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KGB Software Almost Triggered War In 1983 (arstechnica.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Who here remembers WarGames? As it turns out, the film was a lot closer to reality than we knew. Newly-released documents show that the Soviet Union's KGB developed software to predict sneak attacks from the U.S. and other nations in the early 1980s. During a NATO wargame in November, 1983, that software met all conditions necessary to forecast the beginning of a nuclear war. "Many of these procedures and tactics were things the Soviets had never seen, and the whole exercise came after a series of feints by U.S. and NATO forces to size up Soviet defenses and the downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 on September 1, 1983. So as Soviet leaders monitored the exercise and considered the current climate, they put one and one together. Able Archer, according to Soviet leadership at least, must have been a cover for a genuine surprise attack planned by the U.S., then led by a president possibly insane enough to do it." Fortunately, when the military exercise ended, so did Soviet fears that an attack was imminent.

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  1. There were TV documentories on this by jfdavis668 · · Score: 4, Informative

    How is this suddenly news? I have watch TV documentaries years ago about this event.

    1. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Slashdot lives in another universe, so it is considered news here...

    2. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      Because Reagan. It keeps ricocheting around the left-wing echo chamber. Sparky hears it and makes a "story" that fits the world view he was trained with.

    3. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Crowd+Computing · · Score: 5, Informative
      The news is about the downloadable partly declassified document that pertains to the event. So the difference is like watching a CNN news report about a government scandal and then reading for yourself the Wikileaks source. Of course in this case it's not a leak but an official release:

      National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 533
      Edited by Nate Jones, Tom Blanton, and Lauren Harper
      Posted - October 24, 2015

    4. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      yup. Well known, fairly well covered incident over years. Not even remotely news.

    5. Re:There were TV documentories on this by amiga3D · · Score: 3, Interesting

      The Soviets were scared shitless of Reagan. Ronnie loved to fuck with them and he came off as a little crazy to them. I remember "the bombers leave in 5 minutes" thing back in 83. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

      The Soviets went on full alert, they were not amused. The amazing thing is that all that pressure had the effect of bringing about peace in the end. At least until the rise of Putin.

    6. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Able Archer (1983) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ciy5R-tLiE

    7. Re:There were TV documentories on this by aaaaaaargh! · · Score: 1

      I second that. I knew about this incident at least 10 years ago. The Internet is plastered with information about this.

    8. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That reminds me, how long till St. Petersburg is renamed "Putingrad?"

    9. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      what do you mean brought about peace?
      we were at peace. the danger of was of no longer being at peace.
      did you mean the downfall of soviet Russia? ya, that had more to do with internal dynamics than with Reagan.
      try again.

    10. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      People chiseling "Wilson" off buildings making fun of people chiseling "Stalingrad" off their buildings. Kettle, meet Pot. Captcha: revolve

    11. Re:There were TV documentories on this by AHuxley · · Score: 1

      Hi Jf, the AC who got this old news about early 1980's war games on slashdot can even see this plot in a TV series called Deutschland 83 with references to Able Archer
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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    12. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That reminds me, how long till St. Petersburg is renamed "Putingrad?"

      Putingrad is going to be built on the ruins of Istanbul, or maybe Constantinople. One of the two anyway.

      Depending on how many craters upon craters there are of course.

    13. Re:There were TV documentories on this by amiga3D · · Score: 1

      I stand corrected. What I meant was the end of the Cold War. And the fall of the USSR had a lot to do with Reagan. He went on a military toy buying binge that the already troubled Soviet economy could not keep up with. The ensuing arms race pretty much finished off their economy.

    14. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Ronnie loved to fuck with them and he came off as a little crazy to them.

      You know, those of us who lived to see the 1990's learned that he actually *was* crazy. Anyone who has experience with Alzheimer's knows that the personality changes and bizarre behavior can start a decade before the obvious memory loss.

    15. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Which is odd if you think about it. The USSR already had enough nukes to blow almost all of us to kingdom come. They could have known that the US would never ever attack, no matter how crazy its leadership was. And that a conventional army of any size is useless and can't support itself when its mother country has no running economy due to being nuked to embers.
      So why did they participate in this arms race? It really mystifies me, always has.

    16. Re:There were TV documentories on this by jandersen · · Score: 1

      ...all that pressure had the effect of bringing about peace in the end

      Can you give me the name of your dealer? You must be smoking some awsome stuff, if you think the development in Russia since Gorbachev has been 'peace'. I know the general concensus is that the Soviet Union was exclusively evil, and there is no denying that Stalin, by and large, fitted that description quite well; I just wonder how much of the paranoia was due to us in the West being so hell-bent on destroying their system? Even the Soviet leaders knew that it would be a lot easier to govern a population that didn't feel oppressed, so I'm sure they didn't do it just for the fun of it. We, in the West and especially the US, were a very real threat to their way of government, and we should not be so smug as to sit back and say that Communism could never have worked, even if the country was surrounded by peace and love. We simply have no basis for that statement other than prejudice.

    17. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It is a mystery to you because you've never taken the time to learn the history of the arms race. (Hint: It was a race. If they hadn't then they'd have had ineffective weapons.)

    18. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You know that peace is not just what happens to the internal populous, right? The USSR was not really all that peaceful, internally or externally. Yes, they improved greatly, internally, after the demise of Stalin. Do you not actually know any history? Take his immediate following, Khrushchev, and consider him banging the table and going off on a tirade about destroying the US. I can keep going. Learn some real history.

    19. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Take his immediate following, Khrushchev, and consider him banging the table and going off on a tirade about destroying the US. I can keep going. Learn some real history.

      The irony of you admonishing others to "Learn some real history" may become apparant to you if you do a little research and try to find some actual documentation of the table banging, america destroying event you're talking about. What you'll find is that it's mostly apocryphal. It's more a caricature, drawn together from multiple sources.

    20. Re:There were TV documentories on this by jandersen · · Score: 1

      Do you not actually know any history?

      Alas, I lived through much of it.

    21. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      >>And the fall of the USSR had a lot to do with Reagan.

      No, the USSR was predicted to collapse sometime between the late 1970s or early 1990s by academicians and people inside the military who had the facts. The USSR couldn't even feed its own people, and they had some of the larges tracts of arable (and fertile) land in the world. 50% of their crops rottd in the firls because they had neither the trucks nor the roads to get them to market. This reality didn't suit the ideologues, the MIC, or the wholly-owned politicians, who concocted a series of lies called Plan B (go look it up) which purported to prove the USSRs economy and military outweighed ours. Based on these lies, St. Reagan the Senile and his band of incompetents spent the US into oblivion and moved up toe collapse of the USSR by maybe a few years (and crushed the US economy in the bargain).

      He was also going to balance the budget, remember? But not a single budget his admin moved through the House even STARTED balanced, let alone after the congresscritters got finished with them. The rich got richer, and the poor got tossed into the street (the US didn't have a significant permanent homelessness problem until after the Reagan admin cut all subsidies and other funding for low-income housing; funny how one of the most corrupt parts of his VERY corrupt admin was Housing and Urban Development (go look up "Silent Sam" Pierce, the HUD secretary and all the indictments that came out of that agency).

      Along the way, St. Reagan the Senile and his bellicose, group-think-trapped Neocon fools (Weinberger, Schulz, Haig, et alia) almost triggered nuclear war several times because they failed to understand just how paranoid the USSR leadership was, paranoia based on both fear (cultural and institutional) and the start reality that the USSR knew their military infrastructure was so bad that their only hope was to launch a first strike. Also their "amateur night" mid east policy (so called by a career foreign service officer anonymously quoted in Newsweek) got hundreds of Marines blown up in Lebanon (despite the Israelis and everybody else in the mid east begging the US not to do what they did or base the men as they did), got the US embassy in Beirut blown up TWICE in two years, caused the creation of Hezbollah, and aceeded to the Israeli expansion of settlements that led to the still-ongoing "Intefadas".

