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  1. Re:Drivel on Iran Tries To Pacify Protesters With Lord of The Rings Marathon · · Score: 1

    My life for Aiur...er...I mean Nerzhul...

  2. Re:The Grotesquely Ugly Truth on Iran Tries To Pacify Protesters With Lord of The Rings Marathon · · Score: 1

    Copy and paste much? Grow some testicles and post under a name or GTFO.

  3. Re:Finally on IBM Claims Breakthrough In Analysis of Encrypted Data · · Score: 1

    Mod Parent "-1 Judas"

  4. Re:Yeah on IBM Claims Breakthrough In Analysis of Encrypted Data · · Score: 1

    You think companies give a shit? Never mind the gross anthropomorphization of property, what about the monthly (so it seems) cases of workers losing laptops with unencrypted information--credit card numbers and social security numbers. Since when have most institutions ever bothered to secure their data?

  5. Re:hunter2 on Nielsen Recommends Not Masking Passwords · · Score: 1

    For those passwords I choose a numeric sequence (usually fibonacci, but I might also the coefficients of a polynomial, or some other series) and a keyboard layout pattern (usually a particular sequence of the four rows with all either left to right or all right to left--occasionally I'll even do sequential diagonals).

    Then I just hit the keys specified by the series (so for a fibonacci password is 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34...) alternating my shift key. Gets me everything I need.

    That being said, (this is more a question for the geniuses running your IT infrastructure) if you're in a government job that concerned about security why the hell aren't using one-time passwords generated from a PIN entered into a password token held in your physical possession? We used them at Los Alamos, and they were wonderful. Zero hassle, better security.

  6. Re:hunter2 on Nielsen Recommends Not Masking Passwords · · Score: 1

    I just sold your new email for $0.001

  7. Re:Making my point with humor on Nielsen Recommends Not Masking Passwords · · Score: 1

    A diet low in fiber accomplishes the same thing with less financial risk.

  8. Re:Making my point with humor on Nielsen Recommends Not Masking Passwords · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why did you bother explaining? Don't you see what a missed opportunity that was? If they don't log in, they can't fuck anything up!

  9. Re:Misleading Shareholders? on Apple's Obsession With Secrecy Grows Stronger · · Score: 1

    I don't see how withholding private medical information can be construed as misleading shareholders. It's perfectly likely that he DID have a hormonal imbalance, in addition to whatever was causing it.

  10. Re:Svn on How Do You Sync & Manage Your Home Directories? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I use git, with flashbake and cron to automate commits, and a simply cron job to automatically update a backup copy on an external hard drive.

  11. Re:The Age of Ignorance on John Hodgman Asks Obama, "Are You a Nerd?" · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Kill Samzenpus.

  12. Re:Now I know the site is broken. on John Hodgman Asks Obama, "Are You a Nerd?" · · Score: 1

    That's the best solution.

  13. Re:Where Does a Geek Find a Social Life? on Where Does a Geek Find a Social Life? · · Score: 1

    Stop molesting the wildebeest.

  14. Re:I guess we've all learned a lesson... on How RIAA Case Should Have Played Out · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Speaking of misinformation, you're full of shit.

    She was only uploading BECAUSE she downloaded the song, and the software defaulted to uploading it for her without intervention. Technically you are right that the case is about uploading, but there was never any intent to upload on the defendant's part.

  15. Re:Date of commencment is flawed logic on How RIAA Case Should Have Played Out · · Score: 1

    It may be flawed logic, but that IS the way the law is written.

  16. Re:Waiting for it... on Man Attacked In Ohio For Providing Iran Proxies · · Score: 1

    Your analogy is brain dead and muddled by whatever drugs you are on.

    "A man on US soil gets attacked by agents of a foreign government"
    "A man on French soil gets attacked by agents of a foreign government."
    A=US=France

    Advocates of the Iranian theocracy are enemies of the US, and when they attack our citizens they should be sent straight to Gitmo.
    Advocates of the French Resistance are enemies of Germany, and when they attack our citizens they should be sent straight to a concentration camp.

    B=Iran=France?
    C=US=Germany?

    Wtf are you smoking, and will you share?

  17. Re:The Grotesquely Ugly Truth on Man Attacked In Ohio For Providing Iran Proxies · · Score: 1

    I despise the "this is one of the oldest cultures on earth" comments. Bull fucking shit. You want to know the oldest cultures on earth? South African bushmen. 10,000+ years.

  18. Re:Waiting for it... on Man Attacked In Ohio For Providing Iran Proxies · · Score: 2

    Pretty sure that the opposite of 'progressive' is 'oppressive theocratic dictatorship with elected puppet' and that you are a moron.

  19. Re:Cue the other subjects on A Mathematician's Lament — an Indictment of US Math Education · · Score: 1

    What you describe as a livable wage IS possible, even on the minimum wage. The people who fail at it uniformly do not know how to save money and spend wisely. How do I know this? From living on minimum wage for 3 fucking years.

  20. Re:Cue the other subjects on A Mathematician's Lament — an Indictment of US Math Education · · Score: 1

    That's BITE my shiny metal ass, you insensitive clod!

  21. Re:Several Proxies on A Mathematician's Lament — an Indictment of US Math Education · · Score: 0

    Your first sentence was good, but the rest was a garbled incoherent mess, or simply wrong.

  22. Re:Waiting for it... on Man Attacked In Ohio For Providing Iran Proxies · · Score: 1

    John Locke would point out that you are an idiot. I suggest you read the Second Treatise on Government, and then promptly shut the fuck up.

  23. Re:Waiting for it... on Man Attacked In Ohio For Providing Iran Proxies · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Weapons of Massive Discomfort?

  24. Re:Passwords? on Montana City Requires Workers' Internet Accounts · · Score: 1

    Actually, someone just went and registered all those accounts.

  25. Re:WTF on Montana City Requires Workers' Internet Accounts · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm insensitive not incensitive, you insensitive clod!