"The new service will eventually be rolled out in the rest of the country, replacing the phone calls Comcast has been using to notify customers to security problems, Opperman said."

So wait, instead of a personal phone call (which they apparently had been doing before anyway), now it'll be a popup just like the 50 other ones the user sees because he or she's infected with malware to begin with?

Nice.

As long as they don't act upon this information I don't see any issue with it. I bet most run-of-the-mill users don't know they have the infection and could act upon it if they knew.

Sounds like a win-win for both Comcast and their customers if it's informational only.

This is both brilliant and terrifying all at the same time..

On one hand excellent we catch toe rags quicker with a lower overhead for manning the CCTV.

On the other I am terrified about the power this gives the government and I expect we will soon be living in 1930/40s Germany with the SS around every corner.

If ever there was a time for a Guy Fawkes type plot now is it, before the madness gets worse..

After dealing with the flimsy crash prone ISP provided DSL modem/router I trashed it three years ago and setup a m0n0wall router in about 10 minutes using old spare PC parts. I have never looked back and highly recommend it. Sure if you use a standard PC your going to use quite a bit more power but I switched mine to a cheap $150 Atom setup with a dual LAN card in the PCI slot. Works like a charm. I even have my old Linksys WAP connected to the third port and isolated from my LAN, except for SSH.

If he's got 10 million invested, having 500k in the bank is a reasonable percentage. You don't want all your money tied up in non-liquid assets.

You only need 500k in the bank if your living expenses are at least 500k a year.

Falcon

> ...it has always been the case with computers (and robots are just computers
> with moving appendages) that if a hacker has physical access to the device,
> you're basically screwed anyways.

Not if the robot is well enough armed.

Of course it doubles the attack rate of malicious scripts... It makes Javascript run twice as fast.

In other news, Microsoft has said that Moores Law is a security risk, because viruses can install themselves twice as fast every 18 months.

With the recent sale of Id to ZeniMax, it seems unlikely, despite Carmack's continued promises, that Id Tech 4 will be open-sourced either.

I, for one, welcome our new digital overlord.

I use USB power, you insensitive clod!

Bioshock was based on old Unreal Technology, so comparing it to HL2 is disingenuous.

The Source engine has been lagging behind the other major game engines for quite some time now. INcluding it in the discussion of "best" game engines would be something of a joke. Perhaps when the category is "best games to make mods for", then it will have a place.

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I should probably follow this up with a clarification... How do they know who is sharing files legally or illegally? So yes, I do indeed see a problem with this.