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Comment Re:Drive By Wire not really the problem (Score 1) 913

by danmcl on Monday February 01, 2010 @08:39AM (#30979636) Attached to: Toyota Pedal Issue Highlights Move To Electronics

Just need to solve hills where the driver may need throttle and brake simultaneously to start moving, and it should work.

You see, this is why european cars are designed with a handbrake in the middle, and why most of them are NOT automatics. You just don't get as much control with an auto as you do with manual. Hell if these cars were manuals all they would have had to do was to push the clutch in, hey ho you're now no longer accelerating. Stupid 'merkins not knowing how to drive manuals. FTS

What a Botnet Looks Like 122

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 08, 2008 @01:51PM from the when-jerks-are-smart dept.

Esther Schindler writes "CSO has an annotated, zoomable map of real botnet topologies showing the interconnections between the compromised computers and the command-and-control systems that direct them. The map is based on work by security researcher David Voreland; it has interactive controls so you can zoom in and explore botnets' inner workings. Hackers use botnets for spamming, DDoS attacks and identity theft. One recent example is the Storm botnet, which may have comprised 1 million or more zombie systems at its peak. As with any networking challenge, there are good (resilient) designs and some not-so-good ones. In some cases the topology may be indicative of a particular botnet's purpose, or of a herder on the run."

Comment Re:Cheaper to use online printing service. (Score 1) 295

by danmcl on Thursday December 16, 2004 @10:17AM (#11103380) Attached to: PC Photo Printers Challenge Pros

you see how out of proportion those figures it increases by a factor of 300% for approxiamtely a 45% rise in printable area. A survey found on average that to print an 8x10 was between £7.00 and £9.99, this translates to roughly $14-$20 now tell me how many of those it would take to make you buy an epson... This was a UK based survey so I am not an expert on US street printing prices, but i would print a lot of larger photos as my wife is an aspiring amateur photographer.(takes sickeningly good photos compared to me and I have been practising for 12yrs... BITCH!)

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