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  1. Re:Free as in... on Free (Gratis) Version of Windows Could Be a Reality Soon · · Score: 1

    Butt-chugged beer?

  2. Re:Could somebody explain wayland, please? on Official Wayland Support Postponed From GNOME 3.12 · · Score: 1

    Oooh, Shiny(tm)!

  3. MIB works for NASA? on How An Astronaut Nearly Drowned During a Space Walk · · Score: 1

    NASA officials are not planning on resuming non-urgent spacewalks before addressing all 16 of the highest priority suggestions from the Mishap Investigation Board.

    According to J, a member of the MIB, those spacesuits are old and busted.

  4. Re:Another Tesla story? on Consumer Reports Says Tesla Model S Is Best Overall Vehicle · · Score: 1

    Because in terms of geeky, nerdy topics of discourse, Tesla Model S pretty much is the perfect trifecta: environmentally clean, advanced (computer) technology, and cars. The only thing that's anywhere near as close is Google's autonomous car, but that only hits two of the three, and doesn't have nearly as much going on around it as the Model S currently does.

    Oh yeah, Tesla is also something of an underdog, taking on Big Auto and Big Oil at the same time.

  5. Re:We're fixing this on How Mobile Apps Are Reinventing the Worst of the Software Industry · · Score: 1

    Sorry, with HTML5, CSS3, other incomplete standards, and partial and vendor-specific implementations out there in the wild, the WWW is going this way as well. It's just must slower because most sites are still on HTML4 or at least have a HTML4 fallback.

    Hell, even text formats suffer from this same sort of fracturing (especially when it comes to international support). At least Unicode seems to have resolved this going forward.

    Firefox OS is not going to solve this problem, especially not in the mobile space but also not on the desktop either. It's just going to add to it.

  6. Re:But this time it's different. on How Mobile Apps Are Reinventing the Worst of the Software Industry · · Score: 1

    But this time it's different.

    Famous last words.

  7. Re:September of last year on Astronomers Catch Asteroid Striking Moon On Video · · Score: 2

    If they wanted sound, they would've outsourced the production to Michael Bay.

  8. Re:I'm not surprised. on Oklahoma Schools Required To Teach Students Personal Finance · · Score: 1

    Give a man a fish, and he is full for a day. Teach a man to fish and he is full for the rest of his life. If he's too lazy to catch his own fish after learning how to, then he can starve.

  9. Re:Hidden problems with proxies on Most Alarming: IETF Draft Proposes "Trusted Proxy" In HTTP/2.0 · · Score: 1

    The IT department didn't forget. The higher ups never knew, never bothered to find out, and never was interested in the answer anyway.

  10. Sure somebody there could explain it, but if nobody actually poses the question, there will be no answers from which to choose the best explanation, leaving this presumption to remain in the realm of conjecture only.

  11. Re:Tomorrow's News on Schneier: Break Up the NSA · · Score: 1

    Security expert Bruce Schneier was found dead in his home. The cause of death is unknown but police are investigating possible foul play.

    The cause of death has been revealed. Schneier died from a single gunshot wound to the back of the head. Investigators have ruled his death a suicide.

    The scarring pattern of the wound indicates there were a total of three angles of entry. No bullets were recovered at the scene.

  12. Re:since when is the FBI a spy agency? on Schneier: Break Up the NSA · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Since Hoover.

  13. Re:In response to the PM on A Mathematical Proof Too Long To Check · · Score: 2

    "Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine."

    Robert Ford, mayor of Toronto.

  14. Re:I call bullshit on Windows 8 Metro: The Good Kind of Market Segmentation? · · Score: 1

    Car analogy fail. If your car had no doors, it'd be super easy to get in and out. It might be hard to control when you do so though.

    Oh wait, maybe it's not so fail after all... Involuntary defenestration somehow seems appropriate to describe Windows power users trying to use Metro. It's not so unlike falling out of a car without doors when changing lanes.

  15. Re:Editing? on Sophisticated Spy Tool 'The Mask' Rages Undetected For 7 Years · · Score: 1

    Es just Spanish.

