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  1. It makes me think the email was using an internal system and the admins just looked up all activity matching the date/time stamp on the "A student" email. Sounds aboth their speed.

  2. Re:Improper disclosure? on Student Charged With Three Felonies For Finding Security Flaw — and Report · · Score: 1

    What's the quote? "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." Is that it?

  3. Re:Spares? on Hubble Repairs Hindered By Antiquated Computer Systems · · Score: 1

    This is why we can't have nice space things...

  4. Re:Upgrade on Hubble Repairs Hindered By Antiquated Computer Systems · · Score: 1

    Hardening the chips is a very light way to deal with radiation, as well as providing one level in a layered approach to environmental defense.

  5. Re:Vampire Bloodlines Unofficial Patch? on A Look At Successful Game Mods · · Score: 1
    The term Troika had become a noun between some friends and I to describe games that had innovative ideas, amazingly fun gameplay, but never seemed quite finished, often in a variety of ways.

    "Hey, have you played NewSuperGameFromHell?"

    "Yeah. Great graphics, decent voice, but a real troika."

  6. Re:Jeez you people... on International Spam Ring Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Not only fishing, but if I had any sort of botnet like that, I would capitalize by selling address lists as well as outsourcing.

  7. Re:Wanna copy Craig and do exactly like he did? on New Cellphone Sized "Computer" Takes Aim at Sub-Notebooks · · Score: 1
    N'thed.

    If I had the money...

  8. Re:very informative article on Buckypaper — Out of the Lab, Into the Market · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or not.

  9. Re:I hate Hollywood. on First Official Photos From New Star Trek Movie · · Score: 1

    Look, Your Honor, things needed to be grittier, edgier, darker...

  10. Re:Fox is like the National Enquirer on World Bank Under Cybersiege In "Unprecedented Crisis" · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hello, Slashdot Customer Support? I would like to report GreyFox (87712) for mod point spamming? He also offered me the lowest cost to powerlevel me down to a 4 digit User ID. Please ban him.

  11. Re:What a dumb crime. on Palin E-mail Hacker Indicted · · Score: 1

    Not so Anonymous now...

  12. Re:Article summary on The Facts & Fiction of Bandwidth Caps · · Score: 1

    People *are not* tied to a single provider. I can go with Comcast, Verizon, Road Runner, SprintPCS, and others.

    That's rare. The reality for most people is you have one DSL provider and one cable provider.

    I only have one cable provider and one DSL provider.

    And, thanks to the local telco (and their decaying copper in my neighborhood), the BEST I can get speedwise in DSL is 256/128, and that is assuming the connection stays stable and, ummm, connected.

    All things being equal, I don't really see the DSL as an option. In addition, trees preclude my use of the satellite route.

  13. Re:The projected costs are worthless. on The Facts & Fiction of Bandwidth Caps · · Score: 1

    BTW, a Roku box caps at a 2.2Mbps stream on best quality. (Don't work for them, but I do love my little black box...)

  14. Re:Huh? on Review: Crysis Warhead · · Score: 1

    The dropship mission was absurd. I signed on to play an FPS, not a crippled, half-functional flight sim in a narrow canyon filled with nonsensical mini-tornados. So, that was it. I quit.

  15. Re:If I sold anything to EA... on EA Hit By Class-Action Suit Over Spore DRM · · Score: 1

    Not if we treat their lawyers the same way they treat us... They can read the EULA AFTER the deal is done.

  16. Re:Does any serious IT geek *not* use usenet? on Comcast Discontinues Customers' USENET Service · · Score: 1

    Also, for the Mac users - Unison is pretty sweet. (Also a PAN user, BTW, and even a credited bug finder...) I also subscribe to their Access Usenet service, which works a treat.

  17. Re:Thanks, folks.... on Ray Beckerman Sued By the RIAA · · Score: 1

    In for $25. About all I can afford, but I hope it helps.

  18. Re:Note to Self on DOJ Needs Warrant To Track Your Cell's GPS History · · Score: 1

    HAH! I obstruct justice daily... I use Bluetooth!

  19. Re:Now nVidia is in trouble. on Lawsuit Claims Nvidia Execs Concealed Serious Flaw · · Score: 1

    Well, new drivers don't help when you get the "Zero Display Error" precluding either installation or uninstallation for multiple versions of the drivers...

  20. Re:Emphasis on Satellite on High-Speed Broadband Making Headway In the US · · Score: 1

    Having been an admin in a outsourcer that handled WB support, maybe you want to mention the Fair Access Policy? (I could never stop giggling when the agents would mentioning people being FAP'd or FAP'ing someone...)

  21. Re:Seems Like A Bad Summary on Apple Admits iPod Is From 1970s UK · · Score: 1

    Dear God, I hope to never see a centerfold...

  22. Re:Cue Ralph Wiggum... on World's First "Unclonable" RFID Chip · · Score: 1

    You preemptively cloned my response, you insensitive clod!

  23. Re:Must be said! on The Cyber Crime Hall of Fame · · Score: 1

    I want the source for examination first.

  24. Re:Not in Canada on Dell Begins Selling Inspiron Mini 9 · · Score: 1

    You also forgot "hit it", "hit it hard", and "hit it harder."

  25. Re:that's nice on The Making of Bioshock · · Score: 1

    I, ahem, actually own two copies of Bioshock. The retail Collector's Edition, and, ahem, ummmm, the Steam edition, as, errrrrrrrm, the serial, ummmmmm, key from the Collector's Edition was kidnapped by slicers. Besides, Steam makes reinstalls easy.