Slashdot Mirror


User: X0563511

X0563511's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
10,035
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 10,035

  1. Re:I know why... on Google's Chrome Declining In Popularity · · Score: 1

    Noscript's homepage is not under Mozilla's control, and that option can be removed as well.

  2. Re:Good! on Bugs Delay Release of Debian Lenny · · Score: 1

    No problem! I discovered it while browsing the repository. I guess that's one of those things you would find out about in the New Maintainer's Guide or the Policy Manual. I've never gotten around to reading them.

    There's another apt-* package out there that will list known bugs as you install the packages (... packages will be installed, continue Y/N? ... Known Bugs: continue Y/N?)

  3. Re:No "haha" tag? on Bugs Delay Release of Debian Lenny · · Score: 1

    Microsoft has earned the reputation they have here. Had Debian repeatedly fucked up and said "we meant to do that" or "there is no problem", we WOULD treat them the same way.

  4. Re:Good! on Bugs Delay Release of Debian Lenny · · Score: 1

    I think you can. apt-build is the package that handles that. It sets up a local repository that your builds go into.

  5. Re:Release When Ready on Bugs Delay Release of Debian Lenny · · Score: 1

    Oops, I meant etch, not sarge.

  6. Re:Good! on Bugs Delay Release of Debian Lenny · · Score: 2, Informative

    An extra-extra-plus-good bonus:

    If a new binary package comes along since your last build, the package manager will notice and suggest you update. You don't need to worry quite so much about your build getting stale.

  7. Re:Release When Ready on Bugs Delay Release of Debian Lenny · · Score: 1

    I've been using Ubuntu for a while, the Sarge release was just poor timing relative to some newer versions of packages (in my case).

    Assuming Lenny has what I need, would you say putting Lenny on now would be OK? I'm using Ubuntu 8.04.1 now.

    I'm not afraid of hackery or bug reporting, so as long as it won't explode on me, I should be fine.

  8. Re:I know why... on Google's Chrome Declining In Popularity · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Keep in mind that other addons, such as noscript, don't use Mozilla's download page.

    For instance, my install of adblock plus - happened to come from my distro's package repository. Mozilla has no idea that I've downloaded it.

    The best way to determine penetration is with phone-home ability, which naturally will not happen in these cases. We won't stand for it.

  9. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure, I've never had a manual. Then again, this is only my second car... and both were purchased based on cost and condition.

    Even so, when in neutral, part of the transmission is still moving, correct?

  10. Re:My solution. on Study Links Personal Music Players To Hearing Loss · · Score: 1

    My sets:
    Normal headphones, best quality sound I've heard.
    Noise-Cancelling headphones: sound distortion, but does a good job removing things like fans.

    The best part of the Sony's are the breakaway cables. The headphone cable is actually a male-to-male patch cable, so it just pops out of the headphones if they get yarded on.

  11. Re:And 89 dB means what? on Study Links Personal Music Players To Hearing Loss · · Score: 1

    My media player gives me volume in dB, but it's an amplification value. 0 is unmodified, -6 is 50% below the source, +6dB is 200% of the source. It ranges from +6dB to -30dB, then cuts to mute. I'm not exactly sure on the lower value... I really only listen between -4 and -12 depending.

    Now, this is the only usable way to use it. There's no way the player can determine what is actually coming out of the headphones.

  12. Re:Noise Reduction Headphones is one Solution on Study Links Personal Music Players To Hearing Loss · · Score: 1

    I've got a pair of Sony's, $200. They don't sound perfect, but they do their job. The sound issues are due to the headphone components though, they actually sound better with the noise cancellation on.

  13. Re:Honestly... on Study Links Personal Music Players To Hearing Loss · · Score: 1

    It's a shame you can't pull someone over for doing something obviously illegal. I would be pulling dipshits over left and right.

  14. Re:Bone conduction anyone? on Study Links Personal Music Players To Hearing Loss · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes. You hear because the hair in your inner ear vibrates. You get hearing loss when those hairs are damaged. Whether that sound comes from your eardrum or through your skull, doesn't matter.

  15. Re:As a non-driver on People Prefer Angry-Faced Cars · · Score: 1

    90% of the taxi cabs around here are old crown Vics, interceptor models. They still have the driver's light, hubs, etc. Hell, I've seen one that still had the radio antenna pod on the hood!

  16. Re:As a non-driver on People Prefer Angry-Faced Cars · · Score: 1

    Does your BMW look vaguely like a police car?

    We have several kinds of cruisers around here. Some are the normal Crown Victorias. There are others that look disturbingly like a Mercury. Then, there's the kind with the back that looks EXACTLY like an Impala.

    People tend to make room for cars that share features with the cruisers, I've noticed. Nobody really enjoys having a police car follow behind you, especially when they all sit like they are typing on their laptops. The preference is to let them pass you.

  17. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    As I replied to someone else, your transmission is still turning. (Even in neutral, part of it is moving)

    This will generate heat, and without coolant flow that heat has nowhere to go.

    If the components are already hot, adding heat while removing cooling is the last thing you want.

  18. Re:prang on Huge Credit Fraud Ring Sends Europeans' Data To Pakistan · · Score: 1

    Thanks!

  19. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    Your transmission will still be turning, and your transmission generates a ton of heat through friction. You can overheat without a running engine, ESPECIALLY since your water pump is no longer running. If your an automatic, even worse - you have heat coming out of the torque converter as well.

  20. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    It's idling at 750 because of the drag in the clutch. (In an automatic, that same 'drag' is induced in the torque converter). Both cases, RPM is converted to heat. When in neutral, the clutch (or torque converter) is spinning instead of 'dragging', which means less resistance on the engine (once up to speed).

  21. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Four, if you need to stop suddenly, I hope you have strong legs. Those brakes don't work very well when your system isn't pressurized anymore.

    Five, your cooling system may no longer be working, and if you are riding the edge of an overheat (considering you're driving far enough to consider killing the engine on coast) this may push you over the edge.

  22. Re:You can get hard passwords on Elcomsoft Claims WPA/WPA2 Cracking Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    Believe it or not, the movements of your hands on the keyboard follow a pattern. This is enough of a pattern for a true cryptanalyst to latch onto and destroy it with.

    Your run-of-the-mill script kiddie or even talented hacker.... not so much.

    So, technically you are wrong, practically I would say you're good. Heaven help you if they can employ actual mathematicians to crack your network.

  23. Re:One-Time Passwords for Transactions on Huge Credit Fraud Ring Sends Europeans' Data To Pakistan · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derived_unique_key_per_transaction

    It's not as simple-minded as you expect.

  24. Re:Any chance... on Huge Credit Fraud Ring Sends Europeans' Data To Pakistan · · Score: 1

    Probably not. I don't think they make pinpads.

    If it was a Verifone, it was probably an Everest pinpad. They are simple dumb terminals, with nothing but an encryption key in them basically.

    They should be going away soon, they are not PCI/DSS/PABP compliant. I think the recommended replacement is one of the MX800 series pads, which believe it or not run Linux under the hood.

  25. Re:No questions asked, but you can go too far... on Huge Credit Fraud Ring Sends Europeans' Data To Pakistan · · Score: 1

    ... who pranged the airplane...

    What does that mean?