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  1. Re:773M password breach? on That 773M Password 'Megabreach' is Years Old (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 2

    It says 773M email addresses and 21 million *unique* passwords.

    I think the key here is that associated with those 773 million email addresses, there are 21 million unique passwords. So, they have 773 million email address entries and there are passwords associated with those 773 million email addresses, and of those 773 million passwords, 21 million of them are unique.

    So, if I were setting up a password cracker, I could preload it with those 21 million unique passwords and I'd have a pretty good start.

  2. The description says "a first officer promoted unexpectedly to the position of captain by her mentor".

  3. No, he's correct. Drones are autonomous. Definition: "an unmanned aircraft or ship that can navigate autonomously, without human control or beyond line of sight". Real drones *might* be setup to allow a human to interfere with the controls, but the beauty of a drone is it just flies on its own.

    Most of the things, around the world, which are being called "drones" are actually RC (Remote Controlled or Radio Controlled) aircraft. Most the "drones" used by the US military (and CIA) are actually called UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle).

  4. Re:Weird... on PC-BSD Follows a Rolling Release Model, Gets Renamed To TrueOS · · Score: 1

    Also looked and thought it quite weird. Looked further, no mention in the PC-BSD forums either.

    Okay, finally found something. Here on the Blog (http://blog.pcbsd.org)

  5. Regular expressions on Ask Slashdot: What Features Would You Like In a Search Engine? · · Score: 2

    I'd love to search using regular expressions, failing that, at least a much more precise way of indicating what must and must not be in the returned results.

  6. Re:Upper management be like on Torvalds: "People Who Start Writing Kernel Code Get Hired Really Quickly" · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you can handle a LOT of abuse, you're welcome to join the OpenBSD developers.

    Seriously, people whinging about abuse from Linus know nothing about abuse when compared to Theo.

  7. Re:Hypocrits on China's Island Factory · · Score: 1

    I obviously meant "water" in that second sentence and not "land". But the Chinese are claiming all water and land in the South China Sea, plus a buffer.

  8. Re:Hypocrits on China's Island Factory · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To an extent, not exactly the same. When the US annexed/took-over Hawaii the US didn't claim all land between the US coast and Hawaii as US waters. My "I haven't checked Google to be sure" guess is the waters within 100 miles of the US west coast and a 100 mile circle around Hawaii are the only waters declared as US waters.

  9. Re:Game of Thrones = Sci-FI? on The 2014 Hugo Awards · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the Hugos' webiste:

    "Science Fiction? Fantasy? Horror?

    While the World Science Fiction Society sponsors the Hugos, they are not limited to sf. Works of fantasy or horror are eligible if the members of the Worldcon think they are eligible."

  10. Re:Why? on MariaDB 10 Released, Now With NoSQL Support · · Score: 2

    Because NoSQL, does not stand for what it appears to stand for. It's a really crappy acronym. NoSQL really stands for "Not Only Structured Query Language" as compared to "Doesn't support Structured Query Language". So, something that is "NoSQL" will do SQL styled queries as well as other types of non-SQL queries

  11. Re:Livingston PortMasters (or similar) on Ask Slashdot: Tools For Managing Multiple Serial Console Servers? · · Score: 1

    Actual implementation for us is also SSH'ing to a *NIX box, then tipping over to the PortMaster.

  12. Livingston PortMasters (or similar) on Ask Slashdot: Tools For Managing Multiple Serial Console Servers? · · Score: 1

    At $WORK we have used Livingston PortMasters to deal with our serial console issues. Network connected and logins can be setup to only have access to certain ports. Have worked well for us. Usually found pretty cheap on eBay.

  13. Re:Easy answer on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    Personal weight is most commonly reported in Stone.
    Auto speed is reported in Miles Per Hour, yet I don't know if travel distance is measured in Kilometers or Miles.
    Is gas/petrol/benzine dispensed in Gallons or Liters?

  14. Re:Easy answer on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    In grade school for me (late 70s) we were taught that soon the US would be switching to metric, so this was VERY important for us to know.

    Then in Jr. High, metric was used for the sciences, taught as something everyone was using and we would someday switch to metric all around.

    Sr. High, metric was used only for sciences, taught as being best to do things the way everyone else was.

    I'm curious about England and metric/imperial/whatever... It's so common to hear Brits talk about weight in Stone and distance in Miles. Do they use Fahrenheit or Celsius for temp? Gallons or Liters for gasoline/benzine/petrol?

  15. Re:Easy answer on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    Problem with metric temperature is the scale is too big. For every 1 degree of tempC you have almost 2 (9/5) degree of tempF. How many times have you at home bumped up (or down) the temp by 1 degree to feel comfortable? In metric you'd have to get use to half degrees, which is a measure I have yet to see on a digital home thermostat.

  16. Re:PGP didnt Invent RSA encryption on PGP Is 15 Years Old · · Score: 1

    Nope, RSA Security was awarded the patent. PGP implemented RSA in their code (as well as Diffie-Hellman (DH), but had no hand in developing the encryption. Also the UK security services used something similar to RSA, basically the same idea, different implementation, but could probably have been covered under the same patent language.

  17. Happiness on Choosing Your Next Programming Job — Perl Or .NET? · · Score: 1

    Take the job you would most enjoy. Go to the environment you would most enjoy. Sure, big bucks is great, but if you end up hating your job, or hating the people you work with or for, then what's the point. Alternatively, if you plan on not staying very long and happiness in the short term isn't important, then take the better paying, closer job and invest all the extra money.

