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[00:25:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02How Close? - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:45] <exec> 08└─How close was I to violence during a tech argument? Does almost assaulting users with keyboards, other peripherals, cables, and assorted parts count? Because if so, I've been thiiiiiiiiiis close many times while arguing with users about how not to use pieces of technology.
[00:25:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] (Score:2) 02Re:How Close? - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:25:46] <exec> 08└─THE FIRST RULE OF PHONE CLUB IS...
[00:25:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:3, Funny) 02Unanswered question. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:48] <exec> 08└─Summary doesn't answer the important question: which phone won?
[00:25:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Unanswered question. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:25:50] <exec> 08└─Funny, in a sick sort of way. But it does suggest there may be solutions to the systemd problem. Oh, bad me, wash my mouth out with soap...
[00:25:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02There is no debate - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:52] <exec> 08└─There is no debate, it's clear the correct answers are: vi, pc, linux, nintendo.
[00:25:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:There is no debate - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:25:54] <exec> 08└─nintendo
[00:25:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Underlying issues + alcohol - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:56] <exec> 08└─These two probably had some unresolved issues that boiled up fueled by consumption of alcohol. Then again, folks who have Apple products can be very defensive about their irrational decision to purchase said Apple products.
[00:25:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Megahard [4782] (Score:2) 02Crazy fight over technology - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:58] <exec> 08└─There's an app for that!
[00:25:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02hm - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:26:00] <exec> 08└─wait, are you talking about a technological argument with another person, or with the technology? intellectually, I knew it wasn't the computer's fault when I had to manually reset a USB connector in ubuntu 12.04, but that doesn't mean I didn't pummel it a little bit when the usb drive wouldn't show...
[00:26:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score:1) 02Let's just calm down now. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:26:02] <exec> 08└─Calm down gentlemen. We don't need to resort to fisticuffs. There's room for both vi and emacs, pc's and apples, and so forth. Let's just agree to disagree and move on to the next item on the agenda. Let's see. Next we have ...systemd.
[00:26:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Clarification - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:26:08] <exec> 08└─Can you provide some citations, please?
[00:26:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03btendrich [3700] (Score:1) 02Re:Clarification - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:26:09] <exec> 08└─I'm curious also. My father underwent a cancer treatment clinical trial a few years ago and my understanding was that the control group was not given a placebo, they just were treated per the "normal" protocol as opposed to the study protocol. At the time I was lead to believe that was how all cance...
[00:26:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Clarification - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:26:11] <exec> 08└─No.
[00:26:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Clarification - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:26:13] <exec> 08└─The drug trials were halted, not further study into this drug and its potential long term side effects. You can't really have a long term trial with cancer patients because most of the control group won't survive the trial. They will continue to study those who were taking the drug during the trial...
[00:26:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:We need more research like this. - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:26:17] <exec> 08└─If you don't like systemd you can always switch to systemw. It's very popular, or at least it's everywhere.
[00:26:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:We need more research like this. - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:26:18] <exec> 08└─You surely mean System V.
[00:26:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:We need more research like this. - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:26:20] <exec> 08└─something that could cure this sort of cancer, we'd all be better
[00:26:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02anti_gewg is allowed 50 posts per day - 06Update: Corinthian Colleges Fined $30M for Fraud - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:26:33] <exec> 08└─This page is what happens when he decides to use them. Lots of empty-headed spew. When the daily limit for ACs went up from 10, that gave us mixed results. Luckily, the number of mod points given out has gone up too. -- gewg_
[00:26:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:Opinions not supported by the evidence - 06Update: Corinthian Colleges Fined $30M for Fraud - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:26:40] <exec> 08└─"...and when exactly did lying, cheating, and stealing become a legit business model?" I'd say about the time somebody invented "Capitalism".
[00:27:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:This sets a bad precedent. - 06Update: Corinthian Colleges Fined $30M for Fraud - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:27:02] <exec> 08└─There's plenty, but there are also annoyances. Like people incapable of discerning the difference between a choice made through irresponsibility, and one induced by fraud (if what the fraudster said was true, the choice would have been a responsible choice). And this AC here who is laissez-faire-buy...
[00:28:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:What if "Climate Change" isn't caused by humans - 06Warning Over Aerosol Climate Fix - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:28:31] <exec> 08└─It's "not perfect" [...]
[00:29:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03jasassin [3566] (Score:2) 02Re:Its up to uber. - 06Taxi Drivers Helping Uber Drivers - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:29:31] <exec> 08└─But, what if having insurance is actually a pretty good idea, since if an Uber driver leaves you in a wheelchair for life, you might want some compensation. And might it be a good idea to have some qualifications for drivers? So, like, they don't put you in a wheelchair. Next up: Uber Surgeons!
[00:29:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Its up to uber. - 06Taxi Drivers Helping Uber Drivers - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:29:32] <exec> 08└─It is the maiden voyage of HMS Ubercardriver that worries me more. No reviews, no yelp, no nothing.
[00:30:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Storage makes for poor preservation - 06Risking Your Life for Science - 661 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:30:06] <exec> 08└─Do the seeds even work anymore (by that I mean not only whether they can germinate, but whether there still exists soil or climate conditions to support their growth)? Cold storage is not a good way to preserve things; instead, try keeping them in circulation. Instead of storing data on cold CDs, DV...
[00:30:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:incompetence at its finest - 06AMD Misses Q1 Earnings Target; Withdraws from High-Density Server Market - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:30:18] <exec> 08└─Duty? If it's for profit.. well it better pay or the corporation can have their shit.
[00:33:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:"Doesn't offer any compelling new features" - 06GNU Hurd 0.6 Released, Still x86, Still 32-bit - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:33:32] <exec> 08└─Computers are a huge security risk. Actually, I take that back: humans are a huge security risk. Seriously though, with good practices, I don't see live kernel patching as being a significant increase in risk. Even if it were, you can just compile Linux without it.
[00:34:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re:Evolution is there the screw you - 06Real Vegan Cheese: Coming From a Yeast to You - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:34:59] <exec> 08└─I would never trust a vegan product to be nutritionally equivalent, even if our understanding of biochemistry was perfect. Since veganism is by design a recipe for human extinction, my suspicious little voice reminds me that if more people can be suckered into a vegan diet, that's more people who wo...
[00:35:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Evolution is there the screw you - 06Real Vegan Cheese: Coming From a Yeast to You - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:35:01] <exec> 08└─It's usually people that is largely beneficial to society that won't reproduce (enough) while others seems to have nothing better to do. Don't think veganism is very reproductively prohibitive.
[00:35:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re:Evolution is there the screw you - 06Real Vegan Cheese: Coming From a Yeast to You - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:35:02] <exec> 08└─Well, it is for vegans, and that's one group of ...misguided... folks we don't need more of. But, yeah, overall the reproductive pyramid seems upsidedown, til you remember that natural selection doesn't bother to listen to our ideas.
[00:35:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03SlimmPickens [1056] (Score:2) 02Re:Vegans vs. GMO - 06Real Vegan Cheese: Coming From a Yeast to You - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:35:17] <exec> 08└─Cheese is made from a liquid (milk) and you can be sure this product starts out as a liquid because yeast don't function without water.
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[01:25:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:Unanswered question. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:25:56] <exec> 08└─I'll get my chainsaw.
[01:25:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unanswered question. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 6 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:25:58] <exec> 08└─Emacs.
[01:26:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03SlimmPickens [1056] (Score:2) 02Re:Underlying issues + alcohol - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:26:02] <exec> 08└─You're saying it's ethanol fueled?
[01:26:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03deadstick [5110] (Score:1) 02What do you mean... - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:06] <exec> 08└─...since the adolescence of computing technology? In my day it was K+E vs Post slide rules. Now get off my lawn.
[01:26:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:What do you mean... - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 656 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:26:07] <exec> 08└─I had K&E. It was awarded to me as a Science Fair prize. I guess I started associating POST slide rules as for the student and K&E slide rules for the professional engineer. Mostly because of appearance. The K&E's to me looked more elegant. However as far as accuracy went, I could tell no differenc...
[01:26:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03rufty [381] (Score:1) 02Right. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:09] <exec> 08└─OK, can I install Android on an iPhone???
[01:26:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02A coin flip - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:11] <exec> 08└─that's as close to violence I've come to over this kind of thing, loser buys the beer. Then again, I'm a civilized person, not an animal pretending to be civilized.
[01:26:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Clarification - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:26:21] <exec> 08└─Yes, that's pretty much how it works now days. Nobody gets deprived of normal treatment. But halting the trial gives them the option of treating the control group with a regimen that they are already approved for (by virtue of being in this study). It does nothing for the rest of the cancer sufferer...
[01:27:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score:2) 02Serious question -- payday loans - 06Update: Corinthian Colleges Fined $30M for Fraud - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:27:24] <exec> 08└─Payday loans offer spectacularly bad deals to borrowers. Many borrowers become trapped in a cycle of debt because of the punitive terms for those who are unable to repay the debt in time. Yet the people who borrow are often desperate, and the alternative is loan sharks. Should such loans be legal, o...
[01:32:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:My anti-theft device... - 06New York Times Columnist Falls Prey to Signal Repeater Car Burglary - 547 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:32:54] <exec> 08└─Yeh, I saw how easy that was to do by hiding it in the registry... I would write one, but it would take me some time to code it. I thought maybe someone already had a tidy little executable you could slip in and register it with some keys to tell it what IP to ping. Naturally, I would have it pingin...
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[02:25:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Oh, God. It's the TLS screamers again. - 06Whistleblowers at Risk When Using U.S. Government Websites - 921 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:25:43] <exec> 08└─As long as the current fucked-beyond-belief CA system is in place, we can't consider HTTPS to be any more secure than HTTP. That's actually worse than it sounds, because it gives people a false sense of security. They see URLs starting with https:// and think that they're secure, without realizing t...
[02:26:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:There is no debate - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:26:01] <exec> 08└─vi is open source. GNU/Systemd (formerly known as Linux) is also open source. They aren't proprietary. They are works of the entire community.
[02:26:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score:2) 02Forget emacs vs vi.. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:26:06] <exec> 08└─Excuse me, please. Emacs is not a competitor for vi in the text-editor niche market. Emacs is not even a text editor. It is a full-function desktop designed for text-only terminals. In this, it excels. -- hendrik
[02:26:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03SGT CAPSLOCK [118] (Score:2) 02Not very, but... - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 1055 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:26:11] <exec> 08└─I have a few friends who are involved in some cult of technology or another. I don't get involved in any debates or arguments. I'm usually really quiet and keep my opinions to myself, but my friends sometimes take random jabs at me based on what they've observed (I use Android, I'm the only Linux us...
[02:26:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Clarification - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:26:26] <exec> 08└─If you can't back up your claim then we have to assume that you're full of shit and lying.
