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  1. Re:this guy is a dumbshit on Greg 'Ghostcrawler' Street, Lead Systems Designer For World of Warcraft · · Score: 1

    Blizzard doesn't ban people for pointing out that type of stuff, they ban people for HOW they do it.

    There is a difference between.....

    "I believe my class does not do enough DPS and here is why... [insert evidence of your beliefs in a non-flambait manner]"

    and...

    "OMG PALLY HOJ ME FOR 5000000 DAMAGE TEY R OP PLZ NERF KTHXBAI"

    The first example contributes to the conversation, whereas the second example does not.

  2. Re:Damage Meters built into client on Greg 'Ghostcrawler' Street, Lead Systems Designer For World of Warcraft · · Score: 1

    I think it what it boils down to is Recount is an addon that is already freely avaliable to those who want to analyze their DPS. I'm pretty sure they feel that adding a built-in Recount would be a waste of time, when there is already something out there that already works. The built-in threat meter was a different story, as Blizzard's threat meter uses information straight from the servers, instead of having to guess at it based on damage done, buffs, etc. Just because something is an internal development tool, doesn't mean it would work well for players to use. By all rights their internal tools for analyzing DPS and healing are so complicated a normal player wouldn't be able to wrap their mind around it in a reasonable manner, or provide information to players they don't want players knowing.

  3. Re:A BSOD Shutdown Too? on Microsoft Patents OS Shutdown · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sad Mac is a failure on startup, and the Bomb was just scary. My mother saw the system error bomb once and thought the computer was going to explode.

  4. Re:never gonna work on Porn Industry Ready To Drop Flash · · Score: 1

    You sure about that?

  5. Re:How many ways are there to do simple things? on Why Computer Science Students Cheat · · Score: 1

    The amount of code there wouldn't be large enough to trigger any type of match.

  6. Re:The wise user will wait on Microsoft Announces Windows 7 SP1 · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, I predominately use Linux (except my gaming machine, which unfortunately needs to run Windows). I pay nothing to upgrade those systems :)

  7. fail2ban on Coping With 1 Million SSH Authentication Failures? · · Score: 1


    I know a lot of people have suggested fail2ban, and its a great solution that's easy to implement. The best part is it uses sendmail to mail logs to the root user about brute-force attempts. This is mainly for my curiosity.

    The big thing is the ban timer on fail2ban doesn't need to be very long. The ban can be as short as 2-3 minutes and still get the message across. Once they realize they're disconnected, they'll go elsewhere. It'll slow them down enough that brute forcing ssh isn't practical anymore, usually at that point they'll move on to another host.
    An easier solution is to just use public-key authentication though, there are plenty of articles out there that deal with this.

    Really, just all the spam in my logs to be amusing. I had someone use a web scanner on my box, and after it was done and found nothing of interest, it made a request for /fuckingshitnonexistant.php, which of course 404'd.

  8. Tin Foil Hat alert... on Blizzard Adds Timestamps To WoW Armory · · Score: 1

    That is at least what this article reeks of....

  9. I feel a great... on Spider-Man 4 Scrapped, Franchise Reboot Planned · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I feel a great disturbance in the force. As if a million voices cried out in joy, then were suddenly silent as they realized the World of Warcraft movie will come next.

  10. About this 3D stuff... on Sony, IMAX, Discovery To Launch 3D TV Network · · Score: 1

    Picture resolution, imho, will allow you to enjoy programming more-so then 3D.

  11. I was rooting for... on Anti-Technology Themes in James Cameron's Avatar · · Score: 1


    ...the blue people ever since they revealed what they were doing with the natives.

    The takeover of the Native Americans, and the slavery of Africans, were the two most savage acts the United States every did. There was no way even a futuristic United States would allow such actions to proceed. I wouldn't be surprised after they went home there was some type of investigation and charges filed against the CEO and other people within the company for genocide. This is why we need to remember out past, or we will be doomed to repeat it.

    A long time ago when we justified the hostile takeover of Native Americans, we considered them as "savages." Guess who the real savages were?

    Like the posters before me have said, this isn't a statement on anti-technology, but how technology needs to be responsibly used.

  12. Re:It's the expensive places that still charge for on US McDonald's Wi-Fi Going Free In January · · Score: 1

    How can they block VPNs in a hotel unless you pay more? That makes no technical sense either, unless they got software that can detect the difference between "legit" traffic and tunneled traffic.

  13. Best DECAF is.... on Hackers Counter Microsoft COFEE With Some DECAF · · Score: 1

    Linux! ammite?

  14. Re:Stop scaremongering on FCC Lets Radar Company See Through Walls · · Score: 1

    The difference is I volunteered to fork over the root password. This means I forfeited by 4th amendment rights.

  15. Re:Stop scaremongering on FCC Lets Radar Company See Through Walls · · Score: 1

    Thats called "probable cause," and its way more restricted then what you are saying. If the evidence gets challenged in court, the officer would have to explain to the court their evidence that made them believe something illegal occurred inside the house or whatever. Someone just can't say "oh, i think he's doing a drug deal in that house... GRAB THE RADAR"

  16. Re:Stop scaremongering on FCC Lets Radar Company See Through Walls · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Any evidence collected using this device without a warrant would probably get thrown out due to a 4th amendment violation.

  17. Hmm... on G-WAN, Another Free Web Server · · Score: 1

    Why not just use Apache? C isn't designed to be used for server-side scripting...

  18. The Catch? on Epic Releases Free Version of Unreal Engine · · Score: 0

    There has to be a catch... probably have to distribute the game for free. If you choose to go commercial, you've gotta license out the full engine.

  19. Until... on Free 3G Wireless For Nintendo's Next Handheld? · · Score: 1

    it gets hacked and people tether it to get free 3G data access. Its happened in the past, and it can happen again, especially with Nintendo's stellar record of console security.

  20. Re:must have been a windows server.... on Details Emerge of 2006 Wal-Mart Hack · · Score: 1

    Because at our Cyber Defense Competitions that we run, I cannot have any fun being an end user by blowing up their sservers in 10 seconds.

  21. Re:Misconceptions.... on Battle.net Accounts Becoming Mandatory For WoW · · Score: 1

    1) What?
    2) If I was in a guild that required that you put the GM on your B.net friends, I would evalute my membership in that guild.
    3) Blizzard said explicitly that it does not.
    4) Blizzard doesn't accept a player's evidence that another player is cheating. They have their own methods which they really don't want to reveal (for obvious reasons)
    5) No it isn't, it involves the usability of Battle.net accounts.
    6) What?

  22. Re:Why? on Details Emerge of 2006 Wal-Mart Hack · · Score: 3, Funny

    Done!

  23. Re:must have been a windows server.... on Details Emerge of 2006 Wal-Mart Hack · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Any idiot who knows about the /etc/security/limits.conf file can fix that

  24. Re:Misconceptions.... on Battle.net Accounts Becoming Mandatory For WoW · · Score: 1

    By saying "stupid shit" in /2, I'm refering to the use of profanity, making racist jokes, or other behavior that violates the ToS. When you respond to people trolling in /2, if you respond to the trolling then you are just as guilty. If people are being stupid in trade chat, and its against the ToS, report it to a GM.
    Basically only say and do ingame what you would do in a room full of strangers IRL, and you are okay.

  25. Re:Misconceptions.... on Battle.net Accounts Becoming Mandatory For WoW · · Score: 1

    "And if you don't put him on he'll kick you from the guild." If I was in a guild that would gkick a member because I refused to put him on my Battle.net friends list, I would be evaluating if I really wanted to be in that guild.