Comment Re:"An inode number just isn't a unique descriptor (Score 1) 121
Ok, so the article itself left out that word (on purpose? clickbait? bad journalism?).
But slashdot editors should notice that and call it out with an editorial fix/comment.
Comment Re:"An inode number just isn't a unique descriptor (Score 1) 121
In a thread titled, "eventfs: Have the inodes all for files and directories all be the same,"
FTFY
Slashdot, stop trying to confuse us by leaving out words.
Comment Just wrong (Score 1) 63
the format itself allows for much larger documents, she found
Yes and no.
What she found was one reader that in one spot will interpret and display values that exceed the maximum mentioned in the spec for MediaBox. (But it's not like it's actually using those values elsewhere; e.g., File -> Print just shows Page 1 of 1.)
What she didn't find was any reader that supports a UserUnit larger than the 75,000 maximum allowed by Acrobat 7.0.
However, it is true that UserUnit has no limit per the spec "The range of supported values shall be implementation-dependent.".
The "myth of a 381 km x 381 km maximum PDF size" is debunked by that line in the spec, not by the fact that she found a reader that in one spot exceeds the max specified in a different part of the spec.
Comment Re:Evoultion in action (Score 1) 124
better than 360KB 5.25" floppies later goind double-density at 720KB and dual-sided for 1.44M (DSDD drives!!)
Clarification:
The 5.25-inch floppy was 360K and 1.2MB.
The 3.25-inch floppy was 720K and 1.44MB.
Comment CMake (Score 2) 103
CMake is easy too.
Comment hypermail (Score 1) 282
An old open-source tool called hypermail may be what you're looking for. It parses mbox files and produces HTML pages with the emails sorted by thread, author, subject, date, etc. http://hypermail-project.org/
Apple Said To Be Working On a 'Watch-Like Device' 291
The WSJ reports that Apple is "experimenting with designs for a watch-like device that would perform some functions of a smartphone, according to people briefed on the effort." An excerpt: The company has discussed such a device with its major manufacturing partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., one of these people said, as part of explorations of potentially large product categories beyond the smartphone and tablet. Apple's efforts come as companies have introduced various kinds of wearable gadgets, mainly designed to measure physical activity. More sophisticated devices face big technical challenges, but also are attracting investments from large technology companies. Foxconn, as Hon Hai is also known, has been working on a spate of technologies that could be used in wearable devices, one of these people said. In particular, the Taiwan-based company has been working to address the challenges of making displays more power-efficient and working with chip manufacturers to strip down their products."
Comment But the "expert" got it wrong! (Score 1) 238
The expert colleague actually got the *wrong* answer for xy_common. To me, that is the most interesting part of this experiment! What does that tell us? Maybe the "experts" could learn a thing or two from the novices, e.g., slow down a bit and verify results
Comment Pretty sad though... (Score 3, Insightful) 48
It is pretty sad though how many of the apps don't encrypt the user data at all, or it's encrypted but the master password is stored in plaintext or is encrypted with a hard-coded key. Then there's many of them using strong crypto algs but not properly (e.g., what is the point of using PBKDF2 but with only 3 iterations?)
Comment Re:Windows problem! (Score 2) 615
Mod parent up. The NT hash is essentially just a single MD4 of the Unicode password. (In the SAM file the hash is also obfuscated with the RID and encrypted with the syskey, but RID obfuscation is easily removed and the syskey by default is just stored in the registry and can be easily extracted.)
MS should have deprecated the NT hash like they did the LM hash, and replaced it with a salted iterative hash like PBKDF2.
Windows 8 Early Build Hints At Apple, WebOS Competitor - EWeek 375
Microsoft's next Windows could be a cross-platform OS in the style of Apple's iOS or Hewlett-Packard's webOS, if supposed early builds are to be believed... "Bloggers Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott, in a series of April postings on Rivera’s Within Windows blog, have described the various features of what they claim is an early build of Windows 8: an Office-style ribbon integrated into Windows Explorer, complete with tools for viewing libraries, manipulating images and managing drive assets; an unlock screen that harkens to the 'Metro' design style already present in Windows Phone 7; an 'immersive' user interface and a built-in PDF reader they call 'Modern Reader.'"
Four Outrages Techies Need To Know About the State of the Union 489
Mr.Intel writes "Last night's State of the Union Address contained ten things (and four outrages) technical professionals need to know about the President's plans, and how his policies might affect you, your employer, and your family well into the future."
Slashdot Launches Re-Design 2254
Today we are pleased to announce the launch of the third major re-design in our 13.5 year history, and I don't think it looks half bad.
The new theme represents a serious gutting of the underlying HTML and CSS, as well as all-new graphics. There will be many design wiggles, bug squashes, and compatibility glitches that survived testing, so bear with us for a bit.
Please direct your bug reports and feedback (good and bad!) to Garrett Woodworth who is currently
in charge of such things.
Thanks to him, Wes, Vlad, Dean, Phil and Tim, who have each worked hard to get this out the door. Juggling the needs of users, editors, and various business functions is a hard job, and you guys did good.
Comment CPU hungry (Score 2, Insightful) 198
Do I really want my CPU to overload while navigating the web?
Comment Re:What is the point? (Score 1) 1713
Yeah, but we're talking about digital displays not camera lenses. The term resolution has always been used to mean pixel dimensions.
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