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  1. in Sweden, 'creeper' has been around for ages. on Someone Built a Tool To Get Congress' Browser History (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    So here's an existing system tracking Media and government access in Sweden:

    https://mediacreeper.com/index
    http://gnuheter.com/creeper/senaste

    Basically, you put the 'creeper' tag on your home page, and it logs accesses from netblocks known to be used by media and gov't.

  2. Re:We don't need more systemd hate! on Lennart Poettering Announces the First Systemd Conference · · Score: 1

    No, not funny. Go write a better init replacement yourself then, no need to even joke about violence.

  3. With Bluetooth 4.0, hopefully the Wahoo Blue HR can now be supported by runkeeper et al.

  4. Re:This will come as good news... on IQ 'a Myth,' Study Says · · Score: 1

    And none of them are MENSA members.

    That is a strange argument.
    Do you mean that they taken the test and failed?
    Or maybe they are just not interested in measuring their IQ, although they would pass if they did.

  5. Re:Your first server, in 2012 on Intel Confirms Decline of Server Giants · · Score: 3, Insightful

    With the same specs? With hot-plug drives, true hardware raid, iLO/iDRAC lights-out management, secondary bios if flashing fails?

    Get a refurbished HP gen 5 or 6 server instead of building your own. Perfomance will be sufficient, don't worry. It's well below $3000, and you get enterprise quality hardware.

  6. Re:Wrong name on Pirate Bay Founder Fined For 'Continued Involvement' · · Score: 1

    Scatholm? Almost makes you think it was misspelled on purpose.

  7. Re:Need physical access on Backdoor Found In China-Made US Military Chip? · · Score: 1

    The researchers ("they"?) physical access to one chip. Presumably the key is the same in all other chips of the same manufacture.

  8. A similar project on 1Gbps Wireless Network Made With Red and Green Laser Pointers · · Score: 4, Informative

    A proof of concept on laser pointer networking was done two years ago, if you are interested see
    http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?searchId=4&pid=diva2:325270 - Fulltext at
    http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:325270/FULLTEXT01

  9. Carbon footprint of green laser? on The Laser Unprinter · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So what is the carbon footprint for powering the laser?

    Ah, electricity from nuclear power. Zero emissions. Unless for the Germans, who are dismantling their nuclear power stations and burn coal instead.

  10. Re:Best care money can buy helps on How Stephen Hawking Has Defied the Odds For 50 Years · · Score: 2

    In Sweden, this is standard health care. Well, maybe not the most expensive equipment, but what is deemed required, along with nursing.

    Severly disabled persons can even be nursed in their homes, 24x7, by their relatives, getting an average salary by the state. This costs the tax payers million SEKs a year, per disabled person (~USD $120k), covering three full time "employees" (3x8 hours=24 hours).

    One of the reasons why we have some of the highest taxes in the world.

  11. Re:Business as usual on No IPv6 Doomsday In 2012 · · Score: 1

    Point being?

  12. This is already a reality! on Should Social Media Affect Your Creditworthiness? · · Score: 4, Informative

    The company iZettle, which provides "personal payment" via credit cards (chip reader that plugs into phone+app),
    requires not only traditional autentication and a bank account - but also your facebook profile with an established social network. I.e. you must have friends as a voucher for your identity.

    No facebook, no service. True, they dont base credit reports on your profile, but I find it a disturbing development where traditional identification and bank account are not enough (especially here in Sweden where we already are tracked since birth with the personnummer supercookie).

  13. Re:Hmmm. on Universal Music Demands Insurer Pay For Infringement Damages · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My car insurance has a lot of provisions like "... void if vehicle is driven under the influence ...", "... void if vehicle is used in criminal activities ..." (i.e. smashing while being chased by the police gives no relief).

    I would assume most insurances have exclusions if a crime has been involved. Copyright violation is theft, right?

