cptgrudge - Slashdot User

Comment Re:UAC is tagged on. (Score 1) 321

by cptgrudge on Friday November 30, 2012 @11:51PM (#42151907) Attached to: Virus Eats School District's Homework

But, in practice, most users on a typical Windows system are basically administrators (=root, or close enough - there's always TrustedInstaller etc), and so when UAC produces a token with their original privileges restored, the net effect is the same as sudo. So, when your average user sees a UAC prompt, the end result is the same as when he does sudo whatever.

That is correct for home- and individual users. But users in a corporate (or school) setting should *not* be allowed to elevate to full admin privileges, if at all. Users can still install per-user apps and policies can still restrict which apps can be allowed to start (based on hashes, digital signatures, vendor etc).

And so it comes to this. It's not the fault of Windows, but the ignorance of those configuring the systems. Color me surprised!

Comment Re:Mists of Dailyquestia (Score 1) 204

by cptgrudge on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @03:22PM (#41971711) Attached to: Review: <em>World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria</em> (video)

Dailies are not required, they are optional.

Wrong. You've been indoctrinated.

If Dailies are optional, please explain what someone that doesn't do them is supposed to do with the VP they collect from heroics, raids, and LFR.

If someone is actively doing raids, the likelihood of needing VP to spend on gear at all right now is pretty low. Even the time required to rep up to the level that unlocks the gear is roughly 2 weeks.

We're in week 6 or 7 of raiding. A second raid opened up recently. Another is opening up today.

I did about 3 weeks of dailies total, and then was able to stop. All of this talk of endless dailies is just nonsense.

Comment Re:Distinguishing conflict from disagreement (Score 1) 1152

by cptgrudge on Monday October 29, 2012 @11:46AM (#41805111) Attached to: Dr. Richard Dawkins On Why Disagreeing With Religion Isn't Insulting

Not to your mortal coil, it's not.

Comment Re:If I recall..... (Score 1) 333

by cptgrudge on Thursday September 06, 2012 @12:10PM (#41249225) Attached to: Quantum Teleportation Sends Information 143 Kilometers

But you can have communication that is faster then light very easily lets take a wheel for example. you can observer the wheel from to either side, if I rotate the wheel from one side the other side rotates at the same time FTL communication just occurred I told you I rotated a wheel. Now if said wheel was so big that it went from earth to mars you would have FTL communication meaningfully,

Might be you're trolling, but that's not FTL communication. Forces are exerted on the wheel, the spokes, the rim, to move the other side, which does not happen at anywhere close to the speed of light. Just because it "looks fast", doesn't mean it's FTL.

Comment Re:It should be part of the marketing (Score 4, Informative) 326

by cptgrudge on Friday June 29, 2012 @10:16AM (#40493555) Attached to: Google On-shores Manufacturing of the Nexus Q

Well some of the folks at Google I/O have been dutifully hacking away at these, which were in the goody bags.

I know it isn't a perfect solution, but maybe Google will see the potential. And in the meantime, if it turns out to be as hackable as the Nexus phones are, hooray for us.

Comment Re:People must be blind.. (Score 1) 498

by cptgrudge on Wednesday June 27, 2012 @10:23AM (#40467055) Attached to: U.S. Judge Grants Apple Injunction Against Samsung Galaxy Tab

Jobs especially was a giant hippy back then, or has the origin story changed?

You can't take the Book of Jobs literally. Think of it more as a parable.

Comment Re:I hate to defend Monsanto somewhat, but (Score 2) 617

by cptgrudge on Wednesday February 15, 2012 @06:11PM (#39051745) Attached to: 300k Organic Farmers To Sue Monsanto For Seed Patent Claims

And meanwhile, these seeds are about as healthy as dioxin.

Citation, please.

Comment Re:Does anyone know if robocalling is useful? (Score 1) 619

by cptgrudge on Thursday September 29, 2011 @12:39PM (#37555426) Attached to: Congress May Permit Robot Calls To Cell Phones

When we get robocalls at work, I always press 1 the instant it starts the robospeech to "speak with a live salesperson". Then I put them on hold.

Comment Re:I'm panicking! (Score 1) 1223

by cptgrudge on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @10:38AM (#36733776) Attached to: Google+ Already At 10 Million Users

I would appreciate one if you still have invites. cptgrudge (atat) gmail Thanks!

Comment Re:Wow. (Score 1) 875

by cptgrudge on Thursday October 15, 2009 @01:51PM (#29759939) Attached to: 1Mb Broadband Access Becomes Legal Right In Finland

Being omnivores, the human species is at the top of the food chain most of the time. A shark or bear won't ask your consent if it tries to eat you; I don't see why we should make that concession either.

Comment Re:Respect rules of the road, not just the officia (Score 1) 882

by cptgrudge on Wednesday July 29, 2009 @01:15PM (#28869239) Attached to: Rude Drivers Reduce Traffic Jams

Right. In the fictional roadways, people in the right lane are going under the speed limit.

In reality, the people with the most contempt for the speed limit are the ones that are using the "passing lane".

Comment Re:Hopefully it will cut down on affiliate-link sp (Score 1) 532

by cptgrudge on Tuesday June 30, 2009 @02:01PM (#28532027) Attached to: Rhode Island Affiliates Banned From Amazon.com Sales

it isn't as simple as "add 6% to the price" sales tax verys not by just state but county and town and city and districts.. infact any governing body that can charge a tax could effect the cost of goods. and also it verys based on what the good is..

This is very true. Here in my home state of Minnesota, we've got a new set of sales tax rates going into effect tomorrow.

St. Paul (State, County/Transit, City): 7.625%
Minneapolis (State, County/Transit, City, Stadium) : 7.775%
Hennepin County (State, County/Transit, Stadium) : 7.275%
Washington County (State, County/Transit) : 7.125%
Ramsey County (State, County/Transit) : 7.125%
Dakota County (State, County/Transit) : 7.125%
Anoka County (State, County/Transit) : 7.125%
None of the above (State only) : 6.875%

Now multiply that by 50 states.

Submission + - BitTorrent going legit - why would users pay?

Submitted by Tookis on Sunday February 25, 2007 @06:33PM

Tookis writes: As of Monday you'll be able to pay for movie downloads from BitTorrent.com, but why should people use file sharing for good instead of evil? While there are plenty of legit uses for the BitTorrent technology, obviously the number one use is to illegally download files such as movies, television and music. So what makes BitTorrent.com think these people will suddenly be prepared to pay for what they already get for free? Will files from the BitTorrent Entertainment Network come down faster than illegal BitTorrent files from the wider internet? Not likely, as the factors that affect peer-to-peer download speeds are still at play regardless. And why should people use a legit BitTorrent with DRM instead of say iTunes? http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9922/1085/

Submission + - Superconducting heat spreader to obsolete CPU fans

Submitted by vinsci on Thursday February 22, 2007 @09:02PM

vinsci writes: R&D company Novel Concepts, Inc. has announced its new IsoSkin heat spreader material that dissipates heat 20 times more effectively than copper, according to the company. The thin (down to 500 microns) IsoSkin spreaders could eventually be used to replace the outer "skin" of portable electronics, thereby eliminating the need for heat sinks and fans that cool notebooks and PCs, ExtremeTech reports.

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