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  1. Re:Well know vunerabilities still happen on FTP Is 40 Years Old · · Score: 1

    But a firewall wouldnt help at all for many software bugs unless it is trained very specifically for that application to know whats right and whats wrong.

  2. Re:Oh please on FTP Is 40 Years Old · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Using a firewall to close ports is the most ridiculous thing ever.

    Just tell the bloody program that opened the port not to open it!

    If you actually do that, the firewall isn't needed because you actually have a clue and configured the system correctly.

  3. Re:privacy laws won't fix a broken privacy model on Ask Slashdot: What Country Has the Best Email Privacy Laws? · · Score: 2

    Actually your packets will take a even shorter route - straight to Sydney.

    traceroute to gmail.com (66.102.11.83), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
      1 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 0.628 ms 0.829 ms 1.026 ms
      2 * * *
      3 202.7.173.17 (202.7.173.17) 104.611 ms 104.799 ms 104.795 ms
      4 syd-sot-ken-crt1-ge-5-1-0.tpgi.com.au (202.7.162.173) 104.993 ms 105.193 ms 105.389 ms
      5 202.7.171.18 (202.7.171.18) 105.386 ms 105.583 ms 105.783 ms
      6 66.249.95.224 (66.249.95.224) 107.476 ms 72.409 ms 74.315 ms
      7 64.233.174.242 (64.233.174.242) 75.010 ms 75.208 ms 75.299 ms
      8 syd01s01-in-f83.1e100.net (66.102.11.83) 75.403 ms 76.471 ms 76.672 ms

  4. Re:Maybe the episodes could be helpful on The Simpsons Reviewed For Unsuitable Nuclear Jokes · · Score: 2

    He did say that he doubted anyone in Japan could do the job.

    Although the logistics of bringing over a American or two. Damn thats a crazy idea.
    You'd have to lash a few aircraft carriers together or something.

  5. Re:USE BIND VARIABLES on MySql.com Hacked With Sql Injection · · Score: 1

    I prefer:

    $db->select('make, model');
    $db->where_in('vin', $vins);
    $db->get('vehicle');

    Ahh CodeIgniter. I dont write SQL anymore.

  6. Re:An IP address doesn't mean it came from Iran on Phony Web Certs Issued For Google, Yahoo, Skype · · Score: 1

    What about a closed proxy? Someone paid to proxy it from Iran?

  7. Re:So... what? on University Switches To DC Workstations · · Score: 1

    But in mass distribution, say its night and energy usage is 60% of capacity. Have 10 DC-DC converters each handling a 10th of the current. Turn 4 off if the load is at 60%.

    Over simplification, but you get the idea. There is no reason to use a single converter to handle half a country's power.

    As for switching losses, lower frequencies lose less. 120khz 2mhz. Inductor size isnt much of a factor for electricity distribution.

  8. Re:So... what? on University Switches To DC Workstations · · Score: 1

    Yeah I learnt my lesson after the third time. 240 vac means ouch!

  9. Re:I'd rather have my own nuke on Experimental Batteries Charge In Minutes · · Score: 1

    Cats are not very effective at spinning up flywheels.

    Now hamsters on the other hand.......

  10. Re:PC and Mac on DraftSight 2D CAD For Linux Beta Available · · Score: 2

    My fridge. Why do you ask?

    This is so useful. I've always wanted to do a little CAD work while grabbing a snack.

  11. Re:Hmm... WA politics... on WA Election To Try Online Voting · · Score: 1

    Especially when you see countries like Australia where voting is mandatory. 100% voter turn out has put us in a far better position than the US is in.

  12. Re:"Engaging"? on Australian Telco Telstra Complies With GPL · · Score: 1

    I would have thought someone at Telstra would actually look at one of the devices and see that there could be a problem.

    T: "What does it run?"
    S: "Some form of magic. Its ok, just leave it up to us."

  13. Re:Start all your conversations with .... on Encrypting Phone Storage and Transmission? (2011 Version) · · Score: 1

    No, but there are those pesky illegal wiretaps.

  14. Re:Start all your conversations with .... on Encrypting Phone Storage and Transmission? (2011 Version) · · Score: 1

    Or alternatively if the oppressive country is the US, just start it with "God bless America!"

  15. Re:Just to clarify.. on Drivers Blamed For Out of Control Toyotas - Again · · Score: 1

    They probably want to record it in a ring buffer.

    You have memory for x seconds of data, and you fill it up from the car starting up. When its full you loop around and overwrite the earliest data.
    When there is a crash, logging stops and it all gets dumped to permanent storage.

  16. Re:Cheating? on Bing Is Cheating, Copying Google Search Results · · Score: 1

    Quite possibly, but Google uses DMOZ not Yahoo's directory.

  17. Re:Wonder if Intel.. on Intel To Pay NVIDIA Licensing Fees of $1.5 Billion · · Score: 2

    Although AMD is cheaper, and when you are squabbling about a minor speed decrease, over 4 cores to read your email, its pretty irrelevant.
    Might be relevant for work horse scenarios but nothing else.

  18. Re:Landspeed record for disabled cars? on Aussie Team Smashes Land Speed Record For Solar-Powered Cars · · Score: 1

    No, the record is completely valid.

    If the other guys could break it, then they just have to remove their batteries and do two laps. They could break it again right now if they wanted.

    Because they averaged that is irrelevant. Thats not what this world record is for so it doesnt count.

  19. Re:Landspeed record for disabled cars? on Aussie Team Smashes Land Speed Record For Solar-Powered Cars · · Score: 1

    Did you even look at the video? You wont be taking their car to the local supermarket at all.

    Getting a car going that fast when its batteries are flat is quite a feat. Imagine a Telsa that could do that. Useful no?

  20. Re:Ban guns on Congresswoman and Staff Gunned Down · · Score: 1

    No, my point was that if nearly every person in the US had a guillotine then it would be very very bloody.

    As it stands, its just guns, and its very very bloody just as your congresswoman found out the hard way.

  21. Re:Ban guns on Congresswoman and Staff Gunned Down · · Score: 1

    Australia. Good luck getting a gun here - even a rifle for hunting is difficult to get. :p

  22. Re:Ban guns on Congresswoman and Staff Gunned Down · · Score: 0

    I'd argue that if you cannot defend yourself with one bullet, then your a danger to yourself and your family.

  23. Re:Ban guns on Congresswoman and Staff Gunned Down · · Score: 1

    Yes lets integrate tools that blow big holes in people in to society.

    Next everyone should have their own guillotine, and be educated on how to use it safely. That'll work!

  24. Re:A movie, you say on New Cars Vulnerable To Wireless Theft · · Score: 1

    No, the car sends the key a challenge, such as a timestamp or a random number. The key has to respond, but modifies the response (e.g. XOR) based on the challenge. You could replay it, but the challenge is different each time.

  25. Re:A movie, you say on New Cars Vulnerable To Wireless Theft · · Score: 1

    Thats what challenge response is for. The response has to be derived from the challenge so replay works wont work because the challenge will be wrong.