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  1. Re:Disgruntled Former Employee? on Ex-Board Member Says HP Is Committing 'Corporate Suicide' · · Score: 1

    Considering the ass woopin HP's stock just received the guy doesn't know he's working for a new company. Oracle should give him a bonus for killing off competition.

  2. None of my needs were met by their tests :( on The Latest Web Browser Grand Prix · · Score: 1

    I use a process of elimination starting with the most important.

    I want to know if the browser is usable on any machine I use. Firefox, Chrome, Opera.
    I want to know if the browser is capable of displaying content I access without extensions. Firefox, Opera.
    I want to know if the browser is capable of protecting me from certain content. Firefox, Opera
    I want to know if I can enhance the browsers abilities. Firefox

  3. Re:Great Misconception on The Quest For an EV Fast-Charge Standard · · Score: 2

    People that are already driving EV cars are not the typical consumer. But I agree for the most part. People will want to charge at home so they don't partial charge the batteries thus reducing their life span. As far as the "rent a car on the fly" thought, that is insightful assuming they can keep the costs below taking a train or bus.

  4. Radon on Mars? on Developing Nuclear Power Plant Tech For the Moon and Mars · · Score: 0

    They are looking for Radon gas on Mars. They are doing it to detect water but there is a better use. Radon detection is used to find Uranium. It is kind of the hard way of doing it but... If there are deposits of Uranium on Mars this would stifle the doom sayers that believe shielded containers of radioactive material (that have been used for years to send radioactive material into space) are not safe.

    http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3968-radon-leaks-could-reveal-water-on-mars.html

    http://www.earthexplorer.com/2009-11/Detecting_Deeper_Deposits_of_Uranium.asp

  5. Re:...or that hate default ports... on New Worm Morto Using RDP To Infect Windows PCs · · Score: 1

    If someone uses 12345 for the password do you really think they would have the slightest clue as to what your post means? You need to spell it out for them using baby talk. 1) double clicky on the....

  6. Google is fux....0rd now on A Custom Objectionable Word List Ate My Homework · · Score: 1

    As someone that worked for a company that produced an IPS that devolved into a content filter system, Google has been the thorn in the side of every company competing for the K12 market. Because they have become so strong in the education document system, and everything is allowed over https (searches, youtube, etc...), monitoring traffic for content required ssl MiM attacks. Now they've really fucked themselves into restricting content themselves. It is going to be interesting to watch the gurus at Google (Googlerus?) deal with Johny looking at girls in bikinis and deciding if he is in a school that prohibits it, blocking access to specific streaming videos for schools that don't want Johny listing to "hate music", allowing streaming videos but restricting the amount of bandwidth determined by a directory services policy (Active Directory, Open Directory), and basically every annoying policy one school or another wants to implement. When schools start to insist the Google control panel is integrated in with their Active Directory schemes, then Google will realize just how bad things are going to get. btw. That word list is either an example or it will not work. It doesn't have any of the variations to allow words containing words. ie. ass has [^ass$|^ass\s|\sass\s] so it doesn't block bass or class or asset or...

  7. Re:Switching of GFX card on-the-fly on X.Org Server 1.11 Released · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Switching of GFX card on-the-fly on X.Org Server 1.11 Released · · Score: 1

    There isn't Hot Plug support for graphics devices. Hot Plug support is in the driver. If support existed then X developers could add code to support it just like they do for input devices -> Option "AutoAddDevices" The supported features for graphics devices would be in the config when you create them. A graphic device not being available would (should) not delete them. Switching from one device to another shouldn't be any more difficult to implement than switching from one view to another on a laptop (Fn+FunctionKey).

  9. Interesting on Linux Support Fades For 3Dfx Voodoo, Rage 128, VIA · · Score: 1

    Mesa developers also decided it's time to end support for the BeOS operating system.

    One of Adam Jackson's fixes to X was "glx: unifdef BEOS_THREADS"

  10. Re:Switching of GFX card on-the-fly on X.Org Server 1.11 Released · · Score: 1

    Your wanting HotPlug support for graphics devices. That wouldn't be part of X.

  11. Re:Why are these releases still news on X.Org Server 1.11 Released · · Score: 1

    You want this to actually be in the X code? http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/gestures.html

  12. Re:What's it for? on IBM Building 120PB Cluster Out of 200,000 Hard Disks · · Score: 1

    Billionaire porn collections are stored in multiple locations. billionaire pr0n collection

  13. Bestest Wishes on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: 1

    Thank you for the best site ever!

    cat supreme.overlords.list | egrep [^CmdrTaco] > chillin.villin.list

  14. Re:Rain in Texas odd?? on Steve Jobs Resigns As Apple CEO · · Score: 1

    You don't keep up with the news do you? http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

  15. GPT the cure? on Researchers Report Spike In Boot Time Malware · · Score: 1

    Drives set up to use the GPT will have an effect on this type of attack. Checking the first sector on boot for corruption/changes, hopefully, will tip the owner off to intrusion.

  16. Speaking of Beer on The Least Amount of Exercise Needed To Extend Life · · Score: 1

    Do 16oz curls and monkey wrestling count?

  17. Re:Revenue stream on NYC Mayor Wants Traffic Camera On Every Corner · · Score: 1

    how is that not a scam? the city knows delivery trucks have no other place to unload. i'd be happy to bet they both have ledger entries for it in their budgets.

  18. Rain in Texas on Steve Jobs Resigns As Apple CEO · · Score: 1

    Dallas is experiencing thunderstorms and now this?!? I'm holding my breath. Something bad is round the corner.

  19. Re:Russia approves? on Russia Approves Siberia-Alaska Railway · · Score: 1

    The trade would be natural resources for goods. IOW, Russians make money off transporting Alaskan forests to China so Chinese workers can build shitty furniture for unemployed Americans.

  20. Re:Russian Railroads vs. California on Russia Approves Siberia-Alaska Railway · · Score: 1

    California isn't still a member of the union is it?!?

  21. Re:So - Discovery Channel time? on Russia Approves Siberia-Alaska Railway · · Score: 1

    It isn't a bridge to nowhere so the U.S. tax payers might dodge the bullet.

  22. Re:But what... on Russia Approves Siberia-Alaska Railway · · Score: 1

    Queue the pr0n music.

  23. MGM sues Apple on Samsung Cites 2001: A Space Odyssey In Apple Patent Case · · Score: 1

    This begs the question, How long before the mafia sues Apple for infringement.

  24. Reset settings. on Facebook Makes Privacy Settings More Obvious · · Score: 1

    Don't they reset privacy setting every once in a while or something like that? I don't pay them a lot of attention.

  25. Mutual Assured Distruction. on Taken Over By Aliens? Google Has It Covered · · Score: 1

    No biggie. According to a machine on the DOD network a nuclear missile is pointed at the Google campus.