[02:26:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:anti_gewg is allowed 50 posts per day - 06Update: Corinthian Colleges Fined $30M for Fraud - 462 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:26:49] <exec> 08└─It didn't take you long to start proposing censorship. But I suppose that's what we should expect from somebody with leftist/socialist/communist tendencies. The idea of somebody having an opinion that differs from yours is apparently too much for you to handle. The mere thought of somebody expressin...
[02:26:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:anti_gewg is allowed 50 posts per day - 06Update: Corinthian Colleges Fined $30M for Fraud - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:26:50] <exec> 08└─So, you think that your opinions are sacrosanct and the judgment of your peers is something to be scorned. Typical. -- gewg_
[02:27:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PizzaRollPlinkett [4512] 02Re:Why protect people from their own bad decisions - 06Update: Corinthian Colleges Fined $30M for Fraud - 725 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:27:01] <exec> 08└─I disagree with this view because the prey that these for-profit colleges go after are exactly the people who know little about education and want to better their lives. I've looked some at the high-pressure sales tactics that these colleges use. They remind me of television evangelists and rent-to-...
[02:27:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Serious question -- payday loans - 06Update: Corinthian Colleges Fined $30M for Fraud - 1467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:27:30] <exec> 08└─I shudder at disgust every time I pass one of those merchants of misery. One even has a logo that at first glance, looks like a crown... but when you look closer, its a pair of handcuffs. And they ain't cheap either!!! ( 1 page .pdf ) [paydaymoneycenters.com] I really feel for anyone forced to vis...
[02:27:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] 02No airships - 06Oh Good: Airbus Wants to Pack 11 Passengers Into One Row - 814 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:27:45] <exec> 08└─No, the future of civilized air travel does *not* lie with airships, at least not as long as US corporate culture continues as it is. They're simply too slow. We Americans only get a small amount of vacation time every year, so we don't have days and days to spend in an airship flying at a lackadais...
[02:29:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Will the taxi drivers hold the Uberers' dicks t - 06Taxi Drivers Helping Uber Drivers - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:29:49] <exec> 08└─That's really just my persecution complex. I don't have assburgers.
[02:30:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] 02sacrifice != risk - 06Risking Your Life for Science - 265 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:30:24] <exec> 08└─"What knowledge would Soylentils sacrifice their own lives to save?" Ahmed Amri didn't sacrifice his life. He risked it. Sacrifice your life: A success of the plan will likely cost you your life. Risk your life: A failure of the plan will likely cost you your life.
[02:30:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:incompetence at its finest - 06AMD Misses Q1 Earnings Target; Withdraws from High-Density Server Market - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:30:42] <exec> 08└─Management are the bean counters. MBA = Master of Bean Accounting.
[02:31:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:https? why? - 06The Website Tech of Presidential Candidates Compared - 447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:31:12] <exec> 08└─> The good can also be tools of evil if people are satisfied with the so-called good and forget to deal with the evil. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've already been down that path in this same thread. Thanks for regurgitating: >> The NSA and other agencies with compromised CAs are not the only threat out the...
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[03:25:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03caseih [2744] (Score:2) 02A novelty that will wear off quickly - 064DX Adds Rainstorm, Snow, Warm Air Effects - 607 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:45] <exec> 08└─3D seems overdone to me. It's like they use it as an excuse to put something in your face, even if its not a natural thing to do. People watch movies because they get into the story and what's being portrayed (whether it's a good plot or maybe blood and gore). Having physical sensations to go along...
[03:25:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Adamsjas [4507] (Score:2) 02Novelty - 064DX Adds Rainstorm, Snow, Warm Air Effects - 436 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:47] <exec> 08└─I've only been to one 4D presentation and while it was a Novelty, I'm not sure it would ever be a mainstream movie experience, although it might be a novelty experience, akin to 3D, which I don't personally see as a huge attraction. It seemed sort of Juvinile (It was at Disneyland after all) and it...
[03:25:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oh, God. It's the TLS screamers again. - 06Whistleblowers at Risk When Using U.S. Government Websites - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:25:56] <exec> 08└─we can't consider HTTPS to be any more secure than HTTP.
[03:25:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oh, God. It's the TLS screamers again. - 06Whistleblowers at Risk When Using U.S. Government Websites - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:25:57] <exec> 08└─Based on the summary, it seems that "whistleblowers" here refers to people reporting TO the government, not ON the government. Think Enron, not Snowden. In which case HTTPS/SSL/TLS/etc. would offer at least some protection against a business from seeing what data was being sent to the regulatory age...
[03:26:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:How Close? - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:26:07] <exec> 08└─Get stabbed in the cock with a broken beer bottle?
[03:26:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:How Close? - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:26:09] <exec> 08└─If I'm reading the summary correctly, it sounds like these people may have gotten stabbed in the cock? That sounds pretty serious to me.
[03:26:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unanswered question. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:26:12] <exec> 08└─Can you guys stop joking around? There's the possibility that somebody got stabbed in the cock during this altercation. If that is in fact the case, I don't think it's something we should be laughing at. That kind of injury sounds like it could be very serious.
[03:26:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unanswered question. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:26:14] <exec> 08└─Of course, this is very serious and demands our utmost respect. Unless the guy that got stabbed was wearing an apple watch. Then fuck 'em.
[03:26:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Leebert [3511] (Score:2) 02Filter error: Please enter a Subject. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:28] <exec> 08└─Not proud, but I once punched a hole in a wall in a computer room over an argument about LDAP. I went to the building facilities guy and fessed up. He asked me how it happened, I told him about the argument. He wasn't a big fan of the guy I was arguing with, so he just laughed, told me I was lucky I...
[03:26:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Filter error: Please enter a Subject. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:26:29] <exec> 08└─At least you didn't punch the other guy in the cock. That would not have been a good thing to do.
[03:26:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02"Why Do We Have To Hide From The Police, Daddy?" - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:31] <exec> 08└─"They use emacs, son. We use vi."
[03:26:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Clarification - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:26:47] <exec> 08└─Maybe. Or just possibly you missed WonkeyMonkey's original answer.
[03:26:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:We need more research like this. - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:26:55] <exec> 08└─I think GP was referring to Windows.
[03:26:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:We need more research like this. - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:26:58] <exec> 08└─and debian's the only one a-sufferin'
[03:26:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:We need more research like this. - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:26:59] <exec> 08└─Debian was the only one worth using in the first place.
[03:27:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:anti_gewg is allowed 50 posts per day - 06Update: Corinthian Colleges Fined $30M for Fraud - 343 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:27:16] <exec> 08└─See, the fact is that I'm correct, and you are wrong. But even given that state of affairs, I don't want to take away your ability to express your fallacies. Please, be my guest, and spew forth your bullshit without end. I'm not a tyrant like you are. I don't want to oppress people such as yourself...
[03:30:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02Re:Really? - 06Risking Your Life for Science - 499 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:30:35] <exec> 08└─Yes, IF the seeds were in "as many places as possible", that would be ideal for the survival of the seeds. However, if that were true, then why would someone risk their life trying to save a single cache? Anyway, trying to pick a good, fixed site for these seeds in that region doesn't really seem po...
[03:36:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Calling Captain Obvious.... - 06Top VC Firm Says Techies Need to Get Along With Government - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:36:46] <exec> 08└─Yes. Yes, I was.
[03:37:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Leebert [3511] (Score:2) 02Re:How bout government getting along with techies? - 06Top VC Firm Says Techies Need to Get Along With Government - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:37:18] <exec> 08└─So your position is that Socrates committed suicide
[03:38:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03rts008 [3001] 02Re:Learned one thing - 06New Trailer Emerges of Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 57 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:38:03] <exec> 08└─At least until they start going bald...then it gets ugly!
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[04:25:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:Novelty - 064DX Adds Rainstorm, Snow, Warm Air Effects - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:25:55] <exec> 08└─What's next? Real bullets and shrapnel?
[04:25:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02filed under - 064DX Adds Rainstorm, Snow, Warm Air Effects - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:25:56] <exec> 08└─... novelty.
[04:26:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Oh, God. It's the TLS screamers again. - 06Whistleblowers at Risk When Using U.S. Government Websites - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:26:08] <exec> 08└─I'm no security expert, but I seem to remember reading that it's commonplace for companies to have a system in place so they can readily decrypt all HTTPS traffic that originates in their internal network.
[04:26:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Leebert [3511] (Score:2) 02Filter error: Please enter a Subject. - 06Whistleblowers at Risk When Using U.S. Government Websites - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:26:09] <exec> 08└─The government plans to upgrade all of its websites within two years to use encryption
[04:26:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Elephant in the room... - 06Whistleblowers at Risk When Using U.S. Government Websites - 403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:26:11] <exec> 08└─You are handing your complaint to the GOVERNMENT for pete sake. I'm not sure it matters if its encrypted or not since the information you are reporting is being placed in the governments own hands. They don't need a warrant to get it, you gave it to them. Any presumption of separation between the de...
[04:26:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unanswered question. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:26:26] <exec> 08└─Are you saying that somebody got stabbed in the cock with a watch?
[04:26:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unanswered question. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:26:27] <exec> 08└─The dick was wearing the watch. I'm not sure about his cock though.
[04:26:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unanswered question. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:26:30] <exec> 08└─What does EMACS have to do with somebody getting stabbed in the cock?
[04:26:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Let's just calm down now. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:26:40] <exec> 08└─If my choice is between installing systemd on my Linux system or getting stabbed in the cock, well, my cock might end up being the loser.
[04:26:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:"Why Do We Have To Hide From The Police, Daddy? - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:26:49] <exec> 08└─The real reason they have to hide is because the father used a broken beer bottle to stab some other poor fellow in the cock during an argument about iPhones.
[04:27:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mr Big in the Pants [4956] (Score:2) 02Re:Clarification - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:27:12] <exec> 08└─You can disagree all you want. Its still true.
[04:29:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:What if "Climate Change" isn't caused by humans - 06Warning Over Aerosol Climate Fix - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:29:34] <exec> 08└─So, your solution is to just stand by, and watch the next Holy Roman Catholic Empire birth itself? You do realize that "climate change" is rapidly becoming a religion, which metes out punishments for those it considers to be heretics? It may take time, but you can expect the next Inquisitions to be...
[04:29:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:What if "Climate Change" isn't caused by humans - 06Warning Over Aerosol Climate Fix - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:29:35] <exec> 08└─So, your solution is to just stand by
[04:31:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03wantkitteh [3362] 02Re:incompetence at its finest - 06AMD Misses Q1 Earnings Target; Withdraws from High-Density Server Market - 1158 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:31:27] <exec> 08└─It was an engineering decision that hamstrung the performance of the Bulldozer, Piledriver and Steamroller core architectures. I can't remember where I read it, more's the pity, but someone from AMD said that they decided to share a single FPU between a pair of logical cores because server workloads...
