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  1. Re:How would they stop us? on You Might Rent Features & Options On Cars In the Future · · Score: 1

    By finally securing the CANbus so that you can't just patch in anywhere and control the car with it.

  2. bogofilter on Ask Slashdot: Speeding Up Personal Anti-Spam Filters? · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/

    I haven't timed it to see how well its been doing in the 6 years I've had it though.

  3. How about... on Paul's Call To Abolish the TSA, One Year Later · · Score: 4, Informative

    I would like to keep my shoes on and be able to take a 2L through the checkpoint.

  4. Re:The battle now begins. on Teacher's Aide Fired For Refusing To Hand Over Facebook Password · · Score: 4, Informative

    I believe the legal term is tortious interference and Facebook could pursue civil action for it. Possibly even pursue criminal action under the CFAA by arguing it is still unauthorized access despite the fact that the password was disclosed.

    "Tortious interference with contract rights can occur where the tortfeasor convinces a party to breach the contract against the plaintiff, or where the tortfeasor disrupts the ability of one party to perform his obligations under the contract, thereby preventing the plaintiff from receiving the performance promised."

  5. Re:like many programmers on Google Tweaks Algorithm; EHow Traffic Plummets · · Score: 2

    Fun Fact: The MS Exchange team thought this was hilarious and named their blog msexchangeteam.com

  6. Re:Solution on Workers Will Smash Their PCs To Get an Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Ugh, I worked at a place that was still running P4s, that should have set off alarm bells in my head.

  7. Re:i remember duke from childhood on Duke Nukem Forever Gets Delayed - Again · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It occurs to me that someone may not even have been in HS yet when the game was announced, graduated from HS, gotten a college degree, and could now be working on DNF.

  8. Zombies on Ask Slashdot: How Prepared Are You For a Major Emergency? · · Score: 1

    I'm well prepared for the zombie apocalypse.

  9. Re:But but but on FBI Alleged To Have Backdoored OpenBSD's IPSEC Stack · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Ah the old NSA DES conspiracy theory. The NSA suggested two changes to DES: 1) shorten the key 2) changed the S-boxes. They gave no public explanation for the latter and for years the story was that this somehow introduced a backdoor into the algorithm. The truth came out over a decade later:

    "Some of the suspicions about hidden weaknesses in the S-boxes were allayed in 1990, with the independent discovery and open publication by Eli Biham and Adi Shamir of differential cryptanalysis, a general method for breaking block ciphers. The S-boxes of DES were much more resistant to the attack than if they had been chosen at random, strongly suggesting that IBM knew about the technique in the 1970s. This was indeed the case; in 1994, Don Coppersmith published some of the original design criteria for the S-boxes. According to Steven Levy, IBM Watson researchers discovered differential cryptanalytic attacks in 1974 and were asked by the NSA to keep the technique secret."

    Of course, they could still be lying, better keep the tinfoil hat on.

  10. Re:TFA is useless; here's the actual order on FCC Approves Changes To Cable Box Rules · · Score: 1

    From the TFO (the fraking order):

    In this Third Report and Order ("Order"), we remedy shortcomings in our CableCARD rules in order to improve consumers' experience with retail navigation devices (such as set-top boxes and digital cable-ready television sets) and CableCARDs, the security devices used in conjunction with navigation devices to perform the conditional access functions necessary to access cable services.

    Maybe they should get around to actually implementing the provisions of the Telecommunications Act that requires the cable system to be open to innovation!

  11. Re:Call me when I can get a CableCard-ready TV on FCC Approves Changes To Cable Box Rules · · Score: 1

    Call me when I can watch digital cable through a non-crippled device. Then I might be willing to subscribe to it again.

  12. Re:Yes, let's all focus on the iPhone apps... on US Says Plane Finder App Threatens Security · · Score: 1

    In theory, a SAM classified as a destructive device and you could buy one with the right ATF paperwork.

