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Comment Re:What about a Trojan "Launch" Switch (Score 1) 392

by Xenoflargactian on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @01:07PM (#29899305) Attached to: Trojan Kill Switches In Military Technology

It's very easy to disable a system by, for example, shutting down all the network switches. Actually initiating a launch would require intimate knowledge of the system and pervasive control.

Comment Firefly, anyone? (Score 1) 517

by Xenoflargactian on Monday July 07, 2008 @11:01PM (#24094095) Attached to: Ray Gun Puts Voices Inside Your Head

Remember the sonic weapon from Firefly?

Two by two, hands of blue. Two by two, hands of blue.

Submission + - Verizon DSL Throttling Access to Skype?

Submitted by Gabriel Landau on Monday May 14, 2007 @01:44PM

Gabriel Landau writes: I've been trying to download Skype all weekend to talk to my friend in Prague from my home Verizon DSL connection. Every time I went to http://www.skype.com/download, the page took nearly forever to load, and the connection timed out before it loaded completely. Assuming their server was under heavy load all weekend, I came into work this morning and checked the site again; it loaded very quickly through my office T1 (non-Verizon). I just checked my home computer again, and the page still times out. Is Verizon intentionally throttling all traffic to Skype servers to force customers to use their own for-pay services? Is this behavior illegal and anti-competitive?

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