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  1. Re:Expensive on Criminals Distribute Infected USB Sticks In Parking Lot · · Score: 1

    The parent has a point: if you don't want people plugging in USB devices, just physically disable the ports.

    That only works on machines that still have ps2 ports. Plenty of machines don't have them now days.

  2. Re:Wow, atheist materialism? on South Korea Will Revisit Plan To Nix Evolution References in Textbooks · · Score: 2

    I'm an athiest and attended a friends church (I was giving them a ride as they don't have a car) and sat in on a little discussion they were having about increasing membership and a short discussion of a bible passage (something about Jesus letting an immoral woman bathe his feat against the wishes of the Pharisees).

    It was fairly interesting, but then I noticed on their website: We believe that the lost and sinful man must be saved, and that man's only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God...We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the unsaved; those that are saved into the resurrection of life and those that are unsaved into the resurrection of damnation."

    Sorry, but if you are going to believe that I as an athiest am damned, no matter what type of person I am, then I'm not going to give your church the benefit of a doubt either.

  3. Re:an update for iTunes that made me restart. on Apple Loses Bid For Emergency Ban On HTC Phone Imports · · Score: 1

    Every single iTunes upgrade prompts me to restart, but I never do and have noticed no ill effects. I wonder if that's boilerplate verbiage that they include just in case.

  4. Re:selling Timothy Leary books, Bob Marley... on Twitter Can't Keep Protestor's Data From Cops · · Score: 1

    For example, if somebody is talking a lot about legalizing pot, advertisers will know that they'll have more luck selling Timothy Leary books, Bob Marley or Grateful Dead albums, and Che Guevara T-shirts than they will selling Glenn Beck books, Christian rock albums, and suits and ties.

    On that theme, Bob Marley tea is pretty good.

  5. Re:"Your computer could be at risk from infidels! on Iran Claims New Cyber Attack On Its Nuclear Plants, Blames US and Allies · · Score: 1

    +1 It's sad how effective social engineering is. I wouldn't put it past psyops to do something similar.

  6. Re:This is how I lose at chess on Why Smart People Are Stupid · · Score: 1

    This is not a bad idea. Not only do you have more fun by playing recklessly half the time, but your opponents won't stop playing against you if they can win fairly often.

  7. Re:Sennheiser HD 202 for $20 on Ask Slashdot: Best Headphones, Earbuds, Earphones? · · Score: 1

    I also have the Sennheiser HD 202 and they are great sounding headphones if a little bit bulky. If you want earbuds, I've been happy with Klipsch's offerings though they sound a bit tinny.

  8. Re:+1 Micro Center, -1 Salespeople on Best Buy Chairman and Founder Resigns Ahead of Schedule · · Score: 1

    I bought a $500 video card from microcenter a year or two ago and the salesperson was trying to sell me on a $100 warranty. The funny/scary part is he mentioned that even if the card was subtly sabotaged, I could get a free replacement. I didn't bite because I have ethics and the card is already warranted through the manufacturer.

  9. Re:SSD file deletion and overwriting on Flame Malware Authors Hit Self-Destruct · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This older article from slashdot points out the opposite problem.

    "They found that SSDs start wiping themselves within minutes after a quick format (or a file delete or full format) and can even do so when disconnected from a PC and rigged up to a hardware blocker."

  10. Re:Binary... on How Many Seconds Would It Take To Crack Your Password? · · Score: 1

    So you are claiming that you type a 168 digit string of binary every time you log into something? That seems annoying.

  11. Re:DHS CS Expert. on CryptoCat Developer Questioned At US-Canadian Border · · Score: 5, Funny

    That is so paranoid. DHS would never stoop to such methods, and I'm sure it would take longer than an hour to get a judge to authorize such monitoring.

  12. Re:So what? on LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked Online · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If he has the password hash, then he most likely also has the username. He just didn't share them with the rest of the world and is likely trying to sell them.

  13. Re:Its the words, not the music on Do Headphones Help Or Hurt Productivity? · · Score: 1

    I find Mogwai to be fairly good work music, excepting a few annoying songs here and there.

    Oh, and as for earphones, a pair of Klipsch S4 earbuds I bought a year ago do an amazing job of reducing background noise - even when you aren't playing anything.

  14. So... the US is like the Texas+Kansas of the world?

  15. Re:Big Brother is so proud of you all on Sci-fi Writer Elizabeth Moon Believes Everyone Should Be Chipped · · Score: 1

    Big Brother is proud of us all, and that is how it should be. You need to stop inciting free-thought and turn yourself in at the nearest detention facility.

  16. Re:"worst kept secret" on The Price of Military Tech Assistance In Movies · · Score: 1

    Maybe that's what they want.

  17. Re:Prerendering on Chrome Browser Usage Artificially Boosted, Says Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I was thinking the same thing. The stats indicate that Chrome is using more bandwidth and resources than IE despite having 1/3 the install base. Seems inefficient.

  18. Really, as those cameras are made by some corporation, I'd think any republican would be glad to lose a little privacy to help some poor shareholders. Let's hear it for capitalism!

  19. Re:posting as AC on Google Talks About Its Ubuntu Experience · · Score: 1

    People may actually listen to your points, except you outed yourself with "a shithole full of dumb tribal niggers". Sorry, but racism is clear evidence of imbalanced thought processes and makes your entire argument suspect.

  20. Re:Naive to believe spam is from referenced site on Apple Gives In, Drops iPad '4G' Tag To Avoid Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    +1 for realizing this could be a false flag operation.

  21. Re:worried about this being a "slippery slope" on Connecticut Resident Stopped By State Police For Radioactivity · · Score: 1

    My first thought was that it's rather cool that police have radiation detectors in their vehicles. I'm not a huge fan of the police, due to me receiving various (admittedly deserved) speeding tickets, but this sounds like them checking unusual circumstances for the public good.

  22. Re:Ever wonder if the bomber WASN'T a double agent on Homeland Security: New Body Scanners Have Issues · · Score: 1

    Or the agent pretty much started the whole bomb plot to justify TSA and defense spending.

  23. Re:Check why the files are corrupted on Ask Slashdot: What's a Good Tool To Detect Corrupted Files? · · Score: 2

    I agree with this parent. Most likely there is a hardware failure, like the one that caused Intel to spend a billion dollars recalling Sandy Bridge motherboards for SATA errors. You need to isolate the problem to either a hard drive, ram, motherboard, cable, or even power supply and fix the root cause.

  24. Re:50% on Study Finds 1 in 10 Used Hard Drives Contains Old Personal Data · · Score: 1

    Nice. The 0 mod shows how few understood the joke.

  25. Re:Credulity and religious belief on Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief · · Score: 1

    If there were no conspiracies, the word wouldn't exist.