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  1. Re:It was bound to happen on Will Microsoft IIS Overtake Apache? · · Score: 1

    I agree. Apache was and is awesome, but getting less relevant as the months pass. In addition to Nginx/Lighttpd is the growing use of web application stacks that incorporate a web server e.g. Golang

  2. Re:Too late, switched to Chrome on Firefox 27 Released: TLS 1.2 Support, SPDY 3.1, SocialAPI Improvements · · Score: 1

    Firefox is my browser of choice and I find it does everything I need with the small, but irritating, exception of Flash. Adobe Flash plugin on Linux is horribly glitchy with Firefox and it's replacement, Shumway, is not supported on the websites I visit. I use Chrome for any Flash-heavy websites.

  3. Re:They lost their own money on Knight Capital Fined $12M For a Software Bug That Cost $460M · · Score: 1

    they were working entirely with their own money.

    From the article: "While processing 212 small retail orders that Knight had received from its customers...."

    Knight Capital are themselves listed on the stock market. Their stock took price collapsed as a result of this blunder. I think it's fair to say that other people's money was lost here

  4. Re:Noooooo on NFTables To Replace iptables In the Linux Kernel · · Score: 1

    All my precious iptables knowledge gone!

    "one should start by noting that it should be possible to create a tool which reads current iptables configurations and converts them to the nftables language - or even directly to kernel virtual machine code."

    It looks like you may not have to learn any new syntax - just use the, yet to be created, iptables to nftables convertor tool!

  5. scoop on 353,436 Exposed ZTE Devices Found In Net Census · · Score: 1
    From TA:

    "Shukla (the report author) was given exclusive access by the anonymous author to the sensitive data collected in the project (using an illegal botnet to scan the target devices)."

    Sounds just a little too convenient to me

  6. Re:This is also the case on Firefox on Chrome's Insane Password Security Strategy · · Score: 1

    "... only 1 out of 12K users had master password enabled"

    That's possibly because most people haven't a clue that they can or should set a master password. I didn't know the feature existed until I read this article!

  7. Re:GET READY.... on Peter Capaldi Unveiled As the New Star of Doctor Who · · Score: 1
    I too am glad they cast an older, white guy. There was speculation whether the new Dr would be black or a woman. Either of which could have made for an entertaining television show, however it wouldn't be Dr Who. There is far too many $$ riding on it to go messing with fundamentals like that. One memorable twitter comment I saw:

    "For anyone who wishes the new Doctor was gay, black, or a woman, Capaldi's a good enough actor to play the part as a gay black woman." @sfdebris

  8. Casio FX-700P Calculator on How Did You Learn How To Program? · · Score: 1

    First thing I ever programmed on was my dad's programmable calculator using BASIC. These came out around 1982 I believe, however I didn't use one until probably '86,'87. It had a 12 digit LCD display, 2KB storage, 2KB RAM

  9. Re:Payment without user confirmation on UK Consumers Reporting Contactless Payment Errors · · Score: 1

    This. I was in line at the checkout just the other day watching someone casually wave their card across the scanner, thinking to myself in a sarcastic voice 'what could possibly go wrong!?'

  10. Re:If a government makes it hard to report corrupt on Australian Government Backdoor Internet Filter Shuts Down 1,000 Websites · · Score: 1

    What do you expect from a country that originally had a white population from only two different groups: Criminals, and jailers?

    This is a troll right? What a ridiculous statement to make! Waves of free immigrants from UK + Europe after the initial convict settlement dwarfs those convict numbers. Only a minority of 'white' australians today can trace their ancestory back to criminals and 'jailers', as you put it.

  11. quality not quantity on Most Projects On GitHub Aren't Open Source Licensed · · Score: 1

    I've created dozens of 'projects' under my account - none of which have any license. I get an idea, throw together some code to test the concept and back it up to Github. I'm the only one who cares about them, and I'd be surprised if anyone ever saw, let alone used the code. If any of my projects were to gain traction, I'd probably consider putting a license on it, but until then, who cares!? I wouldn't be surprised if a large proporation of the 1.7m projects are just like mine - tumble weed territory.

  12. video on Vint Cerf: SDN Is a Model For a Better Internet · · Score: 2

    Vint's talk is on Youtube here (14mins in): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrUGythq9TI#t=844s

  13. Re:No shit on HBO Says Game of Thrones Piracy Is "a Compliment" · · Score: 1

    I live in the UK and came to the same conclusion regarding CBS's Survivor series. It doesn't get shown here on free-to-air TV. It's available on both Amazon & Itunes as a download (which I'd be happy to pay for)...but try downloading from outside the US and you're told to p!$$ off. There is also no DVD available for the season that I'm interested in. I tried contacting CBS about this, but so far no response...

