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  1. Re:Not the master password on Facebook Master Password Was "Chuck Norris" · · Score: 1

    Reading comprehension check, he said your sister's pants. I hope she's hot.

  2. Re:Password strength vs. how often you change it on Analysis of 32 Million Breached Passwords · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Given the above policy, a smart hacker would bruteforce the following template:

    (1 capital letter)(7 lower case letters)(1 number)(1 special character). With a dictionary attack for the first 8 characters.

    Password1!

  3. Re:Password strength vs. how often you change it on Analysis of 32 Million Breached Passwords · · Score: 1

    My password on one of my company's UNIX servers expired recently, so I was forced to change it. The rules weren't advertised, so the only way to find out what kind of new password is allowed is to keep trying different passwords. When your new password doesn't qualify, it only tells you a single one of the rules that was broken.

    So I had to discover the following rules the hard way:

    1. Cannot "share the first 512 characters of the previous password".
    2. Has to have at least 8 characters
    3. Has to have at least 2 upper case letters
    4. Has to have at least 2 lower case letters
    5. Has to have at least 2 numbers
    6. Has to have at least 2 special characters

    So my password?
    abAB12!@

    Oh, and then I used sudo to change it to something I liked.

  4. Re:But unfortunately... on Looking Back At Dungeons & Dragons · · Score: 1

    "Cleric of Atheism"? I gotta ask, isn't the whole point of a cleric, at least in D&D, that their god grants prayers? Is there a God of Atheism, or would this just be a guy who is good with a healer's kit? Anyone with innate powers, or channeling natural magic, would be a mage or a druid of some kind.

    Or are the cleric's powers that of an Unbeliever who dispels magic through force of will?

  5. Re:Well, Pong is earlier then 1974 on Looking Back At Dungeons & Dragons · · Score: 1

    Don't you mean "dice"?

  6. Re:Dead Horse on Genre Wars — the Downside of the RPG Takeover · · Score: 1

    I wonder how much of that $1billion has been from the PC side....

    On the other hand, throughout Steam's humongous holiday sale, the undiscounted MW2 had remained high in the Top Sellers list. I guess even the PC gamers have spoken.

  7. Re:Two issues here on Genre Wars — the Downside of the RPG Takeover · · Score: 1

    2) Usermade content gives a free alternative to expansion packs and DLC, which may decrease sales.

    However, if the expansion packs and DLC provide enough new content, many new mods will build on top of them, providing more sales from people who want to play the mods. See Neverwinter Nights.

  8. Re:Not because of RPG elements on Genre Wars — the Downside of the RPG Takeover · · Score: 1

    In other news, the increase of XBox 360 Controller Support in PC games has the downside of increased DRM use.

  9. Re:64 Bit on Newly-Found Windows Bug Affects All Versions Since NT · · Score: 1

    Yeah, just like having only one passenger is using 1/4 the power of your SUV.

  10. Re:How do we know it's not already in use? on Newly-Found Windows Bug Affects All Versions Since NT · · Score: 1

    I should really just switch to a Linux distro and start compiling my own kernels

    Don't forget to compile your own compiler...... Oh wait.... Better write it in binary on a computer you've assembled yourself from parts you've created yourself.

  11. Re:But you don't only lose a key on Does Your PC Really Need a SysRq Button Anymore? · · Score: 1

    Volume keys on the keyboard are actually very useful. Play, Stop, RWD, FFWD are less so.

  12. Re:This isn't gonna help. on Man Uses Drake Equation To Explain Girlfriend Woes · · Score: 1

    Never confess the urge to stab the random stranger to said random stranger.

  13. Re:Ahh the womens groups... on Human Males Evolve At a Faster Pace Than Females · · Score: 1

    I remember, a few years back, showing that men have a greater affinity for science/math, and women more for culture/literature and this extends beyond the nurture part of nature vs nurture.

    Actually plenty of studies have debunked that. All it took was a note on a math test that "this test has been gender-balanced" and women did as well a men on it.

  14. Re:The cynical... on Human Males Evolve At a Faster Pace Than Females · · Score: 1

    I don't think anyone complains if you make fun of the Scientologists either. Well, except the Scientologists.

  15. Never used it, but the function keys.... on Does Your PC Really Need a SysRq Button Anymore? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And why stop there? Lenovo has also asked itself how often users press the F Function keys. On the new laptops, the F Function buttons are reduced to secondary controls, in place of laptop controls like screen brightness. Now, you'll need to hold the Fn button to use keys like F11 (while screen brightness can be pressed without holding Fn).

    Now that is a dumb decision. I use function keys all the time, and having to hold some other key for them to work would definitely be a dealbreaker. My Microsoft keyboard has an "F Lock" key which is like the Fn key but toggleable (think Caps Lock instead of Shift). That's a much better design.

  16. Re:IMPERIAL Agent & Old REPUBLIC on BioWare Targeting Spring 2011 For Star Wars: The Old Republic Launch · · Score: 1

    Mind you, I'm simply assuming a chronological setting for this based on the class list and my limited knowledge of Star Wars canon. It does sound like the game will be set further in the future (a not so very "long long time ago"?) than the KotOR games.

    From what I know, this is to be set only a few hundred years after KOTOR, thousands of years before the movies.

  17. Re:Modern endings on Game Endings Going Out of Style? · · Score: 1

    I actually hope the next gen of consoles implement a system level game save, sort of like hibernate on Windows, where it just dumps the state of the machine to the hard drive, and it can power up back to that state.

    Last gen consoles already have that - its called "Emulators".

  18. Re:eating on One Variety of Sea Slugs Cuts Out the Energy Middleman · · Score: 2, Interesting

    For me, some foods are enjoyable, most are a chore.

    I'd like to be able to eat some candy bars or ice cream or an occasional steak or whatever for pleasure, maybe pop a vitamin supplement, and not worry about having to eat to survive.

  19. Re:Google may lose China... on Google.cn Attack Part of a Broad Spying Effort · · Score: 1

    Interestingly, in China Gmail is already only accessable through proxies. Dropping google.cn will neither prevent nor discourage these types of attacks, so Google really must be doing this based on principles (or just wanting to look good).

  20. Re:PvP question... on Star Trek Online Open Beta Starts Today · · Score: 1

    You're thinking of the original series. Starting with TNG, getting a red shirt is a promotion.

  21. Re:Crazy system requirements on Star Trek Online Open Beta Starts Today · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure an 8600, while having more features, is slower than the 7950. Just like an 8800GTX will leave a GT220 in the dust.

  22. Re:No thanks. on Star Trek Online Open Beta Starts Today · · Score: 1

    Well, outside of their ships, the Borg are push-overs until they adapt to the shifting frequency of your phasers. A projectile weapon would take them down easily as long as you aim for the fleshy bits. They're basically slow-moving zombies.

  23. Re:Too soon. on Spider-Man 4 Scrapped, Franchise Reboot Planned · · Score: 2

    Am I the only one that liked Spiderman 3?

  24. Re:Dignity is an essential human right. on Airport Scanners Can Store and Transmit Images · · Score: 1

    Just imagine some TSA creeps snickering at an image of your girlfriend's, your father's or your mother's naked body.

    Or your son's, your daughter's....

  25. Re:Assassinate the original owners on How To Judge Legal Risk When Making a Game Clone? · · Score: 1

    Only if you assassinate the entire Disney estate as well.