What kind of analog dialup modem were you using that could hit 128 Kbps?

And I totally botched the URL by using BBcode-style links.

ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2014 Review

Lenovo tried this already with the [url='http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/lenovo-thinkpad-x1-carbon-2014']2014 ThinkPad X1 Carbon[/url]. Granted, the touch strip had fixed indicators instead of a full OLED screen, but it was garbage. (Never mind the other keyboard brain damage like replacing Caps Lock with Home/End and tacking on a Delete key to the right of Backspace.)

Thankfully, they reverted this with the 2015 model.

SoftRAM's problem was that it didn't actually do what it claimed to. It adjusted some parameters that improved swapping performance on Windows 3.1, but on Windows 95 it was effectively a nop, and could actually cause problems due to non-reentrant code.

The Clipper chip was designed by the NSA and had a government-sponsored backdoor. Unsurprisingly, it failed.

http://support.microsoft.com/e...

In Windows Server 2003 and later versions, Http.sys is the kernel mode driver that handles HTTP requests.

WHY is there a kernel mode driver for HTTP? That's literally begging for security holes.

The article doesn't explicitly say anything other than that the the defendant "tampered with the camera equipment to have an opportunity to insert a thumbdrive into the RNG tower without detection", so I assumed that it auto-executed.

Needs a followup detailing what exactly was done to tamper with the system, but I don't suppose that's likely given the nature of the system in question.

And now for a follow-up question: Why exactly was a "highly locked-down computer" set to automatically execute code from flash drives?

...but instead of hacking a random number generator, they injected paint into the ping-pong balls used for the live drawing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1...

Selecting "automatically update" doesn't actually automatically update. It just causes it to complain that an update is available every time you reboot and/or log on.

Maybe if Adobe fixed this, there wouldn't be so many success Flash-based attacks.

GameCube and Wii discs don't use UDF or this "outside-in" recording method. The physical format is identical to DVD; what's changed is the logical sector format. http://debugmo.de/2008/11/anat... has an analysis of the GameCube format; Wii is similar.

The filesystem is also completely proprietary. http://hitmen.c02.at/files/yag... has a description of GameCube discs; http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wii_Di... has Wii discs. (Wii discs are similar to GameCube, but it supports multiple partitions and offsets are multiples of 4 in order to address a full 8 GB dual-layer DVD using 32-bit values.)

The reason why most people think GameCube and Wii discs are written "backwards" is because the disc mastering tools deliberately pad the beginning of the disc with filler data in order to push the actual data towards the outer edge of the disc. This is because the CAV drives used in GameCube and Wii are able to read data faster if they're closer to the outer edge.

Clarification: The fact that PS4 only has HDMI doesn't mean it's not possible to get HD using other video interfaces on *other* devices, e.g. the PS3.

I was actually referring to component video (YPbPr) and VGA, the former of which was supported by all 7th generation consoles, and the latter supported by Xbox 360, some older consoles (Dreamcast), and pretty much all PCs manufactured since the late 1980s. Believe it or not, it *is* possible to get HD using analog video connections.

The fact that PS4 only has HDMI doesn't mean it's not possible to get HD using other video interfaces.

This is more a criticism of the terrible article, not Sony themselves. There's all sorts of other errors in the article, e.g. assertions that HDMI is required for HD (it isn't) and that Bluray holds 33 GB (dual-layer discs hold 50), plus mentioning that PS3 online play is free while conveniently leaving out the fact that PS4 online play isn't.

...and now I look at who wrote the article: Red Bull. Definitely a reliable go-to source for video game news.