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  1. Re:Persistent myth? on Why You Shouldn't Reboot Unix Servers · · Score: 1

    He is quite correct in his assertion that Linux and BSD are not Unix. [...] However, Mac OS X is Unix.

    How the fuck did you arrive at that conclusion given that OSX is based on BSD?

  2. They reached their donation goal already? on GeoHot Asks For Donations To Fight Sony · · Score: 1

    I wonder why donations are already closed.

    OK, they closed because he has enough and doesn't want Sony to get the extra in a worst case scenario. Smart.

  3. Isn't it moot anyway... on Goodbye, HD Component Video · · Score: 1

    Isn't this moot anyway since the HDCP signing key was published?

  4. Re:Hey, Everyone! on Facebook-Direct Phones — and Facebook Right On the SIM · · Score: 1

    You're confusing Twitter limits with SMS limits. SMS is not limited at 140 characters.

  5. SMS Login: Yea that's secure on Facebook-Direct Phones — and Facebook Right On the SIM · · Score: 1

    It seems at every step, Facebook fails with securing its users. They can't even setup a proper HTTPS scheme, and they want to try login from SMS?

  6. Re:Enough of this on Amazon Pulling Out of Texas Over $269 Million Tax Bill · · Score: 1

    I agree. Interstate commerce laws were written in times when no one envisioned the Internet or Fed-Ex.

  7. Ambiguity? on Vatican Bans IOS Confession App · · Score: 1

    "I must stress to avoid all ambiguity, under no circumstance is it possible to confess by iPhone."

    So doing it with an Android is OK then?

  8. Practice shifting into neutral and it's all good on Drivers Blamed For Out of Control Toyotas - Again · · Score: 1

    Seriously, you can mitigate this problem.

  9. wow on 61.9% of Undergraduates Cybercheat · · Score: 1

    You know, I never cheated in college, as indicated by my 3.2 GPA, but hey, that GPA was all me and limme tell you how many times I've been asked about my BS in Computer Science GPA in the 6 years since I finished it: 0.

    I did, however, download and use a couple problem solution in my Abstract Data Types class taught by Dr. Robert Blumofe shortly before he left UT to build Akamai. He had a policy that you could use any other works as long as you provided full references to those works.

    What he should have thought about was actually changing his homework assignments between semesters because a group of my friends simply turned in homework assignments from the previous semester referencing fully their origination. LOL.

  10. Re:Sigh on HBGary Federal Hacked By Anonymous · · Score: 1

    Here's what interesting to me, and please whoever, don't feel like you need to hack me for this I'm just an observer that happens to be an Engineer in the field in which you may operate.

    If you believe the command history then the ANON guy that logged in showed his own IP based in New Zealand:

    bash-3.2# ssh hoglund@65.74.181.141 -p 47152
    [unauthorized access prohibited]
    hoglund@65.74.181.141's password:
    [hoglund@www hoglund]$ unset
    hoglund@www hoglund]$ w
    11:23:50 up 30 days, 5:45, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
    USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
    jussi pts/0 cs145060.pp.htv. Wed11pm 59.00s 0.38s 0.35s screen -r
    jussi pts/1 - Thu 5am 1:13 0.38s 4.90s SCREEN
    jussi pts/2 - Thu 5am 59.00s 0.68s 4.90s SCREEN
    hoglund pts/3 132.181.74.65.st 11:23am 0.00s 0.03s 0.00s w

    And as an aside, rookit.com is running RHEL/CentOS 3 still???


    [hoglund@www hoglund]$ uname -a;hostname
    Linux www.rootkit.com 2.4.21-40.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Mar 15 14:21:45 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
    www.rootkit.com

  11. Re:Let that be a lesson to you! on Woman Gets Revenge Courtesy of Google Images · · Score: 1

    There are quite a few "adult on-set" mental disorders that are triggered later in life or by hormonal changes (such as having a child). You can turn your back to a friend, you can't turn your back to a mental disorder--or a drug(s) whatever the case may be; which is to say, a friend suffering from a mental disorder onset or drug problem is no longer the same friend (or wife) nor should they be given equal trust. Sad, but it happens.

  12. vinyl = best human-interface for DJs on Do Tools Ever 'Die?' · · Score: 1

    Vinyl will always be in because it is superior for DJs mixing music. Even in the age of digital recording, time-coded vinyl is all the rage to overlay the digital recordings onto a more user-friendly interface.

