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  1. Re:In archaic terms... on The iPhone Meets the Fourth Amendment · · Score: 1

    Oh so you guys dont bat a eye when the government takes away all your freedoms as long as you have the right to a gun?

    That explains so much.

  2. Re:In archaic terms... on The iPhone Meets the Fourth Amendment · · Score: 1

    Fuuny I was under the impression that US cops were terrible and Australian cops were pretty good. :)

  3. Re:In archaic terms... on The iPhone Meets the Fourth Amendment · · Score: 1

    With the thing the US government has been doing in recent history, its quite clear that a armed insurrection is never going to happen and the law's original intent is worthless.

  4. Re:Thanks for the SuperFlu, Craig! on Scientists Build Possibly The First Man-Made Genome · · Score: 1

    That will be ages away. I doubt we'll be able to make a completely new organism which can live and reproduce for some time.

  5. Re:1 in 2000 people on The 1000 Genomes Project · · Score: 1

    Google could get in on this.

    Knowing them they would attack the problem at right angles to how its normally tackled.
    Just like how they made their translation service by feeding stacks of data in to a probability engine to get a extremely accurate translator, they could throw in tons of genetic data and out will pop the answers with pretty good accuracy.

    These sorts of problems are ideal for brute force techniques like that.
    Only problem is you need one of Google's datacenters to do it properly.

  6. Re:Captcha? on Drive-By Pharming In the Wild · · Score: 1

    The reset button is pretty obvious.

    Anyway tech support already has to deal with the people who cannot read what the initial ip is, what the default password is, etc...
    The added work load would be minimal.

  7. Re:Captcha? on Drive-By Pharming In the Wild · · Score: 1

    Once a attacker has control over someone's DNS, I wouldnt trust the lock icon at all.
    Too easy for the attacker to add a new root certificate.

  8. Re:Pfft on Drive-By Pharming In the Wild · · Score: 1

    It runs Gentoo.

    Its locked down pretty well so the only way in is via a vulnerability in SSHD, Apache, etc... which is unlikely.
    Especially with Gentoo's quick reaction times when it comes to new versions.
    I'd consider it a lot more secure than your off the shelf router. Also the data would be far less secure if it was stored on a windows box.

    Its all about degrees of security.
    Sure putting large amounts of data on the border of your network isnt the best idea but its acceptable when you dont have enough spare computers.

  9. Re:Pfft on Drive-By Pharming In the Wild · · Score: 1

    lol. Of course it would be overkill if that was all it did.
    Its a home server with TV card, terrabyte raid array, etc...

  10. Re:Pfft on Drive-By Pharming In the Wild · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My AMD X2 'router' is also immune.

    Having a real workhorse as your router improves security dramatically as well as allowing you to do some really cool things. :)

  11. Re:Captcha? on Drive-By Pharming In the Wild · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or maybe force users to change the password.

    Which one makes more sense? :P

  12. Re:Makes Sense on Microsoft Confirms IE8 Has 3 Render Modes · · Score: 1

    Yeah ok granted the situation is improving when it comes to web developers who care, but this meta tag does nothing to solve the problem of idiots deciding that it renders in IE so its good enough for everyone.

    There really needs to be a firm incentive for IE developers (shudder) to make their sites compliant.
    Then quirks mode can be ditched completely.

    This meta tag makes it slightly easier for good web developers once everyone is using IE 8.
    From the takeup of IE 7, it will be a very long time until people can really use it however.

  13. Re:There's an essential flaw in this plan. on IBM Patents Pricing Motorists Off Highways · · Score: 1

    The extra money can be used to fix the mass transit system.

    Here in Brisbane we have a brilliant bus, train and ferry system.
    Using it is far better at peak hour and people do use it.

    And no homeless people either. That must be a American thing.

  14. Re:Makes Sense on Microsoft Confirms IE8 Has 3 Render Modes · · Score: 1

    It only makes sense for Microsoft. It wont help any other browser which is the whole point of standards.

    Only people who care will put the meta tag on.
    Everyone else will do what they have always done and ignore the standards completely.

  15. Re:We call it... on Open Source DRM Solutions? · · Score: 1

    Actually to put home brew on the Wii they did sniff the encryption keys out of the memory.

    Granted the GP's post was mostly nonsense, grabbing unencrypted data is one valid method of attack.

  16. Re:mining for ads on Google To Offer Free Database Storage for Scientists · · Score: 1

    Usually data sets with personal information arent very large.
    This is for big mathematical stuff.

  17. Re:Now hear this on Ray Tracing for Gaming Explored · · Score: 1

    Where are my mod points when I need them?

    If your going to do it, you might as well do it properly.
    It cant be done so dont worry about it.

  18. Re:12V unusual? on Spec Will Cut External Drive Power Cords · · Score: 1

    Yeah but they use DC-DC converters to get the required voltages.

  19. Re:12V unusual? on Spec Will Cut External Drive Power Cords · · Score: 2, Informative

    Why are you talking about batteries?

    5v is standard for TTL (transistor-transistor logic) digital circuits. 3.3v for more complex chips and 1.8v for low power stuff.
    Good luck getting batteries to produce any of those voltages.
    You will find all three of them plus 12v in your computer however.

  20. Re:Encryption... on AT&T's Plan to Play Internet Cop · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It would be nearly impossible to pluck someone's public key from the terrabytes of data they process and then swap it with their own.

    Looking for copyrighted material is one thing. Grabbing anything which could be a public key is another.

  21. Re:no excuse on Spec Will Cut External Drive Power Cords · · Score: 1

    I'd be surpised if this new standard used 12v. Chances are it uses 5v.
    12v is considered pretty high to be part of a consumer device.

  22. Re:beware on Some DNS Requests Ruled Illegal in North Dakota · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Regular DNS lookups will be illegal next if the law keeps going down hill like this.

    Maybe I'll patent that idea....

  23. Re:Don't tell John Carmack! on Nanotubes Form The Darkest Material Yet Created · · Score: 1

    Older readers? I'm young you insensitive clod!

    Such a pity more young people havent read it.
    There are so many references to the books everywhere.

  24. Re:Peanuts on US FDA Deems Cloned Animals Edible · · Score: 1

    I'm confused. What definition of cloned are you using?

    I'm using this one: "one that is an exact replica of another, ie organisms asexually derived by division from a single cell."
    The FDA has tested the cloning process as being safe to humans.
    Nothing else needs to be tested because its the exact same cow your eating.

  25. Re:Great news on Sun Buys MySQL · · Score: 1

    Speed is required for my code. With 500 queries per second on average it really counts.
    Any speed decrease would be significant.

    Also when used correctly it will never truncate or corrupt data.
    All that is just exaggerated FUD.
    Remember that the vast majority of the big websites out there use MySQL without any problems. (Yahoo, Facebook, Google, etc...)

    So I'm right and I should stick with MySQL then?
    Since speed is crucial and fancy features would never be used.