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  1. Re:I call BS! on Used Game Penalty Escalates With SOCOM 4 · · Score: 1

    What State? What Nation?

  2. Twinsun on Worlds With Two Suns May Sport Black Plants · · Score: 1

    Is one of those stable orbits a stationary position between to stars that circle each other, with poles that are deserts and an equator of icy mountains? Because I wonder what Rabbibunny stew tastes like.

  3. Re:Not bothered on Why Has Blu-ray Failed To Catch Hold? · · Score: 1

    Thief sees $20 portable DVD player versus thief sees $1000 mini computer and LCD monitor... One of the two is more likely to cause a crime of opportunity.

  4. Re:Interesting problem on Bug Forces Android Devices Off Princeton Campus Network · · Score: 1

    I cannot fathom how an Android device can ignore the fact that it's lease has expired, never mind respond to 2 (or more) different IP addresses at once.

    A few of my servers respond to different IPs on the same NICs. Easy to set up in Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.

  5. Re:What about radioactive water? on Is Sugar Toxic? · · Score: 1

    Then that's some really good self-diagnosis.

  6. Re:Just ask the Romans on Is Sugar Toxic? · · Score: 1

    Early irradiating purification? Neat!

  7. Re:Organic vs processed (toxic) sugar. on Is Sugar Toxic? · · Score: 1

    I've found it's less about taste and more about "texture". The mountain dew and pepsi throwback cans are "smoother", and I drink fewer of them.

  8. Re:Dramatic effect and scientific precision on Is Sugar Toxic? · · Score: 1

    a Feb 2011 news story mentioned that approximately 4,000 head of Bison were seized by the state from one of "his" ranches.

    Good. He shouldn't be growing anything on his land. He should be getting subsidies.

  9. Re:HTTPS always-on on Sophos Slams Facebook Security In Open Letter · · Score: 1

    And in what I sincerely hope is a bug but suspect is not, letting anyone at all see all of my pictures, despite the fact that I had my settings explicitly set to "Friends Only" for all of my picture settings. On that last one, I was seriously peeved too, since one of my housemates (who I hadn't friended yet) was able to see all of my pics without a problem. I'm not sure if it was a bug or what, since it was completely contrary to my settings

    Let me guess, this happened in the last month? A few friends of mine and I noticed random privacy changes with a "helpful" pop-up saying the data was publicly available, and we should check the settings. I _know_ I set them to be friends-only. BTW, this was over the new https-only setup, so I know that I wasn't being MITM'd.

  10. Re:I call BS! on Used Game Penalty Escalates With SOCOM 4 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Come on. Who would pay GM to 'unlock' a car stereo system when you just purchased a pre-owned car?

    No, but you'll pay somebody for a new warranty since the original is probably non-transferable.

  11. Re:privacy by default (opt-in sharing) on Sophos Slams Facebook Security In Open Letter · · Score: 1

    Sure, they do. But according the the stricter, older guidelines, they can only sell the public info (which is why they try to redefine newly added "links" as public and force you to re-add your old info as links). Sorry, no links for me. They're good at staying just on the legal side of the fence.

  12. Re:Facebook's rogue app risks on Sophos Slams Facebook Security In Open Letter · · Score: 3, Insightful

    For some reason all the worst ones seem to refuse to work in https mode.

    Because if they use a trusted SSL cert, there should be a trail to a real person. Unless they used Comodo.

  13. Re:Clean up your own back yard on Sophos Slams Facebook Security In Open Letter · · Score: 4, Informative

    Of course if they did it right with a clearly visible link to the HTTPS address it would work (though take a huge toll on their servers).

    https://www.facebook.com/editaccount.php
    Account Security
    Set up secure browsing (https) and login alerts.
    Secure Browsing (https)
    Browse Facebook on a secure connection (https) whenever possible
    When a new computer or mobile device logs into this account: Send me an email

  14. privacy by default (opt-in sharing) on Sophos Slams Facebook Security In Open Letter · · Score: 1

    Most important. Ever since I signed up back in the day when university email address was necessary, Facebook has been steadily changing privacy guidelines and resetting sharing settings to be open. I end up having less and less stuff on my profile.

  15. Re:Organic vs processed (toxic) sugar. on Is Sugar Toxic? · · Score: 1

    I have read that the highly processed sugars such as HFCS are absorbed by the body much more readily, providing a faster, higher sugar high. When your body has to expend energy to release the sugar molecules from naturally-occurring substances, you get a more even dose.

    Please bear in mind that HFCS (in mainstream use) is either 55% Fructose/42% Glucose (used mainly in drinks) or 42% Fructose/53% Glucose (typically used in food and baked goods). Table sugar consists of Sucrose, which when absorbed by the body breaks down into 50% Fructose/50% Glucose. Any difference between the two is a matter of marketing.

