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  1. Re:Exactly how is this surprising? on 802.11 WiFi Denial of Service Exploit Discovered · · Score: 1
    Isn't that from BOFH?
    Bingo! But it was the RS232...
    There is another mention of a "mains to coax" device in a latter story, though.

    /old timer

  2. Re:Mirrors? on Factory Testing of Airborne Laser Cannon Completed · · Score: 1

    and I suppose the laser will be in the IR range I really doubt that. It'll be stopped by clouds...

  3. Re:Sensationalism... on International Space Station Gyroscope Fails · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's "one of the remaining three". There were 4 to begin with.
    (yes, I know, I must be new here cos' I RTFA :-)

  4. Re:K vs N on NetStumbler v0.4 Released · · Score: 1

    If you're stuck with an orinoco card (I was) this web page is a good start:
    http://airsnort.shmoo.com/orinocoinfo.html
    Follow the instructions and be careful because most probably you'll have to recompile the kernel exactly as they say there (with pcmcia support but not built-in).
    If you use one of the heavily-modified kernels from redhat, fedora, mandrake etc. expect troubles. Actually I installed slackware in a small (below 1Gb) partition and had it working there.

  5. Re:share with your neighbor why not :) on NetStumbler v0.4 Released · · Score: 1

    it'd be cheaper to just use one broadband account
    It's not that simple. I've got a screaming dsl connection (8Mbit downstream/2Mbit up) but all my neighbors have asshat teenage kids runing kazaa/DC/ED2k 24/7. Plus spyware,viruses and worms. I could throttle them down, yes, but I would be hold accounbtable for any illegal stuff they do - so I've given up the idea altogether.

  6. The US Army will try to secure [...] on DOD Kicks Up Cybersecurity Efforts · · Score: 1, Funny

    The US Army will try to secure an entire computer network against a team led by the NSA
    Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-hoho-ha-ha-ha-h a- ha-ha-ha-ha... eeeeeh ... -ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!

  7. Re:only 1000 times faster? on Data Transfer Has A Speed Limit · · Score: 1

    if you jerk off faster than the speed of light
    On-topic: check out this Sexy Losers classic. :-)

  8. Re:Will the evidence hold up in court? on This Robot Collects Fingerprints · · Score: 2

    At that point, the authenticity of the fingerprints really doesn't matter too much.
    Enemy of the State, anyone? Go 2-3 levels up: plant some "evidence" in the target's home, make him look like a mafia-man/drug-dealer/child-molester, then it doesn't really matter if the fingerprints were real - people will know he's lying even before he opens his mouth.
    Scary stuff (and best-of-what-I-remember-now quote)

    .

  9. Re:Produces more energy than it consumes.... on Japanese Inventor's Motor Uses 80% Less Power · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think you're wrong: if you need 1.6J of electric energy to produce 1 Joule of motion energy the consumption (or the "waste") is 1.6 - 1 = 0.6J .If you reduce that by 80%, you'll be able to produce the same 1J of motion energy using just 1.12J - possible in theory, and it doesn't mean you designed a perpetuum mobile.

  10. Re:Hard to verify out-of-state ID cards... on Schneier on National ID Cards, Key Escrow Locks, E-voting · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Actually, this is not funny - it's the truth. It spells out "bad guys will always use fakes and avoid the system, while simple Joe's will be screwed up and abused - identity theft, data mining, you name it".
    If you outlaw privacy, only the non-law-abiding people will have it. </obvious>