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  1. Re:Long on Rhetoric on Firewalls Make DDoS Attacks Worse · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In a surprise revelation, a vendor of anti-DDOS equipment claimed that everybody else is doing it wrong, and leaves several subtle hints that their own equipment and services are the only true defence against a concerted DDOS attack. In a further shocking comment, the article disclosed that almost everybody else is constantly under some form of DDOS attack, hinting that you might be next. As a final nail in the coffin of your amateurish "Network Security" the experts reveal that there is nothing you can do - the better you protect your systems, and the more traffic your current systems will be designed to handle, the more aggressive attackers will become.

  2. Re:Oh on Why Toddlers Don't Do What They're Told · · Score: 1

    I don't think you have children. In fact, I think you are probably 16, 17 or so?

  3. Re:Interesting Idea, but? on How Gamers View Their MMOs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Results 1 - 100 of about 1,060 for A post-apocalyptic fun fantasy featuring an unlikely sexy hero fighting other players in space. (0.36 seconds) I guess they did....

  4. Re:How MMOs should be viewed on How Gamers View Their MMOs · · Score: 1

    you win a giant wheel facing in a different direction! awesome post!

  5. Re:Learn CSS on Freelance Web Developer Best Practices? · · Score: 1

    uh, yeah - welcome to the real world. I just finished a lenghty re-design where i was 100% dedicated to not using tables for layout. I require header, 3 column with left and right column fixed width, center column fluid, and footer, with minimum page height to be the browser window and columns being full height. I couldnt cut it, so i hired a CSS expert - the guy was really good, but still the layout failed half the test cases. (we are not writing some blog, we are writing a for-pay publishing platform. our test cases are all based on real usage scenarios). When asking for advice, the advice was either "do it so and so" which is what we were already doing, or, my personal favorite, "why do you need this layout, it sucks". Whenever i hear the last argument, in whatever context, I know that the technical approach i chose will not be able to cut it, and here are the "cover up" brigade. Throughout this ordeal, our template pages became increasingly incomprehensible and difficult to code with. DIV's nested to stupid levels, etc. I made the decision to swap to tables for our layout. It took me about 30 minutes to effect this change, and stuff Just Works(tm). There are serious and real problems with CSS layouts, and unless these are adressed, tables will continue to see use, especially by people that have a job to finish. My boss doesnt care how i do the site layout, he trusts me to make the right decisions. part of that decision tree is to ensure that i strike a balance that involves cost and time to market somewhere.

  6. Re:Power of community + run by the community? on Tabula Rasa To Shut Down · · Score: 1

    and who will donate the incredible amount of high quality artwork in all forms required to make a good MMO? and not only do you need lots of high quality artwork, it also needs to be done along the same style and theme, and be artistically consistent. the people that have the skills and talent to make art for are an MMO are usually too busy with their dayjob.

  7. Re:Not all that surprising on Tabula Rasa To Shut Down · · Score: 1

    I just finished looking at the gameplay trailer and got bored after 60 seconds. its like WoW, but with a lower polygon count (seriously, how crappy can they make toons look?) and some gimmicks.

  8. Re:Sad but true... on Tabula Rasa To Shut Down · · Score: 1

    it got a lot of publicity on MMO Sites. I played it for a while, it looks cool, and there was some interesting story, but nothing too fancy. Something you'd pay $20 or $30 to play, but not something you would pay a subscription -- any amount -- for.

  9. Re:Lawyers smelt money. on Game Makers Accusing Innocent People of Piracy In the UK · · Score: 1
    Sending "Pay £500 or else" is illegal in the UK. Its called "Demanding money with menaces." From the UK criminal Justice Act 1994:

    (1) It shall be an offence for any person who, with a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another, makes any unwarranted demand with menaces. (2) For the purposes of this sectionâ" ( a ) a demand with menaces shall be unwarranted unless the person making it does so in the beliefâ" (i) that he has reasonable grounds for making the demand, and (ii) that the use of the menaces is a proper means of reinforcing the demand; ( b ) the nature of the act or omission demanded shall be immaterial and it shall also be immaterial whether or not the menaces relate to action to be taken by the person making the demand. (3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liableâ" ( a ) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both, ( b ) on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years or to both.

    So thats a few years jail and a big fine for the offender. I *wish* i get one of these letters....

  10. Re:you are wasting company money. on How To Deploy a Game Console In the Office? · · Score: 1

    Ah, so not only do you have a horribly skewed idea on how to create and manage a productive team, you are also one of those weird people that fire anybody that disagrees with you. You are not smart, clever or intelligent, you are simply a dumbass with delusions of cluefullness.

