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  1. Re:Do your homework on Fixing Security Through Obscurity? · · Score: 1

    Thank you. This is exactly the kind of advice I was looking for.

  2. Re:Which is it? on Fixing Security Through Obscurity? · · Score: 1

    This seems to be a source of contention. Perhaps I should expand a bit...

    I played around with a cracking tutorial a while back. I applied the concepts in the tutorial to our product. It took me all of five minutes to crack the activation scheme.

    Out of boredom, one day I decided to try and break through our encryption (this was before I became a developer). Turns out its a simple byte-shifting algorythm.

    So, I know very little. That's enough to recognize weaknesses, but not exactly enough to come up with and implement solutions.

    If you know a little about auto maintenance and noticed that the wire that goes to your starter coil has been rerouted to your gas tank, you might very well be able to proclaim that it is going to blow up.

  3. Re:Freedom *of* religion. on Supreme Court Will Hear Pledge of Allegiance Case · · Score: 1

    Hence the lawsuit. It is not about removing the pledge, it is about removing TWO FREAKIN WORDS that don't belong in there.

  4. Re:the reason i respawn is needed on Restart, Restore, or Continue Creating Democracy? · · Score: 1

    And nothing is worse than waiting while the last player found himself a nice hidey-hole to sit in while goes off to take a crap...

  5. Re:Attached Cable on Expensive Geek Toys Roundup · · Score: 1

    It comes with a 3' extension cable. It's still a whole lot easier to take it off when you want to use it though...

    I bought the 128 meg version three days before they came out with the 256 meg version. That bummed me out a bit. Fortunately, I lost it a couple of weeks ago, so now I have a valid reason to buy the 256 meg version. Yippie! Of course, I lost a lot of porn...

  6. Re:Lost jobs on House Votes to Launch Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 1

    So what's next? Outlaw the icecream man?

    Yes, please.

  7. Re:Representative government? on House Votes to Launch Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 1

    *That number is most likely made up. Otherwise you would have to believe that 50% of the households in the US (more than the number that have Internet access) went to that website and put in their phone number.

    Not according to Fox News. In this article, it states:

    There are about 166 million residential phone numbers in the United States and an additional 150 million cell phone numbers.

    It also has a break down of how many people signed up for the list through various means. If you don't want to read the article, then it is as such:

    31.1 Million from the Web Site
    10.9 Million by calling the toll-free hotline
    8.6 Million transfered from individual state DNC lists.

    Total = 50.6 million (or 30% of all residential phones, 16% including cell phone numbers)

  8. Re:Show me your bets... on House Votes to Launch Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 1

    Absolutely. Utah has a bunch of telemarketing call centers, both incoming and outgoing. DirecTV, M$, and Comcast all have call centers run by Consonus here, and Cisco's security division and eBay both have big support centers, too.

    Yes, Utah has a ton of telemarketing call centers, but all of the specific accounts you refer to take inbound calls, not outbound ones.

  9. Re:Prediction on Socionomics: the Science of History and Social Prediction · · Score: 1

    Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe and the biran fguiers it out aynawy.

    Not mcuh to do wtih seplinlg, I konw, but itnersetnig noen the lses...

  10. Re:Isaac Asimov... on Socionomics: the Science of History and Social Prediction · · Score: 1

    Step 1: Place large heavy object on the ground positioned so as to have part of the object in the path of the door, with the rest in contact with the revolving door's frame.

    Step 2: Slam the door.

    Step 3: ???

    Step 4: Profit!

  11. Re:What Would You Do? on Racketeering Suit Filed Against DirecTV · · Score: 1

    boo-yah!

  12. Re:It's a step in the right direction... on Universal Music To Cut CD Prices · · Score: 2, Funny

    You know you're old when all the new music coming out sucks.

    Congratulations. You are officially old.

  13. Re:Where are the details? on Statistically Optimal Music · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, he's my Script Kitty... Duh...

  14. Re:Worst designed web site ever... on Statistically Optimal Music · · Score: 1

    but english is a right to left language ...thgir ot tfel stI

  15. Re:Where are the details? on Statistically Optimal Music · · Score: 1

    That was the new Cristina Aguillera album, you insensitive clod...

  16. Re:A witness turned him in?!? on Blaster Writer Caught · · Score: 1

    My cat's name is Script... He's a Script Kitty...

  17. Re:A witness turned him in?!? on Blaster Writer Caught · · Score: 1

    His name is Jeffrey Lee Parson.

    His 1337 h4x0r name is "teekid."

    If he is on /., he is using a different name...

  18. Re:Shoplifting? on Blocker Tags to Protect Privacy From RFID Tags · · Score: 1

    Probable cause exists where the facts and circumstances would cause a reasonable person to believe that evidence of a crime could be located in the area to be searched. With probable cause, law enforcement officers may search any area of the vehicle where the probable cause leads him/her to believe that evidence may be found. In addition to a probable cause search, any time a law enforcement officer sees evidence of a crime in his/her "plain view," s/he can immediately seize the evidence without a warrant.

    Some could argue that if you had nothing to hide, you would consent. By denying the officer permission to search, you could provide the officer reason "to believe that evidence of a crime could be located in the area to be searched."

    It happens a lot. It has happened to me (more than once). It is not false. Nothing in the link you provided says anything that contradicts what I said.

  19. Re:A witness turned him in?!? on Blaster Writer Caught · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...an arrest has not yet been made...

    Well, if he does read /., I'm sure he's busy running a big frickin magnet over his hard drive(s) right about now...

  20. Re:Shoplifting? on Blocker Tags to Protect Privacy From RFID Tags · · Score: 3, Informative

    The cops can search your car without your consent and without a warrant. All they need is probable cause.

    Ironically enough, you denying them consent to search is generally considered probable enough for them to search it anyway....

  21. Re:What I Mean From My Experience on Designing A Corporate Game Room? · · Score: 1

    Like counterstrike, each a player can choose between different roles (engineer, scout, etc.).

    The only "roles" you can pick in counterstrike are "Terrorist" and "Counter-Terrorist." That's more like a team than a role...

    Maybe you meant Team Fortress?

  22. Re:A possible way... on U.S. Postal Service To Develop 'Intelligent Mail' · · Score: 2, Informative

    Recipient == The person to whom the letter is addressed. They have this information, otherwise the letter goes nowhere.

    Sender == The person from whom the letter is sent. This is not always available, and even when it is available, there is no way to verify that it originated there.

    Bottom line: Jaime's comment is really stupid. OF COURSE they have information relating to who got mail. That has nothing to do with information relating to who SENT mail.

  23. Re:THE Ultimate MMORPG!!! on Indie Games - Fast, Cheap and Everywhere · · Score: 1
  24. Re:What's a "bullet point memo"? on Lobbyist Morgan Reed Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    That's awsome... Can I crib it and send it to my congresscritter?

  25. Re:Game cube has netwr0king? on Linksys Makes Wireless Play For Gamers · · Score: 0, Redundant