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  1. Re: ZFS is nice... on Ubuntu Plans To Make ZFS File-System Support Standard On Linux · · Score: 1

    ZFS is not really the supported setup for Ubuntu. I've only has issues with the proprietary nvidia driver. I've always been able to fix those issues.

    When ZFS and nouveau are supports by default then that configuration will be tested and ideally more robust. I wouldn't worry.

  2. Re: "with a 2048 bit RSA key" on Patreon Hacked, Personal Data Accessed · · Score: 1

    Let me explain a hash. You have a one way function f(password) = hash. This function cannot be reversed. The server stored the hash and then the client sends a password and the server uses the function before comparing it to the stored hash. Passwords are NEVER stored. It's a little more complicated than that, but that's the basics.

  3. that sounds wrong. If you were at the poles you would be basically taking off sideways. It's way more efficient to orbit the earth a few times and catch the moon. It's way more efficient to start on the equator to get into orbit.

  4. Re:Have an awareness raising conversation on San Francisco Still Among Most Dangerous For Pedestrians · · Score: 2

    I once had a conversation with someone who proclaimed that if a "pedestrian" hid behind a parked car and jumped out into the lane of traffic, then it's still the cars fault. That seems ludicrous to me, but I'm not a lawyer.

    The fact that every intersection is a potential unmarked cross walk also seems a little bit insane. Suppose you have a 6 lane road and a small 2 lane street intersects with it. Now extend an cross walk from the corners of that intersection and you have a legal crosswalk. Also suppose that intersection has no street lights and the speed limit is 40mph. The fact that pedestrian could step out across that road in the middle of the night seems like a death wish, but technically they have the right of way. Either you force every city to make every possible intersection safe or you should make pedestrian right of way a little more sane.

  5. Re:What's wrong with titanium dioxide? on New Nanoparticle Sunblock Is Stronger and Safer, Scientists Say · · Score: 1

    I think as long as you don't eat it you should be fine.

  6. Great... on iPhone 6s's A9 Processor Racks Up Impressive Benchmarks · · Score: -1, Troll

    that Apple has dubbed its A9 processor.

    Now I have to explain to everyone the difference between a Cortex-A9 and an Apple A9.

    They already cause me problems with the 6s vs s6 thing. Sometimes I wish they could get a little more original with these names.

  7. Re: If the system has been gamed... on EPA To Overhaul Emissions Testing In the Wake of VW Cheating · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes you can go after the large car companies. That should be easy. You can never stop people from installing after market equipment that games the system. You will never have a perfect system, so stop being so idealistic. I'd settle for a system that stops the vast majority of abuse.

  8. Adobe acrobat on Ask Slashdot: What Windows-Only Apps Would You Most Like To See On Linux? · · Score: 1

    I can't fill out forms on Linux and the acrobat for Linux is so old and doesn't support forms. Open source pdf readers don't work either. Fix the chrome pdf reader on Linux might work or a working web version.

    Pdf on Linux is so far behind.

  9. Re: roflmao on AMD's R9 Fury On Open-Source: Prepare for Disappointment, For Now · · Score: 2

    Ever since 802.11ac came out I feel like we've lost about a decade of progress when it comes to hardware support.

    To be fair though graphics drivers have always sucked.

  10. Re: Please don't camp anywhere near me. on Ask Slashdot: Suggestions For Taking a Business Out Into the Forest? · · Score: 1

    There is plenty of places to camp. There aren't as many relaxing places to do work.

  11. Re: Talk about unfair. on AMD's R9 Fury On Open-Source: Prepare for Disappointment, For Now · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I hate to break it to you, but most open source drivers are written by corporations.

  12. Re: Not T-Mobile on Ask Slashdot: Best Data Provider When Traveling In the US? · · Score: 1

    From my experience in California, Verizon works best outside the big cities. At&t is 2nd. I wouldn't even consider T-mobile outside of the city, but to be fair I don't have experience with them. Sprint has unlimited data plans and works fairly well in certain areas and terribly in others.

  13. Re: Competition on SpaceX and OneWeb -- Same Goal, Different Technology and Strategy · · Score: 1

    it would be nice as a consumer if the devices interoperate.

