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Easy Fix for Scratched CDs 328

Posted by timothy from the don't-hate-me-bc-I'm-beautiful dept.
NotQuiteOnto writes "Ben Hayes (om3ga) has performed an experiment as to the best method to fix scratched CDs. He set himself the criteria that it can't take longer that 5 minutes and it has to be something in his house. The result isn't what you'd think ..." Luckily, he stopped before "peanut butter."

McAfee Blames Open Source for Botnets 223

Posted by timothy from the how-conveeeeenient dept.
v3xt0r writes "It seems that 'the Open Source Development Model' is to be blamed for the recent increase in botnet development. 'We're not taking aim at the open-source movement; we're talking about the full-disclosure model and how that effectively serves malware development,' the spokesman for McAfee says. Why not just blame the IRC Protocol? Or simply admit that Proprietary vendors cannot keep pace with the Open Source Model?"

The Failure of Information Security 172

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the everyone-is-happy-until-something-breaks dept.
Noam Eppel writes to share a recent editorial regarding the current state of information security. From the article: "It is time to admit what many security professional already know: We as security professional are drastically failing ourselves, our community and the people we are meant to protect. Too many of our security layers of defense are broken. Security professionals are enjoying a surge in business and growing salaries and that is why we tolerate the dismal situation we are facing. Yet it is our mandate, first and foremost, to protect."
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Journal Journal: Java Book Review

Journal by delirium28

I just read some of the responses to a very well written book review on Efficient Java. Sigh, so many Java bashers around these days, it reminds me of the old C vs. C++ language wars, I.e. structured vs. OO programming. How I laugh at the arguments!

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