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  1. might well be XP on NYT: NSA Put 100,000 Radio Pathway "Backdoors" In PCs · · Score: 1

    Looking at mine in XP noone would know if all 5 of those USB root hubs or the 5 USB host controllers belong there or even the USB mass storage device. I don't have anything plugged into USB.

    How many are mine and how many belong to someone else ;)

    Not that anyone ever looks in there on XP unless you were looking for something abnormal already.

  2. Re:Skeptical about the 8 miles on NYT: NSA Put 100,000 Radio Pathway "Backdoors" In PCs · · Score: 1

    Just flip over one of the satelites used to talk to Mars Rovers or Voyagers or something for a few minutes. Look for an ID signal thru the noise. Shouldn't be hard if there is a known ID to scan for to determine what signal to grab.

  3. Re:no legal basis on Google Fined By French Privacy Regulator · · Score: 1

    I was hoping for an answer also.
    You agreed to give Google your data here and you agreed to give Google your info over there. That seems a legal basis to add the 2 to me.

  4. Re:The corn starch? Gimme a break! on Cheerios To Go GMO-Free · · Score: 1

    ...and my 1st thought was: do you have to use 'I Can't Believe it's not Butter' on it? Yummy

  5. Re:The corn starch? Gimme a break! on Cheerios To Go GMO-Free · · Score: 1

    Have you looked at a box of Rice Chex or Corn Chex lately?

    This is actually playing catch-up on the marketing....

  6. Re:Think of It This Way on Internet Commenting Growing Away From Anonymity · · Score: 1

    Don't forget seatbelts.

    My '55 Ford has a nice steel horn button in the middle sticking up and bench seats in a nice smooth vinyl with no seatbelts (originally, we did add some at some point). Don't get too radical on corning or you may end up in the passenger seat.

    Back to the comments
    I see some regulars (from the way others commenters talk about them) on big sites making some pretty rude comments, etc. But, I suppose it would cut it down some at least.

    shesh, this is the slowest site on an wimpy system and it's just text in the end :/

  7. Re:No need for 100% accuracy on UK ISP Adult Filters Block Sex Education Websites Allows Access To Porn · · Score: 1

    agreed, no porn.

    Altho turning on safe search did remove some of the pretty flowers (5-10%) as well as some truck images(maybe 5%). Pretty aggressive filter.
    Again to be fair, the 1st flower one removed is a (very) tough call for an automated filter

    Google does customize it's results however, so if the only thing he ever searches for is porn....

    Better question: Why is 1st result for garbage trucks a firetruck? lol

  8. Re:What will Cameron do then? on UK ISP Adult Filters Block Sex Education Websites Allows Access To Porn · · Score: 1

    The other problem with that is WHEN you become a grandparent!
    I often wonder what become of an old friend that i lost track of shortly after he had his baby...at 14
    His mom became GRANDMA at 28!....you reap what you sow i guess.

    No internet porn at the time so there must be another way to get there.....

  9. Sounds way too familiar :/ on Target Has Major Credit Card Breach · · Score: 1

    If anyone who knows this stuff is interested, this sounds exactly lot like recent problems at a bunch of the local grocery stores. URM stores (most all local grocery stores that aren't national chain) in Spokane had the same problem. It sounded like some terminals were compromised there also and you can't just drop a skimmer on top of those. Serious enough they stopped taking cards on normal cash registers and only used a single dial-up in each store for most of a week....

  10. WOOT on Some Londoners Cut Off As Failed Copper Thieves Take Fiber · · Score: 2

    Some of my neighborhood thieves have moved to London.

    Sounds like whoever stole the broken 20 year-old cassette deck out of the 40 year-old car sitting open in the driveway on flat tires. Must be a gold mine for sure! They even left all the knobs and bolts in the tray in the console with the wrench. Biggest WTF ever.

  11. Glory Days on The New Kings of Kong · · Score: 1

    Just let me know if anyone wants to be the world champion of Space Duel. Til then i am still claiming it !
    Ah, the good old days. Was traveling with a Drum Corps at the time and set high scores on every single machine i came across all over the country for a few years from Seattle's Space Needle to Disneyworld.

    Didn't see how long that takes them to do. I went up to 45 min per game of Space Duel and that was a LOT of little asteroids :)

    Hmm, almost everyone one of those scores was higher than the current world record :/

  12. Re:Airplanes? on RF Safe-Stop Shuts Down Car Engines With Radio Pulse · · Score: 1

    With a 164 foot range you would almost be standing on the wing to hit much in the Airbus. Just throw stuff instead. Probably not a good idea to do it 164 feet underneath it either just in case it works ;)

    Does it even work from the side? How long does it need to be 'on' the target? The demo isn't clear but looks like directly in front. In which case it would get run over by whatever you wanted to stop. Unless of course they agree to do 15mph in front of safety barriers.

  13. Re:The Vote on Lawsuits Seek To Turn Chimpanzees Into Legal Persons · · Score: 1

    Hopefully.

    That may be the only redeeming factor!

