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  1. It might be, but some of us would prefer FTP since bit torrent is blocked by some who see any torrenting as piracy.

  2. Re:Am I imagining it? on Stolen Adobe Passwords Were Encrypted, Not Hashed · · Score: 1

    Not true.....otherwise hashing wouldn't work.

    Password is hashed. Hint is hashed. If the hashes match, it isn't a valid hint. You can still store the hint in an encrypted (reversible) state, but compare the hash against the password.

  3. Re:Not, however, if it's handsfree on Drive With Google Glass: Get a Ticket · · Score: 1

    There are plenty that will accept flash media (USB or card, depending on the model) and play video from it......even if the primary video source is expected to be back-up cam video.

    Alternately.....my backup cam (self-install) is just a really long RCA cable....I have a non-powered video switch that I could easily hide and use it to play video from another source (such as a tuner or DVD player).....and switch to back-up cam as needed.

  4. Re:Telco oligopoly on Why Is Broadband More Expensive In the US Than Elsewhere? · · Score: 1

    Add to the fact that the number of miles of fiber/cable/wiring needed to cover the United States is far greater than that required to cover any single European country. Land costs + material costs have to be a good bit higher.

    Granted, I still think we all overpay for the quality of service we actually get, but I don't think it's as straight forward as Europeans try to paint it. Similar arguments for cell coverage.....how many towers does it take to cover England compared to the United States?

  5. Re:Estimation on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Hardest Things Programmers Have To Do? · · Score: 1

    Until management tells you that your estimates are too high and make you give them the best number anyway.

  6. Re:Java won't die. on If Java Is Dying, It Sure Looks Awfully Healthy · · Score: 0

    +1 to the above.

    It is alive not because people really enjoy working in the language. It's because there's plenty of legacy code and plenty of corporate standards where it's the language to be used......companies are hiring again. That means there's money out there to go to conventions. There are people that need to learn new things and companies can afford to send people to these events that they couldn't do two years ago.

    I personally hate Java (technically, it isn't Java I hate so much as the ecosystem and tools around it....the language itself is just a language).....but I use it when I have to.

  7. Just get a router on Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source Project For a Router/Wi-Fi Access Point? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Using an old laptop as a router isn't the most efficient use of your resources (time, money, energy, etc.). Sure, it can be done......but a router can be had for around $20 that is probably as good or better (I'm assuming your old laptop is at least 5 years old and probably G at best). Spending more would get you a better router (and if you shop around, even open-source compatible), but if the goal is to go on the cheap (assumed because you want to reuse a laptop), I'd still get a stand-alone router.

    But if you insist on going that route, go with Linux and manual configuration. Then you can use the laptop for other things as well. Print server, web server, etc.

    But in the end, giving the laptop to a group such as this: http://www.interconnection.org/ is better use of the technology.

  8. Re:Well... on Boy Scouts Bully Hacker Scouts Into Submission · · Score: 1

    Yeah, Pepsi Cola can't ride the coat tails of Coca Cola (which I believe is riding on the coat tails of Royal Crown Cola).

  9. Re:Go drive around in GTA V for a while on Myst Was Supposed To Change the Face of Gaming. What Is Its Legacy? · · Score: 2

    Myst was the end-goal for the point/click adventure games.....Doom was near the beginning of a genre.

    At this point, point/click adventures aren't going to get a whole lot better than Myst, but FPS games continue to get better.

  10. Re:Not the grue! on Boot To Zork · · Score: 1

    I have mod points, but you're already at +5 Funny. But this comment is deserving of a +6 Funnier.

  11. Re:Let the market decide... on Ask Slashdot: Prioritizing Saleable Used Computer Books? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Bookfinder.com is a quick and easy search that covers Amazon as well as several other used book sources. It's got an ISBN search so you can see how well a particular version is doing on the market. My wife and kids have used it to pick up college text books.

  12. Re: and so meanwhile... on Will Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Stay With MySQL? · · Score: 5, Funny

    BetaMax vs VHS. Blu-ray vs HD-DVD.

    Obviously it's because the porn industry chose MySQL.

  13. Re:M.Dell on Michael Dell To Buy Dell Inc. · · Score: 1

    Dell's commodity services are generally centered around selling hardware: hardware roll-out (desktop/laptops to all seats), server install / config / upgrade, Exchange migrations, etc. Basically tasks that are more tightly controlled in terms of scope and complexity. They also purchased what was Perot Systems for less commodity type services.

  14. Re:Austrailians as stupid as Americans? on Australia Elects Libertarian-Leaning Senator (By Accident) · · Score: 1

    What about "a couple of hours because I set up a head to head bracket and flip coins until there's a single winner".

  15. Re:Hmmm on 353,436 Exposed ZTE Devices Found In Net Census · · Score: 2

    The concerns of the earlier articles were about back-doors. Default credentials is basically every device is enabled with admin/1234 and the users aren't educated (or forced) to change them. It's like how briefcases are initially set to all zeros and it's up to you to change the combination. The manufacturers either need to make the default credentials differ for each device or provide a LOT of education.

  16. Re:No, it's the flash. on Van Gogh Prints In 3D: Almost the Real Thing For $34,000 · · Score: 1

    My Canon EOS-M does not have a built-in flash and takes decent images in low light (cranking up the ISO does increase the grain, but you can get around that in post by taking more than one shot --- kinda like HDR but without the intent of bringing in the lights and darks). It would probably confound them enough that you'd get away with using it.

  17. Re:quick calculation on How Companies Are Preparing For the IT Workforce Exodus · · Score: 1

    Convention is to list the earliest date first and the latest date last when giving a range. "between today and 1st January 2013" would imply that 1st January 2013 is in the future relative to "today".

  18. Re:light, tunnel, oncoming train on How Companies Are Preparing For the IT Workforce Exodus · · Score: 1

    If I *GAVE* it to them, I would have the option to not give it. Since I have no choice, I prefer the term TAKEN. And I'm pretty sure I can do a much better job of saving than the government can. Sure, there are others that need the help, but I shouldn't be penalized for their stupidity.

  19. Re:quick calculation on How Companies Are Preparing For the IT Workforce Exodus · · Score: 0

    Actually, he's from the past. We're 235 days into 2013. 5975 days before 2013 is 16 years and about a third..........so mid 1996.

  20. Re:light, tunnel, oncoming train on How Companies Are Preparing For the IT Workforce Exodus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm in my 40s and won't need Socialist Security for many years. I'm planning for the well to be dry (or to be legislated away) by the time I get there, so I'm putting away money on my own. But you can bet that when the time comes, I'll be claiming whatever share I'm allowed. It's *MY* money that I was forced to contribute so that it would be there for my retirement....when I retire, I want it back.

  21. Re:like GameMaker all over again on Write Windows Phone Apps, No Code Required · · Score: 2
  22. Re:Has anyone used this for non-trivial apps? on Write Windows Phone Apps, No Code Required · · Score: 3, Informative

    One thing not called out is that you can actually download the Solution File once you are done (also, you also have the option to deploy to devices outside of the app store). So, you can use the App Builder for prototyping and then get the solution code when you are ready to take your app further.

    So, even if you view it as simple, it can be useful.

  23. Re:A contradiction in terms? on Write Windows Phone Apps, No Code Required · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The same could be said about machine language instructions. You aren't really creating new ones, you are just putting them together in a different order with different values loaded into the registers.

  24. Re:Stolen or copied on Urban Terror Code Stolen · · Score: 1

    Freejacked?

  25. Re:"Press F1 to continue..." on Dell Dumps Keyboardless Windows RT Tablets · · Score: 1