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  1. Re:I hope ESX is a cash cow on Virtualization Goes Mainstream · · Score: 1

    Microsoft can, of course, afford to play this "free" game until the cows come home.

    That is why the government "punished" them for the IE Netscape thing. I guess it has been a long enough wait for them to use their large bank account to put yet another small company out of business.

  2. Improved system? on New(?) Anti-Fraud DNS service · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm sorry. When I think of system I think of daemons. Improvements to the DNS system would be appreciated. Someone to provide me with commercialized redirections and pay per use DNS service doesn't equate to improvement.

    Sites providing free email without protecting their URIz with spf protection is what needs to be fixed. This would help to kill spammers pretending to be google, yahoo, aol, et al.

    For a real improvement in DNS use spf http://www.openspf.org/ and urge others to use it too.

  3. Re:Slow Bubbles on A Magnetic Memory Alternative to Hard Disk · · Score: 1

    Exactly what I was thinking. I read the posts regarding fast boot times, and the lack for instant on. What some people fail to realize is "Boot to Last State". If we had the ability to dump the state of ram to Flash then back to system ram, like you just pointed out, instant on would take on a whole new meaning. Also, falling back to a standard boot for recovery would be no yeld less data loss if the flashed memory was used like a journal is to a file system.

  4. Oh that's right on Assassin's Creed Not a PS3 Exclusive? · · Score: 1

    I keep forgetting people are buying the PS3 to play games. I wish they would hurry up and release it. My Inline IPS project is getting cold.

  5. Same ol stupidity on Work Around for New DVD Format Protections · · Score: 1

    D2AA2D set ups have yet to be "foiled" by copy protection of any kind. The cheapest version of do it yourself D2AA2D converters:

    1) Project the movie on a white screen in a dark room.
    2) Record the movie with a camera.

    I would like to add. This type of behavior by the industry would make someone think along these lines: "Any movie I purchase that is ecrypted to the point of going to extreems to watch it, WILL be posted on the web the next day". Not that I would do anything illegal like that.

  6. liability 4U on Friendster Patents Social Networking · · Score: 1

    The religious right are looking for someone to make responsible for the sin on "social networks". If these morons enforce that patent they are positioning themselves as the responsible party.

  7. Natural Balance on Stephen Hawking Asks The Internet a Question · · Score: 1

    "In a world that is in chaos politically, socially and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years?"

    The cure for political chaos is the cure for greed. Two or more greedy entities grow so large they have to destroy each other.
    The cure for social chaos is the cure for zeal. Two or more ideologies grow so large they have to destroy each other.
    The cure for environmental chaos is the cure for sloth. A species becomes so efficient they loose the ability to adapt.

    Nature will balance the human animal. It is just a matter of time.

  8. It's that one guys fault on Is Simplified Spelling Worth Reform? · · Score: 1

    I blame the guy that spelled duv d.o.v.e. This caused millions of english students failing grades. A simple sentence, "John dove into the water", would receive the red circle "sp" -50% from hell. Why you ask? Because of that bastard that spelled duv d.o.v.e! I have it on good authority it is the same guy that caused the left leaved debocle too. Elvis might have leaved building but don't put it in writing! See! Nooooo!

  9. Re:Lets buy both. NOT. on Apple to Unveil New Leopard OS in August · · Score: 1

    May the asbestos in your fireproof suite hold true.

  10. Re:Forced password expirations on FBI Password Database Compromised by Consultant · · Score: 1

    That is why I don't recommend them for passwords. I recommend them for usernames.

  11. Re:Employees suck! on FBI Password Database Compromised by Consultant · · Score: 1

    wait.. wait.. wait..

    Are you trying to say that if employers show employees dedication, in turn...

    Oh. I get it.

  12. Re:Forced password expirations on FBI Password Database Compromised by Consultant · · Score: 1

    Or better yet, use passphrases and biometrics. Biometrics reduces the problems with usernames. Passphrases reduces some of the problems with passwords. Using both reduces the chances of social engineering.

    $100 says they were using SSO via AD. Leave it to the guberment to use the worst security model on earth.

  13. Re:Most Common Passwords on FBI Password Database Compromised by Consultant · · Score: 1

    IRS

  14. Marketing Speak Alert on Multi-Layer Security Platforms · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This article is nothing but crap marketing words designed to confuse the ignorant.

