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• On the post: Who Cut Off The Yes Men's Parody Website?

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2007 @ 03:31pm

  I can see your point, but, Exxon may still be attempting to limit the bad press. It could go either way.

• On the post: Prince Charles Latest To Lose Data From Laptop Theft

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2007 @ 07:54am

  Meh, anything that can be used to store data can be hacked or taken. It's called encryption folks.

• On the post: 10 Things Viacom Hates About Fair Use

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2007 @ 06:35am

  ads and hilarious clips aside - Viacom will sooner or later figure out that they just aren't going to have their way. Whether by some chance they figure this out early and accept content which may touch upon their copyright, or get the crap sued out of them, it doesn't really matter.

• On the post: Neither Banks Nor Retailers Want To Spend Money On Credit Card Security

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2007 @ 01:18pm

  I think anyone who has a databreach on their part is the one who needs to pay for it. Everyone needs to keep their part of the pipe in good condition and then we don't have these issues.

• On the post: Will The UK Ban Stephen King Books Next?

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2007 @ 06:53pm

  I agree with N0RR1N RADD, He has a valid point in that parents need to be in charge of deciding whats appropriate for they're children. I don't want someone telling me what appropriate for my child. I don't want a government telling me what appropriate for me either. Besides, attacking something, especially this upfront only makes it more popular as mike said.

• On the post: Telus Latest To Misuse Copyright Law; This Time To Force Union Videos Offline

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2007 @ 08:32am

  Sad. I can't find the videos, but maybe it'll have a streisand effect and help to get out the unions message?

• On the post: Latest Industry Worried About The Internet: Porn

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2007 @ 07:53am

  On Topic: Yeah, thats about how it is. I agree with your last statement, it's extremely and sadly true.

• On the post: Court Says Vonage Needs To Throw Away Money Into Wasteful USF Program

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2007 @ 09:00pm

  ^ Sad but true.

• On the post: Man Charged With Putting TV Show He Found On The Web… On The Web?

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2007 @ 06:01pm

  Bonbon...If I can go to blah.com and download 24, why does it matter if i can also go to random.com and download it? Yes, a few more people will see it, but it doesn't mean much.
  The only person with a valid point as to the source reupload would be Goblin Juice, in which, How did he obtain it? Did he buy it legally then illegally youtube it?

• On the post: MLB Still Claiming Sling Breaks The Law In Letting People Watch Content They Paid For

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 30 May, 2007 @ 05:57pm

  Dave, I see your point, but I can run from my TV, directly to my PC, and then to my website. I already have that capability, and I don't need sling. Users have had that ability since the internet and Tv-Tuner cards existed. :)

• On the post: Judge Presiding Over Online Terrorism Case Confused By The Term 'Web Site'

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 16 May, 2007 @ 04:55pm

  Ah, but not all people care about technology. At least he admits it, so give him some credit.

• On the post: Suggestion: Don't Name Your Illegal Computer Spying Business 'Hackers Are Us'

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 02 May, 2007 @ 06:53pm

  Wolforz, as mike4 said(or meant at least), your right, but, in this case, usually when you hire a firm, your hiring them to be coders, not engineers of the social branch.
  I do tend to think that anybody stupid enough to use questionable legal methods with such an obvious name (l33t@hackers_r_us.co.uk) should be jailed though..
  
  (side note- whats with the non-capitalizing n00bs on the thread? The word "hacker" attract them all from gizoogle?)

• On the post: Internet2 Knocked Out By Homeless Man?

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 02 May, 2007 @ 06:48pm

  Lawl.

• On the post: Even Without A Greentech Breakthrough, Businesses Cutting Their Electricity Bills

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 02 May, 2007 @ 03:22pm

  Staying on topic, I think it's good companies are finally seeing the positives of helping the enviroment (which is always a good thing) and also saving money. The more companies save, the more (in theory) consumers save.

• On the post: Be Careful In MySpace Or You May Get Denied A Degree

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2007 @ 04:22pm

  This is shit. She was enjoying the fact that she's an adult CLEARLY over the legal drinking age.

• On the post: 'Evil Twin' WiFi Scare Stories Make A Comeback

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2007 @ 06:37pm

  It's a scare story, yes, but, alot of credit card fraud does happen pre-ssl. You get a guy that sits there with his laptop in the cafe, sits around with ethereal or packet capture program of your choice, waits for someone to hit up say paypal.com, then starts ARP poisening, fakes DNS and issues a false SSL certificate. It's not hard, and the tools come as a precompiled package on linux available through rpm.
  Is it a problem? Yeah - don't manage your banking from starbucks, but, not that big of an issue. It'd be better to tell people common sense things then to have weird security freakouts, but, security experts always have and will have the need to feel technical.

• On the post: SCO Head Wants To Ban Public WiFi To Stop Porn

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2007 @ 07:46pm

  Somewhere theres a man that looks like yoda sitting around pondering how to waste more of our tax money. He's probably next to the head of sony someplace in hell.
  
  That aside, people need to raise their own children. if they don't like such said porn, then either teach the child to not go to it, or install blocking software.

• On the post: Google Makes It Easier For Sites To Cut Off Free Publicity

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2007 @ 09:36pm

  Fools

  People are idiots. Most search engines obey robots.txt and those that don't hardly anyone uses. If your really worried about privacy, use a .htaccess.

• On the post: Time For Airlines To Get Past The Mainframe Era

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2007 @ 09:50am

  outdated

  Mainframes are outdated. It's cluster computing thats won the way. You can make a solid cluster for 1000$ and it's not hard to make a control platform.

• On the post: Author Writing Biography About James Joyce's Daughter Allowed To Quote James Joyce's Daughter

  

  Kyros ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2007 @ 08:37pm

  Idiot.

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