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  1. Re:What does this mean for cheats/aimbots? on PS3 Hacked via USB Dongle · · Score: 1

    Wait. You like FPS games so you bought a console to play them with a joypad????!?!??!!

  2. London Oyster cards are RFID on Is RFID Really That Scary? · · Score: 1

    Police has access to logs and used them in the past. Proof of RFID being used to spy on people right there.

  3. Re:Anonymous Coward on Blizzard Sues Private Server Company, Awarded $88M · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, they were using actual WoW data files, including player and enemy models, sound effects and all that

    server executable doesnt use sound files, wow is so simple (no collision detection) that server side executable also doesnt use player models. Its all a chessboard from server executables perspective.

  4. Re:Question for EVE players on EVE Player Loses $1,200 Worth of Game Time In-Game · · Score: 1

    A recent patch a few weeks ago opened up the ability for PLEX to be transported by ship. CCP thought that would be a good idea to allow players more control of their items and I would have to agree with them. It's helpful for those who live deep out in 0.0 and would rather buy PLEX from a corp-mate than have to travel back into the Empire systems.

    They also lied about making PLEXes normal items. I bet they thought no one would notice PLEXes dont drop from wrecks. This kill clearly shows making PLEXes moveable was just a scam to add new way of removing them out of the system = new ISK sinkhole.

  5. Re:Some interesting and troubling points on Hacker Builds $1,500 Cell Phone Tapping Device · · Score: 3, Informative

    GSM blocker is only $30 on dealextreme
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.28714

    if you only screw 3G antenna it will block 2110~2170MHz leaving 930~960MHZ alone

  6. Re:Relevant. on Zynga Investment May Herald Google Games · · Score: 1

    what URLs? every bank has online transactions, money are transferred few times a day/immediatelly (depends on the bank/system). Online Banking is free and dead simple.

  7. Re:Good News Everyone! on David X. Cohen Talks About Futurama's New Season · · Score: 0, Troll

    already seen first two yesterday ...

  8. Re:I love moderates on Pakistani Lawyer Wants Mark Zuckerberg Executed · · Score: 1

    Hallowed are the Ori

  9. Re:Perspective on Earthlink Announces It Must Honor Comcast Cap · · Score: 1

    To offer some perspective, here in the UK we have monthly limits that are most commonly in the 15-30Gb range, with a premium limit of 50Gb being offered by a minority of service providers.

    To offer some perspective, here in Poland we have NO monthly limits. There used to be ones, but competition got rid of them. Currently in the capital I can get 120/10 for $60 from one Icable ISP, or 60/6 (120/6 during the night) for $70 from teh second biggest cable ISP.

    first one : http://www.komputerswiat.pl/media/1128813/testupc-op.jpg

    Of course slower speeds are much cheaper. Upload is not p2p capped. I seed about 12h per day with my max upload speed.

  10. Re:Their thinking on What Game Devs Should Learn From EVE · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The thing that bothers me about Eve is that there are no "heroes." Everyone is just another cog in the corporations... it's real life without the retirement "reward."

    unlike some other MMOs where "everyone is special" and "no one is left behind" ...

  11. Re:Their thinking on What Game Devs Should Learn From EVE · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Proud to say I kicked the EVE habit long ago. You could get places it that game but it felt like a full-time job.

    What finally did it for me is that the missions became too difficult for too little reward. I had my spiffy new battleship and lost it in a mission because the enemy bots

    aaa, so you didnt play EVE, you played WoW like corner of EVE designed for moron grinders. EVE is about plater vs player interactions in a huge sandbox. Basically you failed at EVE.

  12. Re:Remote wipe requires remote signal, yes? on Mobile 'Remote Wipe' Thwarts Secret Service · · Score: 1

    * remove the SIM (assuming GSM with no wifi)
    * remove the battery

    You just lost a lot of data, not to mention access to the sim. Standard procedure is Faraday bag.

