Cobra_666 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Why processes and not threads? (Score 5, Informative) 115

by Cobra_666 on Saturday April 10, 2010 @03:42AM (#31798476) Attached to: Firefox Lorentz Keeps Plugin Crashes Under Control

Separate address spaces. When a thread crashes, the whole process goes down. If separate process dies, the browser should still be intact.

Comment Re:Please tag this story "it" (Score 1) 122

by Cobra_666 on Friday July 03, 2009 @08:17AM (#28570335) Attached to: RC Submarine Lays Fiber Through Sewers In Italy

Umm... http://www.pown.it/ ?

Submission + - Skype Blames Microsoft Windows Update for Network (gizmodo.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 20, 2007 @09:01AM

An anonymous reader writes: After recovering from a major crash this weekend Skype is now pointing fingers, saying that "the disruption was triggered by a massive restart of our users' computers across the globe within a very short timeframe as they re-booted after receiving a routine set of patches through Windows Update." Their official statement sounds like the BBC announcing the Nazi invasion of Poland.

Comment Re:Usefool (Score 1) 380

by Cobra_666 on Thursday December 08, 2005 @07:26PM (#14214891) Attached to: Hard Drive Window

Actually, there ARE refrigerators with glass doors :P

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