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  1. Re:But but but on FBI Alleged To Have Backdoored OpenBSD's IPSEC Stack · · Score: 2

    Steven Levy is a rather authoritative source.

    I would not doubt his word.

  2. Re:But but but on FBI Alleged To Have Backdoored OpenBSD's IPSEC Stack · · Score: 1

    You can just decompile that easy, eh?

    LOL.

  3. Re:But but but on FBI Alleged To Have Backdoored OpenBSD's IPSEC Stack · · Score: 1

    Odds are, they are not, as any government root would likely be hiding in the most essential parts of the code.

  4. Re:It is Not DDoS on Operation Payback and Hactivism 101 · · Score: 1

    No, it may not be a defective router at all.

    I've seen load balancers physically BURN. The chipset casing was totally discolored, SMD contacts were gone.

    Feed it enough information that it can't handle, and if the cooling isn't up to par, it's dead hardware.

    Same principle for most laptops with their crappy heat design. Playing even Quake on this laptop runs the temps up to 90+C.

  5. Anonymous HAD the resources. on Why Anonymous Can't Take Down Amazon.com · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They're just not smart enough to use them.

    Should have used Amazon's EC cloud to attack Amazon itself, morons.

    Classical Trojan Horse. Why bother storming the walls when once you've snuck inside you can wreak far more havoc?

  6. Re:Perfect example: on The Top 50 Gawker Media Passwords · · Score: 1

    Nope, he uses his thumb on the trackpad!

  7. Re:It's good to have allies on Michael Moore Posts Julian Assange's Bail · · Score: 1

    "This is the same guy who has insinuated that George W. Bush is pals with Osama Bin Laden"

    This is actually a well-known fact.

    Oil barons collude with each other all the time, this is how OPEC formed.

    "specifically sent too few troops into Afghanistan to make sure Bin Laden escaped and wanted to keep his Taliban friends safe."

    Someone forget we were the ones that armed and trained the Taliban? OF COURSE WE LET THEM GO, DUH!

    You know absolutely nothing about covert operations or coups.

  8. Re:The text in a readable format on Comcast Accused of Congestion By Choice · · Score: 1

    I guess you forgot where people signed up for having their connections monitored to ensure they were getting the service they paid for/were advertised.

    Apparently you're too stoned to think about the past few months and remember we've been down this road, and that this is just ANOTHER PIECE OF EVIDENCE against Comcast.

  9. Re:and what would be the point of class action? on Comcast Accused of Congestion By Choice · · Score: 1

    "And what would be the point of class action? Comcast will eventually settle for "undisclosed sum" with out "admitting wrong doing,"

    That depends on if the class representatives want to settle.

    They may very well demand a full jury trial and refuse to settle.

    You haven't been involved in class-action suits, have you?

  10. Re:It is Not DDoS on Operation Payback and Hactivism 101 · · Score: 1

    "it doesn't damage any property"

    I've seen plenty of DDoS attacks fry substandard network hardware.

  11. Re:This goes to show you on Two Major Ad Networks Found Serving Malware · · Score: 1

    To add, this same statement holds true to my LED business. If I do not serve as the filter for all the marketing bullshit, I end up losing sales even though I never sold anything, because the potential customer base has become jaded and distrustful, either from personal experience with sham lights or through hearing about stories from other users about said sham lights.

    There is no other way around this, it is a fact and cannot be changed. It is logical, and anyone that ignores it, especially content distribution networks, are going to suffer.

  12. This goes to show you on Two Major Ad Networks Found Serving Malware · · Score: 1

    The only 'safe' way to serve ads is from your own databases, after having thoroughly checked the ads to be displayed for any malicious behavior.

    As I stated yesterday, and got modded troll for; you can only be the provider yourself. You cannot trust anybody else. You must act as the filter or else you will hurt your customer base.

  13. After reading the claims: on Microsoft Seeks 1-Click(er) Patent · · Score: 1

    There is firm prior art.

    Jeopardy!