  11. Misleading summary on Tesla Motors Shaken Up, Laying Off · · Score: 5, Informative

    Tesla isn't going belly up. They are waiting with further developing their Sedan until they can get a cheaper loan. next year or so.

  12. Re:In every country ... on UK Court Rejects Encryption Key Disclosure Defense · · Score: 1

    watch the Big Brother State - an awesome short film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJTLL1UjvfU

  13. Re:Taking one for the team. on Court Rules That Palin Must Save Yahoo Emails · · Score: 1

    There is a real difference between the accountability of a state provided system and the accountability of an elected official. It is a duty of the Governor to ensure that her actions and correspondence are capable of being audited, in much the same way that a business has the duty to ensure to provide a financial paper trail. This does not "set a precedence" in any way, shape or form. All the court has decided now is that this duty is bound to the Person, not the System this person uses, as is correct.

  14. Re:When I was a kid... on UK Government Says More Spying Needed · · Score: 1

    dude, the M2 thing? seriously, let it go, and don't take it so personal....

  15. Re:fearmongering on New Denial-of-Service Attack Is a Killer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    WTF? "Answer some questions"? there is 1 question, and it looks like you posted that yourself. blog whoring and fearmongering. Oh, and i did listen to the whole podcast.

  16. fearmongering on New Denial-of-Service Attack Is a Killer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While it is pretty interesting, and disturbing, we are once again faced with a "The Internet Will Cease To Exist And Your Brain Will Explode" vulnerability. We dont know exactly how it works, we dont know exactly what to do to stop it, fixes are not available, and we are all doomed. The podcast goes into enough detail about how they discovered it to be replicated by skilled evildoers without too much trouble, but nobody knows how long, easy or invasive a fix is going to be.

  17. Re:Just use Google Apps on Email-only Providers? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    maybe he doesn't like the privacy implications of going with google apps. I know I don't...

  18. Re:The Spark on Evidence of Russian Cyberwarfare Against Georgia · · Score: 1

    You don't really know how things work between those two, do you? When Putin says "jump", Medvedev asks "how high"

  19. Re:no it does. on Mozilla SSL Policy Considered Bad For the Web · · Score: 1

    do you know the wildcard ssl prices

    yeah - an unlimited server, unlimited domain wildcard cert is like $400 per year or something. EV's are like $500.
    No big deal, really.

  20. Flyspray on Best Integrated Issue-Tracker For Subversion? · · Score: 1

    Flyspray has some good SVN integration, and is by far one of the best trackers i have tried.

  21. Re:Hater Redux (to tears) on Smartphones For Text SSH Use — Revisited · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There are a couple of logical fallacies with your argument.

    You are betting on some application coming out in a month, or less then a month. Your argument seems to be that once this application is developed, tested, etc. in less then a month, it will *instantly* be the best ssh application. That's rubbish.

    You state that some unknown improvement made to the iphone, at some unkown point in the future might address all the issues theOP might have with the iPhone, and the OP should therefore wait with making *any* decision until such time as the IPhone has this improvement. This logic would extend to saying "and if the next model doesn't have it, wait some more". Thats ridiculous.

    And, on the basis of this deeply flawed argument, you call the OP a "hater". That's playground logic. What are you, 12? Does your daddy know you are using his PC?

    oh, and if you are still reading, please make sure you realise I am not saying *anything* about any of apple's products (just want to make sure you dont start changing the subject and calling me an apple hater as well).

  22. Re:Ugh. on Drupal 5 Themes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Obviously a good decision when general looks are more important then robust management of content. To base you decision on the CMS you use on the basis of the easy themability of your framework, as opposed to the core way it manages your content says a lot about the value and complexity of your content set.

  23. Re:Microsoft is to blame on Microsoft Believes IBM Masterminded Anti-OOXML Initiative · · Score: 2, Funny

    actually, I have it on good authority that google is behind a lot of these moves.

  24. my (ex) wife on What Did You Change Your Mind About in 2007? · · Score: 2, Funny

    got my divorce sorted out on christmas day. about time as well. crazy bitch was getting on my nerves

  25. Re:Diff is powerful on Diffing Guantanamo Bay SOP Manuals · · Score: 1

    I do that for one of my clients. We diff laws, regulations, and standards, insert comments on changes (reasons for the change, etc.) and let users add their own comments. We also provide timelines for changes, and correlate change over time for different documents. We present in pretty markup, in a variety of ways. Really powerful stuff, and my clients' clients love it.