Comment Re:Yes, but... (Score -1, Troll) 91
Linux for niggers: http://www.gnaa.eu/wiki/products
Comment I was tempted to post this as "Anonymous Coward" (Score 1) 234
"The mask of anonymity is not intensely constructive."
-- Andrew "weev" Auernheimer
Journal Journal: You can now download the first part of trolltalk framework 13
Since I'm doing the rewrite from scratch to avoid even the slightest possibility of a certain jerk trying to make any more bogus copyright claims, the user, discussion, e-commerce, etc., modules will be delayed for a bit - but I figure I should be able to get them all out within the next few weeks.
After all, once you've invented the wheel a few times, re-inventing it isn't that big a deal - it's the adding of improvements since your last iteration that gets "interesting".
Comment Who to blame: (Score 1) 203
Justin D. May, infamous iPad hacker.
Comment typo (Score 1) 832
Hugh Pickens writes writes
Submission + - Ruby Dropped in Netbeans 7 (infoq.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Ruby/RoR in NetBeans made headlines three years ago, but after Sun was acquired by Oracle there where fears that support for dynamic languages would suffer, as this IDE would be downsized. This has become a reality, since as of version 7, NetBeans will no longer support Ruby.
Submission + - Challenger 25 Years Later (discovermagazine.com)
NSS Labs Browser Report Says IE Is the Best, Google Disagrees 205
adeelarshad82 writes "Independent testing company NSS Labs recently published a report on the ability of popular browsers to block socially engineered malware attack URLs. The test, funded by Microsoft, reported a 99 percent detection rate by Internet Explorer 9 beta, 90 percent by Internet Explorer 8, and 3 percent by Google Chrome. However, Google doesn't entirely approve of this report's focus and conclusions. According to Google not only didn't the report use Chrome 6 for the tests, the current version is Chrome 8; it also focused just on socially engineered malware, while excluding vulnerabilities in plug-ins or browsers themselves. Google defended its browser by claiming that it was built with security in mind and emphasized protection of users from drive-by downloads and plug-in vulnerabilities."
Comment Frivolous Lawsuits (Score 1) 241
I'm just afraid I'll find a finger in my CPU.
Comment Yet another story stating the obvious (Score 3, Insightful) 412
Of course people are upgrading from XP to 7 - if they are upgrading at all. Who upgrades from Debian to Windows? Or, Solaris to Windows?
Oh - 6 XP users upgrade for every Vista user? Surprise, surprise!! Probably half a billion people in this world THOUGH about upgrading to Vista, but decided not to when Vista proved to be such a bomb.
Let's remember, Vista wouldn't run on old equipment, while Win7 runs on anything over a gigahertz with a gig of memory. A lot of XP users COULDN'T upgrade to Vista!!
Comment Re:Linux 20% market share (Score 5, Funny) 412
Linux, therefore has 13.37% of the "non-MS market".
If that isn't proof Linux is awesome then I don't know what is.
Comment Re:Jail Breaking Makes sense NOT! (Score 1) 137
Sorry, but what part of "destroys the very security mode. that prevents malware from spreading" when you "break" the BSD "jails" is baloney? That is exactly what is happening when you jailbreak an iPhone. It is no longer secure and can be infected by a Trojan hiding on a Cydia repository. There was a version of Customize 1.3 back in the 1.3 days which was in fact a Trojan.
You can jailbreak if you want but you should be aware that your phone is no longer secure once you do that and any personal information that you store on your device can be compromised. The BSD jails prevent other applications from accessing data that does not belong to them.
Comment Re:Please Explain Further (Score 4, Informative) 154
I just saw your post as I was finishing researching mine... and I certainly agree with you that the summary is wrong.
The Microsoft KB article is quite explicit that the workaround is what disables the sleep states, leading to higher power usage - the hotfix itself does not exhibit this problem.
The Microsoft KB article is quite explicit that the workaround is what disables the sleep states, leading to higher power usage - the hotfix itself does not exhibit this problem.
Comment Re:AMD is looking better and this is the type of s (Score 3, Insightful) 154
Read the link. 5 pages of errata, and that's just headlines. Modern processors are very complicated, and they will have bugs.
The major difference between Intel and AMD when it comes to errata is that Intel learned its lesson about secrecy from the Pentium FPU fiasco. Since then they have had a very open approach to processor bugs. AMD hasn't had such a PR disaster and isn't quite as open. That doesn't mean they are particularly less buggy.
Comment Re:Can an American explain it to me? (Score 1) 143
If you want accountability, you need regulation. You can't regulate an illegal activity. When you make something illegal you give up the ability to control it.
