Slashdot Mirror


User: kiehlster

kiehlster's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
474
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 474

  1. Maybe they're really bigger? on Rise of the Small Botnet · · Score: 1

    How do we know the criminals haven't just gone bigger scale? Why settle for a giant botnet when you can run a botnet full of tiny botnets? Is the attention attracted from seeing the same code on thousands of machines, or from seeing the same attack from thousands of machines? Why run DDoS attacks when you can run multiple exploit attacks instead on multiple networks to throw off any sign of a large coordinated attack?

  2. Google Titanic on The Titanic In 3-D · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I can't wait to see this on Google Street View or something like that.

  3. The perfect crime... on Things You Drink Can Be Used To Track You · · Score: 1

    As long as I order Saratoga water when I'm out of town, I would appear to forensics as having never left home. And I'll shave my head for good measure.

  4. A real anolog buff on 80-Year-Old Edison Recording Resurrected · · Score: 1

    Does this mean that the true anolog audio buff should only listen to pallophotophone film recordings? Because I think exposed film may be the best way to create true anolog audio reproduction. Records probably miss a huge portion of what this film would capture.

  5. Quality Assurance on Chatroulette Working On Genital Recognition Algorithm · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd hate to be on the QA team that gets to test that "feature"... Charlie, can you please stop pulling out your thing and just use a dildo like the rest of us?

  6. Re:A different kind. on Microsoft Hides Firefox Extension In Toolbar Update · · Score: 1

    You know, anti-virus software does a better job for me by running on your computer rather than on mine. I'll let you find the virus and stop it/submit it, then I'll listen to your advice on valid safe surfing spots. Our Internet society has created a form of cloud anti-virus for the Internet as well as device purchasing just by using word-of-mouth and common sense. Like running from a bear, my wits just need to be faster than yours, and anti-virus does nothing to help me. Rather than being greedy trying to steal all the gold from the dragon, I'll just live with what I have in hand instead of attempting to grab one more piece and get eaten. Of course, if lots of people take my philosophy on anti-virus, I'll have to pick it up in order to be the last man standing.

  7. A different kind. on Microsoft Hides Firefox Extension In Toolbar Update · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So glad I don't use Firefox anymore. I'm thoroughly enjoying Chrome. And hey, Google does no evil. Right? Right?! I'm just hoping Microsoft doesn't start making ghostly add-ons for Chrome.

  8. Still won't cure stupidity on North Korea Develops Anti-Aging "Super Drink" · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They could really benefit from a drink that makes people aware of how outlandish they sound.

  9. Rickroll on Beautifully Rendered Music Notation With HTML5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    And here I was hoping they'd do the obvious and give us beautifully rendered Rickroll tabulars.

  10. Re:So what? on Microsoft Kills Support For XP SP2 · · Score: 1

    Way back when I had IBMDOS, installing MSDOS borked my machine. I had to switch back to my other floppy disks.

  11. Cool, but... on Visually Demonstrating Chrome's Rendering Speed · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see these tests run around 6pm, not at 3am, which is the typical time of day when a genius such as this would be performing such diabolical experiments.

  12. Re:Gee, what are the chances... on Open Source Guacamole Puts VNC On the Web · · Score: 1

    Apparently it has more of a chance than being announced on National Guacamole Day, Sept. 16th, or National Spicy Guacamole Day on Nov. 14th. Either of those dates would have been more impressive seeing as Guacamole is an Aztec food.

  13. Weed killer on Purple Pokeberries Yield Cheap Solar Power · · Score: 1

    This is not good news for weed killer spray companies. Anti-weed-killer environmental protest in 3... 2... 1...

  14. Open sourced it. on What Happened To Obama's Open Source Adviser? · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's even more obvious than you think. He's open-sourced the advisory position so anyone can fill the position and make changes.

  15. Limits on 1st International Longest Tweet Results · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ah, so someone has finally determined the absolute breadth of the Twittersphere. If the world ran on tweets, maybe we wouldn't ever need more than 64kB of memory.

  16. Supply Demand on The Mystery of the Mega-Selling Floppy Disk · · Score: 1

    1) Buy lots of floppies. 2) Wait for production to cease. 3) ???. 4) Profit$$$

  17. Oblig... on Fake Antivirus Peddlers Outpacing Real AV Firms · · Score: 3, Funny

    xkcd #694 or #350.

  18. Re:There is a special place in hell for these peop on Fake Antivirus Peddlers Outpacing Real AV Firms · · Score: 3, Funny

    And all the floppies have their write-protect switch set the wrong way and you just clipped your fingernails so you can't get your nail to catch on that stupidly annoying little slider.

  19. Good Health, huh? on Japan Holds Annual Baby Crying Contest · · Score: 1

    This coming after we just heard a study finding that letting your baby cry is bad for their health.

  20. Video Game Assets on House Proposes Legalizing, Taxing Online Gambling · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How might such a law affect video game assets in the face of taking gambles? If I buy, with real money, a bunch of in-game loot and then take a gamble on successfully defeating the other team, or open up a second-life gambling casino, what would the government tax me on? my video game fees? my profits from selling loot?

  21. Re:for *planaria* not humans on How To Grow a Head · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and here I was so excited that those Dullahans who accidentally lost their head while horseback riding could just grow another one. Rotten worms...

  22. I for one... on Controlling a Robot With the Emotiv EEG Headset · · Score: 1

    welcome our new mind-controlled robot overlords.

  23. Re:!Micro-management on Mass. Data Security Law Says "Thou Shalt Encrypt" · · Score: 1

    Just don't tell us how many rotations you're using. From the law definitions: "Encrypted, the transformation of data into a form in which meaning cannot be assigned without the use of a confidential process or key."

  24. No-Land List on Man Put On "No-Fly List" While In Air To NYC · · Score: 1

    Well, lucky for him, he wasn't put on a No-Land List while he was flying. Of course, it's usually the astronauts that get on that list.

  25. Let us now stereotype on Report Blames NRC For VT Yankee Leak · · Score: 1

    I used to think nuclear reactors were strictly regulated. Then I wondered why all the plants in my yard grew larger than normal. Considering I can see the coolant steam from my street, I guess now I can just assume the stereotype. After all, it's a navy training reactor, so why can't I assume?