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[05:25:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Shooting the messenger, eh? - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:47] <exec> 08└─Would they rather some hostile nation get into stuff and not tell anybody until the day of surprise?
[05:25:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03bziman [3577] (Score:2) 02Seized eh? - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:49] <exec> 08└─I hope they at least got a warrant. If not, then that's just theft.
[05:25:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Threats are unlawful. - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:50] <exec> 08└─Even if you don't commit violence, it is commonly the case that it is unlawful to threaten it.
[05:26:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03gman003 [4155] (Score:2) 024D is novelty, 3D eventually won't be - 064DX Adds Rainstorm, Snow, Warm Air Effects - 764 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:03] <exec> 08└─I can see a future where 3D is not a novelty. It's a future where 3D requires no glasses (or where VR movies are the most common format), a future where the effect is used to (literally) add depth rather than thrust in your face. And also a future where people prefer HFR and we don't have to deal wi...
[05:26:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:4D is novelty, 3D eventually won't be - 064DX Adds Rainstorm, Snow, Warm Air Effects - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:26:05] <exec> 08└─Ah...but just think what this for the p0rn industry.
[05:26:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:4D is novelty, 3D eventually won't be - 064DX Adds Rainstorm, Snow, Warm Air Effects - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:26:07] <exec> 08└─If HFR = high frame rates, there seems to be a consensus that VR technologies need a minimum of 90 FPS, preferred 120 FPS. I don't know if The Hobbit trilogy has done anything to change attitudes about higher frame rates in theaters and I haven't seen the movies.
[05:26:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score:3, Funny) 02Nothing new - 064DX Adds Rainstorm, Snow, Warm Air Effects - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:09] <exec> 08└─We had this back when The Rocky Horror Picture Show came out. No special theater required. Although extra maintenance personnel were required when we attended.
[05:26:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Do you remember "The End"? - 064DX Adds Rainstorm, Snow, Warm Air Effects - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:11] <exec> 08└─I think it was in the fall of 1983. A TV movie about global nuclear war, but depicted from the point of view of the american midwest. The scene that has always stuck with me has a USAF missile launch officer wrapped in a blanket and struggling to survive the nuclear winter.
[05:26:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02As long as it fulfills an agenda - 064DX Adds Rainstorm, Snow, Warm Air Effects - 1941 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:26:13] <exec> 08└─What they are aiming for is re-makes of all the movies that have ever made them money (or not). The personal jet they just bought does not pay for itself, you know. So something new (whether needed or not) has to be made and sold so they can continue to make money with their sub-standard work. Most...
[05:26:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ryuugami [2925] (Score:2) 02Re:Unanswered question. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:26:41] <exec> 08└─Well, you see, the CS in EMACS stands for "Cock Stabbing"... :)
[05:26:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:Forget emacs vs vi.. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:26:51] <exec> 08└─It is a full-function desktop designed for text-only terminals. In this, it excels.
[05:26:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:Not very, but... - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:26:58] <exec> 08└─Hummm....are your friends iOS type people?
[05:27:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:We need more research like this. - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:27:32] <exec> 08└─+1, fuck systemd, it's working as designed.
[05:28:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Serious question -- payday loans - 06Update: Corinthian Colleges Fined $30M for Fraud - 987 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:28:32] <exec> 08└─> I shudder at disgust every time I pass one of those merchants of misery. There is more to it than that. These articles were written by a professor studying urban poverty who actually went and worked as a teller on a weekly basis and at a non-profit predatory loan help hotline in order to get direc...
[05:29:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Common Joe [33] (Score:2) 02Not whining - 06Oh Good: Airbus Wants to Pack 11 Passengers Into One Row - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:29:25] <exec> 08└─Economy is, as the name implies, a "cut price" ticket. You want to be treated like a civilized person I recommend business class. You want to be treated like royalty, try first class. Wait what, it's more expensive? Well duh. Pay up or shut up.
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[06:25:48] <exec> 08└─The more I look at this, the more I think Chris should be working with avionics equipment suppliers to probe vulnerabilities. An in-flight airliner is not a safe place to be running vulnerability scans. Being I have had the "pleasure" of working around aerospace management types before, I am quite...
[06:25:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02He was being watched - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 1414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:25:51] <exec> 08└─He was a priority target, it seems. He was being watched 24/7. They probably had an agent following him. All securities researchers, (white-hat or black-hat practitioners) are priority targets, so be careful. Do learn all you can, but stay under cover, or you might have an unfortunate "accident". Re...
[06:26:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Common Joe [33] (Score:2) 02Re:How Close? - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 937 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:26:34] <exec> 08└─I've had to walk away a few times. I've been noted by several people how patient I am with people, but when someone doesn't even try and I'm forced to work with them for an extended period of time, it takes a tremendous effort to keep my cool. On rare occasion (on the worst days), I still wind up fr...
[06:26:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:What do you mean... - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:26:58] <exec> 08└─I was lucky. My Uncle owned the largest blueprint, drafting and engineering supply place in the south. I had the top of the line K&E when I was in Jr High. Impressed thje hell out of my math teacher. (Now that everyone knows how old we are...Get the hell off my lawn!!)
[06:28:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ryuugami [2925] (Score:2) 02Re:No airships - 06Oh Good: Airbus Wants to Pack 11 Passengers Into One Row - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:28:28] <exec> 08└─Some Asian and South American countries have sleeper buses.
[06:29:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:What if "Climate Change" isn't caused by humans - 06Warning Over Aerosol Climate Fix - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:29:36] <exec> 08└─So, you're pretending that the issue isn't political on the OTHER side. Al Gore and his cronies have NOT made million or billions on their carbon credit scams, and other nations do not stand to benefit from the deinstrialization of the US and Europe. Got it. All the evil is coming from the heretics.
[06:30:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:SN needs more stories on the home page. - 06Taxi Drivers Helping Uber Drivers - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:30:35] <exec> 08└─American idol and tea with the cardassians get large numbers of viewers. That doesn't mean they're good shows.
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[07:26:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Shooting the messenger, eh? - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:26:08] <exec> 08└─What about the next guy who is not a famous security researcher? The focus should be the planes, not the guy. But it's all simple economics. Airlines don't give a shit about security or transporting people or anything else but profit. If flaming planes come down every day, no matter as long as peopl...
[07:26:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Shooting the messenger, eh? - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:26:09] <exec> 08└─But come down hard on him for it? I would much rather have the two working together.
[07:26:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Shooting the messenger, eh? - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:26:12] <exec> 08└─Yeh... looking back at the article and thinking it over more - you have a far saner take on it than I did at first reading.
[07:26:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shooting the messenger, eh? - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:26:13] <exec> 08└─Yes. That would justify the DHS, TSA, FBI, NSA, and CIA past and future budgets for many years.
[07:27:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] 02Clarification - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 63 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:27:41] <exec> 08└─the drugs worked so well that it would be unethical to continue
[07:29:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Serious question -- payday loans - 06Update: Corinthian Colleges Fined $30M for Fraud - 1305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:29:02] <exec> 08└─Interesting links... I wonder if the "payday loan" companies did not exist, then if the landlord hikes the rent, he has to make evictions because the people can't go into debt to pay the hike. Is not even the availability of selling oneself into debt the cause of us doing it, simply because others...
[07:30:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What if "Climate Change" isn't caused by humans - 06Warning Over Aerosol Climate Fix - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:30:29] <exec> 08└─For all intents and purposes you've just admitted to everything you accuse the "other side" of doing. That's "fair and balanced" logic at work - the other guys are scum so we have to be scum in order to balance it out! For guys like you its nothing more rational than tribalism.
[07:30:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What if "Climate Change" isn't caused by humans - 06Warning Over Aerosol Climate Fix - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:30:33] <exec> 08└─Seems like you already did. You just didn't realize it. That's what happens when you use superficial logic to rationalize a bias.
[07:30:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What if "Climate Change" isn't caused by humans - 06Warning Over Aerosol Climate Fix - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:30:51] <exec> 08└─What if we're trying to fix a problem that doesn't actually exist?
[07:31:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02Re:It's all in the wording - 06Taxi Drivers Helping Uber Drivers - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:31:17] <exec> 08└─Yes. Just have a network of catapult's, trebuchet's and mattresses for public transportation within cities.
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[08:26:11] <exec> 08└─This reads much more in tune with it's level of importance in the world: According to Pew, only 23 percent of Americans over the age of 18 use website. website, on the other hand, is used by 71 percent of American adults. These stats by themselves don't necessarily spell disaster for the social net...
[08:26:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Die, Twitter, Die! - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:26:13] <exec> 08└─I never got it. I still don't get it. What is it about all this exhibitionism and brevity? Is it not time that we returned to long handwritten letters to correspondents, in private? Just imaging if the writers of the Federalist Paper in America had been on Twitter instead.
[08:26:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Die, website, Die! - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:26:15] <exec> 08└─hashtag indepedence!
[08:26:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03timbim [907] (Score:2) 02Instagram will bust is the long run. - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:26:17] <exec> 08└─Twitter is the fastest way to get information out and circulated around the world. Twitter is actively trying to protect its users from authoritarians. You can say the same for Instagram/Facebook.
[08:26:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shooting the messenger, eh? - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:26:28] <exec> 08└─Yes, how horrible it would be if government thugs didn't seize his gear. The bogeymen might get us!
[08:26:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Shooting the messenger, eh? - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 694 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:26:29] <exec> 08└─Like Frojack just said... I am pleased they did interfere. From what I read, I would think there is no criminal intent. Just curiosity. And a desire to develop saleable knowledge. The most important elements are already in place: no criminal intent and curiosity. Given permission and opportunity,...
[08:26:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:Threats are unlawful. - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:26:34] <exec> 08└─Unless you end the threat with a winky face. This guy's mistake was to use a standard smiley face.
[08:27:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oh, God. It's the TLS screamers again. - 06Whistleblowers at Risk When Using U.S. Government Websites - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:27:03] <exec> 08└─Small attackers, as a rule, don't have access to the resources needed to sniff your traffic anyway. Trojans and spyware are bigger threats to typical end-users than HTTP interception by the small-timers. Wake me when someone gets Firefox and the other browsers to play nice with self-signed HTTPS cer...
[08:27:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oh, it. It's the TLS screamers again. - 06Whistleblowers at Risk When Using U.S. Government Websites - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:27:06] <exec> 08└─If, as a whistleblower, you will leak information directly from the network housing the material you leak, then you'll be caught anyway, regardless of HTTPS status. Heck, you may as well e-mail the thing to your personal e-mail account and leave traces that way. First step is always to separate the...
[08:27:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Elephant in the room... - 06Whistleblowers at Risk When Using U.S. Government Websites - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:27:09] <exec> 08└─But in the time it takes the gov to get its act together, the organization you leak about may do nasty things to you and destroy your life in the process...
