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  1. Re:Queue Verizon talk in... on Apple Wants Patents For Crippling Cellphones · · Score: 3, Funny

    BTW, I meant queue as in "everyone is lining up to comment about Verizon" but thanks for knowing what I meant. :)

  2. Queue Verizon talk in... on Apple Wants Patents For Crippling Cellphones · · Score: 1

    Oh wow, that was quick.

  3. Re:Local? on Windows 7 Reintroduces Remote BSoD · · Score: 1

    Info Sec group, haha that's funny.

    Large organizations have Class B subnets, hence all falling under something like 152.116.x.x, all machines can communicate with each other. Most probably use a service such as Yipes and VPN's to link remote offices, all under the same class B subnet however. While switch policies are in effect to deter the spread of malware, computers from different offices would need to be able to communicate properly...

  4. Re:Local? on Windows 7 Reintroduces Remote BSoD · · Score: 1

    You know, some of us work at multi-national corporations/firms that have offices in other countries. Should someone had access to the network by some means, they could crash a company's machines from halfway around the world since they are all on the same LAN...

  5. Re:You know why Amazon charges that much? on Build Your Own $2.8M Petabyte Disk Array For $117k · · Score: 5, Funny

    For the 2.683M difference, that support better come with a "happy ending" for the entire staff...

  6. Re:OTP !! on Real-Time Keyloggers · · Score: 1

    I don't see it as very hard. Use DNS poisoning to redirect the page that looks like a normal login page, user types in their RSA Passcode and it's still valid for at least a few more seconds. The user is shown a "Technical Difficulties page" and then the attacker uses the real time captured Passcode to log in to the real site.

    This would probably work best as an active attack rather than passive, that is someone is targeting someone directly.

  7. In other news... on Criminals Prefer Firefox, Opera Web Browsers · · Score: 1

    Water is wet, the sky is blue and we're all getting older.

  8. Rechargeable batteries? on A Video Ad, In a Paper Magazine · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Wait, so they expect user to recharge the screen so that they can watch ads? Doesn't seem too effective and easy to pass over...

  9. Seriously? on No Social Media In These College Stadiums · · Score: 1

    This has to be the dumbest idea ever. So some collegiate body is going to tell me what personal experiences I can and cannot share with whom I please?

    Um, no.

    I have a brain, thoughts are produced, I wish to share those thoughts. No one necessarily has to listen to my thoughts but if I'd like to share personal experiences (and it doesn't involve national security) then I should be allowed to do so.

    Sheesh!

  10. NYer here... on Science, Technology, Natural History Museums? · · Score: 1

    I also have to recommend the Natural History Museum here, it's spectacular. Also the Hayden Planetarium hits my geek nerve in just the right way. Also if Science is your thing, you can try to swing by City College to catch a glimpse of Michio Kaku. :)

  11. Re:Why is public transport still living in stone a on FBI Nabs Chicago Transit Authority Radio Hacker · · Score: 1

    Whew, for a second it sounded like a good plot for this Die Hard sequel I wanted to write. Oh wait...

  12. Re:What's a C student at Monroe College? on Student Sues University Because She's Unemployable · · Score: 1

    Close, grades should be as follows:

    A: 4.0
    A-: 3.7
    B+: 3.3
    B: 3.0
    B-: 2.7
    C+: 2.3
    C: 2.0
    C-: 1.7
    D+:1.3
    D: 1.0
    D-: 0.7
    F: 0.0

    Some schools however do not follow the +/- in the 4.0 scale. I went to a SUNY and CUNY school, both do use +/- however.

  13. Re:Depressing, but not uncommon on Student Sues University Because She's Unemployable · · Score: 1
  14. Re:Binary Encoded Messages on SMS Hack Could Make iPhones Vulnerable · · Score: 1

    Well what happened to then?

  15. Re:Binary Encoded Messages on SMS Hack Could Make iPhones Vulnerable · · Score: 1

    The what, what and the what?

  16. Hammer Storage NAS on Best Home Backup Strategy Now? · · Score: 1

    I have a 2TB Hammer Storage array, configured as RAID-1 at home to backup my laptops. Do I need to backup daily? Nope. I tend to copy on occasion to the backup array. If one of the drives goes, the other is still readable. Seems to work fine for me. :)

  17. Re:Aiding and Abetting? on Australian Police Plan Wardriving Mission · · Score: 1

    That's fine and all, but isn't stealing still a criminal act? Ultimately it wouldn't get stolen because the act of stealing the iPod should be a deterrent, but unfortunately our world doesn't work that way. Can we safe guard ourselves in an attempt to reduce risk? Sure. Should the person (your wife in this situation) be blamed that someone else stole something from her? Hardly. :)

  18. So we can cure him? on Cure For Radiation Sickness Found? · · Score: 1

    Someone get the Toxic Avenger on the phone...

  19. Re:"Right" to a private cell phone? on Cellphones Increasingly Used As Evidence In Court · · Score: 3, Informative

    There's a difference between "people" and law enforcement however. Case law has been shown to allow for general vicinity locating but anything more accurate requires a warrant:
    http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/celltracking/lenihanorder.pdf

    However this can vary by jurisdiction so YMMV.

    Now if someone wanted to track you on their own and can do so, that's their prerogative.

  20. Re:I'm safe! on Social Security Numbers Can Be Guessed · · Score: 1

    Wow, enacted in 1974 yet SUNY schools used at least the last 4 digits of your SSN in the mid-late 90's. Sheesh!

  21. Re:faraday cage anyone? on GPS-Based System For Driving Tax Being Field Tested · · Score: 1

    Yes, but watch what you use to jam it with. I hear there's only one guy who dares use raspberry...

  22. Re:Inconsistent behavior on Rhode Island Affiliates Banned From Amazon.com Sales · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Probably because NY is a bigger state and threatening moves such as this will have a financial impact on those smaller states thereby giving Amazon a perceived upper hand on what they want?

  23. Re:Man on Hitler's Stealth Fighter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Win the war, thankfully.

  24. Re:Phone Viruses on Hackers Find Remote iPhone Crack · · Score: 1

    Why would I be joking? Previously, no, you could not transfer files on any non jailbroken iPhones. Now you can so in essence, you have a deliver method and would only need to craft a method of execution.

  25. Re:Phone Viruses on Hackers Find Remote iPhone Crack · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I can't think of an instance where any iPhone talks to another iPhone.

    What about the new Send and Receive Files app in 3.0?
    http://gizmodo.com/5171796/iphone-30-os-guide-everything-you-need-to-know

    "Send and receive files. A dedicated application to exchange files between iPhones or iPods touch."

    Or the new Peer-to-peer Bluetooth connectivity?

    "A new API will allow for two iPhones to connect directly peer-to-peer via Bluetooth. They will be able to discover each other using Bluetooth, and then start a connection transparently. This opens a lot of possibilities. I doubt they will allow you to pass music, but you would probably be able to pass any other information, as well as directly communicating between applications in the two devices. One example: A pets game that allows two dogs to play with each other. This feature could be combined with push notification, so your iPhone may receive a note from another iPhone, inviting you to play a game one-on-one."