Qu4Z - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Accomplishment? (Score 1) 308

by Qu4Z on Sunday November 25, 2012 @11:33PM (#42090825) Attached to: Gameplay: the Missing Ingredient In Most Games

You're right, but as a nitpick I hardly think novels or movies count as interactive entertainment.

Comment Re:How does it install itself (Score 1) 172

by Qu4Z on Thursday November 22, 2012 @12:34AM (#42063683) Attached to: New Linux Rootkit Emerges

At this stage, it looks like someone with root-level access installs it.

Comment Re:Linux rootkit (Score 1) 172

by Qu4Z on Thursday November 22, 2012 @12:32AM (#42063667) Attached to: New Linux Rootkit Emerges

In fairness, both of those flaws could be easily worked around. The worrying implication is that the developer didn't know what he was doing.

Having said that, you need to already have root access to install this, so it's really not a big deal.

Comment Re:Why Only 64-bit (Score 1) 172

by Qu4Z on Thursday November 22, 2012 @12:28AM (#42063655) Attached to: New Linux Rootkit Emerges

There's no "exploit". The emphasized section just says the programmer was incompetent, but by chance his rootkit still (mostly) works.
Again, this is a rootkit. You need root access through some other means to install it. Still a nuisance, though.

Comment Re:I think he means (Score 1) 569

by Qu4Z on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @10:36PM (#42062993) Attached to: Israeli Infrastructure Proves Too Strong For Anonymous

I think perhaps real anons have better things to do. At least, I'd hope so.

Comment Re:Sponsored by Gentoo - not a good thing (Score 1) 152

by Qu4Z on Monday November 19, 2012 @09:35PM (#42034943) Attached to: Gentoo Developers Fork udev

Woo, I'm such a ricer! USE="-pulseaudio -systemd -nepomuk -strigi -akonadi"

Comment Re:Facebook is not "online culture" (Score 1) 432

by Qu4Z on Monday November 19, 2012 @07:47PM (#42033711) Attached to: You Can't Say That On the Internet

I was with you until you suggested 4chan as a center of internet culture.

Comment Re:BeOS looked cool (Score 1) 117

by Qu4Z on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @08:40PM (#41975855) Attached to: BeOS Clone Haiku Releases R1 Alpha 4

Actually, I'm relatively sure that in practice that's precisely what it is. Although more familiarity with similar systems/interfaces (in the real world too) than with the actual OS/program in question.

Comment Re:How to get rid of all Windows boxes, forever? (Score 1) 553

by Qu4Z on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @08:23PM (#41975707) Attached to: Microsoft Makes Direct X 11.1 a Windows 8 Exclusive

Personally I prefer XP over Win7 for the most part.

Comment Re:Let's hope Steam on Linux gathers... steam (Score 1) 553

by Qu4Z on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @08:19PM (#41975665) Attached to: Microsoft Makes Direct X 11.1 a Windows 8 Exclusive

I would be somewhat reluctant to mention Acrobat and efficiently in the same sentence.

Comment Re:Foreman (Score 1) 98

by Qu4Z on Monday November 12, 2012 @12:28AM (#41954027) Attached to: Judge To Review Whether Foreman In Apple v. Samsung Hid Info

I'm pretty sure prior art is still a thing even under first-to-file.

Comment Re:Are you a hacker? (Score 1) 333

by Qu4Z on Sunday November 11, 2012 @07:41PM (#41952695) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Developer Or Software Engineer? Can It Influence Your Work?

In fairness, it's called Agile Development, not Agile Software Engineering.

Comment Re:Well... (Score 1) 333

by Qu4Z on Sunday November 11, 2012 @07:40PM (#41952689) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Developer Or Software Engineer? Can It Influence Your Work?

Maybe this is regional variation, but in NZ it seems the kind of person who wants to be called a Software Engineer is exactly the kind of person who thinks everything fits into their pet methodology. Which is often some inflexible misunderstanding of OO.

Comment Re:When you tried Linux, why did you abandon it? (Score 2) 363

by Qu4Z on Tuesday November 06, 2012 @07:30PM (#41901209) Attached to: Nvidia Doubles Linux Driver Performance, Slips Steam Release Date

But you can bet a large portion of that 99% will answer "What's a linux? Is it like a meerkat?"

Comment Re:Would be funny (Score 1) 478

by Qu4Z on Monday November 05, 2012 @09:31PM (#41889037) Attached to: Will Microsoft Dis-Kinect Freeloading TV Viewers?

I thought the humour came from the fact that it's true.

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