[08:27:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Elephant in the room... - 06Whistleblowers at Risk When Using U.S. Government Websites - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:27:11] <exec> 08└─You make the assumption that "the gov" was going to do anything constructive about the problem anyway. Remember Ed Snowden? He chose to take and leak documentation because the official "the gov" channels weren't interested in fixing what was broken.
[08:27:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unanswered question. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:27:33] <exec> 08└─Who was phone?
[08:27:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:There is no debate - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:27:37] <exec> 08└─I was referring to Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft stuff, etc., and not the things you mention.
[08:27:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02Obvious. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:27:58] <exec> 08└─A conversation between two sober and average smart persons would instead have been: - my android smartphone sucks. - I know, my apple smartphone sucks, too.
[08:28:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:Clarification - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:28:16] <exec> 08└─If you can't back up your claim then we have to assume that you're full of shit and lying.
[08:28:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:We need more research like this. - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:28:30] <exec> 08└─So why is it Debian's the only one who can't get systemd set up right?
[08:30:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03kadal [4731] 02Re:What if "Climate Change" isn't caused by humans - 06Warning Over Aerosol Climate Fix - 195 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:30:52] <exec> 08└─I am simply not buying into the theory that mankind has changed the environment, to the extent claimed. Oh, yeah, we've CONTRIBUTED to something that we little understand. That is unquestionable.
[08:30:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:What if "Climate Change" isn't caused by humans - 06Warning Over Aerosol Climate Fix - 2954 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:30:58] <exec> 08└─Not pretending. So you can get it, all on your own! Yes, it is all coming from rightwing nutjobs taking their talking points from the rightwing press, and do you know why? Because they are not smart enough to figure it out on their own. They cannot be climate scientists because it involves math, and...
[08:31:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] 02Re:What if "Climate Change" isn't caused by humans - 06Warning Over Aerosol Climate Fix - 556 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:31:05] <exec> 08└─Let me state this again, for those who haven't heard it already. In 1963, my third grade teacher told all of us kids about the interglacial period that we are enjoying. She explained that at different periods of time, the land that we lived on, the school yard, our entire CITY was buried beneath hun...
[08:33:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:https? why? - 06The Website Tech of Presidential Candidates Compared - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:33:21] <exec> 08└─> The good can also be tools of evil if people are satisfied with the so-called good and forget to deal with the evil. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've already been down that path in this same thread. Thanks for regurgitating:
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[09:25:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02wrong questions - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:25:46] <exec> 08└─Imagine that China knows about a vulnerability and is using it in a still-unfired cyber-weapon, and that the NSA learns about it through espionage. Should the NSA disclose and patch the vulnerability, or should it use it itself for attack?
[09:25:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:wrong questions - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:25:48] <exec> 08└─They should fund thousands of extra PUBLIC security researchers looking at code full time for vulnerabilities, to increase the pace of bugfixing.
[09:25:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Instagram will bust is the long run. - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:26:00] <exec> 08└─You said "information". I do not think it means what you think it means. The most important thing I remember having found out about from tweets was "Sharknado". "Sharknado" the first.
[09:26:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fauxlosopher [4804] (Score:1) 02Is this going to affect the release timeline...? - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:26:18] <exec> 08└─Did Chris Roberts have current backups for the data on his stolen gear? Will this have a negative impact on the development timeline of his very important work in progress [robertsspaceindustries.com]?
[09:27:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fauxlosopher [4804] (Score:1) 02Re:"Why Do We Have To Hide From The Police, Daddy? - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:27:42] <exec> 08└─The whole situation could have been avoided had there not been a broken beer bottle present there. It's time the US had a long, serious talk about the necessity to finally ban beer bottles and the substance that they contain, the consumption of which leads to all kinds of mischief, trouble, breakage...
[09:31:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What if "Climate Change" isn't caused by humans - 06Warning Over Aerosol Climate Fix - 524 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:31:05] <exec> 08└─Hairyfeet, is this you posting as AC? Sounds just like you. You know, the "I don't agree with the conservatives, but at least they are consistent" shtick. Yeah, whatever. Consistent insanity is still insanity. And when was Al Gore proven wrong? The right is totally buggered on Climate Change, and t...
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[10:26:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02The NSA does fund security fixes - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:02] <exec> 08└─my understanding is that EDPACS, the Electronic Data Processing Audit and Control Systems Journal, is backed by the NSA. They do a lot of work that is completely open to the public.
[10:26:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02"Everybody uses the same software" - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:03] <exec> 08└─that's the problem right there. The best way to get security in a reasonably timely way would be for everyone to use different software. I mean like Haiku on MIPS, BSD on 68040, Linux on Sony PlayStation.
[10:26:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Instagram will bust is the long run. - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:26:16] <exec> 08└─You appear to have survived "Sharknado" the first. Would that have been the case had you not received the alert via twitter? If the Grammys had been monitoring twitter could they have been warned about "Left Shark"? If twitter's sole benefit to society was alerts about "Shark" related entertainment...
[10:26:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Instagram will bust is the long run - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:26:17] <exec> 08└─It's an echo chamber for media people. And a opportunity to ruin your career.
[10:26:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Shooting the messenger, eh? - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:26:34] <exec> 08└─What do you mean by "the game" ..?
[10:26:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Shooting the messenger, eh? - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:26:36] <exec> 08└─Mostly sports. Seems everytime I see someone getting excited about something, its something to do with sports scores. If its not that, its some celebrity. Very seldom do I see someone's "entertainment" originating from within themselves. It seems like we have been trained to expect others to entert...
[10:27:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Oh, God. It's the TLS screamers again. - 06Whistleblowers at Risk When Using U.S. Government Websites - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:27:13] <exec> 08└─That means the corporation you are at has added THEIR self-signed CA to your browsers list of approved CAs. And then added a proxy mode setup unless they have on the fly TCP replacement. So use USB, download your own browser from a secure source, rewire the network cable, etc. Memo: Always sanitize...
[10:32:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Science vs. Life? - 06Risking Your Life for Science - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:32:44] <exec> 08└─Of course knowledge is more important than any individual life!
[10:33:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wootery [2341] (Score:2) 02Re:incompetence at its finest - 06AMD Misses Q1 Earnings Target; Withdraws from High-Density Server Market - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:33:11] <exec> 08└─AMD has an X86 license that, IMO, is pretty much is a license to print money
[10:34:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score:2) 02Re:"the Post and Times come out WAY ahead as sourc - 06Scientists Find Radioactive Aircraft Carrier Off California Coast - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:34:32] <exec> 08└─What are those links meant to prove? Well here comes a critical reference to Dissident Voice :- Wait for it .......... I think the very name of "Dissident Voice" shows bias. Just wait till the Googlebot picks that up.
[10:34:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score:2) 02Re:So what danger does it present? and what to do? - 06Scientists Find Radioactive Aircraft Carrier Off California Coast - 412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:34:40] <exec> 08└─If you just run a ship onto a beach, it is likely to float off again at the next higher tide or storm. You need to open some valves or cut holes to let the sea in - that is scuttling. thousands of poverty-wage workers ... under appallingly toxic and dangerous conditions WTF have working conditio...
[10:34:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score:2) 02Re:Propaganda - 06Scientists Find Radioactive Aircraft Carrier Off California Coast - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:34:47] <exec> 08└─Steel lasts a lot longer time in salt water
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[12:14:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score:2) 02Sweet! - 06The Door to Hell, In Pictures - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:40] <exec> 08└─I'm going storm chasing with George in a little over a month's time, so this should certainly provide some discussion points during all the hours of driving. :)
[12:14:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:The NSA does fund security fixes - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:14:53] <exec> 08└─But who tells you that if you send an article to the journal about a new vulnerability that the NSA considers particularly useful, that you won't get a rejection of your article combined with a gag order to not disclose the vulnerability?
[12:14:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ryuugami [2925] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:"Everybody uses the same software" - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:14:55] <exec> 08└─Linux on Sony PlayStation
[12:14:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Don't fall for Sony - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:14:57] <exec> 08└─You meant that Sony used a hypervisor for any operating system running on PlayStation such that you don't get access to the bare metal? or that they sued George Hotz? Perhaps the Sony files [soylentnews.org] could give some insight?
[12:14:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:3, Insightful) 02If vulnerabilies are plentiful - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:14:59] <exec> 08└─If vulnerabilities are plentiful, the responsible action is to switch to a different system where vulnerabilities are not plentiful.
[12:15:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03mtrycz [60] (Score:2) 02If you count vulnerabilites by the thousands - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:15:02] <exec> 08└─If you count vulnerabilites by the thousands, then it doesn't really mater of you fix one. I didn't know that the Government was running Windows, tho.
[12:15:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03frojack [1554] 02Re:Shooting the messenger, eh? - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 84 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:15:23] <exec> 08└─But come down hard on him for it? I would much rather have the two working together.
[12:15:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Shooting the messenger, eh? - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:15:29] <exec> 08└─I'd rather be in a room filled with computers than one filled with bat crazy "fans" .. ;)
[12:15:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Do you remember "The End"? - 064DX Adds Rainstorm, Snow, Warm Air Effects - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:15:51] <exec> 08└─Are you sure you're not thinking of The Day After?
[12:16:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Oh, God. It's the TLS screamers again. - 06Whistleblowers at Risk When Using U.S. Government Websites - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:16:03] <exec> 08└─In the times of — often unencrypted — public wireless networks, snooping on traffic of someone without technical knowledge is easy.
[12:16:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Oh, God. It's the TLS screamers again. - 06Whistleblowers at Risk When Using U.S. Government Websites - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:16:08] <exec> 08└─Is there a particular reason to send it over the company's network instead of simply transporting it outside and send it from there? Especially in the times of BYOD you should have all the necessary means to do that.
[12:16:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Filter error: Please enter a Subject. - 06Whistleblowers at Risk When Using U.S. Government Websites - 452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:16:12] <exec> 08└─I see, you're not yet used to four-digit abbreviated dates. You know, people figured out that while giving only the last two digits of a year can cause problems every century, using four digits will not give any problems until the year 10000. So they decided that four-digit years are safe for now. U...
[12:17:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03PizzaRollPlinkett [4512] (Score:2) 02As an Android developer... - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:04] <exec> 08└─As an Android developer, I usually stab myself with broken glass. Just last week I found another case where the documentation plainly says one thing in unambiguous, clear language that isn't right, and had to research the workaround.
[12:17:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] 02Re:Clarification - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 90 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:17:23] <exec> 08└─If you can't back up your claim then we have to assume that you're full of shit and lying.
[12:18:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03PizzaRollPlinkett [4512] (Score:2) 02Re:This sets a bad precedent. - 06Update: Corinthian Colleges Fined $30M for Fraud - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:18:34] <exec> 08└─My point was about experience - people who go to for-profit colleges have no real-world experience with education alternatives and don't have the background to evaluate how good or bad the educational product offered actually is.
