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  1. Slashdot on Web Singletons? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'd say /. is relatively unique.

  2. Re:The other half of the conversation on Machines Almost Pass Mass Turing Test · · Score: 1

    I just had a conversation with Elbot, it asked what led me to it.
    I told it slashdot and it said
          no wonder I've had so many geeks chatting with me recently.
    Obviously scripted response but I LOLed.

  3. Re:Game music on The Blending of Music and Games · · Score: 1

    Yeah, there's definitely some good game music out there already.
    As to OP's suggestion of "cooperative fun" games; Little Big Planet looks pretty cool.
    I dig the soundtrack on the demo too.

  4. Re:what a drama queen on Give Up the Fight For Personal Privacy? · · Score: 1

    Come on, admit it.
    You just wrote up that big rant so you could brag about having a girlfriend who gets naked and/or having been laid.

    =)

  5. Re:Let me get this straight on Give Up the Fight For Personal Privacy? · · Score: 1

    Your future employer might think you had a predilection for drug use.
    That is, if they could divine your handle somehow -- which in your case seems unlikely,
    so I guess it's all good.

  6. Re:First? on The Pirate Bay — "Just a Very Large Hobby" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No no, if it were an ad for a tech job the requirements would be more like:

        must be 20-something and have 30 years sexual experience.

  7. Re:fingerprint on Spammers Targeting Microsoft's Revised CAPTCHA · · Score: 1

    Most of them have an audio alternative. And 'everyone else does it' isn't a good excuse for unfair discrimination.

  8. Re:A refreshing search on Google, Circa 2001 · · Score: 1

    Tweak the algorithm to boost the rank of pages that have been around for a long time but then you'd get bobby's homepage that hasn't been updated in eight years.

  9. Re:Your search - lolcats - did not match any docum on Google, Circa 2001 · · Score: 1

    Then

        Results 1 - 10 of about 7,700 for sex robots from Japan.

    Now

        Results 1 - 10 of about 221,000 for sex robots from Japan.

  10. Re:I just got 2.4! on GIMP 2.6 Released · · Score: 1

    Have you used the FreeType plugin?
    I often get much better results using this.

    Cheers

  11. Re:Mod this man to Mount Olympus! on GIMP 2.6 Released · · Score: 1

    It's Open Source

    1. Hire UI and marketing gurus
    2. Create Linux distro with polished interface and cool app names
    3. ???
    4. Profit
  12. Re:Saw on ubuntu forums and other sites on Spammers Targeting Microsoft's Revised CAPTCHA · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because of the pr0n hole (people solving CAPTCHA for you, for free, by proxy).

    1. Set up a site with something people want.
    2. When they come to the site your server goes to the target site*.
    3. The target site gives your server a CAPTCHA.
    4. Your server gives the punter the CAPTCHA.
    5. Punter tries to solve CAPTCHA.
    6. Server passes response to target.
    7. Profit!

    *via proxies or bot net to avoid IP blacklisting.

  13. Re:fingerprint on Spammers Targeting Microsoft's Revised CAPTCHA · · Score: 1

    Does that not discriminate against people with physical impairment?

  14. Re:Captchas are no longer good enough on Spammers Targeting Microsoft's Revised CAPTCHA · · Score: 1

    Real-life physical ID is not accessible. If you have to show up somewhere in person this is infeasible. If you have a hotline to call for access codes you're going to have to provide a TTY alternative -- easy enough to create a TTY bot. It ceases to be Completely Automated at this point anyway.

    Foolproof CAPTCHA is an impossibility, you would need true AI at which point it would be self-defeating.

    Not to mention the pr0n hole (people solving CAPTCHA for you, for free, by proxy).

  15. Re:superuser on "Back Door" Cheating Scandal Rocks Online Poker · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't be surprised if quite a few UIDs got used up in QA/UAT and not reset afterwards.

    But talk about dumb criminals.

    I know, *chortle*, let's win every game.

    facepalm.jpg

  16. Re:Is it effective? on Removing CO2 From the Air Efficiently · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but how much energy does generating one tonne of CO2 give?

    Given approximately 1.5 lb CO2/kWh, somewhere around 1400 kWh.

  17. Re:Fuck the police on MI6 Terror Photos, Data Accidentally Sold On Ebay · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's a good argument for off-site backups, or if you want to get creative, something like encrypted Usenet posts.

  18. Re:Fuck the police on MI6 Terror Photos, Data Accidentally Sold On Ebay · · Score: 1

    The same meaning can be taken in proper English as well, however the GP's meaning was apparent given the context.

  19. Re:Computer systems need security audits. on CSRF Flaws Found On Major Websites, Including a Bank · · Score: 1

    They don't even need JavaScript, there was a bulletin recently which outlined hiding everything in the <iframe /> but (part of) the button. Maybe we need a new extension like NoScript and CookieSafe which blocks CSS by default until enabled on a site by site basis.

  20. Re:Computer systems need security audits. on CSRF Flaws Found On Major Websites, Including a Bank · · Score: 1

    You're right but you also sound like you know what you're doing.
    It's both sad and dangerous how many web developers haven't the faintest clue WTF is going on.

  21. Re:Computer systems need security audits. on CSRF Flaws Found On Major Websites, Including a Bank · · Score: 1

    Not at all, everything is vulnerable, some things are harder to attack/easier to defend though. You can easily use a nonce with form data or even more intricate mechanisms. Yes you can use similar protections with GET but that doesn't make it a good idea.

  22. Re:Computer systems need security audits. on CSRF Flaws Found On Major Websites, Including a Bank · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I didn't say anything about not having GET, I was talking about safe GET requests. Obviously it's OK to have a link to your user profile/picture gallery/&c. What is a bad idea is a link that will add someone as a friend or delete a picture, you get the idea.

  23. Re:Computer systems need security audits. on CSRF Flaws Found On Major Websites, Including a Bank · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Repeat after me boys and girls "GET requests shouldn't change anything on the server".

  24. Re:No ... on Australia Mulling a Nationwide Vehicle-Tracking System · · Score: 1

    I think there's a distinction to be made there between law and morality, it's a fascinating philosophical discourse though. I hope people studying law are considering these scales/factors.

  25. Re:No ... on Australia Mulling a Nationwide Vehicle-Tracking System · · Score: 1

    We're talking about the last person left on the planet, so either there is no Johnny Law or they're it. I guess that person could make laws against their own behaviour but that is a matter for themself.