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  1. Re:You worked at comsuck on FCC Reports Comcast P2P Blocking Was More Widespread · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Dude, it's not his company... even if it were, you're still an ass. Are we still making fun of AOL these days?

  2. Re:I don't type on Best Way To Avoid Keyloggers On Public Terminals? · · Score: 1

    Start -> Run -> osk

  3. Re:Recycling SAVES Oil on $1/Gallon "Green Gasoline" In Sight · · Score: 1

    IF we keep burning metals won't we run into the same problem as we id with oil? I think bio matter is the way to go.. but then we'll dry up the earth. Oh, bother.

  4. Re:DRM on MSN Music DRM Servers Going Dark In September · · Score: 1

    Yes, this is a perfect example against those who would say, "DRM isn't a problem unless you're a pirate." I'm sure there were people who paid good money to buy audio tracks. Not rent, *buy*. Their whole problem is the fear that the music lasts "forever" in cyberspace. It doesn't. Just like CDs and tapes things are damaged and destroyed, especially by newbies who don't know when their sole hard drive is going to call it quits. There's the returning customers they were so worried about. They could even sell them insurance and then screw them over!
  5. Re:How Much Really? on Microsoft Loses Appeal of "Vista-Capable" Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Bill?

  6. Re:Other interesting work on CAPTCHAs on Yahoo CAPTCHA Hacked · · Score: 1

    What about a flash-based CAPTCHA? "Just drop the ball in the hole to post your comment!". Would that be hackable?!!

  7. Re:E-mail is dead for mass communication on Admins Accuse Microsoft of Hotmail Cap · · Score: 1

    Many email marketers like to personalize their mailings, so they do it the inefficient way all the time.

  8. Re:What are the odds? on Safest Seat on a Plane, Or How to Survive a Crash · · Score: 2, Funny

    This could be solved if they used one giant parachute to help the entire plane float to the ground...

  9. Yes on The Myth of the Superhacker · · Score: 1

    Of course there are "superhackers"... Would you tell anyone if you found a new Windows hole? I bet there are some that very few people know about that can be used to infiltrate any Windows computer...

  10. Why on A Proof-of-Concept Virus for iPods Running Linux · · Score: 1

    User runs program that is installed... how is this news at all?

  11. Re:Well Long Upgrade Cycle. on MS Says Vista Selling At Twice XP's Pace · · Score: 1

    I just went out and spent $250 (CDN) on the Windows XP Professional CD. I looked at Vista and wanted it, if only to be "ahead of the curve", but was afraid of compatibility issues - the XP upgrade promised to work flawlessly and I would not have to reinstall my applications. Well upgrading failed (no doubt due to the 6 yrs of crap I had un/installed) and after much mucking around with the install process, .sys files, service disabling, and downloadable boot disks moved my entire former drive into a subfolder and did a clean install. I restored my application data and away I went - no more crap!

    I was awake for 32 hours that day (my work couldn't stay down for long). Later I realized my whole reason for upgrading (reported IE7 javascript error) was due to a simple typo... So I could have used Win 2000 until what, 2010 was it? Oh well, XP is nice too. Win2k doesn't have things like MSN Live (with multiple account memory), etc. My friend even claims MSN audio connections are better (Another M$ trick?). I'll get Vista in 7 years when support for XP pro expires or, I suppose, when I buy a new computer.

  12. Re:First Thought... on Bot Infestations Reach Nearly 1.2M · · Score: 1

    You'll know it when dotslash.org starts posting about human-nets...

  13. Re:Subliminal? What about overt? on Konami Slot Machines Flashing Subliminal Messages? · · Score: 1

    Trab pu kcip

  14. Re:L mail? on Microsoft Not Dropping Hotmail Name · · Score: 1

    They're going backwards... shorter is better!

  15. Bring out the Squid. on Neural "Extension Cord" Developed · · Score: 2, Funny

    I want a neural power squid.

  16. So... on Chinese Prof Cracks SHA-1 Data Encryption Scheme · · Score: 1

    Basically you just pad the document you want to match with spaces or baseX strings until the md5 matches the one you want to replace. Maybe I should RTFA... :)

  17. Not hard to save a receipt... on Deathblow To a Voting Machine · · Score: 1

    Why not just throw it in with the hundreds of receipts you already save for income tax?

  18. Re:I dunno about this guy... on IE7 Compatibility a Developer Nightmare · · Score: 1

    I was going to question specifying the size of a grain of salt until I did my research. Turns out I'm NOT a grammatical genius.

  19. Violence in games on Sex, Violence, Tension & Video Games · · Score: 1

    If there is not the fear of being "killed" or "busted" then there is no rush. I agree violence can be more or less explicit, based upon the amount of graphic material, blood & guts, etc. but what we do we see on TV, in movies and in real life? How can we censor games when we don't censor the porno shop in the middle of town, suggestive late-night TV "phone sex line" ads or put all explicit magazines on lockdown? UFC, "50 best beat downs", "Top killing machines" etc. are shown on TV all the time. There are pictures of mass graves in our high-school text books. Games are just (generally) light-hearted, good-spirited fantasy and sport based on real life.

  20. Re:Oh come on now... on Vista Zero-Day Exploit For Sale · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's entrapment by MS

  21. Re:Nerd goggles on Designer Glasses With Microdisplay Unveiled · · Score: 1

    1) Put up a picture of your favourite celebrity
    2) Face toward a (non-attractive) woman in your league
    3) Turn the transparency down until she's cute

    It's cheaper than beer!

  22. Re:The important thing to take away from this on Judge Rules In Favor Of Spamhaus · · Score: 1

    Oops, I downloaded it twice!

  23. Insight on Globalization Decimating US I.T. Jobs · · Score: 1

    Is this a step back or a step forward? Become an entrepreneur and offshore today! (it's where the real money is)

  24. Re:Screen capture? on Untraceable Messaging Service Raises a Few Eyebrows · · Score: 1

    Minimize display by having what you're writing quickly "flash" on screen (full screen?) to prevent timed screenshots, hook the keyboard to thwart keyloggers... It's just a matter of time/necessity.

  25. Load PDFs with Acrobat in seconds on Hacker Finds Multiple PDF Backdoors · · Score: 5, Informative