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  1. Ironic on Power Outage Takes Wikimedia Down · · Score: 1
    From the google cache of their hardware growth planning:
    Question - don't you think a UPS system would also be a wise investment?
  2. Re:They should ask for more... on Power Outage Takes Wikimedia Down · · Score: 1

    There might've been a breaker after the UPS.

  3. Re:Techical info on Serial Burglar Caught on Webcam · · Score: 1

    You of course mean rsynced over ssh when you say FTPd.

  4. Re:Techical info on Serial Burglar Caught on Webcam · · Score: 1

    CoralCache cache? Is that like ATM Machine?

  5. Re:Patriot Act on California Wants GPS Tracking Device in Every Car · · Score: 1

    Close. That would be the USA PATWRIOT act, due to be passed sometime this year or else.

  6. Re:We wouldn't have much of this problem if ... on New Orbitz Terms Prohibit Inbound Deep Linking · · Score: 1
    Actually, I hand edited the binary executable of Firefox to remove "Referer:" and "User-Agent:". Doing it via source would work as well. I've also done it in the Squid proxy.
    You know, it's so much easier to open about:config and: network.http.sendRefererHeader = 0
  7. Re:Hmmm on New Orbitz Terms Prohibit Inbound Deep Linking · · Score: 1

    How am I using their system by creating a deep link?

    Is it using their system to type, say, "http://orbitz.com/some/deep/link/thats/slashdotte d"?

    How about:
    "a href=" ?

    Putting them together probably wouldn't involve any interaction with their system either. So I fail to see how there is any unauthorized "use" of computer resources.

  8. Re:Encryption on MPAA Developing Digital Fingerprinting Technology · · Score: 1

    The average movie-swapping p2p-er isn't going to bother with a web of trust. They just want free stuff.

  9. Re:best thing to do on How VeriSign Could Stop Drive-By Downloads · · Score: 1

    Here's the original: "i'm going to become rich and famous after i invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet" Not sure who said it though...

  10. Re:Encryption on MPAA Developing Digital Fingerprinting Technology · · Score: 4, Informative
    Trivially broken:
    1. Alice sends her public key K(a) to Bob.
    2. Mallory intercepts K(a) and passes his own key, K(m) to Bob
    3. Bob sends H(K(a), K(b)), k(b) to Alice
    4. Mallory intercepts H(K(a), K(b)), k(b) and replaces it with H(K(a), K(m)), K(m)
    5. Alice computes H(K(a), K(m)) and sees that it matches.
    The problem is that neither Alice nor Bob know each other's keys, so they cannot differentiate between Mallory and each other. This is not circumventable. No matter what, Mallory can negotiate two seperate connections with each of Alice and Bob, and simply relay, unless one of the two knows the other's key.
  11. Data file? on The Death of the Music CD · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So it's a data file... but it doesn't have a format? Huh?

  12. Re:Why Not use AdSense? on Google Donating Bandwidth and Servers to Wikipedia · · Score: 1
    There are currently no plans for Advertising on Wikipedia.

    Get some glasses, man. You're obviously blind.
  13. Re:Deja vu... on Symantec Antivirus May Execute Virus Code · · Score: 1

    Way back in the day, I wouldn't be surprised if they used CRC32. And of course CRC32 is easily broken.

  14. Re:Better than just free on Symantec Antivirus May Execute Virus Code · · Score: 1

    Is this really enforceable? Copyright covers only copying. Download a new copy each time and it's hard to see what they can get you for.

  15. Re:Cell Latency on Strategy Shift In The Air For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    You know an office suite is bloated when it is used in an argument for grid computing.

  16. Re:WOW on Court Docs Reveal Kazaa Logging User Downloads · · Score: 1

    Ping really should give that guy a timeout.

  17. Spoofstick is no help on Shmoo Group Finds Exploit For non-IE Browsers · · Score: 1

    spoofstick is fooled by this exploit too it seems

  18. So... on Romeo and Juliet Game Post-Mortem · · Score: 1

    is this like a dating sim?

  19. Re:Is TrollTech trolling? on Trolltech to Extend Dual-License to Qt/Windows · · Score: 1

    You can do so by dual-licensing your in-development code as GPL to the devs, but binding them with a contract not to distribute it under the GPL's terms. Just don't link the commercially-licenced app with a GPL-licenced Qt. Of course, this may violate the commercial licence agreement, in which case all bets are off.

  20. Re:Doesn't seem that great on Amazon Offers 2-Day Shipping For $79/Year · · Score: 1
    PS....Just for the fun of it, did you know that you cna order a 1000 pound table saw and have it shipped for about 10 bucks? They love it when those get returned and they've got to eat $400 in shipping costs.

    Link please.
  21. Re:'Language' == spoken || written? on Using The Web For Linguistic Research · · Score: 1
    How do you even pronounce 'pwn3d' ?

    "Powned".
  22. Re:Well, sure on CVS Server Administration Tips? · · Score: 1

    While there are programs to convert CVS repositories to Subversion repositories, I am not aware of any that do the reverse. Of course, it would be possible to write one usi.

  23. Re:I speak for the entire human race when I say... on One Last Campout for Star Wars Fans · · Score: 1

    There was one on suprnova before it got shut down.

  24. Re:Rogue registrars? on New York's Oldest ISP Gets Domain-Jacked · · Score: 1

    So, why can't the original owners just hijack it back?

  25. Re:unsigned on Comair Done In by 16-Bit Counter · · Score: 1
    No, it makes it worse. Instead of writing to fooArray[-32768], screwing up a pointer somewhere, and crashing, you overwrite fooArray[0] and maybe lose some data. The *correct* solution is to use:
    unsigned long long numberScheduleChanges;
    And not have to worry about it for a few billion years.