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  1. Re:It's *not* rocket science, guys... on Alternative Browsers Impede Investigations · · Score: 1

    >Cmon.. any advanced porn^H^H^H^H surfer knows to go
    >to google, enter the url and click through google's
    >url.

    And the other good news is not only is firefox so secure that the police can't crack it, but it supports the proper control characters for backspace! The security breakthroughs never end!

  2. Most ignored MMO could be the answer to many on MMOGs Reaching For Casual Gamers · · Score: 1

    Eve Online could be the answer to a few, on top of great graphics, an amazing economy, and very social setting, there is no grind at all, skills are learn in real time. Some skills take 15 minutes to learn, others can take as long as 60 days to learn. After the first month of playing, you could not log in for two weeks and still advance the same as if you played 24/7 with the exception of making money, which is not very hard to do.

  3. Really a good idea? on Keeping a Data Center Cool on the Cheap · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If that A/C unit freezes up/dies/etc, getting wraped in that bubble will cause those machines to overheat rather quickly...

    Might be a good idea to hookup a tempature controlled moter to pull the plastic down if the A/C dies, if you know how, and have a good junk pile, you can do that cheap enough....

  4. Re:What I Didn't find... To: What I DID find... on Google Adds Satellite Imagery for the World · · Score: 1

    Now all I need to do is find Art Bell's house!

  5. What I Didn't find... on Google Adds Satellite Imagery for the World · · Score: 1

    Some clear pictures over Washington...
    /me grabs Tin-Foil hat


    http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.890411,-77.00934 3&spn=0.007714,0.010664&t=k&hl=en

  6. Told you on China PM Wants to Rule Global Tech With India · · Score: 1

    Get paid nothing... slave away all day... take over the world....

    Communism didn't die, it just got a nose job.

  7. Re:Regarding the article: on The Top Three Reasons for Humans in Space · · Score: 1

    That is, unless they hand over...

    *holds pinky up to lip*

    One gatrillion billion dollars....

    *cackle*

  8. Re:Don't panic... on Star Smaller Than Some Planets Found · · Score: 1

    Damnit! 2010 won't come true then!

    HAL, OH HAL WHERE ARE YOU?!

  9. Re:What's the propertie status of the moon? on Japan Considering Moon Base, Shuttle Projects · · Score: 1

    Why to show them cannuks...err...friends to the north

  10. Its worked before on Tin Foil Passports? · · Score: 1

    Thats how a lot of people have stolen music, etc from mall stores, line a mall shopping bag with tin foil, and it shields the RFID chip, thus letting them get past security.

  11. Not a big deal, really... on CIA Researching Automated IRC Spying · · Score: 1

    I've said for years that this was going on. After all, most things you find on IRC are really MIT experimental Bots created to research human interaction and psychology. How else could you explain the utter lack of intelligence on most IRC servers?

  12. This was bound to happen on Amazon Japan Offers Barcode Purchases via Camera Phone · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, this seems like a neat system, however, I hardly ever use Amazon as a price referance, I tend to look at ebay when I buy things. If it's retail, then it's retail. It's the aftermarket price that I worry about... Unless www.pricewatch.com can come up with a system like this, that woud be snazzy

  13. Is that the Heart of Gold Or... on Hitchhikers Movie Update · · Score: 1

    If I hear the line "Ford, I am your father" in the movie, I swear...

    That ship looks like something Lucas would cook up.

  14. Oh I can't wait... on Shaking Hard Drives Instead of Spinning? · · Score: 1

    Hey man, check this out, my new 30" wide screen harddrive is in, is that not the coolist thing you've ever seen!?!? Oh, don't mind that fact that it TAKES UP A WHOLE WALL!

  15. Re:why iPod costume? on Working iPod Halloween Costume · · Score: 1

    Quote: Ever wondered why that chick in the picture has her legs on the other dude, and not you????

    No, the real reason is the ipod was playing Michael Jackson...look closer at that picture!

  16. I doubt it.... on Germans Reach 360 Mbps in Mobile Network Tests · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Doubtful, if the current trends in American markets keep up, it would be a decade easy before we get to this point. If you don't belive me, just look at this link it's more profitable for a company to offer slower service, not upgrade, and charge by the Kilobyte, rather then broadband us.

  17. Re:Sad news ... sellfone, dead at 17 on British Authorities Nail Online Blackmailers · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I know I'm going to get tagged for this, but I got to give the right info...

