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  1. Re:It's Legal on Cnet Apologizes For Nmap Adware Mess · · Score: 2

    The stub installer conflates "CNET" with the name of the software package, both in its file name and in its installation wizard. For projects and products that that are registered trademarks, wouldn't that constitute some sort of violation?

  2. Re:Andrew Tanenbaum on Slashdot Asks: Whom Do You Want To Ask About 2012's U.S. Elections? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seconded. His analysis running up to 2008 was spot-on.

  3. Re:Not really that surprising on No Windows 8 Plot To Lock Out Linux · · Score: 3

    I'm confused. Are we supposed to go "tsk tsk" and be dismissive or be impressed that she had clear and concise specs which the vendor was able to meet?

  4. Re:Boring on Hackers May Have Nabbed Over 200 SSL Certificates · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "If you think it's nice that you can remove the DigiNotar CA, imagine a world where you couldn't, and they knew you couldn't. That's DNSSEC." -- Moxie Marlinspike

  5. Re:Was .NET all a mistake? on Was .NET All a Mistake? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think they have. The lesson the guys who decide which technology to use have learned is that if you invest in MS technologies and put them in your customers you'll have several good years. Then Microsoft will outdate those technologies soon and give you another round at the same consulting money.

    The open source world is completely different. We stabilized on Perl^WPHP^WRuby^WNode^WEastAsia years ago and never looked back.

  6. Re:Well on Could PSTN Go Away By 2018? · · Score: 1

    It hasn't stopped these guys.

  7. Re:Or just let IPv6 die on IETF Mulls Working Group For IPv6 Home Networking · · Score: 2

    How old is your data? It's about 3.2% on my servers and growing. I'm going to pop open a bottle of champagne when the percentage of IPv6 users exceeds the percentage of IE6 users.

  8. Re:Verizon won't roll them out to kiosks. . . on Windows Phones Getting Buried At Carriers' Stores · · Score: 4, Insightful

    'Verizon won't roll them out to kiosks until it performs better on the market. . .'

    . . . and it won't perform better on the market until agents have it in their hands to offer customers. Catch-22 anyone?

    ...unless Microsoft is desperate enough to pay Verizon to promote WP7. For Verizon it's not a Catch-22. It's a catch-several-million-dollars-by-doing-nothing.

  9. Re:Exactly what OS isn't susceptible to trojans? on Multiplatform Java Botnet Spotted In the Wild · · Score: 1

    Wake me up when a worm has been discovered in the wild targeting OS X or Linux

    Good morning! I remember cleaning a worm from a client's system in the early aughts; as I recall they were old news even then.

  10. Re:Do Mobiles really need IPv4? on Asia Runs Out of IPv4 Addresses · · Score: 1

    T-Mobile and Verizon are way ahead of you.

  11. Re:And it still doesn't support XP on Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 9 RC · · Score: 1

    60% of the market is currently XP that's a lot of people to insult.

    No it's not. XP's market share has been dropping steadily for a while now. I wouldn't be surprised if that trend accelerated over the next year as companies get around to infrastructure upgrades they put off during the recession.

  12. Re:Take Back The unused? on If You Think You Can Ignore IPv6, Think Again · · Score: 1

    Sigh. Once again:

    Why should Ford, Apple, HP, Halliburton, etc be forced to give up their legacy blocks when AT&T and Level 3 get to not only keep theirs but resell the address space?

  13. 78.6? 75.7? 83.9? on Spam Levels Lowest Since 2009 · · Score: 1

    Significant digits. I has them.

  14. Re:Ain't that qute? on Embedded Linux 1-Second Cold Boot To QT · · Score: 2

    QuikTrip. The device gives you coffee and a microwave sandwich while filling your gas tank, all in less than a second.

  15. Re:Yay on Major Sites To Join ‘World IPv6 Day’ · · Score: 1

    ...or you can just use site (or even link) local addresses.

  16. Missing feature on Dell Reveals Specs For the Looking Glass Tablet · · Score: 2

    Unless it includes a fully functional "Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" it's destined for failure.

  17. Re:How long will IPv6 last? on Military Pressuring Vendors On IPv6 · · Score: 1

    Apparently you haven't heard of the Interplanetary Internet.

  18. Re:How long will IPv6 last? on Military Pressuring Vendors On IPv6 · · Score: 2

    There are 2^125 *global* addresses, you resource-hogging Earthist pig.

  19. Re:More than 3 and not as much as 4? on ITU Rules That WiMax, LTE Don't Qualify As 4G · · Score: 1

    Wireless service especially for the police?

    Already been done.

  20. Re:Plenty more on Interop Returns 16 Million IPv4 Addresses · · Score: 1

    AT&T and Level 3 charge money for addresses. Why can't Nortel?

  21. Re:Video chat to compete with the iPhone on Details of Android 3.0, SIP, Video Chat · · Score: 1

    The calls themselves are STUN and SIP. FaceTime server registration is another matter apparently.

  22. Re:How about a revoke? on NRO Warns They Are On Final IPv4 Address Blocks · · Score: 1

    Believe it or not, people have suggested that very thing on Slashdot before.

  23. Re:How about a revoke? on NRO Warns They Are On Final IPv4 Address Blocks · · Score: 1

    Yes! Let's revoke blocks from AT&T and Level 3! Then we can hand out addresses to everyone that suddenly and mysteriously lost connectivity.

  24. Re:But of course.... on News Corp. Shuts Off Hulu Access To Cablevision · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You've missed the point. How do you properly vet the IP being compared? There are a truckload of blocks associated with the name "Cablevision". Do you block them all? What if the SWIP info says "Cablevision" but the addresses are being used by someone else (which happens a lot more than you would think)?

  25. Re:But of course.... on News Corp. Shuts Off Hulu Access To Cablevision · · Score: 2, Informative

    I don't think this is as easy as you think. Search for "Cablevision" and you're suddenly in a maze of twisty little /24s, all alike.