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Comment Re:Bluetooth-enabled vs. Disconnected (Score 1) 147

No, this is similar to saying "If your computer isn't plugged into a network, but you haven't disabled your internal NIC in device manager, your computer is vulnerable."

The lines are blurred a bit because Bluetooth is a wireless technology, but their point is you don't have to be actively connected to anything to get hacked.

Hardware Hacking

The Fanless Spinning Heatsink 380

An anonymous reader writes "There's a fundamental flaw with fan-and-heatsink cooling systems: no matter how hard the fan blows, a boundary layer of motionless, highly-insulating air remains on the heatsink. You can increase the size of the heatsink and you can blow more air, but ultimately the boundary layer prevents the system from being efficient. But what if you did away with the fan? What if the heatsink itself rotated? Well, believe it or not, rotating the heat exchanger obliterates the boundary layer, removes the need for a fan, and it's so efficient that it can operate at low and very quiet speeds. That's exactly what the Air Bearing Heat Exchanger, developed by Jeff Koplow of the Sandia National Laboratories, has developed. It's even intrinsically immune to the build up of dust and detritus!"

Comment Re:Still violates the 5th (Score 2) 887

She's not being compelled to be a witness against herself... The hard drive is a piece of evidence that is in effect a "witness" against her.

It's like you're hiding a dead body in the trunk of your car... and you've modified it with a special lock that cannot be forced. This is the equivalent of them getting a warrant on searching your car, and you being forced to come up with a key.

Comment Re:64-bit support (Score 1) 441

I'm using both Firefox 6 and 7 (Aurora) on my Mac (though not at the exact same time...), and they're both running as 64-bit processes. Are you SURE that the corresponding Windows versions aren't running in 64-bit? That doesn't sound like something Mozilla would do...

Comment Re:That leaves Hughesnet users out. (Score 2) 370

You have several options...
1. Find someone local you know to buy/download it for you. Have them burn the file to a DVD.
2. Find someone you trust online to get it for you and mail you the DVD.
3. Download it from work (becomes more of an issue if you don't have a Mac laptop, but still doable.)
4. Local Coffee House/McDonalds and plenty of coffee...

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