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  1. Re:This... is a very good idea. on Honeywords — Honeypot Passwords · · Score: 1

    Actually good secure salting password algorithms (e.g. not plain SHA1) can't fit in to a GPU.
    They chew too much memory to create one hash that a GPU can't provide but a CPU can provide easily.
    Its one of their features.

  2. Re:Ever thought it might be a good idea? on Using YouTube For File Storage · · Score: 1

    With the power of XOR, I can take a PDF of the Bible and some gibberish and turn it in to a movie.

    Now the gibberish clearly isn't a valid movie, and while yes it becomes one when combining with the Bible you could combine it with the Qu'ran and get something in the public domain.

    The movie industry clearly doesn't own the Bible or the Qu'ran so they are clear.
    And the nature of mathematics is that doing arbitrary operations on some data can change it in to anything.
    You clearly can't have a blanket copyright over everything that could potentially be a movie.

    Either the movie industry can copyright provably random gibberish that they did not create or they can't.

  3. Re:Near to airdrop dictionaries on "Terrorist" Lyrics Land High Schooler In Jail · · Score: 1

    Oh I know about Syria. Thats why I said it would be hilarious for us in the rest of the world.
    Mind you considering the US government has slightly bigger guns than the NRA it wouldn't last nearly as long as Syria and the outcome would be obvious.

  4. Re:NRA sedition on "Terrorist" Lyrics Land High Schooler In Jail · · Score: 1

    Hurry up and 'throw off' your Government then. The rest of the world will thank you.

  5. Re:NRA sedition on "Terrorist" Lyrics Land High Schooler In Jail · · Score: 1

    Although I kinda wish stronger gun laws got passed which gave the NRA the idea they should stop the 'tyranny' and take over the government.
    That is the use described in the Constitution after all.

    It would be hilarious for the rest of the world to watch.

  6. Re:Reword on Oslo Needs Your Garbage · · Score: 1

    Well most countries would pay for someone else to deal with their garbage.
    Definitely makes it cheaper.

  7. Re: No match for Haswell on AMD Details Next-Gen Kaveri APU's Shared Memory Architecture · · Score: 2

    AMD beats Intel on the price point however.
    And that isn't even counting that with Intel you need to buy a $100 extra card either.

    If you *need* top notch performance, go Intel. Otherwise AMD will be lighter on your wallet and do the same job very well.

  8. Re:Team members ... on NATO Holds Annual Cyber Defense Exercise · · Score: 1

    So....they failed.

    We can't have that can we?

  9. Re:Team members ... on NATO Holds Annual Cyber Defense Exercise · · Score: 2

    "They bludgeoned us to death with blunt hammers"

    If the test is there to actually learn stuff (and not just to tick a box) then testing whether sensitive networks are safe kinda means you have to plug them in to the internet.

    If it isn't a internet connected network then the headline should be "Breaking News: Completely isolated network deemed inaccessible from the Internet"

  10. Re:Team members ... on NATO Holds Annual Cyber Defense Exercise · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Would have been better if the Red Team was the entire world.

    They could announce the IP block they would be using to the world and anyone could throw anything they wanted at it with no fear of prosecution.
    The Blue Team would then actually have a real challenge on their hands.

  11. Re:I use it for linux distributions on Ask Slashdot: Do You Move Legal Data With Torrents? · · Score: 0

    rsync will use SSH so same protections.

    It also will only copy changed data which is much better for backups or archives.
    scp will recopy everything no matter what.

  12. Re:I'm Definitely Antimatter on LHCb Experiment Observes New Matter-Antimatter Difference · · Score: 1

    But you don't matter.

  13. Re:What are we going to call this? on Smartphone Used To Scan Data From Chip-Enabled Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    I found my GS3 could actually read a card with less than 1cm overlapping between the card and the phone's back.
    Also it will easily go through my wallet. I can get about 2-4cm of range.

