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  1. Re:To answer your question on 41% of Chinese Websites Shut Down In 2010 · · Score: 1

    I haven't found a data cap on it yet, and I used 17GiB last month

    17 Gigs ?? Wow ... I once went to 370 Gigs with mine here in Europe (downloaded a bunch of Bluray movies) and nothing happened.

  2. And this opinion has nothing to do with the fact . on Facebook Trapped In MySQL a 'Fate Worse Than Death' · · Score: 1

    And this opinion has nothing to do with the fact that this is the guy who write PostgreSQL and he has been bitching about how MySQL has a to big market share, for years??

    MySQL has been faster that PostgreSQL for years, it doesn't have as many features, but it is **fast** !!

  3. Another SuperBug! on Law Enforcement Wants To Try 'Predictive Policing' · · Score: 1
    I believe this is called "Creating a Superbug"..

    The police takes some "smart" action to catch the criminals, and the criminals change their behavior.

    repeat, wash and rinse a few times and in the end you have criminals with behavior for which there is practically no response to, and the original problem is still there, only worse.

    Don't be silly, if the police starts "predicting" where the next burglary will take place, the criminals will simply adapt their behavior.

  4. Re:It's the ADS on Chrome Hits 20% Share As IE Continues Slide · · Score: 1

    I stand corrected, it looks like they have accepted ABP, they didn't for quite a long time.

  5. It's the ADS on Chrome Hits 20% Share As IE Continues Slide · · Score: 1, Insightful

    StatCounter tracks total surfing, not the number of users.

    Meaning that it's counting the ads and other stuff Firefox users are blocking.

    Let's face it, Google thrives on advertising, it is the bread and butter of it's revenue stream and Google Chrome will never get even half of the ad-blocking capabilities Firefox users have.

  6. Re:Opt-out on Telstra Starts Implementing Australian Censorship Scheme · · Score: 1

    It's still not a very effective solution to the problem though. Bona fide child molesters are not going to straighten up and fly right because their ISP implemented a filter.

    You are absolutely right, but the problem is not only the molesters.

    The general consensus is that Child pornography should not become "accepted" for a variety of other reasons.
    Kids are naturally very attached to those that should be protecting them and providing them with security and education, so it is all too easy for these people to abuse the children in their care.

    Only when these kids grow up do they realize what has happened and they live in constant fear their "little secret" becomes public, that the images surface and they will have to remember and re-live everything again, this is a big part of why people who have been abused as kids, have a hard time dealing with life.

    This is why we have to constantly be sending the message that Child Pornography is not acceptable.

  7. Please mod parent up.. on Telstra Starts Implementing Australian Censorship Scheme · · Score: 3, Informative
    This is the database in question.

    The Database is maintained by Interpol, and is available to any ISP upon request, not just in Australia.

    All Interpol member countries have given this project a green light and like "The Cube" is saying above, it is very strict in what constitutes a "Child Porn", i.e. age of 13, and the images have to show abuse.

    The ICPO database in already implemented in a lot of countries, they have just done it without telling anyone, so only those that are actively seeking Child porn on the Internet are aware of the blocking.

  8. Is this really patentable? on Microsoft's Virtual Skywriting Patent App Features the Real Thing · · Score: 1
    What will be next?

    Adding fake Graffiti to walls?

    Adding people in picture that aren't there when the picture is taken?

    Adding thinks like cigarettes or beer bottles to people's hands ?

    Come on people, this is just silly.

  9. From France with Love on Military Drone Attacks Are Not 'Hostile' · · Score: 1

    Military Drone Attacks Are Not 'Hostile'

    Neither are our DDoS attacks ,,

    -Love, LulzSecurity

  10. Re:excellent PR by Google on Google Uncovers China-Based Password Collection Campaign · · Score: 1

    it isn't a data breach

    It may very well be a data breach for companies with employees that fell victim to the password-stealing campaign.

    Not that Google is to blame here, but stating that "this isn't a data breach" is a big statement to make.

  11. Re:Yeah Right.... on Google's Schmidt Says He 'Screwed Up' On Social Networking · · Score: 1

    No company worth their salt will put all the company data "on the cloud" No way in HELL is my customer DB and accounting DB going on the cloud.

    Your competition will do it, and it will cost them just a fraction of what you will have to pay for your in-house solution.

    Unfortunately Mr. Schmidt is right, and you cannot fight the tide of change. So, swallow your pride and step into the new world with the rest of the market.

  12. Re:"lese majeste" on US Citizen Visiting Thailand Arrested For Blog Posting · · Score: 1

    Here in England, we can say what we like about the Queen,

    Try to blog about footballer Ryan Giggs having had an affair with model Imogen Thomas

  13. In UK you can go to Jail for insultn a Footballer on US Citizen Visiting Thailand Arrested For Blog Posting · · Score: 2
    Yes, that is not a joke..

