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  1. testing? on Military Testing WMD Sensors at Super Bowl · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This may seem like a silly question, but how can you test for something that won't be there?

    Are they just trying to restrict false positives? Or just show off that they have something? This is just going to be another ineffective technology that too much money was spent on.

  2. Re:Umm on Election Officials And Crackers Challenge Diebold · · Score: 1

    I think these are the stories that are usually on the right, after 'Your Rights Online', it usuallys says (1 More), and the stories that don't usually appear on the main page will now take up a line of text.

    I like it, there's often stories in those '1 More' links that are very interesting, and they are hidden from view until you actually go and look for them.

  3. Extensions on Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 Released · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So far the only extension that works is the gmail notifier. Not even the all-in-one mouse gestures works... I'm patient, but will all of the developers make and re-make their extensions for every version?

    I smell a need for backward compatibility

  4. Re:Cutting class and getting credit... on What Are Your Favorite Computing Memories? · · Score: 1

    You're welcome, Jimmy.

  5. this is news? on IP Telephony Drives in Power over Ethernet · · Score: 1

    IP telephony drives PoE? Next they'll say that SUVs drive the oil industry.

  6. Re:Different images on Hardware MPEG2 TV Tuners Compared · · Score: 1

    the pictures are so similar it doesn't matter.

    grab your camera... try to take a picture of your tv while watching your favorite show 3 times... keep in mind, the frame changes ever 24.999 seconds or so.

    get the picture?

  7. Re:Safest method to prevent access to the drive... on Secure Hard Drive Deletion Appliance? · · Score: 1

    they let you RMA the drive after that?

  8. Re:Can someone explain to me.. on Secure Hard Drive Deletion Appliance? · · Score: 1

    Without getting technical, think of it as writing 'HELLO WORLD' on a piece of paper, then scribbling all over it (with equal pressure on the pen). If you really, really try, you can see the original message. The same thing happens with the magnetics inside the hard drive platter, some are more receptive than others, noting was was recently written to them in the past. Some agencies/people/organizations have claimed that hard drives can be recovered 8 or 10 times back.

    It gets costly though.

  9. Re:Yeah? well, decrypt this! on Feds Hack Wireless Network in 3 Minutes · · Score: 0

    This deserves a lot more credit than it's getting.

    Does Langley know about this?

  10. reverse is also true on How the Secret Service Cracks Encrypted Evidence · · Score: 1

    Cache every website you go to, in fact, make a bot that just goes to websites and logs everything....

    that'll waste their time.

  11. Re:Freevo vs. MythTV on Freevo Developers Interviewed · · Score: 2, Informative

    Mythtv, only because of Jarod's HOWTO:

    http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php

  12. Perfect question for the first PVR box builder on Freevo Developers Interviewed · · Score: 5, Informative

    Howard Wen: How does Freevo differ from MythTV?

    Dirk Meyer: MythTV uses QT, which uses X. Freevo should also run on a frame buffer, a DXR3 or something else. The next difference is MythTV depends on a MySQL database. Freevo always was a GUI for external programs. There was never the idea to build a TV application like MythTV inside Freevo.

    Rob Shortt: MythTV has the live TV time-shifting nailed, and for that I am envious. While Myth has the advantage in [this], I think Freevo does a better job of other media handling.

    Freevo tends to be a more nimble program, or I should say "platform." This has to do with us not using a data server like MySQL or depending on Apache for the web interface. Instead, we use a combination of caches, object serialization, XML files, and SQLite for persistent storage, and our own lightweight web server using Twisted.

    Aubin Paul: MythTV is exceptional, and I admire much of what they've done. But I don't like some of their design choices. For example, why would I run X-Windows on my TV?

  13. damn on Decrypting Kryptos · · Score: 2, Funny

    where that's kid from mercury rising when you need him.

  14. Re:version 2 is already out on eXeem Lite Public Beta Released · · Score: 1

    someone mod this down, it's a pay to view forum (lame/spam)

  15. hah on Firefox Continues Gains against IE · · Score: 2, Funny

    granted you see this in every article...

    A Microsoft spokesman did not immediately comment for this story

    but i love that.

  16. reg free on Mathematics of the Social Security "Crisis" · · Score: 3, Informative
  17. hung? on AI Bots Pick The Hits of Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    i wonder how william hung scored.

  18. Re:I know! on Google's Dark Fibre Plans? · · Score: 1

    they have a 'don't be evil' motto, we have nothing to worry about until they get new CEOs

  19. linksys disguised as a netgear on Best Wireless SSIDs You Have Seen? · · Score: 1

    I named my linksys WRT54G as 'netgear'... among the mac address filter, the sveasoft firmware, and the WEP encryption (And living in the woods, the best defense), i'm not worried about war drivers.

  20. Re:search keyword - find the most interesting plac on Google Exposes Web Surveillance Cams · · Score: 3, Interesting
  21. Great! on MS AntiSpyware vs Ad-Aware vs. SpyBot · · Score: 4, Insightful


    The Real-Time Protection agent is awesome. It automatically informs you of any changes being made to your current settings; such as if your IE homepage is trying to be changed. It also warns the user if any spyware is trying to be installed.
    So it has to be running first. Just what i want my computer to do, run more stuff.

    Also, I kinda know when our homepage is hijacked, and this is why i switched to firefox.

  22. supported versions of windows: on Microsoft Releases AntiSpyware Program · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Professional Edition , Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows XP Home Edition , Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional Edition , Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

    Great, go windows 98!

    I guess all of my relatives will keep using ad-aware and spybot, they refuse to buy a new computer to check their email with.

  23. Re:Only 25 years? on Laser Painting Could Lead to 25-Year Prison Term · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Considering how windshields on airplanes are on the top of the plane, shining lasers at them probably won't blind them, and they won't crash.

    But it's the same as pointing a laser pointer at a itchy trigger finger cop.

    The guy shouldn't get 25 years, he obviously isn't a terrorist. But i'm now unpatriotic for thinking so.

  24. turns out on Comparative CPU Benchmarks From 1995 to 2004 · · Score: 1

    turns out they left the pentium 1 in the server, so it's dead now... they'll figure out the cost of upgrading it later.

  25. Re:None ready for primetime on Windows Media Center Edition vs. The World · · Score: 1

    you even try this thing out? it looks and acts amazing. just because it has version 0.x, doesn't mean it's 'bad'.

    they could label it '95, 98, 98se, 2000, or XP', or something, but my mythtv box has less problems than my windows box. Figure that one out.