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  1. Re:Rip clips from DVDs on DMCA Exemptions Desired To Hack iPhones, Remix DVDs · · Score: 1

    Didn't you read the article summary, where it says the EFF submitted a request for ripping DVDs for non-commercial use

  2. Re:Pointless chrome on Preview the New MythTV User Interface · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, the ATI HDTV Wonder is compatible with mythTV. In fact, the HDTV Wonder works better with MythTV than it does with Windows (since it natively supports QAM decoding, but is crippled in the windows drivers).

    I will admit that it took me a long time to setup my HDTV Wonder, but that was primarily because I was impatient in the channel scanning process (and would cancel it before it found any channels).

  3. Re:True, but... on AT&T Begins a Trial To Cap, Meter Internet Usage · · Score: 1

    Except that you also forgot to take in account the upload stream.

  4. Re:Faster than Vista! on Ubuntu 8.10 Outperforms Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    How about the ssh flaw? That was sitting on apt-get for a long time.

  5. Re:Just ask yourself this: on Should You Break TOS Because Work Asks You? · · Score: 1

    That's sloppy electrical work.

    That's the first thing that should be done when you wire up new equipment -- check for ground faults.

  6. Re:easy on Software Holds Cell Phone Calls While Driving · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I hear that a freeway describes exactly what you are talking about,

  7. Re:People are still playing this? on Age of Conan Dev Talks Problems, Future Plans · · Score: 0

    Are you kidding about WoW having proper server capacity on launch? If you played on any of the original servers during launch, the stability was horrid.

    Now if you played on the servers that they rapidly added in the week or two after launch, it was much better.

    There were a dozen or so servers that had terrible problems for the first 3-6 months of the game. My server (Kil'Jaeden) was only remedied once they moved it to a different cluster.

  8. Re:Turned himself in? Really? on Palin E-mail Hacker Indicted · · Score: 1
    The article was updated after it was initially posted. The updated bit is as follows:

    The University of Tennessee student, who is the son of state Rep. Mike Kernell, D-Memphis, turned himself in today after being indicted by a federal grand jury.

  9. Re:Non-Condradiction on No Naked Black Holes · · Score: 1

    Oddly enough, I was saddened to see that my copy of the Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy did not have the words DON'T PANIC on the cover. But my original copy does...

  10. Re:Efficiency on Plug-In Hybrids Aren't Coming, They're Here · · Score: 0, Troll

    That depends on how you measure efficiency.

    In this case: (electric+petrol) miles / (petrol only) gallons

    The electric efficiency is being ignored completely, and the miles driven on electric power are being used to massively inflate the petrol efficiency.

    What are you even talking about? The thread you replied to is talking about an alternator-less car to reduce the load on the engine. This is similar to what happens to your MPG with the air conditioner turned off, or the difference between driving downhill versus uphill. With or without an alternator, you're not driving on electric power, you're driving on an internal combustion engine.

  11. Re:Why bother? on Encrypted Traffic No Longer Safe From Throttling · · Score: 1

    Anyway it doesn't take a genius to detect p2p. See the user. See the user after 1 hour. See how many bytes up and down. Check how many different IP destinations the user is connected with. If they are downloading a lot up and down, and connected to lots of host, chances are they are using P2P. Put them on a watch list. If they are still doing it much later, you put them on a black list where from then on if they are doing something similar you throttle them immediately (you can do it in a way that would in most cases still allow that user's web surfing to work reasonably - since most users don't websurf 20 different sites at the same time AND read those pages at the same time - it doesn't matter if pages come in one by one ).

    You're entirely ignoring the point of a SSH tunnel. The tunnel will mask all of the traffic where you won't be connected to lots of hosts, but rather only one host (your tunnel. You may see a lot of upload and download data, but it may be harder to identify if it is P2P traffic or not. This article cites that even through a SSH tunnel, they can detect P2P traffic with a high degree of certainty by examining the length and quantity of packets.

