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  1. Re:Even with SSL on Identity Theft and Social Networks · · Score: 4, Insightful

    SSL is safe for people who read warning messages.

  2. Re:The problem with water filters on Best Way To Beat A Caffeine Addiction? · · Score: 1

    This is interesting because living in Vancouver and having grown up with unfloridated water I don't see a city full of people with bad teeth.

  3. Re:Torrent? on Introducing The Dave/Dina Multimedia Distro · · Score: 1

    I'm in the process of getting the isos from the developer and once that is done I will be posting a link to the torrent here.

  4. Battery Care on Correct Way to Charge an iPod? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Li Ion batteries are strange you don't want to discharge them completely but you don't want to leave them topped up. My recommendation, discharge to about 50%, recharge, rinse wash repeat.

  5. Samsung on Laser Printing Without the Hassles? · · Score: 1

    I use a Samsung ML-1210 hooked into cups on an OpenBSD box that serves print to Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Really great driver support in UNIX. You can copy the cups ppd files to any other NIX and use them there.

  6. Ad Blocker on 10 Ads The US Won't See · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I tried to go to the site but my ad blocker filtered teh it. I thought /. was against ads, I guess only until they are censored from us, then we insist on seeing them.

  7. Re:The author is an idiot on PC Mag - Mac OS X Insecure · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually the problem is a default setting. You have to go into the obscure program to disable the default.

  8. Different Class of Vulnerabilities on PC Mag - Mac OS X Insecure · · Score: 1

    Unless you are using wireless which limits your range to 250 feet once you are on someones network you might as well walk over to their computer and smash it with a hammer.

    Seriously, this is way different from RPC vulnerabilities.

    When you have that kind of access to a network you can just setup a webserver, setup DHCP to setup your computer as the gateway, put an IMG file on an SMB share and grab the windows password as the computer sends it to your computer.

    Once you have a DHCP server on the local network alot of comprimises are possible against Windows too.

    It would be hard to see virus writers taking advantage of this, as there are just too many different network configurations to consider.

  9. Sort of on Screening for Fax Calls with Panther? · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can get some software to turn your mac into a voicemail server. Then you can screen it effectively. Otherwise you'll need to pickup a device that will screen the call and then direct it to the appropriate device.

    It would probably be more cost effective to signup for that efax service where faxes come into your email box.

    Basically, you'll end up wasting alot of time for a few buck a month.

  10. This is stupid on California Bans Genegineered Fish · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hopefully they can ban modern medicine too. What a stupid state. They deserve the Governator.

    Ein State. Ein Hummer. Ein Arnold.

  11. In Canada. on Canadian Music Industry Wants Royalties on Net Usage · · Score: 2, Insightful

    We already pay royalties on blank CDs. That is supposed to cover the cost. On the other hand if it means i can't get a 2 billion dollar find for sharing. why not?

  12. DMCA on FatWallet To Sue Best Buy Over DMCA Threat · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why not just not license the fatwallet.com information to the litigants, surely if they can sue for prices fatwallet can sue for infringing on the copyright of its name, website, owners address, etc. I'm still waiting for someone to patent reducing prices online as a business method.

  13. Re:So what stops me from...? on Virtual World Currency Exchange Launches · · Score: 1

    You being too lazy to do that...

  14. In other news... on Apple G5 Ads Banned In UK · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mac's are also not faster than light.

  15. Free Market on Norton Antivirus 2004 Ad Blocking - Tough Call? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If the ads are worth seeing people will disable the feature, if they aren't find a better revenue model. Provide a service worth paying for. Norton seems to have figured this idea out, instead of creating a ad sponsored anti-virus product they create a product people are willing to pay for.

  16. In other news.... on Mac OS X 10.3 Defrags Automatically · · Score: 0, Interesting

    Darwin is welcomed to 1980's filesystem technology. But instead of defraging FFS just makes better decisions as to where to put files. This also explains why the hard drive on my iBook seems alot hotter since upgrading. Seriously, if Apple got rid of HFS, none of this technology would be necessary.

  17. Julia Roberts on Linux in Movies? · · Score: 1

    I saw a lame computer movie with Julia Roberts that had the blue steel theme from Enlightenment running on it.

  18. Re:Here's how to get law enforcement's attention on Prosecuting Spamming Crackers? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Too true, write something like: Cyber Terrorists have gained control of a large number of machines that could be used to attack critical infrastructure and are cracking machines via use of email and web browsers. Then let the news media know.

  19. MS Piracy on Prosecuting Spamming Crackers? · · Score: 3, Funny

    You said their servers are distributing the MS Proxy Server. Why not let MS know about this, I'm sure they'd fire off a memo to the hosting companies letting them know that the sites are hosting pirated software.

  20. Re:FSF "charging a royalty" on Slashback: Forbes, VoIP, Firefly · · Score: 1

    Half life would work great under the GPL. People buy half life for the models, graphics, sounds, etc. These don't have to be GPL'd. Quake, and Quake 2 engines are GPLd

  21. Re:This bothers me.. on Supreme Court Will Hear Pledge of Allegiance Case · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When you put quotes from other people regarding "God" on the monument to it becomes religious, if you put quotes on the monument regarding law then it becomes about history.

    When the school requires students hear that the nation is under God it establishes religion, and infringes on the student's freedom from religion. If the pledge is ok then having a athiest teacher expouse the virtues of athiesm should be just as acceptable.

  22. OpenSSL on 64-bit Toys for Athlon-64? · · Score: 1

    Compile an optimized OpenSSL for the Athlon-64. Sure it might not look pretty but I bet it can do RSA really fast.

  23. Re:here's a similar problem on Hard Drive Capacity Confusion, Lucidly Explained · · Score: 1

    She sued because the coffee was 180 degrees and McDonalds had been warned 3 times by the health inspector to reduce the temperature of the coffee.

  24. Re:I kind of like SiteFinder on McLaughlin Defends Site Finder As 'Innovation' · · Score: 1

    It used to be easy but not it requires a registry change. But it certainly works with google.

  25. Re:Who cares on More Jail Time For Computer Crime Starting Next Month · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Those figures change dramatically when you consider per capita GNP. In reality the US per capita aid level is one of the cheapest donor levels of any industrialized nation.

    Foreign AID as percentage of GDP
    Per capita GDP
    Lets put it this way, the average dane spends almost 8 times the amount of money in real dollars average american does.

    No one hates the US because they are sucessful. I don't hate most european countries that have similar per capita GDPs. People hate the US because they are arrogant and have a horrible record for supporting and aiding vicious reigmes. (Pol Pot, Sadam Hussein, bin Laden, Taliban,El Salvador, etc)

    Let me know about a 3rd world country the US rebuilt that they didnt blow to shit first.

    Whoever convinced americans that they lived on the best country on earth really pulled the wool over their eyes as to what a good country can be.

    If you ever get a chance or are actually interested in what the US stands for pull their voting record from the UN and look how many abstentions and votes against UN resolutions against colonization and terrorism the US has cast.