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  1. Re:Is this *really* only an Apple bug?? on Malicious Websites Can Initiate Skype Calls On iOS · · Score: 1

    The same thing could happen with Amazon or any other business that accepts credit cards over the Internet.

    Not necessarily. Mail-order places (such as Amazon) can verify whether the mailing address corresponds to the billing address.

  2. Re:Oh Noes on Royal Navy Website Hacked, Passwords Revealed · · Score: 1
    And also, what do you wanna bet that those egit admins used the same passwords on the fluff site than on the classified network? And using the magic of trjans and other pieces of rubber, the attackers could have easily used that web server as a springboard to infect the internal Windows clients that are used to access the "secured" classified servers as well.

    So, potential for even greater mischief was indeed there.

    We keep a Brit here as a pet in our office. As long as we feed it bananas and apples everyday, it acts cute :-)

  3. Re:Who wants to have... on Royal Navy Website Hacked, Passwords Revealed · · Score: 1

    ... and does the contents of his trousers match his overall bulk? Does he have nice hair on his chest? And is it more muscle or more fat?

  4. Re:Microsoft? Really? :-) on Royal Navy Website Hacked, Passwords Revealed · · Score: 1
    Yeah, the usual suspects: Microshit sequel sewer, and ass pee.

    Was only a matter of time, serves the right.

  5. Re:Why !? on Royal Navy Website Hacked, Passwords Revealed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    if you are a young adult (aged 12-24) and you find a security hole, do you know how few people will take you seriously?

    And when they do eventually take you seriously, they will take you way to seriously by threatening you with jailtime etc.

    Better avoid all risks, and anonymously hack their site via tor or an open Wifi.

  6. Re:IE is dead in Germany on IE9 May Not Be Enough To Save IE · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sorry, typo in URL
    http://ompldr.org/vM2kwZA

  7. Re:The problem is not theirs, they think. on Herding Firesheep In NYC — Do Users Care? · · Score: 1

    it not their problem (they think), it's mine.

    It's not your problem either. How difficult is "sorry, I'm in a busy stretch right now, but I might drop by to fix your computer in three weeks, or maybe in three months".

    Suddenly, if getting infected means losing usage of the computer for a longish amount of time, then being careful doesn't look so weird any longer.

  8. Re:Interestingly, the author of TFA never consider on Herding Firesheep In NYC — Do Users Care? · · Score: 1

    Small time scammers work for small time profits all the time.

    So what value exactly would a small time crook get out of hacking random facebook accounts? The likelihood of him finding monetizable information in a random account would be quite low.

    Really, unless deployed large-scale, this is mostly useful for mischief rather than rip-off.

  9. Re:Power required to charge? on Electric Car Goes 375 Miles On One 6-Minute Charge · · Score: 1

    It is possible that the charger "Cheats" too--

    It might contain a very large capacitor array that allows for the boost charging speed, at the expense of the recharger itself requireing several more minutes,

    More like several more hours... indeed half a megawatt is still a pretty large amount of power to transmit over normal electric wiring.

    And if it's hours to "charge" the charging station, what would be the point?:

    • For home charging stations, why not just leave the car plugged in over night, and do away with the complicated and inefficient capacitors?
    • For public "pumps" (which you still need to allow for long trips), the station would need to be "ready" for the next customer immediately, so you can't afford hours long (or even minutes-long) recorvery times
  10. Re:This is just embarrassing. on Power Failure Shuts Down 50 US Nuclear Missiles · · Score: 1

    President Clinton's authorization card was lost (I'm not following it close enough to know by whom),

    No, he temporarily lost the entire football (bag), after departing a little bit too hastily from a NATO summit meeting.

    It was Jimmy Carter who lost just the authorization card, by forgetting it in his suit pocket when he sent that suit to the dry cleaner's...

  11. Re:"Hey You" for Phones? on Wi-Fi Direct Gets Real With Product Certification · · Score: 1

    But how do you know which phone belongs to that tall muscular stud two rows in front of you, rather than to the smelly fatty behind you?

  12. No story about the Sony Walkman is complete... on Sony Discontinues the Walkman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... without this link: Finally after 20 years of court battles, the electronics giant agrees to pay the inventor of the device that made its success.

  13. Re: Ireland has had this for some time on Internet Dismantling the State Church In Finland · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sorry, Rëndsfleesch.

