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  1. Re:Duh . . . on Polarized Screens to Hide Sensitive Data · · Score: 2

    Look at the hidden advantages of this: it will hide the user's sleepy eyeballs. This will allow them to be more productive as they can work in their sleep. The caffeine induced finger spams on the keyboard will have everyone fooled as it appears they are focused on producing better code.

  2. Re:low tech variant of this event... on Worldwide WarDrive Aftermath · · Score: 2

    Bleah...

    You aren't sending any packets out to knock. You are simply driving down the street looking for ssids, or house numbers. Looking for packets is like seeing if houses exist in the city.

    Sending ping packets would be knocking on the doors. But you are just passively driving down the street looking at the countryside for life.

  3. Re:getting into things that are not your concern on Worldwide WarDrive Aftermath · · Score: 2

    Wardriving as peeking in someone's window is only if you are running a program to capture packets at the same time. You can run ethereal and airsnort at the same time to view the webpages people see. That would be snooping.

    Looking at ssid's like like looking at housenumbers as you drive down the street. Wardriving is like seeing if there are houses in the city. Its like looking at the development of the neighborhoods. Do these people plan properly?

  4. Re:darwin on Many Hackers Too Fat For The FBI · · Score: 2

    I don't know what my SKS weighs, but I can say carrying any type of gun or backpack through a cold morning of hunting can put anyone to the test. Physical endurance will seperate men from the boys in any kind of challenge.

  5. Re:Dumb. on Wireless Camouflage? · · Score: 2

    Um... Why not secure the damn network instead?

    Heh, this sounds like the best way to secure a network. Along with the usual firewalls and other gems of obscurity, this is like a minefield that stands to catch 99.99% of the wannabee intruders. If you place lucrative triggers of deception everywhere, a newbie to your network is guaranteed to set off an alarm.

    This is just the final touch for security. Its more beautiful than the venus fly trap. Imagine an intruder blindly walking off the edge of a cliff. The death penalty won't protect you from pests, but this will!

  6. Re:Obvious technical solution take 2 on Can Poisoning Peer to Peer Networks Work? · · Score: 2

    Solution (difficulty level: easy :)

    We can GPG sign each megabyte of the files to be downloaded. If the P2P clients downloading from the infected server raise enough red flags, the server can be voted off the island.

  7. Re:WEP - The only major obsticle on 802.11 vs. 3G For Mobile Access · · Score: 2

    Not just 802.11, but any radio frequency without encryption is interesting. Its too easy to take a tuner out of an existing device and hook it up to a slightly modified radio to extract the data. A computer can automate the scanning and recording process. With highly directional antennas, the location and identity of the source can easily be determined too. Any kid with a lot of free time can do this with junk parts. It doesn't take a college degree.

    If it isn't encrypted, those communications are subject to eavesdropping. No law, not even the death penalty is going to protect a person from a breach of privacy. Only strong physical security is our friend.

  8. Re:Fiber to the door is plain silly on Welcome to the Fiberhood · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Fiber has the advantage of lightning protection. Its a favorite for industrial applications and makes sense for residential installations.

  9. Re:Here's what's in my kit on Recommendations for Computer Repair Kits? · · Score: 2

    A logic probe has been the best tool for troubleshooting my computer problems. It allows for a quick way to see if the clock is enabling an interrupt, a bus, or a decoder chip on some card that seems defective. If it latches the light, you know your suspected card has been activated and is seen by the operating system.

    This $20 tool can catch an event so small that something like the eyes of an oscilliscope would glaze over.

  10. Re:Stick with PPC on Apple Secretly Maintaining x86 Port Of Mac OS X · · Score: 2

    Looking at the PPC instruction set, it looks a little more robust than a "reduced" instruction set to me. They all look CISC, except for the old favorites, such as the 6502...

    As far as which is better depends on your assembly language preferences. I prefer accumulator arithmatic of the RISC, but since we use compilers these days, this point is moot.

