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  1. Re:Only one way to fix this on Yet Another "People Plug In Strange USB Sticks" Story · · Score: 1

    If you think that GPO solves the problem, you should not have an IT job.
    USB devices can be anything. They can act as keyboards and just type in the needed commands to download evil software.

  2. Re:Only one way to fix this on Yet Another "People Plug In Strange USB Sticks" Story · · Score: 1

    Because there are no such things as privilege escalation attacks?

  3. Re:Only one way to fix this on Yet Another "People Plug In Strange USB Sticks" Story · · Score: 2

    Because USB is the electrical slut. People need to be able to plug in keyboards and mice, this means there are going to be usb ports that are open. A user can simply put a usb hub in and get some more ports. Even if you disable USB mass storage there is no reason an evil USB stick could not act as a keyboard and using keystrokes download evil software.

  4. Re:Only one way to fix this on Yet Another "People Plug In Strange USB Sticks" Story · · Score: 1

    Short solution is that corporations needs to have software installed on the machines that can limit what devices can be plugged into the computer. This is entirely possible.

    Can you plug in keyboards at work?
    There is no reason an evil usb stick could not act as a keyboard and input the needed keystrokes to download evil software.

    Shorting USB power lines will not do much, they are only 5v and 500ma. What you would want is a the biggest capacitor you could find that would fit in a usb stick. Capacitors discharge all at once, batteries do not.

  5. Re:Only one way to fix this on Yet Another "People Plug In Strange USB Sticks" Story · · Score: 1

    USB sticks are kinda small for a good bang. A dvd player or another piece of portable electronics would be far better.

  6. Re:not just autorun! on Yet Another "People Plug In Strange USB Sticks" Story · · Score: 1

    DO NOT PLUG IN UNKNOWN HARDWARE.

    A usb device can be anything not just mass storage. Also, do not fucking log in as admin.

  7. Re:This is not new on Silver Pen Allows For Hand-Written Circuits · · Score: 1

    You could have used a mechanical pencil for that. That is what I did.

  8. Re:OK, read TFA and watch TFV on A Solar-Powered 3D Printer Prints Glass From Sand · · Score: 1

    For bricks and other building material it seems like this sort of material should be fine. Assuming it is not too brittle.

  9. Re:Vote right wing. on France To Invest One Billion Euros In Nuclear Power · · Score: 2

    Keep telling yourself that.

    Right does not mean small government, nor does left mean large. An anarcho-communist commume would be far left and have nearly no government.

    Right and left describe beliefs not size of government. You can have right wing and large government which fascism is one example.

  10. Re:They will make a fortune on France To Invest One Billion Euros In Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    Not if they are willing to burn coal. Which if either of those makes noise they will do

  11. Re:They will make a fortune on France To Invest One Billion Euros In Nuclear Power · · Score: 3, Informative

    You do not want to burn hydrogen in a turbine, you do not want to store hydrogen. It embrittles everything. It leaks through anything. It is an explosive hazard. It would be far cheaper and safer to just buy and burn natural gas.

  12. Re:They will make a fortune on France To Invest One Billion Euros In Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    Please share your sources for such a statement.

  13. Re:Caveat Emptor on Google Pulls Paid Apps From Taiwanese Android Market · · Score: 1

    Why could you not try the regular ADW?
    Install CM7 that comes with it.

    I have 7.1RC1 on my Droid 1.

  14. Re:They will make a fortune on France To Invest One Billion Euros In Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    Because then you are building a reactor bigger than you need. What bean counter is going to ok that?

    It is cheaper to make hydrogen from natural gas and buy that to burn for peak power than to bother with making an oversized plant.

  15. Re:Vote right wing. on France To Invest One Billion Euros In Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    No, it is right of center. The US center is practically far right, and seems to keep slipping that way.

  16. Re:They will make a fortune on France To Invest One Billion Euros In Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    Or what about when the grays invade?

    France will not be a majority Islamic nation anytime soon.

  17. Re:Just odd. on San Francisco Considers Ban On All Pet Sales · · Score: 1

    why are so many trying to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide?
    Because it does not endanger anyone but those who want to kill themselves. Humans forced to die of bone cancer are being deprived of the ability to end their own lives with dignity.

    If you think human life is worthless, than you won't attach any more importance to your own life than you do to others.
    You are wrong on both accounts. Many people think the lives of other humans are worthless, or have very little value. Those same people value their own lives quite highly.

  18. Re:Just odd. on San Francisco Considers Ban On All Pet Sales · · Score: 1

    It is not an issue of experience. Their brains are still developing, they lack these abilities until the development finishes. With the Internet at your disposal there is not need for you to be this ignorant about human development.

  19. Re:Caveat Emptor on Google Pulls Paid Apps From Taiwanese Android Market · · Score: 1

    I have no problems using it. If you do, you could try the amazon market. Not like you are tied to only one market.

  20. Re:Puppy Mills on San Francisco Considers Ban On All Pet Sales · · Score: 1

    Shelter animals are not primarily animals that were lost or ran away. Primarily they are the result of offspring a pet owner did not want. What we honestly need is a law making it illegal to sell or giveaway un-fixed animals to anyone who is not a registered animal breeder or to own an unfixed animal if you are not a registered animal breeder.

  21. Re:Kill the treehuggers!! on San Francisco Considers Ban On All Pet Sales · · Score: 1

    That is totally cultural. Dogs and Dolphins are both considered fit for food in some human cultures.

  22. Re:Just odd. on San Francisco Considers Ban On All Pet Sales · · Score: 1

    Souls are mythology, they don't exist.

    Humans are animals, we make laws against killing humans to protect ourselves. If the dogs made the laws their would be laws against killing them.

    Your example left out some other fine examples of folks who thought like you but still committed these wonderful acts, the crusades and the inquisition should be on that list.

  23. Re:Just odd. on San Francisco Considers Ban On All Pet Sales · · Score: 1

    A baby does not have the same ability to reason as an adult. I take it you have never spent time with a kid.

    There are stages of development. In the early stages anything that is out of sight does not exist for them. This is a stage in development animals pass through as well and that the average adult dog or cat has crossed.

  24. Re:Whether this succeeds or not on San Francisco Considers Ban On All Pet Sales · · Score: 1

    This is where I get to one up you, one of my pets was a stray! Skipped that whole eating up resources at the shelter thing.

    The issue with pet breeding is that people want them so they will have them. Basic regulation could be brought to the pet industry just as exists in animals raised for food. Sure this will raise prices, but that is fine. Those who are more interested in saving money will then opt for cheaper rescue animals, which kills two birds with one stone.

  25. Re:No emotions on San Francisco Considers Ban On All Pet Sales · · Score: 1

    Convince me you are sentient. I fail to see how we can test that in an objective way. If my cat is not, then neither is a toddler.

    I suggest that animals have the right not to be treated cruelly and that is about it.