[12:18:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03PizzaRollPlinkett [4512] (Score:2) 02Re:Serious question -- payday loans - 06Update: Corinthian Colleges Fined $30M for Fraud - 475 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:18:42] <exec> 08└─The existence of usurious loans in society points to other problems. You can ask many such questions. Why does a society like ours have government-sponsored gambling? Why can a drug company profit from the misery and poverty of sick people for twenty years, and finally have to give up their patent o...
[12:18:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sjames [2882] 02Re:This sets a bad precedent. - 06Update: Corinthian Colleges Fined $30M for Fraud - 395 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:18:47] <exec> 08└─There was also a matter of fraud used to induce them to enter the situation. Because there was fraud, surely even the most extreme libertarian should be able to see that the students obligations are at an end and that the school needs to be the one paying any additional obligations they fraudulently...
[12:20:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:What if "Climate Change" isn't caused by humans - 06Warning Over Aerosol Climate Fix - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:20:14] <exec> 08└─Seems like you already did. You just didn't realize it.
[12:20:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:What if "Climate Change" isn't caused by humans - 06Warning Over Aerosol Climate Fix - 498 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:20:16] <exec> 08└─I suppose I do have something to add after all. We create a lot of CO2 because that is a consequence of activities which are core parts of our societies. Any consideration of cost and benefit is completely absence from the superficial observation that paleoclimate data is "not perfect". Rather, we s...
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[13:14:47] <exec> 08└─Thanks for the comment! It seems this exploration happened awhile ago, so I was leery about posting the story. Given we recently ran a story about a scientist risking his life to save a seed bank, this seemed to follow in a similar vein. That, and the pictures were quite compelling, too. So, I decid...
[13:15:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Should the NSA patch or exploit? - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:15:04] <exec> 08└─Theoretically, it is called National Security Agency, thus it should prioritize the patch. However, the army is usually sent to invade by the Department of Defence; as USofA wasn't attacked since Perl Harbour, I guess the invoked defence is actualy "defence of interest" rather than "defence of the c...
[13:15:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Should the NSA patch or exploit? - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:15:06] <exec> 08└─Theoretically, it is called National Security Agency
[13:15:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Should the NSA patch or exploit? - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:15:08] <exec> 08└─Thus the security they are protecting aren't your, the spied on. Whos, then?
[13:15:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Should the NSA patch or exploit? - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:15:10] <exec> 08└─Probably the politicians', the lobbyists', the corporate donors', and the government's. Basically, everyone but the citizens.
[13:15:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Novelty - 064DX Adds Rainstorm, Snow, Warm Air Effects - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:15:57] <exec> 08└─Individual fridges for riding nuke explosions' shockwaves.
[13:17:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Forget emacs vs vi.. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:17:01] <exec> 08└─And, unlike emacs, screen at least lets you use a decent text editor :)
[13:17:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:"Why Do We Have To Hide From The Police, Daddy? - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:17:15] <exec> 08└─If only America's fore-fathers had written that you have the right to bear rubber chickens... ...or Real Dolls! Then an altercation involving your cock might be more fun! ;)
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[14:15:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimios [201] (Score:2) 02Re:Don't fall for Sony - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:15:05] <exec> 08└─I think he meant the disabling of linux support on PS3 slim and later on all PS3s with patch 3.21.
[14:15:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Should the NSA patch or exploit? - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:15:12] <exec> 08└─Basically, everyone but the citizens.
[14:15:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Die, Twitter, Die! - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:15:23] <exec> 08└─Some are so simple-minded they believe important thoughts can be expressed in a single sentence.
[14:15:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03damnbunni [704] (Score:2) 02Lots of people use Twitter. Who uses the site? - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:15:28] <exec> 08└─I don't know anyone personally that uses Twitter that actually uses twitter.com for anything except making account changes. Everyone I know uses some manner of client, usually a third-party one, on their phone or their computer. (I use BlackBerry 10's Twitter integration and Neatly on my phone, Twid...
[14:15:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03nukkel [168] (Score:2) 02Natural evolution. - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:15:30] <exec> 08└─Social media sites will continue to come and go as people seek for the most meaningful way in which to communicate with each other online. I just wish it didn't have to be so centralized.
[14:17:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jerry Smith [379] (Score:2) 02Fairly close to a row about my tech choices/prefs - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:24] <exec> 08└─But then again that person also was pretty vicious about me eating meat once in a while.
[14:17:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03nukkel [168] (Score:2) 02Thank you for raising - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:25] <exec> 08└─Submitter, thank you very much for raising, rather than begging, the question. There is hope for humanity still.
[14:18:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:So why do you hate private colleges, gewg_? - 06Update: Corinthian Colleges Fined $30M for Fraud - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:18:27] <exec> 08└─That University of Phoenix degree just keeps your phone buzzing with six figure job offers, doesn't it?
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[15:14:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03doublerot13 [4497] (Score:2) 02AES? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:42] <exec> 08└─AES instructions on right there on the chip now a days. Why does the CPU hit have to be so dramatic?
[15:14:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:AES? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:14:43] <exec> 08└─Maybe it's a DRM abstraction thing?
[15:14:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:AES? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:14:45] <exec> 08└─Look, he believes brogrammers take advantage of hardware features!
[15:14:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03tynin [2013] (Score:2) 02Re:AES? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:14:48] <exec> 08└─I suspect it is because it will be encrypted, it won't be cacheable in any meaningful sense. All the work that the cache would have saved handling tons of concurrent users doing largely similar actions is likely right in that 30 to 53 percent number.
[15:14:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score:2) 02Re:AES? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 755 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:14:50] <exec> 08└─Perhaps because it's a lot more computationally expensive to use those instructions than to stream raw data straight off the hard drive to the network card? Which, assuming good CPU throttling, will translate directly to higher power consumption. And that's assuming the CPUs aren't stripped down mod...
[15:14:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Do we really need encrypted video streams? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:51] <exec> 08└─No! Any more questions?
[15:14:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bziman [3577] (Score:2) 02Multicast - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:53] <exec> 08└─Can we please just use multicast for live streaming? It could also be used for streaming popular non-live content to ISP cache servers at release... and there are probably nearly as many of those as there are simultaneous viewers. But that would require infrastructure investments, and ISPs have demo...
[15:14:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Multicast - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:14:55] <exec> 08└─Netflix is not a live streaming service.
[15:14:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02They don't need encryption - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:57] <exec> 08└─They just need signatures to prevent spoofing. That's a much smaller hit in terms of CPU cycles.
[15:14:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Huh? Am I missing something? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:14:59] <exec> 08└─Why on earth do they want to encrypt Netflix movie streams? What is there to protect here? What is a man-in-the-middle attack going to do to someone watching a Netflix movie, show them a commercial or something?
[15:15:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Huh? Am I missing something? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:15:01] <exec> 08└─In both cases, HTTPS prevents the attacker from surreptitiously injecting malicious packets into the targeted data stream.
[15:15:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Huh? Am I missing something? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:15:03] <exec> 08└─yes, and what the hell is a malicious package in a video stream supposed to do? other than fightclub inspired people injecting porn into family movies... it's a video stream. the only thing you can do to it is corrupt it.
[15:15:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Math is hard - 06Social Science Journal 'Bans' Use of p-values - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:15:06] <exec> 08└─We don't understand these and don't want to bother learning, so you can't use them. / got a BA in Applied Math // Some 35 years ago /// I can barely add nowdays
[15:15:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Wikipeda, not Wiki! - 06The Door to Hell, In Pictures - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:15:12] <exec> 08└─"Wiki says" — no, Wikipedia says. A wiki is a certain type of web software. Wikipedia is an online encyclopaedia using that software.
[15:15:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Should the NSA patch or exploit? - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:15:34] <exec> 08└─Any foreigners are fair game to surveil under the law. A little H-1B pre-screening?
[15:15:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Yog-Yogguth [1862] (Score:2) 02Wrong answer & no difference between CIA and NSA - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 3158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:15:37] <exec> 08└─What to think about deliberately flawed self-defeating and non-congruent non-arguments looking like weak noisy propaganda published directly under one of their own names? I don't think anyone above the median will buy any of it so either the CIA/In-Q-Tel/Dan Geer is significantly below the median or...
[15:16:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03bziman [3577] (Score:2) 02Re:Shooting the messenger, eh? - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:16:13] <exec> 08└─I'm much more afraid of unlimited government power than I am of security researchers. Airline, network, and most other security remains a joke, and the only reason that it hasn't been exploited on a large scale is that there just isn't a serious threat. You'll get the ocassional crazy, but most of t...
[15:17:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:As an Android developer... - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:17:52] <exec> 08└─It could be worse, you could be forced to use xcode!
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[16:14:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03khchung [457] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Do we really need encrypted video streams? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:14:46] <exec> 08└─WRONG! The answer is YES. Not to protect the video streams, but to add more encrypted traffic to the network, eventually to the point where the really sensitive encrypted packets will no longer stand out. By encrypting video streams, Netflix made their sensitive traffic that actually needed protecti...
[16:14:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Leebert [3511] (Score:2) 02Filter error: Please enter a Subject. - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:14:55] <exec> 08└─Another important consideration is the impact on battery life. More CPU to decrypt = some measurable (even if negligible) increase in the power consumed to view the stream.
[16:15:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02A Statistician Editor - 06Social Science Journal 'Bans' Use of p-values - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:15:03] <exec> 08└─If the journal wants to have a higher standard, then why don't they have a statistician that reviews papers. They could also require a supplement that justifies the use of whatever statistical tests are in the paper. If authors can justifiably use p-values, then what is the problem?
[16:15:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03M. Baranczak [1673] (Score:2) 02Why the hell do I need a subject line? - 06The Door to Hell, In Pictures - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:15:14] <exec> 08└─I presume that the Soviet government (and later the Turkmenistan government) just couldn't be bothered to put the fire out and plug the hole. But if they did, how would they go about it? Pouring concrete into the hole seems like the obvious solution, but the heat would cause the water to evaporate b...
[16:15:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03PizzaRollPlinkett [4512] (Score:2) 02All growth slows - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:15:54] <exec> 08└─Dog bites man. So when has growth not slowed? Any new thing grows rapidly at first, and then levels out. From the social media startup of the month to the open source framework of the week to the tablet of the year, growth always slows. Just the other month, people were complaining that Google was a...
[16:16:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Reminds me of the Randal Schwartz case - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 486 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:16:21] <exec> 08└─Schwartz, the original author of O'Reilly's popular "Learning Perl" book, was arrested for using Crack to harvest passwords on Intel's intranet while he was teaching Perl classes there. Schwartz claimed he was doing ad hoc research on the quality of user passwords within corporations. Intel, which...
[16:17:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not very, but... - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:17:45] <exec> 08└─Where I'm from, that is just male bonding. The closer you are to someone, then the more shit you can give them. Try retaliating and make it obvious that it isn't because you are mad or offended.