  12. Re:Thats what they get on Mass Effect DRM Still Causing Issues · · Score: 1

    Rivets, huh? You mean a fastening technique before welding and bolts were discovered? That must be one hell of an old radio (ie, 1950s), because rivets aren't used on anything modern except for aircraft.

  13. l2units on Paper Stronger Than Cast Iron · · Score: 1

    214 megapascals vs. 130mPa is 1646x the tensile strength. Of course, they probably meant 130MPa.

  14. Re:This is kool on Google Gadgets Join Dashboard Widgets As KDE Plasmoids · · Score: 1

    My roommate in college knew a girl named Mai Dong.

    Oh that must have been terrible growing up.

  15. Re:How to move money internationally? on International Field Engineer Travel Tips? · · Score: 1

    Withdrawing money from an ATM is actually much better than going to a currency exchange place in the airport. You at least get the market rate + a few percent instead of the terrible rate that you get with a currency exchange place.

    Even with the fees, you will save money on any significant withdrawal.

  16. Re:One word: FedEx on International Field Engineer Travel Tips? · · Score: 1

    If you're on a plane the same evening or the next morning with little notice, shipping supplies may not arrive until after you do.

  17. Re:Ship the gear on International Field Engineer Travel Tips? · · Score: 1

    Tools can go in your carry-on luggage if they're under a certain length.

  18. Pelican Cases + Tumi / TravelPro Lugage on International Field Engineer Travel Tips? · · Score: 1

    As a working field engineer, I'd recommend the following:

    For your equipment, I'd recommend Pelican Cases.

    For your luggage, I'd recommend either Tumi or TravelPro. If you go the TravelPro Route try to shoot for some of the higher end lines for TravelPro, as they're well padded, have reinforced corners and are generally well designed. I have a Platinum 5 wheeled laptop bag and a Crew6 25" expandable suitcase.

    Tumi makes durable, stylish luggage that also holds up real well. I have a carry-on Tumi 22" Generation4 suitcase for those light/short trips.

  19. Re:So finally... on New Browser-Based MMO Teaches Mandarin Chinese · · Score: 1

    You still can't understand a good 1/2 of the Chinese in firefly without rewinding and replaying several times.

  20. DIVX vs DivX on The One-Use, Self-Destructing DVD Returns · · Score: 5, Informative

    DIVX is the crappy circuit city DVD rental program. DivX is the codec.

    Case matters.

  21. Re:But can it play WoW? on OCZ's Brain Mouse Hits the Store · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just imagine waking up to goatse on your screen. Thanks, I won't be able to sleep for a week now. Can't sleep, goatse might eat me.
  22. Re:Hitting us where we're centralized on Pentagon Hid Magnitude of Data Loss From Recent Breach · · Score: 1

    Any computer containing classified data is not connected to the internet. Anyone who has access to classified data has two computers; the computer used for daily operations and the computer that is only used for classified information.

  23. Re:It can load GPL-licensed Windows drivers on Linus Denounces NDISWrapper, Denies It GPL Status · · Score: 1

    It can be disabled, but its a total PITA. However, it actually is quite easy to get your drivers signed. The biggest thing is ponying up to Verisign and getting the proper certificate (which I believe runs for about $500).

    SpeedFan is one piece of software that has a signed driver. It's not open source, but it is freeware, created by someone in his basement.

    http://www.almico.com/sfbetaprogram.php

  24. Re:Nice Job on New "Mebroot" MBR-Modifying Rootkit Analyzed · · Score: 1

    A "root kit" has never been what you used to get root on a box.

    Originally a root kit was a set of tools to hide your tracks, like replaced versions of 'ls', 'ps', etc so that it became that much harder to detect you.

  25. Re:Pitfalls? on OCZ Prepares Neural Impulse Actuator for Shipping · · Score: 1

    RTFA. No conductive gel is required for this unit.