  18. SSH Usage... on Slashback: OpenSSH, Falwell, OpenDRM · · Score: 1

    I wonder (read "doubt") if this means GoDaddy will start giving customers SFTP/SCP access to their hosted web pages. When I talked with three levels of support about access to a hosted site and wondered if they had a secure method like SFTP or SSL-FTP they didn't know what I meant about FTP being unsecure. Surely, you have to enter a username and a password, so therefore, it's secure. I was directed to the Java file upload interface instead because... geez, I don't know their thinking.

  19. Re:No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! on PBS To Air Six New Monty Python Specials · · Score: 1

    Fear, Surprise and Ruuuuthless Efficiency...

  20. Weak fingers... on New Keyboard Has Just 53 Keys · · Score: 1

    So, it's a good thing that they put the letters A, E, I and U on my weakest fingers????

  21. Re:Sad, Sad, Sad on Kodak To Stop Making Black and White Paper · · Score: 1

    What chemicals do you need which are so expensive?

    I recently got started in B&W developing for a VERY small investment. For film developing I use Kodak HC-110 (which Kodak does still make), Kodak Indicator stop bath (which Kodak does still make), Ilford Fixer. For paper it's all Ilford products. Aside from the items you already have, the chemicals should set you back less than 100$US.

    Maybe you should Google "Photographer's Formulary" if there is something specialized you need.

  22. Parent blows things WAY out of proportion... on Kodak To Stop Making Black and White Paper · · Score: 1

    Interesting that the poster feels that Kodak stopping production of B&W paper means that we are going to have to resort to making our own emulsions.

    Seems they don't know other companies are making B&W paper (and film and chemsitry). Actually, several of these companies' only focus is B&W photography products.

    Just a small list.
    Agfa
    Bergger
    Cachet
    Foma
    Fotospeed
    For te
    Kentmere
    Luminos
    Oriental

    B&W isn't dead.

  23. Re:Other companies on Kodak To Stop Making Black and White Paper · · Score: 1

    "Have had bankruptcy issues" does not always mean "they are going 'bye-bye' and you should make your mourning plans now".

    Ilford as emerged from *receivership*, which in their case was a restructuring. The good thing in this case is they are now a MUCH stronger company. They eliminated a lot of products which could only be categorized as specialty, which cost them much more to make and market than their solid products.

    Certainly companies had to make plans in case Ilford didn't come out of receivership, and switched to other brands. Freestyle Photo, for example, had carried a line of products called 'Arista Pro', which was rebranded Ilford. They have since dropped that line and now carry Forte products branded as 'Arista Ultra'. Freestyle still carries Ilford branded products.

    Other B&W papers...
    Agfa
    Bergger
    Cachet
    Foma
    Fotospeed
    Forte
    Kentmere
    Luminos
    Oriental

  24. Re:Automatic log deletion on FBI caller-id on FBI Demands Logs From Radical Website · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sorry about that, looks like I didn't pay attention the the HTML < & > characters...

    #!/usr/bin/perl

    if (@ARGV < 2)
    {
    print "Two arguments needed: INFILE OUTFILE\n\n";
    exit;
    }

    open INFILE, "<$ARGV[0]" || die "Couldn't open $ARGV[0] for reading!\n";
    open OUTFILE, ">$ARGV[1]" || die "Couldn't open $ARGV[1] for writing!\n";

    @xor_ip = (int(rand 256), int(rand 256), int(rand 256), int(rand 256));

    while (<INFILE>)
    {
    if ( $_ =~ /(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1?[0-9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0 -4][0-9]|1?[0-9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1?[0 -9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1?[0-9]?[0-9])/ )
    {
    @octets = $_ =~ /(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1?[0-9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0 -4][0-9]|1?[0-9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1?[0 -9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1?[0-9]?[0-9])/;

    $new_octets = ($octets[0] ^ $xor_ip[0]).".".($octets[1] ^ $xor_ip[1]).".".($octets[2] ^ $xor_ip[2]).".".($octets[3] ^ $xor_ip[3]);
    $old_octets = $octets[0] .".". $octets[1] .".". $octets[2] .".". $octets[3];
    $_ =~ s/$old_octets/$new_octets/;
    }
    print OUTFILE $_;
    }

  25. Re:Automatic log deletion on FBI caller-id on FBI Demands Logs From Radical Website · · Score: 1

    I know if could probably be cleaned up a bit and the regexp probably made a little more obfuscated, but how about running something like this on your log files on a regular basis? We do...

    #!/usr/bin/perl

    if (@ARGV $ARGV[1]" || die "Couldn't open $ARGV[1] for writing!\n";

    @xor_ip = (int(rand 256), int(rand 256), int(rand 256), int(rand 256));

    while ()
    {
    if ( $_ =~ /(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1?[0-9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0 -4][0-9]|1?[0-9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1?[0 -9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1?[0-9]?[0-9])/ )
    {
    @octets = $_ =~ /(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1?[0-9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0 -4][0-9]|1?[0-9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1?[0 -9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1?[0-9]?[0-9])/;

    $new_octets = ($octets[0] ^ $xor_ip[0]).".".($octets[1] ^ $xor_ip[1]).".".($octets[2] ^ $xor_ip[2]).".".($octets[3] ^ $xor_ip[3]);
    $old_octets = $octets[0] .".". $octets[1] .".". $octets[2] .".". $octets[3];
    $_ =~ s/$old_octets/$new_octets/;
    }
    print OUTFILE $_;
    }