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  1. Re:XBMC = Xbox Media Center on What To Do With a Free Xbox 360 Pro? · · Score: 1

    What are people using to replace their xbox1 with xbmc? I am part of the people who love the simplicity and great features of xbox with xbmc but would like to be able to play HD

  2. Re:Why can't he sell it back? on Switching To Solar Power – One Month Later · · Score: 1

    This comment reminded me of an article I read in the WSJ last week. The article talks about the high cost placed on the consumer due to deregulation. Worth a read before bashing regulation. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121625744742160575.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

  3. Re:They Had Better on Vista to Include Stepped up Anti-Piracy Measures · · Score: 1

    I like to keep an image of games im playing frequently. If you have the space check out Daemon Tools at http://www.daemon-tools.cc/

  4. Cheaters on UCSB Student Engineers Grade Hack · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Ah cheating how it has evolved.
    I remember reading awhile ago when a middle school student changed his grade by creating I believe a macro that increased his grade by 10% by every time the class grades were pulled up. Eventually he was caught when he had a percentage far above 100.

    another cheating example that comes to mind. Is when a professor decided to check how many papers turned in were plagiarized with http://www.turnitin.com/ and found that a sizable number of students were cheating.

    As a university student at a large university, I have noticed that some classes prevent cheating more than others. For example, in my chem class which has over a thousand students four forms are given, empty seats all around you. It is nearly impossible to cheat. My physics class I am taken now there are 2 forms and students are placed directly next to each other. Needless to say after the second midterm a student went from a perfect score to only one out of fifteen correct. But when classes only have 3 exams that make your exam cheating must be delt with extremely harshly. These mild security flaws with technology that keep appearing are usually due to weak passwords anyways. This case a social security number was the lone culprit. I think a levelheaded IT department and some well planned passwords and password recovery processes are what should be focused on now. I feel that cheating is a most urgent program in colleges

  5. Re:Pain for me on Volatility of Human Memory · · Score: 2, Interesting

    While my grandfather was going through some old rubbish in the garage he found an old photo album that was my dads. In the album are photos of my Dad while in Vietnam. When we showed it to him he couldn't remember who made the album or many of the people in the photos. Given it was more than 30 years ago, but its weird how such events can be forgotten.

  6. Re:Age old struggle... on Inside the Shadow Internet · · Score: 1

    very true. seriously after getting a car and a licence transfering sweet 0-day games from site to site did not seem as fun. Also I usually downloaded games just to collect them, i played them once in a blue moon.