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  1. Re:Besides visited sites... on Sniffing Browser History Without Javascript · · Score: 1

    If it's a hash, then what?

    At least I could hijack your session, and do anything with your name until you logout.

    That means posting Bad Thing on the Forum/BBS, vandalize your blog, peek into your private message, change the password (if it doesn't require existing password verification)

  2. Besides visited sites... on Sniffing Browser History Without Javascript · · Score: 1

    For site that allowed user to post CSS content, and that's there is interest to steal the cookie, it could be done in the same way.
    For example, xanga.com (cookie to steal your login info), or Forum/BBS site that allows poisting CSS.

    The cookies will be sent along with the CSS background request.

    Blogger/Blogspot is a good example how this should be handled...just put it in two different domains.

  3. Take over the computer? on Computers Key To Air France Crash · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Especially which limitation you would like to override? It's unclear that if the accident was due to the inability that pilot's unable to override tho computers' limit.

    How about this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_006. A Boeing flight, which pilot's manoeuver resulted in a 5G load and barely destroy the horizontal stabilizers. With less luck, it the CA006 might lost the whole stabilizers and could result in JA123 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Airlines_Flight_123.

    May be without the 5G manoeuver the plane will be lost, but I doubt if it was an Airbus, could the plane becomes >66 deg bank in the first place (due to the protection of another computer limitation), and hence such 5G manoeuver would not needed.

    From the article,

    riding around on autopilot all the time pushing buttons does nothing to sharpen your hand flying skills for a possible situation like this when you will need it the most

    But I prefer pilots to sharpen and practice the emergency handling skills with simulator...not the real thing.

    Flying manually without autopilot in the turbulence is like driving at 100mph on icy road without electronic traction control. I still think computer is in a better role in handling that.

  4. Easy to Detect, hard to trace on New Denial-of-Service Attacks Threaten Wireless Data Networks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    DoS should be easy to detect...you know when something is DoS'ed or Slashdotted. I think he means it's hard to trace the source.

  5. Re:Veterinary Clinic App on Ridiculous Software Bug Workarounds? · · Score: 1

    b) Stop the users typing so fast.

    You should use QWERTY, not Dvorak.

  6. Re:I didn't RFTA but ... on Australia, UK To Test Vehicle Speed-Limiting Devices · · Score: 1

    For road that are designed to be 50kph, is that really possible to go over 50kph in daytime for more than a few good seconds without hitting a traffic light, or the car in front of?

    The traffics and the road condition has probably limited you from speeding. I really doubt how many people would speed in street road...With the slow acceleration of bus, and the kick off delay between the warning phase to the execution phase, chance for the system to be activated in street road is not high.

    While I thought UK might also have an absolutely upper limit for bus just like Hong Kong's 70kph, even if such highway has a higher designated speed limit for smaller car.

    I know...the device will also be test run on small cars like Taxi...but at any case, I think using GPS is not totally useless, but might be a little bit overkilled. Not to mention the maintenance cost (hardware or data-wise) wouldn't be low...well, the bidder might be doing a good job in securing the recurrent incomes from the maintenance contracts.

  7. I didn't RFTA but ... on Australia, UK To Test Vehicle Speed-Limiting Devices · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Cutting all Power" should mean cutting additional gas that accelerate...or I mean it just work like cruise control that instead of supplying more gas when it goes under speed, it stop supplying more gas when it goes over the speed.

    But requiring GPS? Bullshit. Hong Kong's bus (which most of them are double deckers, and import from UK) has speed limiter installed for 15+ years. The bus can never goes over 70km/h no matter how hard you press the gas pedal (70km/h is the legal speed limit for bus on all road). There is a little red light on the dashboard to signal the driver the limiter is activated.

    Technology? It's just based on the speedometer that every automobile has, just like all cruise control! Why do we need to pull GPS into the picture? I have absolutely no idea.

  8. Re:MS Word vs InDesign (or Desktop publishing...) on MS Word 2010 Takes On TeX · · Score: 1

    Inkscape is very powerful in the graphics part, but still lack of many basic text processing abilities. Say - Text overflow to another Text block? Tables? Master page / Header / Footer? Page numbers?

    For one page image oriented poster Inkspace is more useful. But to produce a 16-pages leaflet, or 1-page 3-columns newsletter, I still prefer Publisher.
    (If Inkscape, Publisher, Word are the only choices)

  9. Server OS Renting on Microsoft Patents the Crippling of Operating Systems · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, this might be useful for Server OS Rental service. Some small business might not want to invest and own an OS, while renting might be beneficial. (Just like someone don't like to own a car but keep renting)

  10. MS Word vs InDesign (or Desktop publishing...) on MS Word 2010 Takes On TeX · · Score: 1

    MS Word compare with InDesign or another Desktop publishing? Unless 2010 is very different from 2007...

    TeX (Markup Language), Word (Document Processing), InDesign (Desktop Publishing) is very different...
    There are thousands many more thing that Word is not suitable for Desktop Publishing - Flow oriented instead of Page oriented, Color accuracy (non RGB colorspace), "Printer" (i mean that Printer!) supports...They target audience hardly overlaps.

    MS uses to make a software called Publisher, used to be part of the Office Suite (or is it still?). That might be comparable to InDesign. (At least for someone who need to do it much less expensive)

  11. I read the list...slow shutdown time? on Why Linux Is Not Yet Ready For the Desktop · · Score: 1

    Slow shutdown time? Actually I think the Linux shutdown much quicker even compare to XP. (I didn't even want to mention Vista...it takes longer to shutdown than boot)

    Linux response way faster when I kill an app. Windows? It likes trying to dig out all the pages from the swap, kill the app and...whatever. I dunno what it's doing!

