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  1. Re:Windows XP Embedded on Set Your Watches For the End of Windows XP · · Score: 1
  2. APK? on Largest DDoS In History Reaches 300 Billion Bits Per Second · · Score: 1

    APK, is that you?
    You registered a /. account !?

  3. Re:Supply and Demand on The Math Formula That Lead To the Financial Crash · · Score: 1

    Funny? This is the most insightful post in this thread. It neatly summarizes the cause of the crisis in a sentence.

  4. Re:Anyone else not surprised? on Iranian TV Shows Downed US Drone · · Score: 1

    What does it matter if enemy troops can see their own positions?

    Hint: It matters if enemy troops can see that enemy troops can see their positions.

  5. Re:Yes, I've had experience. We lost (& kind o on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With the Business Software Alliance? · · Score: 1

    I can't believe this either. But perhaps they mean that someone can transplant things like stickers after the fact, so they are unreliable. Maybe we should start insisting on etched serial numbers now, like engine blocks. (Etched on what though? Duh.)

  6. Re:H1-B karma burner on Hillary Clinton Takes Data.gov Overseas · · Score: 1
    I know it seems hard, but please make an attempt to read the complete sentence:

    Having H1-B holders not make SS contributions seems reasonable to me -- if you want to tax H1-B activity, you can always just raise the fees for the visa itself, to get the same effect

    See? You can do it. Reading Comprehension Assistance: He proposed increasing other fees to make up for removing unreasonable taxes.

  7. Re:Thanks! on PuTTY 0.61 Released · · Score: 1
    GPs post was indeed excellent. Now If you

    spend hundreds of hours every year maintaining MS-Windows domain authentication and authorization infrastructures

    surely you have heard of Kerberos Tickets, Windows Integrated Authentication, Impersonation, WMI etc? (plus now there is WinRm and CredSSP) And surely it was obvious that in the GPs scenario, the terminal user is on the same AD domain as the remote server and is added to the appropriate domain or local security groups.

  8. uh.. on Playstation 3 Code Signing Cracked For Good · · Score: 1

    wh000sh

  9. Bluetooth ones are costlier, but... on Any Open Source Solutions For DIY Auto Diagnostics? · · Score: 1

    The GP neglected to mention which bluetooth device he bought and for how much. This is a price gouging hole because of the lack of options in the market. I found that the OBDkey you linked to costs $160 for the bluetooth, and $350 for the WiFi version.

    I had discovered this $50 alternative when I had been looking, but don't know if it will work as well as the more expensive ones. ~$50 is surely a much more decent and reasonable price though.
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.16921

    You can read the reviews which are ok, and it even works with the open source scantool.net software, ScanXL, Scanmaster, etc. So it can't be all that bad.Several Free OBD2 software tools are listed on this page:
    http://www.webpg.net/sc/pages.asp?pageid=60
    More open source ones here:
    http://www.geekmyride.org/wiki/index.php/Open_Source_OBD_software

    I also noticed a similar one on ebay which is more like $25. Again, no idea how good these actually are.

    I have also read that bluetooth may not support sufficient bandwidth for realtime monitoring of modern ECUs with a large number of sensors, data etc. Wifi is better, but I haven't found anything actually affordable.

    My own goal was a laptop-less self contained logging device that can be handed to my friends to simply plug in and go. That would allow me to log sensor data and analyse it later to diagnose intermittent issues that we cannot reproduce on demand. I didn't quite succeed in this. The most obvious option is the "Carchip", which turns out to be pretty lame. It can only record about 10 or so parameters and that only at 5 sec intervals. Many intermittent issues only last a few seconds so this would be useless for diagnostics. Its more a fleet management solution.

    There aren't many other affordable datalogging devices. I finally bought the very expensive Auterra dashdyno, which turned out to be a huge disappointment also. It can log several times a second but is also limited to 16 pids. This wouldn't be such a problem if the user interface was not an absolute horror to use. I will leave that review for another post. This precludes it being used as a plug and go tool. It is for geeks only and needs babysitting.