[16:17:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Obvious. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:17:54] <exec> 08└─Android: but at least I can swap in microSD cards Apple: at least my phone gets updates Android: my phone was much more cost-effective Apple: my phone is worth much more on the used market .... Fuck your mother! I'm going to fucking stab you!
[16:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:Thank you for raising - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:17:59] <exec> 08└─I'm happy to let them win that one if we get to keep "literally."
[16:18:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:Clarification - 06Another Cancer Immunotherapy Success - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:18:17] <exec> 08└─If you can't back up your claim then we have to assume that you're full of shit and lying.
[16:19:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03frojack [1554] 02Re:No airships - 06Oh Good: Airbus Wants to Pack 11 Passengers Into One Row - 1119 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:19:59] <exec> 08└─After saying the aren't too slow, you describe a romantic overnight flight of what could have been done in under three hours by airplane. Airships have never exceeded 80–100 mph. So in your dinner, movie, nights sleep, shower, breakfast dream, you've invested probably 16 hours in the air. You've c...
[16:20:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02Re:Not whining - 06Oh Good: Airbus Wants to Pack 11 Passengers Into One Row - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:20:30] <exec> 08└─I did not realize that economy meant I was no longer a civilized person.
[16:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03wantkitteh [3362] (Score:2) 02Re:incompetence at its finest - 06AMD Misses Q1 Earnings Target; Withdraws from High-Density Server Market - 1280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:22:55] <exec> 08└─Check out this chart [cpubenchmark.net] showing AMD's market share since 2004 - the days of the old GHz races between Intel and AMD. There are three events whose dates are worth noting here. Firstly, Q2 2006 - Intel debuted the first Core architecture chips in mid-2006. Secondly, Q2 2011 - AMD debut...
[16:23:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] 02Re:https? why? - 06The Website Tech of Presidential Candidates Compared - 344 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:23:18] <exec> 08└─We need HTTPS everywhere, normative, all the time. People should recoil at exposed HTTP the same way they refrain from Telnet vs SSH. Ask the security researches that look at how HTTP streams are hijacked and injected on ad networks - one of the most prolific vectors for ordinary pwnage of personal...
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[17:14:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Better luck with a Republican President - 06US Regulators May Scuttle Time Warner Cable - Comcast Merger - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:14:39] <exec> 08└─The two companies will be contributing to Jeb's PAC, I guess.
[17:14:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Better luck with a Republican President - 06US Regulators May Scuttle Time Warner Cable - Comcast Merger - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:14:41] <exec> 08└─> The two companies will be contributing to Jeb's PAC, I guess. They will be contributing to the PACs of everybody who makes it past primary season. Influence is so cheap to purchase, it is easy to buy all of it.
[17:14:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Better luck with a Republican President - 06US Regulators May Scuttle Time Warner Cable - Comcast Merger - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:14:43] <exec> 08└─They'll probably contribute extensively to any candidate that even has a chance. Why take risks when you can place a 100% guaranteed bet?
[17:14:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03kadal [4731] (Score:2) 02Re:Do we really need encrypted video streams? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:14:56] <exec> 08└─But, is it easy or hard to tell which packets are from Netflix? It won't help much if it's easy to filter out.
[17:14:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Do we really need encrypted video streams? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:14:58] <exec> 08└─Not to protect the video streams, but to add more encrypted traffic to the network, eventually to the point where the really sensitive encrypted packets will no longer stand out. By encrypting video streams, Netflix made their sensitive traffic that actually needed protection safer.
[17:15:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:Huh? Am I missing something? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:15:06] <exec> 08└─They're packing hay around the needle.
[17:15:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Interesting) 02Re:Huh? Am I missing something? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:15:08] <exec> 08└─> yes, and what the hell is a malicious package in a video stream supposed to do? Exploit bugs in the player software. Perhaps there are edge cases in the decoder that a specially crafted mpeg packet can use to do stack smashing, etc. Besides, maybe I don't want anyone figuring out what shows I am w...
[17:15:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Here are the plans! - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:15:09] <exec> 08└─I remember this hitting hitting bsdtalk a while ago talking about all of the problems that they were encountering along the way. It's a bit egotistical for FreeBSD but that's what Netflix uses for their CND but he makes some great points about what is coming for the future from a web standpoint. htt...
[17:15:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02inferring - 06Social Science Journal 'Bans' Use of p-values - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:15:19] <exec> 08└─The journal is probably looking for cheap copouts.
[17:15:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score:2) 02science... - 06Social Science Journal 'Bans' Use of p-values - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:15:21] <exec> 08└─if it has "science" after the heading , it probably isn't one. Just saying...
[17:15:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03ah.clem [4241] (Score:2) 02I don't know... - 06The Door to Hell, In Pictures - 864 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:15:31] <exec> 08└─I'm generally a pretty positive commentator and contributor on this site, but I just don't know about this article. I don't know of this fellow and I don't watch TV so I don't know what "Angry Planet" is (nor do I really care to Youtube it, I can pretty much guess what it must be), but this whole th...
[17:15:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:If vulnerabilies are plentiful - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:15:48] <exec> 08└─> If vulnerabilities are plentiful, the responsible action is to switch to a different system where vulnerabilities are not plentiful. You presume such a system exists that is also fit for purpose. Given how insanely expensive it is to formally prove software correctness for even limited functionali...
[17:16:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03danomac [979] (Score:2) 02Re:Natural evolution. - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:13] <exec> 08└─Lately twitter has been injecting really annoying ads, wonder if that has something to do with it. They even try to cover up other "tweets" by saying their sponsored which is more advertising. I've quite seriously contemplated deleting my twitter account as all I use it for is to track news outlets,...
[17:16:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shooting the messenger, eh? - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:34] <exec> 08└─Except that the way they're handling this is terrible, as they're treating him like an enemy.
[17:16:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Threats are unlawful. - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:39] <exec> 08└─This was no different than smiling while you tell the TSA you have a bomb in your suitcase. The guy is an idiot for what he did and deserves a kick in the ass.
[17:16:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Threats are unlawful. - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:41] <exec> 08└─Exactly.
[17:16:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Reminds me of the Randal Schwartz case - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 1689 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:16:44] <exec> 08└─I guess you're ok with me pentesting your grandparents pacemakers while they're helping their heart beat. Or your parents' insulin pumps. After all they are vulnerable and why should I even let you know I am going to do it? Better yet I should tweet it. This is nothing like Schwartz's case. Schwartz...
[17:17:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03black6host [3827] 02Nothing new - 064DX Adds Rainstorm, Snow, Warm Air Effects - 159 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:17:00] <exec> 08└─We had this back when The Rocky Horror Picture Show came out. No special theater required. Although extra maintenance personnel were required when we attended.
[17:17:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03ah.clem [4241] (Score:2) 02Rocky Horror - 064DX Adds Rainstorm, Snow, Warm Air Effects - 584 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:17:01] <exec> 08└─>> We had this back when The Rocky Horror Picture Show came out. No special theater required. Although extra maintenance personnel were required when we attended. Just for those who might want to know, the longest running, continuous US showing of RHPS with the best audience participation and live c...
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[18:14:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Easy solution - forget SystemD - 06The Strained Relationship Between Systemd and Syslog - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:14:39] <exec> 08└─This author is far too kind to systemd, and he's very naïve if he believes this is not on purpose. It's consistent enough to be policy. Anything that works properly must be replaced by broken Poettering-ware. Forget systemd. Use slackware, or gentoo, or *bsd. And short redhat if you can.
[18:15:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03tnt118 [3925] (Score:2, Interesting) 02Re:AES? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:15:02] <exec> 08└─I've always wondered if there was a viable model for a movie or show "starting" every 10 minutes, and users jump in on one of those streams to save bandwidth costs.
[18:15:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] (Score:2) 02Re:AES? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:15:03] <exec> 08└─The AES encrypting of the HTTP stream is not the hit. There's a LOT of compute used in session-key generation - occurring late in the hand-shake phase of the protocol. A few of these? no problem. Ten million? Ouch. AFTER you have keys, "magic" instructions can use them to make the overhead almost tr...
[18:15:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Do we really need encrypted video streams? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 578 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:15:09] <exec> 08└─Not really since the SSL handshake takes place clear-text, so that entire flow can be setup to be automatically ignored by the spooks. I.e., SSL cert CN=netfix.com, then ignore. If they created a Tor hidden service, and setup their client to tunnel through Tor, they would achieve the goal you state...
[18:15:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03subs [4485] (Score:2) 02You mean re-encrypt the already encrypted stream - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:15:20] <exec> 08└─AFAIK, Netflix already uses DRM of some sort, which almost invariably means that the streams are already encrypted. This really appears to be more about privacy protection, where each user session is unique and non-correlatable to some user preferences. For me personally, I don't see the utility in...
[18:15:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:A Statistician Editor - 06Social Science Journal 'Bans' Use of p-values - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:15:29] <exec> 08└─With tweaking you can make p values say whatever you want to say. That is the problem. Any second-year stats or math major that has fun with their work has done it.
[18:15:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02Re:Sweet! - 06The Door to Hell, In Pictures - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:15:40] <exec> 08└─As your car is being lifted off the ground by the F5, you can turn to your partner and say "At least we're not on fire."
[18:15:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score:2) 02Re:Why the hell do I need a subject line? - 06The Door to Hell, In Pictures - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:15:43] <exec> 08└─MacGuyver once had to plug up a flaming hole in the ground. As I recall, it involved dynamite and an old refrigerator.
[18:16:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] (Score:2) 02Re:"Everybody uses the same software" - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:16:01] <exec> 08└─All running Adobe Flash and MS Orifice.
[18:16:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Should the NSA patch or exploit? - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:16:11] <exec> 08└─Politicians, lobbyists and corporate donors are citizens too my friend.
[18:16:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] (Score:2) 02Re:sed s/{facebook|google+|twitter}/website/ - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:16:21] <exec> 08└─Those fire sales were the real deal in 2000. I got a carbon fibre conference table and 3 Aerons - plus a raft of then current Sun and SGI gear for next-to-nothing. Quokka dot com, and a few others on 500 block of Brannan St. Let the bubble burst!
[18:16:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Die, Twitter, Die! - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 558 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:16:25] <exec> 08└─> What is it about all this exhibitionism and brevity? > Is it not time that we returned to long handwritten letters to correspondents, in private? It isn't like twitter is going out and deleting long-form private letters. 99% of what people have to say to each other does not require brevity nor pri...
[18:16:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] (Score:2) 02Re:Instagram will bust is the long run. - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:16:31] <exec> 08└─Twitter is the fastest way to get information out and circulated around the world.
[18:18:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not very, but... - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:18:29] <exec> 08└─As someone who is thin-skinned myself, I've found that it is soooo easy to go over the line when joshing someone. I don't do it anymore because the social mores that define where that line lies are nearly invisible to me. It is like for me personally the line is very close, so it feels like any amou...
