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  1. Re:General observation on Fires Sparked By Utah Target Shooters Prompt Evacuations · · Score: 1

    And best not to forget the biggest totalitarian hell hole at the moment. The US!

    Oh wait that doesn't help your argument at all does it.....

  2. Re:Mr. on Cyanide-Producing GM Grass Linked To Texas Cattle Deaths · · Score: 1

    Both of you are bloody idiots of course. Google the terms 'research' and 'fact checking' please. You both need more of them.

  3. Re:linux just gets shittier and shitter on Fedora Introduces Offline Updates · · Score: 1

    Fedora != Linux.
    The rest of us never have to reboot.

  4. Re:Wrong area of focus. on Fedora Introduces Offline Updates · · Score: 1

    Or rather make programs not care if their files get updated. It should all be in memory anyway.

    I can do a full system update (Gentoo) without any programs caring that their files have been replaced by newer ones. Restart a program, say Firefox, and its the new version.

  5. Re:now just ... on DarwinTunes Iterates, Mixes And Culls To Create Listenable Music From Noise · · Score: 1

    Playlist file. Its text based so you can open it in notepad.
    Tells a media player where to connect to for the stream. Throw it at VLC or a decent media player.

  6. Re:Anyone surprised? on Android App Lets You Steal Contactless Credit Card Data · · Score: 1

    Australian retailers are more than happy to fall back to signature.
    It happens all the time. Usually because chip and pin isn't working on their terminal.

    They are very very quick to blame the machine which helps even more with 'fry the chip' fraud.

  7. Re:They don't enforce snooping on everything on Ask Slashdot: What's Your Take On HTTPS Snooping? · · Score: 1

    Err no it can't.

    Well yes it can but only if you are an absolute idiot and click yes when it says "You are connecting to 1.2.3.4 with key DE:AD:BE:EF:FA:KE:KE:Y0

    It wouldn't be effective at all because everyone would simply not bother.
    Easier to block port 22 going out. Mind you there are some fun ways around that too.

  8. Re:Ebola as a Bioweapon on Antibody Cocktail Cures Monkeys of Ebola · · Score: 1

    Like the US Government and Anthrax right?

  9. Re:how stupid are people? on Employees Admit They'd Walk Out With Stolen Data If Fired · · Score: 2

    I'm not sure if this includes knowledge.

    If I got fired today there is an awful lot of knowledge which is in my brain which could be damaging to the company depending who got it.

  10. Re:....someone get that link... on With Euro Zone Problems, Bitcoin Experiencing Boost In Legitimacy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And no one has ever robbed a bank of course.

    Not sure what you mean by the latter part of your post.
    Its not possible to exploit the system that way. Some of the websites or groups using Bitcoin perhaps, but not Bitcoin its self.

  11. Re:Do not use standard passwords on Lessons Learned From Cracking 2M LinkedIn Passwords · · Score: 1

    If you get access to the website files, the website files will be able to connect to the db.
    Most sites aren't compiled binaries.

  12. Re:What if? on Linux For Navy Drone Ground Stations · · Score: 5, Informative

    As AlphaWolf pointed out, that clause only has to do with distribution.

    Additionally, just because they make software that runs on Linux, doesn't make everything fall under the GPL.
    If they modify the Linux kernel or similar parts of Linux then yes the modifications fall under the GPL but they are probably using off the shelf Linux and putting their own apps over the top.

  13. Re:SUICIDE not good enough... on Flame Malware Authors Hit Self-Destruct · · Score: 5, Informative

    Most certificates these days use SHA1 at the very least.

    This is not a issue for Linux anyway because Linux does not use certificates for code.
    Some do sign repositories, however those certificates are somewhat stronger.

    Remember, MD5 has been broken and deprecated for many years.

  14. Re:SUICIDE not good enough... on Flame Malware Authors Hit Self-Destruct · · Score: 5, Informative

    It overwrites with random data THEN deletes.

    Makes it impossible to tell it was ever installed.
    Otherwise you could scan the disk for remnants to tell if a computer was infected in the past.

    Delete doesn't actually remove any data, just the filename and allocates it as free space.

  15. Re:it is about compute speed, not hash strength on MD5crypt Password Scrambler Is No Longer Considered Safe · · Score: 1

    If the server can decrypt it, an attacker can as well.
    Its just a minor speed bump along the way.

  16. Re:Are you sure SHA-1+salt is enough for passwords on MD5crypt Password Scrambler Is No Longer Considered Safe · · Score: 1

    Ever logged in to a mail server before? You logged in with that method.

    How it works:
    1. Make standard hash of user's password.
    2. Make random 'challenge'. Give to user.
    3. User sends back HASH(HASH(password) + challenge)
    4. Server computes HASH(Stored hash + challenge)
    5. Authentication with no password sent or stored in cleartext.

  17. Re:So let me guess... on Aussie Government Brings Back Piracy Talks · · Score: 1

    Don't you know? If you hadn't pirated those shows, you would have bought *two* DVD sets!
    You clearly cheated the industry out of a few hundred bucks just from those examples.

  18. Re:Water at altitude on Boeing Hydrogen Powered Drone First Flight · · Score: 1

    Actually Coal will also release water. Simple example: CH4 + 2 O2 -> CO2 + 2 H2O
    Yes its methane but you get the point. Fossil fuels create CO2 and water.

  19. Re:2 kW enough? on Another Step Forward In Small Scale Electrical Generators · · Score: 1

    How efficient is the production of natural gas and pumping it to houses?

  20. Re:Sad trend on German Cable ISP First To Deliver 4700Mbps Internet Connection · · Score: 1

    I get 500gig here in Australia, but I am paying 3 times the amount you are.

  21. Re:Some people just like to complain. on BT Fibre Pulls Out of Chelsea Over Ugly Equipment Cabinets · · Score: 1

    Transmitters hidden from general view? Yeah right.

    The NBN wireless towers (for areas not covered by fibre) in Australia are being made 40 meters tall and hidden they are not.

  22. Re:Hewwy! on Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions · · Score: 1

    Good question. Why is Microsoft doing just that?

  23. Re:An English translation, for us non-sociologists on Scientific Literacy vs. Concern Over Climate Change · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Modeling isn't a instrument, its closer to guessing.

    It is literately "here is the temperature data for the last 100 years, what curve will fit these points?"
    Yeah you can put lots of data in to it (thousands of years temp data, CO2 data, sulphur data) but its still a curve made to fit the points, not any actual measurement.

    I can measure the temperature right now, I can't measure the temperature with any degree of certainty or accuracy in a hour.

  24. Re:Just another step closer... on Landmark Calculation Clears the Way To Answering How Matter Is Formed · · Score: 1

    No no we peeled back the God layer quite some time ago. We are well past it.

  25. Re:I refuse too wash too! on World Cup Memo Written By Steve Jobs Going Up For Auction · · Score: 2

    Or die of cancer?