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  1. Re:CQ CQ CQ on FCC Dealt Setback In BPL Push · · Score: 1

    N3XMQ DE KC2SST K

  2. Kim Jong Il responds... on Wired's Very Short Stories · · Score: 1

    Someone set up us the bomb.

  3. Re:Zzz ZZzz ZZzz on 11-year-old Proves Locks Not So Secure · · Score: 1

    You don't turn the gun, you turn a tension tool. Not all locks open counterclockwise either.

  4. Re:Don't need that much force on 11-year-old Proves Locks Not So Secure · · Score: 1

    Wiggling a key is NOT bumping. You were able to amaze your neighbor probably because your building is MK'd with a rotating constant. Medeco can be bumped, if your bump key has the proper rotation.

  5. Re:Why would Steve do this? on Apple Embeds Message to OS X Hackers · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up!

    Think nof how easy it is to monitor hackers this way. Apple knows that these little hidden messages will inevitably end up on slashdot. Some clever cube dweller figured that s/he could actually get paid to read slashdot and digg all day to "check on the progress" of hackers.

  6. Re:Darn French... on A Bathroom That Cleans Itself · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, all who have been know how great the Autobahn rest stops are. I just want to know why the Toilettenfrau doesnt offer to shake for you! That would be service.

  7. Re:Isn't that called a tree? on To Flush Or Not To Flush · · Score: 1

    So, umm.... bring us a no-flush urinal... and make it a nice one! Not too expensive...

  8. Re:this is great on Truckers Choose Hydrogen Power · · Score: 1
  9. Finally on Federal Agencies To Collect Genetic Info · · Score: 1

    Captain: What happen? Detective: Somene set us up the crime. Detective: We get sequence! Captain: What? Detective: Megabace turn on. Captain: It's you! FBI: How are you gentlemen. All your base pair are belong to us. You are on the way to detection. You have no chance to sequence make your time. Captain: Take off every patrol car. For great Justice Dept.!

  10. Re:passed in California on Federal Agencies To Collect Genetic Info · · Score: 1

    Proposition(ing) 69 also allowed accused felons to swap DNA while in holding cells.

  11. Overflow patent? on Microsoft's 'IsNot' Patent Continued... · · Score: 1

    Why aren't we all bitching about Microsofts buffer overflow patent?

  12. Re:It is actually interesting on how you "tap" a s on Safecracking for the Computer Scientist · · Score: 1

    http://www.lockmasters.com/DrillandAccess.PDF

    Check out top of page 93.

    Too bad for your sercurity idea, although some manufacturers do pack their doors with bearings.

  13. Re:Why no mention of key-locked dials and bolt lev on Safecracking for the Computer Scientist · · Score: 1

    You could get a new dial with a medeco dial lock. That certainly will add a rather signficant layer to your security, of course this doesnt mean anything if its easy to pull your dial, and drill...

  14. Getting the evidence of the computer on Computer Forensics · · Score: 1

    Billy, all you need to do is clear the cache and history. Now your mom wont ever know what kinds of sick pr0n you read after school.

  15. Load Test on What Do You Look For in a Big Iron Review? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Can it survive a good /. ing ?

  16. Re:Great, more downsizing... on Human Gene Count Slashed · · Score: 1

    Probably Korea.

    A certain company there will sequence what you send them for about $5 dollars a reaction.

  17. Re:It seems unlikely. on Two Women Found With HIV-Immune Mutant Gene · · Score: 5, Informative

    Umm no. Grab an Immunology text and get busy. HIV begins by infecting CCR5+ CXCR4+ CD4+ T cells. B cells are the cells that produce antibodies, not T cells. Early in infection T-h cells are capable of activating B cells, with a corresponding increase of cytokine production (partially responsible for the early "flu" symptoms associated with infection). Early in infection there is a sharp increase in circulating IgG and IgA, so an ELISA/Western blot test for circulating antibodies is certainly justified. How would a body fight HIV. Well even late infection, CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes are still present, albeit in an impaired state due to an impaired generative ability. So, your body can still kill HIV infected cells. This does not even take into account the role of the complement pathway, which will be active at least through mid stage infection, and late stage in some patients. The immune system collapse is due to a loss of Th cells, which are required to modulate the B cell response, and of course Th cytokines are absolutely essential for the functioning of the rest of the immune system. Without these cells, the immune system doesn't do much, let alone fight itself. Where are all the deaths from anaphylaxis, and other hyper immune responses? The way that people are immune to HIV involves HIV entry into Th cells. Individuals with either a modified CCR5 or CXCR4 surface molecule do not support normal HIV entry into T cells. So, no entry, no infection. For your apoptosis suggestion, first learn exactly what apoptosis involves, and how viral replication works. If a cell goes apoptotic with even a few assembled viruses in its cytosol, they will spread. You must have a pathetically weak knowledge of the iummune system (or none at all).

