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  1. Re: why so hung up about arch? on Zero-Day Vulnerability Discovered In FFmpeg Lets Attackers Steal Files Remotely · · Score: 1

    Right? With all these cores, world compiles quickly.

  2. Re:If memory serves on Coolant Glitch Forces Partial Space Station Shutdown · · Score: 1

    Since it is so routine, I would think they would want to do it in a more preventative manner instead of waiting until critical systems have to be rerouted or shut down.

  3. Re:Money for his defense on DOJ Hasn't Actually Found Silk Road Founder's Bitcoin Yet · · Score: 1

    Yeah when I saw the list I was like um.

    I have a bookmark to my local public TV station that lists it's 3 OTA channels: PBS, Create, and World Channel. That's pretty much all I watch unless I'm checking on local news coverage for something that's going on around here.

  4. Re:'Atomically pure material' on Qubits Stored at Room Temp For Two Seconds · · Score: 2

    Lab made diamonds are pretty damn pure.

  5. Re:Scrap them all on Overheated Voting Machine Cast Its Own Votes · · Score: 1

    Not often enough. Recall should be available for any elected office. Only 18 states provide the ability to initiate a recall against the office of governor

  6. Re:It's the hypocricy on Leave Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Alone! · · Score: 2

    Now if there was a background check form that had him write in his education history anew and sign a "this is true to my knowledge" statement, and he still put the degree on there, perhaps there's some basis for termination just for the explicit lie. But it's not at all clear that that exists.

    I would think all information you provide is _all_ under the assumption of "this is true to my knowledge". What is the point of it if it's not true? Does that really have to be spelled out?

  7. Re:Steam console? on Phoronix Confirms GNU/Linux Steam and Source Engine Clients · · Score: 1

    I think it'll be sooner rather than later, especially in light of the fact they have been hiring hardware developers. I have had a feeling a valve console would run linux so I figured there'd be a desktop linux client soon

  8. I'm 33 on Aspirin Helps Prevent Cancer, New Studies Show · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And I already believe in the benefits of taking an aspirin a day right now. To me there's just too much correlative evidence to conclude otherwise.

  9. Re:Watch this! on Guess My Speed and Give Me a Ticket, In Ohio · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You do not have to show ID. Unless you're brown and in Arizona, of course. /snark

  10. Re:wow.. i dont believe it on ABC Pulls Channels From Cablevision · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well for starters Verizon will have the Oscars tonight

  11. obligatory xkcd on What Did You Do First With Linux? · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? on Slashdot Launches User Achievements · · Score: 1

    I think it may be from having a submitted article posted.

  13. Re:Truth is a defense against libel [Re:Meh] on Libel Suits OK Even If Libel Is Truthful · · Score: 1

    My point is there is no expectation of confidentiality based in law period. Many seem to think otherwise, and it's just not true.

    Confidentiality in the employment relationship only exists because the employers extent it to the employees. There is no law requiring it whatsoever.

  14. Re:Truth is a defense against libel [Re:Meh] on Libel Suits OK Even If Libel Is Truthful · · Score: 1

    The details of the employment relationship are confidential.

    Urban legend.

    Details of the employment relationship are only confidential if it is specified as such in a contract. There is no basis in any state or federal law that provides for confidentiality.

  15. Re:Um, what? on So Amazing, So Illegal · · Score: 3, Informative

    Nickelback recycles their songs. Several years ago someone mathematically picked apart their songs and showed they are all the same.

    I can't seem to find it, but I did find this example from the wayback machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20070928171441/http://www.thewebshite.net/nickelback.htm

  16. Re:Why are they attacking him? on MediaSentry & RIAA Expert Under Attack · · Score: 1

    Amazon.com has everything you require except lossless format. They even have a download manager available as .deb, .rpm, and .dmg used for purchasing whole albums. Some songs are $.79 and $.89, although most are $.99 with albums as low as $4.

    256 kbps mp3s are acceptable to my non-audiophile ear, so I'm satisfied. In fact, I hadn't bought music in years, but now,... well, it's sometimes real easy to get click-happy!

  17. Re:IAAL (I am a Lawyer) on Judge Orders Record Company Execs To Duluth · · Score: 1

    Thanks. Yes it looks to me like we are in, or close to, the endgame.

    Reading that just gave me chills. Thanks for your work.

  18. Re:Do the math... on Spectrum Fees May Preclude US Low-Cost Cellular · · Score: 1

    T-Mobile To Go prepaid is $.10/min. once you load $100, plus minutes last for a year. Any amount reloaded restarts the one year, so if you still have a $50 after a year a $10 bump will then give you a $60 balance good for a year.

  19. Re:Check state laws on How To Handle Corporate Blackmail? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Really. Can you cite a source? I've seen this stated time and again and after an exhaustive search I cannot find any state that makes it illegal to disclose true and factual information about a previous employee.

  20. Re:Did His Contract Specify "Internal Waters"? on How To Rack Up $28,000 In Roaming Without Leaving the US · · Score: 2, Informative

    This can occur here in Erie. It use to be a somewhat common occurance that someone's Cell One Dobson phone would connect to a Rogers tower across the lake. In every instance I know of a phone call and some bitching to Dobson got the charges fully removed.

  21. Re:eeebuntu on Which Distro For an Eee PC? · · Score: 1

    As a Gentoo fanboy, I've been using a custom Gentoo install on my 900 since I got it last summer. Last night I burned eeebuntu to a dvd and ran it as a livecd. I'm now currently backing up my ~/ to install it. It's that good.

  22. Re:No last name anymore? on Linus Switches From KDE To Gnome · · Score: 1

    Of course they could have, but would it be necessary to avoid any confusion? I doubt it.

    Do you really believe that someone read the title and wondered which Linus the topic was about?

  23. Re:No last name anymore? on Linus Switches From KDE To Gnome · · Score: 1

    Because of the context used, I think it's completely reasonable to refer to him by his first name.

    Do you really think someone on /. didn't know which Linus was being referenced? In the world of OSS, there really is only one "Linus".

  24. Re:This is not the same thing as Palin's situation on Obama Staffers Followed Palin's Email Lead On Inauguration Day · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And only if they do not willingly archive said emails.

  25. Holy Shit on IPv4 Address Use In 2008 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I had no idea exactly how big either. From your link:

    [...]imagine the IPv4 address space is the 1.6-inch square above. In that case, the IPv6 address space would be represented by a square the size of the solar system.