Comment Re:The birds and the bees (Score 5, Funny) 716
(For the slow: the user is the bird or bee, the flower is the content provider, the nectar is the content, and the pollen is the advertisement.)
I dont get it. Which one is the car?
Comment Prices? (Score 3, Insightful) 330
From TFA:
Although final pricing for Windows 8 hasn’t been announced yet, the PULSB license will definitely be cheaper than purchasing a full retail license and probably on a par with OEM pricing. It is also expected that pricing in general for the new OS will be lower than what we currently pay for copies of Windows 7.
Hmmm... "not announced yet", "probably", "it is also expected"
Sounds like a lot of maybes.... I'll wait for the real prices to see if Microsoft actually is on to something.
Comment Re:Whatever you want (Score 1) 120
Use whatever you want, so long as you keep the password on a little piece of paper somewhere. If you don't, may I suggest "pencil" is a good one.
Yeah and watch out for Matthew Broderick. He's up to no good.
Comment Re:Why is this news? (Score 5, Funny) 192
Meh. Wake me up when they reach Surface 7. But not Surface 8. I hear it looks too much like a PC.
Comment Re:No humans are weird (Score 2) 239
Dammit, don't talk against chiropractors. In eleven seconds, you are going to get a reply from Dr. Looney that says that chiropractic treatments cure cancer, AIDS, ingrown nails and the Flame virus.
Comment Re:Ugh (Score 5, Funny) 243
I second that. Fuck you, Apple
I second that too. Fuck you Apple.
Sent from my Iphone
Comment Re:Good (Score 1) 711
Or, if you are still running Excel 2003, you just download the compatibility pack for Office 2007/2010, and you can open and save documents in those formats.
The compatibility pack also works with Office XP and 2000.
Comment None (Score 5, Informative) 336
Simon Belmont... and family.. The ones in the poll are a bunch of sissies compared to them.
Comment Like? (Score 5, Funny) 250
Google is given 14 days to file an application for Oracle to pay legal fees to Google
Dammit... where is Slashdot's "like" button??
Comment Re:Missing Options (Score 1) 356
I borrow Cowboyneal's bike when I need to
I ride Cowboyneal when I have to.
Whoops, that came out wrong...
Comment Re:WOW (Score 5, Funny) 293
I use Spousal Truecrypt. It's an unencrypted folder titled "Sports".
A friend of mine kept his porn folder on plain view. The folder title was "Uninstall Windows". The wife never looked inside.
Submission + - Is the SATA power connector design flawed? 8
An anonymous reader writes: My computer caught fire today. I saw flames and smoke coming out. When I opened it I saw that the SATA power connector on the back of my samsung DVD drive was cooked. I looked around on the internet and found that I was not alone. A lot of other people have already reported their computer catching fire and almost all of them caught fire exactly the same way, the SATA power connector was burnt. In some cases it was an HDD and in others it was a DVD or blue ray drive but invariable the fire started at the SATA power connector.
Now I am wondering if the there is a fundamental flaw in the power connector design causing the fire? I am not sure where to complain or send feedback so that it gets aggregated and someone in the industry can take action and possibly work on changing the connector design. So I am writing on slashdot.
Now I am wondering if the there is a fundamental flaw in the power connector design causing the fire? I am not sure where to complain or send feedback so that it gets aggregated and someone in the industry can take action and possibly work on changing the connector design. So I am writing on slashdot.
Comment Re:Injustice! (Score 5, Funny) 608
Screw that, where is Clippy??
Comment Re:Yoda says.... (Score 1) 1069
I see your schwartz is as big as mine.
I knew it, i'm surrounded by assholes!!
Whoops, wrong organ reference. Sorry.
Submission + - New Android Malware Found in Alternative Markets Uses Root Exploit (threatpost.com)
Trailrunner7 writes: Alternative mobile app markets have become a great place to find new games, utilities and other apps. But mostly they're great if you're looking for the latest stealthy Android malware. The newest example is a piece of malware called TGLoader that is showing up in repackaged legitimate apps and has the ability to get root privileges on victims' phones and also cost them quite a bit of money by sending SMS messages to premium-rate numbers.
The TGLoader malware has appeared in some alternative Android app markets recently, and researchers at North Carolina State University discovered and analyzed it, finding it has a wide range of capabilities. The malware uses the "exploid" root exploit to get root privileges on compromised phones, and from there it starts installing a variety of apps and Android code that are designed to perform a long list of malicious actions.
The TGLoader malware has appeared in some alternative Android app markets recently, and researchers at North Carolina State University discovered and analyzed it, finding it has a wide range of capabilities. The malware uses the "exploid" root exploit to get root privileges on compromised phones, and from there it starts installing a variety of apps and Android code that are designed to perform a long list of malicious actions.
