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  1. Re:I was recently wondering... on HP To Acquire 3com For $2.7 Billion · · Score: 1

    You're a young buck. USR used to be USR before they were purchased by 3com.

  2. MD5 on Best Tool For Remembering Passwords? · · Score: 1

    I use a template that contains some characters along with something that is specific to the website I wish to generate a passphrase then I use md5 and that becomes the password. For sites that have a limit on characters, I just use cut. This is only for public sites like slashdot, digg, etc.

    For sites that use SSL, I don't hash my passphrase.

  3. NOT on Massive Power Outages In Brazil Caused By Hackers · · Score: 1

    http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/brazil_blackout/

    Cause was bad insulators according to Brazilian government regulators.

    But I'm sure US government officials will say it is possible and they'll need an internet "patriot" act real soon or else the sky will fall.

  4. Re:Good luck with that on Massive Power Outages In Brazil Caused By Hackers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A bill of rights don't mean jack shit if it's not being enforced. talk to people who were arrested during the GOP convention last year.

  5. Re:Cheating on my first love - Firefox on Google Betas Chrome 4, Touts 30% Speed Boost · · Score: 1

    There is Flashblock but Adblock+ (not to be confused with Firefox's Adblock Plus) is actually hiding the ads after downloading them instead of blocking their downloads due to Chrome's lack of content policy.

  6. Re:We're looking to AUSTRALIA for advice on broadb on Obama Looks Down Under For Broadband Plan · · Score: 1

    No. American ISPs are used to having their monopoly/duopolies and they push laws that keep their power structure in place. With little to no competition, they don't have any incentive to provide better service at competitive prices.

  7. Re:You don't have to look outside the USA on Obama Looks Down Under For Broadband Plan · · Score: 1

    How much is Verizon or AT&T charging for their fiber connections? $100-200 or something like that? Reading the article, I got the impression TDS was charging $50 for 25Mbps downstream and they just doubled the speed without raising the rates. Not seeing the terms of service, it appears they have a nice cushion for their profit margin.

    Imagine how much broadband would really cost consumers if 3 or 4 companies really competed on service. None of this mono/duopoly bullshit.

  8. Re:Thin CRT? on The First High-Definition TV, Circa 1958 · · Score: 1

    My back doesn't miss CRTs' lead-filled tubes. I'm pretty sure my desk doesn't either.

  9. Re:So what's new? on Netgear WNR3500L Open Source Router Announced · · Score: 2, Informative

    Unless the driver situation has changed, the USB port on the 520GU is only good for USB1.1 speeds and is really made for printer connectivity. USB2 and HDs will cause problems. http://wiki.openwrt.org/oldwiki/openwrtdocs/hardware/asus/wl520gu

  10. Re:[citation needed?] Re:It's working great for me on Microsoft Security Essentials Released; Rivals Mock It · · Score: 1

    I disagree. The original comment was AV companies working in collusion with malware companies, not AV companies producing malware. Symantec knew about the Sony rootkit and it chose not to report/flag it until there was enough of a public outcry.

    Sony did the minimum that they could get away with and were put to task by Mark Russinovich. I do not think the incident was overblown at all. In fact, to this day, I remind people who ask about Sony products of that incident.

  11. Re:[citation needed?] Re:It's working great for me on Microsoft Security Essentials Released; Rivals Mock It · · Score: 2, Informative

    The link provides it. Symantec knew what that POS software was doing and yet it did nothing to identify it. In fact, I recall other mainstream AV never flagged it as malware.

    Ref 12: http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2005-110615-2710-99

    More damning from Schneier (from the Wikipedia link)
    Ref 13: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/11/sonys_drm_rootk.html

  12. Re:[citation needed?] Re:It's working great for me on Microsoft Security Essentials Released; Rivals Mock It · · Score: 2, Informative
  13. Meh on The World's First Four-Screen Laptop · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It would have been more stunning if it were 4 full sized screens.

  14. Re:Talk about a pathetic article on USB-IF Slaps Palm In iTunes Spat · · Score: 1

    Bad analogy.

    Hardware vendors may use an API so they can connect to iTunes.

  15. Anandtech's version on Intel Lynnfield CPU Bests Nehalem In Performance/Watt · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Changing autocomplete behavior using about:conf on Fear of Porn URL Exposure Discourages Firefox 3 Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Or under 3.5, go to Tools > Options... Privacy Tab
    Location Bar drop down and select Nothing. Or some other selection.

  17. Re:Umm .... on Fear of Porn URL Exposure Discourages Firefox 3 Upgrade · · Score: 1

    More than I ever wanted to know http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukkake. But I'm sure you were only kidding, taunting us to do our own research.

  18. Re:Interesting... on Goldman Sachs Code Theft Not Quite So Cut and Dried · · Score: 1

    Yup, just like what Andersen Consulting did for Enron.

  19. Re:No Linux Support? on Sony Announces PS3 Slim, Price Cut, Improvements To Home · · Score: 1

    That's true. Older Dells used the Mickey Mouse 3-socket connector and newer ones use an in-line 3-socket connector. Older HP notebooks before the Compaq merger used the figure 8 connector as did Toshiba.

  20. Re:Hogwash on Chrome OS Designed To Start Microsoft Death Spiral · · Score: 1

    Roll-ups are just summarized information. These people got PCs the same reason why people got Apple IIs--to do their own slicing and dicing of data provided by the mainframe and mainframe programmers too inflexible in producing an infinite combination of sliced data for their users.

  21. Fire those guys doing the screening on Apple Balks, Finally Relents, At Possible User Queries of Dictionary App · · Score: 1

    Ironic because NeXTstep's unabridged dictionary application allow you to look up the words "fuck," "shit," etc.

    Has Apple lost its mind? Maybe it's just a bunch of over zealous self-righteous assholes working at the iPhone App screening department. I like Apple, but its behavior recently just goes to show that any company with a lot of control and influence on a particular segment will do everything it can to maintain that control and influence. I am less likely to purchase Apple stuff nor recommend their products to others.

  22. Re:Old bait-and-switch on Licensing Dispute Threatens Future of Skype · · Score: 1

    You can have up-to-4-way conference using Google Voice as long as you have call waiting.

  23. Re:FPS from 1980 on Tron Legacy Exposed · · Score: 3, Informative

    Night Driver was not a shooter.

    Tail Gunner, on the other hand, was released in 1979 as opposed to Battlezone in 1980.

  24. Re:Lost battle on Palm Pre iTunes Syncing Back With WebOS 1.1 Update · · Score: 1

    I agree. It is not annoying if updates were 5MB; but at 70+MB, it sure is annoying.

  25. Re:More interesting quote from Palm on Palm Pre iTunes Syncing Back With WebOS 1.1 Update · · Score: 1

    Pretty ballsy since it is Palm that is doing the impersonation.