IchBinEinPenguin - Slashdot User

Comment Holy crap! (Score 1) 496

by IchBinEinPenguin on Tuesday December 28, 2010 @05:11AM (#34684202) Attached to: Is Reading Spouse's E-Mail a Crime?

... of Ciara Walker, his wife at that time, which showed she was having an affair with her second husband, who once had been arrested for beating her in front of her son.

Is this a court case or an episode of Dynastic Days of Our Sons and Daughters in General City Hospital?

Comment Re:Don't measure WPM (Score 1) 545

by IchBinEinPenguin on Monday December 27, 2010 @01:54AM (#34674174) Attached to: Does Typing Speed Really Matter For Programmers?

So I can't see your NullPointerException.

Neither can I, now that I'm concentrating on the code rather than on my typing speed.

Comment Re:Don't measure WPM (Score 1) 545

by IchBinEinPenguin on Saturday December 25, 2010 @10:44PM (#34668246) Attached to: Does Typing Speed Really Matter For Programmers?

// start with a salutation Hi Leto, // whitespace // brief introduction I'm a software engineer. // show off I've been writing programs for over 2 decades. // might need to change that bit later..... /* ****** DON'T NEED THIS // enumerate languages I've written in just about everything from C to REXX to Python and Basic. */ // scold I couldn't help but notice that your program lacked proper comments. // be obnoxious I also couldn't help but notice the glaringly obvious flaw in your program. // be condescending In case you can't find the problem I'll give you a hint: Null Pointer Exception. // whitespace // sign off with friendly regards, Me // PS // dammit... I'll bet someone will have beaten me to this joke 'cos I didn't type it fast enough!

Comment Re:The article title is inaccurate and inflammator (Score 1) 162

by IchBinEinPenguin on Saturday December 25, 2010 @05:17PM (#34666944) Attached to: UK Banks Attempt To Censor Academic Publication

... an audience that doesn't take the minimal time necessary to examine the source material provided ...

In other words, people don't RTFA.

In other news: water is wet, the sun it bright, the moon is round and sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Comment Re:more leaks (Score 1) 394

by IchBinEinPenguin on Friday December 24, 2010 @11:22PM (#34663732) Attached to: TSA Investigates Pilot Who Exposed Security Flaws

Also, fuck dignity, it's in the name of security.

For you, today, "enhanced patdowns" don't cross the line.
Where would you have drawn that line 5 years ago?

Where will you draw it 5 years from now? 15? 50?

Comment Re:i am impressed (Score 1) 246

by IchBinEinPenguin on Friday December 24, 2010 @02:27AM (#34658098) Attached to: 10 Dos and Don'ts To Make Sysadmins' Lives Easier

... that special place in hell automatically inserts bullet ants into the scrotum of anybody placed there.

What happens in the special place in hell reserved for people who perpetuate the stereotype that all IT workers have scrotums?

Comment Did they verify this ... (Score 1) 430

by IchBinEinPenguin on Friday December 24, 2010 @02:20AM (#34658076) Attached to: Placebos Work -- Even Without Deception

... by double-blind testing with fake placebos?

Comment Re:It's about 2-factor authentication... (Score 1) 111

by IchBinEinPenguin on Wednesday December 22, 2010 @05:27PM (#34645686) Attached to: Will 2011 Be the Year of Mobile Malware?

So unless the bad guys have malware on your phone AND on your pc, they can't steal your money.

Unless you're doing your banking from your Internet-enabled smart-phone...

Comment How? (Score 1) 399

by IchBinEinPenguin on Saturday December 18, 2010 @07:59PM (#34603294) Attached to: Intel's Sandy Bridge Processor Has a Kill Switch

Works without an internet connection, even while the device is turned off.

Spooky action at a distance?

Comment Re:Nothing (Score 3, Insightful) 107

by IchBinEinPenguin on Saturday December 18, 2010 @08:28AM (#34598818) Attached to: What To Do About Mobile Devices That Lie

Indeed. The Chinese measures seem geared mostly towards stopping people (connection resets, dns poisoning, etc), whereas the US ones towards criminalizing people (logs.) Which is not to say that the Chinese would never prosecute you as a criminal, they probably will if it suits them, but it's not their default modus operandi.

Perhaps it's because when some governments go after their citizens they don't bother with niceties like 'evidence', 'logs' or even 'trials'.

Comment Re:TPM (Score 1) 107

by IchBinEinPenguin on Saturday December 18, 2010 @08:04AM (#34598766) Attached to: What To Do About Mobile Devices That Lie

So .... let the free market operate and we'll see what happens. TPMs are cheap. It wouldn't take much pushing.

Once you have TPM the _last_ thing you have is a free market.

Comment Re:What a Phenomenally Stupid Question (Score 3, Insightful) 107

by IchBinEinPenguin on Saturday December 18, 2010 @07:50AM (#34598730) Attached to: What To Do About Mobile Devices That Lie

And I suppose the complete absence of any mention of WinCE or Windows Mobile in the article is sheerest coincidence.

Windows was excluded because neither of the Windows users have reported any problems. Yet.

P.S. Couldn't agree more.
You reap what you sow.
Keeping your eye firmly planted on next quarter's profit margin (and the resulting bonuses) will eventually bite you in the ass.

Comment Doesn't this imply ... (Score 1) 220

by IchBinEinPenguin on Saturday August 28, 2010 @05:29AM (#33401828) Attached to: Many Hackers Accidentally Send Their Code To Microsoft

... that ALL developers send their code to Microsoft every time it crashes?

Comment I run Linux... (Score 1) 81

by IchBinEinPenguin on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @05:40PM (#32658744) Attached to: Australian Cybercrime Enquiry Report Released

Can I just scan for the evil bit instead?

Comment Re:WTF (Score 1) 1217

by IchBinEinPenguin on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @05:06AM (#32588468) Attached to: MA High School Forces All Students To Buy MacBooks

... I was presented with an animated puppy.

To add insult to injury, when you click on get this animated abomination out of my way, I need to search for a file, not a bone or a chew-toy the damn thing slowly walks away, waggling its rear end in your face...

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