      Nice job, assholes.

      And don't tell me this didn't happen: I WATCHED it happen.

      Reagan was senile BEFORE he took office; if you don't believe me, rea Stockman's book "The Triumph of Politics"; he makes it damn well clear if he puts it between the lines. Reagan was so far gone during the Iran/contra crisis that even his own lawyer and new chief of staff (Ex-senator Baker) were stunned and frightened. Read Cannon's book for that one. I'm assuming you can read...

    22. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      STARK reality; the rest of the typos I leave to you to work out.

    23. Re:There were TV documentories on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's Putingrad, not Istanbul
      Why did Istanbul get the works?
      That's nobody's business but the Russian jerks..

  2. Reagan's mic test by rossdee · · Score: 0

    Then there was Romald Reagan doing a mic test "We have outlawed Russia forever, we begin bombing in five minutes"

    1. Re:Reagan's mic test by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Interesting

      And a few years later, Lt. Col. Oliver North would propose how the president could declare martial law in the U.S. if THE PEOPLE opposed the administration's policies. For a news junkie, it was fun era to live in.

    2. Re:Reagan's mic test by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

      Not sure why this is being flagged as off topic. If the Reagan Administration was willing to overthrow a democratically elected government in the United States, no wonder the Soviets were scared.

      http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=abefore86rex84

    3. Re:Reagan's mic test by unixisc · · Score: 1

      I loved Reagan, but one thing I didn't like was his conflating 'Soviet' w/ 'Russian'. Since the latter meant the Russian people, whereas Soviet could more accurately capture not just the entire USSR, but the Warsaw pact as well. Countries like Bulgaria and East Germany were about as much controlled by the CPSU as was Ukraine or Uzbekistan.

    4. Re:Reagan's mic test by cold+fjord · · Score: 1

      Even if some Marine Lieutenant Colonel writes a memo advocating actions to take during nuclear war or mass insurrection, that doesn't either make it national policy or legal. It is nonsense.

      Report says North authored plan to suspend Constitution

      Reached by telephone Sunday at his home in northern Virginia, Brinkerhoff denounced as 'ridiculous' the report involving him and the Marine now at the center of the Iran-Contra scandal.

      Saying he left government in 1982, Brinkerhoff added, 'There never was a plan to install martial law or martial rule. The whole purpose of emergency preparedness is and was to maintain civil rule.

      'A lot of memos and lot of plans were written. We have a responsibility to plan for mobilization in case of emergency or war. As far as some evil plot ... it simply is untrue.'

      The missing idea is known as MILITARY SUPPORT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES: THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN SUPPORT OF HOMELAND DEFENSE

      That's not martial law.

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    5. Re:Reagan's mic test by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Keep in mind that the Soviet Union was dealing with a country that had already twice used nuclear weapons on civilians and flat out refused to any "no first use" policies regarding nuclear weapons. At the same time, the United States was pursuing the SDI, which was perceived by many as a way for the US to launch a nuclear strike against the Soviet Union and then neutralize any retaliation. Of course they though the US was prepared to start a nuclear war at any moment. Any sane person could not believe otherwise.

    6. Re:Reagan's mic test by jmac_the_man · · Score: 1

      If the Reagan Administration was willing to overthrow a democratically elected government in the United States...

      Please stop and think about what you just wrote. The Reagan Administration by definition couldn't overthrow the democratically elected government BECAUSE IT WAS THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT. (For the pedantic, yes, Reagan was part of the government, not the whole thing, but North's plan wasn't to arrest Congressmen.)

    7. Re:Reagan's mic test by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Wait until he finds out that we have a plan to invade Canada. They're stupid enough to think that means that we are planning on invading Canada or actually considered acting on this plan in the past.

    8. Re:Reagan's mic test by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

      You haven't been paying attention to the Right Wing echo chamber in recent years. President Obama will suspend the Constitution via executive order (never mind that George W. has issued more executive orders), activate the FEMA camps (hello, Oliver North), send all the white men to be executed by guillotines (paper cutters) and send all the white women to be raped by black men (white fear). Angry old white people believe this will happen any day now (For the pedantic, a democratically elected government can turn into a dictatorship by convincing citizens to trade in freedoms for security from terrorists.)

    9. Re:Reagan's mic test by jmac_the_man · · Score: 1

      Nobody with any stature on the right believes any of those things. The fever swamp left thinks that the Military Industrial Complex planned and executed the 9/11 attacks so Bush would have an excuse to steal Iraq's oil. It's not fair to hold that against Democrats in general because most Democrats (and indeed anyone with two brain cells to rub together) recognizes that theory as bullshit.

    10. Re:Reagan's mic test by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

      Nobody with any stature on the right believes any of those things.

      No Establishment Republican believes that BS, but the base that listens to conservative radio does and they are the voters. Which is why Congressional Republicans are suffering a massive case of swamp fever and can't get anything done.

    11. Re:Reagan's mic test by jmac_the_man · · Score: 1
      No, the conservative wing doesn't believe it either. Limbaugh et al's call screeners hang up on those nutjobs.

      Do you think vaccines cause autism? Because apparently all liberal Democrats do.

    12. Re:Reagan's mic test by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

      Do you think vaccines cause autism? Because apparently all liberal Democrats do.

      You seem willfully ignorant of liberal Democrats, as they believe in government healthcare. Republicans, not so much.

      http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-02-04/why-do-republicans-have-such-a-hard-time-with-vaccines-

    13. Re:Reagan's mic test by jmac_the_man · · Score: 1

      Do you think vaccines cause autism? Because apparently all liberal Democrats do.

      You seem willfully ignorant of liberal Democrats...

      No shit? That's the entire point of the thread.

      OF COURSE it's unfair to accuse all liberal Democrats of being 9/11 Truthers or thinking that vaccines cause autism. There's only a couple people in the dickhead left that believe those things, and that set includes NOBODY with any power. You're doing the converse, by claiming that a few people on the dickhead right represent all conservatives. And you're doing this because at this point, you're obviously a fundamentally dishonest person.

      Since you're arguing the "point" about vaccines instead of the point about "You can't point at the Dickhead wing of $party and claim it represents all of $party," it's clear that you're not reading what I'm writing. I'm done with this conversation. Don't even bother typing a response.

    14. Re:Reagan's mic test by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

      And you're doing this because at this point, you're obviously a fundamentally dishonest person.

      I used to be a Republican. I'm speaking from experience. Doesn't help that my Tea Party relatives in Idaho keep emailing every little thing that comes out of the right wing echo chamber.

      Don't even bother typing a response.

      You accused me of being a dishonest person and don't want me to respond? You must be new around here.

  3. So it was the US that triggered it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So it was the US that triggered it, by having war games.

    This is why wargames without prior notification of intent can be BAD.

    1. Re:So it was the US that triggered it by jfdavis668 · · Score: 1

      They were announced. Happened the same time every year.

    2. Re:So it was the US that triggered it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sounds like the software worked as intended.

      It detected the conditions (except the test) accurately.

    3. Re:So it was the US that triggered it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Having them "at the same time every year" is not prior notification lol.

      My servers may go down at the same time every night, does not mean it is prior notification.

