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  1. Re:Learning history from games on Whippersnappers Bad-Mouth Old Games · · Score: 1

    *Permanent*...Lief's Vinland didn't last long enough to be permanent.

  2. Re:Don't fuck around w/your modem's MAC. on RCA / Thomson Modem Hack Discovered · · Score: 1

    Not really, you can change a machines MAC address within software pretty easily.

  3. Webcams on Ultimate Wireless Webcam? · · Score: 1

    Webcams suck for CCTV work. Now there are IP cameras that are ment for monitoring but you're looking at a much higher price range. If you want a controlable (PTZ) camera prepare to shell out alot more. And if you want more then one, then get a number of analogue cameras and find a company that makes a capture card and software. There are a number of them that have software that support web access, e-mail on motion, ect....

  4. Re:I wouldn't Need Admin Rights, Except... on Dealing with Network Politics and Insecure Users? · · Score: 1

    Depends on what he's doing. Our Devs here work with a number of video codecs and encoders. Quicktime isn't an outragous request.

  5. Re:End of Ninshito? on PSP Battery Journal · · Score: 1

    Wanting Grand Thief Auto is good...but lets be honest, why would you want BMX XXX? Are you that hard up for porn?

  6. Re:FFXI on MMOG Subscription Chart Updated · · Score: 1

    They said they are going to have some stuff in the next patch to try to deal with that. News of it has sent the prices of some items they camp alot have dropped signifgantly.

  7. Re:Grade on Is The 'CSI Phenomenon' Good For Science? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I hate how they show PC's being used in forensics work on TV. I work for a company that does DVRs for CCTV systems and a ton of people call up wanting a system that will take a compressed file and let you Zoom it 50x and read newsprint at 200 ft away.

  8. Re:...vs Magnet vs Tossage on Shootout: 'rm -Rf /' vs. 'Format C:' · · Score: 1

    So you're going to arrest all of the trash collectors? Good call.

  9. Re:More layers of separation on Halloween Massive Gaming News · · Score: 1

    The FFXI event doesn't work that way. While you're in that form you can't do anything that requires targeting. But it was funny as heck to see players freaking out. People were screaming about an invasion.

  10. Re:One or the other on Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed Launches · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've found FFXI to be pretty good. I like the way it handles PvP, as a sport between nations, fought in a certain setting and prearanged. PvP for those that want it, none for those that don't.

  11. Re:Nuclear subs on Nuclear Rockets Moving Along · · Score: 1

    Range. You don't need refill on fuel, nor do you have surface to generate electricy and air. So you can stay at sea longer. In this age of satillites, it's pretty easy to spot a tender ship so if you have to refuel your subs then the other side has a pretty good idea of where they are. And if you know where the sub it's not the most useful weapon.

  12. Re:Cool Device on XM to Launch Satellite Radio Handheld? · · Score: 1

    It looks like it's more of an HBO model then a cable TV-Model.

  13. Re:Because without the loophole on Spitzer Takes On Record Industry Payola · · Score: 1

    Um, let me make sure I'm reading this right. I looked at your chart, and went from left to right. It doesn't look like an increase at all but a downward trend. The numbers are the number of listeners per hundred people, correct? If so, the smaller numbers would indicate that there is a downward trend? I may be reading that chart wrong but it doesn't look like it supports your statement.

  14. Re:Hrm. statistics speak for themselves. on The Web's 20 Worst Security Flaws · · Score: 1

    Um...bad math. It's the top ten vulnerabilities for each. Not just that both of them have just ten major vulnerabilities.

  15. Re:common logical fallacy on A Working, Quantum-Encrypted Intranet · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not really. But it will show if it's been viewed or tampered with, so you can declare the transmission null and void.

  16. Re:Just Video on Home Defense, Geek Style? · · Score: 1

    Overkill. I work for a company that makes DVRs for CCTV systems. From talking to installers, just using the RCA-out and a dummy VCR seems to trick most criminals.

  17. Re:Where's the problem here? on University Bans Wireless Access Points · · Score: 1

    Your right but it's a bad comparison for the current situation. A better one would be you trying to do that to someone who was renting a room from you. The courts may have to put a bit more thought into a situation like that.

  18. Re:Lots of bubbles, not many cameras on Walmart Stored Value Cards Compromised · · Score: 1

    Not really. You can pick up a decent CCTV camera for about $200 (cheaper if you're willing to accept a cheap bullet type or lower). It would be cheaper in the long run to just place the cameras and have the cable runs then it would be to move the cameras.

  19. Re:Already slow... on Getting Your Boss To Buy Lava Lamps · · Score: 1

    You ask why you can't reach a site and why a second one is slow...but then you mention slashdotting a site...

  20. Re:Look at the uses they're citing -- chilling on Next Generation Stun Guns? · · Score: 1
    Give the U.S. Torturers these styles of weapons, and whats gonna happen

    Not a thing. This weapon takes someone from awake to out like a light. Kinda hard to torture someone when they are out cold. Or maybe you're afraid that they will use the electricity to torture, because using bare wires would be so much harder.

  21. Re:What's the maximum partition size in WinXP/Win2 on Seagate Rolls Out 400 GB SATA Drives · · Score: 2, Informative

    Link Has the info on how to get past that.

  22. Re:Every American should own AND carry a gun... on Downtown Baltimore To Get Massive Surveillance Network · · Score: 1

    Yep, and the mugger isn't going to say that if the citizen doesn't get the gun out of his back he'll simply shoot the muggie?

  23. Re:Every American should own AND carry a gun... on Downtown Baltimore To Get Massive Surveillance Network · · Score: 1

    Um, except that by using your defination of people "not in thier right mind" we're violent crime free right now. Perhaps your defination of "people not in thier right mind" needs to be a bit more clear?

  24. Re:This will keep the ACLU folks busy on Downtown Baltimore To Get Massive Surveillance Network · · Score: 1

    Federal law requires one-party consent for recording of converstations (which is what I think you mean.) Most states are one party states as well, but some like Maryland and Vermont are two party states, which requires both parties agree to it.

  25. Re:Every American should own AND carry a gun... on Downtown Baltimore To Get Massive Surveillance Network · · Score: 1

    Except that criminals generally have citizenship too. So for your theory to work the mugger/thief/MSSalesrep has to walk up to the citzen and say "Give me all of your money" without drawing thier own gun. And the average person is going to do what when the criminal has the drop on them? The same thing they do now, give up thier purse/wallet/PC. Or perhaps you mean to prohibt street crime like a purse snatcher just grabbing and running. I can see that working well. Purse snatcher grabs, runs, person takes a potshot at a moving target, misses and wings the school child running near by. Maybe such a system would be a more polite society, but it wouldn't be crime free.