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  1. Re:test your vulnerability on Apache Warns Web Server Admins of DoS Attack Tool · · Score: 1

    Just to add on to this, if your web server doesn't accept requests addressed to localhost or the ip address with a rewrite rule or for some other reason, then you may need to add in the hostname for that query rather than just using localhost for the headers.

    eg: echo -en "HEAD / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost:www.mydomainname.com\r\nRange:bytes=0-,$(perl -e 'for ($i=1;$i<1300;$i++) { print "5-$i,"; }')5-1300\r\nAccept-Encoding:gzip\r\nConnection:close\r\n\r\n" | nc localhost 80


    A couple of my servers have Limit options set with a deny from all to the base htdocs folder, therefore only allowing virtual hosts to supply content and not the base host itself.
    Sending 'localhost' as the header would return a 403 Forbidden with no mention of the Content-Length at all, even though the server was vulnerable.

  2. +1 on "Woot" Becomes an Official Word · · Score: 1

    "Woot!" It's sort of a decade too late, but I do still get some use out of the word.
    I also love how some people consider if may have been created due to the words wow and loot. Given that WoW was barely in development when I first noticed the word while playing quake. 0.o

  3. Re:Target on Anonymous Vows To Destroy Facebook · · Score: 1

    The world is crumbling around our feet. the Middle East is lighting on fire. England is Rioting. American Congress caused the value of the dollar to fall through the floor and our major enemy is Facebook?

    First world problems.

  4. Re:Um... on Anonymous Vows To Destroy Facebook · · Score: 1

    If the purpose was to burn down London, then Anonymous is making a fashionably 2 month late entrance to _that_ party.

  5. Re:Uhm... DUH. on Anonymous Vows To Destroy Facebook · · Score: 1

    @Artor3 (1344997)

    +1
    It's just soo easy to hide amongst all the noise that nobody really cares about your person as such.

  6. Re:I think mobile phones win next generation on PS3 "Strong Contender" To Overtake Xbox 360 · · Score: 1

    The console gathering dust and the handheld are two completely separate markets. One is designed primarly for playing large expensive to make games, the other is tailored to the casual/online/zynga type games.
    The reason handheld gaming has picked up is related directly to the amount of people who got hooked with farmville and its ilk.
    If people can tend to their crops while riding the bus to work or something then they will. This is where handheld/smartphone games are going.

    PC Gaming took a hit when consoles started picking up speed as they were quite closely related. PS3/Xbox were taking PC gamers.
    However the Wii sold really well to people who had never owned a console and essentially created a new market for gaming. This same group of people are also the ones who would play other casual games and it seems that this market is considerably larger than the prior.

  7. Re:heh - on PS3 "Strong Contender" To Overtake Xbox 360 · · Score: 1

    All press is good advertising I guess. "PS3... been hearing a lot about that in the news... think I'll get one..."

    Funnily enough, that comment is most likely true.
    Then there's the people who got one just to see what all the fuss was about in regards to the hacking etc...

  8. Re:What happens on Police To Begin iPhone Iris Scans · · Score: 0

    What did you do to require being iris scanned in the first place?
    If you're honestly innocent, then is it not in your best interest to work with the officers to prove that innocence rather than being all beligerent and generally making everyone days miserable.
    I seriously don't get people who piss and moan about this stuff, without taking into consideration all of the actual good that can come from it.

  9. Re:idiots on Vendors Say Data Protection Software Too Complicated To Use · · Score: 3, Funny

    fucking idiots. And the worst part is they reproduce.

    I know what you mean. Then they eventually browse their way to /. and make comments as an AC.

  10. Re:Mission Accomplished on Osama Bin Laden Reported Dead, Body In US Hands · · Score: 1

    So can we now call the "War on Terror" "Won" and try to go back to Normal?

    Won?
    In no way has anybody "Won" this war. Even if you want to break it down to "US" and "Terror", neither side has "Won" a damn thing, however both sides have achieved great losses.

  11. Re:will do the opposite on South Australia AG Backs R18+ For Games, But Not MA15+ · · Score: 2

    To be honest, I'm kind of fine with them removing MA15 and adding R18. That being said, I still think the system should mimic exactly that which the tv/movie/music industry adheres to. The system shouldn't need to be created from scratch again, so they really have the choice of using the same system that other media uses, or just slapping the R18 on the end to cover the gap that is missing at present. Heh, maybe the labour party has been waiting for a globalised agenda on classification rulings to appear so they can just sign that and then tell the country they've done what needed to be done. Seems to have worked so far for them.

