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  1. Re:Cool hack, but who cares... on Wi-Fi Fingerprints -- the End of MAC Spoofing? · · Score: 1

    That's funny... The article you link to (well, part 2, which talks about attacks on WPA) uses the tools (coWPAtty) listed in the link I gave you. Did you read the link I gave you or just the summary? Further, did you even read the link you gave?

  2. Re:Cool hack, but who cares... on Wi-Fi Fingerprints -- the End of MAC Spoofing? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Stuff I saw at DEFCON 14

    multi-fpga array + 4 million passwords + 2000 SSIDs + 2 days? = 40GB rainbow table = fast WPA cracking. USE FULL STRENGTH PASSWORDS!

  3. Calgary LUG Party on Happy 15th Birthday Linux · · Score: 1

    We at the Calgary Linux Users Group had a pot luck dinner and movie (March of the Penguins) to celebrate the day :-)

  4. Inflation? on OLPC Gets a New Name, New Features · · Score: 1

    Ouch, from $100 to $140 in this short of time? Talk about inflation :P

  5. Re:deadlocks on 11-year-old Proves Locks Not So Secure · · Score: 1

    I met this girl at Defcon at the "Things That Go 'Bump' in the night" talk. These guys say it works on pretty much every USPS and Mail Boxes Etc. mail box in the US as well, not just doors. You can put a deadbolt on a house, but AFAIK you can't do anything about your mailbox (except get one elsewhere or not have one at all.)

  6. Re:I hope this works... on Nintendo's Next-Gen Arsenal · · Score: 1

    The volume of PC gamepads sold is far less than console gamepads... and people who get PC gamepads are generally more concerned with functionality over quality (since they mostly buy the cheapest ones, with the exception of things like joysticks for flight sims.)

  7. Re:The old saying goes... profit! on Dropping Profits Sends Amazon In Odd Directions · · Score: 1

    ref=... hey? trying to make some money off of unsuspecting slashdotters?

  8. Re:I hope this works... on Nintendo's Next-Gen Arsenal · · Score: 1
    The mouse and keyboard is quite frankly terrible at things designed around the controller, such as platformers, racers, and fighters that made their debut or enjoy their highest popularity on consoles.
    Agreed, ever try Tony Hawk games on the PC without a controller? It just doesn't work... well...
  9. Re:what if on Eidos Picks Up Conan MMOG · · Score: 1

    Yes, and I was really looking forward to a Conan O'Brien game. I wonder if you could level just by talking nonsensically.

  10. Re:You must first ask the right questions on Intel Stepping Up to Combat AMD's 4x4 · · Score: 1
    I think, unless a lot of weasely salesmen can (continue to?) convince people to buy more computer than they need.

    I don't think it will be that hard to convince people:

    Salesman: "For only 20% more for your system, you can surf 4 porn sites at the same time!"
    Customer: "What if I only want to surf 2 porn sites at the same time?"
    Salesman: "That costs 10% more than the base price... but do you really want to take the risk that you have 2 sites open and there is something really good you want to see on a third site?" Customer: "When you put it that way... is there any way I can surf 5 porn sites at once?"

  11. Re:The real reason on Hong Kong Using Children to Hunt for Piracy · · Score: 1

    c) children cannot legally visit adult sites.

  12. Re:Before people start the Windows flamefest on Undetectable Rootkits Through Virtualization? · · Score: 2, Informative
    You would have to be rather closed-minded to think a rootkit would apply only to Windows. From wikipedia:
    The term "rootkit" (also written as "root kit") originally referred to a set of recompiled Unix tools such as "ps", "netstat", "w" and "passwd" that would carefully hide any trace of the intruder that those commands would normally display, thus allowing the intruders to maintain "root" on the system without the system administrator even seeing them.

    Generally now the term is not restricted to Unix-based operating systems, as tools that perform a similar set of tasks now exist for non-Unix operating systems such as Microsoft Windows (even though such operating systems may not have a "root" account).
  13. Re:Some of us are forced to use Windows on WGA Turning Off PCs in the Fall? · · Score: 1
    Considering the background in programming one shouldn't have too much trouble to migrate to Linux.