    I guess the next best idea is that I will buy that bluetooth device next and see if any data logging software is available. Also need to upgrade my phone to Android I guess. At least a laptop is not required, but still not the plug-and-log that I want :/

  10. Bigelow Aerospace?! on Companies Skeptical of Commercial Space Market · · Score: 1

    What the Deuce?!

  11. Chernobyl Wildlife? on What Chernobyl Looks Like In 2010 · · Score: 1

    "Chernobyl no wildlife Haven"
    --BBC News






    Sorry, I can never resist blurting out my favorite BBC headline on any mention of Chernobyl! But seriously

  12. Or oil on Slime Mold Could Lead To Better Tech · · Score: 1

    Or indeed oil, which was similarly demonstrated to possess "intelligence", as it can solve a maze due to a pH gradient. Interestingly, that work debunked the claims of intelligence made for this same mold 10 years ago - for solving mazes and finding shortest paths.

  13. Ob BBC on Radiation-Resistant Plants Could Be Used In Space · · Score: 2, Informative

    Chernobyl 'not a wildlife haven' --BBC News





    No, seriously.

  14. Re:Used to cost way more on Do Video Games Cost Too Much? · · Score: 1

    Good god I thought I was the only one!

  15. Re:It's a myth on AMD Launches New Processor Socket Despite Poor Economy · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Does it fix the annoying wireless disconnect is on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Released · · Score: 1

    Yep. BCM4306, Hardy, same issue. Have to restart networking every time I use the laptop, or return from standby, or even after idling a few minutes. Totally frustrated.

  17. Re:Since you mentioned Good Will Hunting on The 23 Toughest Math Questions · · Score: 1

    But you know all that already, considering this is a geek blog, and you wouldn't be here if you didn't already consider yourself a geek. ...so the only REAL question is: why all the self-hate, brah? You know we love you.

    ha ha you said blog

  18. Re:Secret URL as a security feature on It's Not Just O2 Leaking MMS Messages · · Score: 1

    The lack of robots.txt is an oversight, though.

    I wouldn't say lack:
    http://pictures.sprintpcs.com/robots.txt

    As you said yourself, the low number of hits suggests that these pages are not being indexed in the normal fashion. The fact that there are only 108 hits from a network with over 50 million subscribers is a pretty good hint that the robots.txt is functional.

    Its just that it doesn't guarantee 100% that your stuff will stay hidden.

  19. Re:testing and QA on Dublin Air Traffic Control Brought Down By Faulty NIC · · Score: 1

    The problem is not that redundancy wasn't implemented.
    [...]
    This can play havoc on systems that work on a LAN and assume the MAC address to stay the same.

    In other words, redundancy wasn't implemented.

  20. Re:It's the MEDIA on 1TB Blu-Ray Compatible Optical Disc Announced · · Score: 1

    My main box has (2) 1TB drives in RAID 0 so easily managed and reliable backups. uhh..umm...I can't put my finger on it, but something there...
  21. Thanks. on LifeLock Spokesperson's Stolen ID Inspires Lawsuits · · Score: 0

    Yeah. That really cleared it up for me.

  22. It uses google's "I am Feeling Lucky" on EVE-Online Patch Makes XP Unbootable · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's how its done. The btnI parameter redirects to the first link in search results. It seems to be using a hacked website to redirect to the actual target.

    Really, google needs to wise up and disable that btnI parameter for GET requests.

    It wouldn't hurt for the lameness filter to remove it from anonymous posts either.

  23. Another review on First R600 Review - The Radeon HD 2900XT · · Score: 1

    Also slow, but at least working http://www.vr-zone.com/print.php?i=4946

  24. Easy torrent link on Shredded Secret Police Files Being Reassembled · · Score: 1

    Movie recommendation on the topic: this year's Best Foreign Language film at the Academy Awards, The Lives of Others.
    Downloads Here.
  25. Re:Google allows you to see past searches... on What MSN, Google, Yahoo and AOL Know About You · · Score: 1

    Say hello to TrackMeNot