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  1. Re:Not nearly enough information on Ask Slashdot: Computer Test Lab Set-Up For Home? · · Score: 1

    This is a useless summary of your question

    Agreed. There isn't even enough there to guess.

  2. Re:So? on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    When you find you don't have a toaster, microwave, stove, fridge, have saved buckets of money on electricity and gas bills, don't understand why the receipts for all the meals you've had to eat at restaurants have cluttered the floor where the trash can had always been, you will have found out Ron Paul remodeled your kitchen.

  3. Not far enough. on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    We should eliminate the Police Departments, Fire Departments, close all penitentiaries, and remove all restrictions on the purchase of firearms. If there are no restrictions protecting the poor, the middle class, or future generations not destined to receive a trust fund, we should not be forced to pay taxes in any shape or form. If the wealthy do not want our taxes to be used to protect us, do not want to pay taxes themselves, and do not want to protect the world we live in, why should we fund institutions to protect them?

  4. What is up with init.d on Ubuntu Turns 7 · · Score: 1

    I'm more of a Debian user myself. My laptops have Ubuntu on them, though Unity doesn't live on them. My media center, servers, and personal desktop are still on Debian. I like the idea of moving X into user space but not having an xorg.conf file in X11/ throws me for a spin. I'm probably too accustomed to doing things myself. The changes to init, however, are a real pita. I don't understand why they feel the need to change something so fundamental to Unix users. Not that I want to start a BSD vs SystemV war, init.d has never been a bad thing.

  5. Let me guess. on Galaxy Nexus Designed To Avoid Infringing Apple Patents · · Score: 0

    None of the rectangles have rounded corners.

  6. Problem solver? on Lego NXT Bot Beats Rubik's Cube Record · · Score: 2

    A robot with fast hands! Now THAT is a push towards robotic friends for geeks.

  7. Re:easy way to abuse this: on Canadian Supreme Court Rules Linking Is Not Defamation · · Score: 0

    I think truth factors into the legality of content. Posting links to corroborate an article pushes it into public domain.
    www.uncannyiscorrect.com/republican_candidates_moms_are_dirty_whores.html

  8. Apps stored in firmware? on Microtouch: 8-bit Open Source Media Device · · Score: 1

    Microtouch as an application framework of sorts that allows multiple applications to be built into the firmware.

    It sounds really cool; but, how many flashes can the firmware take?

  9. Re:Also lucky since Yahoo's decline has continued on Ballmer: We're Lucky Microsoft Didn't Buy Yahoo · · Score: 2

    Maybe if Yahoo made a more functioning version of their stuff in the form of apps?

    That would be "brick and mortar". I worked for yahoo broadcast when radio stations were struggling and broadcast.com had just been purchased. At a meeting on how to continue broadcasting all of the original broadcast.com shows I suggested we buy up clear channel to avoid having to pay the impending royalty fee bubble. The amount was slightly more but not significant. They literally told me they did not want to invest in anything brick and mortar. Now Rupert Murdock is doing well while yahoo is about to crank up layoff.yahoo.com Who ever buys Yahoo! is going to get some really talented people. Assuming they don't bring on anyone from management.

  10. Re:Will it work in mosquitos? on New Vaccine Halves Malaria Risk · · Score: 1

    can we 'cure' the mosquitoes before they bite us again?

    We can introduce male mosquito genetically altered to have glow in the dark genes. This would help to eradicate the species of mosquito that caries malaria.

    http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/genetic/gm-mosquito.htm

  11. Re:Poverty is the REAL issue on New Vaccine Halves Malaria Risk · · Score: 1

    Malaria is a major killer of ppl.

    Actually, it is a major killer of children. Gates foundation is not draining the U.S. coffers in their attempt to ease the pain and suffering of those children. Bill and Melinda Gates contribution and construction of the foundation is not a blank check to the foundation. Donations have been, and are still being, accepted from global contributers. China's money is not the U.S.'s money. Money spent on China's goods is gone. It belongs to China. If they wish to help children with their money, good for them. If money protected someone from getting bitten by a mosquito we would have clothing made from it.

  12. hrumpf on The Genetics of Happiness · · Score: 1, Funny

    I was told it isn't length that makes happy. It is width.

  13. Re:Encrypted Tunnels on Verizon Wireless Changes Privacy Policy · · Score: 1
  14. Re:Encrypted Tunnels on Verizon Wireless Changes Privacy Policy · · Score: 1
  15. Turing Machine banned on Leonardo DiCaprio To Play Alan Turing? · · Score: 1

    How long after the purchase will they prohibit anyone from using the term Turning Machine in any product or application?

    http://code.google.com/p/moonblink/wiki/Tricorder

    Sorry Tricorder fans, Tricorder has been deleted from the Android Market by Google, at the demand of CBS's legal weasels. This all happened without any discussion or warning -- I was simply notified after the fact.

  16. Re:The unwashed masses don't understand on Australian Malls To Track Shoppers By Their Phones · · Score: 1

    If you pay by credit card, stores require a drivers license.

  17. Re:Women have it hard in the future on Company Unveils Personalized Anime Robot Girl · · Score: 3, Funny

    While you present a strong and coherent argument you leave out two very important facts. Who is this Susan? How do I get her number?

  18. Re:93,000 DoS'd accounts on Sony Targeted Yet Again; Thwarts Attackers This Time · · Score: 1

    If Sony detects this sort of login behavior (multiple failed login attempts to many different accounts coming from the same IP), the correct response is to lock the account

    This is essentially a vector for denial of service. Set up a brute force attack from a throw away ip address with one user:pass. Attack 2 then 3 then 4 then 5... accounts until you hit the sweet spot. Then whenever you wish to DoS Sony user accounts you hit Sony with a brute force attack above the known number of accounts. Or equally malicious, since you know the limit, you can truly use a brute force attack under the sweet spot to avoid detection.

  19. Re:Fortunately this will never happen to the iPhon on BlackBerry Outage Spreads To North America · · Score: 1

    Yes but your not having to use expensive middleware and are not tied to Microsoft products for services. Also, your mail client is able to use IDL in IMAP for "push email". So it totally doesn't count as "integrating into the existing IT infrastructure".

  20. Re:Just Switched on BlackBerry Outage Spreads To North America · · Score: 1

    +1 Dodge

  21. No love here. on BlackBerry Outage Spreads To North America · · Score: 1

    Rim made a living off disabling IDL in IMAP and selling it as a middleware product, suing the shit out of people doing the same thing, and gouging customers that use SMS. I don't wish they go out of business. I wish they go out of business and rot in hell.

  22. Re:93,000 DoS'd accounts on Sony Targeted Yet Again; Thwarts Attackers This Time · · Score: 1

    I don't know. I assume not. Enforcing complex passwords, IMHO, would be better than shutting down thousands of user accounts. Are people connecting to their Sony account and receiving the following message, "We are sorry. Your password sucked. Your account has been disabled. Please go fuck yourself. --Sony"?

  23. Global economy on Is the OMB Trying To End Planetary Exploration? · · Score: 1

    Doesn't China have the money to put into a maned space mission? Maybe he should direct his needs towards a country, in the global economy, that is making money instead of one that is trying to thwart an economic implosion. Kicking Obama in the balls while he is trying to keep the country from falling back into the hands of the people that devastated the countries economy is childish at best.

  24. hu wa? on British Coalition Partner Attempts to Block Web Censorship Powers · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Liberal Democratic party in the U.K. are actually Liberal Democrats? The colonies have soooo much to learn.

  25. 93,000 DoS'd accounts on Sony Targeted Yet Again; Thwarts Attackers This Time · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sounds like the attack was successful to me.