      Steam servers go down every time Valve has sale (10pm PST TODAY), but that is not prior notification.

    4. Re:So it was the US that triggered it by jfdavis668 · · Score: 2

      This was a large, well known training exercise. The Soviets were even allowed to send observers. They just thought that we were using the exercise in 1983 as cover for a real attack.

    5. Re:So it was the US that triggered it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Given recent history, and past history, that would be a sensible thought :)

    6. Re:So it was the US that triggered it by AmiMoJo · · Score: 2

      War games designed to test the enemy's defences with feints are a bad idea. The US and South Korea do them off the coast of North Korea every year, and every year it just escalates tensions again. They must think that the risk is worth it to check NK defences, but it doesn't help diplomatic efforts.

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    7. Re:So it was the US that triggered it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well, they can't stop doing that now, or the North Koreans will think something's up.

    8. Re:So it was the US that triggered it by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Insightful

      They must think that the risk is worth it to check NK defences, but it doesn't help diplomatic efforts.

      Honestly, sometimes I think it's fairly common that countries periodically have to do things which say "we know you're there, we're not afraid of you, and we can fuck you up".

      So, think of China building artificial islands in the South China Sea and then claiming that is territorial waters. Sailing past and waving the flag is part and parcel of reminding them that, no, this is international waters and has been for some time. Would you have them cede the waters to China and just let them annex it?

      Sometimes, you need to remind the other guy that you're still there, and reality isn't defined in terms of what they claim. And you usually do that by telling me "oh, by the way, we'll be doing this right here for the next little while".

      For some countries, diplomacy requires a little show of force to demonstrate you're not as intimidated as they think you should be of their supreme leader's tiny penis and huge ego.

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    9. Re:So it was the US that triggered it by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 1

      Given recent history, and past history, that would be a sensible thought :)

      Many wars have been launched by using a training exercise as a deception. The 1973 Yom Kippur War began as an Egyptian exercise, which they did so regularly that Israel treated them as routine. Many of the Egyptian soldiers didn't know it was real until they opened the ammunition boxes, and found live ammo instead of blanks, just a few minutes before the shooting started.

    10. Re:So it was the US that triggered it by NoOneInParticular · · Score: 1

      Well, an announced non-attack would be the perfect time to do a real attack. We're going to pretend we're attacking you, so don't worry if we accidentally enter your airspace.

    11. Re:So it was the US that triggered it by jblues · · Score: 1

      They're not so much artificial islands as augmented. In my opinion the territorial claim by USA's ally, the Philippines, on these islands is quite weak. The claim: An island was claimed by a Filipino fisherman and subsequently confiscated by the government. Meanwhile the Philippines has a very strong claim on the (now Malaysian) territory of Sabbah, but they'll never get that back. There was a very ugly and bloody attempt that led to years of political unrest.

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    12. Re:So it was the US that triggered it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      When has the US ever used a test exercise to cover for a real attack? What recent and past history are you speaking of?

  4. Obligatory shoutout to Stanislav Petrov by NotDrWho · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The man who saved the world in 1983.

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    1. Re:Obligatory shoutout to Stanislav Petrov by Dins · · Score: 1

      And also to Capt. William Bassett - the US version of the man who saved the world.

    2. Re:Obligatory shoutout to Stanislav Petrov by elrous0 · · Score: 2

      Every time I hear these stories, I think of the speech from Wargames where General Barringer says he sleeps well at night knowing humans are controlling the missiles in the silos, not computers. Little did the writers of that film know how right they were.

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    3. Re:Obligatory shoutout to Stanislav Petrov by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. Maybe humanity at its limits hasn't really gotten particularly more intelligent in decades.

    4. Re:Obligatory shoutout to Stanislav Petrov by Plumpaquatsch · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Not to forget the East-German Spy at NATO HQ who was able to convince the Soviets that Able Archer actually was just an excercise http://www.exberliner.com/feat...

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  5. John Wayne by Tablizer · · Score: 0

    U.S., then led by a president [percieved as] possibly insane enough to do it.

    Yet another downside of electing Rambo wannabe's.

    We were really lucky to survive the cold war, there were roughly a dozen or more close calls. Or, perhaps it's the Anthropic Principle, multiverses, and/or God (the server admin of our emulated universe) kicking in to save us.

    1. Re:John Wayne by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 3, Informative

      >> electing Rambo wannabe

      Rambo came out in 1982 - Reagan was elected in 1980.

    2. Re:John Wayne by greenwow · · Score: 0

      Yes, we were very lucky to survive. An interesting question is if nuclear weapons are the Great Filter that explains the Fermi Paradox?

    3. Re:John Wayne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      To be clear, the Great Filter is not part of the Fermi Paradox. It is a proposed solution to the Fermi Paradox.

      And, I don't understand why your post was marked as a troll. You weren't clear on the difference between the two concepts, but using the word troll is going too far.

    4. Re:John Wayne by Maritz · · Score: 0

      If we find multicellular life elsewhere that will strongly imply that the Great Filter is either between that and intelligence or between here and self-destruction. We're certainly not out of the woods yet in terms of nuclear apocalypse.

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    5. Re: John Wayne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hey dumbass, you are feeding a troll. His post is hateful and stupid. You shouldn't support such stupid people. Either that or you're trolling yourself in an attempt destroy this site. Either way, you need to be banned, and I will do everything in my power to make sure that happens.

    6. Re:John Wayne by Tablizer · · Score: 1

      Well, I would have said "John Wayne wannabe", but the young whipper-snappers don't know who that is.

    7. Re:John Wayne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, your top boy Donald sure is an Accuracy Engine. "I saw thousands cheering in the streets", "80% murdered by...", "According to Bob the Border Guard, those sneaking in are mostly criminals..."

    8. Re: John Wayne by Dins · · Score: 1

      There are stupid posts in this thread for sure, but the GGP isn't one of them...

    9. Re: John Wayne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Wow. Are u 2 stupid to not fed trulls?

    10. Re: John Wayne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Wrong. They are the same thing dumazz

    11. Re:John Wayne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Ever notice how these kinds of trolls (the ones who go around yelling "LIBERAL!" at anything and everything they don't like or understand) always use excessively diminutive language? "little heads" and implying that they cannot reach their own conclusions. I believe this is a specific type of projection; essentially the same fantasy that schoolyard bullies are enjoying when they physically abuse other boys they call "gay". Well, in their case, it is a repressed homosexual urge, but in the case of these Glenn-Beck-style trolls I think it is just a massive inferiority complex, possibly coupled with some physical abuse that might be hidden deep within memories of their childhoods.

    12. Re:John Wayne by amiga3D · · Score: 0

      You do know that the old guard in the Republican party hates Trump don't you? It's the party rebels that are cheering him on. I actually don't like The Donald at all. Sadly though, most of the people that hate him the most hate me too. It makes me want to like him because I loathe most of his most vocal detractors. Just to let you know, Fox News takes constant shots at him. They are actually worse than CNN about it.

    13. Re: John Wayne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Because /. is anti science now.

    14. Re: John Wayne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You have no right to not be offended.

    15. Re: John Wayne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Trolls b' Us

    16. Re: John Wayne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      U b troll'n

    17. Re: John Wayne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      GGP?

    18. Re:John Wayne by thinkwaitfast · · Score: 1

      Everyone ending up in stim tanks (hyper realistic immersive vr video games) and personal holodecks is as good for killing civilization as all out nuclear war.

    19. Re:John Wayne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's a common tactic employed by non-intellectual types who profess to be conservative when they really don't know what conservatism is. They just parrot the talking points of Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Fox News, Breitbart and the like.

