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  1. Re:reputable ad networks? on Anatomy of an Attempted Malware Scam · · Score: 1

    "Reputable ad networks" is an oxymoron.
    Like "trustworthy door-to-door salesman", "truthful infomercial", "respectable telemarketer", or "honest politician".

  2. Re:Timing? on Letter To Abolish Software Patents In Australia · · Score: 1

    Not recognition of the irony of linking to belowtheline.org while recommending voting above the line?

    Australia is in the southern hemisphere, so when we see a link to "below the line", it's actually "above the line" from their perspective.

  3. Re:It's nice to see on Filmmakers Resisting Hollywood's 3-D Push · · Score: 1

    Hey, retard.
    Maybe next time you should check your shit.

    The quote is as I stated it.
    I am correct.
    You are wrong.
    There is no "they" in the quote.

  4. Re:Miscarriage of Justice on Terry Childs Denied Motion For Retrial · · Score: 1

    This has nothing to do with being required to assist the employer. It's about returning the employer's property.

    Passwords are no different than physical keys, a company laptop, or a company car.

    There's a reason the dude is in jail.
    And you can huff and puff all you want, but you're wrong.

    W R O N G .

  5. Re:It's nice to see on Filmmakers Resisting Hollywood's 3-D Push · · Score: 2, Informative

    My eyes - the goggles - zey do nuhsing!

    The quote is "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!".
    Get it right. There is no "they", nor is there any bad pronunciation. There is an accent, but it is still clearly and properly enunciated and articulated.

  6. Re:Hard drive are gone, floppy style on The Limits To Perpendicular Recording · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Actually we can even see now that ram is obsolete, once SSD catch up in speed (you don't even need current ram speed) why would anyone care about transfering data to ram, work on it then store it back? Just work straight on your data, gone are the days of saving, now will be the days of deleting, temporary working directory...

    This is the dumbest thing I've ever read.

  7. Re:Looks nifty assuming no one crashes into the ra on The Bus That Rides Above Traffic · · Score: 1

    Low visibility? It's perfectly clear and open.

    And how do you explain this?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QESfEd180rQ#t=2m02s

  8. Re:Looks nifty assuming no one crashes into the ra on The Bus That Rides Above Traffic · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Horse. Shit.

    And I have proof.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QESfEd180rQ

  9. Re:Miscarriage of Justice on Terry Childs Denied Motion For Retrial · · Score: 1

    Information can indeed be property.

    Especially when you're the sole physical holder of said information and said information is owned by someone else.

    Dude is a criminal.
    You are a retard.

  10. Re:Miscarriage of Justice on Terry Childs Denied Motion For Retrial · · Score: 1

    The passwords are property.
    The passwords are not his property.
    He was in possession of them beyond his employment.
    That is theft.
    Theft is a crime.
    He is criminal.
    He stood trial as a criminal.

  11. Re:Miscarriage of Justice on Terry Childs Denied Motion For Retrial · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When terminated, he has to rescind said property.
    Biometric systems would simply need to be reconfigured on the last day of employment.

    Refusal to do so is criminal.

    It's no different than being told to "clean our your desk by Tuesday", and then locking the keys to your desk inside the desk.

    He is criminally at fault and he is liable to pay to fix it. The fact that he was given the option to fix it himself (relinquish the passwords) has no legal bearing. He was actually given a break by his employees (as he would have been financially broken if he had been forced to cover the costs of having it "fixed" by a third party).

    Let's try a car analogy.
    You take your car into the dealer to have it serviced.
    You don't like the work they do because it's taking to long, they're increasing the estimate, etc. and you decide to take the car somewhere else.
    You go to pick up your car and the dealership thinks you're a jerk.
    They lock the keys in the car and tell you to fuck off.

  12. Re:K-12 level... on Sun Founders' Push For Open Source Education · · Score: 1

    Write your own.

    Early education has some pretty clear goalposts.
    Any teacher worth his salt (there are still a few, I assure you!) can write their own lesson plans. A year's worth of lesson plans bound together and typed up would be a ... get this ... textbook!

    Seriously.

  13. In Other News on Sun Founders' Push For Open Source Education · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    SUN struggles to remain relevant.

  14. Re:Miscarriage of Justice on Terry Childs Denied Motion For Retrial · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Said passwords were company property he was holding on to.

  15. Re:Ridiculous. on Is StarCraft II Killing Graphics Cards? · · Score: 1

    While that fact is interesting, if I bought a chip that says it could do X, I still expect it to live up to X. It doesn't matter if X is a reject from manufacturing Y. If they were Y-rejects that still can't handle X, don't sell it as such.

    If you bought a chip that says it could do X, assume it can do X-Z, where Z is the sum total of shittiness forced upon you as a result of:

    LOL Nvidia Bad Bumps
    LOL Shitty ATI Driver
    LOL Lead-Free Solder

  16. Re:How long till 'clean'? on Chernobyl Area Survey Finds Lasting Problems For Wildlife · · Score: 1

    Ever been to anywhere? Lots of deformed people there, if you are looking for them. *

    * Results may vary in Antarctica.

    Somebody hasn't seen "The Thing from Another World", or the John Carpenter remake ("The Thing").

  17. Re:uhhh on Verizon Changing Users Router Passwords · · Score: 1

    Verizon Owns The Router
    And Leases It To
    The Customer .

    In The Event That
    The Customer Has "Paid
    Off" The Cost Of
    Purchasing The Router The
    Customer Is Still Bound
    By The Initial Agreement .

    The Initial Agreement Includes
    Verizon's Remote Management Of
    The Device Because It
    Is A CPE And
    It Is Verizon's Network .

