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Comment Re:It isn't just a hobby (Score 3, Informative) 343

by iconic999 on Friday August 14, 2009 @10:33AM (#29065395) Attached to: Mixed Conclusions About Powerline Networking vs. Ham Radio

"If we're keeping HAM around for a few thousand (at most?) true hobbyists, using the excuse that it's a disaster tool" There are over 720,000 licensed hams in the USA, over a million in Japan. Ham radio is been a fertile bed for innovation. BoPL is a crappy technology.

Comment Confirmation of ID? (Score 1) 369

by iconic999 on Wednesday May 13, 2009 @08:28PM (#27946125) Attached to: Scientists Create RNA From Primordial Soup

Looks like an intelligently designed process to me.

Comment We All Know? (Score 1) 468

by iconic999 on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @07:01PM (#27424843) Attached to: Is Alcohol Killing Our Planet?

"As we all know (unless you've been asleep for years), CO2 is helping to warm our planet, sending us into destruction." "We" all know this? You and the mouse in your pocket?

Comment It's their football (Score 1) 344

by iconic999 on Saturday March 21, 2009 @11:33AM (#27279083) Attached to: Blizzard Asserts Rights Over Independent Add-Ons

It's their system, they make the rules. Isn't this obvious? I don't think the comparison with Windows is valid. Windows is the dominant desktop OS. WoW is hardly necessary for anything.

Comment Re:awww poor casinos (Score 1) 462

by iconic999 on Wednesday February 18, 2009 @08:06PM (#26910105) Attached to: Casinos Warn iPhone Card-Counting App is Illegal

Not only that, in Nevada, casinos have the right to eject anyone from casino at any time for any reason whatsoever (or for no reason). If they suspect you're a counter, you're outta there! If the player returns to the casino after being told "never to return", then they are committing a misdemeanor trespass at very least. Using any device in the process of counting in Nevada is a FELONY. Don't try it! They WILL prosecute you without mercy.

Comment Quotes around teleport (Score 1) 107

by iconic999 on Thursday January 29, 2009 @09:04PM (#26661205) Attached to: Scientists "Teleport" Quantum Information One Meter

Why the quotes around "teleport"? Either they can do it or they can't. If they can, then remove the quotes. If they can't, use a different word.

Boot Windows Vista In Four Seconds 326

Posted by timothy on Wednesday November 12, 2008 @07:03PM from the says-them dept.

arcticstoat writes "Asus' budget motherboard wing, ASRock, claims that it's found a way to load a clean boot of Windows from a full shut down in just four seconds, using its new Instant Boot technology. The technology takes advantage of the S3 and S4 features of ACPI, which normally enable the Sleep/Standby and Hibernation modes in Windows respectively. However, by calling them at different times in the boot-up and shutdown process, Instant Boot enables you to boot up to your Windows desktop in three to four seconds, even after a proper shut down. Two modes are available; Fast mode, which uses S3 and boots up in around four seconds, and Regular Mode, which uses S4 and apparently takes between 20 and 22 seconds to boot. The advantage of Instant Boot when compared with normal Sleep and Hibernation modes is that you get the advantage of a clean boot of Windows, without what ASRock calls 'accumulated garbage data,' and you also get the security of knowing that you won't lose any data if there's a power cut and you lose AC power. There's also a video of it in action at the link above."

Microsoft's "Dead Cow" Patch Was 7 Years In the Making 203

Posted by timothy on Wednesday November 12, 2008 @03:57PM from the were-they-lean-years-or-fat-years? dept.

narramissic writes "Back in March 2001, a hacker named Josh Buchbinder (a.k.a Sir Dystic) published code showing how an attack on a flaw in Microsoft's SMB (Server Message Block) service worked. Or maybe the flaw was first disclosed at Defcon 2000, by Veracode Chief Scientist Christien Rioux (a.k.a. Dildog). It was so long ago, memory is dim. Either way, it has taken Microsoft an unusually long time to fix. Now, a mere seven and a half years later, Microsoft has released a patch. 'I've been holding my breath since 2001 for this patch,' said Shavlik Technologies CTO Eric Schultze, in an e-mailed statement. Buchbinder's attack, called a SMB relay attack, 'showed how easy it was to take control of a remote machine without knowing the password,' he said."

Java Trial Support Coming In Linux Standard Base 126

Posted by timothy on Wednesday November 12, 2008 @03:40PM from the chai-unfairly-excluded dept.

LinuxScribe writes "Java isn't in the LSB — yet. It's been a hard target to hit: which version gets standardized? How will test suites work? But the new version of LSB will take the first steps towards Java inclusion in standardized Linux development by introducing trial support for the language."

Relentless Web Attack Hard To Kill 218

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday November 12, 2008 @03:13PM from the stay-dead-willya dept.

ancientribe writes "The thousands of Web sites infected by a new widespread SQL injection attack during the past few days aren't necessarily in the clear after they remove the malicious code from their sites. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have witnessed the attackers quickly reinfecting those same sites all over again. Meanwhile, researchers at SecureWorks have infiltrated the Chinese underground in an attempt to procure a copy of the stealthy new automated tool being used in the attacks."

Lego Loses Its Unique Right To Make Lego Blocks 576

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday November 12, 2008 @01:01PM from the this-could-be-huge dept.

tsa writes "The European Department of Justice has decided that the Danish company Lego does not have exclusive rights to the lego building block anymore (sorry, it's in Dutch). Lego went to court after a Canadian firm had made blocks that were so like lego blocks that they even fit the real blocks made by Lego. The European judge decided that the design of the lego blocks is not protected by European trademarks and so anyone can make the blocks." If true, hopefully this will open doors for people interested in inexpensive bulk purchase of bricks of specific sizes and colors. Perhaps at long last I can build a life-sized Hemos statue for my office.

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