Green Light - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:So you think its really that easy? (Score 1) 199

by Green Light on Tuesday March 16 2010, @11:42AM (#31496492) Attached to: MySpace To Sell User Data

How does that help them if they have a "fake" account? If they still have a "real" account, then MS has their "real" data.

Comment: Is this why they based themselves in Spain? (Score 0, Redundant) 163

by Green Light on Friday March 05 2010, @12:07PM (#31371888) Attached to: Mariposa Botnet Authors Unlikely To See Jail Time

Are the alleged criminals from Spain, or did they move themselves there, knowing the legal situation?

No, I did not RTFA!

Comment: Ginko has a different effect on me (Score 2, Interesting) 403

by Green Light on Wednesday December 30 2009, @12:36PM (#30595234) Attached to: Ginkgo Doesn't Improve Memory Or Cognitive Skills

I have noticed that when I take it, I am more "motivated". I get up out of my chair and do stuff, rather than surf, say, slashdot.

Comment: Re:green fuel (Score 1) 360

by Green Light on Wednesday September 23 2009, @12:10PM (#29516763) Attached to: Alabama Wages War Against the Perfect Weed

Stop being wrong on the Internets

There, I fixed that for you

Comment: Re:Back in my day, $1000 for a meg was a big deal! (Score 1) 119

by Green Light on Wednesday July 22 2009, @08:56AM (#28780425) Attached to: Kingston Unveils $1000 USB Flash Drive

very well done. it's always nice to see that there are others that have the exact same memories as you do...

Comment: Re:Thank you! (Score 1) 199

by Green Light on Monday July 13 2009, @11:03PM (#28685899) Attached to: Hello World!

and riding a mule to school sounds like a blast!

Comment: ActiveX (Score 3, Insightful) 171

by Green Light on Tuesday June 09 2009, @12:05AM (#28261355) Attached to: Mozilla To Launch "Build Your Own Browser"

Enterprises support IE because it runs ActiveX controls. Until FF does this, it will not appear in desktop builds for the majority of Corporate America.

Comment: Re:How do you reinvent Trek? (Score 1) 444

by Green Light on Wednesday March 11 2009, @12:23PM (#27152211) Attached to: Could Fuller Take Trek Back To TV?

If I only knew what on

earth you were talking about, and why your comment

is formatted the way it is. And what is this about the salt shaker

? I must be way out of

the loop on this one, I guess.

Firefox releases update to fix critical exploit

Submitted by

MGOB

on Friday February 23 2007, @12:06PM

MGOB writes "Mozilla published releases 1.5.0.10/2.0.0.2 this morning to fix a critical security flaw in the Firefox web browser. The problem lies in how Firefox handles writes to the 'location.hostname' DOM property. The vulnerability allows malicious websites to manipulate authentication cookies for third-party sites. A demo/check of the issue can be found here."

Google Apps vs. spear-wielding chimps

Submitted by

netbuzz

on Friday February 23 2007, @12:05PM

netbuzz writes "You can't escape either one on the news (including Slashdot) today, so ponder the imponderable: Which is more impressive? Google Apps or the spear-wielding chimps? ... And, please, no wagering.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1178 4"