    Blog about a certain UK Footballer had an affair with a certain Model and you can go to Jail..

    Still Think you live in a "Free Country" ?

  14. Re:FINALLY!! on Martin Jetpack Climbs 5000 Feet Above Sea Level · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but did he solve the icing problems?

    As long as he doesn't try to do Rio - Paris, he should be OK.

  15. The big picture. on Siemens SCADA Hacking Talk Pulled From TakeDownCon · · Score: 1

    If the US intelligence services and Siemens had worked together in the past to exploit SCADA vulnerabilities in systems owned by unfriendly nations.

    Why would they want to increase awareness of SCADA problems?

  16. Kill-o-Zap on Celebrating the Sci-fi Ray Gun · · Score: 2

    The Kill-O-Zap gun is a long, silver mean-looking device, the designers of which decided to make it totally clear that it had a right end, and a wrong end, and if that meant sticking blacked and evil-looking devices and prongs all over the wrong end, so be it.

  17. This is what may have happened on Sony Online Entertainment Services Follow PSN Down · · Score: 2

    Sony puts some basic PSN services back online.. and in the process opens for DNS services for top-secure servers behind 4 firewalls (as could be seen in the Sony slides)..

    This allows malicious code running on those servers to resolve the name of the C&C servers and start beaconing out ..

    Security specialists on site see it, say WTF!, and shut the whole network down ..

  18. DMCA or not on Dropbox Attempts To Kill Open Source Project · · Score: 0

    It doesn't matter if they sent a DMCA or not, they clearly want a open source program off the internet.

    Activate Streisant effect in 5, 4, 3, 2 ...

  19. Invalid "DHCPREQUEST" message does not exist. on Bug Forces Android Devices Off Princeton Campus Network · · Score: 1
    I don't know what the problem is, the DHCP protocol is supposed to prevent any conflicts, even when faced with clients that don't release their lease.

    The protocol is supposed to function like this:

    1) The client sends a DHCPDISCOVER message

    2) Servers with free IPs in their pools are going to send a ICMP ECHO to any address they are going to offer, just in case it has already been taken.

    2) One ore more DHCP servers respond with DHCPOFFER messages.

    3) The client picks a address form the DHCPOFFERS and sends a DHCPREQUEST for that address.

    4) The DHCP server responds with DHCPACK, signifying that the IP now belongs to the client.

    5) At any moment after this, the client can ask for a lease extension by sending an DHCPREQUEST.

    In any case, there is never going to be any conflicts or "unused" IP addresses, hanging around.

  20. His Downfall was the TV producers. on French Hacker Arrested After Bragging On TV · · Score: 3, Informative

    His downfall was actually a mistake by the production team.

    Before emission they were masking his face and changing his voice, but during one sot where they filmed his screen while he ran a file browser on his PC, there was a directory name visible where information about his real name or "handle" could be seen.

    This was quickly fixed in the version that was put on the internet but it was too late, the companies he bragged about having hacked filed a suit and the police came storming through his door and confiscated all hit stuff.

  21. Re:Technically true on CD Ripper 'Incites Law Breaking,' Says British Regulator · · Score: 1

    Format shifting is illegal in the UK.

    So, did they never commercialice MP3 players in the UK ?

  22. Re:Tortious? on Hackers Steal Kroger's Customer List · · Score: 1

    When filling out those "super saver" card deals I always give them my landline phone number, a throwaway email address, and my name. As a Kroger's shopper, I feel vindicated today. :)

    To check their security I always give them the name of my uncle .. Little Bobby Tables.

  23. Re:Simple question: securid seeds? on RSA Says SecurID Hack Based On Phishing With Flash 0-Day · · Score: 1
    The short answer is "The attackers almost certainly stole enough information to compromise the token authentication"

    Those in-the-known, i.e. government agencies, have or are adding 3-factor authentication. That is.. In addition to the RSA token and a passcode, they are adding a second passcode, most often the user's intranet password (Windows Domain).

    So until they tell me the truth, I will draw my own conclusions from what I know.

  24. This can kill you on Brazilian Spider Bite May Become the Next Viagra · · Score: 1
    This whole spider-bite-hard-on is explained in Episode 2 of "1000 ways to die".

    For those interested: Episode 1 of "1000 Ways to Die"

    and

    Episode 3 of "1000 Ways to die"

  25. All fish swim, I swim, therefore I am a fish ! on Retro Browser War: IE6 Vs. Netscape In 2011 · · Score: 1

    It turns out IE6 is still capable of surfing much of the modern Internet, and can play Flash and Java content, but Netscape's troubles show it probably died a justified death."

    Well, if IE6 had died instead of Netscape, then the "Netscape standard" might be able to surf the modern web, did you think about that ?

    And we would all be talking about "the time when Microsoft tried to pervertise the Internet browser market."