  14. Re:In the SIMULATOR? on Airline Pilots Rely Too Much On Automation, Says Safety Panel · · Score: 1

    The cockier the pilot the less chance there is WITH the instruments. Hehe, my dad was a flight instructor when I grew up and the ROTC guys were the worst under the hood. People just don't get how hard it really is to not believe what you feel for yourself.

    BTW, half the time the instructor puts it in a weird position and hands you back the controls to level it out....you are already perfectly straight and level ;) Students will immediately yank the controls in the direction they FEEL is correct before they check anything...now you DO have to work to get it level again :))

    Some time under the hood can make for a great amusement ride tho :)

  15. Re:Card Not Present on Startup Touts All-in-One Digital Credit Card · · Score: 2

    Can you do a real 'card-not-present' transaction with it?

    So i loaded all my cards into this thing and i want to buy something online. It looks like it displays part of the CC # so can it scroll the whole number to enter? What about the CCV on the back of trhe card? Most online stuff won't process without it and it isn't stored or is it?

    PS, OK slashdot I'll change systems or browsers already. God, this site runs slower than my XT. Actually feels like I am typing on a 300 baud modem with the display half a line behind. Need more memory but other forums aren't nearly as bad.

  16. Re:Oldest in used HDD? on 25,000-Drive Study Gives Insight On How Long Hard Drives Actually Last · · Score: 1

    Mine's been OUT of use for 15 years, but i fully expect it to turn on.....IF my computer room had enough power to actually spin it up :O I don't remember if I can boot it up out of sequence or not....I need ALL the room's power to spin up the drive, THEN turn on the computer, but i think it was the other way around originally.

  17. Re:model number matters, brand not so much study s on 25,000-Drive Study Gives Insight On How Long Hard Drives Actually Last · · Score: 2

    I'd believe that one for sure. I've had WD Blacks die after swearing by them the previous generation, a couple of the same model. Same with an office setup long ago, 25% failure in a year. No brand has held favor long enough to be useful info to me.

    On a sadder note: My faithful Bigfoot drive failed to boot up this weekend, oh well, teenagers are sooo tempramental :(
    Happier note: NOS OEM replacement in hand. LOL, long term planning was a tad longer term than expected but still....

  18. But I thought he was the PRIMARY MASTER

  19. Re:So simple... on Security Breach Forces Bitcoin Bank Inputs.io To Halt Operations · · Score: 1

    I don't get it either.

    If you are getting rid of the middlemen then what is this Inputs.io ?
    One is still required if one wishes to buy something other than a handful of items with a price in bitcoins, right?

    What it looks like is you have eliminated is the responsibility of the middlemen. Sounds more like a bankers wet dream than a snub.

  20. Re:Impossible requirement on Republican Proposal Puts 'National Interest' Requirement On US Science Agency · · Score: 1

    Well, if they can't figure out how to work "promotion of scientific progress" into a scientific research proposal perhaps we should give that grant to someone else. That doesn't really sound like a very high hurdle. Of course, it doesn't sound high enough to get rid of many 'questionable' ones they might object to either......

    They did something to 'eliminate' the waste.....it doesn't actually have to accomplish anything else....

  21. Re:Obligatory on Is Europa Too Prickly To Land On? · · Score: 1

    They checked the future and saw our bouncing ball lander for Mars and..........

    or maybe they just don't want to clean up the mess impaled humans make.

  22. no on How Safe Is Cycling? · · Score: 1

    Sure, let the bike do whatever the hell they want. That will certainly make things better. They are stupid enough as is. I almost scored a bike last night in fact, he RODE though the crosswalk against the walk light while the cars have a left turn arrow. I hope they poop their pretty little shorts when i lay on the horn 12" from em.

    I refuse to take responsiblility for these yahoos that don't follow ANY rules, pedestrian OR car.

    I really wish they would quit riding down the sidewalk on the main drag too. Car drivers do NOT expect "pedestrians" to come down the sidewalk at close to 20 mph.

  23. Re:The big question is still unanswered. on When Opting Out of Ad Tracking Doesn't Opt You Out · · Score: 1

    Good one and on the 1 Friday I don't have mod points.

      I usually get mod points on Fridays, since i view it Mon-Fri. is it really trying to entice me here for the weekend too or just stupid?

  24. Re:opt-outs on When Opting Out of Ad Tracking Doesn't Opt You Out · · Score: 1

    ok, then give your email address to Staples. I dare you not to use an opt-out link ;)

    or GNC, tho no idea who gave them my email. Actually it was whoever had the hotmail addy before me. Seems to take them 5 years to realize it not theirs now.

    The problem i have right now. I can't get a broadband provider in the UK (from US) to stop sending statement notifications to me there. It's not an ad/newletter so no opt-out....a no-reply addy.... only link is to a login page. There is no way to tell em it's the wrong address!

  25. interesting on Shutdown Cost the US Economy $24 Billion · · Score: 1

    US, low wage/kinda average for area.

    Currently 20% of take home is needed to cover my insurance which sucks.
    Under Obamacare the insurance is a little less sucky and comes in at 15% probably about 10% with the subsidy.
    Bonus..you only tear out half your hair trying to figure out the differences between plans now ;)