    20. Re: John Wayne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And the novel came 1972 so what's your problem?

    21. Re:John Wayne by halivar · · Score: 1

      And some of us Republicans can manage to hate both Trump and the old guard.

    22. Re:John Wayne by mtempsch · · Score: 1

      Rambo came out in 1982 - Reagan was elected in 1980.

      And the book [First Blood, David Morrell] was published in 1972...

    23. Re: John Wayne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If they are idiots you make yourself greater by comparison.

    24. Re:John Wayne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      >> electing Rambo wannabe

      Rambo came out in 1982 - Reagan was elected in 1980.

      So you're saying Reagan was a Rambo wannabe then.

    25. Re: John Wayne by Dins · · Score: 1

      Great Grand Parent - 3 posts above mine. It was a reach, yes.

    26. Re:John Wayne by GodelEscherBlecch · · Score: 1
      To be fair, the left hurls plenty of reductionist garbage insults as well. In my personal observation I would say less so (or at least less rabidly), but I acknowledge this could just be sample bias based on what I read.

      What I do notice is that from the right it does seem more often very intelligence / education centric (you are an idiot, a know-nothing, a sheep). When couched in a 3 line shit sandwich of insults with no actual intellectual content, I have to agree that it reeks of projection and insecurity. Kind of like trying to head off any valid discussion on racial inequality by calling everybody racists for talking about race. If you are truly such a goddamn genius that will be borne out in your rhetoric, but so far you are on the level of a human bumper sticker. Kind of hard to take your claims of intelligence seriously.

      I see (and cringe at) Liberals do a lot of foaming at the mouth too, but this seems to be more centered in moral outrage. I think the kids are calling it 'SJW' now, speaking of reductionist garbage.

      My favorite part (talking about both sides) is how the insult is always followed up with a straw man profile of the other person that is the WWI propaganda-poster-of-the-enemy version of whatever they represent, showing that this is about the level of understanding that the commenter has for the world outside their bubble. This one really cracks me up since part of the supposedly insulting profile is that this person has a high level of education in the field about which we are all arguing, which I guess makes him dumb somehow? Or is it because all they can do is ape opinions from an idealogue authority source (hmm, think I just caught another whiff of projection).

    27. Re:John Wayne by Coren22 · · Score: 1

      "I saw thousands cheering in the streets"

      Funny, I saw it on TV too, it just so happened to be occurring in the middle east.

      "80% murdered by..."

      Not sure what you are talking about there...

      "According to Bob the Border Guard, those sneaking in are mostly criminals..."

      No, it wasn't Bob the border guard, it was Fusion, a Univision owned magazine's article.

      http://www.mediaite.com/online...

      But don't let the facts get in the way of your dialog. Oh, and did you know, Hillary and Trump are good friends, your candidate is just as much pro business!

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    28. Re:John Wayne by Coren22 · · Score: 1

      It is a common tactic of the Left as well, they just don't come out and say it directly, but they like to treat the minorities like they can't get on without government help in every section of their lives, or that women can't get jobs anywhere they like right now, so they need help/to be tricked, in order to increase the numbers of women in STEM.

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    29. Re:John Wayne by Oil_Tan · · Score: 0

      Reagan was viewed as a cowboy by the USSR. Period. And not afraid to pull a Wyatt Erp.

    30. Re:John Wayne by JackieBrown · · Score: 1

      My favorite part (talking about both sides) is how the insult is always followed up with a straw man profile of the other person that is the WWI propaganda-poster-of-the-enemy version of whatever they represent

      I disagree that the democrats do this. For all the issues I have regarding the left, the democrats are very good at guarding their own while the republicans tear each other down during their race to the top.

      Just look at the difference during the debates. How often do you hear Bernie Sanders rip into Hillary? He even downplayed the email server issues that was plaguing Hillary.

      The Republicans can learn a lot by watching how the Democrats treat each other.

    31. Re:John Wayne by Tablizer · · Score: 1

      Trivia save! Thanks.

    32. Re: John Wayne by Maritz · · Score: 0

      Hey dumbass, you are feeding a troll. His post is hateful and stupid. You shouldn't support such stupid people. Either that or you're trolling yourself in an attempt destroy this site. Either way, you need to be banned, and I will do everything in my power to make sure that happens.

      I assume you've had a change of heart as I don't seem to be banned yet? In any case, thanks for letting me continue. I do appreciate it.

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    33. Re:John Wayne by jmac_the_man · · Score: 1
      The Dems have intra-party battles too, the media just chooses not to turn them into shitstorms (because that would hurt the side they are rooting for.)

      For example, you know the whole "Obama was born in Kenya" thing? Hillary's 2008 campaign started that during the primary.

      Sanders didn't hit Hillary over the emails because he's not serious about running for President.

    34. Re: John Wayne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Or, perhaps, they're just powerless. Some don't like to accept that. To wax philosophical and quote the greatest bard of our time, Killer Jose, "Hola my G-Block Bitches!" Seriously, what must it be like to think you're empowered to act on such a claim only to find out they're not? Do they have some cunning plan? Do they admit they need psychiatric help?

  6. Exactly why test-driven development is impractical by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    TDD is bad precisely because of this. Too many external dependencies will not act the same way outside of a test scenario, and the integration is where most of the errors will be found. Tests for parts of a system before that point will be largely a waste of time and resources.

  7. I love how the report was originally... by greenwow · · Score: 0

    classified as "TOP SECRET UMBRA GAMMA WNINTEL NOFORN NOCONTRACT ORCON." That looks more like a stroke or paranoid rant than a real government security classification.

    1. Re:I love how the report was originally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The two are indistinguishable.

    2. Re: I love how the report was originally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sounds like you know nothing about logic. Those words all hav me meaning unlike the shit that spews from your mouth.

    3. Re:I love how the report was originally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I never did trust those ORCONS (Star Trek?)

      NOFORN - No Fornication?
      NOCONTRACT - Great!
      WININTEL - Wut? No Amd? Unix?
      UMBRA - Umbrella corp?

      NOCOWS?

    4. Re: I love how the report was originally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Did u have a stroke

    5. Re: I love how the report was originally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Read the rest of her posts. She either had a stroke or hit her head.

    6. Re: I love how the report was originally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Any black person ever is better than you in every conceivable way.

    7. Re:I love how the report was originally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The only paranoid rant here is yours.

    8. Re: I love how the report was originally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      I miss the old /. where people explained rather than complained. That was why your post was marked as a troll. You added no information.

    9. Re: I love how the report was originally... by amiga3D · · Score: 0

      Well maybe not. He's just an idiot, he can't help it that his parents were sister and brother.

    10. Re: I love how the report was originally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Liar. It was not.

    11. Re: I love how the report was originally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And this is what gets moderated upward to +2 while an on-topic post is marked as a -1 and troll? This is why /. is dying. Netcraft confirms it, or something like that.

    12. Re: I love how the report was originally... by Coren22 · · Score: 1

      Um, amiga3D's post is unmoderated. Logged in users start at a value determined by their Karma. With Excellent karma, you get a +1, and an additional +1 that is optional.

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    13. Re:I love how the report was originally... by Coren22 · · Score: 1

      https://www.fas.org/sgp/otherg...

      You could look up a classification guide, or just Google any of those dissemination controls.

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    14. Re: I love how the report was originally... by amiga3D · · Score: 1

      I didn't really mean it to be insightful. It was spiteful and mean on purpose to show my disdain and disgust at the incestuous asshole's post. Not the one I replied to but the one he replied to. I am not really sorry if you were offended. Your sensitivities were simply collateral damage though. And I have some Karma to burn.