  12. Re:17,000 mph sounds like it's fast on Challenges Ahead In Final Hubble Servicing Mission · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, I am walking, sitting, eating, and coding on a ground that's actually spinning at 229km/h everyday. (Assuming I am at 30 degree North)

  13. GNU/Windows? Debian+Windows Kernel? on Shuttleworth Says Ubuntu Can't Just Be Windows · · Score: 1

    Someone said they miss the tools on Linux while using Windows...

    may be all they need is GNU/Windows instead of GNU/Linux?
    Or Debian with Windows kernel instead of Linux or FreeBSD kernel?

    Oh well I still miss Linux kernel...the ability to write drivers for my homebrew hardware. Not that it can't be done on Windows, and I didn't try writing one for Windows yet, but I think it's easier to write one for Linux.

  14. Re:Rampant Sexism on The In-House Decency Patrol At Facebook · · Score: 1

    I am thinking is CamelToe banned in their ToS...

  15. Here is how I understand the summary, as bad as- on US Says Canadian Copyright As Bad As China's, Russia's · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It says Canadian copyright laws are as bad as China and Russia.

    What it didn't say is that - US copyright laws are even worse.

  16. Re:Classroom interaction is valuable on BYU Prof. Says University Classrooms Will Be "Irrelevant" By 2020 · · Score: 1

    Absolutely agree. Lecture is mostly dead. I found myself skipped 50% of the classes. But classes does not consists the major part of my university life. Interaction with Professor, with Classmates, and the resources available in University that enable many more idea to be realized are the key.

    Did he mention virtual Lab? I didn't RTFA but how is it going to work!? unless you are saying we are plugged in the Matrix...

  17. Re:Slashdot education on Why There's No iTunes For Movies · · Score: 1

    So let me teach you one more option. In big Cities in China, you can get $1/DVD at the newsstand at every block.

    Advantages:
    (1) removes the 5 minutes RIAA privacy commercial that you can't skip.
    (2) it's usually sync or even go ahead of the movie release time.
    (3) it's usually a direct copy from the disc that sent for academy review nomination, so quality is not bad.
    (4) Sometimes there are genuine verison, just as cheap ($5 at most). However, it comes with the RIAA privacy message, and only available after half a years of the movie showing. The only advantage is that you get better translation/sub-title.
    (5) But if the Party decided not to allow the Movie to be distributed in China, Pirating seems to be the only solution.

  18. Re:works in germany on Obama Proposes High-Speed Rail System For the US · · Score: 1

    I believe they would start with major cities...to be exact, there are railway connecting major cities already and doing an upgrade should be very sensible instead of building a whole new stuff at nowhere.

  19. Re:Very convenient ...fast printer needed on US Electricity Grid Reportedly Penetrated By Spies · · Score: 1

    I think the administration needs a faster printer to print the bills - the bills in dollars and the bills of the law.

    Hm...is that from HP?

  20. Re:It can be taken down much faster now. on Could the Internet Be Taken Down In 30 Minutes? · · Score: 1

    Ok or we should just learn from North Korea, who built their own version of Internet and disconnected from "the Internet." By then, who cares about "the Internet" being shutdown?

  21. Re:It can be taken down much faster now. on Could the Internet Be Taken Down In 30 Minutes? · · Score: 1

    That just kills the US network I believe, at least not the China's part.

    Oh never mind, with the sophisticated great firewall, it's pretty much the same as killed.

  22. Re:Yes on Shouldn't Every Developer Understand English? · · Score: 1

    Next question? Use Perl where symbols matter.

    Alright...seriously, perhaps someone could write a "use Chinese;" module so the reserved word like $^O, or translated to Chinese too!

    After all, Perl support using utf-8 character as identified, after "use utf8;" that's it.

  23. Re:No international flights on American Airlines To Offer Wi-Fi In Planes · · Score: 1

    Even if it's available on Asia-North America flight...only do it if you don't mind the Soviet Russia listening to your traffic.

  24. Re:DANGER DANGER on American Airlines To Offer Wi-Fi In Planes · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think there is a ban for other reasons. Another legitimate reason I heard is about cell-phone jumping around the cell-tower because all cell grid looks similarity poor, almost the same SNR from 30000 feet, and the cell phone and network will go crazy in switching.

    When did your computer crash last time when your cell phone rings right next to it? None for me.
    I know airplane has a lot more analog device, but with Wifi, which its active transmission power is like hundreds time smaller than the cell, and being much far away from the important and properly shield cables, the chance of messing something up by Wifi is much smaller I guess.

    http://www.avaate.org/article.php3?id_article=1007
    It's like banning cell phone in train because of Pacemaker? Recommending 22 meters away from pacemaker when using cell phone? I personally havn't seen a news reporting pacemaker malfunction due to cell phone usage...Last time I read the pacemaker manual from my grandma 10 years ago, it was just recommending using cellphone with your opposite ear (right ear usually), keep 30cm away from the pacemaker and that's it.

    So crashing a plane? Far from it I would say.

  25. Gesture is good. The problem is the touch screen! on Windows 7 Touchscreen Details Emerging · · Score: 1

    Screen are for our eyes. And we use hands to input. Screens are setup vertically because that good for our eyes. Keyboard are placed on our table because that how our hands are grown. Moving the screen to the table or move my hand to interact a vertical panel is no good!

    Gesture are actually good if it could be done on the keyboard. I owned a Touchstream LP keyboard (which is the exact multitouch technology that Apple acquired, google for its image), I enjoy doing gestures on it. However, the lack of touch feedback is a stopper.

    If someone could make a keyboard such that each individual keycap is a simple touch pad, and hence can sense the movement of fingers and hence gesture, while all this still preserve the feeling of pressing a key, that would be a killer hardware!