  11. Re:From what Ive read ... on Ford Pulls The Plug on Electric Cars · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm curious why you say the Prius is "too bare-bones" to be an enjoyable car. We have one in the family and it is a great full featured car. It has a high output heater/AC, stock entertainment system is very nice, power everything...what is it missing for your needs?

  12. Re:All I Want.. on Ford Pulls The Plug on Electric Cars · · Score: 2

    Getting heat from an electric car should be easy. If your car has a 30 horsepower motor, it may consume over 20,000 watts (30*746). A small motor like that needs a lot of cooling. Its cooling system would be your heating system. That is a lot of BTU's. Add a refrigerant compressor on the drive for the hot days.

    It just takes a small extra investment to add these creature comfort features to any electric car.

  13. Re:popularity to increase on Mr Anti-Google · · Score: 2

    Funny how he disables his site when we link to him in attempt to find something interesting. I was curious and I might have linked to him. Guess he will never be google'd. And he wonders why...

  14. Re:walls movable with tools... on Reconfigurable, Modular Dream Home · · Score: 3, Interesting

    or try "manufactured" housing. Here today, gone tomorrow. This may be the seeds of the trailer parks of the future.

  15. Re:Range on Warflying: San Diego · · Score: 2

    Never underestimate the power of a small yagi antenna. This compact miracle antenna can be aimed like a laser pointer into the windows of buildings miles away.

  16. Re:Roblimo I Am Calling You Out on Microsoft News Update · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You are new around here. Quit whining.

  17. Linux is my religion on Australia Oppresses Jedi · · Score: 1, Troll

    Mod me down.

  18. Re:There's no right answer on Chemistry Books for the Smart? · · Score: 2

    That's why I recommend a chemistry set. Nothing demonstrates proficency better than a solution not releasing unexpected bursts of energy. If it does, then you've learned something new. Chemistry offers a never ending education process as it is always around our lives.

  19. Re:Appropriate Packaging on Medicine for a Sick Linux Box · · Score: 2

    I see real marketing potential: a boxed set of flourescent colored disks, labeled to look like prescription bottles. If a salesman at a floppy manfucaturing plant had a lunchtime to spare with the engineers, it could be possible to buy floppies with different colored sides on the front and back, just like a pill. I can see the possibilities with this and how easy it is to bring a package together. ..

  20. Re:I predict.. on Going Back To The Past of the Internet · · Score: 2

    Also from that website are a few notes on security that mention with a good antenna on each side, 15 miles can be achieved without an amplifier. 2000 feet with just one antenna and no amplifier.

    This is on par with my experience riding around town with a 12dB yagi, pointing it like a laserbeam into hotels and high density housing areas.

  21. Re:I predict.. on Going Back To The Past of the Internet · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Anybody remember that story of the guy getting a 3-mile LOS wirless connection going in San Fran?

    3 miles? That's nothing.

  22. Re:I'd be wary.... on Going Back To The Past of the Internet · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A great advantage of using wireless is the ability to put up a box for learning without using internet bandwidth. Put up a tall mast for your antenna, open all the ports, and watch the fun begin! More fun that any lame net honeypot for everyone.

  23. Re:jewlers or undertakers? on Cremation? Burial? How about Diamonds? · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    A person has to be made into ashes before the carbon can be compressed into a little gem. I'd like not to burn in hell just to look nice.

  24. Re:The Boaters have lots of documentation... on Providing 12V Power to RV-Based Hardware? · · Score: 2

    Laptops have a switching supply built in. I have laptops that require 12 to 19 volts that all run fine from the car. The problem might be isolation. The supplies inside the laptops might be the simplest of the inverters, using flyback techniques. This may present a problem when heavy currents are used in the car's electrical system, causing large voltage drops in unexpected places. If there's a few volts differential between the laptop's chassis and the car's ground when the car is being started, you might have an interesting problem.

  25. Re:Vi more popular than Emacs ? on FLOSS Developer Survey Results Published · · Score: 2

    Google never lies:

    vi: 25,400,000. Search took 0.11 seconds.
    emacs: 2,900,000. Search took 0.08 seconds.

    Looks like a factor of 10 to me.