  8. You mean a NATO wargame almost triggered war by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Without the NATO playing war, I'm pretty sure the KGB software would have just sat idle, so who did the triggering, buddy?

    1. Re:You mean a NATO wargame almost triggered war by tnk1 · · Score: 1

      War games are a common event for military organizations. Despite the fact that Able Archer was particularly aggressive, it did not result in anything but a build up of forces within NATO's own territory or International airspace or waters. If the Soviets had launched a preemptive strike under those circumstances, even if they had understandable fears, it would still be an aggressive action on *their* part. They would still have pulled the trigger.

      Although I don't want to understate the problematic use of brinkmanship in the Cold War, I want to be clear that running an exercise is not the same thing as actually launching an attack. If the Soviets really came under attack, they would still have likely had more then enough time to retaliate with a substantial portion of their strategic missile forces. The very fact that they did not understand this underscores the paranoia the Soviet state operated under.

      Now, if the Able Archer participants had something like having a bomber or two accidentally stray over the border, then you have something more like an act of war. And that is one place where having such exercises can be very dangerous. A small scale accident can be mistaken for something it is not. Without the exercise, the bomber either would have gotten out ASAP, or at the very worst, been shot down, but without the build-up, that is as far as it would go. With the exercise, a stray bomber could cause a war.

    2. Re:You mean a NATO wargame almost triggered war by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      running an exercise is not the same thing as actually launching an attack.

      Neither is not actually launching an attack the same thing as actually launching an attack. The Soviets did build the trigger, but NATO still almost triggered it. It would have been a false alarm, but that doesn't change who triggered it. The safeguards on the Soviet side prevented it, not anything that NATO did.

    3. Re:You mean a NATO wargame almost triggered war by Coren22 · · Score: 1

      On top of all of that, it isn't like the Soviets didn't run their own exercises.

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    4. Re:You mean a NATO wargame almost triggered war by tnk1 · · Score: 1

      That's sort of like building a large bomb in your house attached to a motion detector pointed at the sidewalk and when a pedestrian gets too close to your house, he trips it and the bomb annihilates the pedestrian and your entire house with you in it. You then point out that it's the pedestrian that triggered it, which is true, but hilariously misses the point.

      If you build a system that causes you to launch a preemptive strike without an actual attack underway, it doesn't matter who triggered it. You're still the idiot that created a system that almost launched WWIII when no one was actually attacking you.

      Luckily, the Soviet people were not stupid, but the leadership mindset at the time was very much insular and paranoid. The extent to which that was true shocked Reagan himself badly when he realized that they actually believed that we were going to attack.

      I remember life in the USA in the early 1980's. We were constantly concerned with nuclear war, but no one actually believed we'd be the ones to fire the first shot of WWIII. We had no interest in actually attacking the Soviet Union, but we were rightfully concerned that they'd roll through Germany with a lot of tanks. And frankly, given the fact that they had shown no qualms about doing so in either 1956 or 1968 in their own allied states, I'd say we had reason to be concerned. The Soviet Union might have been paranoid of an attack, but they earned that paranoia by exporting revolution and outright expansionism.

    5. Re:You mean a NATO wargame almost triggered war by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That's sort of like building a large bomb in your house attached to a motion detector pointed at the sidewalk and when a pedestrian gets too close to your house, he trips it and the bomb annihilates the pedestrian and your entire house with you in it.

      I don't think that's an apt analogy for a system designed to be triggered by an attack and which was then almost triggered by a simulated attack (which was one tiny mistake shy of something that any human would have to consider an attack).

      they earned that paranoia by exporting revolution and outright expansionism.

      Most of the former soviet states you're talking about are NATO countries now. Just saying.

    6. Re:You mean a NATO wargame almost triggered war by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      ...but no one actually believed we'd be the ones to fire the first shot of WWIII.

      What you probably haven't thought about - they believed the same thing.

  9. In Soviet Russia, software runs you! by JoeyRox · · Score: 1

    What a Country!

    1. Re:In Soviet Russia, software runs you! by Xiaran · · Score: 1

      Except War Games is based on a incident that happened in the US. A test tape was loaded into a computer that simulated a Russian launch and thankfully people actually phoned up the radar stations reporting the launch and asked them or the US woudl have returned fire.

    2. Re:In Soviet Russia, software runs you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

      General Beringer: Dr. Falken, you picked a hell of a day for a visit!
      Stephen Falken: Uh-huh... General, what you see on these screens up here is a fantasy; a computer-enhanced hallucination. Those blips are not real missiles, they're phantoms.
      McKittrick: Jack, there's nothing to indicate a simulation at all. Everything is working perfectly!
      Stephen Falken: But does it make any sense?
      General Beringer: Does what make any sense?
      Stephen Falken: That!
      General Beringer: Look, I don't have time for a conversation right now.
      Stephen Falken: General, are you prepared to destroy the enemy?
      General Beringer: You betcha!
      Stephen Falken: Do you think they know that?
      General Beringer: I believe we've made that clear enough.
      Stephen Falken: Then don't! Tell the President to ride out the attack.
      Colonel Joe Conley: Sir, they need a decision.
      Stephen Falken: General, do you really believe that the enemy would attack without provocation, using so many missiles, bombers, and subs so that we would have no choice but to totally annihilate them?
      Female Airman First Class: One minute and thirty seconds to impact.
      Stephen Falken: General, you are listening to a machine! Do the world a favor and don't act like one.

  10. War Schmar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Was the KGB software open source?

    1. Re:War Schmar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes. Unfortunately it was written in marx!2#. It is highly portable but implementation always sucks.

    2. Re:War Schmar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's also difficult to write! Do you know how hard it is to change the magnetic polarity on a potato?!? Then, you're almost done, and along comes Svetla who wants to take it home to feed to her kids!

  11. Remember Gamma World by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I still resent Ronald Regan. I figure he had a 10% chance of ending life on earth during his presidency. The facts seem to bear this out. The guy came closer than even he knew to nuclear war and he was pretty reckless about it.

    I grew up then, and it seemed more likely than not that we would all inevitably die in nuclear war instead of old age.

    1. Re:Remember Gamma World by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yet he didn't and it didn't. And you still resent him. That says more about you than it says about him.

  12. led by a president possibly insane enough to do it by BECoole · · Score: 1, Insightful

    LOL! You gotta love these libs! So stupid, it's funny.

  13. Excerpt from program by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    void war() {
        int request_authorized = 0;
        str_list_t members = central_commitee_members;
        char *member = 0;
        for(member = str_list_deref(members);member;members=str_list_next(members)) {
            if(member_drunk(member)) // Don't ask drunk members
                continue; /*if(does_member_agree_war_request(member))*/ // Optimized out to get first strike
                request_authorized=1;
        }
        if(!request_authorized) // don't go to war if there is no authorisation from CPSU central commitee
            return; // All hail brother stalin!
        launch_nukes("white house");
        launch_nukes("capitalists");
        launch_nukes("west");
    }
    int main(void) {
        while(true)
            war(); // be ready to react
    }

    Now, master question, what has saved the world population's ass here? Alcohol. Stupid american laws banning alcohol in public. Soviet union is best.

  14. Re:led by a president possibly insane enough to do by Tablizer · · Score: 1

    LOL! You gotta love these libs! So stupid, it's funny.

    For something comparable, the tough talk of Iran's leader affects our decision makers here and now. His quotes are quite often used by the GOP to argue their stance.

    Either GOP is heavily bluffing, or they would factor in his blustery talk if there were a related international issue that required a snap judgement.

