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  1. Re:Google Maps Link on Bolivian Salt Flats Aid Spacecraft Calibration · · Score: 1

    Looks like glare. If you zoom in you get an image from another angle, and its salt like the rest of the flat.

  2. Re:Straight from thier lawyers mouths on Comcast Continues to Block Peer to Peer Traffic · · Score: 1

    Hmm, i would love to see a bittorrent derivative that didn't use TCP at all. Just UDP.

    They can send RST packets all they want and it won't do a damn thing as there isn't a "connection" to terminate.

  3. Re:Straight from thier lawyers mouths on Comcast Continues to Block Peer to Peer Traffic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It is important to note, however, that we never prevent P2P activity, or
    block access to any P2P applications, but rather manage the network in
    such a way that this activity does not degrade the broadband experience
    for other users.


    So, they are not even coming close to telling you the truth!

    How exactly sending RST packets to peers doesn't fall under "prevent P2P activity" I don't understand.
  4. Re:Butlers on How Best Buy Tried To Whip The Geek Squad Into Shape · · Score: 2, Interesting

    13/h?

    When I worked at staples, they paid me 7.70/h to do it. As an actual "easy tech". And I was the "business machines specialist" - AKA department supervisor.

    Talk about underpaid.

  5. Re:Signal roundtrip times is the tipoff on New Way to ID Invisible Intruders on Wireless LANs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What I love is that (the summary at least) article states you can use this to see if someone is monitoring your network.

    Excuse me? How in the hells would you tell of someone was passively reading incoming radio waves? Isn't that the point of active vs passive radar systems, for instance? You can't!

  6. Re:Source code is fair enough.. on Stalwarts Claim Asus eeePC Violates GPL · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Does the eeePC support booting from the net? (pxe, rarp, etc)

  7. Re:Encryption on Protecting IM From Big Brother · · Score: 1

    You make it sound like it is easy to just randomly break encryption. It isn't! Usually the way they are broken is brute-forcing keys, stealing keys, or comparing plaintext to ciphertext to extract the key. When it comes time for encryption to be in the way, it is usually far faster, easier, and cheaper to get around it. Think human intelligence, not signals intelligence.

  8. Re:Sorry, my email is blocked... on The Universe Damaged By Observation? · · Score: 1

    pastebin is your friend for that kind of thing - they can go away after a month (these don't)

  9. Re:Screenshots on KDE 4.0 RC 1 Released · · Score: 1

    Ick, I don't like it. To much like OSX. I hope that look is optional (it SHOULD be, knowing how KDE is configurable)

    Then again, much of that is as much due to the colors and icons, and not so much the actual programs.

  10. Re:Conclusion: on Spying On Tor · · Score: 1

    You realize when you run tor you get a big warning about it being experimental software, and not to use it for strong privacy? HEED THE WARNINGS. Contents may be hot, handle with care.

  11. Re:Yes, but... looking in the wrong spot! :) on Comparing Memory Usage of Firefox 2 vs 3 · · Score: 3, Informative

    An excellent tool. Careful using it though, as it attaches to the system through debugging hooks and hence certain copy protection systems scream at you and make you reboot, and not run it... I'm staring at you SecureROM!

  12. Re:Earlier ... on Predator-Style Helmets Allow Pilots to See Through Planes · · Score: 1

    It's a mockup. The article(s) specifically state high-resolution images

    That is merely showing the HUD that is projected onto the image.

  13. Re:what should happen on US Bot Herder Admits Infecting 250K Machines · · Score: 1

    Yes, and in so doing encourage him to seek alternative wages...

  14. Re:Note total absence of word "Microsoft" on The World's Biggest Botnets · · Score: 1

    Exactly. The solution isn't necessarily a better operating system (although it helps, and I personally consider Windows inferior to others).

    The true solution is getting rid of stupid users. But then again I'm a bit of an elitist. I think computers are (and always were) complex tools, except it's hard to get a computer to saw off your finger when you fuck up. I personally think you shouldn't be using a computer if you don't know how to use it!

  15. Re:instead on Monitor Draws Zero Power In Standby · · Score: 1

    Mine is not. You push it to start it, it clicks, and the returns to position ALMOST all the way. To turn it off, you push it, the mechanical switch releases, and pulls the linkage apart. CLICK! No more power to the electronics.

    You know, Like an actual power switch?

  16. Re:Better late than never. on Fedora 8 Released · · Score: 1
    Those are called access control lists. They have been around for a long time.

    http://www.suse.de/~agruen/acl/linux-acls/online/

    Note the date on the document.

    POSIX Access Control Lists on Linux

    This document was generated using the LaTeX2HTML translator Version 2002-2-1 (1.70)

    Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, Nikos Drakos, Computer Based Learning Unit, University of Leeds.
    Copyright © 1997, 1998, 1999, Ross Moore, Mathematics Department, Macquarie University, Sydney.
  17. Re:Awesome on One SimCity Per Child · · Score: 1

    Er, like what? Can you give us some examples?

  18. Re:Another one? on Fedora 8 Released · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yea, and you can tell. ALL redhat-hosted websites are hosed, and that makes it really hard for me to go and install cygwin. Does nobody have that damn setup.exe mirrored? arg!

  19. Re:Meh. on Picture Passwords More Secure than Text · · Score: 1

    Er, yes. In my attempt at creating a word, I merely duplicated an existing one. You got my point, however.

  20. Re:Meh. on Picture Passwords More Secure than Text · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hmm, thats an idea. You COULD draw a picture, but if you "sign" a password, that only adds to the complexity of what an intruder must duplicate.

    After a long time doing it, you would get damn fast at it too.

    One problem however is disability. If I had a horrible accident and became a quadrapole, I could still recite my password to someone if need be... good luck doing that with this kind of authentication.

  21. Re:i read the fucking article, it is crap! on Femtosecond Laser Shatters Viruses · · Score: 1

    Think of the resonant frequency as a hash of the structure... while you can have a collision (remember, we are talking about an exact frequency...) that would be incredibly rare...

  22. Re:For around the same budget... on Open-Source 3D Printer Lets Users Make Anything · · Score: 1

    Yes, but could you get that for $2,400?

    If so... I would enjoy knowing where... and do they sell lathes, etc?

  23. Re:Can I make a 3D fake pussy? on Open-Source 3D Printer Lets Users Make Anything · · Score: 1, Funny

    Er, yes. You could, actually. Just make sure you clean it when your done, if you really want to do that.

    I could think of more... constructive things to do with it, but each to his/her own.

  24. Re:The real reason they quashed it... on Colbert Ballot Bid Shot Down · · Score: 1

    Two words. Maybe one, depends on how you look at it...

    Write-in.

  25. Re:i read the fucking article, it is crap! on Femtosecond Laser Shatters Viruses · · Score: 1

    Honestly I can't see that happening.... and only in extremely rare cases.

    Remember, for such mutations to succeed they have to both improve survivability without decreasing it.