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  1. Re:Remember TEMPEST? on Scientists Extract RSA Key From GnuPG Using Sound of CPU · · Score: 1

    In the article they talk about how engineer the target to select the chosen ciphertext via a crafted email that thunderbird auto-decrypts to display the message preview popup.

  2. Re:There are no rules. on Ask Slashdot: On the Job Certification Training? · · Score: 2

    The last two shops I've been at have tuition reimbursement programs, but they only apply to 2 or 4 year accredited colleges and universities. This leads to a weird situation where they could pay $10500 over 3 years to help pay for a diploma mill MBA but can't approve $3500 to pay for industry coursework from vmware/emc/redhat/etc that actually interests me.

  3. Re:Sun would have taken up the cause on Microsoft Tried To Buy Netscape: Suppose They Had? · · Score: 1

    Hotjava It was slow but I used it as a parity check when NS4.x and IE4/IE5 had differences on how they were rendering the pages I was writing back then.

  4. Re:Agreed. on Ask Slashdot: Could We Deal With the End of Time Zones? · · Score: 1

    Planck Time is the most rational base unit for time in my mind. Set the epoch at some arbitrary value further back than any experimental theorized time for the big bang (more than 15 billion years ago should do the trick) and count planck seconds since this epoch.

  5. How about bnx2 gig-e blob firmware on Broadcom Releases Source Code For Drivers · · Score: 1

    I hate having to jump through hoops to install debian on dell hardware.

  6. Re:devices... on Five Billionth Device About To Plug Into Internet · · Score: 3, Informative

    Theoretical, for a single piece of HW Solaris 10 on a Sun Sparc Enterprise T5440, 4 Processors 512GB Ram 256 LDOM's per server 8191 Zones per LDOM 1048448 Total machines in a 4RU enclosure the machines would be severely IO and disk space bound (Only 4x300GB disks in the box), but it could be done Anyone know the theoretical numbers for Linux on Z or a fully configured vmware cluster?

  7. Re:Trial By Combat! on Champerty and Other Common Law We Could Use Today · · Score: 1

    Elected officials in Kentucky have to swear as part of their oath of office that they have never participated in a duel.

  8. Re:CoolThreads Desktop on Oracle To Increase Investment In SPARC and Solaris · · Score: 1

    On sun's website you can get a stripped down T1000 for $4000 retail, not a desktop/workstation but they aren't super loud either.

  9. Re:Syncmaster on Small, High-Resolution LCD Monitors? · · Score: 1

    This, I love my HP A1295A (rebadged Sony GDM-900) 24" Widescreen tube. I got mine for less than $200 three years ago due to it having a dent in the plastic. I don't know what I'm going to replace it with when the time comes.

  10. Re:Oh great... on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You make the assumption that in the event of an overthrow of republican principles, the military would remain loyal to the reigning government. More likely is a situation where the military divides, probably asymmetrically, and attempts to seize war material from each other, just like our last civil war.

  11. Re:Ownership of the network on SCOTUS To Hear Small ISPs' Case Against AT&T · · Score: 1

    Your rosy picture of other utilities isn't exactly on target, there are plenty of for-profit power companies that operate all aspects of electrical distribution from generation to home delivery, same with water, from treatment to the pipes under your street.

    I grew up with phone, electric and water co-op's in a rural area, it wasn't a bad model but they were heavily subsidized by the government early on. Now I have electric and gas by a end-to end for-profit distributor, water and sewer are private but the city council appoints some of their board members, and phone/broadband/tv is a standard for-profit cable co.

  12. Re:That's not the only reason they have cable boxe on New Agreement May End the Cable Box · · Score: 1

    I'm not saying they are all good channels but someone must be watching if they stay on the air.

  13. Re:That's not the only reason they have cable boxe on New Agreement May End the Cable Box · · Score: 1, Informative

    The reason cable providers are trying to offline analog (2-125) cable channels is very simple, bandwidth. In the space of one of those analog channels, we can push 6 SD digital channels and 2-3 HD channels down the pipe, It's a hell of a lot cheaper to the cable company to force the "cost" (a cable box/cablecard) for every connected device to the end user than to implement higher frequency plant or try switched digital video. It levels the playing field as well, Sat TV and most FTT* networks have terminating boxes per TV or a centralized terminating device and RF remotes (Next Level/Motorola's DSL based video product).

  14. Re:Just the mandatory top worst list on The 30 Dumbest Video Game Titles In History · · Score: 1

    That or an unlicensed game taking the plot from Breaking Bad. Hey kids, want to cook some crank today?

  15. Re:Reminds me... on Wireless Auction Ends With Mixed Feelings · · Score: 1

    Our phone company used to do this all the time, the bid spec would call for a 350ci/5.7L engine, which GMC and Chevy were happy to provide but ford's 351/5.8 and dodge's 360/5.9 need not apply.

  16. Re:The questions are interesting... on Air Force Cyber Command General Answers Slashdot Questions · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Forget the Extra-Terrestrial Hypothesis on Does Active SETI Put Earth in Danger? · · Score: 1

    Chariots of the Gods, read it, get a good laugh, it pretty much covers that topic.

  18. Re:Windows? on Slashdot's Setup, Part 1- Hardware · · Score: 1

    Personally I feel dell should get with the program an provide drac on all systems. In reality the customers with big clusters with very small nodes, don't really could care less about remote management of the individual nodes and dell makes their money off those high volume sales.

  19. Re:Windows? on Slashdot's Setup, Part 1- Hardware · · Score: 1

    Shell out for the drac card if you need/want remote reboot/console

  20. Re:Two words: RAID 0 on RAID Vs. JBOD Vs. Standard HDDs · · Score: 1, Interesting

    3.5" drives but still cool floppy raid

  21. Re:VoIp Everything on IPv4 Unallocated Addresses Exhausted by 2010 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I made the assumption that each state/lata/switch/tower was doing their own nat.

  22. Re:VoIp Everything on IPv4 Unallocated Addresses Exhausted by 2010 · · Score: 3, Informative

    what provider is giving out routeable addresses on their phones? Nextel is giving us 10. addresses.

  23. Re:Meanwhile, back in reality... on Intel Laptop Competes With One Laptop Per Child · · Score: 0

    when you're buying CPU's in lots of 1 million or more, you being pissed off will matter to intel, until then, they could give a rats ass.

  24. Re:w3c on Is Dedicated Hosting for Critical DTDs Necessary? · · Score: 1

    The TXT record is more than capable of doing this, just like your spf statement for your approved mail exchangers.

  25. Re:But we regulate insurance for this reason on Bill To Outlaw Genetic Discrimination In US · · Score: 0

    Driving is not a right, I wish states were more active in hunting and keeping uninsured drivers off the road. The state (or feds) however can not kill someone (baring conviction of capital crimes in some jurisdictions), so spreading the high risk pool and/or known condition pool of people with genetic disorders across the entire taxpaying population is the fair solution instead of forcing state farm or cigna or kaiser to spread that risk across my smaller pool. If society wants to provide more for government provided health care for these un-insurable, they would have to elect representatives that support that same goal.