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  1. Re:Mix of Dale Carnegie and Software on Book Review: Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking · · Score: 1

    A social network attack would be googling your user name, finidng that the first result is for your facebook profile and second is for your linkdin profile. Scraping that information (possibly by becoming your "friend") and then using it to answer "Super Secret" password recovery questions so I can reset your password to whatever I want.

  2. Re:Mitnick on Book Review: Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking · · Score: 1

    I have this book at home and have read about 3/4 of it. It's a great book and I too agree that this is a great read for anyone. When I am done I'll be passing this book on to my friends and my dad.

    Mitnick didn't write the book, no, but I think that he did the foreword. The tone and writing style of the book is interesting and will make you think. I think I paid ~30.00 for this book, Including the Canadian Tax, and I feel I got great value from it.

    I approve of this book

  3. This website looks great! on Even Microsoft Wants IE6 Dead · · Score: 3, Funny

    It sure does render good using IE6!

  4. Re:I think this is a good thing on DHS Eyes Covert Body Scans · · Score: 1

    I agree! I wonder if I can buy my own to scan myself where ever I go just in case someone planted a bomb on me without my knowledge.

  5. Re:Doing something increases your self-esteem on Facebook Boosts Your Self-Esteem · · Score: 1

    How exactly do you rate self esteem? Also, I wouldn't say that my self esteem changes from minute to minute unless something crazy happens.... Like a girl telling me I'm cute or hot. Hey! It could happen!

  6. Re:speaking as a Canadian to the USTR on 13 Countries On US "Priority Watch List" For Copyright Piracy · · Score: 2

    Oh I'd complain for sure.... But the other guy isn't going to jail over it.

  7. Re:RF interference on Asus Motherboard Box Doubles As PC Case · · Score: 2

    You shouldn't be worried about the RF that is coming out of the board, you should be worried about what is giong INto the board. RF interference can cause random problems, like unexplained crashing, but I haven't ever had any issues with it. You can assemble a computer and just have the loose pieces laying on a table, and the computer will run fine. In practice, comptuers are pretty resiliant to RF.

  8. Re:No concerns about RFI? on Asus Motherboard Box Doubles As PC Case · · Score: 1

    What about fire resistance? Aside from the eye-sore aspect, the potential fire problem would make me wary.

    On another note, the new /. posting method doesn't work with IE6. I know, I know.... IE6.... That's the company standard and I know I'm not alone here.

  9. Why is China even on the Internet? on Chinese Hackers Strike Energy Companies · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Seriously... Let's just remove China from the Internet. Let's take back the millions of IPv4 addresses and solve several problems with one action.

  10. Re:Who cares? It was cool on Samsung Rains Paper Airplanes From Space · · Score: 1

    All these people saying "who cares, it's cool!" should consider whether it's still cool if all the planes fell to the ground within 100 miles of the launch point and none have yet been found.

    Yeah, I think that would be pretty cool.

  11. Re:ISP on If You Think You Can Ignore IPv6, Think Again · · Score: 1

    Load balancing?

  12. Re:ISP on If You Think You Can Ignore IPv6, Think Again · · Score: 1

    You aren't wrong, but you are naive!

  13. Re:I'm sorry, that's it. on N.C. Official Sics License Police On Computer Scientist For Too Good a Complaint · · Score: 1
  14. Re:Well, yeah... on Geek Culture Will Never Die...or Be Popular · · Score: 1

    I would describe The Big Bang Theory as being watered down though. Remember at the beginning of the first episode, when they were at a sperm donor clinic so they could raise funds for their fractional T1 line? The science-y things have been watered down, and what is left is thoroughly explained. I think it would have been better if penny stayed that hot neighbour that they couldn't talk to.

    I also like my telephone to be 'Party Line" style, and I still walk to work uphill both ways too...GET OFF MY LAWN, yada yada...

  15. Re:Overtaken... on Netgear CEO Says Jobs's Ego Will Bite Apple · · Score: 1

    So, let me get this streight. You can copy an MP3 file to your iDevice WITHOUT using iTunes? You can listen to that file on your iDevice? You can later connect your iDevice to another computer and then copy that file off?

  16. Re:Geez, is everyone a baby? on World of StarCraft Mod Gets C&D From Blizzard · · Score: 3, Insightful

    He's not selling anything. Also, Blizzard itself would facilitate any transfer to other players, as designed, through battle.net. It would be like if Disney sold you a coloring book and said that anyone with a coloring book can copy their coloring (using a Disney approved photocopier) to give to their friends. But then this guy comes along with a Mickey coloring that is better than the real Mickey, so Disney is all in a huffy, and they are all like "I'm taking my photocopier and going home".

  17. Re:Evil commenting on evil on Why Sony Cannot Stop PS3 Pirates · · Score: 1

    Microsoft has a tool that will allow your to transfer your licences from one console to another so that you can still play offline. Try this out.

  18. Re:people worried about surveillance in public spa on Honeywell To Sell Miami-Dade Police a Surveillance Drone · · Score: 1

    Fuck that... It costs way too much to outfit millions of cars with kit. It's much easier to place them on the side of the road and mail out the tickets en masse.

  19. Re:But but but on FBI Alleged To Have Backdoored OpenBSD's IPSEC Stack · · Score: 1

    No I didn't even know about that, but it was an interesting read. I just base that on the value that a backdoor would have. Imagine being able to spy on people that don't want anyone listening. It's just so valuable that I'm sure they would try very hard to get in on it.

  20. Re:But but but on FBI Alleged To Have Backdoored OpenBSD's IPSEC Stack · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I wonder if Linux has a similar backdoor. I think that it would be quite likely that MS products have one.

  21. Re:Why Can't They Make It Work? on SatPhones — Why Can't They Make It Work? · · Score: 1

    Use cold water.

  22. Re:Do they still use geostationary satellites? on SatPhones — Why Can't They Make It Work? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I sometimes talk to people that use these phones up in Northern Alberta. The quality is actually far better than you would expect, and the delay isn't too noticable. I think the phone the other guy was using was on the Iridium network.

    I think that the problem with these phones and why they will never take off is that they will never be cheap enough for mere mortals to use. They just don't have enough bandwidth to have the unwashed masses using it to talk about the latest celeb gossip. With a space based solution, it would be hard to break geographic areas into cells like what is currently done with cell phone tech. The result is that everyone is on the same tower, and there is only so much signal to go around. Because supply is so tight, price has to remain high.

  23. Re:Makes the rest of us suffer... on IT Worker's Revenge Lands Her In Jail · · Score: 1

    You actually own about 1/350,000,000th of it. You alo do not possess any responsibility for the nuke, just like being a member of a co-op doesn't mean that you can just take free stuff because you are an "owner".

    Is this really so hard to understand? I thought that slashdot people were generally pretty smart....

  24. Re:delete key? what? on Chrome Does Have a Caps-Lock Key After All · · Score: 1

    Rename a file - Use F2.
    properties/file permissions - Alt+Enter.
    I see your point though. Most common commands already have shortcuts, but for the uncommon it might be useful. I'll have to try it out.

  25. Re:delete key? what? on Chrome Does Have a Caps-Lock Key After All · · Score: 2

    Well I don't know about mere mortals, but I use a command line every time, and always make up some crazy regular expression to do it just so I can show off my maaaad skillz.

    But seriously, I use all the keys on the keyboard, except some of the F# keys. IF you want to talk about useless keys, let's talk about the 'context menu key' that is located beside the right windows key. That is a useless key. Is there really someone out there that runs a windows desktop and does not use a mouse or lacks the ability to perform a right click?