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  1. Self cleaning windows? on Self-Cleaning Buildings to Fight Smog · · Score: 1

    Sounds good, where can I get some? :)

  2. Windows 2003 (Sp1) on New Batch of XP SP2 Holes · · Score: 1

    I don't care about XP. What about our servers? I know a lot of Sp1 for 2003 is similar to XP SP2 code.

    Is Windows 2003 Server affected?

  3. Re:Built into Firefox on Command Line for the Web · · Score: 1

    I use Firefox shortcuts for everything too. Yubnub is a gimmick I reckon because not everyone agrees on which shortcuts should go where.

    Even around the office we all use FF shortcuts with slightly different (personalised) keywords.

    Also its faster and more convenient in FF because its one less TCP call.

  4. Re:Read the EULA on Software Companies and Lost Serial Numbers? · · Score: 2, Funny

    No kindding man, thats great loygal advice!! Thanks

  5. Re:arthur c clarke had a vision on A Step Toward the Diamond Age · · Score: 1

    I thought carbon nanotubes were the hardest/strongest material around. Or are they two seperate issues?

  6. Re:-1 Flamebait on Russians Claim Their Hackers the Best In the World · · Score: 1

    Actually The Bat! is rather poorly written, IMAP has never worked properly and still doesnt even in the latest release, Ever seen the grey screen "message not loaded".

    Secondly the user interface is a mess, it does however have some really cool features. I really really wanted The Bat to be my IMAP client in windows but its not gonna happen until they fix it.

    The scary thing is Outlook Express is currently the best IMAP client for windows (yes I know about Mulberry, its UI is even worse than The Bat). Thunderbird is almost there.

  7. Re:Why This is Such a Big Deal (A Summary) on Google 302 Exploit Knocks Sites Out · · Score: 1

    Good explanation. Just to clarify a point, google doesn't "flip a coin" when deciding which page to choose.

    It appears to be the page with the higher PageRank is considered authoritive. Thus its pretty damn hard to hijack slashdot.org (PR9) as you would have to be in control of a PR9 or higher yourself.

  8. Guesss you don't use ALLOFMP3.com then.. on Would You Pay 5 Cents For a Song? · · Score: 1

    Not only do they deliver for $.05c per song (less or more depending). But they also re-encode at your desired quality level.

    So yes $0.02c is more than enough. Avg song is 3mb, while a server with 1000GB goes for $100. You do the math...

  9. Re:Yep. And it is called.... on Would You Pay 5 Cents For a Song? · · Score: 1

    Agent 84078, you sir are a goddamn genius!

    Seriously I couldn't have said it better..

  10. Re:News? on Windows 2003 and XP SP2 Vulnerable To LAND Attack · · Score: 1

    This is actually not so bad as I thought. We manage a whole bunch of Windows 2003 servers (RAS firewall does not block this unlike SP2).

    I tested it against a machine on the LAN using NEMESIS (packet injector) and it owned the box for 15 seconds as stated.

    I then tried it on some of our backup servers in the datacenter, nothing. This is because basically all edge routers block this type of stuff.

    So really an attacker would have to host a machine in the same DC probably on the same switch to attack you.

  11. Re:Cool, but... on New Distributed Project Seeks Gravity Waves · · Score: 1

    I couldn't care less how my body extracts ogygen from my blood supply. In fact I hate thinking about myself as a living entity, a lump sum of organic parts.

    That being said, I do not consider the our medical researchers "amazingly perverse".

    This is about the bigger picture, our place in the universe is important to me.

  12. Re:Too Late on Can Microsoft Beat Google? · · Score: 1

    Reference please?

  13. Mod *editor* down! on Firefox Developer on Recruitment Policy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Seriously I wish there was a way to mark an article as "-1 Troll"

    Ladies and gentlemen this is such an article IMHO.

  14. Sure I do, In the words of Glengarry Glen Ross... on Geeks in Management? · · Score: 1

    ABC - Always Be Coding!

  15. Re:Physical access! on Just How Paranoid Are You? · · Score: 1

    Congrats! You are even more foobar than a original paranoid android. Faraday cage?! Jeesus, does no-one else find this a *tad* odd?

  16. Re:Focus? on Google Plans Free VoIP In the UK · · Score: 1

    OMFG I couldnt agree more. The new groups is a steaming pile of $^#@#. I can't find anything anymore.

    Luckily you can still use the old groups :)

    http://www.google.co.za/grphp?hl=en&tab=wg&q=

    Spread the love...

  17. Re:reg free on Mathematics of the Social Security "Crisis" · · Score: 1

    Doesnt work for me...

    Just says this:

    The New York Times > Magazine > A Question of Numbers
    Go to a Section. ...

    Google can show you the following information for this URL:

    * Find web pages that are similar to www.nytimes.com/2005/01/16/magazine/16SOCIAL.html
    * Find web pages that link to www.nytimes.com/2005/01/16/magazine/16SOCIAL.html
    * Find web pages that contain the term "www.nytimes.com/2005/01/16/magazine/16SOCIAL.html "

  18. "Independant"?? on Independent Developer Projects in the Workplace? · · Score: 1

    Yes just like the indy project Orkut is now google. Maybe they mean independent (from management) but still owned by the company..

    I doubt that 20% can be used for watching TV.

  19. Does HDMI == HDCP? on HDMI and What it Will Do for You · · Score: 1

    I think this is an important issue, and could not get an answer by RTFA.

    So does HDMI need HDCP fully, or can we use the technically advanced HDMI without the HDCP component for sources that are not protected?

  20. What a lot of bullshit FUD on Brian Hook on the ActiveX Experience · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Ok I don't like activex as much as the next guy but this is:

    1: Old news
    2: Noone cares (see 1)

    Its looking for a story thats not there. Any system can be easily compromised if "security levels are set low". The point is ActiveX is "out the box secure" - that is... unsigned code is not allowed to run.

  21. What about Rio Carbon? on Creative Gunning For the iPod · · Score: 1

    I just ordered myself 2 of these babies. Self charging USB2, driverless, 5GB, ultrathin and very sexy.

    http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/shop/_templates/i tem_main_Rio.asp?model=267/

  22. Use fingerprinted corporate memo to find the leak on Think Secret's Nick dePlume Revealed · · Score: 1

    Apple should instead of suing this kid try and find the leak first.

    One way would be send a "bogus memo" out to everyone describing some new tech, however each email is slightly different in terms of punctuation, use of conjunctions an maybe a few details etc.

    If the "leaker" was foolish and lazy enough to cut and paste it to a news site that quoted faithfully. It might uncover the source or at least requesting the original submission might do so.

  23. Re:Why Nick and not the informant? on Think Secret's Nick dePlume Revealed · · Score: 1

    So all he really has to do is just say:

    "I dont keep webserver logs"

    If he does in fact, just delete the logs securely (re-write multiple times). And turn off logging in his httpd.conf

    I highly doubt his upstream ISP keeps header info on every TCP stream for the last 6 months.

  24. Re:Prove it on Astronaut: 'Single-Planet Species Don't Last' · · Score: 1

    Just like the Anrosynths in Star Control 2. ;)

    Self replication is pretty scary if it got out of control.

  25. Re:Why do we Need something better than DVD? on Memory-Tech, Toshiba Develop DVD/HD-DVD Discs · · Score: 1

    Actually most DVD's look pretty shit to me. Gotta love those compression artifacts and the excessive colour banding. Its time MPEG-2 was laid to rest.