Hogmoru - Slashdot User

Comment Re:There is extremely little value in changing. (Score 1) 339

by Hogmoru on Saturday December 31, 2011 @07:44AM (#38547046) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Changing Passwords For the New Year?

The only attack is to get the users private key, which can be encrypted on their machine behind passwords, biometrics, or whatever.

Here is the problem with your suggestion. I don't think Joe Sixpack or my aunt Monique would take proper care of their private keys.
Biometrics may help with that, but there is no universal&practical solution right now.

Comment Re:Excellent (Score 1) 314

by Hogmoru on Wednesday December 21, 2011 @07:36PM (#38454720) Attached to: Linux Mint Developer Forks Gnome 3

But, excellent idea. Mate is the way to go for LM12 (IMHO), and I'm sure this will be a very popular decision.

I thought Mate was a Gnome2 fork, this (Cinnamon) is a Gnome3 fork.
So, which is the way to go ?

Comment grep Libre... (Score 1) 129

by Hogmoru on Wednesday December 21, 2011 @01:05PM (#38450218) Attached to: ASF Lays Out Its Plan For OpenOffice.org

... yields no result in the open letter (TFA does mention it but only about old news).
Even if they don't merge back, I feel they should still work together (or did I miss something ?)

Comment Re:Why don't U.S. carriers also use ski-jump? (Score 1) 449

by Hogmoru on Thursday December 15, 2011 @04:20PM (#38387750) Attached to: Satellite Spots China's First Aircraft Carrier

Oh thanks man, this made my day, possibly next one too.
"A launch you'd better believe in".
A good thing it's friggin' late here, I'm alone in the open space (in this kind of space, everyone can hear you scream. Or laugh your ass off.)

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