  16. Re:They'll stop him on Audience Jeers Contestant Who Uses Game Theory To Win At 'Jeopardy' · · Score: 1

    Not only that. Imagine the water cooler conversations. Imagine the publicity that Jeopardy will get. They'll probably see ratings that haven't been so high since Ken Jennings.

    Assuming this guy keeps playing.

  17. Re:Luckily, on Yep, People Are Still Using '123456' and 'Password' As Passwords In 2014 · · Score: 1

    Your name must be Robert'); DROP TABLE students;--

  18. Re:completely agree on Yep, People Are Still Using '123456' and 'Password' As Passwords In 2014 · · Score: 2

    You might be seeing stars, but I see hunter2.

  19. Re:Geez, think that's a long enough name? on Candy Crush Maker King.com Has Trademarked 'Candy' For Games · · Score: 1

    Nice City Slickers reference at the end. If only this trademark application and grant was ultimately revealed to be like Curly's gold bars.

  20. Re:Billions of Androids on Apple Devices To Reach Parity With Windows PCs In 2014 · · Score: 1

    I wonder if it's also because Apple's a company whose products are sold primarily due to their ability to market. It would possibly indicate that the people who purchase Apple's products are more accessible to advertising, or more generically, to being influenced by external messages.

    Android and Windows users on the other hand, likely fall into the parts of the spectrum where external messages tend not to influence their behavior. Either they have better information than any marketing can supply, or they just don't give a crap (i.e., know practically nothing about the subject matter). It would make sense that especially the latter group will purchase less, and usually spend less per purchase, making them less desirable targets for advertising.

  21. Re:So the USA is all libertard? on Man Jailed For Refusing To Reveal USB Password · · Score: 1

    the Constitution is a written contract

    God damn lawyers and their god damn contracts...

  22. Re:I'll be in trouble on Man Jailed For Refusing To Reveal USB Password · · Score: 1

    Start flying a rainbow flag like that in the UK, and you might be convicted of something worse.

  23. Re:Battle on Microsoft Remotely Deleted Tor From Windows Machines To Stop Botnet · · Score: 2

    My tinfoil hat says it worked as intended. Making TOR unusable in this period of time would discourage its use by non-technical computer users who were probably flocking to it for privacy's sake.

    I mean, nobody'd do straight DDOS over TOR because exit nodes are limited and a DDOS just wouldn't happen by definition. And if somebody wanted to do C&C over TOR, wouldn't you think they'd set the zombies up to act as bridges and relays rather than straight clients? The tinfoil hat says this was deliberately done, as a reaction to current events.

  24. Re:In other words on TrueCrypt Master Key Extraction and Volume Identification · · Score: 2

    If you have a pagefile, there's a chance it could still reside in the pagefile. Do not use a pagefile if you're using truecrypt.

    There are also possible caching mechanisms behind the scenes that may also store parts of the key or the data contained in the truecrypt volume. There's nothing you can do about it, really. Best you can do is wipe your drive's free space periodically.

    But it doesn't matter. If you're a target, you're done. Your mouse, keyboard, and monitor all leak signals through the cable and user interface. Software can analyze the sound of your typing and determine to some ungodly degree of accuracy the typed message Software can capture the emissions of your monitor to reconstruct a fairly accurate picture of your screen.

    All of this really is to prevent abuses like the NSA giving your opponent an advantage when you run for public office. Or making your love life hell after you break up with an NSA employee.

  25. Re:It's rigged on FISA Judges Oppose Intelligence Reform Proposals Aimed At Court · · Score: 2

    They bring up good points. But their solution, to do nothing at all, is unacceptable. Would they perhaps prefer to outright dissolve the secret nature of the court, seeing as that would be the only solution to their concerns? Perhaps they should rule that secret proceedings where the accused is unable to face his/her accusers are outright unconstitutional, that the existing warrant-granting procedure is more than sufficiently secretive in nature that the FISA courts provide no additional benefits, but incur a much higher cost to our founding principles of freedom and civil rights.