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  1. Re:File a police report _now_. on A Teacher Asking Students To Destroy Notes? · · Score: 1

    How big is it?

  2. Re:Notes? on A Teacher Asking Students To Destroy Notes? · · Score: 1

    Unless you're in Soviet Russia.

  3. Re:Overlaid ads are a copyright infringment? on YouTube To Allow Self-Serve Ads For Major Media Players · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You would be waiving that right as a part of their terms of service.

    Nothing is free. There is always a price.

  4. Re:Well, duh! on Black Holes From the LHC Could Last For Minutes · · Score: 1

    For an ignorant question: Are black holes an exception to the law of conservation of matter and energy?

  5. Re:This is SOOO cool. on An FBI Agent's 3 Years Undercover With Identity Thieves · · Score: 1

    Actually, this sounds like the average [married] slashdotter.

    This was actually for some sort of productive reason, however.

  6. Re:Al Jazeera on Battlestar Galactica's Last Days · · Score: 1

    I have 170 slashdot freaks!

    No wonder if you tend to post opinions about TV shows that you admittedly haven't watched.

  7. Re:Tackle? on Battlestar Galactica's Last Days · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think someone needs a nap.

  8. Re:Tax policy on GAO Reports Bailout and Tech Firms Love Tax Havens · · Score: 1

    Create a S-Corp that "does business" in a tax haven, and roll over your "losses" to your personal taxes.

    Problem solved.

  9. Re:tips on Home Generators (or How DTE Energy Ruined My Holidays) · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up. This is the system I use to backfeed into my dryer plug (220, 30 amps). I cut the end off the provided 220 cord provided with the generator, and picked up a dryer connection at Home Depot...

    With a 5.5kw, I can power the fridge, window AC, TV, cable modem, laptop and various lights and ceiling fans. I can even use the microwave if I turn a few other things off.

    During Gustav in Baton Rouge, we were without power for 19 days. I ran the generator 24x7, except to change the oil and sparkplug. Ran like a champ.

  10. Re:What? on US Supreme Court Allows Sonar Use · · Score: 1

    It's like saying it is impossible for humans to fly based on a thousand years of history.

    Please let me know what this has to do with sonar? Absolutely nothing.

    Stupid stupid stupid, as is to be expected from the outgoing administration.

    Nice strawman. Again, nothing to do with sonar.

    Active sonar really fucks with whales.

    40 years of research disagrees with you.

    Try driving a car at night with someone flashing multi coloured strobing lights in your eyes. and Why do they make such a big deal about laser pointers being beamed at aircraft?

    I ask again, what does this have to do with sonar? The last time I checked, light != sound. Also, I wasn't aware of any roads that are currently in operation in the ocean.

    I'm not American, so I don't give a shit about your paranoia or your need to flex muscle

    You like those straw men, don't you?

    Just because environmentalists are against it too does not mean it is automatically bad science, you primitive oaf.

    Outside of another strawman, you are the one ignoring 40 years of science and not providing any relevant argument against it.

    While I'm not necessarily for the court decision, you just give those arguing against it a bad name.

  11. Re:Well... on US Supreme Court Allows Sonar Use · · Score: 1

    What possible legitimate reason could there be for military operations off the coast of Venezuela?

    Gathering intelligence? They do it to us, we do it to them. Spying has probably prevented more wars than starting them, as we have a better idea of what's really going on.

    As for relevance to submarines, read Blind Man's Bluff.

  12. Re:Why McCain got less coverage... on Press Favored Obama Throughout Campaign · · Score: 1

    He did that becuase he remembered that his current job was to be a senator, not a presidential candidate.

  13. Re:WPA2 is NOT broken on Researchers Crack WPA Wi-Fi Encryption · · Score: 1

    Compare physical security, though. Would you be able to detect some fat geek sitting in your house lo-jacking your switch or a long patch cable running out your window?

    If someone compromises your wireless network, you'd probably never know. If someone compromises your wired network, it would be fairly obvious.

    Take that into account when trying to compare.

  14. Re:How are we getting screwed on this one? on FCC Unanimously Approves White Space Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Just how long have you been waiting to use that one?

  15. Re:Cappings effect on net neutrality... on AT&T Begins a Trial To Cap, Meter Internet Usage · · Score: 1

    Sounds like Cox Communications.

  16. Re:Smarter... collectively on Discuss the US Presidential Election & Education · · Score: 1

    My point is, that I know how much money I made my boss. If he made 3 million in profit that year, I'm going to ask for a cut and justify it with hard numbers. And it works, surprisingly enough.

    Merit isn't enough. If you can't track it back to how you made/saved money for the organization, it doesn't matter how good of a job you did. For all you know, they could have saved money by eliminating your position, regardless of the job you did.

  17. Re:Smarter... collectively on Discuss the US Presidential Election & Education · · Score: 1

    I work for a rich person, too.

    One of the primary documents I bring into my review is the dollar figure that I made for this rich person. I have gotten a very nice raise every year that I've worked for him.

    You have to work for your raises, not expect them to be given to you. Justify them in hard value, and maybe you'll see the merit of the parent argument.

  18. Re:It's easy, just think logically. on Discuss the US Presidential Election & Education · · Score: 1

    And also the rich, spoiled, lawyer/doctor kids who donate so much to the school that they can get away with murder.

  19. Re:It's easy, just think logically. on Discuss the US Presidential Election & Education · · Score: 1

    On those lines, how about alternative high schools that teach trades, rather than college prep?

    Many students don't really care about history, advanced math, or chemistry unless it's applied directly to what they think they want to do as a job. Integrating geometry into a shop class or chemistry into process plant training at a early level might restore some motivation.

  20. Re:Telegraphing his punches on Discuss the US Presidential Election & the War · · Score: 1

    You're crazy. If things escalate to armed conflict, why the hell would you let them put up their defenses?

    War isn't about honor- it's about minimizing the number of casualties on your side, and maximizing the casualties on their side.

  21. Re:Obama? on Discuss the US Presidential Election & the War · · Score: 1

    She has actually held an executive position.

  22. Re:Ok..how about taxes? on Discuss the US Presidential Election & the Economy · · Score: 1

    It seems pretty obvious that you've never owned a small business before.

  23. Re:It's good to see. on US District Court Says Calculating a Hash Value = Search · · Score: 1

    MD5 sucks, but it's fast. Perfectly useful in this situation.

  24. Re:It's good to see. on US District Court Says Calculating a Hash Value = Search · · Score: 1

    I think you're missing the point. It is an excellent method for triage. Let say that you seize 20 computers/hard drives in an investigation. You get hits on 3 of the 20 using MD5 hashes. You know which 3 devices to start your full assessment on.

    While you have some theoretical points about evasion, lets come back to the real world. A full assessment is going to be performed on each of the 20 devices which would in turn verify the results of the hash comparison.

    In TFA, this is compared to using a drug sniffing dog. The dog can make mistakes, but it's REASONABLE to assume that if the dog indicates there are drugs, that there are. The same applies to using MD5 hashes.

    This method has been around for a long time in forensics (relatively, considering it's a fairly new field), and we haven't seen any of the techniques you've mentioned in widespread use. It's highly unlikely it will ever see widespread use, as it would require a fair amount of technical knowledge for the average person. Plus, if tools exist to do this, we'd just search for the hash of the tools.

  25. Re:You can get hard passwords on Elcomsoft Claims WPA/WPA2 Cracking Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers?

    The AP's are basically dumb devices that obtain their config from central controllers. You can create a hierarchy to deploy policies and configurations. It also scales into the thousands.