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  1. Re:Sad... on Click Here To Infect Your PC! · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's true. Free porn is a great way to get people to click on things they usually wouldn't click on. While I was in college about 8 years ago, I set up a porn share from my computer that was password protected. I also included a file called GET_PORN_PASSWORD.EXE which popped up a box with the password. The EXE also installed the client stub for Sub7 (a type of back-orafice program). Since Sub7 was fairly new, none of the antivirus software picked up on it. Over the next 24 hours I had pretty much 8,000 machines that I could fully remote, pull data off of, log key strokes, etc (my personal favorite was opening the cdrom drive and playing a "FEED ME" wave file).

    Luckily I was never questioned about the matter and by the time most people caught on, Antivirus definitions were updated to detect the Sub7 stub.

  2. Injuction served when? on The End for Vonage? · · Score: 1

    . . . because I can still sign up for service via the Vonage website.

  3. Re:Beware JVM Problems on Linux Systems and the New DST · · Score: 1

    Is upgrading to 1.3.1.18 out of the question in your scenario? Or what about updating your timezone tables? (given the tzupdater utility for JVMs prior to 1.3.1.18 requires a maintenance contract, it's still an option)

  4. Second Life! on Using Gym Rats' Body Power to Generate Electricity · · Score: 1

    Someone get Linden Labs involved on this endeavor!

  5. Avoidance on From Bess to Worse · · Score: 2, Insightful

    At my previous place of employment, they used an annoying blocking mechanism (Websense I believe) which would block based on keywords on the site, or even the website name. It became so annoying that (almost) everyone within the IT department started using outside proxies to get around the blocker.

    I wouldn't recommend doing that if you value your job as 7 people were terminated (myself included) shortly after doing so for circumventing their security measures.

  6. Maybe, depends on Fees on Apple TV to be a Centrally Controlled P2P Network? · · Score: 1

    I may bite at such a service if Apple included the functionality in their monthly fee to use the device. If it was an added feature that carried a separate charge, I certainly would not be interested.

  7. Re:Similar on 'Daylight Savings Bugs' Loom · · Score: 1

    Just think, the energy savings from the DST change will offset the cost of the change so we'll only end up losing a few million dollars.

  8. Re:it is a real concern on 'Daylight Savings Bugs' Loom · · Score: 1

    Java is its own problem. The issue we're dealing with at my work is shitty java programmers coding for a specific J2RE, instead of using the currently installed version reference by the JAVAHOME variable. Sun released a TZUpdater utility for patching J2RE's, but only the JAVAHOME version. What it has boiled down to is the programmers updating their applications to use the currently installed and configured J2RE in JAVAHOME (which they should have done in the first place).

  9. Re:Church vs. State on Kansas Adopts New Science Standards · · Score: 1

    This topic really revolves around ignorance and control.

    ... which is exactly how the church typically works. Only call ignorance & control 'faith'. And I whole heartily agree with your idea of having it taught as theory. I took a Philosophy of Religion course in college which took this exact angle. It kept the class quite interesting without going overboard into the 'holy roller' aspect of most religion based courses.
  10. Re:What the Phudge? on Drive-By Pharming Attack Could Hit Home Networks · · Score: 1

    b3C4$3 3V3ryT1nG h4x0r r3L4t3D mU$t b3 ph34r3d!!

  11. Church vs. State on Kansas Adopts New Science Standards · · Score: 1

    Apparently the line separating church & state is quite blurry these days...

  12. Re:IBM or Microsoft on Microsoft Blasts IBM Over XML Standards · · Score: 1

    I was thinking more along the lines of a mushroom cloud...

  13. GIANT PENIX! on John Edwards' Campaign Enters Second Life · · Score: 1

    I can only hope that his Second Life campaign is inundated with attacks made by giant flying penises.

  14. Re:Bill Cosby on Quantum Computer To Launch Next Week · · Score: 1

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought of this Cosby skit...

  15. Re:Temperatures on US Military Tests Non-Lethal Heat Ray · · Score: 0

    What I was implying is the targets of the microwave gun will have THEIR weapons heated up to such a temperature that they drop them.

  16. Temperatures on US Military Tests Non-Lethal Heat Ray · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Considering that the average temperature of bath water is ~110F, 130F doesn't seem like it would be too uncomfortable for a soldier. Considering the temperatures most soldiers face (especially those deployed to the desert) I'm sure they are exposed to similar temps by the environment alone + gear. The question I have is will the microwaves react differently to a metal object as opposed to human skin? IE: cause the gun/weapon a soldier is holding to become very hot causing the soldier to drop it, rather than causing the skin to burn.

  17. I play second life ... on Are DMCA Abuses a Temporary or Permanent Problem? · · Score: 1, Funny

    because my real life doesn't have enough scams or giant penises after my female counterpart.

  18. Quoted.. on Largest Ever Online Robbery Hits Swedish Bank · · Score: 3, Funny

    An employee of the Swedish Bank was quoted as saying, "Gersh gurndy morn-dee hack-zee hack-zee!"

  19. Luckily no .net 3.0 benchmarks... on Mac OS X Versus Windows Vista, The Rematch · · Score: 1
    ... because that would be in direct violation of Microsoft's Vista EULA.

    9. MICROSOFT .NET BENCHMARK TESTING. The software includes one or more components of the .NET Framework 3.0 (".NET Components"). You may conduct internal benchmark testing of those components. You may disclose the results of any benchmark test of those components, provided that you comply with the conditions set forth at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=66406. Notwithstanding any other agreement you may have with Microsoft, if you disclose such benchmark test results, Microsoft shall have the right to disclose the results of benchmark tests it conducts of your products that compete with the applicable .NET Component, provided it complies with the same conditions set forth at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=66406.
  20. Re:Spell Checker on Seamonkey 1.1 Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    write! the spell cheque inn firefox is help full. Know wonder pea poll speak sew hi lee of it. Eye am surprised its knot inn this knew see monkey soft where.

  21. Re:CTRL-F1 cuts the ribbon on Office 2007 — Better But a Tough Switch · · Score: 1

    The UI changes meets all the criteria for things I'm most terrified of: something I don't understand at all and refuse to learn more about.

  22. Re:Tacky joke... on Siemens Reaches 107 Gbps Data Transfer Record · · Score: 1

    ... does a tube sock count as a compatible interface?

  23. Re:Wombats on Companies Betting on WiMAX · · Score: 1

    I am at a loss as to how small, furry and cute animals will greatly interfere with a wifi signal. However we should be more concerned with WOMBAT and its effects on the signal.

  24. Re:Does this mean that there won't be a PS4? on Sony Says Nobody Will Ever Use All the Power of a PS3 · · Score: 1

    Sony Exec's have already hinted at the PS4, however not anytime soon... 2010 expected timeframe for a new Sony console.

  25. Re:Take it one more step on S Korea & China Mandate Common Chargers, Data Cables · · Score: 1

    The voltage ranges are not the issue, but rather the design of the plug. Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mains_power_ connectors