Comment: Re:You can't eliminate them (Score 1) 821
1/8ths
eighthths?
Comment: Re:Instead (Score 1) 143
I'd like one of those. *brrring brring* "hello? why yes this is box48-AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Comment: Re:No reason to celebrate now. (Score 5, Funny) 335
Reading many of the comments on this site, I don't believe having no head is a huge impediment to posting here.
Comment: Re:Just seems like a well thought out list (Score 1) 373
As I understand it, the green M&M thing was a test to make sure the contract had been read. It was a good way to test that the stage was set up to specifications.
You know how I know you didn't read the contract or the article?
He's on Slashdot?
Comment: Re:Well, half and half. (Score 1) 417
Poll: I typically run Windows
OTOH, WTF is up with the choices on this one? No Linux, on a site like this? Where is the "Which distro do you run" survey? That one should be up every six months.
I wasn't aware Microsoft made a Windows Linux.
Comment: search, go to jail (Score 2) 103
proactively pre-loads some search results to speed up browsing
God help you if you search for 'child pore cleansing products' with google instant search turned on~
Bitcoin is ready for the masses.->
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An anonymous reader writes "Mt. Gox Live, the company acquired by Mt. Gox earlier this week, https://mtgox.com/press_release_20110719.html, has posted their first release of Mt. Gox Mobile. It is impressive to say the least. Has anyone been able to make any purchases with bitcoins aside from Mese Grill?"
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Apple Laptops Vulnerable to Battery Firmware Hack->
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Trailrunner7 writes "Security researcher Charlie Miller, widely known for his work on Mac OS X and Apple's iOS, has discovered an interesting method that enables him to completely disable the batteries on Apple laptops, making them permanently unusable, and perform a number of other unintended actions. The method, which involves accessing and sending instructions to the chip housed on smart batteries could also be used for more malicious purposes down the road.
Miller discovered the default passwords set on the battery at the factory to change the battery into unsealed mode and developed a method that let him permanently brick the battery as well as read and modify the entire firmware.
"You can read all the firmware, make changes to the code, do whatever you want. And those code changes will survive a reinstall of the OS, so you could imagine writing malware that could hide on the chip on the battery. You'd need a vulnerability in the OS or something that the battery could then attack, though," Miller said."
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Miller discovered the default passwords set on the battery at the factory to change the battery into unsealed mode and developed a method that let him permanently brick the battery as well as read and modify the entire firmware.
"You can read all the firmware, make changes to the code, do whatever you want. And those code changes will survive a reinstall of the OS, so you could imagine writing malware that could hide on the chip on the battery. You'd need a vulnerability in the OS or something that the battery could then attack, though," Miller said."
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Comment: Re:Obesity (Score 1) 82
I beg to differ...
"hmm this quarter pounder came back out about the same, I suppose it's ok to give it pass #2" <chomp>
"hmm this quarter pounder came back out about the same, I suppose it's ok to give it pass #2" <chomp>
Comment: Re:Dollar Menu? (Score 1) 950
If it's only a dollar, I've got a feeling that it probably just ended up in the evidence locker.
That's a strange euphemism for "stripper's thong"