Comment Re:people use PHP? (Score 2, Funny) 752
I came here for an argument!
Comment Re:Oh rats (Score 2, Interesting) 166
last i checked their flash disks were pretty kickass
Comment Re:Paging Bernie Madoff Clients... (Score 3, Interesting) 666
do ports allow you to dock if your ship is armed? (im asking because i heard that generally they wont).
Comment Re:Who wants to update?? (Score 1) 1012
ok fine
http://www.amazon.com/Mac-OS-Version-10-5-6-Leopard/dp/B000FK88JK
its 299 - still half of the quoted 600$
and a 5 pack is only 304.
Comment Re:Who wants to update?? (Score 0, Troll) 1012
Comment Re:Windows Mobile (Score 0, Troll) 332
This is what's^wthe only thing thats actually good in Windows Mobile.
FTFY
Comment Re:Try this (Score 1) 347
say, for example, the cable is bad, or the card needs to be powercycled for some reason. where is your PXE god now? also, youve just ruined a perfectly good grub boot sector (not that its terribly hard to replace, but youve done it without needing to).
Comment Re:Great! (Score 0) 153
i wish i had mod points.
well put.
Comment Re:Missing the point (Score 1) 843
Why someone discovering 14 year old internet technology [citation needed] made the front page of
Comment Re:Atleast for me.... (Score 1) 111
i never understood how they get away with the pricing on picocell devices - you are essentially doing them a favor by a) providing bandwidth for calls b) still using your minutes to do so c) paying money up front, and in some cases d) paying a monthly fee.
these devices keep you off carrier towers, and effectively reduce their overhead.
if anything these should be free.
Comment Re:Adaptability (Score 1) 171
or a new wife.
depends whats more expensive, the jewelry or the divorce.
'Vanish' Makes Sensitive Data Self-Destruct 171
Hugh Pickens writes "The NY Times reports on new software called 'Vanish,' developed by computer scientists at the University of Washington, which makes sensitive electronic messages 'self destruct' after a certain period of time. The researchers say they have struck upon a unique approach that relies on 'shattering' an encryption key that is held by neither party in an e-mail exchange, but is widely scattered across a peer-to-peer file sharing system. 'Our goal was really to come up with a system where, through a property of nature, the message, or the data, disappears,' says Amit Levy, who helped create Vanish. It has been released as a free, open-source tool that works with Firefox. To use Vanish, both the sender and the recipient must have installed the tool. The sender then highlights any sensitive text entered into the browser and presses the 'Vanish' button. The tool encrypts the information with a key unknown even to the sender. That text can be read, for a limited time only, when the recipient highlights the text and presses the 'Vanish' button to unscramble it. After eight hours, the message will be impossible to unscramble and will remain gibberish forever. Tadayoshi Kohno says Vanish makes it possible to control the 'lifetime' of any type of data stored in the cloud, including information on Facebook, Google documents or blogs."
Is IE Usage Share Collapsing? 575
je ne sais quoi writes "Net Applications normally releases its statistics for browser and operating system usage share on the first of every month. This month, however, the data has not shown up — only a cryptic message stating they are reviewing the data for inexplicable statistical variations and that it will be available soon. Larry Dignan at ZDNet has a blog post that might explain what is happening: Statcounter has released some data that shows a precipitous drop in IE browser use in North America, to the benefit of Firefox, Safari, and Chrome. At the end of May, StatCounter shows IE usage share (for versions 6, 7, and 8 combined) at around 64%; at the beginning of June it is now about 56% — an astounding 8% drop in one month. We should keep in mind the difficulties in estimating browser usage share: this could very well be a change in how browsers report themselves, or some other statistical anomaly. So it will probably be healthy to remain skeptical until trend this is confirmed by other organizations. Have any of you seen drops in IE usage share for Web-sites you administer?"
Comment Re:hunter2 (Score 1) 849
Typically, masking passwords doesn't even increase security
[citation desperately needed]
maybe hes referring to the case where people write their now very complex and long passwords (by requirement of the system) down so that they can be remembered properly.
this a wild, pull it out of my ass guess. so no snarky retorts. not that anyone does that on the internet.
Comment Re:We don't offer modern technology? (Score 1) 52
ive bought a couple drives that came limited to 1.5gbps using a jumper. not that any drive you are buying on the market is coming close to saturating that bus, mind you.