  14. old gear on Internet's Energy Needs Growing Faster Than Efficiency Gains · · Score: 1

    Another aspect of this is the old, inefficient legacy gear that could be decomissioned but isn't. Where I work there are literally dozens of old physical servers that could be virtualized. It's not being done, essentially due to mismanagement. I wouldn't be surprised if this pattern is being repeated many times over across the globe.

    There should be an annual 'decomm a legacy server' day!

  15. Re:no subject on Scientists Study Getting an Unwanted Tune Out of Your Head · · Score: 1

    Where is the love, the love, the love?

  16. Re:YES! Especially if it keeps the brogrammers awa on Will Donglegate Affect Your Decision To Attend PyCon? · · Score: 1

    I agree. Both parties were in the wrong: the men should have shown more consideration for others and self-awareness than to tell off-colour jokes in situation like that; she was wrong to publicly escalate the issue the way she did. This philosophy of "I should be able to say what the f#$k I like, and you should just deal with it" is really wrong, especially when you're in a work or semi-work situation. This isn't a freedom of speech issue, but about respect and care for your fellow man (or woman).

  17. indenture on Ask Slashdot: On the Job Certification Training? · · Score: 1

    In my experience it is common for the employer to pay for all or some of the training on the condition that if you leave the company you pay them back a percentage based on a sliding scale e.g. if you leave before 12mths you pay back 100%, 12-18mths, you pay back 50% etc Seems fair to me.

    I don't think it's reasonable for the employer to be expected to pay for failed exam attempts however.

  18. Re:And people wonder why the US is going broke... on For Businesses, the College Degree Is the New High School Diploma · · Score: 1

    Another issue I've found, in IT at least, is recruitment agents who are supposedly 'tech specialists' but apparently don't know diddly, sending across candidate resumes that are completely inappropriate for the job spec. When that happens consistently, patience wears thin and you starting looking for ways to shortcut the process.

  19. assumptions on Texas School Board Searching For Alternatives To Evolutionary Theory · · Score: 1

    It's pretty simple really: Evolution is a theory based on some very big assumptions - assumptions that are the realm of philosophy and religion, not science. The Texas board is, I presume, made up of people who reject those assumptions, and therefore reject the notion that Evolution is the only valid explanation.

    It sounds to me like they're having to pull their punches. They'd like to be able to say 'we don't want Evolution taught as fact', but instead are using statements like 'we want to teach all sides of scientific explanation' which is much more politically correct and palatable, but also vague and ineffective.

  20. Re:If man evolved then there was no "Adam" on Ask Dr. Robert Bakker About Dinosaurs and Merging Science and Religion · · Score: 1

    This is a great questions, and I hope he gets to answer it! Full disclosure: I *do* believe in original sin

  21. Re:Why did God wipe out the dinosaurs? on Ask Dr. Robert Bakker About Dinosaurs and Merging Science and Religion · · Score: 1

    Did God smite them down? I don't think so. Species die out for all sorts of reasons and bigger creatures, that require larger territories and more food, are often less able to adapt. If you believe the timeline of creation as recorded in the Bible, then dinosaurs could have been roaming the earth for a couple of thousand years before they died out. It's not like God created them one day, and they all the died the next!

  22. Re:Species Centricity on Ask Dr. Robert Bakker About Dinosaurs and Merging Science and Religion · · Score: 1

    With the modern realization that humans and the earth are not at the center of anything how does a Christian handle the obvious species centricity of Christianity.

    Christianity's 'species centricity' as you put it is not a spatial thing. The Bible says God exists outside of time and space, so I can't see why putting us at the 'centre' would be signficant to Him. Humans are central for spiritual reasons. Unlike animals, we're made 'in His image', for the purpose of being in relationship with Him.

  23. Re:Mixed Footprints on Ask Dr. Robert Bakker About Dinosaurs and Merging Science and Religion · · Score: 1

    It means some poor sucker got squashed by a dino

  24. Re:Science is the antithesis of religion... on Ask Dr. Robert Bakker About Dinosaurs and Merging Science and Religion · · Score: 1

    To religion OTOH, science would be Kryptonite, since that's an institution of man and, like all institutions, there's a hierarchy of (usually) other men. And men will fight back when their status within this hierarchy is threatened.

    This works both ways however. Reading your description, I can't help but be reminded of the power structures / heirarchies that exists within the walls of scientific academia.

  25. Re:Demand More on As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow To a Trickle · · Score: 1

    she's doing pretty well for herself. Statistically speaking, she appears to almost certainly make more than you.

    This grabbed my attention, so I went and had a look at the spreadsheets but couldn't see much beyond a grand here, a few hundred there. I'd be interested to know what you think her annual income is, and how you came up with that figure based on the available data.