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  1. Re:Still... on CFLs Causing Utility Woes · · Score: 1

    The power factor for the CFL bulbs is actually capacitive so it help cancel some of the inductive load on your fridge/iron/stove/heater/ac.

  2. $$ attached to each piece of information on Personal Data Exposed! Can Legislation Fix It? · · Score: 1

    IMHO, if a company or agency treats our personal information like they do cash, they would be much more careful with it. I would suggest a dollar amount on each piece of information.
    Name: $5
    Birthdate: $5
    Address: $5
    SSN: $50
    etc.

    If they disclose that information accidentally or without permission it's just like they lost $5 of your money and they have to send you a check.

    I think this would also help cut down on the information that organizations would keep on people to a minimum since each field would be treated as a liability (as it should be).

    No SIG for you! Come back, one year!

  3. Re:Something must be done! on Accused Zotob Worm Author Says Money Was Motive · · Score: 1

    Surely you've heard that money has root access to all evil?

    All evil being the government (all countries) of course. Without money to gain, why would anyone go into government? Oh yeah, power. But how would they get people to put them into government?

    Psst, Hey buddy. Can you spare a .sig?

  4. Re:Collateral Damage on SpamSlayer - should we DDOS spammers? · · Score: 1

    Easy. It's the one selling the p3n1s p1lls and cheap m0rtag es.

    Psst. Hey buddy. Can you spare a .sig

  5. Re:Highly annoying on Rundown on SSH Brute Force Attacks · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Perl is an appropiate tool for this in my mind. I did what you did but had syslog send the entries to a FIFO which the script reads from.
    I give them 2 tries in 10 seconds or 3 in 60 before they get put into the bit bucket. I then send an email to myself with the IP, times, and usernames.
    Kinda fun to watch my gmail account get 4-5 of these a day.

    Psst. Hey buddy. Can you spare a .sig?

  6. Re:More Info on EU Officials Raid Intel Offices · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Not a PR stunt? I think so.

    The article states that while the investigation has been going on for 4 years, two years ago they decided that there wasn't enough evidence to persue Intel. AMD still didn't drop the complaint so now that AMD is grabbing all the PR they can, the EU is searching (again) for evidence to support AMD's claim.

    I wouldn't call this a raid any more than picking up my order from Pizza Hut would be called a "Pizza Raid". Exciting text gets eyeballs.

    Psst, Hey buddy, Can you spare a .sig?

  7. Re:Of course it isn't dead! on DECnet Isn't Dead · · Score: 1

    Today's desktop systems are, frankly, bare minimum crap compared to the old iron. Today's systems are cheap, throw away, crap.


    Let's compare Oranges to Oranges now why don't we? Any decent IT shop won't go for the bargain bin at Costco for a reliable x86 server (any OS). High end hardware will provide the same uptime (and yes, clustering) as the VAX and you get the generations of performance advances and yes, good engineering.

    Don't look for high dollar engineering in systems where they argue over using $0.01 or $0.012 /ea caps. Spend some money ($5k) and buy a *server* system. There is a difference and then compare the uptimes.

    BTW, which 6" jumper cable can you get for a VAX for the $299 of today's 'throw away, crap'?

    Psst. Hey buddy, can you spare a .sig?

  8. Re:Let the... on Justice O'Connor Retiring · · Score: 3, Informative

    two branches of the government are already controlled by one party

    You forget, every 2 or 4 years, two of the branches are decided by voting (you did vote, didn't you?) so they represent a majority of the country. Why shouldn't the third branch also represent the majority? Don't forget, just because someone has an R next to their name, doesn't mean they are controlled by the party.

    Vote, there's your checks and balances.

    Psst, hey buddy, can you spare a .sig?

  9. Re:Down with Intel (Or down with AMD?) on AMD Takes Case To Public, Japan · · Score: 2, Interesting

    AMD does have other product lines but the most profitable is flash. They just spun that business off. Sounds like they are trying to protect it from the possible liability from this stunt.
    Just my $.02

    Psst. Hey buddy, can you spare a .sig?

  10. Re:RTJKJAS? on Feds Shut Down Elite Torrents · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I suspect the 'web developer' just put some garbage on the end of the word doc to prevent the fine Microsoft product (I'll tell you where you want to go today!) from deleting the blank lines.

    Psst... Hey buddy, can you spare a .sig?

  11. Re:Yeah... on Car With A Mind Of Its Own -- Part 2 · · Score: 1

    How many people actually know someone that is a competent driver that has had this happen?
    Happened to my wife. She was driving on the freeway and needed to slow down for traffic. The brake didn't disengage the cruise control until after about 30 seconds of power braking. She was about to try the off switch when the cruise control released.
    With software taking more control of things, bugs are bound to manifest themselves. A developer forgot to disable interrupts in a handler or something else that results in an unexpected state and bang, you're doing 120 on a freeway in France.

    Psst. Hey buddy, can you spare a .sig?

  12. Re:Total privacy ends at your doorstep... on Intelligent Transportation Systems · · Score: 1

    You have forgotten about Hiebel.
    Your privacy ends when you walk out your door. At least for now...

    Psst. hey buddy, can you spare a .sig?

