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  1. Re:Slow News Day on How HP Could Turn a Novelty Into a Revolution · · Score: 2

    Innit. How low can the front page go?

  2. Re:It's easier than that. on Too Easy For Bank Accounts To Spring a Leak · · Score: 1

    The laws/contract surrounding this are at fault. Either these are legal, authorised deductions, or they are not. It seems entirely perverse that Banks will accept and action unauthorised charges to your account. I would suspect that in many countries other than the US, the complainant would have been covered for the total losses. Blame the system that allows this, as the contract/laws which protect the bank, not the punter account holder.

  3. Re:Only 250G? You poor oppressed dears on Comcast To Cap Data Transfers At 250 GB In October · · Score: 1

    Slingshot is unlimited between 1am-7am. I am moving around 130Gb-150gb for around $130, including phone. You get i think 15gig for 'peak' use, and can buy more at $1 a gig (if you buy 50gigs). Unused data is 'banked' not lost.

  4. Re:Load them online on Digital Storage To Survive a 25-Year Dirt Nap? · · Score: 1

    & you're going to guarantee the service you hosted with will still be around how?

  5. Re:paid $140 for a computer on eBay on Computer With UK Bank Customer Data Sold On eBay · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing given the volume of sites which say 35gbp, that was converted to 77USD, which was mis-reported by the BBC as 77GBP, and was converted by /. to $140.

  6. Re:paid $140 for a computer on eBay on Computer With UK Bank Customer Data Sold On eBay · · Score: 1
  7. Re:It's _not_ crippled by technical flaws. on Terror Watchlist "Crippled By Technical Flaws" · · Score: 1

    Given the ANC undertook politically motivated bombings in the 70s/80s, is that surprising?

  8. Re:In New Zealand.... on 2008 Is the Coldest Year of the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    RAL are saying they can see being open till November.... so plenty of time yet.

  9. Re:In New Zealand.... on 2008 Is the Coldest Year of the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    They're certainly in flux. Feed from the snow field to the glaciers is estimated at 5-6 years, so that's anyones guess.

  10. In New Zealand.... on 2008 Is the Coldest Year of the 21st Century · · Score: 4, Informative

    we're seeing the best ski season since 1992. There are now around 4.5 metres of base snow at Mt Ruapehu http://www.mtruapehu.com/winter/turoa-report/

  11. Wrong. on Iran Announces Manned Space Mission Plans · · Score: 1

    There is no deterrence element in being able to deliver a nuke by UPS.

  12. Re:girlfriends on 42% of Web Users Sneak Onto Others' Online Accounts · · Score: 1

    surely if they live with you, they can gain physical access. So passwording is useless?

  13. Re:has anyone experienced the following: on Why One-time Passwords Suck For MITM Attacks · · Score: 1

    Depends how the VPN is setup, and whether or not it sets itself as the default IP gateway. It could be that it's only routing VPN destined traffic across it. Presumably when she mis-typed, she was routing across her normal gateway, which Rogers then 'improved'.

  14. vanilla ftp: your password will be in the clear. on Secure File Storage Over Non-Trusted FTP? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This may well mean that despite whatever you do, encypt etc, someone can sniff the password and then simply come in and delete all your files. i.e, whatever other steps you take, this is inherently worthless.

  15. Turn it off. on How Can You Measure a Wiki's Worth? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    See how many phone calls/emails you get complaining.

  16. Re:It is a Core Location Blacklist on Apple Can Remotely Disable iPhone Apps · · Score: 4, Informative

    helpfully, the url: contains the template! https://iphone-services.apple.com/clbl/unauthorizedApps { "Date Generated" = "2008-08-11 09:19:37 Etc/GMT"; "BlackListedApps" = { "com.mal.icious" = { "Description" = "Being really bad!"; "App Name" = "Malicious"; "Date Revoked" = "2004-02-01 08:00:00 Etc/GMT"; }; }; }

  17. Evil. evil. EVIL. on Apple Can Remotely Disable iPhone Apps · · Score: 1

    Here's a interesting DoS to cost people money with DNS poisoning.

  18. Re:More info required... on Olympic Media Village – Most Expensive Internet In the World? · · Score: 1

    apparently actually reading helps; that is for one month....

  19. More info required... on Olympic Media Village – Most Expensive Internet In the World? · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Per Month? For the duration of the games?

  20. Sure, they have that right. on Medical Health Disclosure vs. Steve Jobs' Privacy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And surely the public/investors in view of a lack of a full disclosure have the right to sack/not elect politicians/CEO's who will not disclose potentially pertinent information about their ability to work in their role.

  21. Re:encrypt your data or dont co-lo on Reasonable Expectation of Privacy From Web Hosts? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Rackspace provide Managed Hosting, not co-location. Different beasts.

  22. Re:I don't want a device I have to "jailbreak" on IPhone 3G Jailbreak Released, Paves Way For Open Source Apps · · Score: 3, Informative

    For me it's not about replacing my battery after a year or two, but being able to swap out for my spare, fully charge battery when i am caught out, away from a charger.

  23. Re:I don't want a device I have to "jailbreak" on IPhone 3G Jailbreak Released, Paves Way For Open Source Apps · · Score: 1

    It also is very limited to 3G Frequencies it supports. No MMS, No AD2P, No Bluetooth file transfer.... No Bluetooth DUN... It's not so much the Jesus Phone as the 'Brian' phone if you ask me. It's missing far too many basics.

  24. Re:Typical New Zealand on Hack a Million Systems and Earn a Job · · Score: 2, Informative

    Assault is illegal. There is a legal defence of self-defence. So you may defend yourself against a 'street thug' but not continue to beat him (to the point of e.g punishment or to 'teach him a leasson'.)

  25. Re:Typical New Zealand on Hack a Million Systems and Earn a Job · · Score: 1

    This is not true. Way off topic, but in a broader view: It was illegal to hit any individual, including your own children. There was a defense in law of reasonable chastisement for parents/guardians. This was not defined clearly. A few juries had found defendants not guilty due to a lack of definition, when the defendant had clearly beat their children with instruments (not the musical kind either). There was a clear and obvious need to change the law, but a total lack of willingness from any party to write into the law exactly what would be acceptable, given that e.g, 30 year back, smacking the hell out of your kids with a leather belt or a rod was more socially acceptable. Bradford's bill wnet through parliment with the eventual support of both main parties. There was a clear will on both sides for it, but National took the opportunity to hand it around Labour's head as a noose. Most people if you asked them would now say National voted against it. There simply was no political will to amend the (current) bad law to define what was acceptable, and thankfully there is now no legal defence for hitting children.