  14. Re: Ireland has had this for some time on Internet Dismantling the State Church In Finland · · Score: 1, Informative

    In Luxembourg the site to leave church is called www.fraiheet.lu which translates to 'Freedom'.

    Yeah, these sites used to be big during the debate about euthanasia and about the Grand Duke's constitutional veto powers. Another site is Rëndsfleesch, which translates to 'beef'.

  15. Re:Rabbits chew wires regardless on Denver Airport Overrun by Car-Eating Rabbits · · Score: 1

    Where, exactly, are those electrons going, and why are they going there?

    Into your body, which has a non-zero capacitance. And, as this is AC the current can be sustained.

    You can check this non-dangerously with one of those voltage-testing screwdrivers. They light up when inserted into a power socket while your finger (or other body part) is on the small metal pad near the light. They won't light up if there's no finger. And this even if you were rubber-soled shoes.

  16. Re:!rodents on Denver Airport Overrun by Car-Eating Rabbits · · Score: 1

    A, so your jeans aren't part of your body?

  17. Re:I'd rather make peanuts telecommuting on IT's Last Hope — a Job In the Boonies? · · Score: 1

    No, instead it shows up 19 years later and screams "mad cow disease!"

  18. Re:OK, question time on Big Media Wants More Piracy Busting From Google · · Score: 1

    You mipselled beef

  19. Re:How do lines of stars stay straight? on Milky Way Is Square(ish), According To New Map · · Score: 1

    But after a couple of drinks, these bars surely will be spinning, even if they didn't start out that way...

  20. Re:How do lines of stars stay straight? on Milky Way Is Square(ish), According To New Map · · Score: 1
    hmmm, I dunno, maybe by not coming near any other stars?

    o, and by not going to those "bar" galaxies...

  21. Square-shaped on Milky Way Is Square(ish), According To New Map · · Score: 1

    (Speaking of spiral galaxies...) in the olden days, we used to call that svastika-shaped...

  22. Re:British Power Supply on Pirate Electrician Supplied Power To 1,500 Homes · · Score: 1
    But what if the whole block is on yet another meter, and then the whole suburb, and then the whole city?

    You may be able to tamper with the meters on your premises, but eventually something is not going to add up at a higher level, and then the utility will send out somebody to doublecheck where the missing power goes to.

  23. Re:Free's logic doesn't make any sense on French ISP Refuses To Send Out Infringement Notices · · Score: 1

    “But ‘Free’ did not agree to Hadopi using its SMTP servers without a signed agreement, which apparently was refused, probably because they required payment or other forms of compensations.”

    Probably, due to the high expected volumes of mails coming from this single address, they would have needed to update their spamfilters to whitelist Hadopi. And understandably, they asked for a signed agreement that Hadopi would not be abusing their trust. And of course, the administrative effort would need to be compensated.

    So, Free is literally refusing to relay the emails via SMTP from Hadopi?

    No, they were just refusing to give them special treatment without assurance that such privileges wouldn't be abused.

    Somethings not right with Free's reasoning here.

    what exactly would not be right?

    How else do you send an email to the user (as required by the law)

    In many jurisdictions, there is a law that expects people to have their chimneys serviced in regular intervals, in order to avoid soot buildup and fire hazards. The existence of this law does not mean that you can just grab a chimney sweep, and force him to do the work for you free of charge...

    without using the ISP's SMTP servers?

    Free would be the access provider. Although free does offer email along with access, many of their customers have also email accounts elsewhere. Makes sense, because you want to be free to change access providers without having to tell all your friends that your e-mail address changed again. So just use these alternate addresses.

    And since when do ISPs charge others for the right to email their customers?

    Since yesterday :-) It's Free's servers, they can charge whatever they damn please.

  24. Re:The Picture in Question on Libya Takes Hard Line On Link Shortening Domains · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, Jesus too, he tells women not to touch him in John 20:17 presumably because they are unclean, and commands a man to touch him ten verses later.

    Not really, it looks more like this was a translation error.

    Actually, she was clinging to him (not merely intending to touch him), and he basically told her: stop clinging to me, but instead go out and preach the word.

  25. Re:thinkoftheadults on Libya Takes Hard Line On Link Shortening Domains · · Score: -1, Troll

    Not all adults crave pictures of ladies. Some prefer this.