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  1. Pansies ... on Bill Gates Takes the Stand In WordPerfect Trial · · Score: 1

    " ... only to withdraw support months before Windows 95 hit the market."
    Its a risk that comes with business venture!

  2. Re:Fully autonomous killing machines on Robotics Prof Fears Rise of Military Robots · · Score: 1

    They won't be creative, but everything is going to be directed by human commanders located in a semi-remote facility, so it's a non-issue. Any new threat will be adapted to by the humans controlling the robots.

    This is true until when we discover how our own brain works and then copy it to robots. Although we already have some idea there's still a lot to research. When we can map and describe our brain functions (or majority of them) into some sort of mathematical form and implement them on robots, technological singularity becomes possible thus providing a way for robots to be more intelligent/creative/etc. then us.

  3. Re:So let me get this straight on Linux Lupper.Worm In the WIld · · Score: 1

    If the target server is running one of the vulnerable scripts at specific URLs and is configured to permit external shell commands and remote file download in the PHP/CGI environment, a copy of the worm could be downloaded and execute

    Its quite obvious that this is a real security malpractice. Even if someone allows external shell commands from web server they usually limit access to this kind of resources.

    Perhaps the most interesting thing is that a Mac *could* be vulnerable to this attack. Yet 99.9% of the Macs out there aren't, because the system doesn't ship with the web server running by default. In other words, Linux is making Microsoft's mistakes all over again.

    AFAIK, most distros let you choose which services will be installed, so its really up to user.

  4. Re:Electronic vote in an apartheid country? on Estonian Internet Voting Called a Success · · Score: 1

    dude, you need help, the sooner the better.

  5. Re:They have no idea if the system worked or not. on Estonian Internet Voting Called a Success · · Score: 1

    clearly you dont have a clue how thing really work here so, why dont you read through this document http://www.vvk.ee/elektr/docs/Yldkirjeldus-eng.pdf Also consider that there are people who would like to tear down this system and reveal all the bad thing about it so they could promote their own campaign.

  6. Re:This should not exist on Estonian Internet Voting Called a Success · · Score: 1

    There's no guarantee that someone will buy votes, from bums by buying booze to them.