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  1. Re:All computers are less secure on Macs More Vulnerable Than Windows For Enterprise · · Score: 1

    Out of context quote?

    "" - User password can be used to decrypt "Login Keychain"
      - Privileged credentials *in the keychain* can be used to spread and explore ""

  2. Re:All computers are less secure on Macs More Vulnerable Than Windows For Enterprise · · Score: 1

    Did you read the article? Obviously not. Only local admin access is required.

    From the conference, regarding Windows vs Mac network exploitations...
        - "Conclusion: OS X networks are significantly more vulnerable to network privilege escalation. Almost every OS X Server service offers weak or broken authentication methods."

  3. Re:BT are crap. on Tens of Thousands Flee From BT and Virgin · · Score: 1

    What you are saying could be true in *some* cases but is largely misleading.

    Sky purchased Easynet a while ago, and with that they became an LLU provider.

    If you are a Sky LLU customer, then any similarities between you and BT are coincidences.

    Also, ISP contention is not always on the user-to-isp pipe, but can also be at the internet-to-isp end. This means that you will get varying levels of performance depending on which Openreach-based ISP you use.

  4. Re:Pull off the stickers! on Algorithm Solves Rubik's Cubes of Any Size · · Score: 1

    Some people can do it under 60 seconds ... with their feet.

    http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/e.php?i=333ft

  5. Re:Wait, so are they ripping off Android or this g on Apple Rips Off Rejected App, Says Wireless Sync Developer · · Score: 2

    > FWIW, silly policy rejecting apps that duplicate iOS function, but it is in the rules. I am not surprised the app was rejected.

    I think you missed the point. The function is not available in iOS.

  6. Re:True, for the most part... on HDMI Brands Don't Matter · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I'm not convinced.

    The company I work for has installed hundreds of non-branded £18 (~$30) HDMI 35 metre (~115ft) cables in schools which all work perfectly fine.

  7. Re:wat on Steam Success Holding Up Half-Life Development? · · Score: 3

    Everyone is entitled to their own opinion I guess.

    My opinion is quite the opposite of yours however. I beleive the current mix of FPS available on consoles today (and lets face it, FPS's are made primarily for the console platform these days) have a weak/non-existent story and are all pretty much the same tossed up mechanic over and over.

    The story-telling in both Portal and Half-Life II were top notch and not the over-used, action-cutscene-action-cutscene, you ARE the story, you are part of the cutscenes, instead of just sitting back and watching a rendered event, yawn.

    I beleive there are many forms of FPS's, and Valve fills the fantasy/action/sci-fi arena very well, and is largely untouched. I see TF2 as a casual fun fps and would not fill the boots of, say, BF2142 for that FPS "urge".

  8. Re:that's smokin' on Intel Unveils SSDs With 6Gbit/Sec Throughput · · Score: 1

    By adding sync you are forcing all writes from cache to be flushed to its destination, making for a more accurate test..

    time (dd if=test.bin of=/dev/null bs=131072; sync)

  9. Re:Mixed feelings on Comcast Warns Customers Suspected of Bot Infection · · Score: 1

    I'd shit a brick and be convinced I'd been hacked!

  10. Re:Meanwhile on PS3 Hacked Using Official Controller · · Score: 1

    I've played COD4 on my PS3 and notice that when I hold the fire button down on an enemy and strafe left, it will help me keep the player targetted by a small degree by turning right. In single-player mode it is much more apparrent. For example, playing Zombies when you hit the fire button the aiming reticle JUMPS to the nearest zombie if its close.

  11. Re:Obvious... on Mozilla Unleashes the Kraken · · Score: 1

    Because he quoted the times from the summary and then posted his own from a MAC.

  12. Re:there, not here on Google Logo Changes Again, Hinting RT Search? · · Score: 1

    Worked for me on http://www.google.co.uk/.

  13. Re:Series of tubes... on YouTube Hit By HTML Injection Vulnerability · · Score: 2, Informative

    Don't you mean...

