"Now, if their security systems stopped the intruders cold, why were 7500 credit cards then used fraudulently? I think Egghead has some more explaining to do..."
Isn't that assuming.2% isn't a normal number of illegally used credit cards? It's not like breaking into Egghead's database is the only way to get credit card numbers. A waiter can just copy your credit card # when you hand it to him for Christ's sake. You expose yourself to possible fraudulent use of your credit card, every time you use your credit card.
This just in: Finding that there was a previously undiscovered black hole at the center of our galaxy, the RIAA sued them for copyright infringement. "We thought we had sued everything in the known universe for violating our artists' rights," said a RIAA spokesman. "Thanks to the tireless efforts of NASA and Lars Ulrich though, we have continued to make the universe safe from free music." Reports also indicate the MPAA will sue the Big Bang next week for, "Making the creation of DeCSS possible through its own reckless acts of creation."
$500 bucks for this thing? My Geforce 256 isn't being pushed at all yet, I'm not gonna throw 500 into a card that won't reach its limits for another 2 years. Well, maybe if halo and tf2 would look better:)
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Isn't that assuming .2% isn't a normal number of illegally used credit cards? It's not like breaking into Egghead's database is the only way to get credit card numbers. A waiter can just copy your credit card # when you hand it to him for Christ's sake. You expose yourself to possible fraudulent use of your credit card, every time you use your credit card.
This article hits on a lot of good points, many of which the author of Pentasmal has had to deal with.
This just in: Finding that there was a previously undiscovered black hole at the center of our galaxy, the RIAA sued them for copyright infringement. "We thought we had sued everything in the known universe for violating our artists' rights," said a RIAA spokesman. "Thanks to the tireless efforts of NASA and Lars Ulrich though, we have continued to make the universe safe from free music." Reports also indicate the MPAA will sue the Big Bang next week for, "Making the creation of DeCSS possible through its own reckless acts of creation."
What's the eta on Perl 6?
6,000 characters, eh? How many characters is the DeCSS source?
I wonder how much detail you can get with a pair of binoculars. How big across is the ISS anyway?
Maybe this will help boost those not-so-good linux game sales, and encourage more developers to port games to linux.
$500 bucks for this thing? My Geforce 256 isn't being pushed at all yet, I'm not gonna throw 500 into a card that won't reach its limits for another 2 years. Well, maybe if halo and tf2 would look better :)
Nice to know not all officials are as stereotypically uneducated on the hacker/cracker difference as it would seem.