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  1. Re:I dub all unswitchable hardware: disposable on OEMs Allowed To Lock Secure Boot In Windows 10 Computers · · Score: 1
  2. Re:NOT "network timekeeping", just timekeeping on Internet of Things Endangered By Inaccurate Network Time, Says NIST · · Score: 1

    Shortly thereafter, toasters will be designed to quietly burn anything that doesn't have a cryptographically signed RFID tag...

  3. Re:IE Fell first. on Every Browser Hacked At Pwn2own 2015, HP Pays Out $557,500 In Awards · · Score: 1

    ... ugh. please excuse those terrible spelling errors.

  4. Re:IE Fell first. on Every Browser Hacked At Pwn2own 2015, HP Pays Out $557,500 In Awards · · Score: 1

    Because stock browsers don't come with something like flashblock, noscript, or uBlock.

    The best you get is a big on/off switch which is far too course to be of practical use.

  5. front passenger detection on Chevy Malibu 'Teen Driver' Tech Will Snitch If You Speed · · Score: 1

    One of the most annoying safety features to have come out in quite a while.

    I've lost track of the number of times I'd had to buckle my -backback- in because my car thought there was a person sitting there :/

  6. Re:EA got too greedy (as usual) on SimCity's Empire Has Fallen and Skylines Is Picking Up the Pieces · · Score: 1

    I have a few complaints

    Mine is the symmetry-defying highway entry points. I tried for an hour and I can't figure out how to attach to them at the start in a way that doesn't look... well, really damn stupid.

  7. Re:DVCS is now CVS. on Google Code Disables New Project Creation, Will Shut Down On January 25, 2016 · · Score: 1

    That also means a git repo can get a bit bloaty, should a repository be very old and/or active.

    There's pros and cons to each approach.

  8. Re:plastic's old and busted, hot metal is new hotn on Man 3D Prints a Working 5-Speed Transmission For Toyota Engines · · Score: 1

    It's not that simple...

    The metal contracts as it cools. You have to scale up the model to compensate, and that takes knowledge you don't generally get without working with casting a LOT.

    To make things interesting, the amount of scaling that's required changes based on the metal/alloy being used, and the -shape- of the object at that given area.

  9. Re:great film! on 'Chappie': What It Takes To Render a Robot · · Score: 1

    Damn, that was well written.

    I think it's a bit funny (and appropriate?) that the Japanese song sounds (to my ear) so much like a Vocaloid. That said, to someone that doesn't speak the language a well-written bit of singing from one of those sounds pretty damn good.

  10. Re:Even worse - extensions == "chmod +x" ?!? on Why We Should Stop Hiding File-Name Extensions · · Score: 1

    Keep in mind a file with 755 will be examined and run based on the magic number at the front of the file.

    Even shell scripts. #! is actually a 16-bit magic number, that also happens to be a comment in almost every scripting language.

    Go ahead - chmod +x a random non-executable file and try to run it. You'll probably get something enligthening: "invalid file (bad magic number): Exec format error"

  11. Re:Good operating systems Dont. on Why We Should Stop Hiding File-Name Extensions · · Score: 1

    Because a proper user is going to run iterm2 after logging in and never touch finder again...

  12. Re:Good operating systems Dont. on Why We Should Stop Hiding File-Name Extensions · · Score: 1

    That's the fault of your file browser.

    In all of these cases that's true - it's not Windows or OSX doing it, but Explorer or Finder (or thunar or whatever you're using on Mint)

  13. Re:Is there any way to block the use of old cipher on FREAK Attack Threatens SSL Clients · · Score: 1

    You could theoretically do some packet inspection on the handshake and send a spoofed RST if you see something during the exchange you don't like.

    I've only ever dug into the certificate exchange portion of the handshake. I'm assuming the cipher negotiation is also in the clear.

  14. Re:how ? on Ask Slashdot: How Does One Verify Hard Drive Firmware? · · Score: 1

    Sure, if there's a competitive reason to do so.

    After all, they do the same for power/data/audio connectors too. (or at least they did.. *cough*nokia*cough* )

  15. news, why? on 42 Artificial Intelligences Are Going Head To Head In "Civilization V" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So... someone started a really big Civ V game. This is hardly news, even for nerds.

  16. Re:Snake oil on Sony Offers a "Premium Sound" SD Card For a Premium Price · · Score: 1

    Not if it's integral.

  17. Re:Snake oil on Sony Offers a "Premium Sound" SD Card For a Premium Price · · Score: 1

    I've heard this too, though on mine it was only audible when amplified to absurd levels (well, relatively).

    Have you ever had a computer that made odd sounds though the speakers when you move the mouse cursor? In my case, it was a very similar sound. Again, quiet - but if you have it loud enough or it's otherwise quiet enough, you can hear it.

    I believe this was a Sansa e200r. It didn't have an SD card, but flash memory - in either case still a lot of digital signaling.

  18. Re:Less Noise In Images Too on Sony Offers a "Premium Sound" SD Card For a Premium Price · · Score: 1

    Nope, because the image data is already pulled from the CCD and has undergone some minimal processing before writes to the SD card start to happen, so I don't expect RFI from the SD card circuits to matter.

  19. Re:Hmm, maybe on Sony Offers a "Premium Sound" SD Card For a Premium Price · · Score: 1

    SD cards are commonly used in handheld recorders, in very close proximity to some sensitive condenser microphones.

    Maybe I'm lucky and mine is just quiet - I don't hear any noise even when I record at 96khz and play at 11khz... but I can certainly see this having an affect.

  20. Re:heres another lie. on Ten Lies T-Mobile Told Me About My Data Plan · · Score: 1

    ... derp, I was thinking of adblock. No idea if adaway works.

  21. Re:heres another lie. on Ten Lies T-Mobile Told Me About My Data Plan · · Score: 1

    Doesn't work on kitkat, even rooted.

  22. Re:That's unpossible. on The Best, and Worst, Places To Drive Your Electric Car · · Score: 1

    That's less for comfort and more for not breaking the engine. Generators tend to have a coolant heater as well.

    If the coolant system is frozen, it doesn't work, and the "ambient" heat transfer from the engine to the auxiliary equipment isn't fast enough. The engine will damage itself before the coolant system is thawed enough to begin functioning.

  23. Re:The U.S.A. is now a third world country on Nuclear Plant Taken Down In Anticipation of Snowstorm · · Score: 1

    That certainly was a fun experience. I use the term "fun" loosely.

    One of the trees in the front yard exploded. The trunk just... blew. Wood shards everywhere. Not to mention all the transformer lightshows to rival a 4th of July celebration!

  24. Re:I'm not worried. on Removing Libsystemd0 From a Live-running Debian System · · Score: 1

    Yes, I'm sure Red Hat will be kicked out...

  25. Re:Right to be forgotten? on Facebook Adds Legacy Contact Feature In Case You Die Before It Does · · Score: 2

    Then check the box requesting your account to be deleted when you die.

    Your data (supposedly) goes zap when facebook is notified you're a stiff.