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  1. Re:Following Google to Stupidity on Mozilla Labs: the URL Bar Has To Go · · Score: 1

    I know what a memory leak is. Firefox 4 leaks horribly, at least on Linux/X86_64.

  2. Re:Following Google to Stupidity on Mozilla Labs: the URL Bar Has To Go · · Score: 0

    Firefox 4 is generally better.

    Yeah. It's much better at leaking memory.

  3. Re:sad isn't it ? on Evolution Battle Brews In Texas · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Atheists are between 8% and 16% of the US population, but just 0.2% of the prison population.

    Tell that to people who question atheists' morality.

  4. Stereotype FAIL on Ubuntu 11.04, Slackware 13.37 · · Score: 1

    Despite not being ancient or bearded, I'll take Slackware any day, thankyouverymuch.

  5. Here's to FTP ! on FTP Is 40 Years Old · · Score: 1

    I still use it daily to wirelessly move files between my computers at home, while my clueless friends (among them programmers and IT assistence guys) carry USB sticks around the house. Lamers.

  6. Re:we're not obsessed with facebook on The Facebook Obsession · · Score: 1

    Click on Account -> Discussions and you get the option to switch to the classic system.

  7. Re:we're not obsessed with facebook on The Facebook Obsession · · Score: 1

    No, you aren't. I suggest using the w3m text browser to read /. That's what I use, along with the classic discussion system. Gets rid of all the cr*p and just gives you the content.

    BTW, I'm typing this message with Vim in an Xterm. Should they make the site impossible to browse this way, I'd probably quit /. altogether.

  8. Re:Oh and by the way..... on Are the Days of Individual Security Over? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because major religions are soooo fucking endangered with the current ruling classes of the world.

    Man, you really need to pull your head out of wherever you're keeping it.

  9. Re:Profit? on Paramount Pictures To Release Film On Bittorrent · · Score: 1

    1. Make film
    2. Put crappy divx on torrent.
    3. Put superior dvd on sales.

    Guess which version will be more popular...

    The crappy divx on torrent. What do I win?

  10. Sorry guys... on Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies? · · Score: 1

    ...you aren't even close. The absolute worst computer scene in history is from 60's TV show "The Prisoner".

    Be warned: it will make you cringe very hard. Then maybe laugh a bit. But mostly cringe. Think twice before clicking, because there's no way to unwatch it.

    Incidentally, the show itself was good. But that scene... Oh, the horror...

  11. Re:$500k? on Crime Writer Makes a Killing With 99 Cent E-Books · · Score: 1

    Where exactly have I indicated that I agreed that calculating possible returns using that formula was right?

    Let's see...

    So it's 350 000 in 67 days or 5224 per day, so 1 906 716 per year

    • Matter-of-factly language... check
    • No conditional sentence... check
    • No "would"... check
    • No distancing yourself from the erroneous claim... check

    Gee... I wonder where on earth I got the "impression" you were agreeing.

  12. Re:$500k? on Crime Writer Makes a Killing With 99 Cent E-Books · · Score: 1

    It is wrong, it's 350 000 from January 1st to today, not for a 12 month period.
    So it's 350 000 in 67 days or 5224 per day, so 1 906 716 per year
    1 905 716 * 0.99 *0.35 = 660 677$

    Because OF COURSE his book will continue to sell the same figures for the whole year.

    You and the author of this writeup should be forbidden from using calculators.

  13. Not much on Trumpet Winsock Creator Made Little Money · · Score: 1

    If he put up a paypal donation link, and a page saying "I wrote Trumpet Windsock. Please donate if you used it without paying", I wonder what he'd take in.

    Probably not much. Shareware never really worked for the developers. Most people are just greedy bastards.

  14. GNOME on GNOME To Lose Minimize, Maximize Buttons · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ROTFL.

  15. Re:Does this mean.... on Google ReCAPTCHA Cracked · · Score: 2

    The problem is simple to solve though:
    Spamming is profitable. That's why the spammers do it.
    What we need is simple [...]

    That just goes to show that you're a clueless noob.

