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  1. It CAN work! on Why Offshore Napster Won't Work · · Score: 1

    If someone were to anonymously run a gnap server on Sealand, then who could the Big Five go after??

  2. Young? on Do Techies Care For Daycare? · · Score: 1

    I think the concept that 'techies' are young is a huge misnomer within our culture. I'd love to be offered daycare! Our industry is rapidly becoming just like all others in terms of age and experience.

  3. 80% on Space Object May Be Killer - In 2030 · · Score: 1

    It's worth noting that nearly all asteroids have a much greater chance of laning in the ocean. Since the earth's surface is 80% water. Although tsunami's would suck just as much.

  4. Still free on Napster Going to Subscriptions · · Score: 1

    Sure Napster can go to a subscription business model. But the the only thing attracting users to Napster rather than MP3.com is the fact that it's free. It'll be a matter of weeks before someone develops another napsterish server/software.

  5. Re:Always use encrypted filesystems! on When The FBI Knocks, A First-Person Account · · Score: 1

    Actually I've seen the 5th amendment plea been taken down by the almighty "obstruction of justice"...making the fine/sentence even stiffer. But you are correct, it is against the 5th.

  6. Scared Straight on Has D.A.R.E Been Effective? · · Score: 1

    D.A.R.E, and oher such programs rely heavliy on scare tactics and half-truths. Before we get any further, I'm not an advocate for legalizing drugs nor am I an avid drug user. I've researched a great deal on a subset of class III drugs known popularly as anabolic steroids. A class of drugs the AMA and JAMA have endorsed for years as incredible longevity and overall systemic health providers. Although looking through literature from DARE the false 'facts' abound. Most of the them are frightening, telling teens their penis (not testicles) will shrink irreversably. DARE is a well intentioned program with the wrong approach. Does DARE work? Sure it does. It keeps most undecided teens from using it.

  7. Re:Novell popular til they cracked down on licensi on Is Novell Doomed? · · Score: 1

    Novell actually has a very aggressive team of piracy sleuths. I know because they tried to cherry pick me back in my Utah Valley day.

  8. Nope on Is Novell Doomed? · · Score: 1

    Novell does indeed have an ace in the hole, several in fact: Sheer distribution. Novell services dominate the medical industry, insurance industry and law offices. A brand name. Novell actually has technical support and a corporate name. A non-repudiated licensing structure. Cost. It costs millions of dollars (for large insurance companies) to roll over to a 'freeware' OS from Novell. Yeah the license is free, but that's about it. Man hours in migration, configuration and troubleshooting are massive. Putting all the beans in a row, linux will not topple client-structures that are already using Novell (or any other solution). The only hope for linux is fresh meat. Fresh, thrifty meat. As a PKI engineer I see tons and tons of sys admins who /like/ linux, but very few who have the cojones to design a proposal to replace or implement a linux-based /anything/ (save for maybe firewalls).

  9. Re:Could Someone "Become You"? on Hong Kong Smart Identity Cards In 2003 · · Score: 1

    Most card lifecycle management programs use dynamic passwords and have a password replay protection program that prevents someone from using the same dynamic password twice. Also, a commonly overlooked biometric is your face. Having a photo on the card goes a long way, as does storing thumb prints digitally on the card, which is being done by several smart card clients.

  10. Re:Does anyone know... on Hong Kong Smart Identity Cards In 2003 · · Score: 1

    I work for a smart card company, ActivCard Inc. You can store nearly any type of biometric on a smart, given the current inductry limits of storage on the card, which is 16K. Presently being stored on smart cards are: digital certificates, PINs, passwords, PKI, SKI data. We have the ability to generate the passwords on the card, thus the alogrythm and other secrets aren't visible. Hope this helps!

  11. Nothing Odd Here on Slashdot, The Elections, and Space Exploration · · Score: 1

    It's interesting: Biopreperat is attempting to come out of "Cold War" mode, so what do we do? Review our BETA tapes of "War Games" and hollar rhetoric. NASA also get's some funding from the US Army. No big you say? The US Army is leaps and bounds ahead of the former USSR in term of biological warfare technology. Take off your rhetoric glasses and peer at the real world.

  12. "Grilling" on Ask the Presidential Candidates · · Score: 1

    If the grilling is anything as lightfooted as the Carnivore interview, I don't think I'd be interested in it. But nonetheless, it'd be nice to get a foot in the door and ask some questions that apply to our industry.