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  1. Why? on Blizzard Bans 100,000 Cheaters In Massive "World of Warcraft" Ban Spree · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why would anybody play a game where you're required to spend time playing it just for the sake of playing it? Where you're building up the skill level of your character rather than yourself?

  2. Where's the test? on 'Venom' Security Vulnerability Threatens Most Datacenters · · Score: 1

    There's got to be some test I can run on my VMs to see whether or not I'm vulnerable, right?

  3. Re:invalid premise on Why Crypto Backdoors Wouldn't Work · · Score: 2

    Did you read the article?

  4. Re:Wow, this *IS* old... on Windows Remains Vulnerable To Serious 18-Year-Old SMB Security Flaw · · Score: 1

    Done; see above

  5. Re:Wow, this *IS* old... on Windows Remains Vulnerable To Serious 18-Year-Old SMB Security Flaw · · Score: 1

    It was ReliableSite.net. I tried to name them earlier but was too subtle. :-)

    I was only out a month's worth, fortunately.

  6. Re:Wow, this *IS* old... on Windows Remains Vulnerable To Serious 18-Year-Old SMB Security Flaw · · Score: 1

    Oh I should also point out that they didn't use HTTPS for anything. Logging in to your account and everything was entirely HTTP. "Reliable Site" my ass...

  7. Re:Wow, this *IS* old... on Windows Remains Vulnerable To Serious 18-Year-Old SMB Security Flaw · · Score: 2

    Last year I signed up for a dedicated server, and discovered that the provider's VPN server and their control panel server had Windows file sharing and remote desktop ports open to the world! And they wouldn't give me a refund. Losses cut and lesson learned...

  8. Re:Camelot!! on Man 3D Prints a Working 5-Speed Transmission For Toyota Engines · · Score: 2

    shh

  9. Re:The opposite of current movie adaptations on Some of the Greatest Science Fiction Novels Are Fix-Ups · · Score: 1

    Many films have intermissions in them, even on the DVD. Just off the top of my head, trying to get a good range of eras: Gone with the Wind (1939), Camelot (1967), Hamlet (1996).

  10. MiB on Adjusting To a Martian Day More Difficult Than Expected · · Score: 4, Funny

    The twins keep us on Centaurian time, standard thirty-seven hour day. Give it a few months. You'll get used to it... or you'll have a psychotic episode.

  11. Re: Please note: on AT&T To Match Google Fiber In Kansas City, Charge More If You Want Privacy · · Score: 1

    No.

  12. Re:There's a reason the REAL gear is expensive on Smart Homes Often Dumb, Never Simple · · Score: 1

    Can you mention some names/brands?

  13. Re:Next up, finding Atlantis from Space on Finding Genghis Khan's Tomb From Space · · Score: 3, Informative

    According to the article you linked:

    Nobles were also buried in coffins, but unlike Lamaistic dignitaries, these coffins were buried with additions like weapons, horses, food and other things, which were meant to help them in the next world - in Erlik-Khans kingdom. Erlik-Khan is the god of death. The location of a nobleman's tomb was kept secret, to ensure that they rested in peace.

  14. Monorail on A Backhanded Defense of Las Vegas' Taxi Regulation · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Strip's monorail could trivially have extended to the airport, but that plan was nixed in order to preserve the taxis' revenue stream. What a crock.

  15. Re:Shared hosting... on Launching 2015: a New Certificate Authority To Encrypt the Entire Web · · Score: 1

    If you can live with Android 2.x and IE on Windows XP being unable to connect, then there is a "hostname" equivalent request, and you can host multiple SSL sites on a single IP.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  16. I thought it was hilarious how they managed to work Oracle's name into that "POODLE" flaw they found.

  17. Bad idea on Facebook Wants You To Vote Tuesday · · Score: 4, Insightful

    People who only vote because they heard about it on Facebook (or via that stupid sticker people wear) shouldn't be voting.

  18. Re:We can be certain of one thing on Stan Lee Media and Disney Battle For Ownership of Marvel Characters · · Score: 3, Insightful

    THAT is a huge scam.

  19. Re:HTTPS everywhere on Verizon Injects Unique IDs Into HTTP Traffic · · Score: 1

    The slashdot objection is that slashdot itself isn't on HTTPS. Come on, guys! Does whoever posted this article not see the need??

  20. I thought they loved it! on Flight Attendants Want Stricter Gadget Rules Reinstated · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I flew recently, and the crew was saying how much they loved not having to fight everybody to turn off their devices.

    Southwest might be a bit friendlier than most others, though.

  21. Re:Then what do you call this? on Research Finds No Large-Scale Exploits of Heartbleed Before Disclosure · · Score: 2

    The worry (and article) is about attacks that happened BEFORE public disclosure. After, it's the admin's fault straight-up. Before, nobody (basically) had any hope of detecting or stopping it.

  22. Re:Hmm, strong evidence of null-activity by NSA? N on Research Finds No Large-Scale Exploits of Heartbleed Before Disclosure · · Score: 2

    It proves that the NSA didn't use Heartbleed for widescale private-key-harvesting attacks.

  23. Tune in tomorrow on Couchsurfing Hacked, Sends Airbnb Prank Spam · · Score: 1, Funny

    There's more to come in the exciting adventures of Bennett Haselton!

  24. I'd love to use https! on Watch a Cat Video, Get Hacked: the Death of Clear-Text · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...So why does Slashdot redirect HTTPS back to HTTP??

  25. Re:Another bloviation from Bennett on Lots Of People Really Want Slideout-Keyboard Phones: Where Are They? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Be polite, Bennett.