Thing is, Holmes was wrong in that case.

And now the headline has been updated to "LLNL/RPI Supercomputer...", which is STILL INCORRECT. Sequoia is a DOE computer at LLNL:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Sequoia

Headline is incorrect: Sequoia is at LLNL, not RPI.

No, that would be like to trying to impersonate people by guessing their passwords. In Weev's case, there was no authentication to circumvent.

From the court filing, it appears both charges are predicated on the notion that sending GET requests to an unprotected, publicly-accessible web server constitute unauthorized access under Title 18, Section 1030(a)(2)(C).

Here's a better analogy: you send the bank self-addressed stamped envelopes, and they willingly send private information about their clients back to you in those envelopes.

Nearly everything Weev does is malicious, but the question is: is it (or should it be) illegal? He was convicted of identity fraud and "conspiracy to access a computer without authorization". Think about that: requesting unprotected publicly-accessible webpages is "access[ing]" a computer without authorization". By that standard, anyone who uses the internet could be convicted of a crime.

He didn't "break in". He sent requests to a publicly-accessible web server, and AT&T sent back private information. This wasn't hacking, or even a DOS attack. AT&T is at fault here.

Yeah, but there are also downsides to working from home.

Well, I'm glad Dice isn't deleting comments. Still, with the unlabelled ads slipped in as editorial content, this site is done.

We're getting this every day? And Dice is apparently deleting comments? Fuck that. Slashdot is done. Nice work, Dice.

PS: I'm on my way over to delete my Dice profile too, since the company is clearly incompetent and unethical.

Sure, if you're buying them one-at-a-time at Target, but you can get 50 CR2032 batteries for $10 on Amazon. Buying in bulk, they'd be even cheaper. (I go through a lot of button batteries, mostly LR44s, keeping my kids' toys running.)

Mikko Hypponen recently posted an example of such a search query:

https://twitter.com/mikko/status/287615660115243009

(Don't worry; the "instaban" only affects that query; subsequent searches will still work.)

You sure about that?

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3847628/kingston-announces-1tb-flash-drive

They're not cheap yet, but they're here.

I don't currently make it to the range weekly (family, job, etc.), but I would if I could. At a typical range visit, I'll typically go through 2-300 rounds of .22 and about 100 rounds of 9mm (and that's if I'm shooting alone!). For economy (shipping in particular), I buy reloaded 9mm cartridges by the case (1000 rounds), and I usually buy 10 bricks (5250 rounds) at a time of .22. So I routinely have >6000 rounds stored, and that's purely for target shooting.