    Miles, aka sellfone, died at his home in Texas Sunday night. He was 24 I believe, not 17, as you can tell by clicking on this link http://www.slashnet.org/forums/Freedows-19980708.h tml

    Couldn't have been 9 years old in that log.

    He is an icon on Efnet, and the network admins have juped his name in honor of him.

    Rate this post as you will, but I just wanted to be sure a proper memorial was made. The BitchX crew has more information for the many who knew him.

    --nova

  18. Re:Tracking down specific people on Cheap Cell-Phone Detector · · Score: 3, Informative

    I would doubt that. First of all, you'd have to do an awful lot of needless "Ping'ing", and if the person knew there was a danger, simply turn the phone off.

    And ofcourse, you need to beable to send this kinda stuff, I've seen it reported that IM services keep limited logs of IP's that use that.

    Besides, if your gonna stalk someone, and be within 30 meters, AND have an active connection to Yahoo, you'd beable to use better ways to locate the person then a radio ping which may or may not work based on how crowded the area is.

    just dosn't seem like a good method based on the way it works.

  19. Neat, Now if only on Cheap Cell-Phone Detector · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... I can tie it into a cellphone JAMMER on my car, so I can detect moron drivers on phones as they come close, and jam them when they become a danger.

    I can see police cars equipted with this kinda stuff in places where Yack and Drive is illegal.

    These kids are rich.

  20. Welcome 1984 on Reverse Firewalls As An Anti-Spam Tool · · Score: 1

    Wonderful, Just what I need, yet another wing of the cable company telling me what I can and can't do. And just how do you propose monitoring this system? What if I run a mailing list or support group from home, why would I want to pay another $20 to send out 50 emails to poeople, and at what point would this firewall cut me off?

    What if a new game comes out which makes a odd form of connection for multi-play. Or perhaps my software dose something thats not viewed as "normal" by Joe Schmoe, M.C.S.E.

    And what could I do about it?

    Here is the problem.

    You have a flood of water 15 foot high coming for your house.

    So lets paint the basement with some water-sealant.

    There are bigger problems to fix.

    Complex things lead to complex problems.

  21. Revision of the Standard on When RSS Traffic Looks Like a DDoS · · Score: 1

    RSS is infact living up to what it was made for, however, its getting used like a Chevy S-10 pulling a Semi trailer.

    PHP just had a major overhaul, no reason why RSS2 shouldn't be on the drawing board. This time, though, more thought the scale of its use should be thought of.

  22. Kinda Scary on 'Open MS Passport': MyUID Goes Beta · · Score: 4, Funny

    Think of the spam potential with this... I don't see why Gator hasn't tried this.

  23. Wonderful PVR on TV Tuners For The PC: Internal Or External · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've seen arguments about the TV Turner and why bother.... to be honest, they work great. A program GotTVPVR http://www.gottvpvr.com turns your computer into a TiVo for free. The program guide service is free, it downloads, and once some of the bugs are worked out, the system will handle everything from images, to MP3s, to recording every episode of Farscape automaticly.

    There are many brands out there, but I like the ATI EHome Wonder. Its _very_ cheap, zero support, onboard MPEG2 encoder, low profile (very small card) and works with every system I've tried (havn't tried MacOSX yet, but it works on Linux with some tweeking)

    As for "computer monitors suck compaired to my XX inch TV" argument...

    uhhh, S-Video? 99% of video cards come with a TV hookup of some sort, and some even support 16:9 ratio for those of us lucky bastards with a wide HDTV.

    Can TiVo burn you DVDs of your recorded shows? Some can... but they won't make SVCDs.

    If you got the time, you can make a better PVR out of your computer then you can out of a TiVo, the hardware and software has a little ways to go, but within 12 months....

    Besides, dose your TiVo have a 500gb SCSI raid array? :)

    cheers

  24. low tech way on Copy-protected CD Tops U.S. Charts · · Score: 3, Interesting

    simple. have a home audio system with a fiber audio out, and have a nice sound card with fiber in, and make MP3s over it. Won't get the static or line noise of the copper, although I'm sure your dog can tell the different between this method and a direct CDA rip....

  25. OH MY GOD! on TechTV.com RIP · · Score: 1

    TechTV has changed? What am I gonna do for my MORGAN WEBB FIX NOW?! GOD HELP US ALL!