    It's not silly, as you imply, it's dead serious.

  15. Re:KGB is for cows. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Are you talking about the Apocalypse Cow?

  16. Re:led by a president possibly insane enough to do by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It's not a lib vs. con thing, the Soviets thought Reagan was nuts.

  17. Gorbachev's off the cuff comment I heard live by raymorris · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I was at an event where someone asked Gorbachev about the major economic changes in the early 1990s as the Soviet states re-organized into various coalitions after the USSR dissolved. In his reply, Gorbachev's main point was that it took longer for private industry to ramp up than had been hoped. I don't remember the exact words from the meat of his response; it was an "unimportant" preface clause that caught my attention. He replied:

    "After Reagan defeated us Perestroika wasn't moving as quickly as we had anticipated and ..."

    "After Reagan defeated us", that's how Gorbachev thinks of the fall of the Soviet Union. I'm no expert on US-Soviet relations in the 1980s, but Gorbachev certainly is. He knows the private discussions of the Politburo that historians can only guess about. And his four-word summary of the Soviet Union's fall is "after Reagan defeated us". Very interesting, I thought.

    1. Re:Gorbachev's off the cuff comment I heard live by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      summary of the Soviet Union's fall

      The main reason for all the Reagan hatred. The US knew SDI wouldn't work, but the soviets didn't and spent themselves into history trying to keep up. They were kinda in awe of US technology. I was there. Very interesting times indeed.

    2. Re:Gorbachev's off the cuff comment I heard live by halivar · · Score: 2

      I think all the players knew that, by the early 80's, the Cold War would never be fought with guns (except by proxy), but rather by the manipulation of spheres of influence and politics. In chess, you never actually take the king; rather you maneuver the opponent into an untenable position. To some degree, you might call the Cold War one of the most civilized contests in human history, and certainly one of the most cerebral.

    3. Re:Gorbachev's off the cuff comment I heard live by Coren22 · · Score: 0

      For any like me that didn't know, SDI most likely refers to this:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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    4. Re:Gorbachev's off the cuff comment I heard live by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Sounds like confirmation bias to me. Other interpretations:

      1) Any collapse of the USSR would be a win for the USA, and vice versa because they regarded themselves as enemies fighting each other. The reason was irrelevant. Even if the USSR's collapse was mostly internal, it'd still be regarded as USA - hence Reagan - "winning", because the USA outlasted it.

      2) Gorbachev was a traitor to Communism and wanted to see Russia move to a Western style system (like FW de Klerk was conservative for decades until suddenly he was anti-apartheid and moved things in that direction so that the outcome became inevitable). The "us" refers to the USSR, a version of events he spins because it in fact represented a victory for his beliefs.

      3) Gorbachev was faithful to Communism and saw that the Soviet Empire was not socialist: "By moving towards a market, we are not swerving from the road of socialism. What had collapsed [Warsaw Pact] was not socialism but Stalinism." (CPSU 28th Congress) He felt that Stalinism had to be undone to return to the path of socialist revolution, but couldn't paint this as himself destroying the USSR, so claimed it was Reagan's victory.

    5. Re:Gorbachev's off the cuff comment I heard live by cpm99352 · · Score: 1

      What should not be forgotten is how bad the CIA estimates were on the Soviet economy. They were utter crap. I cannot stress this enough, and I encourage anyone interested in the topic to read the highly-rated (at the time) US texts on Soviet economy.

      Virtually all highly rated US texts in 1980-1999 on Soviet/Russian economy were garbage.

      So, what does this say about the CIA?

    6. Re:Gorbachev's off the cuff comment I heard live by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You don't have to "interpret" or speculate. There are a number of resources you can make use of including the book "The Fall of the USSR" in which Gorby goes into details and a lot of other experts share his conclusions. You have to wait a while longer to revise history. It wasn't that long ago and we are still alive.

    7. Re:Gorbachev's off the cuff comment I heard live by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The US was spent into oblivion, too, you know: we went from tiny deficits (maybe a few billion or so under Carter, about which the GOP was SCREAMING) to MASSIVE deficits (hundreds of billions) and debt (trillions) under St. Reagan the Senile, and the US also went from being the world's leading creditor nation to being the world's leading DEBTOR nation.

      Go look it up. Just don't expect to find this on fox news sites...

      The only reason the US economy didn't fall apart until 1987 was that Japan Inc bought all the T-bonds the Reagan admin had printed; the Japanese did that with funny money from MITI-supported banks which finally fell over in the 1990s (go look up Japanese Zombie Banks). The bubble burst in 1987 when Japan's economy went soft and then the computerized NYSE algorithms did what koolaid-drinking human minds wouldn't do: they saw the facts as they were and tried to dump out of illiquid positions. "We came within an eyelash of global economic meltdown." - quote from the NYUSE president on the 1987 crash.

      Then it got worse, and by 1991 GHW Bush was left holding the bag the FIRST time voodoo economics fell over. The SECOND time it fell over, his idiot son was left holding the bag (late 2008). Couldn't have happened to a more deserving bunch of culpable dopes either time.

    8. Re:Gorbachev's off the cuff comment I heard live by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative, aka "Star Wars"

  18. C17H19ClN2S by Tenebrousedge · · Score: 1

    Looks like APK is off his meds again...

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    1. Re:C17H19ClN2S by Coren22 · · Score: 1

      Naa, that AC was sane in comparison.

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  19. I remember some of Able Archer by whitroth · · Score: 0

    And anyone with any sense thought it was insane for him to ratchet up tensions with the USSR, as though being President was actually some kind of movie.

    Yes, a lot of us *did* think he was nuts enough to do it. And if his handlers hadn't held him back, none of use would be reading or writing this.

    Fscking psychotic arsehole.

                          mark

    1. Re:I remember some of Able Archer by towermac · · Score: 2

      And I remember all of Reagan's years, and Carter's too. I remember that after he had been president for 4 years, he won by the biggest landslide in history.

      So apparently most of the voters disagreed with your characterizations. That's historical fact, no opinion required.

      If I throw my opinion into it, I'd have to say we valued intangibles like human rights, economic opportunity, peace, ... far more than you apparently do today.

    2. Re:I remember some of Able Archer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Today, we have nothing to compare and contrast with. Sure, we could, but those are icky brown people. The USSR was full of people who look like us so they're easier to contrast with and have sympathy for. Some folks just want to appear to be not racists by loudly proclaiming how much they aren't. Yes, the root of it is partially involving race.

  20. Don't blame the software... by cant_get_a_good_nick · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...Blame the model.

    I read this article, the model was flawed, based on a "we'll attack when we pass some threshhold". Everything else was just to feed the model. They added a lot of things, so the model could only be calculated on a computer. But its a modeling error, the tool was a computer.

  21. Hoped. Cuban missile crisis, etc. Win wo shooting by raymorris · · Score: 1

    > I think all the players knew that, by the early 80's, the Cold War would never be fought with guns (except by proxy), but rather by the manipulation of spheres of influence and politics

    I think HOPED it would end without nuclear war. The Cuban missile crisis, the events described in TFA, etc suggested that it was entirely likely that one day, eventually someone would fire a missile which would in turn trigger nuclear armageddon- unless one side won before that happened. The trick was how to win without shooting. Kennedy and Reagan both handled that masterfully.

  22. Re:led by a president possibly insane enough to do by dywolf · · Score: 1

    In what fantasy realm is the destruction of all life on earth the act of a sane man?

