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  1. Exploiting Ratios is easy on Ratio Vulnerability in BitTorrent Discovered · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Easy way to get your ratio up is to join a site that only allows you two slots on the tracker at first. Either download two small files and seed them or upload two of your own torrents and stay connected to the tracker so you are using your two tracker slots.

    Using azeurus (or any client which stores peer IP's) stop on of your seeding files and connect to a large file you want to download, let your client pick up some IP's or until you are getting the file at a decent speed.

    Now stop your download and begin seeding again, when you restart your download you will connect to the clients and your download will be resumed but the tracker will not be updated with the data you are download. AFAIK users who you are leeching off will still be given credit for all the data you upload.

    Worked on elite torrents and some of the sites I use now.

  2. Systm on Ars Technica's iPod nano Dissection · · Score: 4, Informative

    subSystm has a video if the inside of the nano for anyone who is interested
    subSystm is a short version of the full episode Systm

  3. Better than NS on Dystopia Mod Released for HL2 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is the best mod since natural selection was released on 2001. I think there could be a few changes to let you know whats going on in cyber space but other than that I love it :D

  4. Re:CourseGenie -- sounds like what you're looking on Sanely Moving from Word to the Web? · · Score: 1

    I work for a University in Scotland I have used CG a few times and I love the clean HTML it generates.

    There are a few formatiing problems with it but nothing a few minutes in notepad can't fix.

  5. mirrordot too slow on KDE's future: Plasma & SimpleKDE · · Score: 1

    Seems mirrordot wasnt able to cache the screenshots before the server went down :(

  6. Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines on IBM Officially Kills OS/2 · · Score: 1

    Same thing for the file allocation table table :D

  7. ATI interview on NVIDIA's Lead Scientist Interviewed · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They also had an interview with Richard Huddy from ATI a little back

  8. Mirror to full text on Scientists Complete Universe Millennium Simulation · · Score: 2, Informative

    Full Text Just incase

  9. Dont really care on UK anti-ID card campaign Gains Momentum · · Score: 0

    Since the EU is just about to pass legislation that will force ISP's to Telecommunication firms to hold data on time/location/recipient of phone calls and what IP you have used. I really dont think these ID cards are that bad. BUT... I do not see why I should have to pay something like £90 when (as a studnet) the governments olny gives me £3000 to live off for a whole year!

  10. Make it forever on EU Record Companies Push to Extend Copyright · · Score: 2, Funny

    at least all the poor movie stars will be able to have their graves upgraded each year. Maybe we could have a letter box on their gravestones so they dont miss out on one cent.

  11. Scary on MPAA CEO Dan Glickman on the Broadcast Flag · · Score: 1
    So Judge Harry Edwards asked: If my washing machine were attached to the Internet, you'd have jurisdiction over it? The FCC answer: yes.

    So if MY washing machine (in scotland) were to connect to a server in the US then they would want to know if I was washing and TV related items of clothing? As long as they can stand the smell of my flatmates underware they can go ahead :P

  12. More Info on Spore on GDCTV · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can find more information here

  13. Battery Life on Nokia's Linux Handheld · · Score: 5, Interesting

    3 hour battery life seems to be a little short if you are going to be traveling and want to use it.

    I suppose you could charge it in your car...

  14. Re:There is a problem on Johnny Can So Program · · Score: 1
    I tutor around 30 1st year university students using old versions of software and on an unreliable network.

    Even free programs such as blueJ are a few verions behind!

    But I have noticed that alot of the students are more interested in crappy flash games or people falling over on an avi.

  15. Re:Welcome to the UK... on The Horror Of British Telecom · · Score: 1

    well some things are, like getting thrown in jail for smacking your child or being labeled a pedophile because you have photos of your own childen

  16. meh.... on Live Picture of the Next Xbox · · Score: 1

    The case design Could have been worst

  17. Question on Open Document Format Approved · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Can someone explain to me what differance this new format has over .doc when OO.org can open .doc files and convert most other formats into .doc files

    Thanks

  18. Can't get it on Something Awful on G4TV · · Score: 1

    From what Iv'e watched on the site some of the stuff is good, mainly the HUGE NES controller :D Anyway I can't get it in the UK, even if it isn't as good as it was it would still be cool to have :(

  19. Re:Give up and Die, SCO on The Register vs Groklaw: Who Gets It Right? · · Score: 1

    The MPAA seem to be copying SCO, shame they seem to be winning with their implementation :)

  20. Re:For St Peter's sake on U.S. Rejects Canadian Rejection of DMCA · · Score: 1

    Them are fighting words! Maybe the south park movie will come true (hopefuly without big gay al)

  21. Re:DIY version? on Harrods Sells Holographic TV · · Score: 1

    And can we put linux on it :P

  22. Dundee, Scotland already has this on Self-Adapting Traffic Lights · · Score: 2, Informative
    I live in Dundee and they have a few sets of these lights normaly at really complex junctions.

    here

    This junction on Lochee road will go from green->amber->red->green straight away if there is no cars waiting on one of the other minor roads

  23. Re:A sample of what it looks like on New URL Spoofing Bug in Pre-SP2 IE · · Score: 2, Informative

    The point is this will work with scripting disabled.

    This means people who think that they know where they are going could be fooled.

    Saying that: If you know how/why to disable javascript I'm sure you would upgrade your IE or use firefox etc

  24. 750k/128k and I pay $50 per month! on Verizon Taking FTTP Installation Orders · · Score: 1

    Thats the sad state of the Uk's telephone system :(

  25. Re:Good Show, Mozilla! on Firefox - The Platform · · Score: 1

    Yeh I'm a Windows uer as well, please don't kill me :(

    I think it's great that after all their hard work the mozilla guys are getting the credit they deserve.