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  1. Re:Practical vs Applied on Practical Cryptography · · Score: 1

    Laugh.
    Woops. Saw Applied Crypto linked in the description and that overroad the title.

  2. Re:Practical vs Applied on Practical Cryptography · · Score: 1

    Here is a link to the actual book:
    http://www.counterpane.com/book-practical.h tml

  3. Re:Practical vs Applied on Practical Cryptography · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Schneir is actually releasing a followup to AC centered around actually using crypto in everyday applications.

    He mentioned it in this month Cryptogram.

  4. Re:*Old Man Rant* on Hard Drives Down To A Dollar A Gigabyte · · Score: 5, Funny

    You jus' TRY cranking the disk with one hand while yer typing with the other hand! Damn sap gettin' all over the place... I'm quite skilled at this actually. Oh you said cranking the DISK. Nevermind.

  5. Re:This is probably a really stupid question on More About The .org Reassignment · · Score: 2

    Unless the root servers list your tld no one will be able to find you (unless you use one the alternate dns systems).

  6. Re:Heh on Hotmail: Not Safe For Work? · · Score: 1

    1) If you have a uniform a lot of places will give you a stipend, otherwise clothes are a requirement of the job. If you don't like it, don't take the job.

    2) It's not their job to make sure you can get to work. That is your responsability.

    3) If you are on salary then you are out of luck and need to accept that 'overtime' doesn't exist. If you aren't and are payed hourly than you need to be payed for your overtime. If you aren't, then quit.

    4) That depends on whose choice it is for you to work at home. If it is your choice (meaning you could come in and work in an office/cube) then no they don't need to pay you, if it is their decision then they should most definately aid in the expenses. If they don't, then quit.

    5) Most resonable companies will do this if you are expected to work from home alot. Again if they won't pay for it then quit.

  7. Re:Government property? on FBI Arrests 4 College Interns For Stealing Lunar Materials · · Score: 2

    Oh I see.
    My mistake.

  8. Re:Government property? on FBI Arrests 4 College Interns For Stealing Lunar Materials · · Score: 2

    Apples and oranges.
    The moon is an unoccupied 'territory' not owned or claimed by any nation on earth.
    Kuwait is an occupied country with a government citizens.

    We went to the moon and took some rocks that (last I checked) where just chillin on the moon not being used for anything.
    Iraq went to Kuwait and took over their oil fields, equipment and all. Those where being used for something, namely providing oil and money for the people of kuwait.

    Now, if we knowlingly took the moon rocks knowing they where the fuel and income source of the moon people then your analogy would stand.

  9. Re:And what about Wine on Two Lackluster Reviews For LindowsOS on Wal-Mart PCs · · Score: 3

    Usually 60hz and changing it is a dropdown listing only the modes your monitor can display.

  10. Re:Why government certified? on U.S. Government Certified Wireless Security Products? · · Score: 1

    sigh.
    s/meat/meet/

  11. Re:Why government certified? on U.S. Government Certified Wireless Security Products? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because it's standard.
    Because it's perceived as good.
    Because if you want to get a government contract you better meat government standards.
    Because the government is supposed to have what is best for the people in mind.
    Because private corporations have what is best for them in mind and really want you to pay for their product and not their competitors.

  12. Re:Publicity grubbing... on Mitnick Testifies on Telco's Security · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You left something out, Mitnicks response to the question.

    Mitnick suggested calmly that Sprint try the list out, or check it with Nortel. Nortel could not be reached for comment after hours Monday Perhaps he knew that spring/nortel couldn't be reached. But you should still at least include the response if you're gonna quote something like that.

  13. Re:Sentence on Mitnick Testifies on Telco's Security · · Score: 2

    He's gotten exemptions to speak at conferences so I am assuming that something like that occured for this.

  14. Hopefully the prof will cut you some slack on Are Written Computer Science Exams a Fair Measure? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hopefully the instructor will realize that everyone drops a ; occasioanlly (however forgetting ; altogether is something else), or misspells a variable. I think that as far as written tests go they should be more based on making sure you understand how the concept works and not so much on not forgetting a ;. Questions like are better suited for questions like "What is wrong with these 4 lines of code" imo.

  15. Approved != Affordable on 10-Gigabit Ethernet Standard Approved · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Approved or not it will still be some time before costs come down enough so that comapnies can justify replacing their gig backbone with 10gig.

  16. Re:New MSN.com homepage code in php ??? on Serious IIS Hole; Minor X Bug · · Score: 2

    its php.

  17. Re:How is this news for nerds? on Beijing Newspaper Spoofed by The Onion · · Score: 2

    Exactly why doesn't it belong on slashdot?
    Because mainstream media also covered it?
    Because mainstream media covered it first?
    It certainly can't be because of the content because that absolutely fits slashdot, a story about an actual established paper printing something it read on the internet only to find out it was a spoof article. That is most definately slashdot material. Hell slashdot does it all the time.

  18. Re:How far do you want to extend this argument? on KaZaA Collapses · · Score: 2

    Holy crap I can't believe I forgot about that. You are so right. Damn those plastic companies.

  19. Bad agents on FBI Databases Used for Stock Fraud · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Come on. We've known forever that the FBI has huge files on tons of people, there where stories about the FBI file on einstein on here a week or so back. Had it been the actual FBI selling this information and not a couple of bad apple agents pissed they didn't get a raise this year then perhaps it would be a huge story.

    As it is, this just shows they need a little stronger check as to who has access to what, but they did catch the people so I am assuming some checks are already there.

  20. Re:How far do you want to extend this argument? on KaZaA Collapses · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Using your logic here are RIAA's next targets:

    Every web server creator since they allow people to post listings of songs they have

    Sue wc3 for their html that allowed you create the html used on the formentioned web server

    Perhaps IEEE and IETF and whoever else is responsible for tcp/ip without which these web servers couldn't run so we must stop the use of tcp/ip

    Come to think of it, the cable companies and phone companies and every ISP in the world for providing the physical transport for these evil p2p networks, yes I realize that some people actually use the internet for real work, sucks for them we have people stealing songs here people.

    You have to go after the users, its the only way that anythign will be accomplished. YOu shut down one p2p network, 3 more will spring up.

  21. Re:Prevention? on House OKs Wiretapping and New .kids.us domain · · Score: 2

    Someone mod the parent up please.

    My guess is that filetering software will be modified to have "only allow access to .kids.us domains" options.

  22. Re:Typical /. comment on Xbox Price Drops to $200 · · Score: 1

    The part where we call you a stupid ass troll.

  23. Re:What? on California to Cancel Oracle Deal · · Score: 2

    The article made it sound like Oracle/legicon (or whoever) made and offer to cancel the deal.

    Spokesmen at Oracle and Logicon said on Monday that they were unaware that the state had accepted their offers to end the contract. A fourth-party to the deal, Arizona-based Koch Financial Services, which arranged the financing, said Monday it had no comment. Maviglio said Monday that the state was unaware of any official offer from Oracle last week. "They said that, but they must have been talking to themselves because we didn't know about it," Maviglio said Monday.

  24. Re:Rendezvous sounds interesting... open standard on Apple Drops Mac OS 9 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sorry I was being a smart a$$.

  25. Re:Rendezvous sounds interesting... open standard on Apple Drops Mac OS 9 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wow. Ping the broadcast address :)