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  1. Re:binary code on Botnet Flaw Lets Researchers Disrupt Attacks · · Score: 1

    Work with me here...

    What do you get out of a compiler? A binary.

  2. Re:Block expression to make the expressors go away on Saudi Arabia Objects To Proposed .gay gTLD, Among Others · · Score: 0

    That would be nice, had you replied to someone who was saying anything about this.

  3. Re:If they want something to object to.... on Saudi Arabia Objects To Proposed .gay gTLD, Among Others · · Score: 1

    What's a port site? A site about sea commerce?

  4. Re:Better design for Europe on Bill Gates Wants To Reinvent the Toilet · · Score: 1

    Your guess is as good as mine - and to be honest, I'd rather not learn more.

  5. Re:Well I object on Saudi Arabia Objects To Proposed .gay gTLD, Among Others · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, why would they object to .gay? They can block it for the same reason.

  6. Re:But then on Advance Warning System For Solar Flares Hinges On Surprising Hypothesis · · Score: 1

    I don't think it's precise enough to be effected by this, as flares are incidental and not a constant thing.

  7. Re:But then on Advance Warning System For Solar Flares Hinges On Surprising Hypothesis · · Score: 2

    Just because a flare makes it faster does not remove the entropy. It is still random.

    I'd be more concerned about atomic clocks and such.

  8. Re:Better design for Europe on Bill Gates Wants To Reinvent the Toilet · · Score: 4, Informative

    The worst was one that had a flat shelf to dump on and the water would wash it off. Yeah, good luck getting that loaf to wash away. What the hell? Sorry for the shitty post, but this is the topic we were presented with.

    That's a German thing. It's intended to let you inspect it for health reasons. ... I'm shocked that I know this. What the hell!?

  9. Re:Who would have thought... on Widely Used Antibacterial Chemical May Impair Muscle Function · · Score: 1

    So, what do you do when there is no pre-defined level? It's right there in the name: pre-defined. You have to know it's a problem before you can establish at what level it becomes a problem, which you can then use to establish these limits.

  10. Re:Who would have thought... on Widely Used Antibacterial Chemical May Impair Muscle Function · · Score: 1

    Not really. He'll just pass out and die in his sleep.

    A 100% nitrogen atmosphere does not interfere with CO2 exchange. CO2 buildup is what causes us to sense suffocation. Without it your brain and body just start slowing down, and your consciousness is one of the first things to go in an attempt to conserve what energy your body has available.

  11. Re:Really? on Researchers Seek Help Cracking Gauss Mystery Payload · · Score: 1

    Doubtful. Just pushing shame on the US to make themselves feel better.

  12. Re:Really? on Researchers Seek Help Cracking Gauss Mystery Payload · · Score: 1

    Yea, because we're totally like to attack a peaceful, human-rights-respecting nation.

  13. Re:This is a great way... on Could You Hack Into Mars Curiosity Rover? · · Score: 1

    Yea, I realized that moments after I posted. I have no excuse.

  14. Re:This is a great way... on Could You Hack Into Mars Curiosity Rover? · · Score: 0
  15. Re:Hardcore geeks don't make me feel comfortable on Is Sexual Harassment Part of Hacker Culture? · · Score: 1

    It's a different expression of the same phenomena.

    They feel they should be leaders, so they act in a way that suggests it. Witness the escalating ePeen competitions etc and four-yorkshireman-style conversations. Always one trying to one-up the other. Just like dogs trying to establish dominance by forcing the other onto it's back.

    We're still animals, you know - we just happen to have lots of more complicated behavior built up on top of those cores.

  16. Re:Hardcore geeks don't make me feel comfortable on Is Sexual Harassment Part of Hacker Culture? · · Score: 1

    It's like they are in a feeding frenzy, looking for a chance to be king of the hill.

    This is that whole "alpha personality" deal. The rest of us really do hate those attitudes.

  17. Re:$50? Try a $250. on $50 Sound Cards Impress Versus Integrated Audio · · Score: 1

    I've got a Sound Blaster myself. Specifically an Audigy 2 ZS - which was the last one that featured discreet DSPs, and used decent quality DACs. Models after that part dropped the DSP (in effect a "winmodem" for sound) and switched over to the same crappy DACs that most on-board sound uses.

    So, in effect I have the two sound cards. The M-Audio I referenced earlier is fed into my speaker's Line In, with a ground-loop isolator (as otherwise I get some nasty noise when both devices are connected). This way I still get windows sound etc when I've got the M-Audio working via ASIO, and I get EAX in my games should they feature it.

  18. $50? Try a $250. on $50 Sound Cards Impress Versus Integrated Audio · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have this for studio purposes, but this thing sounds beautiful.

    If I chose to, 96khz 24-bit. 2-in, 2-out, SPDIF support if I chose to use it. (technically 4 in 4 out, but that's mono.)

  19. Re:It's about damn time on TextMate 2 Released As Open Source · · Score: 1

    All of them are slower than native.

    You got a citation or some data to back up that absolute?

  20. Re:It's about damn time on TextMate 2 Released As Open Source · · Score: 1

    And those are slow, clunky, and can't use any of the nice OS features.

    That last bit might be true, but "slow, clunky" is a crock of shit.

  21. Re:It's about damn time on TextMate 2 Released As Open Source · · Score: 1, Insightful

    First thing that needs to happen is lose that platform-specific code. It's not going to get terribly far if it will only run in OS X, when it's competitors will run pretty much anywhere. It's a text editor.

  22. Re:warhead?! on New State-Sponsored Malware "Gauss" Making the Rounds · · Score: 1

    Or, one could realize that we only have so much space in our signatures for the HTML.

    I would have used preview.tinyurl.com if I could. It got trunctated.

  23. Re:What? on New State-Sponsored Malware "Gauss" Making the Rounds · · Score: 3, Informative

    While cleaning rootkits off servers and such, you'd be surprised. Half the time they go right out and say who made it and when. Usually with some silly message or statement, too.

  24. warhead?! on New State-Sponsored Malware "Gauss" Making the Rounds · · Score: 1

    I believe the word you are searching for is "payload."

  25. Re:really??? on Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle · · Score: 1

    7.62 vs 5.56 probably. Not really "high-calibre."