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  23. Soviet Russian names by unixisc · · Score: 2

    That city was St Petersburg, then Petrograd, then Leningrad, now again St Petersburg... I wonder why they didn't pick the more Russian sounding name of Petrograd?

    Speaking of which, while St Petersburg is the name of the city, the oblast name remains Leningrad. Also surprising is that while Gorky was named back to Novgorod and Sverdlovsk was named back to Ekateringrad, Ulyanovsk - named after Lenin - remains that, and didn't revert to the previous name of Simbirsk.

    Would love to see a Russian leader who embraces the Tsarist heritage but rejects the Soviet legacy. Unlike Putin

    1. Re:Soviet Russian names by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That city was St Petersburg, then Petrograd, then Leningrad, now again St Petersburg... I wonder why they didn't pick the more Russian sounding name of Petrograd?

      Actually Petrograd is "more Russian" than St. Petersburg. Both carry more or less same meaning except there is nothing Russian, or I should say Slavic, about "St." or "-burg".

    2. Re:Soviet Russian names by jblues · · Score: 1

      It was Peter the Great, who started the custom of naming cities 'burgs'

      Peter's visits to the West impressed upon him the notion that European customs were in several respects superior to Russian traditions. He commanded all of his courtiers and officials to cut off their long beards—causing his Boyars, who were very fond of their beards, great upset—and also to wear European tight pants, as was the fashion of the day.

      Boyars who sought to retain their beards were required to pay an annual beard tax of one hundred rubles. He also sought to end arranged marriages, which were the norm among the Russian nobility, because he thought such a practice was barbaric and led to domestic violence, since the partners usually resented each other.

      Presumably the popular pastime of bear-wresting came to an end at this time as well.

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    3. Re:Soviet Russian names by unixisc · · Score: 1

      I know that Peter the Great did that. But after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, when entities named after Communists reverted to their pre Communist names, like the examples I picked above, was there any particular reason why Tsar Peter's preferences would have trumped the fact that Petrograd, still named after him, but more Russified, did not get picked?

      Also, how was it that the oblast retained the name Leningrad, or that Ulyanovsk didn't revert to Simbirsk, given that Lenin had fallen out of favor?

  24. Coren22's "APKolypse" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "I've been asked to further clarify so for the record yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

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    "I guess we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

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    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

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    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I literally say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else can I programmatically update hosts?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts needs it vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    What others like Dog-Cow (old acc't. not a new sockpuppet from you) thinks of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  25. Coren22's "APKolypse" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "I've been asked to further clarify so for the record yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "I guess we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I literally say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else can I programmatically update hosts?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts needs it vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    What others like Dog-Cow (old acc't. not a new sockpuppet from you) thinks of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  26. GOP preferences by unixisc · · Score: 1

    I liked the Newt group in 1994, but today, I just can't recognize them. Kasich of today is nothing like the Kasich who balanced the budget in Congress. I have no problems w/ him making OH a part of Obamacare if he thought that that was what they need, but for him to attack Trump on the issue of deporting illegals or automatic birthright citizenship for anchor babies, and then talk about picking winners and losers in the bank bailouts did it for me. Mitch McConnell today is nothing like the guy who opposed McCain-Feingold, and it's tough to see why he decided to be even more of a compromiser than McCain recently. I actually have nothing against Jeb, but I hated both the George Bush policies, and fear that Jeb would be surrounded by the same coteries.

    In 2008, I supported Obama just b'cos I hated both Hilary and McCain. There was no way I was gonna support McCain given how he was throwing Conservatives under the bus. Romney I was somewhat okay w/, even if he lost. This year, I support most of the candidates, except Graham, who is at the bottom, and to a lesser extent, Kaisich, Bush, Christie and Fiorina, whose chances are dim as well. I can't really decide b/w the Donald, Carson and Cruz, but would happily support any of the top 4 if they got the nomination.

    1. Re:GOP preferences by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I liked the Newt group in 1994, but today, I just can't recognize them. Kasich of today is nothing like the Kasich who balanced the budget in Congress. I have no problems w/ him making OH a part of Obamacare if he thought that that was what they need, but for him to attack Trump on the issue of deporting illegals or automatic birthright citizenship for anchor babies, and then talk about picking winners and losers in the bank bailouts did it for me. Mitch McConnell today is nothing like the guy who opposed McCain-Feingold, and it's tough to see why he decided to be even more of a compromiser than McCain recently. I actually have nothing against Jeb, but I hated both the George Bush policies, and fear that Jeb would be surrounded by the same coteries.

      In 2008, I supported Obama just b'cos I hated both Hilary and McCain. There was no way I was gonna support McCain given how he was throwing Conservatives under the bus. Romney I was somewhat okay w/, even if he lost. This year, I support most of the candidates, except Graham, who is at the bottom, and to a lesser extent, Kaisich, Bush, Christie and Fiorina, whose chances are dim as well. I can't really decide b/w the Donald, Carson and Cruz, but would happily support any of the top 4 if they got the nomination.

      Why don't you just save us all the time and admit you're a shit-eating moron.

    2. Re:GOP preferences by amiga3D · · Score: 1

      I don't really like a single person running. On either side. The USA is pretty much fucked.

    3. Re:GOP preferences by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      He doesn't have to, you got that already covered bro.

    4. Re:GOP preferences by jmac_the_man · · Score: 1

      In 2008, I supported Obama just b'cos I hated both Hilary and McCain. There was no way I was gonna support McCain given how he was throwing Conservatives under the bus.

      You don't like how McCain treated conservatives, so you voted for the guy who spent the past decade calling anyone who disagrees with him (normally conservatives) as evil, racist, and supporters of terrorism?

    5. Re:GOP preferences by unixisc · · Score: 1

      McCain was conservative at one time, but moved to the Left. Trump was Liberal at one time, but has more recently moved to the right. I don't hold one's Leftist past against him if he has converted to the Right. Of course, one may assert that he hasn't changed at all, and could well be right - that remains to be seen. That's a part of why I'm still undecided, or rather split b/w him, Cruz and Carson.

  27. Re:Coren22's "APKolypse" by Coren22 · · Score: 1

    Thank you for the demonstration, it goes right along with what I was saying.

    --
    APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
  28. Re:Coren22's "APKolypse" by Harlequin80 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What the fuck is wrong with you? Have you considered seeking professional help? Just so you know your attacks on Coren now mean I hold him in much higher regard.

  29. Coren22's "APKolypse"... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "I've been asked to further clarify so for the record yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "I guess we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I literally say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else can I programmatically update hosts?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts needs it vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    What others like Dog-Cow (old acc't. not a new sockpuppet from you) thinks of your signatures on me

    ... apk

    1. Re:Coren22's "APKolypse"... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Isn't it a holiday in your country? Go spend some time with your friends and family. We'll remember that you "owned Corren22" while you're gone. We won't forget.

      Seriously, go spend some time with friends and family. It will do you some good.

    2. Re:Coren22's "APKolypse"... apk by Coren22 · · Score: 1

      I think these posts are done by a script he runs, I don't think APK honestly copy pastes these, as there are often numbering errors (1, 2, 3, 5, 4) or missing posts (1, 2, 3/5, but no 4 or 5), and if frequently misses some of my posts to reply to, though it appears he intends to post on every post.

      --
      APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
  30. Re:led by a president possibly insane enough to do by _merlin · · Score: 1

    You can't have been alive at the time. It really did seem that Reagan may have been crazy enough to attack the USSR under the belief he was doing gods work.