  13. Re:DSiware is a step in the right direction on Nintendo To Take On Piracy In 3-D · · Score: 2, Informative

    I stopped pirating PC games when Steam came out. The convenience of ownership outweighed the convenience of piracy.

    This is double plus funny as Steam doesnt let you own anything, you merely borrow software and Steam can take it away at any moment.

  14. Re:Though the Times They May Look Grim ... on The Desktop Security Battle May Be Lost · · Score: 1

    Telus gave us this really crappy DSL/Wireless router. I never changed the admin password (admin/telus) on it, but I put a wireless password on it.

    To quote the Mythbusters, "Well there's your problem!"

    No, the problem was using Windows Media Player to watch a movie. Im guessing file had a link to special "codec" that was automagically fetched by WMP.

  15. Re:Example of "help" provided on Former Nurse Charged With Aiding Suicides Via Web · · Score: 1

    Hi,

    Assuming you are not trolling, then you ahve a real problem. There is a definite problem with encouraging someone to commit suicide.

    I dont see the encouraging part. Some dude wants to kill himself, other dude pretending to be a girl tries to convince him hanging is better than jumping.

    You not seeing a problem with it shows a complete disconnect with human compassion.

    Compassion? Is that the same compassion that kills abortion doctors?
    We don't know why he wants to kill himself, we only know that he already is convinced he wants to jump. There is no inciting to commit suicide, rather to do it in a specific way.

    I was expecting bullying and/or blackmailing to commit suicide, instead there is only someone giving advice to people already committed to die.

  16. Re:Example of "help" provided on Former Nurse Charged With Aiding Suicides Via Web · · Score: 1

    Words fail me, really.

    Weird, I dont see any problem with that chat.

  17. Re:Ok, so what? on Former Nurse Charged With Aiding Suicides Via Web · · Score: 1

    Yes, this guy is pretty sick. From the summary I thought this was about assisted suicide of the terminally ill

    To be perfectly honest they were terminally ill - mental illness leading to death.

  18. Re:Like ghosts, this is getting harder and harder. on Professor Says UFO Studies Should Be Taught At Universities · · Score: 1

    Reasonable-quality audio/video recording equipment is becoming nearly ubiquitous, being embedded in cell phones.

    Yet the only "footage" that is available is grainy and poor quality.

    As the quality and availability of audio/video recording equipment grows, one would expect the quality of "sighting" recordings to increase, but they aren't.

    Of course it does. The ones with better quality let people with knowledge identify the phenomenon so it stops being UFO and becomes IFO (identified flying object) ":)

  19. Re:Did they try to crack Opera? on IE8, Safari, iPhone All Fall At Pwn2Own Contest · · Score: 1

    Thank you. It looks like they excluded anything that had a chance of not being pwned (opera. linux).

  20. Did they try to crack Opera? on IE8, Safari, iPhone All Fall At Pwn2Own Contest · · Score: 1

    Article is so poor in detail :(

  21. Re:They don't seem to be a typical troll on Beware the King of the Patent Trolls · · Score: 1

    They dont do D, and R is limited to looking for patents to buy.

  22. Re:Meh on Opera Mini For iPhone Submitted To App Store Today · · Score: 1

    I'd give it a try if Apple 'blessed' it (which I doubt they will considering how 'fair' they are)

    They better, or Apple will end up like MS with EU slapping penalties and making demands.

  23. Re:One lesson to learn on Malware Delivered By Yahoo, Fox, Google Ads · · Score: 0

    FTA: "Users don't need to click on anything to get infected; a computer becomes infected after the ad is loaded by the browser."

    noo, its like "Users don't need to click on anything to get infected; a computer becomes infected after the ad is loaded by Internet Explorer."

  24. Re:obviously on If ET Calls, Who Speaks For Humanity? · · Score: 1

    and after listening to whales they will decide we have some tasty animals.

  25. WTF is "cashier's check" ?? on US Law Firms Targeted By Cyberscams · · Score: 1

    rest of the civilized world wants to know.