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  1. Re:One-Time Pad on ABIT's Secure IDE Motherboard · · Score: 1

    Forget human readable text, if it's a simple XOR you can just look at win.exe and command.com to get the key.

  2. Re:What exactly are you trading that's 50 yrs old? on Cyber Sleuths vs. Secret Networks · · Score: 1

    This page is only the beginning of the downloadable music files I will make available here on my website. I would love to see these files distributed all over the place, on Kazaa, Freenet, eDonkey, Shareaza or whatever other Peer-To-Peer means you can think of. Share them on your fServe directory on IRC. Share and Enjoy.

  3. what happens to batteries in an accident on More on the Tango Electric Car · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You know, with talk of electric cars, I wonder what's going to happen in a medium-speed crash with lots of batteries in a car. Sulfuric acid everywhere?

  4. how about palm sync support? on Mozilla 1.5 Alpha Available · · Score: 1

    Well?

  5. Re:Could be illegal in some countries... on Instant Messaging Giveaway · · Score: 1

    The standard way around this is to require customers to send a Self-Addressed-Stamped-Envelope with sufficient postage, enclosed inside another envelope to an address. Oh yeah, only one S.A.S.E. per outer envelope. The result is that you pay the post office a lot to enter.

  6. bugs fixed? on Instant Messaging Giveaway · · Score: 1

    So did they fix the bug where it insists on popping up an alert when you get hotmail even if you have that turned off? I can't stand it when I'm playing Battlefield 1942 and it sends my fps to 10 by doing so.

    It's also very bloated compared to Windows Messenger, about 4x memory consumption and 6x loading time.

  7. Re:Speaking of Spam... on In Pursuit Of A Spammer · · Score: 1

    Slightly off-topic, but good question: For the love of god... these damn "Net Send" Spams where you have to click "OK" to close are getting out of hand. I need my system messages, and I dont want to slow down my stuff with a firewall... How in the sam how do I fix this?!?!

    Filter out that port in Windows networking setup except from your own trusted IP's.

  8. Re:RFID -- good and bad on RFID Industry Confidential Memos · · Score: 1

    Nice idea, but the guy who purposely avoids walking past the RFID readers in the metro, and in the park, and in the street, is going to get held for questioning on probable cause.

  9. Re:This might have been covered somewhere else... on RFID Industry Confidential Memos · · Score: 1
    When you buy the shoes, Wal-Marts database will flag that ID tag as being purchased by you. Pretty simple.

    Because we all know that databases never get corrupted, and data never gets lost. Let's say it's next week, and the shoes look pretty new. In the meantime there's been a power outage, and a couple bits of data were lost.

  10. "whimpy fans" on Teach An Old Athlon New Tricks · · Score: 1

    The "whimpy" retail stock fan on my Athlon XP 2100+ (the last of the Palomino core series) looks like it sucks, but it keeps the processor, which runs as hot and draws as much power as a Athlon XP 3000+ barton core, very nicely cooled. It's running 27 C idle right now, and runs about 48 C at it's hottest. Not bad for a whimpy fan*.

    * okay, so this AMD retail heatsink comes with a copper inlay and the fan runs at 5000 rpm

  11. Re:DNA Testing is bogus on Twist on DNA Privacy · · Score: 1

    I think the point is that a full DNA database for all citizens will lead to sloppy police work, and just nabbing the first match found in the database.

  12. 1 in a million on Twist on DNA Privacy · · Score: 1

    You use 10x more, but I've heard 1 in a million thrown around too much when someone is trying to manipulate statistics.

  13. it means... on Twist on DNA Privacy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That if instead of matching a kid, if it had been the suspect's brother instead, and he'd been old enough, that "partial" match would have been good enough to convict him if he happened to be the first match in the database.

  14. "popular science reports" on He Blows Things Up So You Don't Have To · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Can't they write anything more extensive than this? This is basically the guy's portfolio for when he goes job hunting.

  15. TV wonder VE XP problems on ATI's Radeon Linux drivers no longer supported? · · Score: 1

    I got a TV Wonder VE, and it worked great in Windows 98SE running with a Radeon 7500, but in Windows XP you can only put the system in standby mode once--the second time the system locks up. Removing the TV Wonder VE or disabling its drivers fixes this. I've sent this to ATI support before but they ignore me. Stores still sell this card. I've also met other people with the same trouble.

  16. I opened it on W32.Sobig.E@mm Worm Spreading Rapidly · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Fortunately my virus scanner DAT was up to date, although it did misidentify it and the info page said that it was supposed to expire June 6.

  17. hosts = pre dns system? on Happy Birthday, Dear DNS · · Score: 1

    The article says that humans had to look up each address, but I'm assuming that what was actually used was a hosts file in the pre dns days. This correct?

  18. Re:Now I understand on USB 1.1 Renumbered To USB 2? · · Score: 1

    They just repackaged all their cables so they can try to justify selling them for $30 for 10 feet.

    Let me guess, was it Best Buy/Future Shop?

    This cable goes for $30 at Future Shop, the only difference between it and a regular cable is they electroplated the hood as well. The price is about 3x what is reasonable and what you pay anywhere else.

  19. learn to focus without drugs on Working with ADHD? · · Score: 1

    It's just a matter of learning to focus without drugs, I mean, if they'd had ADHD when I was a kid I'm sure I would have been diagnosed, but since I didn't take drugs for it I've just learned to focus by mental di

  20. mod parent up!!!! on ICANN Stacks Board with Non-Critical Appointees · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    mod parent up!!!!

  21. spammers are evil, so all is okay! on FTC Wants Secret Spam Investigation Powers · · Score: 0

    Spammers are evil, we all know that, and for all we know, they could be using their ill gotten gains to support terrorists!

  22. mirror on Investigating Angular Velocity · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have a full copy of that page, with the videos, but no way am I mirroring when the author of the page threatens to sue for $50000 at the bottom.

  23. Re:This is just plain cruel on 17" Monitor Case Modding -- The "iMike" · · Score: 1

    Shaw webspace has a one gigabyte/month limit, rarely enforced except against people hosting porn.

  24. answer: Nvidia is cheating more on FutureMark Confirms nVidia's Benchmark Cheating · · Score: 1
  25. Information wants to be free! on Auto Black-Box Data Being Used In Court · · Score: 1

    oops, this thread isn't about closed source software. In this case, information doesn't want to be free. Why are we always telling information what it wants to do?