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  1. Re:China Olympics on China Allows Access to English Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    True. The man would not have had as much power as he did if he wasn't a smart person.

    Honestly, if Hitler had held off on the genocide, Napoleonism, intolerance, etc, he would have probably been a great leader.

  2. Re:Scare tactics on UK Banking Law Blames Customers For Insecure OS · · Score: 1

    They sort-of do that now. Most pinpads now use DUKPT - Derived Unique Key per Transaction. Granted, the data being encrypted isn't changing, but the keys used to safeguard that are. It's REALLY hard to break an encrypted packet when the key is only used a single time.

  3. Re:Suggested rewrite on Photoshop Express Terms of Use Cause Stir, Will Be Revised · · Score: -1, Redundant

    decompiling the Software is permitted to the extent the laws of the jurisdiction where you are located give you the right to do so to obtain niggers and spics for manual labor,

    Racist - enjoy troll-mod hell.

  4. Re:I think it is most fitting... on Last Year's CanSecWest Winner Repeats on Vista, Ubuntu Wins · · Score: 1

    Can we name one of the broken ones "Cowboy'ed by Neal?"

  5. Re:Popcorn anyone? on Last Year's CanSecWest Winner Repeats on Vista, Ubuntu Wins · · Score: 1

    Suggested tag: attackofthetrolls
    or... whentrollsattack

  6. Re:What did you expect? on Last Year's CanSecWest Winner Repeats on Vista, Ubuntu Wins · · Score: 1

    Apparently it's also more secure than OS:X.

    Personally, I don't give a damn, as anything that I personally own and use is going to be secured regardless. I know better than to trust out-of-the-box security. I have a squishy thing in my head I've heard some call a brain - as weird and unusual as it sounds, I use it.

    You try hard enough, you can lock Windows down. Linux - even easier to do so. OS:X - I assume so, but not having used it more than passingly, I can't say for sure.

  7. Re:Not really on Creative Goes After Driver Modder · · Score: 1

    Never heard of bitmaching and google doesn't show much for it. Bitmatching - what I think you meant to type, however throws too many returns. Any resources for me to look at to satiate my curiosity?

  8. Re:So, what to buy next? on Creative Goes After Driver Modder · · Score: 1

    Which answers none of the questions of the parent. Note he said he uses linux/bsd exclusively? Direct sound is a Windows-land thing.

  9. Re:Actions speak louder than words on Creative Goes After Driver Modder · · Score: 1

    Do these Claro cards work outside Windows?

  10. Re:Not really on Creative Goes After Driver Modder · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think I have one of their last good cards. An audigy 2 zs.

    Works great in Linux*, AC'97 had finally been replaced with I2C, and a few other improvements, but they didn't seem to screw things up yet. While I don't know if it down-samples 24-bit to 16-bit, I don't think I could hear the difference anyways - but the 48/96 sample rates do sound clearer (I do synthesizer stuff, so I can generate sound that actually uses those rates)

    * = Excepting the 50-thousand mixer channels and switches that I have no clue what they do...

  11. Re:And? on VeriSign Jacks Up .com, .net Prices To the Max · · Score: 1

    And, unfortunately, unless your traffic consists mostly of tech-savvy users then the majority of your type-in traffic will hit the .com first.


    I don't mean to sound elitist... well, maybe I do. But In my totally-irrelevant opinion, too bad. People in general need to start understanding that these tools are a little more complex than they think, and they really should THINK before they type something in randomly.
  12. Re:WTF? on Large Hadron Collider Sparks 'Doomsday' Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Yes, because Bush-slamming has to be dragged into every fucking discussion, no matter how irrelevant. This is an article about the Large Hadron Collider for fucks' sake!

  13. Re:geeks want to do it right on IBM Invests In MySQL/Oracle Competitor · · Score: 1

    Yes, because Linux is so very hard to say. Same number of syllables as XP, and it sounds just like it reads.

  14. Re:Unfortunate name on Graphene May be the New Silicon · · Score: 1

    YOU just Godwin'ed the thread.

    "Herr Fuhrer" is just a title, literally translated as Mr. Leader.... just like we use Mr. President.

  15. Re:Link and Summary on Salasaga Fills Flash Creation Hole for Linux · · Score: 2, Insightful

    People need to learn that anything intending to be a web standard should NOT be proprietary.

    Imagine if javascript, PHP, or html was a proprietary binary blob? You see the issue I'm sure...

  16. Re:General introductions to regex? on Regular Expression Pocket Reference · · Score: 1

    Donate the $5 and get a PDF book - It's well worth it... on the webpage click PDF on the left-side navigation bar.

  17. Re:WTF on What Happens To Bounced @Donotreply.com E-Mails · · Score: 1

    Even better, send an automated response thrashing the moron for replying to a message that states not to reply to it. Better than silently deleting, AND you feel better doing it!

  18. Re:YEAH! on ISP Dispute Causing Connectivity Issues for Customers · · Score: 1

    What we're dealing with here is actually a "First Fail!"

    Congratulations on inserting just a little more entropy into the internet. Scream to the tune of the background noise.

  19. Re:I like it. on The Joy of the Flash Drive · · Score: 1

    That's what I said:
    indeed they flash so fast they appear solid - all LEDs glow this way.

  20. Re:I like it. on The Joy of the Flash Drive · · Score: 1
    You would hear it, if only as a change in frequency. Details:

    Frequency resolution of the ear is, in the middle range, about 2 Hz. That is, changes in pitch larger than 2 Hz can be perceived. However, even smaller pitch differences can be perceived through other means. For example, the interference of two pitches can often be heard as a (low-)frequency difference pitch. This effect of phase variance upon the resultant sound is known as 'beating'.
  21. Re:I like it. on The Joy of the Flash Drive · · Score: 1

    You're not completely crazy, or in any case you are not alone in being so...

    The LED is quite fast - indeed they flash so fast they appear solid - all LEDs glow this way. The problem is that our eyes don't respond to changes as fast as our ears do, as our eyes rely on chemical processes where our ears rely on vibration and electricity.

    Still, I don't care how accurate a LED indicator system is, it won't work for unusual situations, unless they use sound from inside the drive as input. I would like to see a LED indicator tell you when you have a damaged bearing in the drive... In situations where you are trying to identify a mechanical problem with machinery, you need all your senses available - and a flashing light doesn't cut it.

  22. Re:I like it. on The Joy of the Flash Drive · · Score: 1

    Process Explorer can give you an I/O graph in the taskbar in addition to CPU usage. It's good for a whole bunch of other things too, but since it uses some of Windows' debug hooks, SecureROM barfs on it.

  23. Re:newbie suitable on Summer of Code Org Application Deadline Approaches · · Score: 1

    I can program, I'm just not experienced or trained. It's exciting and not boring - it's challanging - but it's not like "oh golly gee! I get to program today! Wee!" That leads me to think that programming is not going to be something I'll be good at primarily. Writing documentation though... that might be something I can do!

    Have to look into that... thanks.

  24. newbie suitable on Summer of Code Org Application Deadline Approaches · · Score: 1

    I've been seeing lots of stuff about this SoC... is this intended for students who already know how to program? I'm not a programming student, and I really don't know too much - is this program something I would want to look into?

  25. Re:Who cares on Windows 7 Eyed For Antitrust Violations · · Score: 1

    It's generally better than anything open source I've found.


    I know I'm not the target user, and while I have a lot of music, I don't have loads of it. I've never found myself needing anything more to manage my music than a filesystem and file browser (or shell). All these "jukebox" style applications are completely unnecessary!