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  1. fucking magnets on Magnetic Nanoparticles Fry Tumors · · Score: 2

    What can't they do?

    Also, I prefer the egg sandwich from the gas station approach.... well, at least if the cancer was in my pelvic splanchnic ganglion

  2. Re:why am I not surprised sql injection is first? on The Most Dangerous Programming Mistakes · · Score: 1

    Oh, I understand. Read only users are necessary for all sql implementations that have that kind of connectivity. The problem I have is more implementation based. It's a major security issue to allow a querying language to allow updates/inserts/deletes in general. A better system would be to have separate implementations for both(the one I'm most experienced with uses compiled code for updates/inserts/deletes and the query language is read only by design. thus there is no room for injection of any kind, except maybe the select variety mentioned above if the input isn't sanitized and the query language allows it).

  3. Re:why am I not surprised sql injection is first? on The Most Dangerous Programming Mistakes · · Score: 1

    Yes, PICK os/db. Today it functions within *nix as a virtualized/emulated database/os with a network connectivity layer to allow communication. This is the implementation I've used(there are others, by varying cos). Doing comparative tests, the speed of it as a querying system is ridiculously fast compared to SQL, primarily due to the superior file system(which also acts as the db hierarchy) that allows for very fast location of data

  4. Re:why am I not surprised sql injection is first? on The Most Dangerous Programming Mistakes · · Score: 1

    Except what essentially amounts to denial of service is much different than the typical sql injection. The biggest problem with sql injection is the fact that it lets you alter the database, not that you can hammer the server with a select statement. True, both are security issues, but one is greater than the other

  5. Re:why am I not surprised sql injection is first? on The Most Dangerous Programming Mistakes · · Score: 1

    You're assuming a query language that will allow that, though. That will do absolutely nothing in ENGLISH

  6. Re:why am I not surprised sql injection is first? on The Most Dangerous Programming Mistakes · · Score: 1

    The easiest way to defend against it is to use a query language that actually only does queries. The biggest security hole is the fact that you can insert/update/delete through a query language

  7. Re:why am I not surprised sql injection is first? on The Most Dangerous Programming Mistakes · · Score: 1

    Or, move to PICK and never worry about it again.

  8. Re:Great work if you can get it on Specific Media To Buy MySpace · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You buy a baseball player for $50 million. Baseball player generates you $100 million in increased ticket and merchandise sales as well as market exposure. At the end of his contract, you cannot sell him for anything. You get $0. Was this a financial victory? You don't need to sell something for more than you bought it for to come out positive.

  9. Re:Huh? on Another Android Device Maker Signs Patent Agreement With Microsoft · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Sounds like good news on Oracle Shuts Older Servers Out of Solaris 11 · · Score: 1

    Really? 3 or 4 years? I see plenty of ancient AS400 and Alpha servers in production all the time. Damn near the rule rather than the exception.

  11. Microsoft made a deal with GDI? on Another Android Device Maker Signs Patent Agreement With Microsoft · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does that make Google the Brotherhood of Nod? I thought they weren't evil????

  12. Re:Logoff/Shutdown/Restart on One Week: No Mouse, Just Keyboard · · Score: 2

    Ctrl-esc, right arrow, enter

  13. Re:real geekiness? on Are Fake Geeks Dooming Real Ones? · · Score: 2

    TI-92? A real geek would have done it from a TI-82

  14. Re:History geek, uh huh..here's a translation on Are Fake Geeks Dooming Real Ones? · · Score: 2

    Miss USA-speak: "I'm a math wizard."
    English: "I can count to potato+1."

  15. Re:Verizon's LTE speeds on Eight Major 3G & 4G Networks Tested Nationwide · · Score: 1

    or even WiFi

  16. Re:Officially they never enabled it anyway on Apple Has Stopped iOS Downgrading · · Score: 1

    I tinker with my wife's Infuse. It's a nifty little device. You'd be hard pressed to find a better Android phone for AT&T

  17. just use basic on Learning Programming In a Post-BASIC World · · Score: 1

    Just use BASIC, or an older version of VB(VB3 comes to mind). Simple, little required in the way of GUI(even VB3 is extremely simple with GUI), and enough to teach the basic concepts. The fact that they're old doesn't mean that they aren't useful.

  18. Re:Study Design a Must on There Oughta Be a Standard: Laptop Power Supplies · · Score: 1

    Hope you have a solid state drive

  19. Re:Study Design a Must on There Oughta Be a Standard: Laptop Power Supplies · · Score: 1

    So do human males.

  20. Re:Study Design a Must on There Oughta Be a Standard: Laptop Power Supplies · · Score: 1

    My old Sony laptop had this sort of damage internally, but when it happened(it was on and plugged in) it caused a short somewhere and seemingly fried the mobo. No solder or epoxy could fix that

  21. WP7 on Mobile Browsers Alternatives Compared · · Score: 1

    Would be nice to get some alternative browsers in WP7. Opera Mobile was announced by Opera, then ????? No Skyfire, either. Granted the built in browser works well, but the landscape view doesn't have the options for switching tabs and the zoom threshold is fixed so you cannot zoom in or out past a certain point if it doesn't zoom correctly. It doesn't reformat the text to fit the screen, either, which is one thing I've had a lot of luck with the Android browser.

  22. Re:Shouldn't have messed with EvE on Authorities Closing On LulzSec · · Score: 1

    And they live in highsec. Should have moved to nullsec, aka Somalia. Wardec ain't going to hurt there

  23. Re:i dont know whether youre a moron or not on Authorities Closing On LulzSec · · Score: 1

    Basic profiling I'd say. Look at what they're doing and ask yourself who would do that kind of thing most often? A 40 year old IT security expert? A pissed off old man? Or a teenager/young adult? Maybe you missed the AOL script kiddy days, because it was essentially the same situation(with much much lower stakes).

  24. lewt on Is the Rise of Wearable Electronics Finally Here? · · Score: 1

    Gonna get some phat lewtz when I gank you outside of your house

  25. Re:At least I know why I'm paying for on Live now on Codemasters Shuts Down GRID Online Multiplayer · · Score: 1

    Some 360 games are P2P. Many are client/server model. Again, Shadowrun was an instance of this.