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  1. Re:A good start. on FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel · · Score: 1

    Add number 5.

    And it takes multiple times for them to understand that it isn't the right number.

  2. Re:Stop paying MS for bad software... on Windows XP Still Outselling Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    So why didn't you go the remove admin route with the Mac?

  3. Re:Lawsuit? on Faux-CNN Spam Blitz Delivers Malicious Flash · · Score: 1

    Which actually means squat, in many cases.

    Most of the "bank" e-mail I've seen is outsourced and the links also go to the original provider, redirecting to the bank later. Unless you're familiar with the companies involved, telling a real bank e-mail from a phish is incredibly difficult.

  4. Re:dumb on Mozilla SSL Policy Considered Bad For the Web · · Score: 1

    No, it's not as simple. I could do a one time exception very easily in FF2. Now it's easier to give a permanent exception.

  5. Re:Marketing? on Two Black Hat Talks On Apple Security Cancelled · · Score: 0

    Or releasing patches that don't fix what they say they fix? Could've sworn I've seen that somewhere with some company recently

  6. Re:I got mine on iPhone Tethering App Released, Killed In 2 Hours · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "So sorry, the OS update broke it, nothing we can do"

  7. Re:I got mine on iPhone Tethering App Released, Killed In 2 Hours · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Until Apple decides to blacklist it and erase it off the phone on an iTunes update.

  8. Re:TIM on Have Modern Gamers Lost the Patience For Puzzles? · · Score: 1

    There's a TIM like game coming out for the DS. I don't recall the name unfortunately.

  9. Re:I have always been a Sony fanboy... on Final Fantasy XIII Is Coming To Xbox 360 · · Score: 1

    There were Mac rootkits on some of those disks as well (granted, you needed to explicitly install it and enter the admin password), so don't lay the blame at MS, lay it at Sony.

  10. Re:So is AVG still a good AV prog? on AVG Backs Down From Flooding the Internet · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't browse (usually) for pr0n or for cracks, so I don't worry.

    What about those cracks into the high profile web servers that deposit malware? You have to trust every webmaster out there to have properly secured their systems.

  11. Re:Better security for ActiveX controls on IE 8 To Include New Security Tools · · Score: 1

    There's no "fast as native" code with ActiveX, it *IS* native code.

  12. Re:Better security for ActiveX controls on IE 8 To Include New Security Tools · · Score: 0

    ActiveX is documented, well enough for their to be clones.

  13. Re:The so-called reason on Netflix To Eliminate Profiles Feature · · Score: 1



    Queue is A1B1A2B2...

    B1 is not available. Therefore, A2 comes. With the profiles, B2 would've.

  14. Re:Yes, I received the same notice. on Netflix To Eliminate Profiles Feature · · Score: 1

    As a consumer, it does make a difference.

    Our netflix setup:

    1 for me
    1 for wife
    1 for TV series (watched slower)

    We had dropped netflix for a while because we weren't watching enough and started considering it again. This torpedos it.

  15. Re:The First Amendment to the Constitution on Leaked ACTA Treaty to Outlaw P2P? · · Score: 3, Informative

    This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land;


    Problem is, the Constitution doesn't give a ranking for treaties when they're unconstitutional, and it's been treated that they supersede it.
  16. Re:tools on Have Mathematics Exams Become Easier? · · Score: 1

    US does this to, but the stores are somewhat sneaky about breaking the purpose. The units don't always match between. Some will give per ounce, some will give per pound, even on the same type of item.

  17. Re:The original rocks on Ubisoft Announces Beyond Good & Evil 2 · · Score: 1

    Considering that the screenshot I saw shows a bandage on his hand, it probably does follow the story.

  18. Re:I'm not getting my hopes up on Dragon Quest IV Coming to the DS · · Score: 1

    I've only played Dawn of Souls (completed I, mostly through II), and never played the original to compare. I was into computer gaming when those came out and didn't have any consoles.

  19. Re:I'm not getting my hopes up on Dragon Quest IV Coming to the DS · · Score: 4, Funny

    The same thing happened to Final Fantasy IV Advance, Final Fantasy V Advance, Final Fantasy VI Advance and Final Fantasy I & 2 Dawn of Souls.

    Yeah, it's not like those were for the Gameboy Advanced or anything like that.

  20. Re:I had no clue people still upgraded firmwares. on New 'Phlashing' Attack Sabotages Hardware · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's not just network hardware or computers.

    iPhone
    PS3
    360
    Wii
    PSP

  21. Re:Always starts maximized on Mac OS on Firefox 3 RC1 Out Now · · Score: 1

    Doesn't happen that way for me, works fine (Tiger, haven't upgraded the Leopard machine yet).

  22. Re:Thanks Firefox! on Firefox 3 RC1 Out Now · · Score: 1

    Still some bugs. Crashes for me if I mouse over the name of a Jabber chatroom, NULL pointer dereference (Windows). The bug was closed the other day for inactivity by the maintainers.

    I'd submit a patch if I could build it on Windows, but no Windows boxes at home, and I can't justify the time at work.

  23. Re:Antitrust? on GPL vs. Skype Back In Court · · Score: 1

    Forcing others to release their source can restrict competition, for example if the other source contains code under licenses that don't allow redistribution.

    How is this any different from restrictions that may exist on proprietary licenses? Doesn't WindowsCE require all changes be given to MS?

  24. Re:Downside of OSS on Firefox Vietnamese Language Pack Infected With Trojan · · Score: 2

    The entire nature of open source forces it to make sure peer review is enforced , because of the danger

    Right, sure it is. How long was the exploitable double free in zlib? It was what, a year and a half before a PLAIN TEXT password was found in firebird?

  25. Re:Windows Development has one *huge* advantage on How Microsoft Dropped the Ball With Developers · · Score: 1

    Server doesn't help as much when you need to test on the client systems that happen to be regular users.

    I don't even care if it has to run on Macs or consumes a license. I want to have virtual client environments that I can roll back and take snapshots of various patch levels.