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  1. Re:rate limit incoming connections based on IP on Ask Slashdot: FTP Server Honeypots? · · Score: 1

    For mysql I just use the skip-networking option to only allow connections locally using the named pipe interface. Or just block port 3306 and only allow connections from IPs that I want to connect.

  2. Re:Whiny bastards on Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch Provokes Bomb Scare · · Score: 1

    So if I make a bomb, and put "This is not a bomb" on it, then no-one will think it's a bomb?

  3. Re:they can pass it all they want... on New York to Implement an 'Amazon Tax' · · Score: 1

    County, City and other regional taxes make it very complex. And some states, such as California specifically tell you that zip code isn't enough to identify which taxes apply to an address. See http://www.boe.ca.gov/pdf/pub71.pdf

    If you are in doubt about the correct rate, check with your customer, call our toll-free number (800) 400-7115, or call the local Board of Equalization office near you for assistance.

    Yes, that's REALLY easy to automate....

  4. Re:real time feeds + hi res = coolness on Reconstructing Real Cities in Google Earth · · Score: 1

    Here's your weather, Radar and watch/warning outlines: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/kmzgenerator.php

  5. Re:Open Source Vehicles on VW Goes USB · · Score: 1

    On a VW, you can tweak the same values the dealership can with a VAG-COM.
    You can seriously break things if you don't know what you're doing...

  6. Re:Don't fuck with it. on Solving a Wiring Mess? · · Score: 1

    I've found that my local library has several copies of the various code books, 1 of each in the reference section, plus a few that are allowed to be checked out.

    Much cheaper than buying it.

  7. Hello, SCO? on SCO Awarded UNIX Copyright Regs, McBride Interview · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'd like to know what code I'm licensing. Yes, I'd like to know what lines...

    So, if I take those lines out, I don't need a license from you? Thanks.

  8. Re:Scientists: Living May Cause Death on Widespread Use of Hydrogen May Hurt Ozone Layer · · Score: 1

    Just remember... Life is sexually transmitted, and terminal.

  9. Re:CAPTCHA'a on ISP Operator Barry Shein Answers Spam Questions · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I see 2 problems with programs like CAPTCHA.
    What if both people trying to initially email each other use it?
    Does the email get stuck in a loop, or just never get seen as the address was never confirmed?

    This one affects a small group of online users: How does a blind person read the obfuscated word? Their normal screenreader/TTS won't handle it...

  10. Re:Outside of radio markets on Why (FM, Not XM) Radio Sucks · · Score: 1

    Actually, KISS is kind of a station brand, like a "theme" package. If you look closer, you'll find that KISS FM 108 in Boston, is actually licensed by the FCC as WXKS. (In the fine print on their contact page.)

    The station with the actual KISS callsign, is in San Antonio, Texas, on 99.5.

    One example of a before the rules station, is KDKA-AM (and TV) in Pittsburgh. They predate the rule.

  11. Re:A solution looking for a problem on Electromagnetic Ship Docking System Debuts · · Score: 1

    Actually, all of the big cruise ships I've dealt with (mostly Carnival) have at least bow and stern sideways thrusters, and the really big one have pivotable main thrusters. They can do things like turn in place.
    When your business involves docking every day or every other day, you come up with things make it easier.

    If you ever get to tour the bridge on a Carnival Holiday class boat, check out the "docking windows" in the floor at the outside ends of the bridge. They're in the part of the bridge that hang out over the side of the ship, and have a set of thruster controls in front of each one, so you can see 10 decks (130 some feet) below to the water, to park it.

  12. Re:Power connection on More On Airplanes And Internet · · Score: 2

    The secret is knowing how to play "Spot the outlet" in the airport, so you can keep your laptop topped off before the plane gets there. Behind the trash cans is one good place to look. They have outlets, as the cleaning people need them.

    I used to get really strange looks when people would see me playing a flight simulator while on the plane.

  13. Ask Hemos? on Salvaging Possessions from Smoke Damage? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Maybe Hemos has some suggestions.

