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Comment Re:TRIM not always good (Score 1) 133

by SlashRAH on Sunday December 22, 2013 @06:39AM (#45759001) Attached to: Out-of-the-Box, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS To Support TRIM On SSDs

By default, LUKS ignores (errors, actually) those discard/TRIM messages at the block device layer, preventing the SSD from processing them. You have to explicitly override this in order to TRIM a block device under an encrypted filesystem, in which case you're on your own.

Comment Capitalism at work (Score 1, Funny) 284

by SlashRAH on Sunday October 21, 2012 @11:06AM (#41721715) Attached to: NetFlix Caught Stealing DivX Subtitles From Finnish Pirates

This is an excellent example of capitalism at work: they went with the lowest-cost supplier!

Comment Legal issues? (Score 1) 301

by SlashRAH on Sunday June 24, 2012 @09:55AM (#40428795) Attached to: Microsoft Blocks FSF Donation Website As a 'Gambling Site'

It seems that this could be considered an anti-competitive practice that might have some legal consequences for Microsoft. They are basically using their privileged position to prevent their own clients from donating funds to an open source 'competitor'.

Comment Re:Home of the free and the land of the brave? (Score 0, Troll) 192

by SlashRAH on Thursday April 26, 2012 @05:31PM (#39812699) Attached to: CISPA Bill Obliterates Privacy Laws With Blank Check of Privacy Invasion

Technically, the motto is "In God We Trust". Don't worry, Obama forgot too :-)

Comment Apple (Score 2) 272

by SlashRAH on Thursday April 12, 2012 @06:03AM (#39655415) Attached to: US Judge Rules Against German Microsoft Injunction

I'm sure that Apple must be keeping a close eye on this case, given their own worldwide legal shenanigans.

Comment Actual 10th grade questions (Score 1) 845

by SlashRAH on Saturday December 10, 2011 @09:05AM (#38324908) Attached to: Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader?

As others have pointed out, these questions are for 4th and 8th graders. The Florida sample questions for 10th graders, i.e. the level of test that this guy flunked are here: http://fcat.fldoe.org/pdf/sample/0910/reading/FL517300_10_Rdg_TB_WT_r2g.pdf These still seem to be pretty straightforward for anyone with a BSc and double Masters...

Comment Credit card number exposure (Score 5, Insightful) 322

by SlashRAH on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @07:22AM (#38212466) Attached to: Android Dev Demonstrates CarrierIQ Phone Logging Software On Video

When somebody installs a skimmer on an ATM or fuel pump, there are criminal penalties for (attempted) fraud. How is this software any different?

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