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  1. Re:Doom and gllom for punchcards! on Is National Differential GPS Lost? · · Score: 3, Informative

    This post hits the nail on the head. Only thing I would add is SA has been turned off for quite some time now and WAAS is in even the cheapest GPS receivers now. DGPS also ONLY worked if you were in range of a body of water too (Coast Guard sites if I remember correctly). PLUS newer GPS receivers can hold a lock on more satellites then the first model GPS receivers were capable of. At this point, I could care less about DGPS. I have not seen a receiver that has supported this in many years with the only exception being Marine GPS receivers. DGPS needs to go just like LORAN did many years ago.

  2. Re:Yeah, right. Sure. Uh-huh. What a dolt. on Wi-Fi Fingerprints -- the End of MAC Spoofing? · · Score: 0

    No, your the dolt and if I had mod points I would mod your butt down. RF Fingerprinting is not spoofable. I would love to see you create a atom for atom copy of someone's wifi card. Until replicators are perfected, it is NOT possible to spoof a RF signature. Everything about this card would have to be 100 percent atom for atom identical for you to spoof the signature.

    Also, if you would RTFA, you would notice that it has a 95% success rate....far from being 100%. It's STILL worth investigating because as I have said, it's pretty much impossible to spoof a RF signature.

  3. Re:The sample was 15 devices on Wi-Fi Fingerprints -- the End of MAC Spoofing? · · Score: 1

    Fingerprint technology is NOT what they used for garage door openers. They had basically no security on garage door openers for many years. The opener remote used to just send out a signal at a certain frequency that the opener was set to receive. If it received a signal within tolerance, it opened. Now they not only send it out at a pre determined frequency, each remote has codes pre programmed in it that it sends out. You stand on a ladder in your garage and press the remote after pressing the button so the opener learns your remote's code. After this, it will open the door every time when you press the remote.

    Also, I doubt anyone would replace WPA or any other item you need for access. This would simply make MAC filtering irrelevant now that something way better has come along.

  4. Re:Just spoof the fingerprint on Wi-Fi Fingerprints -- the End of MAC Spoofing? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Cuz you likely can't. To do so would require a microscope on alot of WiFi cards and even then it you likely won't come close enough. The fingerprint is possible because of minor variations in the signal that is caused by variations in the caps and resistors used. You don't really think they can create a 0% tolerance cap do you?? The tolerances on caps and resistors can be 0.05%...that is still not 0%. A 0% tolerance cap or resistor is not possible. Spoofing a RF fingerprint is practically impossible with today's technology.

  5. Re:the end of wireless mac spoofing?! no way on Wi-Fi Fingerprints -- the End of MAC Spoofing? · · Score: 2, Informative

    There are variations in radios even among the same model. You can uniquely identify 2 separate radios of the same model pretty easily. This is something we have done to combat the squirrels (slang for the idiots who think it's fun to screw a ham repeater up) on our ham repeaters in our area....that and triangulation of the perp's signal. Nothing new and about time.

  6. Re:Wha?!? on You Have Been 'Randomly' Selected? · · Score: 1

    This is very true. A ex coworker of mine is Muslim, however she had blonde hair and is of German decent. Only way I knew this was she showed me her old license (she wears a burka but no veil on the face). She converted to Islam when her ex-husband was a dick. He supposedly was Christian.

  7. The Linux Link Tech Show on Ohio LinuxFest 2006 · · Score: 1

    The Linux Link Tech Show guys will also be at Linuxfest.

    One bit of advice.....it's too late to get a room in downtown Columbus. Check in the outskirts of Columbus and you will have a better shot. Also, to save money, check in at a place near a Cota stop. Cota goes right to the convention center so you will save money on parking which is anywhere form 5-7 bucks per day. Bus fare would run ya about 3 bucks if you get a day pass and that pass is good all day to get anywhere.

    http://www.cota.com/

  8. Re:Bye bye karma on Microsoft Research Builds 'BrowserShield' · · Score: 1

    No, it's not a good idea. Adding another layer of shit on top of a shit pile only does one thing....make it harder to get through the shit. Now if you would just fix your shit wall or replace your shit wall with something that isn't shit then that would fix the problem. No matter what you try to do with the piece of shit, it's still is what it is...a turd and you can't shine a turd. Time to dump the IE code and fscking rewrite it...wait....I already did about 3 years ago and it's called Firefox.

  9. DOESN'T HELP on Microsoft Research Builds 'BrowserShield' · · Score: 1

    Just fix the fscking browser and your problems will be SOLVED Microsoft. Adding bullshit on the top won't help things. It will just add more complexity for when things go wrong.

  10. Re:Done b/c of complaints on The Internet Not for Old People · · Score: 1

    No this is more like an episode of Star Trek The Next Generation. A scientist about to discover something really important has a birthday and at that point, his government decided he was too old and had to be killed. It had NOTHING to do with anything but age. The scientist was one of his planet's best minds, but he was asked to give up his life and his work because he was determined to be too old by a really bad law.

    http://sttng.epguides.info/?ID=270

  11. This is heartless on Radio Shack E-Fires 400 Workers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You know, I usually am the one who says we don't need new laws, but in this case, I think it's justified. Noone should be fired or laid off in any other way other then in person. Not on the phone, not by a voice mail, not via text message and certainly not via e-mail. Any other way should be considered invalid. There should also be other rules also....rules that say you have to be human about the whole thing. None of this shutting down card keys and removing desks or anything else.

