IchBinEinPenguin - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Good non hype link, now do that for more storie (Score 1) 172

by IchBinEinPenguin on Friday March 18, 2011 @02:06AM (#35526628) Attached to: RSA's Servers Hacked

In general I've become so skeptical of anything these days due to the echo chamber of the internet bouncing around hyped, panicked stories with no followup.

I keep hearing about that thing, but I don't believe it really exists.

Comment Digital Rabbit-proof fence? (Score 1) 60

by IchBinEinPenguin on Saturday March 12, 2011 @12:07AM (#35460792) Attached to: Australia Creates Cyberwarfare Unit

What a joke.
What else can you expect from the geniuses that proposed the national evil filter...

Comment Re:Scientific Research Run Amok... (Score 1) 144

by IchBinEinPenguin on Thursday February 17, 2011 @07:57AM (#35230532) Attached to: Number of Facebook Friends Linked To Anxiety

I have a job where I can keep a FB window open all day in-between other activities.

...But FB isn't a "tremendous waste of time" for me.

Sounds like it's a tremendous waste of your employers time though (i.e. the time they paid you for)

Comment Re:$3500 to get black listed by ever IT corp. (Score 2) 141

by IchBinEinPenguin on Sunday February 13, 2011 @07:52AM (#35191562) Attached to: Piracy Whistleblowers Paid $57K In 2010

Stigma? Please! Only a company which commits illegal acts would have a problem with this.

So.. How do you like working for Santa Inc.?
commits illegal acts is pretty much page unavoidable these days given the number of laws.

http://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp/1594032556/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top/177-5432351-7342110

Comment Low barrier to entry (Score 1) 224

by IchBinEinPenguin on Friday February 11, 2011 @06:40PM (#35181318) Attached to: Why the Arduino Won and Why It's Here To Stay

You need a USB cable and a PC capable of running Java.

That's it. No JTAG programmer, no EEPROM burner, no ICSP interface.

Within minutes you can control actual real-world things like you used to be able to do with a parallel port (remember those?)

Comment Re:Exactly (Score 1) 274

by IchBinEinPenguin on Monday February 07, 2011 @04:31PM (#35129820) Attached to: USB Autorun Attacks Against Linux

Did you ever use the original Vista? Ever use Ubuntu or OSX from the same time period?

You had me a "Vista"...

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?

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