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  1. No names and addresses can't be anything in all systems at all. many have restricted characters, e.g. your address can't contain ^*$~? etc, or sometimes multi byte characters if your site doesn't support it. Many have very specific requirements for addresses in that they must be resolvable. Names are exactly the same.

  2. TCP/IP provides some very basic integrity, sequence, error control and delivery checks. Though their are many holes in the protocol that mean you cannot rely upon it for integrity, data validation must be done at other layers or in the application itself as the TCP/IP layer does NOT handle anything but the very basics of packet integrity, it is extremely easy to change a packet in ways that it will pass all its TCP integrity checks.

  3. You should not rely on it but you definitely should use it. Client side validation is something you use to help pre filter information that is going to be rejected by your server and can be very handy, e.g. users setting a username or password or even an address, if the format is invalid and will be rejected server side then you may as well save the server the processing time.. You don't use it as a security mechanism though!

  4. Re:If it weren't for Microsoft on Microsoft Launches A Counterattack Against Russia's 'Fancy Bear' Hackers (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually Microsoft and Unix were both created around the same time in the 70's

  5. No it is taking over domains of command and control servers for botnets.

  6. nothing unusual on Ask Slashdot: Someone Else Is Using My Email Address · · Score: 1

    happens all the time, most likely doing it to get you to ditch the address because they wanted it or possibly a friend being a dick or an enemy getting even. All possible, email really is open to easy targeting and exploitation in this way.

  7. you should take a page out of your own book. Learn what Outlook actually is and does, a mailer is a tiny fraction of what it does. If you are just comparing mail functions then yeah there are a heap of better apps.

  8. I really don't think they care, if anything you are helping to promote their software more, you obviously never intended to pay so at least you aren't supporting their competition.

  9. yes and yet nothing in the Open Source world comes anywhere near being as good. kinda sad really.

  10. The courts would have absolutely nothing to say about it. Just about every country has laws that permits the police to perform such operations in order to capture criminals, I would imagine similar laws exist for Dutch Police.

  11. Re: 'Dark Web' isn't dark enough on Authorities Take Down Hansa Dark Web Market, Confirm AlphaBay Takedown (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    The reality is the weakest point in the majority of systems is those with knowledge and access. eventually someone will do something dumb through laziness, over-confidence, greed or just plain stupidity. The only thing guaranteed is that each of these sites will eventually be compromised and a new one by some other group will take its place thinking it won't happen to them.

  12. Re:The Headline is Incorrect on Ethereum Co-Founder Says Cryptocurrencies Are 'a Ticking Time Bomb' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    that time-bomb when it explodes will take them all with it.

  13. Re:I refer you to The Oatmeal. on Game of Thrones Pirates Being Monitored By HBO, Warnings On The Way (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    Sadly the Australian option sucks balls. very limited device support and streams in Standard Def. basically Foxtel now at the moment is a piece of shit. Personally I don't want to watch a low definition artifacting stream which I have to PAY for when I can torrent a high definition version. If Foxtel moves into the current decade with their encoding and streaming technology without increasing the price further then I would happily subscribe, as it is I refuse to pay for lesser quality.

  14. you left out the part that with Foxtel Now it will be a gamble as to whether the service works, you have limited device types you can view it on and it won't be streamed in HD on the day. seems fucking expensive for such a poor offering.

  15. Re:In Case You're Wondering How This Benefits Trum on US Increases Number of H-2B Visas By 15,000 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    yeah I am sure a couple of bucks ontop of the $2000 a night bill for Trumps golf club visitors would be devastating to their clientele.

  16. asking wrong question on The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates (propublica.org) · · Score: 0

    If they are so expensive and so vital why the hell are they sitting on a shelf unused for 3+ years. Either they have shithouse stock management processes or they are ordering way to much, either way this isn't really a problem from the expiry dates not being long enough.

  17. Re:The Sweetener That Cried Wolf on Artificial Sweeteners Associated With Weight Gain, Heart Problems In Analysis of Data From 37 Studies (npr.org) · · Score: 3, Informative

    old myth still perpetuated by poorly informed fitness experts and dietitians. insulin release is purely a chemical reaction to blood sugar levels not to what you taste or think.

  18. Re:Jodie Whittaker on Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord Announced: Actress Jodie Whittaker (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    gayness doesn't affect me in the slightest, I don't give a shit whether she is straight, homeosexual, trisexual or into beastiality, if it is completely irrelevant to the story at hand. If you can't write science fiction without trying to push an agenda then find better writers. What the stories showed was the discomfort of the writers not the viewers.

  19. I guess the question is really would they have still ordered those pizzas with standard coke. I think 2 large pizzas with 4 litres of coke would have seen them even bigger.

  20. Re:Jodie Whittaker on Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord Announced: Actress Jodie Whittaker (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I definitely would say dog turds, the stories were all really lacking, way to much feelings crap and dumb story twists that made no sense combined with excessive political correctness and trying to play up the Black/female/gay angles for zero reason. by far the worst regeneration story wise. yes I liked Nardole too and Bill was kinda ok except for the stupid focus on the political correctness garbage.

  21. Re:Jodie Whittaker on Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord Announced: Actress Jodie Whittaker (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Loved Capaldi as the Doctor. Just a shame the scripts he had to work with were steaming dog turds.

  22. Re:If, by his own admission, he is not.... on Crypto-Bashing Prime Minister Argues The Laws Of Mathematics Don't Apply In Australia (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The more interesting point to ponder is that Turnbull actually has a pretty good tech advisor in Alastair Macgibbon, so either he has received really bad advise from him or he isn't listening to him for some reason.

  23. Re: More sensibly... on Uber Backers Discuss Stock Sale to SoftBank, Others (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    stock value is calculated on how much someone is willing to pay per percentage point of the company. So while it definitely isn't on the open market the valuation is based on what investors are paying to buy. Which at this point seems absolutely insane as the most likely scenario with such massive losses is that someone else will swoop in and take up their marketshare without all the legal and overhead costs that Uber have faced, amusingly what they did to the Taxi industry will probably be done to them by someone else.

  24. Re: Business climate on US Government Crackdown Threatens Kaspersky's American Dream (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Not that I am in favour of Kaspersky or suggesting he is best but when it comes to security you should simply be in favour of whatever works first, misguided patriotism should take a distant second.

  25. Re:More sensibly... on Uber Backers Discuss Stock Sale to SoftBank, Others (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    slightly overvalued? that is like calling the titanic a slight accident. They have had 8 years of hemorrhaging money and while they have had massive growth their seems to be no indication or way for them anytime soon to actually become profitable. it is massively over valued and is still riding on the wave over hype and hot air.