iVasto - Slashdot User

Comment Re:I have 24 invites saved up... (Score 1) 130

by iVasto on Friday September 11, 2009 @08:59PM (#29395129) Attached to: Spotify Retreats To Invite-Only In UK

Go fucking wild.

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Comment Re:in MY day! (Score 1) 286

by iVasto on Monday August 31, 2009 @03:51PM (#29265375) Attached to: Texting Toddlers, How Young is Too Young?

Oh yeah? In my day when we wanted to send a message to a friend we took a piece of parchment and scripted out a letter. It made us put a lot of thought into the letter because we used elaborate handwriting. After the ink dried, we rolled it up and attached it to a pigeon.

Comment Re:For the love of... (Score 5, Interesting) 117

by iVasto on Wednesday July 29, 2009 @08:44AM (#28864811) Attached to: From <em>Doom</em> To Dunia — the History of 3D Engines

I for one applaud the editor for using the print link. It saves me from having to click through probably 5-10 pages. I wish all editors would follow suit.

Comment Achievement Unlocked (Score 3, Funny) 85

by iVasto on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @09:09AM (#28850675) Attached to: Gamerscore Hacking and Its Underground Economy

Failing at having fun. 50G

Comment Re:Copy Protection (Score 1) 377

by iVasto on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @09:06AM (#28850637) Attached to: Ubisoft Working On a New Anti-Piracy Tool

Have you ever been on a 0day site? Even the crappiest games get cracked. Sure the big scene groups may not bother with them, but smaller groups still crack them. The only copy protection that works is games with amazing online multiplayer.

English DJ Claims Wi-Fi Allergy 515

Posted by samzenpus on Monday July 27, 2009 @11:43AM from the TV-gives-me-hives dept.

path0$ writes "British Ex-DJ Steve Miller claims that his Wi-Fi allergy is making his life one big misery , forcing him to live in an iron-clad home far from any neighbors. According to the article, more and more people are suffering from an allergy like his. The only positive side to this is that at least Miller didn't think of suing anybody yet, like these people did, who claim to suffer from the same condition and were mentioned in a Slashdot article in 2008."

Comment Re:Oh Noes! (Score 1) 921

by iVasto on Monday July 27, 2009 @09:00AM (#28835799) Attached to: 26 Years Old and Can't Write In Cursive

I took an Intro to Engineering class a few years back and they teach you to write in all caps. This is because it is easier to read illegible handwriting this way. IMO, doctors should be forced to write this way.

Comment Rolling Distrobution (Score 2, Informative) 211

by iVasto on Wednesday July 22, 2009 @04:39PM (#28787277) Attached to: Keeping Up With DoD Security Requirements In Linux?

If you need to stay cutting edge, why not use a rolling distrobution such as Arch or Gentoo? You could also set up your own repository where you build the Suse packages once and then push them out to all systems.

Keeping Up With DoD Security Requirements In Linux? 211

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 22, 2009 @04:27PM from the behind-the-phony-curve dept.

ers81239 writes "I've recently become a Linux administrator within the Department of Defense. I am surprised to find out that the DoD actually publishes extensive guidance on minimum software versions. I guess that isn't so surprising, but the version numbers are. Kernel 2.6.30, ntp 4.2.4p7-RC2, OpenSSL 9.8k and the openssh to match, etc. The surprising part is that these are very fresh versions which are not included in many distributions. We use SUSE Enterprise quite a bit, but even openSUSE factory (their word for unstable) doesn't have these packages. Tarballing on this many systems is a nightmare and even then some things just don't seem to work. I don't have time to track down every possible lib/etc/opt/local/share path that different packages try to use by default. I think that this really highlights the trade-offs of stability and security. I have called Novell to ask about it. When vulnerabilities are found in software, they backport the patches into whatever version of the software they are currently supporting. The problem here is that doesn't give me a guarantee that the backport fixes the problem for which this upgrade is required (My requirements say to install version x or higher). There is also the question of how quickly they are providing the backports. I'm hoping that there are 100s of DoD Linux administrators reading this who can bombard me with solutions. How do you balance security with stability?"

Undercover Cameras Catch PC Repair Scams, Privacy Violations 665

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday July 22, 2009 @12:17PM from the what's-in-your-e-wallet dept.

Barence writes "With help from readers of PC Pro, Sky News in the UK launched an undercover investigation into rogue PC repair shops. As a result, Sky's cameras caught technicians scouring through private photos, stealing passwords and over-charging for basic repairs. It was a simple enough job: 'To create the fault, we simply loosened one of the memory chips so Windows wouldn't load. To get things working again, one needs only push the chip back into the slot and reboot the machine. Any half-way competent engineers should fix it in minutes.' But these technicians had other ideas, stealing photos and documents, as well as login details for email and bank accounts."

Comment Re:Mentioning "Fire" gets the attention of Appleca (Score 1) 314

by iVasto on Wednesday July 22, 2009 @09:23AM (#28780663) Attached to: FOIA Documents Detail iPods Overheating, Catching Fire

I did something similar to replace my HP laptop power brick. I simply mentioned that I almost burned myself on it and a new one was shipped out immediately. Granted I don't think I could burn myself, but the power brick was running a lot hotter than it should have so I just exaggerated a little bit. Whenever something is malfunctioning, simply mention almost being injured by it and companies will most likely send you a replacement item (within reason). It's cheaper to send a $20 power brick then pay a lawyer to just read a lawsuit being brought against them for negligence.

Comment Skiing Technique (Score 1) 52

by iVasto on Wednesday July 22, 2009 @09:09AM (#28780537) Attached to: Japanese Researchers Create Skiing Robot

There is no one technique to ski. People learn different ways. For example Bode Miller has a sort of homegrown technique that is very different than other racers. The reason why there is no one technique is because it differs based on weight distribution, equipment (skis, bindings, boots, etc..), and snow conditions. You ski very different on ice then you do on powder.

Comment Headline (Score 2, Insightful) 405

by iVasto on Tuesday July 21, 2009 @09:10AM (#28768737) Attached to: Most Expensive JavaScript Ever?

The headline is misinformative. Based upon the headline I would have expected to read about a company hiring a bunch of developers for a lot of money to code something cool in javascript. Perhaps a more appropriate headline is "Javascript locked out Opera, Opera locked out the company."

Comment Re:What does this get them? (Score 1) 841

by iVasto on Thursday July 16, 2009 @07:32AM (#28714735) Attached to: Apple Update Means Palm Pre Can No Longer Sync With iTunes

This is the most logical comment. I wish it were higher up.

Comment Re:Just deserts. (Score 1) 841

by iVasto on Thursday July 16, 2009 @07:29AM (#28714711) Attached to: Apple Update Means Palm Pre Can No Longer Sync With iTunes

I can't believe this post is on Slashdot. First of all, the iPod is just a mass storage device so virii and malware can infect it. Infact Apple even decided to infect Windows with their iPod. McAffee felt the need to create an iPod malware removal tool. And how long are people going to perpetuate the myth of OSX being 100% secure. Security through obscurity does not count. Granted most current virii for OSX requires a user giving root access to the program, but let's face it a lof of OSX users aren't technical savy. I would venture out to say most don't even know why they occasionally have to type their password in.

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