  14. Re:It's your problem, too on Hosting Giants Teaming Against Small Businesses · · Score: 1

    "Because they're the only ones who can really guarantee that no upstream provider will shut down your service, since they own the wires that go to your house."

    Oh that's dead wrong and you damn well know it. Go read the Telecommunications act of 1996 - WE OWN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH OUR TAX DOLLARS.

    We aren't the real providers because the telecoms have taken our property from us and are charging us to use our own paid-for infrastructure.

  15. Re:My thoughts exactly on All-Analog DIY Segway Project · · Score: 1

    That's likely due to using cheap electrolytes instead of solid caps.

  16. Re:I still think my idea is better on Small Fujitsu Device Harvests Both Solar and Thermal Energy · · Score: 1

    Go look at Nanosolar.

    How do you mechanically stress spray-on photovoltaics?

  17. I still think my idea is better on Small Fujitsu Device Harvests Both Solar and Thermal Energy · · Score: 1

    Cover wind turbine tower bases with solar panels, and maybe find a way to coat the turbine blades with a photovoltaic material as well.

    Plenty of wind and sun in the desert.

  18. Re:My thoughts exactly on All-Analog DIY Segway Project · · Score: 1

    I wonder which would last longer? The one with microprocessors or the analog one?

    Price might not be the ultimate deciding factor if it could be demonstrated to last significantly longer than the Segway, which would make an equivalent price point seem more attractive.

  19. Re:After reading that story three times on Hosting Giants Teaming Against Small Businesses · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sorry, that's your problem.

    Either be the real provider or be held at the mercies of your suppliers. YOU should have known that. It's certainly the case in almost every business.

  20. Re:Unfortunate But Wait... on Hosting Giants Teaming Against Small Businesses · · Score: 2

    You'll never get an explanation because you won't get off your chair to demand one.

    Do it, you'll be surprised at the results if you press hard enough.

  21. Re:Jeezus Be Praised.. on UK Copyright Blackmailers Rebuked By Court · · Score: 1

    The key word is 'concept.'

    Regardless of how the plaintiffs get their reward, everything else is pretty much the exact same.

    Thus, the 'concept' clearly exists. The actual wording may not match but the idea is the same; a class of people bring action against a defendant with regards to a common complaint.

  22. Re:Jeezus Be Praised.. on UK Copyright Blackmailers Rebuked By Court · · Score: 2

    "The concept of class action does not exist in English law."

    Wrong, it's called Mass Tort Litigation.

  23. Re:What does the wasp do with it? on Scientists Discover Solar Powered Hornets · · Score: 1

    You have to know how plants work in order to understand the answer to your question.

    The WHOLE conversation I replied to involved PHOTOSYNTHESIS. Not photovoltaics.

    And as I stated above - Wikipedia removes original research without citations. You can't cite yourself and be taken seriously, even if you are the one with the top lead in the field.

  24. Re:What does the wasp do with it? on Scientists Discover Solar Powered Hornets · · Score: 1

    It always gets removed as "original research."

    I re-stress, Wikipedia is better off just deleting the section in its entirety. It's so outdated and full of incorrect information that it will take them an easy ten years to even catch up to the state of the Agricultural industry, and by then, we'll have likely made many more major breakthroughs.

  25. Re:That's one heck of a "long goodbye" on Goodbye, VGA · · Score: 1

    "That's because the tankstick acts as a keyboard, and relays any keypresses from the actual keyboard to the computer."

    No, it does not. It is a passthrough and piggyback, not a relay. There is a 4-bank programmable switch that will capture and replicate the signal given to it for a given button.

    You actually have to program the tankstick first if you want it to ACT as a keyboard. Otherwise it is purely a passthrough, much like the added video cable for a VooDoo2.

    And you can actually program it to work with game consoles as well and emulate the controller, again, without drivers.

    Modern systems do not typically provide drivers for game controllers. Sure there's a generic driver but you don't get full functionality without installing the real driver.