  12. Re:Not yet the worst of it... on China's High-Speed Trains Coming Off the Rails · · Score: 1

    So the guys that were initially hired to do the job were actually really smart people then. :)

  13. Re:C# - DateTimeOffset on Timezone Maintainer Retiring · · Score: 1

    I think the problem is that you're time sequence is trying to use thirteen months when there are only twelve months in the year. Try switching the 3/13/2011 around to read 13/3/2011 and it should be a valid time. :)

  14. Great idea! on Ford Building Cars That Talk To Other Cars · · Score: 1

    This sounds like a great idea to me. Although, I'm still confused as to why cars don't already come with some kind of radar/sonar device that would tell you when another vehicle or object is sitting in your blind spot while belting down the freeway. I often see cars in front of me swerving to avoid an accident just becuse some driver had decided to merge without looking, or change lanes, also without looking. I guess we're a step closer with reversing sensors and such. Maybe when they get this sorted out they can start working on my flying car that I was promised as a child.

  15. Re:that's not how copyright law works on Witcher 2 Torrents Could Net You a Fine · · Score: 1

    Bad example. In that scenario, they have wasted that persons time (which isn't in an infinite supply). Pirates use their own time and resources to copy the data.

    So what you're saying is that by pirating the game you're actually stealing time away from the developers? The data itself may be infinite, but the practise of putting it together into a playable game takes a considerable amount of time.

  16. Re:that's not how copyright law works on Witcher 2 Torrents Could Net You a Fine · · Score: 1

    I couldn't agree more.

  17. Re:Dear Soulskill on Valve Apologizes For 12,000 Erroneous Anti-Cheating Bans · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Are you actually trying to make a living out of this "game journalist" gig? Is it working?

    It's not working very well because I read about this a couple of days ago. Then again online journalism does seem to be all about rehashing something someone else wrote about last week.

  18. Re:I just found a bug... on Google Up Ante For Disclosure Rules, Increases Bug Bounty · · Score: 2

    Dear Google, We would like for you to meet us in the 'Square'. All manner of issues have been squashed in the square and I am sure we can some to some kind or arrangement over this issue. Sincerly, Chinese government.

  19. Re:Counting people? Round up! on At Issue In a Massachusetts Town, the Value of Two-Thirds · · Score: 1

    What he was getting at is >($no_votes*2) would be required to pass. Since the NO votes was 70, they would have required 140+ to pass. With only 136 other votes it would never have been possible.

  20. Re:"VCR Enthusiasts" on Comcast Disables VCR Scheduling In New Guide · · Score: 1

    Indeed, my eyes become more and more sophisticated the older I get. Before too long, that sophistication will blend all visual experiences into a gorgeous blur or browns and whites.

  21. Re:No upsides either on Researchers Beam 230Mb/sec Wireless Internet WIth LEDs · · Score: 1

    Why wire your house, just put mirrors everywhere.

    I tried that already, however my wife made me remove the one from above he bed. Now I get use my interlazorwebs without actually getting up in the morning. :(

  22. Re:material cost of bags is too high on The Future of Wind Power May Be Underground · · Score: 1

    Yeah, my old bag is full of hot air.

  23. Re:Well, at least the important keys still work. on Microsoft Says, Don't Press the F1 Key In XP · · Score: 1

    If you're not sure what to do at the stop sign, just press the F1 key and a helpful window should open allowing you to find out the correct procedure. I'd suggest stopping before you press F1 however.

  24. Re:Enough on Banks Accept Dubai Assassins' Stolen IDs · · Score: 1

    ... and depending on the financial institution you cannot actually withdraw any monies until you've entered their premises and signed all the paperwork. At such time they also require you to bring in your 3 pieces, totalling 100 points of ID.

  25. Re:I don't find 'difficulty' useful in itself on Game Difficulty As a Virtue · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A game might be hard because it has complex puzzles, or because it requires highly honed twitch skills, or because it requires non-obvious inferences, or because it requires acute observation, or any number of other things. Sometimes those are useful, sometimes not.

    I totally agree with this. I've played PC FPS's for years and I don't consider them hard by any means, but the same game on a console with a gamepad makes them impossible. I wouldn't consider them 'fun' on the console just because the difficulty for me personally is way up there.