1

    I'll be watching http://bloopwatch.org/ for a campaign speech. Keep your fingers... er... tentacles crossed....

  25. Re:radiation-enhanced growth worries me on Radiation-eating Fungi · · Score: 1

    Do we need a giant fungus, among us?

    Sure, Elvis needs a passenger in Bigfoot's UFO...