Comment: HTTP Authentification is what most people use (Score 1) 217
There is absolute no technical challenge in hacking those accounts.
Android Tablets Were Born Too Soon
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adeelarshad82 writes "When you look at the Apple iPad's sales figures, it's not hard to see why every technology company on the planet is jumping on the tablet bandwagon, alot of which are Android tablets. Unfortunatley though, some of these Android tablets were born way too early. They are haunted with a series of problems including flimsy hardware, low-quality resistive touch screens, serious display resolution issues, and old Android versions with limited or non-existent access to apps. Even the Samsung Galaxy Tab came well before it's time. Even though it's fast, well-designed, and comes with a decent Android implementation, it's functionalities are limited to those of an Android smartphone. So here's to hoping that Honeycomb's functionalities make up for the lost ground."
Comment: OMGYASWROTH (Score 2) 112
Oh My God, Yet Another Star Wars Release over the Horizon.
Hide those news from Lucas immediately!
Comment: Re:It's Hindsight (Score 1) 676
I know exactly what the word means, and you were using it in a perfectly clear fashion.
Whom you do not seem to know is Iñigo Montoya. Inconceivable!
Vizzini.
Comment: Re:It's Hindsight (Score 1) 676
the GNU toolchain is not invulnerable
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
I.M.
Comment: Re:Israeli Scientists (Score 0, Offtopic) 165
Sorry, you were pointing the facts correctly. I was addressing the AC parent, which was not only leaning towards hate speech, but also got a worrisome +4.
Comment: Re:Israeli Scientists (Score 2, Insightful) 165
I don't remember that stories about Italian/Japanese/German/British/French/Canadian scientists were ever questioned for mentioning the country of origin. Is the fact these scientists are Israeli disturbing you?
Comment: Fail? (Score 1) 322
The release of the N900 had to be delayed one month due to overwhelming preordering.
It is a tremendous success in spite of its very expensive price!
Comment: Darl McBride's new job? (Score 5, Funny) 304
Maybe he was not terminated, but instead became himself an Ethernet terminator.
Comment: Re:/tmp and /var/tmp (Score 1) 303
Linux has tmpfs which is much better than a ramdisk and uses virtual memory assigned dynamically.
From wikipedia
tmpfs is supported by the Linux kernel from version 2.4 and up.[3] tmpfs (previously known as shmfs) distinguishes itself from the Linux ramdisk device by allocating memory dynamically and by allowing less-used pages to be moved onto swap space. ramfs, in contrast, does not make use of swap (which can be an advantage or disadvantage). In addition, MFS and some older versions of ramfs did not grow and shrink dynamically and instead used a fixed amount of memory at all times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMPFS