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  1. Re:Good operating systems Dont. on Why We Should Stop Hiding File-Name Extensions · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't get OS X to hide extensions on my machine. Is there a special flag you have to pass to ls?

  2. Re:The illusion of security on CloudFlare Announces Free SSL Support For All Customers · · Score: 3, Informative

    They discuss origin server encryption (the plaintext issue) in a follow-on blog post: https://blog.cloudflare.com/or...

  3. Re:Hard to get excited. on Mozilla Doubles Down on JPEG Encoding with mozjpeg 2.0 · · Score: 1

    Most of the pages on my web sites have a combination of PNG and JPEG content and almost no video. Smaller images means faster page load times for my users.

  4. Re:About time! on ARIN Is Down To the Last /8 of IPv4 Addresses · · Score: 2

    Depends on the ISP. You could create a Homeric epic from the things that Comcast does wrong but they seem to be doing a great job with their v6 deployment. T-Mobile is doing a pretty good job too.

  5. Re:No mention of... on CryptoPhone Sales Jump To 100,000+, Even at $3500 · · Score: 1

    How do we know this phone hasn't already been NSA 'approved'?

    We don't, at least not with 100% certainty. I would think this applies to products from companies based outside the U.S. as well. Foreign intelligence is the NSA's primary mission, after all.

    However, given that Blackphone was founded by a team from Silent Circle and Geeksphone chances are pretty good that the product works as advertised.

  6. No mention of... on CryptoPhone Sales Jump To 100,000+, Even at $3500 · · Score: 2
  7. Re:Why not rate limit? on 200-400 Gbps DDoS Attacks Are Now Normal · · Score: 2

    Most modern servers don't respond to the offending command (monlist) at all. Older/misconfigured servers are the problem and there are enough of them to cause trouble.

  8. Re:vsftpd, anyone ? on Hackers Sweep Up FTP Credentials For the New York Times, UNICEF and 7,000 Others · · Score: 1

    vsftpd is great but it can't fix a terrible protocol.

  9. Re:SKU? on Asus Announces Small Form Factor 'Chromebox' PCs · · Score: 2, Informative

    Stock keeping unit. Kind of like UUIDs for things you buy in stores. I take it you've never worked in retail?

    (I don't care that you don't care. Others might.)

  10. Re:Ask Apple on OpenBSD Looking At Funding Shortfall In 2014 · · Score: 1

    Why not ask GitHub, Atlassian, and Gitorious as well? They each have a sizable dependency on SSH.

  11. Re:FUD on Linux Distributions Storing Wi-Fi Passwords In Plain Text · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...so you're saying Linux needs something like the OS X Keychain?

  12. Re:Its NOT smartphones. on The Last GUADEC? · · Score: 1

    FWIW we're in the process of porting Wireshark to Qt.

  13. Re:"provider of intelligent cybersecurity solution on Cisco To Acquire Sourcefire For $2.7 Billion · · Score: 2

    You misspelled Wireshark.

  14. Re:I recommend on Ask Slashdot: Portable High-Resolution External Displays? · · Score: 1

    They're called panniers. Some are specially made for laptops, or at least have compartments for them. They'd probably work well for a similar-sized monitor. (I'm assuming you weren't trying to make a smartass comment about biking to work.)

  15. Re:No plans for LLVM on Multi-Server Microkernel OS Genode 12.11 Can Build Itself · · Score: 1

    ...is a really good dynamic analyzer. Again, not nearly the same.

  16. Re:No plans for LLVM on Multi-Server Microkernel OS Genode 12.11 Can Build Itself · · Score: 2

    Because GCC doesn't have a static analyzer (you do analyze your code, right?) LLVM's analyzer (Clang's scan-build) is very good. Visual C++'s analyzer was crap a few releases ago but even it is getting better. I like GCC but it has a lot of catching up to do in this regard. And no, "-Wall" isn't nearly the same.

  17. Re:All? on All of Nate Silver's State-Level Polling Predictions Proved True · · Score: 1

    The outstanding absentee ballots are from areas that lean Obama, which is why most places have at least unofficially called the state for Obama.

  18. Re:What's the clear advantage of LLVM? on FreeBSD Throws the Clang/LLVM Switch: Future Releases Use LLVM · · Score: 2

    It has a pretty good static analyzer.

  19. Re:Hardly surprising... on Lone Packet Crashes Telco Networks · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The barrier for GSM is getting lower every day so it wouldn't surprise me if bugs like this start showing up more often.

  20. Re:If my work inbox is any indication... on What Would a Post-Email World Look Like? · · Score: 4, Funny

    We're talking about real email that's connected to the outside world here, not your Compuserve account.

  21. Re:Wait, what now? on Free Desktop Software Development Dead In Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Their C/C++ compiler is pretty good. Their static analyzer (which requires one of the full-frontal editions of Visual Studio) is crap compared to Clang's scan-build or cppcheck.

  22. Re:Most won't notice on Comcast To Remove Data Cap, Implement Tiered Pricing · · Score: 1

    Really now? When have you ever known a publicly held company to prioritize development and long term results, over short term profits.

    Well, Comcast is doing that very thing right now. The company is an enigma. They're moving the state of the IPv6 art forward in a tangible way. Their business class service is great. Every salesperson and tech I've dealt with has been sharp, helpful and friendly. At the same time they throttle traffic, then deny that they're doing it. They maintain low (even at 300GB) caps. Their CPE quality (from DVRs to routers) is astoundingly awful (even business class).

  23. Re:What's wrong with GCC? on FreeBSD 10 To Use Clang Compiler, Deprecate GCC · · Score: 1

    I have indeed read the web page. In fact, I'm using scan-build + gcc as part of an automated build system. That doesn't change the fact that gcc itself doesn't ship with a static analyzer.

  24. Re:What's wrong with GCC? on FreeBSD 10 To Use Clang Compiler, Deprecate GCC · · Score: 1

    It's missing a decent static analyzer?

  25. Re:Seems like Mac is a win ... on Objective-C Comes of Age · · Score: 1

    No static analysis. No redistributable CRT.