  13. Re:What's the problem with volunteering? on Volunteers Needed for Space Launch · · Score: 1

    You haven't seen October in the Mojave DESERT have you? It's summer there until late December.

    Psst. Hey buddy, can you spare a .sig?

  14. Opportunity for Providers + Law enforcement on 20,000 Zombie PCs -- $3000 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If it hadn't already been published that the list was available (Like it's still for sale now that it's public knowledge), this would be a perfect opportunity for Comcast etc to reclaim some bandwidth. They could team with the FBI/Scottland Yard/Interpol (who would be very interested in such fraud) then buy the list with something tracable.
    If the deal is a scam, follow the money and bust the crook. If it's real, follow the money and bust the crook then clean up the zombies on your network.
    Basically it's a no lose opportunity.

    Psst... Hey buddy, can you spare a .sig?

  15. Re:If it's broke...well....we'll fix it later on Dept. of Homeland Security Says to Stop Using IE · · Score: 4, Interesting

    As pointed out, IE & IIS and such are paid for. Another factor is that despite the weak remedy of the DOJ antitrust suit, MS was still found to be a monopoly. This puts them into a different class than most other software.

    Despite the click-wrap license which claims no liability, I think it would be easy to show the contrary and the class action is a good idea. MS is a for-profit company and as such their goal is to make money. They aren't going to write any code unless it affects the balance sheet. Time to make the exploits show up on the 10-Q.

    There's more truth in Dilbert than in Farenheit 9/11

  16. Re:tagging email addresses on Turning Up The Heat On On-Line Registration · · Score: 1

    My favorite for this is Spam Gourmet. It provides the tagging as well as disposable addresses.

    Psst. Hey buddy, can you spare a .sig?

  17. Crop Circles! on Covert Channel: ASCII Art Over ICMP · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did the 'Art' that was put on the page look like crop circles to anyone else?

    <Tinfoil hat>The aliens have a new way of passing information to the chosen. I saw Mulder ping this site and got a map to the next landing coordiates. If you believe, you can see it.</Tinfoil hat>

    Psst. Hey buddy, can I borrow a .sig?

  18. Re:Well, there go the logfiles on "Port Knocking" For Added Security · · Score: 1

    The article (the second one, the first is /.'d) specifically addressed problem #2 by suggesting a changing 'knock' similar to the way encryption keys are rotated. The article also acknowledges that the same challenges such as secret distribution exists with the knock rotation scheme and encryption key rotation.

    Psst. Hey buddy, can you spare a SIG?

  19. Re:50 Watts increase at 100% CPU Load on The Cost of Distributed Client Computing? · · Score: 1

    You could save some money on taxes! I think that between your graph and the new unified client tracking CPU time, it could be a great way to document your 'charitable donations' with an associated cost. Just don't mention anything about your FP Shooter habits on your 1040.

    Psst. Hey buddy, can you spare a .sig?

  20. '85 80286 processor on What's the Oldest Hardware You are Still Using? · · Score: 1

    I have an 80286-8 processor from the mid 80's on my Linux box's case as a decoration. The chip is some kind of flat form factor that clamped into the socket on the mobo. It is just the size to fit in that little 1"x1" logo spot on the generic cases I've been using for years. I saw it about 3 years back as I was throwing away a box of motherboards (286 - socket 5 - sheesh talk about being a packrat) and pulled it out for fun.

    Hey! Now I have Intel Outside too!

    Psst, Hey buddy, can you spare a .sig?

  21. Spammers == Criminals on Spammers Using Hacked Machines as Decoys · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Here is yet another example of how spammers have no regard for laws and where their activity is blatantly criminal. It also illustrates why spam laws will be ineffective.

    It is about time for Law enforcement to find them (follow the money, duh!) and prosecute them. If they are hiding someplace that has no effective rule of law, find them and then knee-cap them. Maybe then they will appreciate law-and-order a bit more.

    Psst. Hey buddy, can you spare a .sig?

  22. Re:Firewall on Spammers Using Hacked Machines as Decoys · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately an ISP level port block doesn't stop infection. My ISP blocks 80 and 443 but my Apache logs show continual hits for both Code Red and Nimda because there are infected hosts inside the network.

    How they got there is an exercise left to the reader.

    Needless to say, IPTABLES is my friend, I don't see many reasons someone from my own ISP would be using my server.

  23. Re:Should've claimed SETI on Speak & Spell Hacking For Fun And Profit · · Score: 1

    I think ET learned how to talk from it, or the other way around. They sound the same. Maybe aliens planted the technology so we could get use to the way they would sound... Hmmmm, where's my tinfoil hat?

    My other sig flys

  24. Re:Use the mirror .... ;-) on Fan-Made Star Trek Episode Available for Download · · Score: 1

    Great mirror! Got about 70KBps from you. Stand by while I copy them to my gnutella directory...

    Will code for SIG

  25. Re:Scrapheap on Modding A Paper Shredder · · Score: 1

    At the very least they should have modified the temp sensor to allow it to get as hot as possible without damaging the motor. After all, a good engineers is always conservative on paper. A resistor put in the right place could have changed the thermistor range nicely... Sheesh, probably Microsoft engineers indeed.

    Will code for sig.