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  1. Re:The Game of Catchup on New Malware Simulates Hard Drive Failure · · Score: 1

    "I run FireFox even though it's technically less secure"

    NoScript and ABP are all I need. Haven't been hit by shit, EVER.

  2. Re:in other words... on AppleCare Reps Told To Skirt Malware Questions · · Score: 1

    "And don't use phrases like "cognitive dissonance" when you don't know what they mean"

    Implying a research director doesn't know what your very condition is and what it is called.

    Nice one.

  3. Re:Really? on Why Thunderbolt Is Dead In the Water · · Score: 2

    Guess what? Same VGA cable does 2560x1600 @75Hz on my U3011 with a DVI-D adapter on the end. You need two physical DVI cables otherwise.

    One cable is better than two.

  4. Re:Yes, it is rubbish on Nano-Viewing Record Broken · · Score: 1

    "But you can "fake" it. this is called super-resolution."

    No, it's called interpolation.

  5. Thunderbolt = useless for video on Why Thunderbolt Is Dead In the Water · · Score: 1

    I get more bandwidth over my VGA cable - that is to say, upwards of about a foot the bandwidth is unlimited and purely dependent upon the DACs capability (what is it, about 400MHz for 2048x1536 over VGA?)

    Even with a single connector, at 30 feet I can get a clean 2048x1536 signal at 85Hz. Is thunderbolt going to do that? What, it requires two links for something not even as high resolution or refresh rate on supposedly SUPERIOR technology? Oh well. Still using VGA then.

    Better stick with hard drives and network cards for this tech, guys.

  6. Re:Really? on Why Thunderbolt Is Dead In the Water · · Score: 1

    "my motherboard likes to SUBSTITUTE the new drive for one of my original SATAs"

    That isn't his motherboard, that's his OS disk manager.

  7. Re:Really? on Why Thunderbolt Is Dead In the Water · · Score: 1

    There's a REASON DMA is locked down for things like Video Cards (since Windows NT4)

    IT'S A HUGE SECURITY RISK WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE PRESENT AT THE MACHINE PHYSICALLY OR FROM A NETWORK LOCATION.

    It has been like this since at least NT4, for Windows.

    The problems that the No$ GBC emulator gave me due to NT4 not allowing DMA frustrated me to no end, until the author fixed it.

  8. Re:Really? on Why Thunderbolt Is Dead In the Water · · Score: 1

    And I bet the signal lag on that will suck.

  9. Re:Really? on Why Thunderbolt Is Dead In the Water · · Score: 1

    "That adapter is less expensive, but it's only single-link DVI; it won't drive a high-res monitor."

    So sad. My single VGA port CRT does 2048x1536 at 85Hz without a problem.

    You need two links just to get that same resolution at 75Hz over DVI on an LCD.

    Enjoying that DRM overhead?

  10. Re:Really? on Why Thunderbolt Is Dead In the Water · · Score: 1

    "Not if your external disk is USB 3.0. Firewire 800 = nearly 800 mbit/s"

    Hi, my Firewire 3200 4K camcorder would like to have a word with you.

  11. Re:Fight Fire with Fire on A New Approach To Reducing Spam: Go After Credit Processors · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I just tried it, and it fucking worked. I used a totally unknown e-mail account and just socially-engineered my brother.

    I have ZERO faith left in humanity.

    You're fucking evil and insightful.

  12. Apple 100% useless - regular repair tech fixes it on AppleCare Reps Told To Skirt Malware Questions · · Score: 1

    http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/hfydw/macdefender_just_had_a_mac_checked_in_for_it_will/

    Any further questions, Applefags?

    That guy has ZERO certifications *I know him personally* and he just owned your entire paid-for support team.

    Enjoy buying useless services that Apple can *NEVER* live up to.

  13. Re:Front-line support on AppleCare Reps Told To Skirt Malware Questions · · Score: 1

    "Apple isn't an expert in malware removal, nor do they provide any software that helps with it"

    BUT THEY *ADVERTISE* THEMSELVES AS BEING GENIUSES, WHICH IMPLIES THEY KNOW HOW TO FIX THE FUCKING PROBLEM.

    It's a flat-out LIE Apple is selling and they need to be stopped.

  14. Re:Ignorance is strength on AppleCare Reps Told To Skirt Malware Questions · · Score: 1

    One is a global statement that hasn't been POSSIBLE for nearly a decade, the other deals with something so similar as to be virtually indistinguishable to a lay user.

    Infection = SOME PATHOGEN IS IN YOUR SYSTEM CAUSING ISSUES.

    Perhaps you should do some basic medical research to understand which sense the stated terms are being utilized.

  15. Re:joint statement with Sony on Firmware Troubles For Old Xbox 360s, Possibly PS3s As Well · · Score: 1

    Considering BOTH PLATFORMS use IBM architectures, I would bet it's a firmware issue.

  16. Re:in other words... on AppleCare Reps Told To Skirt Malware Questions · · Score: 1

    And yet you totally ignore the possibility of hidden payloads.

    Bravo on the major cognitive dissonance.

  17. Re:Digital only will be the rule within 2 gens. on Fable III Dev: Used Game Sales More Costly Than Piracy · · Score: 1

    Ignorance of prior legal decisions is not an excuse, that's why.

  18. Re:So? on AppleCare Reps Told To Skirt Malware Questions · · Score: 1

    "Microsoft doesn't support removal of the hordes of malware on it's platform either."

    Bullshit. Microsoft Security Essentials.

  19. Re:in other words... on AppleCare Reps Told To Skirt Malware Questions · · Score: 1, Troll

    Your fucking system is infected.

    Not making a recommendation while the user likely CONTINUES TO USE THE INFECTED SYSTEM is IRRESPONSIBLE.

    How the hell is this a difficult concept to understand?

  20. Re:Of course on Fable III Dev: Used Game Sales More Costly Than Piracy · · Score: 1

    They gotta be aware of it, first.

    We have tons of accounts made just to keep them thrown off-track of the real accounts being traded and used.

    Maybe one in every 1,000 banned accounts is an actual traded account. The rest were dummies generated by hackers for obfuscation purposes, or actual cheaters/caught pirates.

  21. Re:it traveled for miles through the water? on Local Atmosphere Heated Rapidly Before Japan Quake · · Score: 1

    The radon doesn't have to, just the radiation.

    READ THE ARTICLE. IT EXPLAINS SOME OF THIS.

    The rest you have to either know from paying attention in school or through cursory basic research - both of which seems to be absent here on Slashdot.

  22. Re:Digital only will be the rule within 2 gens. on Fable III Dev: Used Game Sales More Costly Than Piracy · · Score: 0

    "As much as I hate to say it, physical media is largely dead"

    RAM is physical media. Come back when you understand what constitutes 'physical media' in computers and what's required to make a program operate.

  23. Re:Of course on Fable III Dev: Used Game Sales More Costly Than Piracy · · Score: 1

    Good luck enforcing that contract in California *grin*

    We take Doctrine of First Sale pretty seriously here. That's why most big companies based here sue OUT OF STATE, to avoid our consumer-friendly laws.

  24. Re:Of course on Fable III Dev: Used Game Sales More Costly Than Piracy · · Score: 1

    "I wonder if people sell Steam accounts"

    Yep. Considering all the games I had were gifted and I paid NOTHING for them, you can believe I made myself a nice grip of change off an old steam account with over 200 titles, totally clean, legit, not banned from any server.

  25. Re:it traveled for miles through the water? on Local Atmosphere Heated Rapidly Before Japan Quake · · Score: 1

    most radiation travels at near-c so.............