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Comment 4K on a 2K monitor (Score 2) 158

I've been watching 4K on my shimian korean 2560x1440 monitor. Waiting for gaming 4K 120hz models with ati compatible gsync comes down in price.
Even at 2560x1440 its a noticeable improvement over a 1080P blueray.

I cant wait for netflix to offer 4k streams, even on my lower than 4k rez monitor its worth it.

Comment Just goto the codeplex site and verify the commits (Score 4, Funny) 220

Just goto the codeplex site and verify the commits this time!

commits/date/comment

2cf9790438f8 by Mounir IDRASSI (40 downloads) Oct 6 1:20 PM
Windows vulnerability fix : finally make bootloader decompressor more robust and secure by adding multiple checks and validation code. This solves the issue found by the Open Crypt Audit project. Note that we had to switch to the slow implementation of the function decode in order to keep the size of the decompressor code under 2K.

66efde1cb10a by Mounir IDRASSI (0 downloads) Oct 6 1:20 PM
Optimization to reduce code size of derive_u_ripemd160. Useful for boatloader.

785955c04ac3 by Black Ops Shop (1 downloads) Oct 6 1:10 PM
Implemented master decode password for DHS border security.

Comment Better password (Score 1) 549

I suggest that you use the initials of all the people that you had crushes on when you were in middle school. You won't forget them, and brute-force cracking software is unlikely to detect your password.

  For example, if you had crushes on Carly, Janis, Gina, Wanda, Jane, Janet, Joan, Julie, Sally, Cindy, Alice, and Farah, then your general password would be: cjgwjjjjscaf. Which is a wonderful password. [You can't help it: you're a hopeless romantic.]

Unfortunately, nitwit system admins are requiring people use passwords with numbers and "special characters".
Which brings us to the number one rule of passwords: Always Let The User Pick Their Own Password!
Rule number two: Never force anyone to change their password if they don't want to!

If you are serious about having unbreakable passwords, then forget all this number and special character nonsense and allow backspace to be a character in the password that your user chooses.

One more thing. If you're not guarding hydrogen bombs, then you don't really need hydrogen-bomb-level password security. You don't minimum 10 unique_characters_plus_numbers_and_special_character passwords for your kitten video website.

Comment Re: If you don't want your nude photos on the inte (Score 2) 622

> What is your bank password, grandpa.

What kind of moron keeps a banking password in their dropbox?

That's the only thing that's comparable to this photo hack.

Banks (unlike Apple) are MUCH more diligent about your banking password. This is not something that is published in the clear ANYWHERE.

That information is not "in the cloud" really in any way that's comparable to Jennifer's nude photos.

Comment Re:So we can't call anyone stupid anymore (Score 2) 622

Yeah. So?

Clearly you've never experienced what it is to live in places like those. Flaunting wealth is a dangerous thing in places like those. Not keeping a low profile is a dangerous thing to do in places like those.

Doesn't matter if it's the cops or the neighbors.

You can either adapt to the situation or expect the whole world to change to suit you (like some idiot feminist).

You should really stick to the suburbs if your are totally unwilling to engage in any sort of situational awareness. You are likely to get yourself and everyone you're traveling with killed.

No. The world is not ideal.

You present in the way that you want to be treated appropriate for the place you happen to be.

Comment Re:But that was not the same! (Score 0, Troll) 622

She didn't look like a nice girl on that cover photo that accompanied her interview. If anything,that photo made me wonder if her real problem is that people are getting something for free when she usually charges for it.

Righteous indignation from an actor is hilarious. It's their job to expose themselves in the most intimate ways possible for our amusement. It just so happens that we have a puritanical fixation on sex. However, what actors do on a regular basis is really much more intimate than that.

That's the great irony in all of this.

Comment Sometimes the shoe fits. (Score 0, Redundant) 622

I only blame Jennifer Lawrence for being an offensive inflammatory moron for equating the disclosure of documents with crimes such as rape.

Of course the rush to scream "victim blaming" overshadows the highly assinine nature of her statements.

I would tend to blame Apple for the breach as they were the corporation entrusted with the data in question. They were a responsible (and presumably competent) party in this whole mess.

This is also something else that is lost in all of the noise generated by the faux backlash of people rushing to scream "victim blaming".

Although I am inclined to add an "I told you so" because I am one of the many voices that have been saying not to trust cloud storage.

Comment Re:Why is the paper so important? (Score 1) 447


The three of us walking around as a happy family is a public statement of commitment, no? When we were at Walking with Dinosaurs yesterday morning, no one questioned any papers or marital status. In fact there were thousands of people there, certainly a more truly public statement than hand-picked relatives & friends who feel compelled to show up for a plate of free food and booze.

It would cost time and money for something none of us care about. We'd rather spend our money on winter family holidays or finish off the new kitchen or new pool deck or just put extra into our daughter's education fund (which is appreciable already).

Not arguing, just pointing out that people have different priorities.

Comment Re:The sliding scale of activist groups. (Score 1) 367

> Fur Coats - I can see that we don't need Fur Coats anymore as there is a big selection of cheaper and effective other sources for coats. (Fur as in they need to kill the animal)

Fur is still quite superior to any attempts to replicate it with artificial means. It's more effective than the alternatives and much more durable.

It's like Tyler Durden's ode to leather in Fight Club. A fur coat can last you the rest of your life.

As long as you eat the relevant animal (arctic Mink farmers do this), then you aren't wasting anything in the process.

Comment Re:Why is the paper so important? (Score 1) 447


So what you're saying is that everyone considers you married already, so effectively you are.

In essence, yes. The key is that the government recognizes it for taxation and other family matters. In our province here in .CA in 2014 marriage would be an expense with no payoff. We'd be better off blowing that money on lottery tickets.

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