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  1. My HD DVD player and collection... on Ask Slashdot: How Much Did Your Biggest Tech Mistake Cost? · · Score: 1

    Heh - would have to total all that up... sigh... but it still works!

  2. Re:And that is why.... on Ford Exec: 'We Know Everyone Who Breaks the Law' Thanks To Our GPS In Your Car · · Score: 1

    My 2002 "low tech, no frills, 5-speed manual shift" Dodge Dakota is looking better and better these days. Heh.

  3. Re:Terrible summary on Researchers Show Apple Can Read iMessages · · Score: 1

    The article only mentions the username going in clear.

    Might want to double check that...

    FTA: "Users’ AppleID passwords also are sent in clear text to the Apple servers."

    http://threatpost.com/apple-imessage-open-to-man-in-the-middle-spoofing-attacks/102610

  4. Re:Not quite the full story... on RIM Agrees To Hand Over Its Encryption Keys To India · · Score: 1

    Yeah, my bad. An old throw back reference to the good old days. ;)

  5. Re:Not quite the full story... on RIM Agrees To Hand Over Its Encryption Keys To India · · Score: 3, Informative

    It needs a specific key. A BES connection is secured by a key-pair that is generated when the BlackBerry is added to the BES. This allows for the 3DES encryption to occur for all communications over the BES connection.

    The situation you're talking about applies to BIS where any handset can decrypt the encrypted messages.

    This mis-understanding of the differences between BIS and BES lead to a lot of FUD unfortunately.

    And you know Apple is keeping an eye on this... cuz India will be coming after them too for access to their iMessage comms, if they have not already done so.

  6. Not quite the full story... on RIM Agrees To Hand Over Its Encryption Keys To India · · Score: 4, Informative

    Please, the BES keys have not been handed over... because they can't be...

    http://crackberry.com/rim-encryption-keys

    BIS != BES.

  7. Re:Didn't April Fools end at noon? on TiVo Announces DVR-SuperAdvance · · Score: 1

    True. Clearly EST is the ONLY time zone that matters... ;) Heh heh.

    I remember last year they started pouring in a couple of hours before midnight EST.

    This year they seemed to lag quite a bit.

    Meh. It is what it is.

  8. Didn't April Fools end at noon? on TiVo Announces DVR-SuperAdvance · · Score: 1

    I thought this crap ended at noon?

  9. Fire up that DMCA Counter Notification... on 4,000 Anti-Scientology Videos Yanked From YouTube · · Score: 1

    Hopefully the owners of those videos are all aware of this:

    http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca/counter512.pdf

    Generate a DMCA Counter Notification to bring the video back, assuming they should not have been taken down.

  10. Re:Greetings, programs! on Bootleg Tron 2 Trailer Is Out In the Wild · · Score: 1

    Very bootleg indeed. The article summary suggests "You can see that the 3D looks amazing". HA! Looks about the same as the original Tron from the quality of the capture. I'm sure it will be slick, but this bootleg doesn't give you any hint as to what's coming as far as quality. I'm excited, I loved Tron, pumped many thousands of quarters into the video game and of course, own the 25th Anniversary Special Edition DVD... may have to watch it again this weekend...

    Looking forward to seeing this become a reality.

  11. Re:easy solution on Canadian ISP Hijacking DNS Lookup Errors · · Score: 1

    HA! Nice. Very cool. Keep up the great work.

  12. Re:easy solution on Canadian ISP Hijacking DNS Lookup Errors · · Score: 1

    Are OpenDNS and EveryDNS related? I was talking about OpenDNS.

  13. Re:easy solution on Canadian ISP Hijacking DNS Lookup Errors · · Score: 1

    HA! A few of us have these in our back pocket for when the DNS servers we're using go awry in order to get back on the 'net. I don't use them regularly though. Just as a backup option. And they're easy to remember. The series goes all the way up to 4.2.2.6 btw.

  14. Re:easy solution on Canadian ISP Hijacking DNS Lookup Errors · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Funny thing is that OpenDNS also re-directs bad URLs to their search page. So really, how much better is it? ;)

  15. Well I'll be... on Canadian ISP Hijacking DNS Lookup Errors · · Score: 4, Informative

    This must be brand new. I did a test just now and a bad URL sends you here:

    http://www20.search.rogers.com/search?

    With appropriate variables substituted for what you were typing of course, like this:

    Enter: http://www.rogersblowz.com and you get:

    http://www20.search.rogers.com/search?qo=www.rogersblowz.com&rn=mEelOh0JrKFZejZ

    Let the debate rage on!!!

  16. Re:Good Stuff! on AVG Backs Down From Flooding the Internet · · Score: 1

    I totally agree. I was so disappointed with the upgrade to AVG v8 and then I read about all this crap. I have moved to Avast as well and I am liking it so far.

  17. Re:Look how quickly I adjust too on Blu-ray Player Prices Hit 2008 Highs · · Score: 1

    The difference is, there was a competitor that offered all that from the start (HD DVD) for a "cheaper" price (yes, the prices were subsidized and crazy low). That's why we saw The Matrix Trilogy, V for Vendetta, Batman Begins etc... only on HD DVD and not Blu-ray.

  18. Re:Look how quickly I adjust too on Blu-ray Player Prices Hit 2008 Highs · · Score: 1

    And the final joke is that a lot of Blu-ray movies are being re-released with updated Profile 1.1/2.0 features now that Blu-ray has finally caught up, sort of.

    So, not only do you get screwed into double dipping on the hardware, they also screw you into double dipping on the software.

    Brilliant!

    And they say the "better" technology won. Yup, sure sounds like it.

  19. Re:Download here (as the site seems down atm) on TrueCrypt 5.0 Released, Now Encrypts Entire Drive · · Score: 1

    Sourceforge no longer carries the latest versions. Distribution is only via truecrypt.org. We'll have to wait the Slashdotting out.

  20. Re:Ice Age Breasts? on Ice Age Beasts Blasted from Space · · Score: 1

    Heh. I had no idea what 4chan was until now. I'm surprised you didn't say Imagefap.

  21. Ice Age Breasts? on Ice Age Beasts Blasted from Space · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did anyone else read that is Ice Age Breasts?

    Cuz I did.

  22. Re:That is quite exciting on 'w00t' Named 2007 Word of the Year · · Score: 1

    HA! My reply got modded down for being a troll.

    w00t!!!

  23. Re:That is quite exciting on 'w00t' Named 2007 Word of the Year · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'll bet 95% of the "kids" using it these days don't even know where it comes from or what it really means. Hell, some of them probably weren't even BORN when it started being used. Kids... sigh...

  24. Re:Learn how to summarise on RIAA Argues That MP3s From CDs Are Unauthorized · · Score: 1
    I don't read it like you do, I read it like the parent you replied to.

    Once Defendant converted Plaintiffs' recording into the compressed .mp3 format and they are in his shared folder, they are no longer the authorized copies distributed by Plaintiffs To me, this says that once he puts it in the shared folder, they become unauthorized. The "and" between ripping and copying to shared folder would suggest that to me.

    Cheers.

  25. Re:How can you stop this? on IT Pro Admits Stealing 8.4M Consumer Records · · Score: 1

    HA! Looks like a new position. "Data Security Manager" indeed.