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  1. Can someone give me a car analog? on Tesla Model S REST API Authentication Flaws · · Score: 2

    Sure. It is like using web based certificates in PKI but in this case there is no revocation system and mandatory 3 month validity for all certs. I have to give this key to a third-party in order to be able to do anything user related like view my emails. That third-party or someone who gains access maliciously to the cert database can use this cert to make a connection to my computer that I can't turn off, to make my cpu spike or use up all the ink in my printer, until the 3 months is over.

    ...wait a minute, I think I did this wrong

  2. steam? on Nvidia Releases Tegra 4 Powered SHIELD Handheld · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ... its ability to steam heavy-duty PC games from your desktop right into your hands... very cool that it can sublimate PC games, but what about my PS3 and XBox games? I want those in gas form as well.

  3. Re:network ignorance on U.S. Army Block Access To The Guardian's Website Over NSA Leaks · · Score: 2

    Yes, by definition and by law (18 USC 798).

  4. Re:Baseline and STIG hosting on US Vulnerability Database Yanked Over Malware Infestation · · Score: 4, Informative

    Sorry, but no. The DISA STIGs are hosted here: http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/index.html

  5. kali /käl/ The most terrifying goddess, wife of Shiva. She is typically depicted as naked, old, and hideous. She is sometimes associated with empowerment. To be fair this is a great name, after all to most IA/security folks I have to deal with... backtrack truly is terrifying to them

  6. Sounds like... on North Korea To Enable Mobile Internet Access — For Visitors Only · · Score: 0

    ...it is time for North Koreans to learn how to spoof their IMEI

  7. Re:Not all companies are equally bad on Utilities Racing To Secure Electric Grid · · Score: 2

    Those doors are called man traps, and they do exactly what it sounds like they do if you are entering an area you are not supposed to.

  8. Re:This should not be an issue on TSA (Finally) Studying Health Effects of Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    You're looking at it the wrong way. They don't care if you have a bomb/gun/knife in an airport, they care if you have a bomb/gun/knife and then get on a plane and it goes airborne. Then (despite the metal door) they think the plane will fly into something important.

  9. Re:Deep Space Network? on NASA Fires Up Experimental Space Internet For Robot Control · · Score: 1

    Never mind it is probably this program: Disruption Tolerant Networking for Space Operations (DTN), http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/DTN.html

  10. Deep Space Network? on NASA Fires Up Experimental Space Internet For Robot Control · · Score: 1
  11. repeat after me... on Australian Telcos Declare SMS Unsafe For Bank Transactions · · Score: 1

    something you know, something you have, and something you are

  12. Is the image noisy or are those grey dots something that I should take note of?

  13. cheaper? from a company? sure... on Windows 8 Gets Personal Use License For Homebuilt PCs · · Score: 1

    I read the article and it sounds to me like they are "dumping the full retail license" for the PULSB license and keeping the OEM one. It states that the PULSB "will definitely be cheaper than purchasing a full retail license and probably on a par with OEM pricing." So am I really to believe that a company, Microsoft, is really going to be lowering the overall gross profits? Where's the catch?

  14. Re:Why does it look like there is no gravity? on Images Show Apollo Moon Flags Still Standing · · Score: 2

    There is a rod/pole on the top edge to keep it out like it is in a strong wind. Talk about an engineering face palm if the smart engineers at NASA didn't figure out that one sooner rather than later.

  15. Re:Piracy is the answer on DirecTV Drops Viacom Channels · · Score: 1

    Honest question: Is that illegal? It could be argued that it is a mechanism of time-shifting, but from my past reading, the mechanism of distribution determines legality so downloading content that even you pay for (e.g. HBO Shows) would be illegal because it is a different distribution mechanism. Any thoughts? I'd love to download a show that I forgot to Tivo, but I'm under the impression that it is against current law.

  16. Re:newsflash on Programmer Admits Stealing US Gov't Accounting Software Source Code · · Score: 1

    Yes it is in the public domain, but there is no requirement for them to proactively share it to the public.

  17. Re:More Patents on Using Non-Newtonian Fluids To Fill Potholes · · Score: 1

    you mean using something like concrete or asphalt to fix potholes? That's crazy talk!

  18. Re:Amazing! on Double Eclipse Photographed, Sun, Moon, and ISS · · Score: 1

    Forgive me, but does the "Transit duration" mean he had less than a second to take this picture before all three were not in view? Or is that something different. I would love to know how long he had where such an image could be captured.

  19. Re:Imaging method BUT.... on New Imaging Method Reveals Brain Connections · · Score: 1

    This article has an image, or at least a "visual reconstruction"
    sciencedaily

  20. Re:Better idea...Better Meme on CIA Drones May Have Used Illegal, Inaccurate Code · · Score: 2, Funny

    2012 will be the year of Linux on the drone

  21. Re:It's a TELEPHONE on Sprint Unveils HTC Evo 4G Super Phone · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No it's not. If you'd like a mobile telephone I suggest a less capable model such as any of the cheaper motorola models, such as the i776. If you are looking for a PDA or mobile media center which happens to also have cellphone capabilities then this is probably for you.

  22. Re:4G only on Sprint Unveils HTC Evo 4G Super Phone · · Score: 0, Redundant

    per TFA, ..."swapping between EVDO Rev. A, WiMAX and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g on demand." and "The Evo 4G will swap between 3G and WiMAX for data depending on what's available" It works just fine on the marketing networks such as 3g and 4g, and on the networks everyone else knows and loves, ev-do rev. A and wimax

  23. Re:Sprint? on Analyst Estimates AT&T Needs To Spend $5B To Catch Up · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've never understood while Sprint get's bashed every time they are compared to other providers. I've been with Sprint for ~10 years and they have always provided me with good service and coverage with reasonable rates. I can not remember the last time I had no service or a call was dropped. Maybe it's because I live in a metro area, but I have nothing bad to say about them.

  24. Re:Wait a sec... on 5th Underhanded C Contest Now Open · · Score: 4, Funny

    the current method of writing in:
    "Package Handler,
    Customer was an asshat...you know what to do"
    was starting to get noticed

  25. Re:CDMA? on Google Nexus Rumored To Cost $530 Or $180 w/Plan · · Score: 1

    CDMA is shorthand for CDMA2000 of course...so the comparison still stands