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  1. Re:ZOMG THE SKY [isn't] FALLING! on After IPv4, How Will the Internet Function? · · Score: 1

    Assuming that the chunks will be released to the public, then yes, you are right.

  2. Re:Please don't use SORBS blocklist on Hackers Blamed For MessageLabs Spam Blunder · · Score: 1

    It's less of being added to a blocklist, and more of being unable to get removed without paying and going though the other hoops.

  3. Re:Don't put it on the Internet! on Evaluating Or Testing Utility SCADA Security? · · Score: 2, Funny

    But I want to be able to blame "hackers" when I mess up.

  4. Re:Vote or Die on 'Cellphone Effect' Could Skew Polling Predictions · · Score: 1

    Continuing for parent:
    If party X gets a low digit amount of votes(lets say 3%), then the next time there is a close election that could be decided by those votes, both the main parties might grab some of party X's stands to get a few more votes.
    And the main parties hopefully don't grab some of the batshit insane stances.

  5. Re:The thing with ASCII on Mr. Pike, Tear Down This ASCII Wall! · · Score: 1

    Different keyboard manufacturers have a selected range of keys that their keyboards can type, which will probably get confusing:
    "Only hp unicode keyboards have the print symbol. For other unicode keyboards or ASCII keyboards, type alt-8713 to get the print symbol."

  6. Re:Dooooood !! on Cheap Metal-Insulator-Metal (MiM) Diode Created · · Score: 2, Informative

    A diode maintains a one way flow of current.

  7. Re:The Best Plan on Herding Firesheep In NYC — Do Users Care? · · Score: 1

    FB requires your current password to change your password.
    And goatse harms people otherwise uninvolved.

  8. Re:How long does it last? on Electric Car Goes 375 Miles On One 6-Minute Charge · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't forget the recharger, which might be expensive or inefficient.
    The manufacturing process could also pose a problem, it might require plenty of energy and/or release waste.

  9. Re:On empty streets? on Forming New Mobile Networks With People-Borne Sensors · · Score: 1

    However people can still leave their routers on while they sleep/are at home.
    But of course the signal would be weaker.

  10. Splitting a botnet. on Rise of the Small Botnet · · Score: 1

    Couldn't it be possible to have a botnet upgrade into different versions, allowing it to split?

    Clarification:
    Virus writer releases virus A and sets up control server A.
    Botnet A gets large, and the writer is worried about authorities, so he sets up servers B and C, as well as writing two updates.
    Botnet A gets update B or update C from control server A.
    The update installs the new virus and removes the old one.
    Botnet B gets large, virus writter sets up servers D and F.
    Process continues.

    If it's split before the AVs pay any considerable attention(or if you split enough to confuse them), a writer could write a fast spreading botnet, without having to worry about it getting too large.

    I would imagine that setting up new servers and updates might be a hassle though.

  11. Mod parent up Funny. on Virus-Like Particles May Mean Speedier Flu Vaccines · · Score: 1

    It's a joke. I guess it looks like a troll when abbreviated, but really, you should read the entire comment before modding.

  12. Bribes. on Indian Tiger Park Now Tiger-Free · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The manager lets the poacher hunt the tigers for their own reasons, and gets a chunk of the profit. Everyone is happy except the conservationists and the tigers.

  13. Re:Game is unplayable by all inelligent users on Aion Shaping Up For US Launch · · Score: 5, Interesting

    *Looks at the wikipedia entry*:
    Hides the process, monitors the memory for stuff, blocks calls to Direct X and the Windows API, places hooks into dlls , sometimes breaks in Win7, breaks Google Chrome, SpeedFan, Eclispe, various drivers, Steam, anti-rootkits(but that was expected). Oh, and a security problem to top it all off.
    The bright side is that Aion works on Win7.
    And I expected something this bad to come from EA first.

  14. Technically not trolling. on Researcher Trolls MMO, Surprised When Players Hate Him · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If you read the article, it mentioned that he just took a different stlye of battle, instead of the socially accepted standard of sending robots at their robots, he just killed them directly. He did not insult them, just took action different from the normal battle.

  15. Re:The flaw in their foolproof plan on New Click-Fraud Attack Is Stealthiest Yet · · Score: 1

    Called people who do not understand the concept of ads on their computer. Like the people who fall for typosquatters. Not as dumb as the people who believe that the fellow from nigeria can make him rich, and enlargen his penis.

  16. Re:IBM Symphony on SoftMaker Office 2008 vs. OpenOffice.org 3.1 · · Score: 3, Informative
  17. Re:That's fine.. on Watch TV On Your Satnav · · Score: 2, Informative

    With that, I say: And if your sharing the system(the road) with others?

  18. I'm not sure about this on Firefox 3.5RC2 Performance In Windows Vs. Linux · · Score: 1

    But I think the speed difference was due to the Windows binary having profiling based optimizations, vs the Linux bin.

  19. Re:Which one was it? on Default Passwords Blamed In $55M PBX Hacks · · Score: 2, Informative

    Article: mainly by exploiting factory-set or default passwords on the voicemail systems
    So, linksys?

  20. Re:What irony? on Lightning Strikes Amazon's Cloud (Really) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the poster means popular irony, not irony as it actually means. Popular irony is like getting a fly in your white wine. Regular irony is not wearing your tin foil hat on the one day someone actually does beam thoughts into your brain.

  21. USB powered? on OMGWTF Baked Beans · · Score: 1

    Look at the cable, and the nearby laptop.

  22. Re:more realistic pic on Here Come the Superheroes · · Score: 1

    Comment to undo mistake moderation. Meant to mod funny.

  23. Re:Can someone in India please try this link on Microsoft's Bing Refuses Search Term "Sex" In India · · Score: 1

    It's not their index?

  24. Re:Maybe Jeff can explain this on Hacker Jeff Moss Sworn Into Homeland Security Advisory Council · · Score: 1

    From what I know, some data is lost in the process of hashing, which while preventing reversal, allows for collisions.
    Meaning that even if you could reverse it, there are infinite possibilities for the answer.

  25. Godwin's law... on German Interior Ministers Seek Ban On Violent Games · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just got proven again with the tags. Is 10 min a new record? Anyway, what do they mean by violent? "Violent" could be twisted into a lot of things.