  14. Slow start is not slow! on Ask Internet Visionary and Pioneer Vint Cerf · · Score: 1

    Can you elaborate how TCP "slow start" got its name.
    Since the congestion window is exponentially opened, it's not exactly slow.
    I mean, congestion avoidance, with additive increase, that's what I would call slow in comparison.

  15. Re:Good Job Apple on Quad Core, Thunderbolt In New MacBook Pros · · Score: 1

    There was physically no room for discrete graphics if they wanted to go beyond core2duo. This was discussed last time the 15 and 17 models were refreshed.
    See http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/why-the-13-macbook-pro-didnt-get-a-core-i5-upgrade.ars

  16. Re:I was excited on Google Adds Two-Factor Authentication To Gmail · · Score: 1

    You can use YubiKey as hardware token.

    http://vimeo.com/4163662

  17. Running in OtherOS, not natively on FreeBSD Running On PS3 · · Score: 5, Informative

    There is no relation to the cracked keys, as it runs in the OtherOS mode. I.e. instead of Linux, you can run FreeBSD in OtherOS.

  18. Re:Will high school grades determine kids' destini on College Application Inflation — Marketing Meets Admissions · · Score: 1

    Sounds just like the École schools in France. http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1292

  19. Interactive communication? on Codec2 — an Open Source, Low-Bandwidth Voice Codec · · Score: 1

    What is the compression ratio for more interactive communication, e.g. 20 ms sampling time instead of 3-4 seconds?

  20. Re:4-0 SWE - USA on Why the IRS Should Automatically Fill In Returns With What It Knows · · Score: 1

    err, SSN, not SSID of course :)

  21. 4-0 SWE - USA on Why the IRS Should Automatically Fill In Returns With What It Knows · · Score: 1

    * Pre-filled tax returns - Check
    * All banks require login and signing via OTP pads - Check
    * Bank-ID provides electronic signatures - Check
    * The SSID-equivalent "personnummer"/birthdate is publically available without posing risks since its not used for authentication - Check

  22. NewSID allows for activation reset? on The Machine SID Duplication Myth · · Score: 5, Interesting

    From the article:

    This is called generalizing the image, because when you boot an image created using this process, Sysprep specializes the installation by generating a new machine SID, triggering plug-and-play hardware detection, resetting the product activation clock, and setting other configuration data like the new computer name.

    Is the product activation clock reset because of Sysprep, or because the SID is changed?

    In other words, could NewSID be used to keep unactivated windows installations running indefinately?

    <conspiracy_theory> Would that be the real reason for the NewSID retirement? What's the rush of removing the download instead of leaving it unsupported? </conspiracy_theory>

  23. Re:isn't it time for on SATA 3.0 Release Paves the Way To 6Gb/sec Devices · · Score: 1

    Perhaps due to the fact that there is a performance difference between scsi and ata?

    But, with an increased volume of SAS drive sales, the price difference should be smaller.

  24. Re:Baby steps to the solution on A Look At the CoreFlood Botnet · · Score: 2, Informative

    > These devices exist. The only reason they're not being used must be that the problem is currently not big enough to justify the cost of giving every customer a card terminal.

    Not being used in the US perhaps... I've had one for several years with Swedbank. They are also used by another major swedish bank, SEB.

    http://www.seb.se/digipass

    http://www.swedbank.se/sst/inf/out/infOutHjalp/0,3769,55142,00.html

  25. How about stock market "insider" info? on Banks, Wall St. Feel Pinch from Computer Intrusion · · Score: 1

    It's not just the banks that need to have tight security, it also applies to all companies listed on the stock market.

    Scenario 1: As Company C prepares its year-end report, hacker H sniffs the CEO/CFO mail conversation and sees that market expectations will be greatly exceeded or greatly dissapointing. He thereafter invests in suitable warrants and profits.

    Scenario 2: If the hacker has penetrated the network well, he could seriously disrupt stock market value by releasing trade secrets, destroying servers, causing online business downtime (think amazon gone for a day), etc. Combine with an investment in warrants, and there is an easy profit.