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Comment Re:Would it *kill* you to read the article? (Score 3, Insightful) 287

try resizing your /var or / LVM partitions while the system is running, let me know how that goes. This is because real enterprises have issues your linux server in mom's basement don't.

I have been doing exactly that for years, and it is only been getting easier. These are the commands you need to use if you have them stacked LVM->DMCRYPT->EXT4

fdisk
partprobe
pvresize
lvresize
cryptsetup resize
resize2fs

Use the tools in the stacking order that you have used to set up your system.

So I'm letting you know right now, if you actually know Linux system administration, it has worked fine for years and years. First online resize of a filesystem that was mounted over the network for a lot of users I did back in 2001.

Comment The Study's data is completely flawed (Score 1) 471

I have no idea where the authors found their data, but it is not from this earth that we live on for sure.

Why does Sweden and Norway have among the highest "Crime Index z-scores"?, whatever that means? I mean, does Sweden have a higher crime index than Tanzania, Brazil or the US for that matter??

I subject to you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

Please find any study where Sweden and Norway have among the highest crime rates.

The authors are worse than "damned liars" I say.

Comment Re:Problems? Really? (Score 1) 663

We have every right irritated with Linus here. I've written software for Linux, Windows, and embedded RTOSes. Linux was by far the most painful. Boost was the only thing that made it tolerable. Berating a company that supports a user base which represents 1% or less of their market without any modern-day language tools at their disposal (STL, Boost, a decent IDE) is just counter-productive.

Seriously, if you write a device driver in Boost, you should be shot in front of your kids. And I know, I used to work for a company that wrote most of its software in Boost, luckily only in user space. They had all the usual problems with Boost, all the static and dynamic cast bullshit, 8 different kinds of smart pointers, all of them thread unsafe and of course, error messages the size of a small house. They had a bug for 2 years because they couldn't follow the code because of Boost and all Design Patterns they had used. There is a reason why Boost is not STL.

So no Boost or STL in the kernel is a good thing, only to keep coders like you out. Just read what Linus has to say about it:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/57918

(full dislosure: I now work for a company doing almost all coding in Erlang, and we rely on one peice of code written in Boost, and we hate it.
It is almost impossible to compile, lacks a good api, and if you change any configuration while it is running it drops all its connections. We really would like to replace it and probably will at some time.)

Comment To all Syrian Activists (Score 4, Informative) 139

In order for this not to happen again do the following:

Stop using Windows and MacOSX.
Download and install Fedora F16.
When installing, encrypt the harddrive with a really hard to break password.
Install pidgin and off the record like this: 'yum install pidgin pidgin-otr'
Generate keys and verify them before communicating.
Be _very_ careful if who you usually talks to changes their key, they might have been arrested.
Never ever communicate in the clear.

Using this strategy you will not be immune, rubber-hose-cryptanalysis with still defeat this. Also you can be tracked so your oppresive government can see that you communicate, they will just not be able to read what you are saying. And not using major OSes will keep you away from the most common exploits and trojans.

Also, try to use TOR, HTTPS-everywhere and other good tools.

References:
https://fedoraproject.org/
http://fr2.rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/fedora/16/x86_64/pidgin-otr-3.2.0-4.fc15.x86_64.html
http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/

Good luck.

Submission + - US Lawmaker Opens up ACTA to Online Comments (pcworld.com)

WhyNotAskMe writes: "Representative Darrell Issa, a California Republican, posted ACTA on his Keepthewebopen.com site Tuesday. Even though the U.S. and seven other countries signed the agreement in October, the public needs to be included in the debate as President Barack Obama's administration begins to implement ACTA, Issa said.

Issa criticized the agreement, saying most negotiations were in secret. The deal appears to violate Congress' authority to make policy affecting U.S. trade and intellectual property law, he added. "ACTA appears to be an unconstitutional power grab started by President George W. Bush and completed by President Barack Obama."

Gee — President Obama seemed to be such a nice guy. Then he sold out to the entertainment lobbies. "Yes we can — bypass Congress and impose a treaty developed by the MPAA on the whole world". Now that's optimism!"

Privacy

Submission + - $1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless (wordpress.com)

TheNextCorner writes: "This video is here to demonstrate that the TSA’s insistence that the nude body scanner program is effective and necessary is nothing but a fraud, just like their claims that the program is safe (radiation what?) and non-invasive (nude pictures who?). The scanners are now effectively worthless, as anyone can beat them with virtually no effort."

Submission + - Building Blocks: Awesome Lego Science Models (wired.com)

An anonymous reader writes: There may be no better way to engage kids of all ages in learning about science than with a Lego-based DNA molecule, robot or rocket.

Wired.com scoured the internet for the best, quirkiest, most innovative examples of science-inspired Lego creations, including a space shuttle, MRI machine, particle collider and mushroom cloud.

Comment Re:Winter? (Score 1) 40

They have limited internet access, so I'm told, would be hilarious if someone there posted in this thread.

Dang its early in the morning here. Of course they have access, or we wouldn't have seen their uploaded picture...

They have very low bandwidth and only connection when a satellite is overhead so it is very spotty.

Comment Re:Winter? (Score 1) 40

staying there over winter

It may be cold at the South Pole, but it's Summer there.

No winter lasts from mid feb thru mid october at amunseon-scott. I donno anything about the schedule this year specifically, but its almost March... last trip out was probably a couple weeks ago and they're stuck there until almost Halloween. They have limited internet access, so I'm told, would be hilarious if someone there posted in this thread.

Exactly. It is still light there but the weather is so tough they can't fly in or out. So it is technically winter there already.

Science

Submission + - Geohashing conquers the South Pole (xkcd.com)

Kjellander writes: Randall, of xkcd fame, and inventor of Geohashing, has commented on the recent successful expedition of a Globalhash less than 1 km from the Amundsen-Scott research station by 5 brave scientists staying there over winter. The last continent has been conquered and many records broken.
Security

Submission + - Malware IQ Test (infoworld.com)

snydeq writes: "InfoWorld's Woody Leonhard offers 20 questions to test how much you know about the malware underworld of spam, botnets, viruses, and cyber crime. The Morris Worm, Chernobyl, polymorphic virus, what it means when a virus is 'in the wild' — 'put on your sleuth specs and set your ever-so-slightly-gray hat at a jaunty angle and see if you're in tune with the multi-billion-dollar industry — or just a victimized bystander waiting to get duped by the next rogue bits.'"
Idle

Submission + - South Pole team on a record-setting globalhash expedition (xkcd.com)

An anonymous reader writes: The record for the Southern-most geohash hardly be beaten anytime soon after a team from the Scott-Amundsen South Pole Station visited a globalhash on Sunday.

Geohashing is a Spontaneous Adventure Generator that was created by the online comic xkcd (http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/).

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