  18. Re:80% of locks cheap crap? on Steel Bolt Hacking · · Score: 1

    36 hours for an Abloy, you got to be kidding me. You can easily make tools, or buy from John Falle, that will allow you to decode and open an Abloy cylinder in 5-10 minutes.

  19. Re:Legal Issue!! If you own lockpicks, please READ on Steel Bolt Hacking · · Score: 1

    Hmm. Obviously you are NOT a Lawyer. In every State statute concerning burglary instruments I have read (40 or so) INTENT is a necessary element to be charged. In some states, possession may be considered prima facie evidence of intent. I am also not a lawyer, so caveat lector!

  20. Re:Nothing's unpickable - how big a mess do you wa on Steel Bolt Hacking · · Score: 1

    AFAIK, and I do indeed know, Medeco locks can be picked. Tools do exist, and you can make them yourself if you have a decent clue.

  21. Good Security practices. on Home Defense, Geek Style? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here are some suggestions that don't involve firearms.

    1.) Locks. If you are like most of the US there is a Kwikset key in knob lock, and maby a deadbolt on your doors. These locks are equivalent to the old style Windows log on screens. You know, the ones that you could bypass with just the Esc key. Look into a Grade 2 or 1 knob or lever lock, and definately a grade 1 deadbolt for all of your exterior doors. Here is where you can actually let your inner geek play in the lock shop. You can get a wide variety of locks with really impressive mechanisms, mostly for pick resistance (this should not concern you as much as lock manufacturers claim, picking requires an incredible amount of skill and time, your average burglar will not possess this, or be willing to spend that much time crouched infront of your door.) and for security against key duplication. Abloy uses rotating discs, Medeco uses pins that need to be placed at the correct hight (like a standard pin tumbler lock) and a correct rotation and tilt. Mul-t-lock incorporates pin in pin construction, MIWA uses magnets.... there are a great many interesting options.

    Besides just installing the locks, you should look into a Door wrap, a reinforced strike, and of course make sure your door frame is quite sound. Hollow core doors? Get rid of them.

    Ground floor windows? There are many films that can be applied to the window, to make smashing a window a much more difficult task. Single pane windows, for example ones that open say into your basement, can be replaced with lexan.

    Trim shrubs and trees so as to make your house visible from the road. Don't allow valuable, easily portable objects to be easily visible through windows. Ask the neighbors to form a simple Neighborhood watch program. If one house in the neighborhood was robbed, expect more to be... Another good, and often free service, is to ask your local police to perform a quick security survey of the property. You may also want to ask a locksmith what he/she thinks.

  22. Re:Price/Perfomance on 96 Processors Under Your Desktop · · Score: 1

    Supercomputer time is still expensive. You dont just go down the hall and ask Bob if you can throw up your latest fortran code on the cluster "just to play with an idea" You pay for the time. Even if you work at the lab, Core Facilities are still $$.

  23. Re:Whee! on 96 Processors Under Your Desktop · · Score: 0

    For the alphabet soup nazis : BLAST = Basic Local Alignment Search Tool

  24. Re:Compucage is the best notebook lock on Kensington Laptop Locks Not So Secure · · Score: 1

    Sorry to burst your illusionary bubble of security, but "dimple" locks can be far easier to compromise than even the pitiful Kensington tubular. Just to let you know that vigillence is still required.

    Also, the companies claim that the average joe can't duplicate their keys is of course complete shit. Anyone with a decent knowledge, basic tools, and a brain could easily dup those keys, especially if for "one time use"

  25. Re:Should read: All locks not so secure on Kensington Laptop Locks Not So Secure · · Score: 1

    All other locks are pickable.