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  1. IT staff? on Nine Ways to Stop Industrial Espionage · · Score: 1

    I've never had a boss worried about IT staff. On the other hand, I've been told many times to keep confidential documents out of the hands of Sales. It is assumed that they will immediately go to a higher bidder.

  2. Re:Except.. on The Next Three Days are the x86 Days · · Score: 1

    Everyone on /. knows the correct way to write the time and date: 1154526200

  3. Re:Stockpiling prior art? on Blackboard Patenting Educational Groupware · · Score: 1

    They've woken up long ago. Patent and copyright holders are some of the largest political contributors.

  4. Re:When Will Politicians Wake Up? on Worst Ever Security Flaw in Diebold Voting Machine · · Score: 1

    That's because liberals tell you what's True, but conservatives tell you what's Right.

  5. Re:wrong question on Worst Ever Security Flaw in Diebold Voting Machine · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Here in backward Massachusetts I make a black mark on a card which is read into an optical scanner that also securely holds the cards. The election offcials verify that the box starts out empty and ends up with the number of votes that register on the counter on top. If they don't, they can take the ballots and read 'em through again. They can even look through them by hand to make sure the optical counters are working right.

    What do you do when the all-electronic system says that more votes were cast than the number of registered voters in the precinct?

  6. Re:Ethanol is NOT the silver bullet! on Vinod Khosla Talks Ethanol · · Score: 1

    Fortunately, USA has government-imposed tariffs to keep cheap cane ethanol from ruining the lives of poor agribus^W corn farmers.

  7. Re: Metric on Ripeness Sticker Coming to Supermarket Fruit · · Score: 1

    but it won't do bushels to Volkswagens

  8. Re:This won't take very long on TiVo to Measure Ad-Skipping · · Score: 3, Funny

    As the technology evolves you will start getting personally directed ads:

    "Hello, Fred Pilfner. Are you bothered by your excessive back hair? Based on her Yahoo! searches, your wife is! Try our new product ...."

    Happy now?

  9. Re:A: Profit!!! TiVo wants/needs more of it. on TiVo to Measure Ad-Skipping · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I would be happy to provide feedback to advertizers on which ads I skip, in exchange for not preventing me from skipping them. If they want me to view the ad, then they need to write better and not repeat the ad 10 times during one show.

  10. Re:fr0st pist? - nt - DOTA RULEZ! on When Doing PR For Anti-Spam Firm... Don't Spam · · Score: 2, Funny

    Parent seems to be on topic -- its spam!

  11. Re:What about all the other Barbies? on Congress vs Misleading Meta Tags · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I am just imagining a porn star named Furby.

  12. Re:Step in the right direction on Congress vs Misleading Meta Tags · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So ask your rep. to pass a law requiring a new TLD named '.xxx' and put all the porn sites there. Oh wait, they just blocked that.

  13. Genes, introns and nucleosomes on New Code Discovered in DNA? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Personally, I think it's God's version of Sudoku.

  14. Re:Only solves 50% of the problem on Solar Power Minus the Light · · Score: 1

    If you can get the cost down to $1.85, then its a sterling engine.

  15. Re:More info on New Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise · · Score: 1

    According to their website, they started clinical trials of PBT2 on humans in March, 2005 in the Netherlands.

  16. Re:Was looking for educated commentary... on New Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise · · Score: 1

    Or maybe just that it hasn't completed clinical trials.

  17. Power surge in starboard nacelle! on MySpace Down Due To Power Surge · · Score: 1

    Since when is a power surge == power outage?

  18. Re:Is OOo vulnerable? on PowerPoint 0-Day Points to Corporate Espionage · · Score: 3, Funny
    Of course. Steps to duplicate are:
    • Start Impress
    • Create new presentation using Wizard
    • Select type: from template
    • Select background: Dark blue with orange
    • Select output medium: screen
    • Select slide effect: open backdoor in kernel
    Nothing to it.
  19. Re: Does destroyed code matter? on SCO Accuses IBM of Destruction of Evidence · · Score: 2, Insightful

    SCO's legal theory seems to be that IBM got a license to Unix which includes a prevision to keep it Super Sekret. Somehow, now there's Linux. The only way this could have happened is if IBM gradually transmutatified the Super Sekret Unix code through Dynix, through AIX, through REXX, through Hylafax and into Linux. They are looking for the missing link steps to show this in court, and LOOKIE! IBM DELETED AN UNRELEASED BETA COPY OF AIX! That's just like an admission of guilt, right there.

    It all seemed more convincing at the client presentation.

  20. Re:Why is this still going on?!? on SCO Accuses IBM of Destruction of Evidence · · Score: 1

    Depends on whether he is admin for the mail servers.

  21. Re:OB: Where do you want to be infected today? on PowerPoint 0-Day Points to Corporate Espionage · · Score: 1

    It's as silly as an editor containing a psychotherapist!

  22. Re:insecurity 101 on Card Locks Thwarted by Shopping Club Card · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do you read the last page of mysteries first? I was waiting until I had all the suspects gathered in this room.

  23. Re:insecurity 101 on Card Locks Thwarted by Shopping Club Card · · Score: 2, Informative

    I knew someone would ask that. No bathrooms inside. No food allowed inside. Emergency exits all set off alarms and called police and fire. Deliveries were made through separate doors where all packages were inspected. It also kept track of whether you were in or out. Doors would not open if you tried to go in twice or out twice.

  24. Look at their support on The State of ATI Drivers on GNU/Linux · · Score: 1

    From their support site.
    "Linux is a clone of the operating system UNIX"
    If they don't even know what Linux is, how well do you think they can support it?

  25. Re:insecurity 101 on Card Locks Thwarted by Shopping Club Card · · Score: 4, Interesting

    One lab I consulted for had RFID badges so you just had to walk up the door to unlock it. Saved the hassle of getting a card out every time. Employees were trained not to let two people through on one activation (except legitimate visitors) and had a bulletin board with a picture and name of every employee.

    The most secure place I've been (bank IT center) had a vestibule that weighed you on the way in and out. If you were heavier or lighter, the door didn't open.