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  1. Re:Easy to avoid on Scammer Plants a Fake ATM At Defcon 17 · · Score: 1

    Have 2 different slots... maybe even "form factor" - put the mag stripe in hte middle of the card, and have a reader that has read heads at both locations. Just like SSH if you allow both password and key based authentication...

  2. Re:BSD provides asymmetric freedoms, GPL is symmet on The Ethics of Selling GPLed Software For the iPhone · · Score: 1

    Oh, you mean the creator can do whatever, but whoever obtains a copy under the terms of the license (GPL in this case) are bound to follow the terms of the license?

    Of course they are silly...

  3. but will they sell you XP for the $65? on Amazon US Refunds Windows License Fee, Too · · Score: 2, Interesting

    But the real question is, can you call 'em up today and order a XP license for the same $65?

  4. Re:Okay for behavior, but dialogue? on Games That Design Themselves · · Score: 1

    True, and there was a bot for classic Quake (or maybe Q2) that instead of having to be given routes would track where players moved and use those for its routes around the maps.

  5. Re:Bullshit on Are Women Getting More Beautiful? · · Score: 1

    Flatness of hte head, lack of teeth, big floppy ears... short stature helps too.

  6. Re:Dirigible. on The Rocky Road To Wind Power · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Train plus big heavy lifting helicopter (think Chinook or similar) for "last mile". Or to make OP happy, a dirigible.

  7. Re:Can we do the same with mac os x? and new apple on Amazon UK Refunds Windows License Fee, With Little Hassle · · Score: 1

    The real price of OS X is known - its about $130. You can walk into an Apple store and buy a copy off the shelf...

    I think what would be more interesting is after he got his $40 back (sorry, dunno how to do euros or pounds on my keyboard - i'm american) is to go in the next day and try to buy a copy for that price.

  8. Re:And they wonder why..... on Transformers Special Edition Chevy Camaro Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Wait 40 years.....The basic trend for classic cars is as a group gets to be about 50 years old or so, they finally have the $ to get the car that they always dreamed of, which is typically whatever was brand new and hot when they were in their early teens.

  9. Re:OK this is not good. What would be good? on Is Battery-Free 2-Factor ID Secure? · · Score: 1

    Only if a thief didn't steal your wallet and phone at the same time....

  10. Re:Unlatest on Build Your Own Render Farm · · Score: 2, Informative

    Unless they are very old, and power use would be better spent running fewer nodes with more rendering oomph.

  11. Re:Who gives a shit about Belgium? on Belgium Tries to Fine Yahoo for Protecting US User Privacy · · Score: 2, Funny

    FAL fanatics as well... mmm... nice crisp waffle, with a nice Browning G series FAL... I can do the waffle, can't afford the FAL. :(

  12. Dragon magazine... on LoTR Lawsuit Threatens Hobbit Production · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dragon Magazine had a cartoon bit about this ... apparently they weren't even allowed to use the word "ring" anymore...

    "Hey, someone get the phone - its been circular metal band-ing off the hook!"

  13. Re:And where exactly is moonlight? on Silverlight 3.0 Released, Allows Apps Outside the Browser · · Score: 1

    I've got some P3-500 machines with 384mb of ram - they are starting to get sluggish when being used as a ubuntu/gnome/firefox based kiosk... should I complain?

  14. You already can... on What Open Source Can Learn From Apple · · Score: 1

    You already can, if you have just minor technical skill. Simply, the ability and willingness to explore menu options, figure out how to actually *use* the app, and make great documentation.

  15. Re:Mouse? on Best Mouse For Programming? · · Score: 1

    Nope - I tell 'em there are hundreds or thousands of text editors for Linux - I prefer joe, they may like vi/vim, nano, emacs, kate, gedit, etc - BUT - vi/vim is on just about any *nix, so they need to at least know how to open, make minor changes, save, quit, quit w/o saving, etc.

  16. Re:Mouse? on Best Mouse For Programming? · · Score: 1

    I teach it in my Linux class since it is so ubiquitous ... some times, it is the only editor you'll have access to. So I do a survival mode training w/ it...

  17. Re:Lots have failed, but some have succeeded on Comcast DNS Redirection Launched In Trial Markets · · Score: 1

    I think Windstream does since I've noticed it at friends houses. But at home I run a caching-only DNS server, so I never notice it...

  18. Re:Oddly good news ... ? on Judge Rules IP Addresses Not "Personally Identifiable" · · Score: 1

    Only if your case is in the same circuit that the original case w/ ruling was.

    Otherwise, you have to present your evidence, etc. When 2 circuits in a state have differing opinions, some lucky bastard gets to go to the state supreme court and present evidence there, etc. And then the state supreme court makes a ruling. Multiple state supreme courts make a ruling? Goes to district court. Multiple districts? The SCOTUS.

    IANAL, but this is how it was 'splained to me by a lawyer.

  19. Read a story once... on Gaze-Tracking Software Protects Computer Privacy · · Score: 0

    Where a guy working for some TLA (three letter agency) was working out of a 'net cafe using a custom boot CD/DVD. The software on it would somehow figure out that there was someone else that could see his screen - gaze tracking, hax0ring the security cam in the establishment, etc - and throw up all sorts of porn. So to the waitress, etc. it seemed he was just a run of the mill perv...

  20. Re:To be fair... on Prof. Nesson Ordered To Show Cause · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...as a citizen I've been "deeply concerned" by the US Court system's "blatant disregard" for our rights.

    There, fixed that for ya - just 6 words too many....

  21. Celebrate! on British Library Puts Oldest Surviving Bible Online · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..... and the old priest looked at the original copy, and came out crying.

    When asked why, he looked at the young novice and said "the word is CELEBRATE not CELIBATE"

  22. Re:It is not about the top speed... on Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? · · Score: 1

    VW bug. Of course, the Porsche 356 engine was essentially a balanced and blue printed bug engine with tighter tolerances.

  23. Re:It is not about the top speed... on Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? · · Score: 1

    Well, I'd happily give up my 6v electrical system for a 12v one :) Sure would be nice if they used galvanized steel in the 50s and 60s too, but I can understand...

    German copyright for the 356 workshop manual expired years ago, so there are plenty of ways to get a xerox copy. Joe Leoni makes excellent colored and laminated electrical diagrams for each model of the 356, and there are lots of other good mechanical manuals and howto videos available as well (Elfrink's, Harry Pellow - the mechanic behind The Maestro from Jerry Seinfeld - and others...)

    But yeah, for those new fangled Porsches with 12v electricals and 6 cylidners, there is a lack.

  24. Re:It is not about the top speed... on Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? · · Score: 1

    The classic Porsche is a rear engined and air cooled.

  25. Re:Hell yeah! on Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? · · Score: 1

    Also, until just after 356 production stopped, the premier Porsche race cars were the same cars that were sold for street use. I've got a few old ads out of period car magazines, one shows a 356sc at a stop sign "We produce a race car so you can enjoy your drive to work".

    Unfortunately after the Carreras (the real 4 cylinder air cooled ones) the last street legal Porsche race car was the 904 ...