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  1. Re:Update to the Original Story on Iran's Military Claims To Have Downed US Surveillance Drone · · Score: 1

    So cool. Seems like a really solid technical accomplishment. Assuming that it's true. Now, what would I need to do to get me a drone...

    The cyber warfare unit managed to take over controls of the drone and bring it down, a military official said, according to the TV.
    http://tehrantimes.com/component/content/article/93221

  2. Update to the Original Story on Iran's Military Claims To Have Downed US Surveillance Drone · · Score: 1

    If what this update is insinuating is true, it would be a much more fascinating event.

    [Updated, 3.30 p.m., Dec. 4, 2011: Some initial reports out of Iran suggested the drone had been shot down. But the semi-official Fars news agency, which is close to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, quoted a military official as saying that Iran’s electronic warfare unit had managed to take control of the aircraft and bring it “under their possession.”]

    (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/12/iran-us-drone-afghanistan.html)

  3. Re:Just read the article on Teen Sentenced for Releasing Variant of Blaster Worm · · Score: 1

    CNN may have the pic you are alluding to here:http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/01/28/i nternet.attack.ap/index.html

  4. Re: I'll try it... Execution results! on Beware 'Fedora-Redhat' Fake Security Alert · · Score: 1



    I tried translating "Inca un root frate belea" from every language that babelfish allows into English. It didn't work.

    Googling "frate belea" turns up all URLs with the suffix '.ro' so it would seem likely that this is Romanian in origin.

  5. Re:Yahoo? on AOL IM Rival Pulls The Plug · · Score: 1

    Also I think that Yahoo uses port 80. So if your hyper-security conscious company has everything locked down everything barring the Web, you won't be able to use AIM but you can still use Yahoo.

  6. Re:And USB is standard! on Palm Talks About New OS · · Score: 1

    I got curious and looked here where it says "Yes (USB native, up to 4x faster than a serial connection)"

  7. visor already does on Palm Talks About New OS · · Score: 2
  8. cray os on Shell and the World's largest Linux Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    My experience with supercomputers is pretty limited to say the least. But I'm curious let's say you got some time on a Cray, what OS would it be running when you showed up?

  9. new ms feature on Whistler vs. KDE/Gnome · · Score: 1
    I'm told that MS is working on making the UI cooperate with the mouse so that when your hand comes off the mouse all the stuff that you'd click on hides. When your hand rests on the mouse all that stuff comes back. Good way to save real estate, pretty cool, huh?

    Shouldn't the 'shortcuts' be located on the right side of the screen by default? They're always unnecessarily getting covered up by other crap on the left. I think MacOS is the only one that's hip to that beef.

  10. Re:My own answers... on Help Bush and Gore Answer Slashdot Questions · · Score: 1
    What is with this vote vote vote crap? Please vote, you don't count if you don't vote, rock the vote - I think it's dumb.

    I think not voting is better than an ill informed vote. I think most of the people voting are idiots voting on too small of a sample set. It's sort of like watching 5 minutes of 2 two hours movies and picking your favorite.

    Isn't the reason the electoral college was created because out forefathers thought the populous wasn't smart enough or informed enough to pick the right person in the first place?

    Stop sending idiots to the polls to make decisions. It's ok not to vote. If you are voting watch the whole movie and btw, there's more than 2 flix.

  11. Re:Visor vs. Palm on The new Palm VIIx · · Score: 1
    I've also had a Visor for a few months now. I definitely dig it. One thing I've found cool that I don't think Palm does is sync via USB. It's faster than serial which works well if you're transfering a sizeable amount of data (I use AvantGo).

    Also, I think Palm is in a bit of a weird spot, kinda like Apple was, they were selling both the software and the hardware. Now Apple no longer licenses their OS. Trouble for HandSpring?