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  1. First Post! on False Start For Cyber Security Challenge UK · · Score: 0

    Or if someone else already got it, they were using simple hacks described on...twitter?

  2. Re:What about the presumption of innocence? on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    What will it be based on? I dunno, you ran a red light. You presented reckless driving. You sat in a parking lot for 5 hours taking a nap and worried someone who works or lives there and they got worried. You were driving while smoking a J. The fact of this law is, as it should be, if you are doing something wrong and get pulled, you must present ID. If your registration is out, and you don't appear "foreign," where is your driver's license. If your registration is out and you present ID that points to being from another country, and you don't have proof of legal residence, you should be just as guilty as someone who is from that country and doesn't have an ID when you get pulled.

    Fuck.

  3. So? on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    I mean, I'm all for immigration, study abroad etc, but, if I'm required to carry identification, as a US citizen, so should people from elsewhere be required to carry papers proving legal status to be here. The article mentions that the immigrantion office could be behind, and there should be provisions for that, but NOT HAVING PROOF of legal right to be here should be charged as a crime the same as me not carrying ID. There is a different matter for not being willing to PRESENT ID, but not having what you need to prove you can be in a country should be a no-brainer.

  4. Re:Ask your team on Best Seating Arrangement For a Team of Developers? · · Score: 1

    I sing your praises, sir. The one thing I've seen time and again is for management to do "the best" for their developers without consulting the devs themselves, but instead going to outside consultants and the like for the advice that is sitting right under their noses. It's as if they feel the developers would game them if they asked what they wanted or what setups would be the best for them, but the truth is that you do nothing more than upset your developers when you leave them out of the loop "for their own good" or whatever. Upset developers means less focused, productive developers, and management wonders why we're on /. at work...

  5. Re:My two cents on Ubisoft Says No More Game Manuals · · Score: 1

    Sure, as long as it is all in one convenient place - having it in a "manual" format would allow for easy finding, users would have a downloadable copy they could print off if they felt so inclined, and you wouldn't have to rely on webs of forum posts or comments from the community if the developer put on loose bits of info about the game but nothing to the caliber of a well-done manual (not always the case as some manuals are pretty terrible).

  6. I've Only Been Doing This For 6 Years! on More Evidence For Steam Games On Linux · · Score: 2, Funny

    Too much wine make a man drunk, but just enough wine makes Steam run on Linux

  7. My two cents on Ubisoft Says No More Game Manuals · · Score: 1

    Personally, I like having a manual, but I also apparently like losing them. Sure, ditch the print version, but provide for an online manual. It has been important, time and again, to have some form of manual for games. Whether it's understanding an item, having a quick controller reference, or just the nifty character and enemy profiles. Go green, just don't go without.

  8. Re:Hopefully true - Closed vs. Open platforms on Google Preparing iPad Rival? · · Score: 1

    I believe he got one when he logged in

  9. Interesting, but... on How To Evade URL Filters With (Not-So) Fancy Math · · Score: 1

    Well, this is quite interesting, but using FF 3.6.2 PPC none of the example links worked. They either redirected to whatevernumber.com which obviously doesn't work, or FF hangs trying to connect (with the octal IP). Neat, but somewhere in my setup or my DNS, these aren't working - patched already, or just better interpretation by 3.6.2?

  10. Re:First Post on Quantum State Created In Largest Object Yet · · Score: 1

    It's +5 Insightful somewhere...lol

  11. Re:First Post on Quantum State Created In Largest Object Yet · · Score: 1

    Actually, somewhere else your post is the article and the comments are the bible - praise him

  12. Re:Screw Quantum computing, I want a TRANSPORTER! on Quantum State Created In Largest Object Yet · · Score: 1

    Wow, forgot to format my <s and >s - and I just want this out there because I want them all to shut up - damn you preview button and my not using it (and damn you lack of Edit link!)!

    So wait, if we tell all the <insert religious group of people who want to be somewhere they aren't (and may never be)> that, thanks to quantum <religion> (as in "quantum christianity"), you can be in WHILE you're alive, will they all shut up/stop blowing up/GET ALONG with the rest of us?

  13. Re:Screw Quantum computing, I want a TRANSPORTER! on Quantum State Created In Largest Object Yet · · Score: 1

    So wait, if we tell all the that, thanks to quantum (as in "quantum christianity"), you can be in WHILE you're alive, will they all shut up/stop blowing up/GET ALONG with the rest of us?

  14. Re:so how big is it? on Quantum State Created In Largest Object Yet · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up informative, I mean - it's in the freakin' article

  15. Re:Governments never reduce costs on FCC's Broadband Plan May Cost You Money · · Score: 1

    It isn't just an issue of backbone access - if you have enough $$$ you can get to the backbone (of course, using it commercially is probably harder and obviously more expensive), but in my state and probably others we have (incredibly dumb) laws that say such things as "If you want to enter the market as an ISP, you must be able to bring in a subscriber group large enough to provide good competition." Of course, this isn't easy as most of the target subscriber group is - omg - already taken by the current ISP.

