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  1. Re:Buy our shit, seriously! on Malware Found On Brand-New Windows Netbook · · Score: 1

    Tt risk of being boo'ed at, I think Godwin's Law directly transfers to Bush references :P

  2. Re:Common practice? on Malware Found On Brand-New Windows Netbook · · Score: 1

    ... which leads to a computer version of MRSI. Once all the stupid malware is gone, the "good" stuff is all that's left.

  3. Re:But not with a thumb drive! on Malware Found On Brand-New Windows Netbook · · Score: 1

    Wrong!

    That's not a hardware switch. An infection already has it's tendrils through the host OS, there is no reason why it can't ignore the read-only flags.

  4. Re:Right..... on Malware Found On Brand-New Windows Netbook · · Score: 1

    4.) Use wired Internet connection to download and install WLAN driver

    Which wouldn't be an issue if vendors and/or the FCC would stop being jackasses.

    Just what are we supposed to do about that?

  5. Re:Old version = old news on Flaw Made Public In OpenSSH Encryption · · Score: 1

    I have never yet found a situation where I didn't have a binary installed but didn't know where to find it. Also, command-not-found isn't installed by default as of Lenny.

    Sometimes I forget the exact name of a package, but 'apt-cache search' helps me remember.

  6. Re:Old version = old news on Flaw Made Public In OpenSSH Encryption · · Score: 1

    screw Ubuntu. apt-get purge command-not-found.

  7. Re:Old version = old news on Flaw Made Public In OpenSSH Encryption · · Score: 4, Funny

    eix-sync && emerge -auDNtv world; sleep 1374261893645973165479613; echo "FINALLY!"

  8. Re:Cool story bro on Cola Consumption Can Lead To Muscle Problems · · Score: 1

    you would not WANT to swallow pure potassium

    For all you non-believers out there... the reaction you get when pure potassium contacts water is more violent than that of pure sodium.

  9. Re:wow on Terminator Salvation Game Launched, PC Version Recalled · · Score: 0

    Wake me up when consoles attain these:

    1. Games on consoles are fully modable
    2. Standard USB peripherals are usable
    3. Decent games like X3: The Reunion are available

  10. Re:VR was more hype than reality on Where Are the High-Res Head-Mounted Displays? · · Score: 1

    So you are talking about a chicken/egg problem.

    Someone needs to make the first move. It's easier to make the hardware first and tailor the software to it, than the other way around... as far as I know.

  11. Re:VR was more hype than reality on Where Are the High-Res Head-Mounted Displays? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No, it's not necessary. It can be calibrated with user feedback.

    Ever play a light-gun game where they ask you to aim at and hit a few dots on the screen to align it all?

    Look at a screen, and project a dot on the screen and a reticle on the perceived image. Have the user use something (as simple as a mouse will do) align them so they overlap as perfectly as possible. Do this a few times in a few key points, and the computer can compensate without an eyetap.

  12. Re:Optical nerves not mandatory for sight on Where Are the High-Res Head-Mounted Displays? · · Score: 1

    Alternatively, it has been shown that adding sensory input early enough in brain development, results in it being 'included' with the other senses.

    I don't have a citable source, unfortunately. My memory isn't perfect.

  13. Re:Don't use them on Study Shows "Secret Questions" Are Too Easily Guessed · · Score: 1

    Good luck. From what I've seen, sites that require these 'questions' tend to send you your password in the cleartext. Over email.

    Really, who the fuck does that?

  14. Re:Meh on The Hard Drive Is Inside the Computer · · Score: 1

    It's not that they don't know. It's that they (try, knowingly or not) to sound like they do.

    Your <computer> is broken, not your "hard drive". We can narrow it down from there.

  15. Re:Then don't say the radiator is broken on The Hard Drive Is Inside the Computer · · Score: 1

    Exactly!

    To paraphrase:

    I don't care that they lack the knowledge. I care that they lack the understanding that they lack it.

    Oh, and kudos to the excellent username!

  16. Re:Lack of sleep IS dangerous on The Dangers of Being Really, Really Tired · · Score: 1

    And for those of us who can't read Japanese:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%81%8E%E5%8A%B4%E6%AD%BB

  17. Re:Lack of sleep IS dangerous on The Dangers of Being Really, Really Tired · · Score: 1

    karoshi != karaoshi

    That's a completely different particle.

  18. Re:Hack-a-thons? No. on The Dangers of Being Really, Really Tired · · Score: 1

    Darwin at work.

  19. Re:1. Reject Technology 2. Criminalize Customer 3. on Sony Pictures CEO Thinks the Net Wasn't Worth It · · Score: 1

    They want to impress on the public that infringement = theft, because (they think so, at least) the general public doesn't, can't, and won't understand what it really is.

    So, to satisfy the general public, you have to associate it with something they know and understand. Even the stupidest person understands that being stolen from sucks.

    I'm not saying it's right. But it's probably better than an ignorant public doing it because they think it doesn't hurt at all.

    That said, I think the whole thing is a farse... but I do think the 'you wouldn't steal a car' ads should be considered literal. If you know better, they seem wrong... that's fine, you wern't the target viewer. If you don't know better, you'll understand what the ad says more than the law book says. ...

    Now that I've said the same thing at least three different ways, let's see if anyone manages to misunderstand me anyways.

  20. Re:1. Reject Technology 2. Criminalize Customer 3. on Sony Pictures CEO Thinks the Net Wasn't Worth It · · Score: 1

    Sony is not a US company, and they are not integral to the functioning of thousands of other 'innocent' companies, and by extension, hundreds of thousands of innocent workers.

    Completely different situation. The world is not black and white. Please adapt.

  21. Re:archive.org is your friend on Hacker Destroys Avsim.com, Along With Its Backups · · Score: 1

    Nope. Archive.org can't backup stuff that results form server side processing (any kind of active site - php, java, etc). It's just not really possible.

    Also, they tend not to back up large binaries, from my own attempts to find old stuff.

  22. Re:Hindsight is always 20/20 on Hacker Destroys Avsim.com, Along With Its Backups · · Score: 1

    Um....

    The Registry is a bunch of files. In XP, look in $SYSTEMROOT$\System32\config

    ACLs are part of that system (SECURITY and/or SAM hive) in addition to filesystem data.

    Since bacula is a linux backup solution, I'm not entirely sure what this has to do with it. But to answer your question... if it lives on the disk, bacula can back it up. And if it persists after a reboot, then it's on the disk somewhere.

  23. Re:Persecution, not prosecution on Adult Website Use At Work Leads To Hacker Conviction · · Score: 1

    You're right. And I must have been having a shitty day, because looking back I was being a moron for little reason.

    I apologize. I'll take my troll (and whatever this gets) mods as punishment.

  24. Re:Persecution, not prosecution on Adult Website Use At Work Leads To Hacker Conviction · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's a shame I wasted all my points modding people up for being good.

    I'd certainly be tossing you a troll mod right now, otherwise. Welcome to my foe list.

    TO BE CLEAR: this isn't because I disagree with you. It's entirely because you toss 'troll' around like some people toss 'retard' and 'gay' around.

  25. Re:As a Developer the Question I Have Is ... on New Firefox Project Could Mean Multi-Processor Support · · Score: 1

    That's exactly what I meant. I don't know where all the other stuff is coming into it?

    My definition of storage is where you put data when you are not processing it right now. Cache, memory, drives - all storage.