mclearn - Slashdot User

Comment Re:The tighter you clench your fist, Lord Vader... (Score 3, Insightful) 273

by mclearn on Sunday March 09, 2014 @09:09PM (#46442425) Attached to: Snowden Says No One Listened To 10 Attempts To Raise Concerns At NSA

You can understand the nature of the programs you are maintaining without viewing the material they collect.

Submission + - Can I buy the Classic interface? 3

Submitted by Max Hyre on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @11:41PM

Max Hyre writes: LWN almost went under a number of years ago because its volunteer editors couldn't afford to keep it up. The readers rose up and insisted that they be allowed to pay for it.

Can we do the same for Classic?

I'm a nerd. I read. I'm the one in the museum ignoring the display and reading the description. I want text, easily accessible, clearly laid out, and plenty of it. I'll pay to keep the UI I know and love.

The Beta has none of those characteristics. The Beta site is repellent, unusable, and unneeded. I won't use it, and if ``Classic'' goes away, I won't visit /., and it'll be a pity.

How much do you actually receive in revenue for each user? I suspect I'll match it to keep the status quo. Ask us what it's worth to us. I'd certainly pay $1/month, and would think about $5/month. I bet that I'm not alone.

Submission + - Owner: Vote, your choice: Get rid of Slashdot:Beta OR everyone goes elsewhere (slashdot.org) 1

Submitted by Ying Hu on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @11:05PM

Ying Hu writes: Slashdot Beta is not Slashdot: http://slashdot.org/journal/63...
What was loved about Slashdot does not appear in the new design — those creating the latter, please fire yourself and go work for a commercial consumer site (which we never read, and never will). OUR site should work without JavaScript, and JavaScript that IS used should to do something actually desired by a reader or commenter, not waste our bandwidth and CPU, and electricity, sending CRAP onto our computers. Improvements/ plugins, http://userstyles.org/styles/9..., won't be enough.

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Opinion of slashdot beta? 9

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @11:05PM

An anonymous reader writes: What are your thoughts about slashdot beta? Post your complaints here so that I don't have to see them elsewhere. Additionally, if the beta is so bad that you don't want to stay, what other news website do you recommend?

Comment Fuck Beta: I've been here for 13 years (Score 5, Informative) 573

by mclearn on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @10:39PM (#46169553) Attached to: HTML5 App For Panasonic TVs Rejected - JQuery Is a "Hack"

If I am forced out of Classic, I will leave and never look back.

Fuck beta.

Submission + - Beta Is Turned On By Rejection (billanddavescocktailhour.com) 1

Submitted by LordFlower on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @10:25PM

LordFlower writes: Take this lesson from rejection

Submission + - Slashdot Beta an utter failure, publishers still decide to roll it out 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @10:18PM

An anonymous reader writes: A majority of the community is revolting against the Slashdot beta http://beta.slashdot.org/ and the men and women behind the scenes are ignoring the community. Let's see what that brings with it...

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Once Slashdot beta has been foisted on me, what site should I use? 10

Submitted by rueger on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @09:34PM

rueger writes: A fair question that is on many people's minds. Given that the beta site is proving incredibly unpopular, what Slash-replacements are out there?

Submission + - Slashdot BETA caused my penis to hide in walls of flesh 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @09:25PM

An anonymous reader writes: no disassemble number 5!

Submission + - Slashdot creates beta site users express theirs dislike (slashdot.org) 4

Submitted by who_stole_my_kidneys on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @09:23PM

who_stole_my_kidneys writes: Slashdot started redirecting users in February to its newly revamped webpage and received a huge backlash from users. The majority of comments dislike the new site while some do offer solutions to make it better. The question is will Slashdot force the unwanted change on its users that clearly do not want change?

Submission + - Slashdot beta sucks 9

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @08:04PM

An anonymous reader writes: Maybe some of the slashdot team should start listening to its users, most of which hate the new user interface. Thanks for ruining something that wasn't broken.

Submission + - Once Slashdot beta has been foisted on me, what site should I use? 3

Submitted by buswolley on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @07:45PM

buswolley writes: Just asking. Because we do not want the Beta site.

Submission + - The nmber of users that SLASHDOT will lose with new interface? (slashdot.org) 3

Submitted by jackb_guppy on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @07:37PM

jackb_guppy writes: SLASHDOT today started to push users from the old interface to the ugly, slow, new interface. Any guess on the number of users that will be leaving SLASHDOT. So much for market share.

Comment No Statement on Dual EC DRBG? (Score 1) 242

by mclearn on Thursday December 19, 2013 @07:29AM (#45734647) Attached to: Panel Urges Major NSA Spying Overhaul

I find it extremely interesting that Appendix E of that report does not discuss the NSA's role (or not) in twiddling with Dual EC DRBG. It's the only crypto component that they've been explicitly called out on, and it's not discussed.

Comment Re:Brother in law works at NIST (Score 1) 169

by mclearn on Saturday September 28, 2013 @11:09AM (#44979169) Attached to: Did NIST Cripple SHA-3?

NIST and NSA have all sorts of partnerships (look at NIAP as an example). On the whole, however, they are distinct organizations with some overlapping function. NIST, for example validates cryptography implementations through the CMVP and the CAVP. Also of note is that the NSA has two arms: an offensive arm and a defensive arm. I'm somewhat annoyed with the /. crowd for not recognizing this and realizing that it is the offensive NSA arm which is potentially responsible for deliberate cryptographic weakening.

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