    Competition is good but if I buy an uplink it would be nice if it worked with the service of my choice.

    It's seems to me that companies can be a little sort sighted when it comes to standard when satellites are involved. For example custom receivers were required for Sirius and XM.

  14. Re:Use Synaptic package manager instead. on Ubuntu Software Center Criticized For Mixing Free and Non-Free Software · · Score: 1

    Ubuntu repos have non-free packages for $0. It's non-free if you use the freedom definition, not the free beer definition. Those packages are accessible through synaptic.

  15. Next time turn off geo tagging on US Bombs ISIS Command Center After Terrorist Posts Selfie Online · · Score: 1

    You'd figure terrorists would be more concerned with privacy than the average Joe.

  16. A Nuclear power plant on your legs on Intel Adopts USB-C Connector For 40Gbps Thunderbolt 3, Supports USB 3.1, DP 1.2 · · Score: 2

    As a result Thunderbolt will also support USB 3.1 (which is currently spec'd at 10Gbps) and can optionally provide up to 100W of power (in compliance with the USB Power Delivery spec) to charge devices via USB-C (like the recently introduced 12-inch Apple MacBook).

    I read 100W an I felt the hair singe off my legs.

    I think the key word is "optionally". I doubt very many laptops will be able supply that much power for charging.

  17. Re:Car analogy? on New Device Could Greatly Improve Speech and Image Recognition · · Score: 1

    When it's installed in a google car it will only be a minor accident.

  18. Re:Usability 101 on How Responsible Are App Developers For Decisions Their Users Make? · · Score: 2

    Engineers tend to design for themselves; not for others.

    Engineers tend to design to the specification, which ideally should be designed by an HCI expert. They design for themselves because the specification is sorely lacking.

  19. Re:Tell that to 3D movies as well. on Half-Life 2 Writer on VR Games: We're At Pong Level, Only Scratching the Surface · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one who thinks the frame rate isn't whats getting everyone sick?

    Resolution and convergence are my big issues. I think the holy grail is a high resolution light field display, but this will require significantly denser pixels if you use microlenses for head worn VR. Maybe once you tackle that you can go for the high frame rate.

  20. Re:uh... on Verizon Tells Customer He Needs 75Mbps For Smoother Netflix Video · · Score: 1

    That's why there's a buffer. 300ms of ping only needs an extra 300ms of buffer, in theory.

    The buffer is for the jitter, Not the transmission time. Ping is round trip time, so your latency is only 150ms assuming that the path there is about the same cost as the.trip back. I suppose that's more important for live streaming content.
    You need a round trip to begin streaming, so the 300ms is important for that.

  21. Re:uh... on Verizon Tells Customer He Needs 75Mbps For Smoother Netflix Video · · Score: 3, Insightful

    increasing that to 75 makes no difference at all.

    Unless you're sharing your bandwidth with some annoying roommates.

  22. I think computer scientists already knew this... on Speaking a Second Language May Change How You See the World · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The language shapes how you think about a problem.

  23. Re: No Internet? on Prison Program Aims To Turn Criminals Into Coders · · Score: 1

    The problem with that is now coding is about reusing as much as possible. If it takes 10 weeks to write a library or 10 seconds to download some open source library then the guy who takes 10 weeks is going to get schooled by the the guy who takes 10 seconds.

  24. Re:Fight of the year: SystemD vs Microsoft on Microsoft's First Azure Hosted Service Is Powered By Linux · · Score: 1

    Just ctrl-alt-del and end task. That should help.

  25. Re:BS on Automakers Move Toward OTA Software Upgrades · · Score: 1

    >> and deploy networking topologies such as Ethernet, with proven security.
    Ethernet is already widely deployed in cars for data hungry applications ( infotainment) For other uses, ethernet is absolutely not suitable ( price, power, wiring constraints, EMC, safety, .....)

    That's why they are using 2-wire ethernet.
    https://www.broadcom.com/press...

    I'm not sure where you got that information about Ethernet widely deployed in cars for Infotainment. If you can send me an article about that I'd really like to read it.