    "Somebody script up us the bomb"

  14. Re:EOL XP already... on The Man At Microsoft Charged With Destroying IE6 · · Score: 2, Informative
    Some hints..

    8. Creating new folders on the desktop. They are there, but they do not show up all the time.

    Never come accross this. Have several folders on my desktop and they don't 'dissapear'.

    10. I can't seem to be able to "right click" on a taskbar item and select move to bring it back on screen if it happens to be off.

    Hold down shift as you right-click.

    11. Searching a specific folder... ugh. Maybe I want to search through a collection of files for specific words without searching my whole drive!

    Navigate to the parent directory you want to search in, and search.

  15. Re:Hey moron! on American Red Cross Sued For Using a Red Cross · · Score: 1

    Nun Ninjas!

  16. Re:Password Maker plug contained within on Holes Remain Open in Firefox Password Manager · · Score: 1

    You can edit the characters that are used to create the hash. I use a-zA-Z0-9 as the available characters to produce the password. Its secure enough for my needs.

  17. Re:Couldn't be more ranty, or wrong on Apple's DRM Whack-a-Mole · · Score: 1

    So, what happens if your computer is compromised silently and a malicious entity downloaded your iTunes mp3's with the purpose of sharing them with all and sunder? Would you then be unwittingly responsible for the distribution of copyright material? What if all this happened and you then reinstalled your infested computer, all the while unknowing that your music files are in the wild?

    Just a scenerio I'd like to have tied up.

  18. Re:bloat bloat code your bloat... on A First Look At Firefox 3 Alpha 5 · · Score: 1

    ..I didn't say that..
    Yes, you did.

    ..argue that..
    Yes, you did.

    ..or indicate anything close to that..
    Yes, you did.

    ..Oh, I see you have been mod'd troll..
    No, he didn't

    Basically you made the point of Firefox playing catch-up with Microsoft, then cited examples of other OSS. Sort of like going off-topic in the same post.

  19. Re:First frenchman in history on Lone Programmer Writes 352 Webcam Drivers For Linux · · Score: 1

    I think in this particular context, naming a side the 'Axis of Evil' isn't as straight forward.

  20. Re:Yawn on Virtualization Is Not All Roses · · Score: 1

    Perhaps instead operating systems should be like nipples
    - Does that mean if a female computer is given a baby peripheral, it secretes white resin?

    If the lights are off and you want them on, flip the switch.
    If the lights are on and you want them off, flip the switch....

    - You would be surprised, when I visit the USA, my mind subconsciously tries to push the light switch down to turn it on, it isn't until I put conscious thought into the process, that I push up instead.

  21. Re:Firefox antiphising is far from perfect... on Firefox 2.0 Wins Phishfight Against IE7 · · Score: 1

    All these only work if they are hosted on the default site. One IP can host any number of websites with varying domain's.

  22. Re:it's a learned disability on Study Shows Good With Math Means Bad With People · · Score: 1

    Perhaps I should of put "grammer" in bold to highlight the sarcasm :P

  23. Re:it's a learned disability on Study Shows Good With Math Means Bad With People · · Score: 1

    In another article, grammer nazi's were shown to have the worst social skills of all.

  24. Re:Beta is the new Alpha and RC is the new Beta on Vista RC1 Build 5728 Publicly Released · · Score: 1

    It says quite clearly. Maybe if it was put the other way round.

    This is not RC1, but has had a few updates from RC1. This build is not deemed to be stable.

    I think its a previous build that has had a few updates from the latter RC1, but isn't of the same testing calabre.

  25. Re:well, it only makes sense on ISPs Fight Against Encrypted BitTorrent Downloads · · Score: 1

    Where did I say I was sticking up for the ISP's? My comments are completely unbiased, I was simply stating the way their businesses are ran to give a better understanding as to how the model works.

    If you read this particular thread (but you didn't, you posted with bad language, hostility and ignorance), it stemmed from a line of thought that ISP's should make their profit with a 1:1 basis of amount of bandwidth used. This model would mean the heavy users would be paying a huge sum for their constant downloading.