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Comment: We call BS! (Score 5, Insightful) 267

by srg33 (#43128951) Attached to: For Jane's, Gustav Weißkopf's 1901 Liftoff Displaces Wright Bros.

I don't know if the Wright brothers were first or not. But, I do know that this "re-creation" is BS. I read TFA and carefully viewed the images. There is nothing that actually shows the darn thing flying and there are many clear photographs of it on the ground. Someone mentioned evidence in court. Well, I am an attorney and this case is a laugher!

Comment: Re:Problem with .here (Score 0) 150

by srg33 (#37834294) Attached to: Vint Cerf Answers Your Questions About IPv6 and More

Admittedly ".test" is not pretty, but it is already a Reserved Top Level DNS Name per RFC 2606.
I also read Yeoh's draft. It really has no restrictions and as such the idea of bookmarking a name that has no guarantee of working anywhere else is self-defeating. For example, "https://airconditioner.here/settemp?celsius=25" is probably not very useful in a large room with multiple A/C units. Should that local DNS have every alias/synonym for airconditioner? His idea of "all.here" etc. giving "a list of registered devices" has some merit. But, how about "all.test" or "devices.test" or even "nodes.test"?

Hardware

+ - SPAM: RAID or AntiRAID -- Drive mfr. premiums!

Submitted by srg33
srg33 writes "Sorry to interject, but I am losing it!
The Raid-Edition and Enterprise stuff should not be synonymous. RAID-specific drives should be Inexpensive not more expensive! RAID = "Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks"!!! Drives for RAID should not have advanced error-correction — that's the RAID controller's job. (Also, what is with all the DOA drives? Why are there so many?)
What drive/company is good for real RAID (drives)?"
The Internet

+ - Pressure mounts on Icann to approve .xxx domain->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "An application for the .xxx domain was first submitted six years ago. Icann approved the application in 2005, and entered into an agreement with ICM Registry regarding technical and commercial terms. However, Icann reversed its decision in March 2007. An independent review panel was called to look into why Icann had changed its mind, and concluded that the body had been under pressure from the US government. Now the registry that submitted that application, ICM Registry, is pushing for .xxx to be approved. The company has argued that the .xxx internet domain should be approved for porn site use, allowing parents and businesses to easily configure browsers or filters to automatically block sites that carry the domain."
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Security

+ - Foxit One-Ups Adobe in Blocking PDF Attack Tactic->

Submitted by CWmike
CWmike writes "Foxit Software, the developer of a rival PDF viewer to Adobe's vulnerability-plagued Reader, released an update on Tuesday that blocks some attacks with a 'safe mode' that's switched on by default. Foxit Reader 3.3 for Windows' 'Trust Manager' blocks all external commands that may be tucked into a PDF document. 'The Foxit Reader 3.3 enables users to allow or deny unauthorized actions and data transmission, including URL connection, attachment PDF actions, and JavaScript functions,' the update's accompanying text explains. Last week, several security companies warned of a major malware campaign that tried to dupe users into opening rigged PDFs that exploited an unpatched design flaw in the PDF format, one attackers could use to infect users of Adobe's and Foxit's software. That flaw in the PDF specification's '/Launch' function was disclosed in late March by Belgium security researcher Didier Stevens, who demonstrated how he could abuse the feature to run malware embedded in a PDF document. He also reported he had figured out how to change Adobe Reader's warning to enhance the scam."
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