  13. Re:Reclaim Some? on There Is No Plan B, the Ugly Transition To IPv6 · · Score: 5, Informative

    ICANN considered this option, but decided that it didn't extend the deadline out far enough to be worth the costs.

    http://blog.icann.org/2008/02/recovering-ipv4-address-space/

  14. DUPE! on China Plans To Mine the Yellow Sea Floor · · Score: 1
  15. Re:Energy Independence on National Ignition Facility Fires 192-Beam Pulse · · Score: 1

    So Michigan is the new middle east, eh?

  16. Re:Fry. on MediaDefender Explains Itself · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you distribute baking soda (sell/give away/etc) and tell people that its crack, you can be arrested and held to the same liabilities as if you had actually sold crack..in fact..some states have laws to where you'd get charged for selling it, but not possession. Some will tack on an extra charge on top of possession/sale.


    Kaffee: It was oregano, Dave. It was 10 dollars worth of oregano.
    Lieutenant Dave Spradling: Yeah, but your client thought it was marijuana.
    Kaffee: My client's a moron that's not against the law.
    Lieutenant Dave Spradling: Kaffee, I have people to answer to just like you do. I'm going to charge him.
    Kaffee: With what? Possession of a condiment?
  17. Re:"Hijack?" on Spammers Hijacking IP Space · · Score: 4, Informative

    That it doesn't belong to the parent company either:

    $ whois 134.17.0.0

    OrgName: SF Bay Packet Radio
    OrgID: SBPR-1
    Address: 1490 W 121st Ave
    Address: Suite 201
    City: Westminster
    StateProv: CO
    PostalCode: 80234
    Country: US

    NetRange: 134.17.0.0 - 134.17.255.255
    CIDR: 134.17.0.0/16
    NetName: BAY-PR-NET
    NetHandle: NET-134-17-0-0-1
    Parent: NET-134-0-0-0-0
    NetType: Direct Assignment
    NameServer: NS1.SFBPRSERVICES.COM
    NameServer: NS2.SFBPRSERVICES.COM
    Comment:
    RegDate: 1989-04-12
    Updated: 2007-10-05

  18. Then why not just redact the names? on EPA Asserts Executive Privilege In CA Emissions Case · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "citing 'the chilling effect that would occur if agency employees believed their frank and honest opinions and analysis expressed as part of assessing California's waiver request were to be disclosed in a broad setting."


    So why not just redact the names and leave the statements intact? Oh yeah, that would actually make sense.
  19. Re:Boo-hoo on SimCity Source Code Is Now Open · · Score: 1

    Why limit yourself to subtle disastor relationships?

    SimCity Classic:
    * San Francisco 1906 Earthquake
    * Firebombing of Hamburg in 1944 are both scenarios!

    SimCity 2000:
    * 1991 Oakland, CA Firestorm
    * 1989 Hurriance Hugo in Charleston, SC.

  20. And monkeys might fly out of my butt on GM Says Driverless Cars Will Be Ready By 2018 · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure the encylopedias that my parents had (published in the late 70s) mentioned driverless cars as something coming in the near future. So forgive me if I'm a bit skeptical on this. I still want my flying car!

  21. Re:Please enter your credentials here: on Firefox Spoofing Bug Puts Passwords At Risk · · Score: 1

    Firefox does the sane thing and limits Realm to a hostname. Not sure about any other browser but we use HTTP Auth here and I've accidently switched from partial to fully-qualified domains and had it prompt me again.

  22. Preaching to the choir on Copyright Cutback Proposed As RIAA Solution · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What do you think; is it time to cut off the record industry?
    This is /., do you really have to ask that?
  23. Re:Dec 19? on IE 8 Passes Acid2 Test · · Score: 1

    Since when did having snow on the ground preclude it from being April Fools' Day? I've seen snow on the ground in May.

  24. Re:not quite... on Time Running Out for Public Key Encryption · · Score: 1

    Give that RSA encryption is:

    c = m ^ e (mod n)

    and RSA decryption is:

    m = c ^ d (mod n)

    I'm interested in how you have determined that encryption is O(N^2) and decryption is O(N^3).

  25. Re:Their CVS activity is a little slow on Is Showmypc.com an Open Source Pretender? · · Score: 1

    And all 3 are anonymous CVS read operations. Not a single checkin is reported.