Posts by Anonymouse-Coward

A simple HTML tag will crash 64-bit Windows 7

*Cough* Safari

It is Safari that is the exploited software here, this is what causes Windows to crash.

Sky follows BT in blocking Newzbin2

Words fail me too

NewzBin2 is just an indexing service, very much the same as Google. They respond to DMCA requests the same as Google.

Youtube has copyrighted material actually STORED on it's servers, do we see them being blocked by ISP's?

You also pay for the majority of Usenet providers too.

The old analogy

Copyright theft is like having your bike stolen, but it is still parked outside your house.

It just happens that our "thief" is riding around on a copy of your bike.

Who loses out?

Downloads != Lost Sales

Google will ignore your Wi-Fi router ... if you rename it

SSID Mac

It's not based off the SSID (as this can be hidden) but the hardware MAC (the BSSID) that is related to the AP. The BSSID is always broadcasted.

Hardware MAC's are "unique" where SSID's are not.

Assange brings down British justice system

DNS FAIL

They have sysadmins but they still manage to not set up their DNS properly. It makes me wonder what quality they are.