    Translation with missinformation: Hackers are now attacking vulnerabilities in applications.

    The trueth: Script Kiddies are learning how to attack vulnerabilities in applications thanks to frontend applications like Metasploit.

    What they don't know: Hackers designed layers 1-7.

  15. Lets buy both. NOT. on Apple to Unveil New Leopard OS in August · · Score: 1

    Software for X86 computers should be compatible despite the OS. The end. It is 100% possible. If the future is "buy OSX and Windows" then count me out. Wine on Linux is much cheaper

    The UI is irrelevant. Too many people believe windows users would switch to something else if only they were able to run windows applications. Some people actually like the windows UI. I don't. But then, I don't like the UI for OSX. I run X over the top of both (actually xdmcp to a Linux box when confronted with windows).

    If Linux (unix) software can be run natively on OSX then so can Windows. OSX users told that to Microsoft with their $. That is why Office and IE are available for OSX.

  16. w00t Canada! on Bone Marrow Cells Repair Heart · · Score: 1

    This is a kick ass week! First I hear someone in Canada has found a way to regenerate teeth. Now those whooozers have figured out how to fix heart problems. Heck. If it wernt fer Canada I'd have to stop smoking and brush my tooth. Anyone hear anything about them doing research on livers?

  17. ID theft deterant on Portrait of an Identity Thief · · Score: 1

    It is so easy to avoid getting pownd by id bandits. Don't pay your student loans for 2 years. Nobody on earth will give you a penny of credit. Problem solved.

  18. push e-mail enabled on O2 Xda Atom Exec Review · · Score: 2, Interesting

    *** RANT WARNING ***

    I think this "push e-mail enabled" market speak has been repeated one time too many. People actually believe it is some magical, only available via crackberry and crapchange servers, functionality brought via the heavens. It is called IDLE. IDLE has been available via IMAP for years. Lots of years. Many much more years!

    type this to see for yourself.
    telnet your.imap.server 143
    a001 CAPABILITIES
    * CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 IDLE NAMESPACE MAILBOX-REFERRALS BINARY UNSELECT SCAN SORT THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND LOGIN-REFERRALS STARTTLS AUTH=CRAM-MD5 capabilies ad nausium....
    a001 OK CAPABILITY completed

    and that is from plain old uw-imapd

    wooo woooo i have puuuush technology on my internet!

  19. Evolution on equal terms on Athens Breeding "Super Mosquitoes" · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is evolution on equal terms. Unfortunately, the mosquito has used the traits it has developed. We have developed the ability to change their genome. For instance, cross the mosquito with the firefly. Release a few breaders into the world and we could see them at 30 meters. Got a blinking bug on your ass? BAM! Dead. We must be holding back due to some stupid british style fair play type logic.

  20. Re:Why is Guild Wars not listed? on MMOGChart Update 21 Now Available · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought I was the only one to think that! I've been telling my friends Ankle Grabber Games was a good name for a subscription based game publisher but nooooo.

  21. Kind of obvious on Undetectable Rootkits Through Virtualization? · · Score: 1

    This requires them to move the host OS to a VM. Getting someone to install a trojan is getting easier but something this disruptive would be obvious to even the dumbest lamer.

  22. hrumpf on Ants Use Pedometers to Find Home · · Score: 1

    But can they do calculus!

  23. Ontos Inc. Product? on Red Hat Sued Over Hibernate ORM Patent Claim · · Score: 1
    Did the company change its name or something? Here is a 5 year old article discussing a product by a company called Ontos Inc. The product is called Object Spark. I'm seeing version 4 in 2001. How old is this suite? http://www.intelligententerprise.com/010507/produc ts1_1.jhtml

    It is also interesting to see the product is designed to work on Windows.
    ObjectSpark data components can be deployed on any Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) or COM+ server. ObjectSpark was originally designed for developers building distributed applications in the Microsoft Windows DNA application framework.
  24. old technology on ACLU Files for Info on New Brain-Scan Tech · · Score: 1

    Those devices have been around for years. http://phun.physics.virginia.edu/demos/nail_bed.ht ml

  25. BeOS'ish on Who is Going to Buy SkyOS? · · Score: 1

    I thought this was a project to keep Be alive. Looks like I was wrong.