    Unfortunately, just because you can migrate to Linux, it doesn't mean your clients can :-(

  14. Re:SLOC: Vista vs. Linux on Why Vista Release Date Really Slipped · · Score: 1
    1. You can look up the "bracketing convention" for RedHat yourself...
    2. By default, with David Wheeler's sloccount, { does count as a SLOC, but all whitespace and comment-only lines do not count
  15. Re:MMMmmmm.. aspartame. on Astronomers Spy 288bn Mile Booze Cloud · · Score: 1

    Aspartame: helping hackers live with diabetes since 1965.

  16. Finally... on ASCII World Cup · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... something for me to enjoy :-)

  17. Re:beyond what the human eye can see? on HDMI Spec Upgraded To Support 'Deep Color' · · Score: 1

    Ok, maybe my morning coffee hasn't kicked in yet, but something seems askew here. Video is not sampled at 48kHz, that is more typical of audio. If you look at the HDMI spec, it says: "Video pixel rates can range from 25MHz to 165MHz" or lower than 25MHz using a repetition scheme. According to the 1.2a spec, it is 24 bits per pixel though. 8 bits per TMDS channel, and there are three channels.

    Also, I think by "resolution" you are referring to something along the lines of granularity :-)

  18. Re:Creepy. on Official GP2X SDK Released · · Score: 1

    gp2x.co.uk was out of cases when I ordered. I can get power supplies locally or from digikey if need be, and I have some good nimh batteries. I did forget to get a TV adapter though, d'oh! I'll probably just order from some other place to get the accessories later.

  19. Creepy. on Official GP2X SDK Released · · Score: 1

    I remember seeing the GP2X mentioned on slashdot many months ago. My iPAQ broke three weeks ago, and I was looking for something to play games on (yeah, I stopped using it as a PDA.) I just remembered about the GP2X yesterday and bought one... and now this article comes up. Now I really can't wait to get it!

  20. Re:what I would like to see... on Cheap Printed Official Ubuntu Linux Documentation · · Score: 2, Informative

    I don't know about you, but the man page for man(1) on my distro says that apropos and man -k are equivalent... whatis OTOH, is different, and is equivalent to man -f :-)

    oddly enough, the same script is used for both whatis and apropos (on gentoo at least) it just uses different parameters for grep depending on how it was called... The More You Know :-)

  21. Re:what I would like to see... on Cheap Printed Official Ubuntu Linux Documentation · · Score: 1
    [...]then a simple list that shows where all the *(&^&**(ing files are located in the hierarchy.
    Whoops, also forgot the locate command.
  22. Re:what I would like to see... on Cheap Printed Official Ubuntu Linux Documentation · · Score: 2, Informative
    [...]then a simple list that shows where all the *(&^&**(ing files are located in the hierarchy.
    man hier
    If you are non leet it is a bear to see what a command line command is compared to what the app is called in the gui menu, nor can you find all the files without already knowing where they are! Catch 22. [...] Does no good to say use the MAN pages when you can't see what the app is REALLY called in the first place to get to the appropriate MAN pages!
    man -k [insert phrase here] (also try enclosing phrase in "")
  23. Re:Awww =( on Home Chemistry An Endangered Hobby in U.S. · · Score: 1
    PETN can be made from coal (carbon) and electricity. Are those regulated?
    Well, electricity was recently deregulated in my province... but I don't think that's what you were going for ;-)
  24. Re:100ms ethernet latency? on Ethernet The Occasional Outsider · · Score: 1

    A better question might be: how bad is the editor if this wasn't noticed?

  25. Re:Seek Time & Reduced Heat on Samsung Announces Solid State Laptop · · Score: 2, Informative
    That's what a solid state drive is - lots and lots of ram, plus a battery. The end.
    You're right, that is a type of solid state drive. However, I believe an RTA is in order here... it's actually in the title of the page: "Samsung Q30-SSD Flash Solid State Laptop"
    Stop with the dumb assumptions and think.
    :-)