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  1. Re:Floor plans... on Bin Laden Hideout Recreated In Counter-Strike · · Score: 0

    Worth pointing out here, that this isn't the same as the Counter Strike Source map.

    The CS:S map has a large stairway at the back of the building which goes from left to right. Each floor has a large open plan room across the entire front of the building.

  2. Re:Facebook opt-out on Google/Facebook: Do-Not-Track Threatens CA Economy · · Score: 0

    Thanks,

    I knew I was missing an entry which had something like cdn in the host-name. Struggled to find out what it was.

    # echo 0.0.0.0 fbcdn.net >> /etc/hosts

    +1 informative

  3. Re:Facebook opt-out on Google/Facebook: Do-Not-Track Threatens CA Economy · · Score: 0

    rooftop@desktop:~$ cat /etc/hosts | grep facebook
    0.0.0.0 facebook.com
    0.0.0.0 www.facebook.com

  4. Re:a VM... on Ask Slashdot: Moving From *nix To Windows Automation? · · Score: 0

    dave@psn.sony.com:/# mail kludge@goaway.com -s "URGENT: machine reboot"
    Hi Kludge,
    Did you remember to reboot elvis 643 days ago, after we re-compiled the kernel with critical security updates? It looks like there may be a problem
    .
    ^D
    dave@psn.sony.com:/# how do I get the fucking data back
    bash: how: command not found

  5. Re:Don't do it... on Ask Slashdot: Moving From *nix To Windows Automation? · · Score: 1

    3) Profit!

  6. Re:Derp on Anonymous Denies Sony Claims of Disruption, Credit Info Theft · · Score: 0

    That's it, you're busted. Everyone knows the best hackers live in the 31337 ZIP code.

  7. Re:Why not just report the issue to the user? on Feds To Remotely Uninstall Bot From Some PCs · · Score: -1

    More particularly: Anyone who has obtained a pirate copy of a recent Microsoft operating system (either by themselves or through the 'local computer guy') is probably locked out of the Windows Update system altogether. I think this is a major part of the problem, and probably makes up a large percentage of compromised machines.

  8. Re:Space Race v2.0 on China Plans Space Station By 2020 · · Score: 0

    We need the resources *now* though, and should be using our existing resources to achieve this. When we finally get to the point where humanity wants [or needs] more resources it will be too late for breakthroughs in space travel. Or at least that is the risk which will result in humanity's downfall.

  9. Re:Kind of silly. on The 'Three Ton' Hard Drive Destroyer · · Score: 0

    I agree this is over engineered, and from the video it looks like the machine only pierced the disk once?

    SSI make a shredder which seems more fit for purpose, as it actually breaks the drives down to shrapnel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQYPCPB1g3o

  10. Re:Wow, what a great idea. on Predator Outdoes Kinect At Object Recognition · · Score: 0

    Sorry, I can't come to work this weekend, my weather station is trying to attack me.

  11. Re:Translation from tin-foil-hat-speak ... on Microsoft's Kinect SDK Can Track and Listen · · Score: 0

    Did you not read it with even a slight hint of 1984? I thought *that* was obvious.

    The Kinect is pretty smart. Finally a device with which a computer can both *remember people it sees*, and *differentiate between their voices*. As more money gets poured in, eventually they will embed this type of system in TVs. Now your TV can remember you and recognise you when you get home from work. - Hang on while I go and get my secret diary which is stashed out of the camera's view.

  12. Re:Law enforcement... on Self-Wiping Hard Drives From Toshiba · · Score: 0

    Yes, except the primary reason for this design isn't to protect your data from law enforcement: rather to protect the idiots from themselves.

    This feature aims to protect your data when your ex hard drive finds itself on Ebay, or being picked up from the local recycling centre.

  13. Re:"Lost" on 10,000 Shipping Containers Lost At Sea Each Year · · Score: 0

    That's what they want you to think! It's about what's IN the container!

  14. REAL LINK on Why Russian Space Images Look Different From NASA's · · Score: 0, Informative

    http://uk.gizmodo.com/5787176/this-is-the-moon-and-the-earth-like-you-have-never-seen-them-before

    The one linked in TFS seemed to take me to the front page with adverts. The above link goes straight to the article.

  15. Re:Dorothy? on Google Fiber Comes To Kansas City · · Score: 1

    What, you bricked the router? Fat chance of connecting back to Kansas by fibre now you fool. You better hope the great oz has more than brains, hearts and courage behind that curtain.

  16. Re:We're not in Kansas anymore on Google Fiber Comes To Kansas City · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just follow the yellow cable!

  17. Re:The easy way on Half of Used Phones Still Contain Personal Info · · Score: 0

    Hi Welcome to my auction.

    You are bidding on an AS NEW IPHONE4.

    This iPhone is in the original box, with all cables, and has been FULLY restored back to factory settings. Rest assured, there will be no private data on this device.

    The screen is melted, and most of the circuitry has disintegrated. All this for a $0.99 starting price!

    Happy bidding.

  18. Re:I was once sold a hard drive full of data... on Man Finds Divorce Papers, Tax Docs On "New" Laptop · · Score: 0

    1. Encrypt the data into your own 'insurance' file, and upload to bit-torrent tracker.
    2. Post a Slashdot article with links to the torrent, and and a crappy article/summary.
    3. Inform computer shop.
    4. ...
    5. Profit?

  19. Re:Similar thing from CDW on Man Finds Divorce Papers, Tax Docs On "New" Laptop · · Score: 0

    Wow. Not a bad deal if the unit was some kind of laptop-desktop hybrid, can you please send pictures.

    On a serious note though, I had similar issues when I did installation services for a retail chain. We started writing our initials on some of the cash-office hardware, as we suspected that we were returning DOA equipment, only to have it show up as "new" a few weeks later on another site.

  20. Re:Oh noes! on Splinternet, Or How We Broke the Good Old Web · · Score: 0

    s/your =\/=you\'re/s\/your\/you\'re

    Get it right son.

  21. Re:In an unrelated story from the future... on Chicago's Willis Tower To Become Vertical Solar Farm · · Score: 0

    Yeah they put one of the windows on backwards, so it stopped the visible light, but let through all the harmful radiation.

  22. Re:Haven’t we been here before? on Why Doesn't Every Website Use HTTPS? · · Score: 0
  23. Re:No on Is the Business Card Dead? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Condor? Is that you? I've been trying to get in touch with your for months!

  24. Re:Scare tactic on US Alarmed Over Japan's Nuclear Crisis · · Score: 0

    [The cartoon character Smilin' Joe Fission informs Bart's class about nuclear energy.]
    Smilin' Joe Fission: Uh-oh. Whoops. Looks there's a little leftover nuclear waste. No problem.
    [Smilin' Joe tucks the waste under a rug.]
    Smilin' Joe Fission: I'll just put it where nobody'll find it for a million years.

  25. Re:News For Nerds on Teen Cancels Party After 200,000 RSVP On Facebook · · Score: 0

    Yes, this is a brilliant example of how to take "viral marketing" for lack of a better term, into real life. The only problem is, realistically, she would need to have planned the logistics, security, catering and facilities in advance.