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  1. Re:This article was written by Upper Management by roman_mir · · Score: 1 · on What 'Consumerization of IT' Really Means For IT

    nah, I think they used a combination of to write that.

  2. Re:Vigenere? by sane? · · Score: 1 · on Judge Creates Own Da Vinci Code
    Nope, tried all those. BTW there is a useful tool at http://www.elfqrin.com/codecracker.html

    Also looked at the key being
    HBHGDVC
    from the text of paragraph 52.

    Its not as simple as all that. Other thing to take into account is this is a judge, and therefore may will be a Times crossword type.

    smithycode could be a crossword clue.

  3. Centered by spellraiser · · Score: 1 · on Laptops Required for Freshmen
    The widespread use of laptop technology will leverage the power of mobile computing to provide campuswide access through the university's extensive wireless network, said Susan Powers, professor of curriculum, instruction and media technology and chairwoman of ISU's notebook implementation committee.

    "The notebook initiative gives us an opportunity to use technology to support learner-centered, knowledge-centered, assessment-centered and community-centered learning environments. It is a window of opportunity for true innovation. Lenovo ThinkPad will be an excellent partner in our strategies to expand the learning environment of ISU," Powers said.

    Is it just me, or does this quote sound like it was generated by this?

  4. Re:Deja vu by Patrik_AKA_RedX · · Score: 1 · on The Slate Programming Language

    Perhaps they used the buzzword generator

  5. BIOS passwords by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Kinko's Spy Case Illustrates Public Terminal Risk

    Isn't it still easy to get the BIOS passwords that the manufacturers use? This is just an example.

  6. This isn't TRUE l33t speak by rgm3 · · Score: 2, Insightful · on "L33T" Speak Invades Schools

    I'm far from an expert, but real l33t 5p34k involves the substitution of symbols for letters to form words. Often these substituted symbols are higher ASCII values, though there are many dialiects of "l33t". Using "u" for "You" and r for "are" just seems like laziness, and is in no way 31337.

    1'm @m @n 31337 H@X0R.

    For examples of the differnt dialects possible, see the Lamerizer.

  7. Re:Physical Security by Shiny+Metal+S. · · Score: 2 · on PCs Pilfered, Paralyzing Populace

    Yes, you're right. Sometimes you can even use a backdoor password. I remember that password AMI worked for every AmiBIOS some time ago (extremely stupid idea, once someone knows such a password, every system can be compromised). There's a lot of interesting articles on the Web about cracking BIOS passwords:

    A Google search for BIOS Passwords gives quite a few hits. Putting your floppy into the drive is the fastest and easiest thing you can do if you have physical access, but it's not the only issue. No one should ever be allowed to be near the important servers, except people responsible for the security.

    Somehow off-topic, but speaking about security, I have to recommend one of the best texts about security (mostly about secure programming) I've ever read: Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO by David A. Wheeler. Great read. And speaking about passwords, it's good to read great publications of Alec Muffett, the author of the famous crack(1) and CrackLib:

    It's maybe not very on-topic when speaking about physical security, but it's very important to understand the security as a whole.

  8. Welcome "CC number generator" ;-) by rxmd · · Score: 1 · on AmEx To Offer "Disposable" Credit Card Numbers

    This is a really good idea, a bit like the unique transaction number system used in electronic banking - once the number is used, you can't use it anymore, nor can anyone else.

    The problem I am seeing with it, however, is that it gives a whole new field of application to the credit card number generator programs that the usual cracking groups have been cranking out for the last year or so (like DisCard online, available from places like New Order). The algorithm by which AmEx would be generating their credit card numbers is going to be a company secret, of course, but so are the algorithms by which they are generated now. If anyone was able to provide a similar algorithm that generates disposable credit card numbers from someone's semi-public fixed account numbers or whatever static personal data AmEx would be using, it would probably lead to a new generation of credit card frauds ("What do you mean, you haven't used this number yet? So what about the transaction on XX-XX-XXXX?").