    So, breaking down sugars makes glucose and fructose slower than just ingesting it, and sucrose breaks down into glucose and fructose. Sounds like sucrose is better than HFCS to me, if for no other reason than my body expends more energy (or acids) breaking it down.

  16. Re:this is wrong on Using Neutrons To Precisely Test Newton's Law of Gravity · · Score: 1

    It doesn't talk about gravity either.
    Although regarding neutrons, some people speculate that the Ark of the Covenant was radioactive since plagues of tumors followed it. and people who looked into it quickly died.

  17. Re:OK, if you want to be normal... on What Monty Python Teaches Us About Computing · · Score: 2

    Why would I want to be normal? That's boring, and no one remembers you after you're gone. I much prefer being referred to as, "Hey, remember that guy who married the hot Peruvian girl, had those ugly hairless dogs, and learned to paraglide when he was 50?" rather than, "Remember, that guy who, umm, never mind." Normalcy is highly overrated.

    I don't particularly care how I'm referred to, but it is nice to know it's in the present tense.

  18. Re:Are these people insane? on Apple Sues Samsung Over Galaxy Phones and Tablets · · Score: 2

    My laptop is a thin mobile computing device.

  19. Re:Are these people insane? on Apple Sues Samsung Over Galaxy Phones and Tablets · · Score: 1

    My desk is rectangular with rounded corners, my laptop is rectangular with rounded corners, my external monitor is rectangular with rounded corners. All of these things are older than iPhones. I bet I can find other examples.

  20. Re:Well... on FPS Gaming and the 'Just-World Hypothesis' · · Score: 1

    I find it hard to draw a line between good and right and moral occupations (the US occupying other countries) and bad and wrong and evil ones [...] we don't (usually) go around massacring civilians and all that

    Since you answered yourself and are AC, I'm guessing you're a Troll. If not, just imagine Half Life 2 without the systematic killing of civilians. What if the Combine occupied Earth, increased our tech level, instituted the overwatch, but didn't commit the atrocities? People would love the Combine. Gordon Freeman wouldn't be a freedom fighter, he'd be a sadistic serial killer, or a terrorist with misplaced priorities at best.

  21. Re:Robs narrative depth? on FPS Gaming and the 'Just-World Hypothesis' · · Score: 2

    Any deep thinker will be unsatisfied with a totally unambiguous set of circumstances and characters.

    Unless they've been exposed to nebulous gray-area dramas their entire life. Even Scrappy-Doo has been used as a surprise villain recently. Scrappy Effing Doo. I predict that the new Smurfs movie will show complex motivations for both Gargamel and the Smurfs.

  22. Re:Poker -- Randomness and Partial Information on Armenia Makes Chess Compulsory In Schools · · Score: 1

    The classic Dilbert PRNG notwithstanding, if the students aren't familiar with the probability concept of a "fair die", then they might assume it's a "fair as in equal" die. Remember, these kids grew up in an age where everyone gets a gold medal for trying. Anyone could easily write a "fair as in equal" PRNG that guarantees to get as close to average as possible within X time (starts out like regular PRNG, but checks against a tally for each roll and rerolls when there are too many repeats). Of course, a "fair as in equal" die is impossible except in a thought experiment.

  23. Re:Obvious question from their perspective on Ask Slashdot: Do I Give IT a Login On Our Dept. Server? · · Score: 1

    Third, your baseball bat proposal doesn't solve the original problem of how to migrate staff on-call schedules from paper to electronic form.

    Set it on fire?

  24. Re:Obvious question from their perspective on Ask Slashdot: Do I Give IT a Login On Our Dept. Server? · · Score: 1

    He's a doctor, a faculty member (professor), and a division head (administration/management). I promise you he's not a moron. There's a substantial amount of career achievement and hard work implicit in those credentials. Furthermore, he's actually made time to understand how to set up his own Linux server, and he's come here asking for advice. Even if you think the course he's pursuing isn't the right one, need you take this tone?

    Dear Lord. He's a medical doctor and a faculty member? Take the computer out to the parking lot at lunch and bash it with baseball bats. Announce over the loudspeaker that this is the fate of all computers that violate federal law. M.D.s will start listening then.

  25. Re:Obvious question from their perspective on Ask Slashdot: Do I Give IT a Login On Our Dept. Server? · · Score: 1

    Networks serve peoples, not the other way around. They are the ones that know what they need better. They should allow employs to help them self in a safely maner that do not affect others critical operations

    The network team serves people, not "a person". Doctors have no clue regarding IT, and usually don't know that their servers might interfere or duplicate other critical operations.