  13. Re:AGAIN, Sony? on New PS3 Firmware Contains Backdoor · · Score: 1

    Sorry, what was that? I can't hear you over the revving engine of my Ford GT La Mans SPEC II Race Car in GranTurismo5.

  14. Re:Oh, I laughed when I read this on Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber · · Score: 1

    And I thought it was bad when the clocks on nodes in my clusters drifted apart.

  15. My Big Gov't will kick your Little Gov't's ass. on New York Times Reports US and Israel Behind Stuxnet · · Score: 1

    I want that, on a T-Shirt. Does Stuxnet have a logo?

  16. How can jailbreaking a PS3 be illegal... on Sony Must Show It Has Jurisdiction To Sue PS3 Hacker · · Score: 1

    ...if the Library of Congress has already rules that jailbreak an iPhone is indeed legal? Since jailbreaking the iPhone doesn't violate DMCA, how can jailbreaking the PS3 violate the DMCA?

    Doesn't seem like much of an uphill battle against Sony to me. One last incompetent, flailing grasp at a reality that could never last for them.

    Guess they don't plan to take Geohot up on his offer to help secure the nextgen consoles ;)

  17. Of course they always hold the bus for me... on When Smart People Make Bad Employees · · Score: 1

    Look at my handle, what do you think? When I'm predictively correct about -everything- well in advance of management's mis-perception of reality and I outline specifically their mis-perception, and repeatedly over many years turn out to be correct: yea, they listen and modify course.

    There are team players, and then there are Franchise players.

  18. Re:Oh shit... on FBI Alleged To Have Backdoored OpenBSD's IPSEC Stack · · Score: 2

    Along with all 300+ million OSX/iOS device owners.

  19. Re:This is worse than the New York Times in 1971 on Pentagon Papers Ellsberg Supports Wikileaks · · Score: 1

    And who says the gov't doesn't improve? They've obviously gotten a lot better at this.

  20. Are they "Public Domain" now? on Pentagon Papers Ellsberg Supports Wikileaks · · Score: 1

    You know, I'm really curious. I remember the big thing about the Pentagon papers was that a sitting Congressman entered the whole of the Pentagon papers into Congressional record during a meeting of a committee this Congressman was on. Wikipedia search says he name was Gavel and there was a Supreme Court case over it.

    I do see some differences with the Pentagon Papers. First the Papers were not widely disseminated on a network where anyone could get them. Since it's all over the Internet by now, does this mean it's going to become Public Domain? I don't see how it couldn't, there's no putting the cat back in the bag on this one. Secondly, the Pentagon Papers were kept from the vast majority of Congress and even National Security Advisors at the time. The majority of the state cables I'm guessing was pretty well known throughout Congress, the State Department, etc.

    Anyway, I'm sure there will be some legal precedents set here. I'm curious to see what...

  21. Re:Well, we've finished with the hard part on Sahara Solar To Power Half the World By 2050 · · Score: 1

    I'm more worried about the 100 million yen a year. That's like, ONE MILLION DOLLARS! No one could ever afford that.

  22. Re:4th on Whitehat Hacker Moxie Marlinspike's Laptop, Cellphones Seized · · Score: 1

    I wonder how the Founders would have dealt with a world in which a single hand-carried device could wipe out a city? The TSA policies are ridiculous however. I haven't flown in awhile, I haven't dealt with this first hand. I certainly don't want to fly anytime soon though. What if your -job- requires you to fly? Some people say TSOs should quit because they are being asked to do morally and ethically wrong actions as part of their job. The back-scatter imagers from what I've read are particularly bad for your epidermis and outer tissue; even though it's lower energy it is more targeted and more dangerous than well-studies whole-body x-ray technologies.

    How long were tanning machines around before they finally acknowledged they caused cancer? It wouldn't be the first time the gov't has lied or been wrong.

  23. Re:OK, I'll bite. on 1928 Time Traveler Caught On Film? · · Score: 1

    I hear walkie-talkies don't need towers.

  24. He can send email backward in time? Amazing... on Ray Ozzie's Departing Memo a Warning To Microsoft · · Score: 2, Funny

    To: Executive Staff and direct reports
    Date: October 28, 2010
    From: Ray Ozzie

  25. Re:Need New Laws - citizen rights on 'Officer Bubbles' Sues YouTube Commenters Over Mockery · · Score: 1

    Some Police lie? Try 100% of Police lie. It's part of their job, they are legally protected lying to you.