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[19:14:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Lennart (Poettering?) replied in the comments. - 06The Strained Relationship Between Systemd and Syslog - 566 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:39] <exec> 08└─http://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemdAndSyslog?showcomments#comments [utoronto.ca] I personally had very little interaction with syslog but in each case (windows machines, a few routers... Stuff I can't or won't ssh to basically) something broke. Line breaks, carriage returns, tabs,...
[19:14:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score:2) 02This isn't how modern lobbying works. - 06US Regulators May Scuttle Time Warner Cable - Comcast Merger - 690 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:14:50] <exec> 08└─It's been the case at least since the gilded age that companies hedge their bets by donating equally to all leading candidates through intermediates that can't be traced back to them by the opposition. In other words, they make sure the winner only knows he got a donation from the company, but doesn...
[19:14:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02fingers crossed - 06US Regulators May Scuttle Time Warner Cable - Comcast Merger - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:52] <exec> 08└─While our experience with Time Warner Cable (upstate NY) isn't great, everything I've heard about Comcast is worse. Hoping that the merger is stopped--it's about time for the anti-trust regulation "pendulum" to swing back the other way.
[19:14:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Content and Distribution - 06US Regulators May Scuttle Time Warner Cable - Comcast Merger - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:14:54] <exec> 08└─Make them divest the National Broadcasting Company since Comcast has mishandled it, [vanityfair.com] it gives the company too much control over our views (a la Fox), and Comcast will inevitably use NBC against other, smaller distribution companies. How did we go from banning newspapers from owning s...
[19:15:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03khchung [457] 02Re:Do we really need encrypted video streams? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 309 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:15:09] <exec> 08└─WRONG! The answer is YES. Not to protect the video streams, but to add more encrypted traffic to the network, eventually to the point where the really sensitive encrypted packets will no longer stand out. By encrypting video streams, Netflix made their sensitive traffic that actually needed protecti...
[19:15:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score:2, Interesting) 02Re:Multicast - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:15:15] <exec> 08└─A) Figure out how to get the entire internet over to IP6 so this can be supported B) Netflix is on-demand. Nobody is watching the same part of the same show at the same time, so this does not do any good here.
[19:15:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score:1) 02Re:Math is hard - 06Social Science Journal 'Bans' Use of p-values - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:15:31] <exec> 08└─Try adding numbers instead.
[19:15:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Most p=0.05 is bollocks - 06Social Science Journal 'Bans' Use of p-values - 597 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:15:37] <exec> 08└─Firstly as it's usually single-sided, so actually only p=0.10. And secondly as they're probably trawling for the jelly-bean colour which causes cancer. So why don't they just demand p=0.01 instead? And regarding trawling - I like the idea of putting experiment descriptions in escrow, so that you can...
[19:15:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Most p=0.05 is bollocks - 06Social Science Journal 'Bans' Use of p-values - 1479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:15:39] <exec> 08└─> So why don't they just demand p=0.01 instead? Ah, because "The null hypothesis significance testing procedure is logically invalid, and so it seems sensible to eliminate it from science". I think they're overstating their case there a little but I can see why they say that. It's certainly massivel...
[19:16:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re:Die, Twitter, Die! - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:16:33] <exec> 08└─I came here to use the exact same words. The damn dirty bird craps all over everything. It's probably caused more needless misunderstanding, mob behavior, and consequent hard feelings than anything else in online history. The sooner it dies, the better. Its usefulness for rapid information dispersal...
[19:18:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Let's just calm down now. - 06Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:18:31] <exec> 08└─If my choice is between installing systemd on my Linux system or getting stabbed in the cock, well, my cock might end up being the loser.
[19:25:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Propaganda - 06Scientists Find Radioactive Aircraft Carrier Off California Coast - 1387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:25:19] <exec> 08└─Longer than what? Longer in salt water compared to the GP's expectations. Had you bothered to quote the next 4 additional words, your question would have answered. Again, I point out that Titanic (as well as many much older wrecks) still lie on the seafloor relatively intact. Rust has not caused muc...
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[20:14:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02SETI@Home - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:41] <exec> 08└─I've been a participant since it started and a couple of years back I felt that I finally had enough money that I should donate to some of these things. I also donated to wikipedia and then wished I hadn't after reading about their methods. I also once joined a Free Software association, which didn'...
[20:14:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02EFF - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:43] <exec> 08└─Even as struggling college student I have been giving $10 a month since Snowden leaks. Now that I graduated and about to start new job, I think that is going up! I also donate to Wikipedia, but less regularly. It is probably my most visited site on the internet by far. (Yes I haven't donated to SN Y...
[20:14:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02EFF - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:45] <exec> 08└─The EFF is the big one for me as they do good work and they're becoming more and more important. I've also contributed to GPG and will probably start contributing to KDE development.
[20:14:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02humble bundle EFF - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:47] <exec> 08└─I used to donate to EFF using Humble Bundle [humblebundle.com]. Now it seems that EFF is not in the list of charities you can pick. Internet Archive.
[20:14:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Easy solution - forget SystemD - 06The Strained Relationship Between Systemd and Syslog - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:14:53] <exec> 08└─“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.” -- Auric Goldfinger
[20:14:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03RamiK [1813] 02Lennart (Poettering?) replied in the comments. - 06The Strained Relationship Between Systemd and Syslog - 566 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:54] <exec> 08└─http://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemdAndSyslog?showcomments#comments [utoronto.ca] I personally had very little interaction with syslog but in each case (windows machines, a few routers... Stuff I can't or won't ssh to basically) something broke. Line breaks, carriage returns, tabs,...
[20:14:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Lennart (Poettering?) replied in the comments. - 06The Strained Relationship Between Systemd and Syslog - 473 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:14:56] <exec> 08└─Agreed. Logging is almost universally abused. Logging (regardless of platforms) tend contain massive amounts of stuff that doesn't need to be logged at all, is obtuse, and only meaningful to the coder, using terminology that makes them deliberately unintelligible. And any complaining users are instr...
[20:14:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:4, Interesting) 02Journald - different but not worse - 06The Strained Relationship Between Systemd and Syslog - 1985 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:14:58] <exec> 08└─Journald is more of a database rather than just a growing text file. Its Structure [freedesktop.org] is less susceptible to log tampering than is syslog. Message numbers and metadata are encoded into the journal, and there's no way you can fake them like some malware in the passed was known to do. Y...
[20:14:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Journald - different but not worse - 06The Strained Relationship Between Systemd and Syslog - 330 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:15:00] <exec> 08└─You forgot one important fact. Just install rsyslog and you can have your plain text logs and eat your systemd cake too. My computer running systemd has both metadata-tagged journald logs AND plain text logs. People who bemoan journald are just looking for a reason to hate systemd when there are oth...
[20:15:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:This isn't how modern lobbying works. - 06US Regulators May Scuttle Time Warner Cable - Comcast Merger - 1081 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:15:08] <exec> 08└─Actually I would argue the opposite is true...sure you still have the old money firms doing that strategy but you are seeing more like the Koch bros and George Soros on the opposite side trying to use their money to influence an election one way or another, hell look at the way the Koch Bros bought...
[20:15:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03purpleland [5193] (Score:1) 02nginx? scalable architectures - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 478 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:15:42] <exec> 08└─Anyone know much about nginx - their HTTPD server? I recently discovered it then started reading about it, and have been pretty impressed about their architecture (event driven, asynchronous). If I'm not mistaken it inspired some aspects of Apache 2.4. I also see similarities in the architecture of...
[20:15:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] (Score:3, Informative) 02Why encrypt? TLS does not hide Video Signatures. - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 9338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:15:44] <exec> 08└─A video (and most other content) can be identified even while encrypted by the traffic signature it generates, the size of the download alone is enough to identify most videos when cross referenced with the availability / popularity matrix. As is common knowledge round these parts, the PKI Certific...
[20:17:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03anubi [2828] 02Re:Shooting the messenger, eh? - 06Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear - 1977 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:17:09] <exec> 08└─The more I look at this, the more I think Chris should be working with avionics equipment suppliers to probe vulnerabilities. An in-flight airliner is not a safe place to be running vulnerability scans. Being I have had the "pleasure" of working around aerospace management types before, I am quite...
[20:21:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Propose a better solution then - 06Oh Good: Airbus Wants to Pack 11 Passengers Into One Row - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:21:39] <exec> 08└─> airships, for their enormous size, have minuscule passenger capacity, are slow and are gas guzzlers. That's not solving the problem, that's just mental masturbation. and you're just blowing off steam ... punk.
[20:21:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:The hell with flying - 06Oh Good: Airbus Wants to Pack 11 Passengers Into One Row - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:21:45] <exec> 08└─> slum it in business ... hardly uncivilised. Because you have no idea what "slum it" means. Thanks for rubbing in the fact that I haven't got a clue what "business class" means.
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[21:14:40] <exec> 08└─Yet another aging industry resists new tech. Likely the "solution" will be similar. BigCorp probably has a life-plus-75-years copyright on that 60 cycle per second "signal" they deliver to your house, so if you attempt to "make available" your own 60 cycle electricity, prepared to be fined the total...
[21:14:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03joekiser [1837] (Score:2) 02Re:SETI@Home - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:14:49] <exec> 08└─This year: Firefox Goodwill Jolla Tablet Wikipedia MilkyWay@home SoylentNews The Linux Foundation In the past: FreeBSD Foundation Midori Browser VLC Diaspora* Adblock
[21:14:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:SETI@Home - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:14:51] <exec> 08└─I donated to Techdirt, Wikipedia. Another one not listed (though I didn't donate anything to it) maybe public knowledge or even the pirate party.
[21:14:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02VLC - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:14:54] <exec> 08└─I gave $1024 to the videolan guys about 10 years ago. I asked them not to put my name in any sort of public acknowledgementm because I didn't want the exposure. But they didn't even say thanks in a private email or anything. Kinda bummed me out.
[21:14:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:VLC - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:14:56] <exec> 08└─I like you.
[21:14:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:VLC - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 542 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:14:58] <exec> 08└─(Not the op) To the extent I donate I wouldn't want anyone knowing how much I donate or to whom. It's none of their business and if people know I will be hit up by every charity organization possible and hounded by them. You can't even go to the store without random people hitting you up for money a...
[21:15:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Easy solution - forget SystemD - 06The Strained Relationship Between Systemd and Syslog - 289 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:15:04] <exec> 08└─This author is far too kind to systemd, and he's very naïve if he believes this is not on purpose. It's consistent enough to be policy. Anything that works properly must be replaced by broken Poettering-ware. Forget systemd. Use slackware, or gentoo, or *bsd. And short redhat if you can.
