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Comment Re:At work (Score 1) 2

We just decommissioned a data center (consolidating buildings) and came across all manner of out of production media (hello "floppy" disks and IOMega drives) that were stored away for just-in-case situations...of course no devices/software to use them were anywhere to be found so we ended up destroying them. But no one learns, as systems not being migrated were being decommissioned "final" backups were made....by making tape backups of proprietary blob data only....good luck getting a system ever put back together that will ever be able to use it! Exporting information to an open format should be a requirement of any major system!

Comment Yo dawg! (Score 4, Funny) 322

"It makes you smile that you can use one homebrew console to hack another to get homebrew on that console."

Yo dawg! I heard you like hacking homebrew, so we we put hack in your homebrew so you can hack homebrew while you hack!

Comment Re:SOlution (Score 1) 389

Sure, but how many are available from the "LAN" port with NO or default passwords? Couple this with more browser based attacks (from redirection a call to 192.168.0.1 to running a java control) then you can count and the router can be readily owned. For most home users it is very easy to get them to run malware.

Comment Re:Oh yeah, great idea (Score 1) 494

You forgot about the second pic of the back side of the check that also has your signature on it - nothing could ever go wrong with that, even thought TFA assures that the images will be encrypted when sent.

Easy enough, don't sign it..."FOR DEPOSIT ONLY" is pretty much universally accepted, you should never have to actually sign your check unless you are exchanging it for cash or transfering it to someone else.

Comment Re:Making copies shouldn't be a crime (Score 1) 199

If I print $1 trillion in cash tomorrow and hand it out on the streets, suddenly your house and everything you own is worth less. You still have a house, I didn't take that from you. I just stole it's value.

No you didn't; my house is still as valuable as it was the day before, only the measure of it's value with that specific currency has changed. If the printed money was handed out equally "on the streets" all you did was cause inflation, my house now 'costs' more, as does everything else.

Comment The list (Score 5, Informative) 313

Canon Digital ELPH (2000)
Apple PowerBook G4 (Titanium) (2001)
Microsoft Windows XP (2001) / Apple Mac OS X (2000)
Apple iPod (2001)
TiVo Series2 (2002)
Motorola RAZR V3 (2003)
PalmOne Treo 600 / 650 (2003 / 2004)
Microsoft Xbox 360 (2005)
Apple iPhone (2007)
ASUS Eee PC 900 (2008)

Comment Re:Stamps are still necessary out here in the stic (Score 1) 297

I counted these e-to-paper checks as 'mail sent' for the survey. My online banking system allows for bill-payment but unless your company participates with thier networks it falls back to paper check. The paper check is a normal check though, money doesn't leave my account until they clear it, but I do have to wait for mailing, etc. The bank will send notices to companies geting multiple paper checks to sign up on the network to speed process.

Even with banks that charge for deposits on large accounts (usually offset by maintaiing a balance) electronic credits cost less then paper credits. Some companies (I'm looking at you naitional indirect lenders) purposefully don't allow electronic credits -- it cuts in to thier late charges!

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