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  1. Death Envelope on Ask Slashdot: How To Securely Share Passwords? · · Score: 1

    I heard Matt Yoder talk about a "Death Envelope" on Pauldotcom Security Weekly. He gave a presentation about it at DefCon. The slides are here.

  2. Tripwire on Ask Slashdot: Successful Software From Academia? · · Score: 1

    I believe Tripwire grew out of an academic environment. (Purdue? I think.)

  3. PuTTY on Essential Open Source Tools For Windows Admins · · Score: 5, Informative

    I use PuTTY daily.

  4. Re:Too bad on Texas Site Pushes Back Known Settlement Date For North America · · Score: 1

    I think I'm the only one. Every election is like a Washington Generals game.

  5. The Recruit on Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies? · · Score: 1

    I nominate The Recruit with Colin Farrell and Al Pacino. The cringe inducing scene was Colin Farrell hacking into a CIA computer by typing in some C++ source code at the graphical login prompt.

  6. Re:I guess I'm the only one who's bummed. on Stargate Universe Cancelled · · Score: 1

    I'm bummed too. I never really got into SG-1 or Atlantis, but I downloaded the first episode of SGU and got hooked. Now, I'll never know who created the universe or if they get home. D'oh.

  7. How does the tracking device work? on Careful What You Post, the FBI Has More of These · · Score: 1

    Is it wrong that instead of being outraged that civil liberties were violated, I just wanted to know how the tracking device worked? Does the FBI plant it and collect it later, or does it transmit position information? (Can I build a little Faraday cage for it when I find one on my car?)

  8. Re:How long... on Pentagon Selects Companies To Build Flying Humvees · · Score: 1

    Crap, now I have to worry about being landed on by a rich environment-hater too?

  9. Re:First Summary Line? on Pointing Stick Keyboard Roundup · · Score: 1

    USB internal keyboard not working on macbook: what to do?

    Apparently there is.

  10. Mythbusters experiment sets on Science Gifts For Kids? · · Score: 1

    The Mythbusters exerpiment sets look like fun to me, but if your kids already know NdGT, the sets might be a little below their level.

  11. Re:Time to DIY on jQuery Dev Bemoans Overwhelming Spam On Google Groups · · Score: 1

    They have the technology?

  12. Re:Well the only fool proof way... on How Can I Tell If My Computer Is Part of a Botnet? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You could also get a network tap. I've had my eye on the Teeny Tap for a while.

  13. Re:What Filters Are Right For Kids? on What Filters Are Right For Kids? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sure they are. It's just a Bayesian classifier. It needs to be trained.

  14. Re:Ooooohhh.....ahhhhh.... on A Look At Google's Newest Data Center · · Score: 3, Funny
  15. Re:msvcr80.dll? on The Making of Bioshock · · Score: 1

    Yup. If you run WinDbg, or Process Explorer (or anything that has debugging hooks), the game simply refuses to start.

  16. msvcr80.dll? on The Making of Bioshock · · Score: 1

    I was about halfway through the game a few weeks ago when it crashed on a level change, and told me it faulted on msvcr80.dll. I emailed the support email address in the booklet and got no help at all other than a message from the autoresponder. I can't attach a debugger to it to get a hint of what might be happening, because SecuROM won't launch the game if it detects a debugger. Did this happen to anybody else? If so, how did you fix it?

  17. Re:Obligatory: A Gold Watch ... on Gates' Last Day At Microsoft · · Score: 2, Informative

    So, a gold one of these?

  18. Is this any better? :) on Tech's 10 Worst Entry-Level Jobs · · Score: 5, Informative
    Tech's ten worst entry-level jobs
    • Online sales and operations account manager, Google
    • Support engineer, Washington-Seattle, Amazon.com
    • Content Acquisition Intern, IODA
    • Customer support specialist, Fox Interactive, MySpace division
    • Database administrator (temporary), Google, contracted through WorkforceLogic
    • Support professional, product: Windows, Microsoft
    • Executive admin to Mashable CEO Pete Cashmore
    • Analyst, user operations, Facebook
    • Operations finance, analyst intern, Yahoo
    • Part-time guide, Mahalo
  19. Steal the Heart of Gold? on What Would You Do As President? · · Score: 1

    I'd look for Magrathea.

  20. Re:MS Exchange on Mozilla Creates New Internet Mail and Communications Company · · Score: 1

    I believe Scalix was designed to do just that.

    Brian

  21. Re:Question on that article on Storm Worm Rising · · Score: 1

    The FBI won't usually investigate a computer intrusion unless there has been a significant amount of money lost because of it. Perhaps the author believes that avoiding Windows 2003 Servers will reduce the chances of infecting some big corporation's "very important server".

  22. Re:HDNet and Comcast on Industry Insider Blasts Comcast · · Score: 1

    Time Warner cable took over from Comcast in my area too. I immediately lost the INHD and INHD2 channels. Then for a short time I got HDNet and Universal HD. Then those went away. When I called Time Warner about it I spent an hour on the phone and they reset my cable box. I then lost two ESPN HD channels. Then the customer service rep. finally figured out what was going on and told me I need to upgrade to a more expensive package to regain all the HD channels I lost. I said "No thanks", and he didn't seem too surprised. After the reset the only HD channels we got were the over-the-air HD channels, Discovery HD, TNT HD, and an HBO HD channel. Meh.

  23. Explore a few new CS areas on Would a CS Degree Be Good for Someone Over 30? · · Score: 1

    I think going back to school would be a good idea. You'll have an opportunity to take a few courses from several research areas in CS and try them out. Maybe you will like AI. Perhaps you'll get into grid computing. Maybe you will discover that you hate databases. Plus, when you're done, you'll have a degree. A degree might open a few doors that were closed to you before, although you already had the right experience and knowledge.

  24. Re:Browser choice on Microsoft's IE Team Leader Answers Slashdot Questions · · Score: 5, Funny

    So we just have to rename Internet Explorer to "download utility for Firefox"?

  25. Re:Google and OLD IRON on Creating an Electronic Data Interchange System? · · Score: 1

    This really cements my opinion that you DKWTFYTA

    You must know what you're talking about. That looks like an OS/400 command to me. :)