  14. Re:Looking forward to replacing a bulb... never on Cause of LED Efficiency Droop Finally Revealed · · Score: 1

    In Australia the pattern seems to indicate that it depends how many incandescents the council has in supply before they replace them.
    They will also replace all the lights at once rather just one blown one.

    If bulbs haven't blown they won't pro actively replace them.

  15. Re:Did it really work? on 64-bit x86 Computing Reaches 10th Anniversary · · Score: 2

    My first point was that PAE does have a overhead somewhat larger than the 3% the parent mentioned.
    And that overhead increases with the amount of ram you have. Sure 32gig of ram has very little overhead with PAE. That is of course unless you actually use the 32gig of ram and then it will be constantly swapping memory pages around.
    Yes I know most people don't use that much RAM. My point is still valid.

    Also my 2nd point was that 64bit processors handle big numbers faster, not small numbers slower.
    Yes different architectures can behave differently. We are talking about x86 though.
    Fact: 64bit x86 will process a 64bit number faster than 32bit x86.

  16. Re:Typo In Headline on Motorola Loses ITC Case Against Apple for Proximity Sensor Patents · · Score: 3, Funny

    You'd also think that the site had editors.

  17. Re:we've had a few on USB SuperSpeed Power Spec To Leap From 10W To 100W · · Score: 1

    Expense is an issue. Do you really want your keyboard to have a fibre optic transceiver in it?

    The reason why USB is so widely used is because it is universal. Its the same for hard drives, keyboards, thumb drives, etc...
    The expense for fibre is fine for higher value items like hard drives, but not for low value items which USB excels at.

    Also there is USB 3.0 for a compromise.

  18. Re:Did it really work? on 64-bit x86 Computing Reaches 10th Anniversary · · Score: 1

    Erm that 'smart memory management' (PAE) has a nice big performance hit. Somewhat bigger than a 3% slowdown.

    Also 64 bit can handle bigger numbers (over 4.3 billion) an awful lot faster than 32bit can. It doesn't help with small numbers but for the bigger ones 32bit processes them rather inefficiently.

  19. Re:It's the Muslims !! on FBI Releases Boston Bombing Suspect Images/Videos · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Mind you the average person in the US isn't terribly bright.

    The US governance also fears an educated population. Educate them out of ignorance and wars on terror.

  20. Re:Bit torrent on Australian Bureau of Statistics Doesn't Like Direct Downloads of Census Data · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually the census data has a whole pile of interesting nuggets in it.
    I do have portions of it right now.

    I didn't notice all the javascript however and thought the download process was straight forward.
    Kudos to the ABS for using Creative Commons.

  21. Re:Tip of the iceberg on FCC Issues Forfeiture Notices to Two Business for Jamming Cellular Frequencies · · Score: 2

    In Australia I know of one theatre which I swear must be blocking.

    It is between the food court and a exit.
    At the exit you get full signal, in the food court you also get full signal.
    Walk a couple of metres in to the theatre and you are suddenly down to 1 bar - on multiple frequencies too! (both 2G and 3G)
    I did some basic triangulation and figured out roughly where the jammer was. You'd need a frequency analyser to prove it though.

  22. Re:Any hashing improvements? on Intel Releases New OpenCL Implementation for GNU/Linux · · Score: -1, Troll

    Mod -1 Sad

    Seriously just buy a 2nd GPU. Easier.

  23. Re:Xen's biggest obstacle right now on Xen To Become Linux Foundation Collaborative Project · · Score: 1

    People are still buying crap like that? They kinda get what they deserve.

  24. Re:Almost signed up Friday morning, too... on Linode Hacked, Credit Cards and Passwords Leaked · · Score: 1

    Wait you'd continue using a host that gives you horrific service?
    I hope guaranteed support times were in the deal.

  25. Re:Nonsense on Linode Hacked, Credit Cards and Passwords Leaked · · Score: 2, Informative

    ColdFusion got exploited which is made by our friends at Adobe who just love riddling their products with security flaws.