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  1. Re:RIM on Security Holes Found In RIM BlackBerry Service · · Score: 1

    They want you to run a Windows based server, outside your firewall,

    The BlackBerry Enterprise Server does not, by any means, run outside the firewall.

  2. Re:The billion dollar question... on Why Haven't Online Newspapers Gotten it Right? · · Score: 1

    Dear Evan,
    The point which you were too eager to miss, was that despite how clean you may be, you can't rely on the cleanliness of others. Thus, you can pretty much bet that other people's shit is all over any restroom that you use.

  3. Re:The billion dollar question... on Why Haven't Online Newspapers Gotten it Right? · · Score: 1

    Anyways, are you reaching down to check progress or something? How is it hygenically challenged beyond superficial "here be danger!" nonsense.

    Rule #1) Some people are dirty.
    Rule #2) Some people, when urinating into a toilet, also urinate on the floor.
    Rule #3) Some people, stand while wiping their ass. While wiping their ass, small particles of feces may hit the floor.
    Rule #3a) Feces is dirty.
    Rule #4) The bottoms of some people's shoes are dirty, especially if they work in a city.
    Rule #5) Germs that touch a person's shoes will stick to their shoes and may be deposited on a restroom floor.
    Rule #6) If you bring your laptop into a restroom, and you need to place it on the floor so you can wipe your ass and/or penis and/or vagina, your laptop may get germs on it.
    Rule #7) Why the fuck do you need to read in the restroom? Go to the throne when you feel the urge to shit. If you have time to read a fucking newspaper, your shit-need is probably approaching zero.

  4. Re:Th problem is... on Blockbuster's Offensive Against Netflix Flops · · Score: 3, Informative
    This combined with their editing of movies

    They don't, nor have they ever, edited movies.

  5. Re:More information and a few questions: on MS Excel exploit on auction · · Score: 1

    The only type of person who could make use of the information apart from Microsoft is a criminal. Yes, an anti-virus, IDS, or other vendor could not at all use this information to create a definition package capable of preventing the exploitation of this patch. You sir, are a tool.

  6. Re:The Death of Google? on Google Wants a Piece of AOL? · · Score: 4, Funny

    and Wall Street doesn't just put its money anywhere

    Welcome, Time Traveler! You appear to have drifted from the dark ages of 1999, to the refined age of TWO-THOUSAND-AND-FIVE! Let me show you around, but watch your step at the door, there's some form of unknown bubble residue decaying in the streets beyond.

  7. Re:Flight computer overrides pilot's commands on Wireless Devices Could Foil Hijack Attempts · · Score: 1

    that's better than the beta:
    PILOT: Oh, crap! Hijackers.
    COPILOT: Switch on the computer control.
    PILOT: (flips switch)
    COMPUTER: Oh, crap! Hijackers.

  8. Re:Where's the proof? on Mini-Microsoft Shakes Things Up · · Score: 2, Informative

    One would think that the author of the BusinessWeek article linked in the summary would've
    1) seen the man's credentials
    2) been able to spot a fake

    when meeting the blogger in person.

  9. Re:Well, what would YOU answer? on How I Failed the Turing Test · · Score: 1

    Well, try to answer that yourself. Why do you like music?
    It helps me mellow out. It helps me relax when I'm stressed. Both are valid answers; the question wasn't asking for an indepth essay on the psychology of music.

  10. Re:Criminal on Graphics Programs Uncover Secret PINs · · Score: 1

    It's a man-in-the-middle attack, silly. Criminal steals mail, retrieves the valuable information, and forwards the untampered letter to the original recipient. If the criminal opens the mail, the recipient knows something is wrong, and the card gets cancelled.

  11. Re:1 out of 2 on Graphics Programs Uncover Secret PINs · · Score: 1

    or get a job as a postal worker? I have people stealing Blockbuster Online dvds; what's to stop the same from stealing confidential mail?

  12. Re:As a cashier... on Retail Fraud on the Rise · · Score: 1

    yes, because one should expect extended service to be required after 2 weeks of use.
    you're a great corporate robot; what OS you running?

  13. Re:Retailers need verification & item identity on Retail Fraud on the Rise · · Score: 1

    yes, walmart employees should be expected to know each and every of the 100000 items. a technological solution is needed, although it will never be 100% effective.

  14. Re:Just needed to say this... on More Twilight Princess Details Emerge · · Score: 1

    Yes, because the visuals in Link to the Past were totally realistic, and totally not cartoonish.

  15. Re:Nice! on Is Rodi BitTorrent's Replacement? · · Score: 1

    There's absolutely no reason to do IP address spoofing as part of a file transfer protocol from what I can see. In theory, some people might want the capability to share information anonymously. Such as information (word docs, pdf's, etc) that they fear the current administration's draconian philosophies might view as subversive. dig?

  16. Liar. on Write Down Your Passwords · · Score: 2, Funny

    So my Slashdot password can be easily remembered as IBM!1531@E94# Tried that, and got: "Danger, Will Robinson! You didn't log in! You apparently put in the wrong password, or the wrong nickname. Either try again, or have your password mailed to you if you forgot your password." Please advise.

  17. P.S. on Green buildings, Green Server Farms? · · Score: 1
    PS: they're Uninterruptable Power Supplies. Not "APCs". Those are Armored Personnel Carriers or perhaps, American Power Conversion - a maker of UPS systems?

    ...which would be similar to referring to a box of tissues as a box of Kleenex?

  18. for the record on Taking on an Online Extortionist · · Score: 1

    mirrordot opened just fine when I checked it.

  19. Mirror of article on Taking on an Online Extortionist · · Score: 4, Informative

    Mirror here.

  20. Re:Why stop there? on Tracking Sex Offenders via GPS for Life · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Wouldn't any criminal wanting to get past this just create his own bullets? or remove the tag from the gun? Sounds like a great waste of money that only has the effect of tracking legit gun users.

  21. So I guess I'll just use the 3% of software on Macrovision Releases DVD Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    that the system admittedly doesn't work on.
    Wow, that was easy.

    Macrovision have unveiled a new system that will thwart 97% of existing DVD copying software

  22. My 1-2-3 method of finding good games on Do Game Review Scores Matter? · · Score: 1

    1) Go to: Gamefaqs
    2) Click on my gaming system of choice.
    3) See what the current Top 10 FAQ Pages consists of

    More often than not, if a majority of people are looking for a guide for a given game, they're looking for it because they're enjoying it.

  23. Re:Workaround on MS Employee Calls for No More Passwords · · Score: 1

    the l0phtcrack hash tables (or similar) mentioned in the article summary would find that password in a few minutes. iirc, l0phtcrack 5's hash table approach doesn't work if you include a special character in the password, i.e.: IwIhsnteaw!

  24. Re:Why not a key? on MS Employee Calls for No More Passwords · · Score: 2, Insightful

    - the key could get lost? Can't say I like the idea of having to bring the user a new USB key each time he forgets it. - the key could get stolen? - the lazy users would keep the key in a drawer next to their PC?

  25. uh...What year is it? on Carbon Dating & The Shroud of Turin · · Score: 2, Insightful

    First:

    A chemist who worked on testing of the Shroud of Turin says new analysis of the fiber indicates the cloth that some say was the burial linen of Jesus could be up to 3,000 years old.

    Then:

    The Shroud of Turin, the 14-foot linen revered by some as the burial cloth of Jesus, may have been woven around the time of his death. ...
    Give or take a thousand years, eh?