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  1. IE might become safer :) on IE Market Share Falls To Historic Low · · Score: 1

    Ironically, if the market share for IE keeps droping; the number of hackers targetting IE will drop and the people trying to hack firefox's security will rise... and maybe IE will become safer then... nahhhh, even then I'll be worried.

    That's why the 10 users of Opera and the user of lynx for all practical purposes are considered safely browsing the web :)

  2. Re:THIS IS A FARCE on Mass. Data Security Law Says "Thou Shalt Encrypt" · · Score: 1

    not necessarily, in some cases, you can encrypt the user data with his login and his password as salt... the data will be only accessible when a user logs in... and not accessible the rest of the time. Obviously, it prevents some applications from working and it also can be defeated by brute force/ rainbow tables and cases where a trojaned sniffing app would sniff the passwords... but it definitely can slow down/ limit data breach speed/ success.

  3. Well I definitely hope it works on FDA Approves Vaccine For Prostate Cancer · · Score: 2, Funny

    I also hope it gets rid of prostate exams :)

  4. Re:Shame on Slashdot on All of Gopherspace Available For Download · · Score: -1, Troll

    The internet Al Gore invented? :)

  5. Re:Am I missing something? on Terry Childs Found Guilty · · Score: 1

    Actually with some switches/ routers the procedure is a bit more complicated... they allow you to modify the firmware in such a way that default configuration is over written by a password protected default configuration.

    either you brute force it or you ask for manufacturer reset codes... both take time.

  6. Re:I Have AT&T - Joke's On Them on All GSM Phones Open To Attack, Tracking · · Score: 1

    I believe that's Denial of Service attack (on your patience :) )

  7. Re:What, why? on Israel Repeals iPad Ban · · Score: 1

    Nah, apple prefers announcing products by forgetting prototypes in a bar :)... like they did with the 4G prototype :)

  8. Woah they found the Blob on Microbe Mat the Size of Greece Discovered In the Sea · · Score: 1

    everybody run for cover

  9. Re:So... on DNA Cancer Codes Cracked By International Effort · · Score: 1

    I believe they already a patch out... unfortunately it will only work on the proprietary smoker platform ;)... and is only a temporary patch that does not give results every time, I believe

  10. 640 C (cores) should be enough for everybody on Intel To Ship 48-Core Test Systems To Researchers · · Score: 5, Funny

    maybe that's what bill gates meant when he said 640K should be enough... K as in Core .. it was a spelling mistake;)

  11. Re:UGh really bad title on Europe's Space Agency Wants To Do What NASA Can't · · Score: 1

    no, really... as it is, it can't... maybe it could at some point... but now it can't... because of budget and because it takes time to re develop everything needed... Heck they even seem to have forgotten how some of the apollo stuff was done.

    I am not saying they won't be able to redevelop the expertise for that... given enough money, they can develop it quickly... but it won't happen

    it would help if they did not keep switching strategy and finished programs with every passing administration

    but face it... the title is correct

  12. Re:Not pompous, on LHC Hits an Energy of 3.5TeV · · Score: 1

    >but damn it Anonymous Coward, you've been posting here for longer than I have - so you should know better than to write crap like that.

    rofl... that was hilarious :)

  13. Re:Positioning? on Physicists Discover How To Teleport Energy · · Score: 1

    positioning you ask? welll it depends... I'd first start with position to turn on the particle, get it in excited state... then move towards €missionary then work my way from here :)

  14. Re:Ah, it's digital. That explains it. on Laser Fusion Passes Major Hurdle · · Score: 1

    no way, you mean it isn't?

    first santa claus, then now doc brown... what is left? :)

  15. Re:NASA isn't good at listening on Panel Warns NASA On Commercial Astronaut Transport · · Score: 2, Funny

    $60 is enough for most people to buy enough liquor to get on the moon without a space ship at least once a year :)... heck for that price they can even imagine themselves in a far away galaxy :)

    that said I am all for NASA getting 10 times that amount :)

  16. Re:So much for public domain... on Sherlock Holmes and the Copyright Tangle · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised no one has patented greed... so he could be the only one to use it... all others would have to get a license

  17. Re:mail on Using Outlook From Orbit · · Score: 1

    LOL... you should try smoke signals :)

  18. Re:Wi-fi on Fast Wi-Fi's Slow Road To Standardization · · Score: 1

    I thought 802.11 AC/DC was next gen wifi... taking networking straight to the metal... bypassing totaly software :)

  19. Re:Wi-fi on Fast Wi-Fi's Slow Road To Standardization · · Score: 1

    802.11 A/C ... also known as the cool wifi ;)

  20. Re:Not the first osmotic power plant on The World's First Osmotic Power Plant · · Score: 1

    man, I checked and Afsluitdijk really exists :)... I'm impressed. At first I thought you just typed random characters

    like I would have done such as the slksjezeszrkem mountain or the rwsezchleski river :)

  21. Re:It actually doesn't look that good on Dumbing Down Programming? · · Score: 1

    (((((( (lisp) (can be fun) (as long) (as (you)) (keep track of (parenthesis)) )))))))

    ((-: :-))

    using redundant->ways->toDo->things && obscure->syntax;
    @perl = s/parenthesis/|regexp/

    maybe scary... but looks good though :)

  22. Re:China have copyright ? on Google Accused of Violating Copyright In China · · Score: 1

    that's because in some contexts, sometimes [being] too right does make it wrong [in other people's eyes]

  23. Re:They should have named it on Web Open Font Format Gets Backing From Mozilla · · Score: 2, Informative

    I was thinking about Web Typography & Fonts (WTF) :)

  24. Re:Liquids on planes on Laptop Fires On Airplanes · · Score: 1

    I've been told it wasn't a protest, it was just a party :)... but because they forgot their cups, they went for the next big recipient at hand... ie, the ocean... maybe I need a memory upgrade though

  25. I welcome our giant ribbon producing overlords on Giant Ribbon Discovered At Edge of Solar System · · Score: 1

    but that raises new questions like...
    Does that mean microsoft monopoly extends beyond our first impressions?
    Is the solar system in the midst of an upgrade process to Universe OS version 2010. Is the upgrade safe? If not, I definitely hope for my sake they have a backup

    but Darn! couldn't they stay away from ribbons... what's with people everywhere... can't they have a classic menu interface?