  14. Standard connectors on A Universal Power Bus? · · Score: 2

    These are becoming the standard 12V (13.8V) connector in the amateur radio emergency services. Several companies make power strips that use them. It doesn't help with the multi-voltage end of things... Unless everyone just standardizes on 12V, with regulators/converters in the device to drop it to what it wants...

  15. Re:My shellscript. on Phoenix 0.2 Web Browser: Lean, Mean Mozilla · · Score: 2

    You can optimize this a bit, by putting your plugins in ~/.mozilla/plugins/ then you don't have to worry about them at all.

  16. Antenna restrictions on New Yorkers Get a Taste of Digital Restrictions · · Score: 2

    Check and see if the coop board is following the FCC's rules on dishes. FCC Fact Sheet on Placement of Antennas

    Or, if you have a window that faces the right way, set up the dish inside, in the window. (An apartment I used to live near was setup like this.)

  17. Re:Use one-time use numbers on 60,000 Credit Cards Numbers Stolen Online · · Score: 2

    The merchant loses. The credit card companies keep their customer (the cardholder) happy, and basically don't care about the merchants.
    The merchant can try and collect the money owed via another method, but for small transactions, they usually just write it off.
    Here's a detailed explanation of the chargeback rules for one processor: http://www.dpicorp.com/docs/ChargebackDoc.PDF
    Pay attention to the parts that talk about E-Commerce, and Mail Order/Telephone Order (MO/TO). Many things require a customer signature... Like not refunding shipping/handling charges when the item is returned and such.

  18. Re:Is this talking about the SSL hole? on Linux Worm Creating "Attack Network" · · Score: 5, Informative

    The openssl tarball already has a spec file in it. So just:
    1) Download openssl-0.9.6g.tar.gz from a mirror.
    2) rpm -tb openssl-0.9.6g.tar.gz
    3) rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/openssl*
    Even easier.

  19. Re:Use one-time use numbers on 60,000 Credit Cards Numbers Stolen Online · · Score: 2

    The problem is that the credit card companies are allowed to make their money back (from fraud) on interest, so they have no real incentive to reduce the fraud imposed by the lack of numberspace.

    Actually, the merchant is the one that eats the cost of fraud in most cases. If you dispute the charge, the merchant has to supply either:
    A signed receipt (with the card either imprinted or read via magstripe)
    Proof of delivery.

    Without that, the merchant eats the charge. Either way the merchant pays a chargeback fee ($25ish). Get too many, and they pull the mrrchants acount.

    Some card providers do check the expiration date, and most processors support using address verification (compares the first 4 digits in the street address and the 5 or 9 digit zip). Using the extra digits on the back of the card (CVV2) also helps. Some of the processors have services like Authorize.net's FraudScreen service, that watch for patterns, and flag suspicious orders.

  20. Building your own rpms on Linux Worm Spreading, Many Systems Vulnerable · · Score: 2

    It's not that hard to build your own openssl rpms.
    1) Download openssl-0.9.6g.tar.gz from a mirror.
    2) rpm -tb openssl-0.9.6g.tar.gz
    3) rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/openssl*
    (it's got a ready made spec file in the tar.)

  21. xpilot on Timeline of Online Gaming · · Score: 4, Informative

    No xpilot either on this list. That dates to 1991, and has been multiplayer since the start.

  22. Re:How practical is this? on VNC Server for Toasters and Light-Switches · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or will I still have to walk 20 feet to the kitchen just to put the toast in myself

    If you've already got toast, why would you put it into the toaster?

  23. Re:SGI's Lava Lamp RNG on Rube-Goldberg Type Random Number Generators? · · Score: 2

    Look it's being setup again, due in September, here.

    It's got a picture of the old sgi setup.

  24. Missed it by that much. on Red Hat Linux 7.3 Released · · Score: 1

    Of course, I had to install 7.2 yesterday on a machine that couldn't wait. (I saw the closed 7.3 dir, and knew they'd release it the day after I installed 7.2.)

    Maybe next time.

  25. Re:How about down here? on 64kbps @ 40,000 ft. · · Score: 2

    You can pay alot and get high satellite latency on the ground already. See Star Band.