  31. Coren22's "APKolypse"... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "I've been asked to further clarify so for the record yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "I guess we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else can I programmatically update hosts?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts needs it vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I literally say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    What others like Dog-Cow (old acc't. not a new sockpuppet from you) thinks of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  32. Coren22's "APKolypse"... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "I've been asked to further clarify so for the record yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "I guess we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else can I programmatically update hosts?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts needs it vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I literally say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    What others like Dog-Cow (old acc't. not a new sockpuppet from you) thinks of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  33. Coren22's "APKolypse" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "I've been asked to further clarify so for the record yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "I guess we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else can I programmatically update hosts?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts needs it vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I literally say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    What others like Dog-Cow (old acc't. not a new sockpuppet from you) thinks of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  34. Re:Coren22's "APKolypse" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    We just hold you in regard of being a 7 digit new sockpuppet of Coren22s. Coren22 attacked apk and got crushed for it.

  35. Coren22's "APKolypse"... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "I've been asked to further clarify so for the record yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "I guess we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else can I programmatically update hosts?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts needs it vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I literally say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    What others like Dog-Cow (old acc't. not a new sockpuppet from you) thinks of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  36. Coren22's "APKolypse"... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "I've been asked to further clarify so for the record yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "I guess we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else can I programmatically update hosts?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts needs it vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I literally say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    What others like Dog-Cow (old acc't. not a new sockpuppet from you) thinks of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  37. STFU jackass & read this... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "I've been asked to further clarify so for the record yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "I guess we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else can I programmatically update hosts?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts needs it vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I literally say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    What others like Dog-Cow (old acc't. not a new sockpuppet from you) thinks of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  38. Re:Hoped. Cuban missile crisis, etc. Win wo shooti by halivar · · Score: 1

    I also believe their Soviet counterparts deserve half the credit. Both parties (Kennedy vs Kruschev, Reagan vs Gorechav) were matched pairs necessary for the resultant peace.

  39. Gorbachev yes. Kennedy & Reagan vs US govt by raymorris · · Score: 1

    One thing that makes Kennedy and Reagan stand out to me is that they did precisely the right thing at the right time -despite- everyone around them pushing to do the opposite. During the Cuban missile crisis, a lot of top people wanted to basically start WW3. The Soviet government, headed by Kruchev, pushed the US that direction.

    Later, as the USSR was weakened to the point that the US could actually win the Cold War and end it, all of Reagan's advisors wanted him to play nice, to get along with the USSR rather than defeat them. EVERYBODY said the "tear down this wall" line was too confrontational. Reagan went ahead and got confrontational and won the cold war, very much making that decision -personally-.

    I think Gorbachev was in a somewhat similar position- he had the wisdom to recognize that statist communism wasn't working, and markets had to be opened. That recognition of the failure of the soviet ideology wasn't popular.

    I don't know that Kruschev was in the same boat. A lot of people in his position probably would have done more or less the same thing he did.

  40. Re:Coren22's "APKolypse" by Harlequin80 · · Score: 1

    I know I shouldn't do this as it is picking on the disabled. But you and I have a seriously different understanding of crushed if you think Coren came off badly. Mate I don't think there is anyone on this site that gets crushed as often and as repeatedly as you do. You might think Coren has a million sock puppets that are busy downmodding you but the truth is you are the red headed step child of the slashdot family and it's you that gets crushed, not the people you decide to stalk.

  41. Re:led by a president possibly insane enough to do by BECoole · · Score: 1

    Yes, I was alive then. The Soviets didn't buttsecks Reagan like they do The Zero.

  42. Re:Coren22's "APKolypse" by Coren22 · · Score: 1

    Thank you for the defense, but it is all good. I think he honestly knows he is a huge troll, but he has this need to claim otherwise. It doesn't bother me, and for those who it annoys, just click the title of his posts and they don't exist for you anymore.

    --
    APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
  43. Re:Coren22's "APKolypse" by Coren22 · · Score: 1

    You double posted your fake response APK, you really should be more careful of that, it might make more people see how it is you agreeing with yourself.

    --
    APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
  44. Re:Coren22's "APKolypse" by Harlequin80 · · Score: 1

    No worries Coren. I figured you were pretty comfortable in your self and not considering ending it all because of APK. I was just in a grumpy mood last night and fancied kicking a troll.

    I have to admit that APK annoys me less than all the Cow goes Moo and Gay Nigga auto posts.

  45. Re:led by a president possibly insane enough to do by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    African s. But it is sane MEN, plural.

  46. Coren22's impersonator "APKolypse" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else programmatically update it?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts do vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    Coren22 IMPERSONATES RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COMMUNITY http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    Dog-Cow's (old acc't. no new sockpuppet from you) thoughts of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  47. Coren22's IMPERSONATOR "APKolypse" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else programmatically update it?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts do vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    Coren22 IMPERSONATES RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COMMUNITY http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    Dog-Cow's (old acc't. no new sockpuppet from you) thoughts of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  48. Coren22's IMPERSONATION "APKolypse"... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Coren22 IMPERSONATES RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COMMUNITY http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else programmatically update it?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts do vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    ---

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    Dog-Cow's (old acc't. no new sockpuppet from you) thoughts of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  49. Coren22's IMPERSONATION "APKolypse" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Coren22 IMPERSONATES RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COMMUNITY http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else programmatically update it?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts do vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    ---

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    Dog-Cow's (old acc't. no new sockpuppet from you) thoughts of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  50. Coren22's impersonation "APKolypse" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Coren22 IMPERSONATES RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COMMUNITY http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else programmatically update it?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts do vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    ---

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    Dog-Cow's (old acc't. no new sockpuppet from you) thoughts of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  51. Coren22's impersonation "APKolypse" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Coren22 IMPERSONATES RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COMMUNITY http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else programmatically update it?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts do vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    ---

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    Dog-Cow's (old acc't. no new sockpuppet from you) thoughts of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  52. Coren22's impersonation "APKolypse" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Coren22 IMPERSONATES RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COMMUNITY http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else programmatically update it?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts do vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    ---

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    Dog-Cow's (old acc't. no new sockpuppet from you) thoughts of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  53. Coren22's impersonation "APKolypse" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Coren22 IMPERSONATES RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COMMUNITY http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else programmatically update it?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts do vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    ---

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    Dog-Cow's (old acc't. no new sockpuppet from you) thoughts of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  54. Coren22's impersonation "APKolypse" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Coren22 IMPERSONATES RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COMMUNITY http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else programmatically update it?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts do vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    ---

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    Dog-Cow's (old acc't. no new sockpuppet from you) thoughts of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  55. Coren22's impersonation "APKolypse" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Coren22 IMPERSONATES RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COMMUNITY http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else programmatically update it?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts do vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    ---

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    Dog-Cow's (old acc't. no new sockpuppet from you) thoughts of your signatures about me

    ... apk

  56. Coren22's impersonation "APKolypse" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Coren22 IMPERSONATES RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COMMUNITY http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

    ---

    "privilege escalation's a bad thing" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015

    How else programmatically update it?

    "requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015

    Hypocrite later admits it - hosts do vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.

    ---

    "secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code & said it looked all good" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes

    "yes I've seen the code & yes it is safe." FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...

    ---

    "we should avoid your crap it looks like malware." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50850445)

    60++ reputable sources say different:

    64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    +

    32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...

    &

    Installer-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...

    MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    ---

    "MiTM... his software provides" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015

    Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.

    ---

    "Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015

    Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007

    http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...

    See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.

    APK

    P.S.=>

    "modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015

    Dog-Cow's (old acc't. no new sockpuppet from you) thoughts of your signatures about me

    ... apk