  16. Re:You can't con a con on Running Your Own Ghost Investigation? · · Score: 1

    The thing is though that she wasn't regularly asking for signs. It was a one time shot that coincided with a power outage.

    Have you considered that a very subtle flickering of the light might have preceded the power outage? So subtle as to not be consciously perceptible.

    When we ask for a sign, we want the sign to happen. Her subconscious, noticing the instability in the light, might have told her: "This is the right time to ask for a sign".

  17. Re:"password" on SHA-3 Finalist Candidates Known · · Score: 1

    Point taken. I still think it's a troll, though.

  18. Re:"password" on SHA-3 Finalist Candidates Known · · Score: 1

    A friend of mine discovered and I verified the other day that
    BASE64(SHA256("password")) == XohImNooBHFR0OVvjcYpJ3NgPQ1qq73WKhHvch0VQtg=

    Can't reproduce that.


    echo -n password | sha256sum | base64
    NWU4ODQ4OT hkYTI4MDQ3 MTUxZDBlNT ZmOGRjNjI5 Mjc3MzYwM2 QwZDZhYWJi ZGQ2MmExMW VmNzIxZDE1 NDJkOCAgLQo=
    ~> echo password | sha256sum | base64
    NmIzYTU1ZT AyNjFiMDMw NDE0M2Y4MD VhMjQ5MjRk MGMxYzQ0NT I0ODIxMzA1 ZjMxZDkyNz c4NDNiOGEx MGY0ZSAgLQo=

    Unless it's not a coincidence. Would that be possible?

    Lame troll.

  19. Re:Other fears? on People With University Degree Fear Death Less · · Score: 1

    The concept of ceasing to exist has caused me much anxiety and grief over the last few years, requiring medication to subdue.

    As Epicurus said: man must not fear death, because when man exists, death does not; and when death exists, man does not. Basically, we never actually come into contact with the state of being dead.

  20. Re:C++ programming cultists? on Paid Developers Power the Linux Kernel · · Score: 5, Funny

    C++ programming cultists often write in C.

    Those are C++ programming occultists.

  21. Re:Should have used vsftpd on ProFTPD.org Compromised, Backdoor Distributed · · Score: 1

    It's not about making the password on an unknown username less secure, it's about making the password so secure that the publicity of the username is irrelevant.

    True security is implemented with a strong password and a maximum allowed number of attempts per IP (see the 'denyhosts' program).

  22. Re:Should have used vsftpd on ProFTPD.org Compromised, Backdoor Distributed · · Score: 1

    Wrong... Answer this: which is more secure?

    1) unknown 4-letter username + unknown 12 letter password

    2) known 4-letter username + unknown 16 character password

    #2 is more secure, since passwords can contain symbols... The strength must be in your password! Keep it long and hard to guess, and the fact that your username is known will be irrelevant.

    Note that usernames are echoed during interactive login, while passwords aren't. That should tell you something.

  23. Re:Anyone checking these source file changes? on ProFTPD.org Compromised, Backdoor Distributed · · Score: 1

    it's why the OpenBSD guys use Solaris

    False. As they explained clearly in the FAQ, they used to run Apache on Solaris simply because the hosting company who donated server space and bandwidth was Sun-based. Now they run their web servers on OpenBSD, though, and have been for a while.

  24. Re:Should have used vsftpd on ProFTPD.org Compromised, Backdoor Distributed · · Score: 2

    Well... VSFTPd has had its share of problems, too, y'know. Speaking of... it's actually currently suffering from an exploitable "feature" (as the author insists on calling it) that allows attackers to very rapidly and without restraint mine legit usernames from the host running VSFTPd.

    Not much use to an attacker, without the passwords. By your logic, you could deem it a security risk that on any Unix system the super-user is always called "root".

  25. Re:Only ProFTPd? on ProFTPD.org Compromised, Backdoor Distributed · · Score: 1

    +1 on vsftpd: its config file is so well commented that it's almost a tutorial on FTP administration. Top notch work, both on the server itself and the documentation.