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  1. Re:List of privacy violations on Windows 10 Upgrade Strategies, Pitfalls and Fixes As MSFT Servers Are Hit Hard · · Score: 0

    Seriously, this is /. and we're flummoxed by having to change a couple default settings to things better for us?

  2. Re:a few highlights for the latecomer on A Naysayer's Take On Windows 10: Potential Privacy Mess, and Worse · · Score: 1

    You missed the page where it asked if you wanted to change your defaults. Uncheck those boxes and nothing is changed during the upgrade.

  3. Re:It's fine... from the ISO. on A Naysayer's Take On Windows 10: Potential Privacy Mess, and Worse · · Score: 1

    I think you did something wrong. I downloaded the ISO, mounted it and upgraded my machine. No prompts for keys, and I'm all activated and happy.

  4. Re:TL;DR version on Oculus Founder Hit With Lawsuit · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We consulted our lawyers, and they assure us that it'll be cheaper for them to pay us off than fight us, so free money!

  5. Re:Big deal. PostgreSQL's doing it already. on In-Database R Coming To SQL Server 2016 · · Score: 2

    So if you aren't first with a feature, you shouldn't bother?

  6. Re:Automated attack on The Best Way To Protect Real Passwords: Create Fake Ones · · Score: 1

    Because this system would show the attacker an account and password for every manager password entered.

    With a normal password manager, the attacker is told if they're right or wrong. With something like this, when it tries Password! on the manager, it gets results, just they're wrong and it has to try to use one to find out. Then it tries Password1 on the manager, gets results, has to test, etc. So it has to add a verification step and not just attack the password manager. Of course, you're likely to lock out the account you're using for verification before you hit on the right password.

  7. Get rid of the crap sites on Ask Slashdot: What Features Would You Like In a Search Engine? · · Score: 1

    Get rid of the sites that have a single paragraph and then a registration or paywall blocking the rest of the content.

    Get rid of the sites that are just copies of other pages with ads.

    Or let us easily block a site from appearing in results in the future. Enough users vote a site off, have a human take a look to see if they should remove it for everyone.

  8. Re:Persistence is not omnipotent. on Can High Intelligence Be a Burden Rather Than a Boon? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Persistence doesn't mean trying the same thing over and over until it works. Persistence is trying to achieve your goals over and over again until you're successful. So you might bang your head on the wall a few times, realize that won't work and then try different things until you break it down.

  9. Re:Ikea on Ikea Refugee Shelter Entering Production · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, putting IKEA stuff together is fun. I've never understood that complaint, and I'd guess that many of the people repeating the meme have never bought anything from IKEA.

  10. Re:NANO Tech ? on Nanotech Makes Steel 10x Stronger · · Score: 1

    Marketing has infected the world. Why just describe what you're doing when you can toss out a few buzzwords and get a lot more attention?

  11. Re:Have you watched the video? on Video Raises Doubts About Attkisson's Claims of Malicious Hacking · · Score: 1

    The video looks like what a hack on TV or the movies looks like. It doesn't look like what an actual hacker would do. That's the problem.

  12. Re:Against it getting dark at 4:00pm on Ask Slashdot: Where Do You Stand on Daylight Saving Time? · · Score: 1

    The farmer thing isn't true. Farmers don't give a sh*t what time it is, they work with the sun.

  13. Re:Windows Users, Get Ready For a Bigger-Than-Usua on Windows Users, Get Ready For a Bigger-Than-Usual Patch Tuesday · · Score: 2

    Chrome and Firefox also have regular updates patching security problems. We just don't get a note about it each month, it just shows up.

  14. Re:FCC with E/I Killed Saturday Cartoons on The Era of Saturday Morning Cartoons Is Dead · · Score: 1

    When I was looking to see when the football games started this morning it was all home gyms and face cream infomercials. I'm not sure a reasonable person would call those either educational or informative.

  15. Re:Smart. Dumb. Doesn't matter. on It's Dumb To Tell Kids They're Smart · · Score: 2

    Don't forget knowing the right people. In my experience, that matters a lot more than what you know or what you're capable of doing.

  16. Re:Surprise? on Munich Reverses Course, May Ditch Linux For Microsoft · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yea, MS money made the users hate the experience. Just be honest, Linux kills it in certain situations, and the desktop for a regular office worker isn't it.

  17. Re:never update windows on patch day, wait a week on Windows 8.1 Update Crippling PCs With BSOD, Microsoft Suggests You Roll Back · · Score: 1

    Or, there's a lot of different windows configurations and they can't test them all. We updated a few hundred machines last week, zero problems. Sounds like we got lucky, but it's not as if these problems nuke every machine.

  18. Re:that's some expensive laughtrack on Big Bang Actors To Earn $1M Per Episode · · Score: 2

    I assumed it was a laugh track too, but they film in front of a live audience.

  19. Re:Nerd Blackface on Big Bang Actors To Earn $1M Per Episode · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We're talking about a fictional example, but Sheldon is highly successful, and seems quite happy with his life. He doesn't need to be medicated just because he doesn't meet stereotypical norms.

  20. Not an analouge to reality on Games That Make Players Act Like Psychopaths · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In a world without consequences, I think most people would be pretty fucking vicious.

    However, I don't think these games are a mirror to your real nature because of the other differences the game world creates. Most importantly, you're immortal and can go do something else whenever you want. Death is ultimately trivial compared to real life. Sure you lose your stuff, which sucks, but you don't cease to exist. The reverse is true for those you 'kill' in game.

  21. Re:Meatspace is losing to userspace on Teachers Union: Computers Can Negatively Impact Children's Ability To Learn · · Score: 1

    Like most things, it depends. It depends on the subject, the kids, the computer program, and the teacher in question. Change any of those up and you change the outcome.

    Now for some anecdotal evidence. I know with my son, we got a subscription for a home schooling program for use over the summer. He's naturally good at reading, so he's flying through those parts and learning quite a bit. He also seems to be learning more in the social studies units online then he did at school. Math, not so much. He's on track and still doing good work practicing his skills, but it's not as good at teaching new ones. However, even with the math I think that if it was paired with a teacher it would be better than either alone.

  22. Re:On the subject of collusion on Apple, Google Agree To Settle Lawsuit Alleging Hiring Conspiracy · · Score: 1

    Are the professional associations to protect them from their employers or to exclude competitors?

  23. Re:Why corn? on Cheaper Fuel From Self-Destructing Trees · · Score: 1

    I like that plan, it also means you don't have to worry about any potential impact if the strain enters the food supply.

  24. Re:I think it's reasonable, if it was accurate on Should Newsweek Have Outed Satoshi Nakamoto's Personal Details? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What is the value of knowing who the original creator of bitcoin is and where he is living?

    I'd say there is no value.

  25. Except this is to protect the company from malicious users, not form malware.

    If you're in a company where you want/need to do monitoring of the data leaving your network, you have to be checking the SSL traffic. Of course, you should notify people about this.

    We chose not to do SSL Inspection with our filters, and we still notified people when we put the proxies in place.