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  1. Re:Easier to track on Indian Call Center Employees Hack US Bank Accounts · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I work in InfoSec and did a consulting project for a company that sells software (for clearing checks) to a lot of major banks. I was amazed how insecure banks realy are ! however the banks rely on thier ability to audit all transactions more than secure policys and procedures. So to sum up, it is easy to steal from banks it is hard not to get caught.

  2. Re:But security threats are multi-faceted on Indian Call Center Employees Hack US Bank Accounts · · Score: 0
    Do the editors really need to emphasise that the scammers were indian? I don't want to sound naive but do the editors really want to turn this site into a populist racist forum?

    to late. you should see what happens when a story involves homosexuals,jews or other people who think or act different from the ./ crowd

  3. Re:Bah, this isn't The Dating Scene... on TV Show About The Scene · · Score: 0

    1) sex sells.
    2) real life "nitty gritty" tends to be boring.

  4. Nahhh, don't think so. on Senators Clinton and Kerry Submit Open Voting Bill · · Score: 1
    corrects many of the problems in the last election.

    They can try, but i don't think that it can correct the problem of Democrats losing in a big way.

  5. Bill's Dilemma on Microsoft Blocking Wine Users From Downloads Site · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bill: "Hey Steve ! What goes with penguin, red wine or white ?"

  6. Re:Don't know where this guy is stationed but... on VoIP for Deployed Soldiers? · · Score: 1
    I actually joined the military because I wanted to server my country. Of course, I'm still no hero because I was fortunate enough to not have to go into combat.

    Dude you're a hero just for stepping up to the plate.

  7. Re:Korea on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1
    Just because a country is branded "an outpost of tyranny" doesn't mean it does not have the right to defend itself.

    Excuse me ? just what country has "declared war" on N. Korea ?!? who cares enough to attack it ? this isn't the 50's where you have the commies using Korea as a battleground to fight the free world.

    anyway it's time to gear up the 4077th

  8. memorable quotes ? on How Heraclitus would Design a Programming Language · · Score: 2, Funny
    'Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term,'

    Which is why for years people have been writing CGI, QA and Admin scripts in Smalltalk.

  9. SafeSearch ?!?! on Google Moves Into Video · · Score: 1

    I wonder what will turn up w/ SafeSearch turned OFF.

  10. Re:For the informed traveller on American Airlines Information Gathering · · Score: 1
    El Al is the airline that started the quiz trick to detect hijackers, because -- in theory -- hijackers don't have names of friends they're going to visit handy or good/fast answers to questions like why they are going where they're going or have been where they've been.

    Ummm No. The theory is not whether hijackers can lie, but how good they are at it, will they flinch, sweat or divert their eyes when doing it. They even have a machine that can shoot microwaves at your heart while you are standing there to measure your heartbeat. (NOTE: they don't use it, but it exists)

    Additionally the "quiz" can be helpful in cases where terrorists try to sneak bombs on planes via innocent people who will not get flagged as a security risk. This actually happened when an Arab put his girlfriend on a plane w/ a bomb in her luggage. Talk about the kiss of death!

    In contrast the TSA people seem to view the "quiz" like you, that it's a list of pass or fail questions.

    I don't think you can stop terrorism, but you can make it harder for the terrorists to succeed.

  11. Bottom line. on Porn Industry Mulls Next Generation-DVD · · Score: 0

    Size matters. 'nuff said.

  12. grab what you can NOW on The Coming Expensing of Employee Stock Options · · Score: 1

    Yes. I'll think about this issue when i stare at all the worthless options i got from companies that I worked for that are now no longer.

    Today when i negotiate w/ an employer i try to get a better deal for here and now rather than becoming a shareholder of the company. by the time you figure dilution and taxes, the company might as well just take everyone out for dinner and a movie and call it even.

  13. like they say........ on Microsoft Releases AntiSpyware Program · · Score: 1

    If you're not a part of the solution there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem

  14. The sum of my knowledge on Joel Gives College Advice For Programmers · · Score: 1

    Every thing I know I learnt on slashdot

  15. Socialist ! on Interview With Richard Stallman · · Score: 1

    the dude could use a good dose of George Will.

  16. quote from "Malibu's Most Wanted" on Robbers Scared by GTA · · Score: 1
    After using 2 Uzis fearlessly to scare off a rival gang, B-rad, a spoiled white kid and gangster wannabe is asked -

    Tec: Hey, yo, that was ill. Hey, where'd you learn that from?
    B-rad: Grand Theft Auto 3.

  17. great ! on Google Launches Desktop Search Tool · · Score: 1

    and since it's google even if the hardware or HD fails the system will keep on working !

  18. Re:One word on IBM Launches New Product Line · · Score: 1
    Google can function perfectly well with lots of its components broken. Almost nobody else can.

    right. That is why Google should stop being the poster boy for "look what you can do w/ Linux and lots of cheap hardware"

  19. video games instead of brochures and pamphlets on Education Via Video Games · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure how well this will work with food stamps, but if the folks at Planned Parenthood decide to get on the bandwagon, I think we'll have a winner

  20. hacked ? on Software for the Grass Roots · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    <li><a name="nid2EL" id="nid2EL"></a><a href="http://goatse.cx/" class="extlink">Advokit</a>

    Just goes to show you that you can't trust Dems w/ security.

  21. wrong day on No 2.7 Linux Kernel Branch Due Soon · · Score: 0, Troll

    Looks like I picked the wrong day to throw out my Solaris disks

  22. vi on Dan Bricklin on Software That Lasts 200 Years · · Score: 1

    'nuff said

  23. flushing ? on The New York Times On Earth's Magnetic Flip-Flop · · Score: 2, Funny
    the impact on life may be significant

    i wonder if toilets will flush counter-clockwise ?

  24. Re:Gee, I feel for you. Really. on AMD64 Windows vs. Fedora vs. SuSE benchmarks · · Score: 1

    Try being a Solaris developer and then ask " Gee, where was Solaris in this test?"

  25. Re:isn't it obvious? on Where Do Dummy Email Addresses Go? · · Score: 0

    Which kind of begs the question. How does someone as famous as bill gates keep his email address hidden ?