  12. Re:history repeating itself on Original Star Trek Getting CGI Makeover · · Score: 1

    Ys but will they keep making them at that price point? Not likely.

  13. Re:Well, maybe... on Original Star Trek Getting CGI Makeover · · Score: 1

    No, it won't. The Klingons in the original were just infected with a virus. I thought Enterprise explained that pretty well (rolling eyes).

  14. Re:history repeating itself on Original Star Trek Getting CGI Makeover · · Score: 1

    AMEN TO THAT! WTF is with paramount? I would LOVE to have all of the TNG and even TOS on DVD, but I AIN'T paying 115 a pop per season! That's outrageous.

  15. Re:Only Thing Missing Was A Cavity Search on Do Not Flush Your iPod · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is what crap like the Patriot Act gets us!


    Except this was Canada.....
  16. Re:Slate wrong.....it IS AFV on Bob Saget 2.0 · · Score: 1

    But it's not. This video is incredibly old and IS from AFV. It's not at all new. It was stupid then and it's stupid now. The first time you see it, it's mildly funny. The second time, not so funny. The third? Stupid. NOT saying it ain't family friendly but it sure as heck isn't new. This is probably why it's popular.....there's always new mouth breathing internet users who have to learn somehow. They learn by forwarding YouTube links and chain e-mails and e-mails warning me about gettign AIDS from a pin prick. YouTube just makes it easier for CRAP to be passed around.

  17. Slate wrong.....it IS AFV on Bob Saget 2.0 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    YouTube has vast amouns of AFV material. REAL AFV material. I just saw today footage of a mother surrounded by her quadruplets and the babies wer eall laughing thier fool heads off. That was from AFV. In fact, some people don't even bother to remove the ABC, Superstation or other bugs on the bottom of the video. Sure, there is some great original stuf out there, but there's a tone of copyrighted material out there. Bab Saget 2.0 is more like Bob Saget 1.0.

  18. Re:woohoo! on NASA Clears Shuttle Atlantis for Sunday Launch · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sorry. The shuttle DOES NOT use boineg 767 Avionics. The job of the two is VERY different. The shuttle DOES have a glass cockpit now. The eight balls like they used for attitude control on Apollo and on the old shuttle are gone.

    http://oea.larc.nasa.gov/news_rels/2000/art/glassc ockpit/EL-2000-00037.JPG

  19. Re:Media companies are ruining innovation on No Full HD Playback for 32-bit Vista · · Score: 1

    I hate to reply to myself, however I just RTFA and noticed that the media companies is the excuse that Microsoft is using, however I give any content protection numbered days on ANY platform. With signed drivers or not. I still stand by my earlier post. Microsoft is dropping it because they don't know HOW to fix 32 bit windows. It's that simple.

  20. Re:Media companies are ruining innovation on No Full HD Playback for 32-bit Vista · · Score: 1

    What in gods name does this have to do with the media companies? This is all Microsoft. They are the onese REQUIRING signed drivers. TO sign a driver, you have to spend big money with Verisign or try to find another company to issue you a certficate. The MEDIA companies are nto the ones at fault here.

  21. Re:Microsoft is just too nice? on Windows vs Mac Security · · Score: 1

    Microsoft DOES have a DRM that only they use. By the way, AAC itself is open...just the DRM isn't.

  22. Re:Why only for teens? on Teen Creates Device to Track Speeding · · Score: 1

    Not a bad idea. Fortunately for my wife who JUST GOT A TICKET, my son was in the car....now he reminds her about it! :D My wife was horrible with this, but then everyone who drives on this street is. It's a busy throughfare with a 25 MPH limit, but I have routinely seen people going 45+ on this street.

  23. Re:Oh, please. on Teen Creates Device to Track Speeding · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes. It is called trust. However, trust is not something anyone should automagically get....even your kid. Trust is something that's earned. In the case of my son, he won't DRIVE if he does something I don't agree with. All of this is conditional though. Everyone has an occasional slip. Speeding tickets are just that. If he gets more then one or continues to have an issue, he's done. No monitoring needed......he won't drive until we say so. Why? Because I AM THE PARENT. So long as he lives in my house, it's my rules in and out of the house. After he leaves, he can get his privacy but not until then.

  24. Re:no plot? on Snakes on The Net Fail to Put Butts in the Seats · · Score: 1

    Instead Samuel Jackson had to be killed by some fuckin old evil guy and a whiney bastard.

  25. Re:If ebay wants me back as a buyer on EBay Sellers Seek Management Change · · Score: 1

    I, as a seller, would never go for this. Sure, there are fraudulant sellers, but there are also fraudulant bidders too.