  16. Good... on China Warns Google To Obey Or Leave · · Score: 1

    Get Google out of China and push them into North Korea, please! I want to see:

    Google
    Search: calc 39
    Results - 1-20 of about 1

    Google Calculator (learn more):
      1. The Golf score of Kim Jong-il's first game of golf (11 holes in one!)

  17. Not IT, Not News on Hollow Spy Coins · · Score: 1

    Hollow coins have been used for a very, very long time.

    The only thing that makes this IT is that nerd sites are selling it and, omg, a microSD can fit inside one *WOW*

    The only thing that makes this news is that its an advertisement, and news has to get revenue from somewhere amirite?

    Yawn, lawn, clods, etc.

  18. Yay! on EMI Cannot Unbundle Pink Floyd Songs · · Score: 1

    Glad to hear it! I'm all for digital downloads, but I'm more for artists having control over how their music is distributed.

  19. Here Here! on Valve Confirms Mac Versions of Steam, Valve Games · · Score: 1

    I've only been using an apple for a couple years, an old G4 iBook, and up until then it was Windows/Linux strictly on an Intel-esque processor. I love this iBook, but there are reasons I had a HUGE bias against Macs when I was younger, and it's still one of the reasons I'm not as happy as I could be with this thing: lack. of. games. Support has been poor, and while I won't be able to play Steam on PPC (I presume), it doesn't help ME, but it does HELP. I'm even more interested in a new MBP if I can play Half-Life and enjoy the user experience (and more!) that I enjoy with my current, very very very old, laptop.

  20. It Just Hit Me! on The Awful Anti-Pirate System That Will Probably Work · · Score: 1

    Somewhere along the line, publishers got confused!

    Marketing Strategist: "Well, its a form of piracy prevention, see? We proliferate our "cracked" copy through the piracy channels, effectively shipping it with a trojan. When the pirate runs it, we have the malware phone home and ta-da, we remotely render their copy useless."

    Boss: "So you're saying we can prevent paying customers from enjoying their product and spy on them? Ship it!"

    Strategist: "But..."

  21. It Can Go Both Ways (lol) on What Has Your Phone Survived? · · Score: 1

    I've had two Nokia's during my AT&T contract.

    Nokia 1 (6650 maybe?): Flip phone, nothing "smart" about it unless a camera and calendar count, and thats what I like in a phone. Dropped it from waist height, closed, on the face of the outside screen. That screen only displays things upside-down, the internal screen is blank. The phone works, I just can't see shit (and until I got my replacement, I was thankful and mortified to know I could navigate it blindfolded to make calls).

    Nokia 2 ($20 Radio Shack AT&T Phone): No camera, no flip, terrible media-message support but, this thing is a tank. It has a hole for a strap so I used to keep it on a shoelace (sidenote: great for getting it out of a deep pocket or "man bag"), and one drunken night I hurled it by the lace high up in the air --- thud. Still on, still worked. I've dropped, thrown, tossed by accident, in puddles, and this thing won't die. Now that the paint on the buttons is scratching off, I'm starting to get super cool neon blue buttons instead of boring silver. Love it.

  22. Not Surprising on iPhone's Liquid Sensors Can Be Triggered By Wintertime Use · · Score: 1

    This is actually already fairly well "documented," that LCIs aren't what one would call reliable. This happens a lot with other types of phones' LCIs - for example, I was able to change my liquid detection strip in my Nokia, albeit just a corner of the square, after having my phone sit on the bathroom shelf while I showered. Sure, a steam-filled room might not be the BEST place for a phone, but it shouldn't void my warranty either. And no surprise that Apple wouldn't use anything beyond the same detection methods, especially when they get to cry foul and turn a blind eye to your issues because a tiny piece of paper turned red. They're going to get you any way they can, and this is one of those "that's how they get you" ways.

  23. Re:DOOMED I say... DOOMED! on Verizon Blocking 4chan · · Score: 4, Funny

    it would be a moot point.

    I herd u liek mudkipz

  24. In the event... on Ubuntu Moves To Yahoo For Default Firefox Search · · Score: 1

    that anyone is upset here, let me set you straight.

    This is actually good, at least in one way: I prefer Google BUT, the G has lately been someone who isn't so concerned with privacy, and anyone bored enough to read my post read the posts about Google's infamous "If you have something to hide you shouldn't be doing it" and the whole story about their data retention policies vs. other providers (notably, Bing moving to what 3 months?)

    So, if I install this Ubuntu version, fresh (as stated above an upgrade includes the ability to preserve your settings), and don't care for Yahoo - I just installed Linux. I know how to change my default settings. Most - not all - Linux users, are aware of the ability to select your search engine in the quick search in the top right - its that familiar favicon that gives it away.

    "Hmm, whats that purple Y thing? Where's my G!?!? Oh f it, I'll go with the B!"

  25. Re:Worth it? on Nielsen Ratings To Count Online TV Viewing · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So? "OH EM GEE OUR NEILSENS DROPPED"

    Seriously, just measure your rating some other way - if you can get a count of viewers from Hulu's site then why even care about Neilsen? I understand they're quite the benchmark for TV, but if you're going to come to the nets you can't just change the rules because of your ties to TV counts - Hulu and other sites already provide stats, why change their model to fit TVs?