  18. Re:uhhh on Verizon Changing Users Router Passwords · · Score: 1

    It's not responding to HTTP://administrator:passwrod1@UR.IP.ADD.RES:PORT

    Verizon is using TR-069
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TR-069 [wikipedia.org]

    You're a bad person, this "story" is bad, and you should feel bad.

    Protip: Go change your password now so Verizon doesn't change it again 18 months from now when some intern prints out an excel spreadhseet with IPs and router serial numbers on it, then leaves it on a bus.

  19. Re:uhhh on Verizon Changing Users Router Passwords · · Score: 1

    If he killed off WAN administration, it's not responding to HTTP://administrator:passwrod1@UR.IP.ADD.RES:PORT

    Verizon is using TR-069
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TR-069

  20. Re:How hard was it on HDMI Labeling Requirements Promise a Stew of Confusion · · Score: 1

    Which rest of us? Some people or maybe most people could give a rats ass about digital vs analog. Its just tv and last time I checked the video and sound from my $35 dvd player looked good enough on my Philips 47PFL5704D/F7

    See, this is what we're talking about.
    You've mixed up the right channel audio RCA cable (red) with the Pr component video RCA cable (also red).

  21. Re:isn't that the point? on HDMI Labeling Requirements Promise a Stew of Confusion · · Score: 1

    This is exactly how it works.
    All HDMI cables are the same.

    The materials, wire gauge, length, insulator, and connectors are what are different.

    If you want a cable that will work for:
    HDMI 1.9 4320p 3D 240 Hz 10 Gbps Eithernet 12-bit color 24.4 lossless hd master surround sound

    Just buy the thickest (wire gauge!), shortest HDMI cable you need now, and be future proof until they actually change the connector.

    Same goes for cat 5 vs cat 5e vs cat 6 vs etc.

  22. Re:Remember kids on HDMI Labeling Requirements Promise a Stew of Confusion · · Score: 1

    Until your credit card number gets stolen lol.

  23. Re:Why ask? on What To Do About CC License Violations? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wait, what? I actually don't pirate software. I don't download what I don't have permission (from the rights holder) to download.

    Horse shit.
    You're a dirty fucking pirate just like everyone else.

    If you're squeaky clean like you claim, I'll run my scrotum through my shredder.

  24. Re:Bending Over on Rogue Anti-Virus Victims Rarely Fight Back · · Score: 1

    Credit card companies have to pay out for fraud that's reported to them.

    Most fraud goes unreported.

    Credit card companies constantly introduce features and changes to the PCI rules, and their merchant agreements, that facilitate fraud.

    Mag stripe cloning requires physical access to the card. RFID can be cloned silently, without ever touching the card.

    They offer rewards because they want you in the habit of charging everything. They want you perpetually in debt. And my point was not about rewards, it was specifically about rewards for using your debit card as a credit card. Nearly all debit card transactions can be run as a credit transaction. This is a shitty idea for the user, because it only encourages more debt, what little security debit cards had (pin or billing zip code requirement) is removed, there is less regulation for credit transactions than their is for ACH transactions, and fraud via stolen cards is less likely to be noticed, and thus, less likely to be reported.

    Merchants are indeed forbidden to verify signature, name, etc. There are many merchants that ignore the rules in their agreement, and I thank them for that. There are also many merchants who charge a fee or have a minimum purchase amount for using a credit card. This is also against the terms of their agreement.
    All a merchant has to do is produce a slip of paper, the electronic image, or whatever, and sign an affidavit saying "This is the customer's signature.". Merchants still HAVE to REQUIRE a signature for all purchases over a "convenience threshold". The merchant is FORBIDDEN to actually compare the signature to one on your driver's license, past purchase records, the one on the back of your card, whatever.

    All a merchant can do is:
    Look at the back of your card to see if it is signed.
    Run the card and see if it is approved, declined, or flagged as stolen.
    If approved, require for a signature for charges over $20.

    Your card is "signed" if there is any marking on the back of it in the "sign here" strip.
    Your "signature" is any mark the cardholder (literally, the person holding the card - NOT the actual cardMEMBER) makes.
    The $20 threshold may still be $10 in many places, and will be updated when they renew their agreements.

    The bottom line is you don't know what you're talking about, but felt the need to try to contradict me and paint me as some conspiracy theorist.
    Fuck off.

  25. Bending Over on Rogue Anti-Virus Victims Rarely Fight Back · · Score: 1

    People love to bend over and take it in the ass.

    This is why the credit card companies keep shitting on security - they profit off of fraud.

    Merchants are forbidden to verify the name on your card, ask to see your ID, verify your signature, ask for a signature for small purchases, etc.

    Cards are being shipped with RFID bullshit in a direct attempt to increase fraud - fraud that the user isn't even aware of.

    Banks offer rewards for charging purchases to a debit card as credit. Why? Because when charged as credit, you don't need to enter a pin or billing zip code. Get people used to charging purchases as credit, and they won't notice the fraudulent charges on their statement.

    Security features such as the extra digits on the back of your card, passwords (such as Verified by Visa) are pointless theater. A merchant has no reason whatsoever to participate in the program other than to say "We're "secure"!". Indeed, many merchants still store the CV2/etc. code on the back of your card, and most merchants will simply default to processing the transaction without the password feature if you fail to enter the proper password.

    Hell, I've had Banc of America admit to knowing about "errors" in their system. Said "errors" resulted in them transferring MY money around from Bank of America and Banc of America in a deliberate effort to hit me with overdraft fees.

    Neither Bank of America nor Banc of America would do anything to fix it, even when I walked into a physical branch.
    I had to tell them to close all of my accounts and give me all of my money back, and file complaints with every regulatory agency under the sun for them to fix it.

    The bottom line is - watch your statements, do the math yourself, and never let them get away with even a single fucking penny.