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  1. What TOS are you reading? on They're Reading Your Mail: Microsoft's ToS, Windows 8 Leak, and Snooping · · Score: 2

    Has anyone seen a TOS that does not give the company rights of ownership of you, yours, and all things associated with everything else they can cram into the TOS? I've often wondered why TOS are so wordy. I would simply write, "Do you confirm that you are our bitch and everything yours is now ours?".

  2. Same'ol firmware separated from kernel module appr on AMD Develops New Linux Open-Source Driver Model · · Score: 1

    It doesn't sound all that different. Everyone wanting to stay proprietary has a separate firmware to load by the module; but, the proprietary module has a few more whistles than the one from the community. Is this not the same thing?

  3. Never sell something valuable on Wireless Carriers In Huge Washington Lobby Fight Over Spectrum Auction · · Score: 1

    Selling things is stupid when you can rent it. The smart move would be to lease it out to companies that want to act as service providers. It gives more control to us, gives "our kids a say", and makes money until it is obsolete.

  4. Brilliant! on More On the Disposable Tech Worker · · Score: 1

    Now if we could keep finding new doctors where each new doctor does the job for 25% less then the old one until the cost is 25% of what it originally cost... hmmm. Then we'd have doctors that suck as bad as new code and outsourced tech support.

  5. Re:Dear Scott Corley: on More On the Disposable Tech Worker · · Score: 1

    1st, tell the whore that is fucking you in the ass to climb down.

    FTFU

  6. Re:No Details on Speedy Attack Targets Web Servers With Outdated Linux Kernels · · Score: 1

    Nobody in the security sector that I know believes there is a relationship between the kernel version and the attacks. The only reason I could see anyone mentioning it is if they had some reason for people to see Linux negatively. The vast majority of IPS/Firewalls out there taking Ciso space in the datacenters are based on Linux. I do know no of any of them that are not running kernel 2.6.X.

  7. Re:Peering and Bandwidth Symmetry on Level 3 Wants To Make Peering a Net Neutrality Issue · · Score: 1

    This is why the physical portion should be owned by the state. Let the wireless, cellular, and last hop be distributed by providers, including last hop pots. Companies rent the physical and sell the service. It serves to maintain the resource without tossing it into one, or the other, downward spiral. For example, it limits the stagnation affect caused when the state controls resources and forces a balance between companies that want to gouge customers and what people believe is reasonable. The only thing preventing someone from starting a service is competence not overly powerful competition. The user has a plethora of options.

  8. Re:Who'da thunk on Malware Attack Infected 25,000 Linux/UNIX Servers · · Score: 1

    "what if someone wants to log directly into their box while travelling". OpenVPN would work in one of two ways. You can set up another machine and an IPv4 non-routable network for internal access only. If your Linux machine only has one physical interface you apply a non-routable address to the same physical interface right along side of the IPv6 one. Or just connect directly to the Linux box with OpenVPN. You setup multiple networks on the Linux box (public and private) using a tun or tap device depending on your preferences. Then have OpenVPN configured to assign your address the same as the "private" one.

  9. Re:backwards day? on Forests Around Chernobyl Aren't Decaying Properly · · Score: 1

    Oh man! I forgot the freakin link

  10. Who'da thunk on Malware Attack Infected 25,000 Linux/UNIX Servers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A weak root password and public facing root SSH access is bad?

    Managing a Linux box with a publicly facing web based interface bad?

    Installing untested web based applications released as freeware with no idea what the code does is bad?

  11. backwards day? on Forests Around Chernobyl Aren't Decaying Properly · · Score: 1

    "The scientists took bags of fallen leaves to various areas around Chernobyl and found that locations with more radiation caused the leaves to retain more than half of their original weight after almost a year." I'd certainly be toting my "bag of fallen leaves" if I were in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Of course, I would not be telling people about the where the bag lost some of its original weight. But to be honest, In places with more radiation I would think it would loose more weight. Or am I missing something?

  12. Crow is teh yum! on Lies Programmers Tell Themselves · · Score: 1

    I'll add color coding to lines joining devices to show if traffic is blocked, forwarded, or filtered today.

  13. Cosmos vs. Boba Fet on Why San Francisco Is the New Renaissance Florence · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one that watched the show and thought, "Neil deGrasse Tyson stole Boba Fet's ship!"?

  14. get'em laid on Study: Happiness Improves Developers' Problem Solving Skills · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've been saying all along that the schools should get the geeks laid instead of the jocks. Even with this study they still won't listen.

  15. i think it has a chance on Firefox OS Will Become the Mobile OS To Beat · · Score: 1

    "Second: Yes, the developing world is growing and, yes, smartphone adoption is always rocketing up and, yes, eventually feature phones will be a thing of the past. But this won't happen tomorrow.

    If they get people using low end phones accustomed to FirefoxOS then they have successfully developed a market share.

  16. Oh come on! on NASA Admits It Gave Jet Fuel Discounts To Google Execs' Company · · Score: 1, Insightful

    H2-11 should be prohibited from refueling at NASA Ames. That way they can crash, die, and people can bitch about how NASA refused to help a brother out.

  17. They get caught up? on Microsoft Lync Server Gathers Employee Data Just Like NSA · · Score: 1

    "Lync does this no differently than any other enterprise communications system,” says Barry Castle". They are not lying. There have been better solutions for a long time. All of them integrate directory services (AD/LDAP) with information from everything, audio recording of phone conversations, video recording of desktop usage, real time network traffic information.

  18. Rollin your own on Chrome 33 Nixes Option To Fall Back To Old 'New Tab' Page · · Score: 1

    With all of the HTTP components in language API's that can be integrated into applications I'm wondering why more people don't just give up on web browsers made by others. Though I wonder how many companies would block you from accessing their site if the browser doesn't have the correct branding.

  19. but nothing else on 1870s Horse Flu Epidemic Brought US Economy To Its Knees · · Score: 1

    Which BIO fuel can be used to make plastics? We need to switch before oil isn't available for all of the "other things" we need it for.

  20. ipconfig /flushdns on Gabe Newell Responds: Yes, We're Looking For Cheaters Via DNS · · Score: 1

    net stop dnscache

  21. Note to self on Oops: Security Holes In Belkin Home Automation Gear · · Score: 1

    Self,
    Disconnect chainsaw from home network.

  22. I hate to be negative but... on Can Reactive Programming Handle Complexity? · · Score: 1

    If you specify the same memory area in an application for your variables you open up the application for some serious illegitimate usage. It looks to me like using database triggers is pretty much the same thing. However, if someone has sufficient access to your database they could just make their own "triggers". It is a cool concept though.

  23. This means on FLOSS Codecs Emerge Victorious In Wikimedia Vote · · Score: 1

    They are only accepting Vorbis/FLAC audio, Theora video, in ogg containers? Or is everything good as long as the container isn't proprietary?

  24. Gravity is total BS. When I fall down it isn't because of gravity it is because of the booze. /hicup

  25. No more 7331 envy here on Blogger Fined €3,000 for 'Publicizing' Files Found Through Google Search · · Score: 1

    I've always referred to myself as a lowly grinder, far beneath the vaulted hacker. I'm feeling pretty high on the geek scale now.