[21:15:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Journald - different but not worse - 06The Strained Relationship Between Systemd and Syslog - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:15:10] <exec> 08└─Believe I covered that in my second paragraph.
[21:15:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score:2) 02Re:Journald - different but not worse - 06The Strained Relationship Between Systemd and Syslog - 618 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:15:12] <exec> 08└─Or, if you prefer, you can install your syslog daemon of choice, configure systemd to copy all it's message to that and then simply turn off systemd's journal so you don't get the binary files at all. There's probably a little extra overhead as messages get passed between the Kernel, systemd and sys...
[21:15:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score:2) 02Re:Journald - different but not worse - 06The Strained Relationship Between Systemd and Syslog - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:15:14] <exec> 08└─Its Structure [freedesktop.org] is less susceptible to log tampering than is syslog.
[21:15:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonTechie [2275] (Score:2) 02Re:AES? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:15:42] <exec> 08└─Thats an interesting idea.
[21:15:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Do we really need encrypted video streams? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 839 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:15:49] <exec> 08└─What if Netflix leveraged their enormous traffic and DRM/encryption experience, as well as paid subscription model, to begin offering some secure message service in addition to video using indistinguishable SSL connections? A trickle of encrypted info in a river of encrypted video, all coming from t...
[21:16:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:You mean re-encrypt the already encrypted strea - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:16:02] <exec> 08└─HTTP2 standards don't require encryption, but all current implementations of HTTP2 do, which makes it a de facto requirement. Netflix probably expects that future protocols will de facto require encryption and they're future-proofing for the death of HTTP.
[21:16:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:wrong questions - 06How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act? - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:16:41] <exec> 08└─No. Funding people to find bugs is indirectly funding other people to introduce bugs. Compare snakes, rats, etc. ... Google "Cobra Effect"
[21:17:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:Die, Twitter, Die! - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 1093 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:17:13] <exec> 08└─Historians of Roman rhetoric sometimes talk about a change from a society based on oratory to one based on acclamation. In the Republic, speech acts are characterized by depth, length, and eloquence, as orators had to compose persuasive arguments to win over the people or the Senate. As the Empire w...
[21:22:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:The hell with flying - 06Oh Good: Airbus Wants to Pack 11 Passengers Into One Row - 646 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:22:09] <exec> 08└─Typically business class means you get a seat that turns into a flat piece of furniture about 6' long and wide enough for your shoulders. It means you can get a good nights sleep on a long flight (like London-Singapore for example). I really appreciated it a couple of months ago flying Rio to London...
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[22:14:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03SubiculumHammer [5191] (Score:1) 02Re:DRM? - 06Utilities Battle Homeowners Over Solar Power - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:14:40] <exec> 08└─Agree. And don't give me bull about paying for the grid. There is a fee on your electric bill exactly for grid upkeep. This monopoly utility will just need to adapt, or be broken up.
[22:14:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I smell bull... - 06Utilities Battle Homeowners Over Solar Power - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:42] <exec> 08└─They can measure the amount you use but not what you give? Without smart meters; I can see that as a problem but with them it's just bull. And if the meter is not able to do it then install one that can. This is just one a a series of barriers that will come up in the next few years until they have...
[22:14:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score:2) 02Re:I smell bull... - 06Utilities Battle Homeowners Over Solar Power - 1189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:14:44] <exec> 08└─There are semi-legitimate concerns. For example, if too many people are off-the-grid or making back more than they pay, the money to maintain the grid goes down. Obviously if everyone was off-the-grid, who cares? Until that day, the utilities will fight back. Not (just) because of the perceived thre...
[22:14:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03SuperCharlie [2939] (Score:2) 02First Hand Experience - 06Utilities Battle Homeowners Over Solar Power - 669 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:14:46] <exec> 08└─We bought some raw land with only an electric co-op for power. We started a small solar plant and dug into what was required to sell the excess. The stopping point was the requirement for $500,000 liability insurance which would have made it financially unfeasable so we didnt hook to the grid. Also...
[22:15:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03VortexCortex [4067] (Score:2) 02Free Software Foundation - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 2295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:15:02] <exec> 08└─I donate to the FSF. [fsf.org] When I'm not using my own custom toolchain, GNU is my go-to userland/dev toolchain. Since I use GNU+Linux, GNU+BSD, and even GNU+Windows I don't have to fret over incompatibilities in compiler versions. I never saw the advantage of targeting every compiler when one com...
[22:15:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hartree [195] (Score:2) 02Everything I do is a contribution to one project: - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:15:03] <exec> 08└─I contribute generously to the cause of increasing the entropy of the universe.
[22:15:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score:2) 02Go Fund Me - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:15:05] <exec> 08└─I personally like a more personal touch to donations. I donate to political campaigns, local charities, and Go Fund Me [gofundme.com] campaigns worth donating to.
[22:15:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lemming [1053] (Score:2) 02EDRi (European Digital Rights) - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 570 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:15:07] <exec> 08└─I support EDRi (European Digital Rights) [edri.org], the European counterpart of the EFF. As they are less known, they receive far less donations. They work on issues about e.g. data retention requirements, copyright and fair use restrictions, cybercrime, filtering and blocking of internet content a...
[22:15:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Easy solution - forget SystemD - 06The Strained Relationship Between Systemd and Syslog - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:15:15] <exec> 08└─3? http://narf-archive.com
[22:15:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Journald - different but not worse - 06The Strained Relationship Between Systemd and Syslog - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:15:22] <exec> 08└─Great! So now, after only a few months, I know how to do a quick-n-dirty little hack that gets me back to only slightly less functionality than before systemd landed.
[22:15:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Journald - different but not worse - 06The Strained Relationship Between Systemd and Syslog - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:15:26] <exec> 08└─Log tampering? Why? When you have systemd to own. No need to tamper with the logs.
[22:15:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Content and Distribution - 06US Regulators May Scuttle Time Warner Cable - Comcast Merger - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:15:40] <exec> 08└─How did we go from banning newspapers from owning same-market television stations, to now allowing mega-corporations to own basically any outlet they wish across the country?
[22:16:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I don't know... - 06The Door to Hell, In Pictures - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:16:45] <exec> 08└─You might well be right. However if we ignore that, it's a very cool location and probably not known by all. I knew of the place but still liked the photos. I'd say this is clearly a net positive.
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[23:14:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Soylent Time! - 06MakerBot Lays Off 20% of Staff - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:42] <exec> 08└─https://i.imgur.com/TbRGBPo.jpg [imgur.com] https://i.imgur.com [imgur.com] Well... at least they were up front about it!
[23:14:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03TrumpetPower! [590] (Score:4, Interesting) 02Desperation doomed to failure - 06Utilities Battle Homeowners Over Solar Power - 4222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:54] <exec> 08└─I just got a very close-up view of this here in Arizona. A few years ago I put a bunch of panels on my rooftop. Best financial investment of my life; I haven't had an electric bill since then and they'll have paid themselves off in a few more years. It's roughly the equivalent of the returns you'd g...
[23:14:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Desperation doomed to failure - 06Utilities Battle Homeowners Over Solar Power - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:14:55] <exec> 08└─Even without cheap battery storage, people in australia are figuring out ways to minimize what the power company can extract from their pockets. [reneweconomy.com.au]
[23:14:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03tathra [3367] (Score:2) 02greed ruins it all for everyone - 06Utilities Battle Homeowners Over Solar Power - 2290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:14:58] <exec> 08└─this is exactly why anything that is basically required to live in the modern world - running water, electricity, internet, etc - or any governmental functions should not be handled by for-profit companies. i really wish that modern society had not been sold off to profiteers and rent-seekers decade...
[23:15:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03ah.clem [4241] (Score:2) 02Re:VLC - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 879 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:15:13] <exec> 08└─I kinda agree with this post. We have a regular list of places we contribute to on an annual basis, and I have some websites I belong to that I support with contributions (full disclosure - not SN yet, will get to it, I promise) but I don't think making the details public is such a great idea (altho...
[23:15:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:VLC - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:15:15] <exec> 08└─The one I hate, and I don't do, is when the fire department pulls their trucks into one of our major intersections and then stares while pushing boots at me when I'm stopped at the red light; it feels like extortion.
[23:15:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Free Software Foundation - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:15:18] <exec> 08└─The Free Software Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so your donation is tax-deductible in the US. Tax deductibility TL;DR: Give your money to whoever you like* instead of the government! *well almost [irs.gov]
[23:15:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Free Software Foundation - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 998 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:15:20] <exec> 08└─That is nitpicking. You will never get U.S. legislation on net neutrality that doesn't have the "lawful content" language somewhere. Meanwhile, EFF heavily supports privacy, encryption, anonymity protections and technologies. They support the means to allow access [eff.org] to the "unlawful" or cens...
[23:15:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Everything I do is a contribution to one projec - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:15:21] <exec> 08└─Me too. I do this by contributing patches to OSS projects.
[23:15:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I don't donate enough - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:15:24] <exec> 08└─I don't donate enough. EFF most years. If you ex-out tithing (which doesn't really count as charity in my book any more than club membership dues) the average American gives 1% of income, skewing higher at both ends of the income continuum.
[23:15:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03wisnoskij [5149] (Score:1) 02The Human Fund - 06What Projects do you Donate to? - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:15:26] <exec> 08└─I like donating to The Human Fund ("Money For People").
[23:15:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:4, Insightful) 02Re:Journald - different but not worse - 06The Strained Relationship Between Systemd and Syslog - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:15:46] <exec> 08└─> and there's no way you can fake them like some malware in the passed was known to do If you have software on your system that's trying to do that, it's probably no longer your system anyway.
[23:16:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:AES? - 06Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:16:13] <exec> 08└─But Netflix has their own servers parked on the head end controllers of most big ISPs, don't they? If So caching has already been pushed far down the tree. And given that, they have a lot more engines doing the stream encryption very close to the customer. Also, a question: Is AES efficient at encry...
[23:17:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:I don't know... - 06The Door to Hell, In Pictures - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:17:07] <exec> 08└─I can think of quite a few ways just off the top of my head to have gathered samples from the bottom of the open pit without all this drama.
[23:17:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03ah.clem [4241] (Score:2) 02Re:I don't know... - 06The Door to Hell, In Pictures - 680 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:17:09] <exec> 08└─First one would be to pull a cable over the opening so it bisects the point where you want to collect the sample, then run a pulley with 2 blocks attached, one at each end, with another cable with a self closing scoop on one end threaded back through the block (you could even use a snatch block to m...
[23:17:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Darth Turbogeek [1073] (Score:2) 02Re:Die, Twitter, Die! - 06Twitter User Base Growth Slows, Surpassed by Pinterest and Instagram - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:17:52] <exec> 08└─There was nothing to get. Twitter is literally a site where if you deleted everything, not a single thing of value would be lost - and frankly journalists might be actually made to work rather than just reposting banal tweets to show how outraged some wankers are.
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