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  1. Re:It's reverse psychology! on Nokia Windows Phone Revealed · · Score: 1

    And those that don't comply with Elop's request are now on "double secret probation". If he really meant it he wouldn't have let cameras and smartphones into announcement.

  2. Use defence in depth on What is the Best Firewall for Servers? · · Score: 1
    Short of airgapping your network, might I suggest a couple of different approaches?

    If possible, put a firewall between your network and the rest of the networks. Whether it is a commercial firewall or homebrew, find something that you can manage and properly secure.

    Whether or not a network firewall is possible, harden your systems.
    • Disable all those services that are not needed
    • Make sure the systems are properly patched
    • Run the Center for Internet Security benchmark tool found at http://cisecurity.org/ and read and follow their recommendations
    • Install a personal firewall on the systems
    • Finally, install a Host IDS system so you know what is getting through and may impact your systems

  3. Re:Getting the documentaries? on AP Article On Cyborg Steve Mann · · Score: 2, Informative

    I don't know where to get the documentaries, but the CBC web site has a biography on him at http://www.cbc.ca/cyberman/. Including a couple of interesting videos on Steve and his wife.

  4. Re:Odd on AP Article On Cyborg Steve Mann · · Score: 1

    Except he predates the Startrek Borg by several years. From the article:

    But Mann has sensitive and perceptive motives for his electronic immersion, which began 25 years ago

    ...I wonder if he might be interested in sueing Paramount?

  5. Re:another asimov prediction come true on Radiation Detection Wrist Watch · · Score: 1

    The novel is Isaac Asimov's "The Stars, Like Dust". This book is a precursor to the main Foundation series. To quote the book:
    "...The watch strap was an interwoven flexible plastic of an almost liquidly smooth whiteness. And it was white. He held it away and tried different angles. It was white.
    That strap had been another freshman purchase. Hard radiation turned it blue, and blue on Earth was the color of death..."