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  1. Re:Not a patent on the dock on Steve Jobs Patents "The Dock" · · Score: 1

    Not that anyone on Slashdot would think that was patent-worthy, either. :)

  2. Paper trail? Why e-vote at all! on California Sec. of State Wants Open Source E-Voting Systems · · Score: 1

    If there needs to be a truly reliable paper trail to audit, why even bother with e-voting? At that point the only difference I can see is whether you push a pencil through paper or push a button, and one is far less trustworthy. Quicker tabulation can't be worth that much to the lazy voting public, can it?

  3. Re:Modtools prolong a game's life... on No Mod Tools for Fallout 3 Launch · · Score: 1

    They are saying there will be no mod tools at launch; judging by Bethesda's past record of releasing excellent Elder Scrolls Toolkits, I'm banking on Fallout 3 tools being released within six months of launch.

  4. Re:Woah... on Why Mozilla Is Committed To Using Gecko · · Score: 1

    Holy shit, a proper use of the phrase "begged the question!" Someone give this man a cookie.

  5. Re:So do they... on Google Updates Chrome's Terms of Service · · Score: 1

    No, Google states that the change should be considered retroactive.

  6. Re:How can you tell if a box is zombied? on Zombie Network Explosion · · Score: 1

    Microsoft Update has periodic monthly tools that are supposed to give the user a feeling of security.

  7. Interesting. on Zombie Network Explosion · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Interesting. Far more interesting to me, however, is speculating on how botnets quadrupled in the part three months.

  8. Re:OpenSSH bug? on Red Hat, Fedora Servers Compromised · · Score: 1

    You mean Debian's broken Random Number Generator?
    No, the bug is unrelated, and has to do with X11 forwarding in SSH tunnels. It's considered low severity.
    Link: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4752

  9. Huzzah! on YouTube Stands Up To IOC Over Free Tibet Video · · Score: 1

    Good on YouTube, good on Google!
    Fuck you, chilling effect.

  10. Not too much of a shock, really. on Apple's Market Cap Exceeds Google's · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not really a shock.

    One company's based on ubiquity and mindshare. The other's the same though less so, but actually retails physical items.

  11. Re:Eh, so what? on BSOD Makes Appearance at Olympic Opening Ceremonies · · Score: 1

    Meh, at least their kernel panics are informative. It's a different design decision, not a bad one.

  12. Re:well on BSOD Makes Appearance at Olympic Opening Ceremonies · · Score: 1

    The ROC and the PRC both govern the same land, why bother making a distinction at all? ;)

  13. Re:well on BSOD Makes Appearance at Olympic Opening Ceremonies · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...so because nobody one the FOSS side has implemented fsck.ntfs-3g, it's Microsoft's problem?

  14. Huh? on The Flat Earthers Are Still With Us · · Score: 1

    I guess no flat earth theorist has ever been in an airplane on a clear day.
    The curvature of the Earth is clearly visible.
    Hell, you can even see it at sea, though it's far more subtle.

    I don't understand this planet sometimes; didn't Eratosthenes prove all this well enough in antiquity?

  15. Re:reproduction on Viruses Infected By Viruses · · Score: 1

    What about computer viruses and worms? Some people argue that those are life, especially worms which are able to reproduce in their environment independently without a host.

    Without a host? I've never seen viruses exist anywhere in nature except within the confines of a Computer.

  16. Sigh. on Apple Sued For Turning Workers Into Slaves · · Score: 1

    Everyone needs to grow the hell up, here. Nobody seems to care about this stuff unless it's a huge Tech company.
    I don't see huge 744 post outcries over "Employees flipping burgers have shitty jobs, denied overtime", do I?

  17. Trac? on Best Integrated Issue-Tracker For Subversion? · · Score: 1

    I use Trac. I also use it for the wiki functionality, and Milestone features. Good piece of software, if it's what you're looking for.
    Pity the Auth wasn't cleaner.

  18. Re:Broadcomm next?? on Atheros Releases Free Linux Driver For Its 802.11n Devices · · Score: 1

    I thought the bcm4xxx project did a substantial portion of black box reverse engineering?
    Or is that not the Broadcom you mean?

  19. Re:Brought to you by closed source on More Skype Back Door Speculation · · Score: 1

    This is exactly the reason I embrace free software.
    Unfortuntately, the Debian project let me down with its OpenSSL fiasco.
    I'm not sure WHERE I stand, now.

  20. Re:Cliche? on Microsoft Sponsors Apache Software Foundation · · Score: 1

    Money is the only language Microsoft speaks.
    The fact that they're giving some can't ENTIRELY be frowned on. :)

  21. No git! on Programmer's File Editor With Change Tracking? · · Score: 1

    While git is an excellent and fast version control program, it suffers from a huge flaw: it DOES NOT WORK tolerably on Windows.
    For projects like the linux kernel, and most FOSS applications, this isn't a huge problem, but in a heterogenous work environment, this is a large, critical problem.

  22. Re:I understand running away from prison... but on Spam King and Family Dead In Murder-Suicide · · Score: 2, Funny

    What we're not telling you is that Slashdot was behind the hit... :)

  23. Re:ZOMG!!! on Study Says Open Source Software a Security Risk · · Score: 1

    They were only reviewing application servers, blame the article summary.
    Though incidentally: Tomcat and Geronimo are the Apache Foundation's, and JBoss is Red Hat's. Big enough names?

  24. WRT54G on Why Do We Have To Restart Routers? · · Score: 1

    I have a WRT54G myself, and even considering the notorious "three day connection keepalive", I can count the number of restarts I've required on two hands.
    That said, I highly recommend putting Tomato on it.

  25. Re:Whew, your telcos are safe. on Senate Passes Telecom Immunity Bill · · Score: 1

    Neither has to worry as much about what people think of them; both lost their chance at Presidency, for now.