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To hazard an answer for Bozo's question, I think this is a proof of concept that hackers will love. Some hacker teams are pretty successful and have made a lot of money, and for them, this would be very juicy news indeed. What I see over and over is that pw length needs to be 14 chars plus to...

Wouldn't the mfr have a low-level format utility that will put it back to factory format?

ARS Technica doesn't seem to think much of FIPEL.

A Very Happy 2013 to all! We've put the Mayan calendar "catastrophe" behind, here's to wishing 2013 and later being productive, happy years for all.

25-GPU cluster cracks every standard Windows password in <6 hours Especially worrisome for Windows based machines which limit password length.

Start Folding!

There are strong rumors that a "fixed" version, 8.5, will be released before mid 2013. SO they may hold off on extending the discount period.

The ACs are on 365 days a year regardless of outside temperature every night in the two bedrooms. For 9 months of the year, the two living room ACs run for about 12 hours during the day. My electricity bill is not funny to look at. I am pretty much the highest payer in every apartment complex I...

That's a given in this town (seaside). RH Max of 91-92%. I bought a dry cabinet a long time ago to keep my Nikon D700 and two pro grade zoom lenses safe.

I'm on Windows. Sorry, didn't realize you were on Linux.

Interesting. My version of VLC (2.04) does not have the word "experimental" next to the GPU Acceleration option. It is also the very first option on the Input & Codecs settings page.

High: 84 F Low: 75 F :-D

See the news video in the link below. Due to the drought, corn crops in the Midwest were devastated. There is now not enough feed for livestock, so the livestock was sold off this fall. The corn that is left has been mandated to be made into ethanol to be added to gas for motor vehicles. The...

Just back after seeing Life of Pi 3D. Disappointing overall, doesn't live up to the hype. Only the storm that sinks the ship was good.

Thanks, all, for answering my question, and Tannin, for the detailed post!

+1 to Chewy's post.

I'd guess expensive too, though a lot of fun. Keep us posted, DD.

Merc! I'd take it off your hands if I was anywhere near! That stuff has high value; don't trade it for peanuts.

Saw Hobbit earlier today. We have only the 3D version available. Couldn't tell if it was the fast framerate version or not. I suspect it was the standard framerate. 3D was noticeable only in some scenes. I felt it was typical Jackson. They never made the guy do precis writing in school. 3...

Are there many things incompatible with Win8 that work with Win7? You guys tempt me with the performance improvement over Win7.

Amazing two billion pixel photo lets you zoom into the heart of Mount Everest. Do check out the base camp and the climbers!

Phonified Kill-a-watt Darpa's Robot Dog - pretty good. We're getting there. See the video.

I hope so too. Too many of these fancy things stay in the lab. Took me a few moments to eralize this threaded was started in 2004; I thought it was a new one! Wonder what happened to Infineon's work.

Correct. That's why I said badass.

Yeah, but they purposely lowball them with lousy screens, missing features, really old OS versions, etc., driving people to the higher end models that cost the consumer more and make more profit for the mfrs.

Totally Badass photography

Right. So for a person who primarily uses it as a phone, for maps and looks things up on the Internet, a single core 1GHz ought to be plenty.

I didn't do the math like you did :) I was excited about the concept, though. Imagine, no batteries to replace, no solar cells. For the poor in the third world, this would be a totally awesome device if it worked. I did find it strange that they pitched for donations at the end of the clip...

So you guys are saying there's no need to spend more for a phone with a faster processor?

This is amazing design! GravityLight - guess what force it uses for power? - from StuffTV

Probably. But are they high quality monitors or cheap business clerk level ones using TN panels??

38GB free on a 238 GB partition does not sound like a safe operating situation.

Who are the idiots making these decisions and forcing them down our throats?

No password is safe from this new 25-GPU computer cluster I knew commuting was a dog's life, but I never expected this!

Don't know what happened. Try this.

This is why you pay attention to flashing yellow lights! World's Toughest Bridge. Near Durham, N.C. Note, when you click on the link, the video starts immediately.

Have you tried taking out the Startech, cold rebooting, checking Device Manager, then putting the card back in and rebooting?

Gosh, that's some very, very complex imagery, Merc!

Thanks Lunar.

They make you download sw that compromises the machine.

Does Photoshop allow multiple activations? 3 IIRC? My old PC died with the Photoshop CS3 install on it. I converted the partition to a VM. IN the VM it now says the install of Photoshop needs to be activated. The Deactivate option in the Help menu is grayed out. What is the best way to handle...

Exciting new technology to increase life of flash

Interesting read. How Windows tech support scammers walked right into a trap set by the feds

Many older phones didn't come with expanded storage. My current phone does, but I never stored anything on the MicroSD card other than Google Maps..

I've yet to install my ancient CS3 on my new Win7-64 PC.

What about phones? I've read that when you erase everything on the phone or do a factory reset (all through the phone's menu), nothing gets erased, only directory / pointers. It appears when the phone is connected with a cable to a PC with the right software (typically people who repair phones)...

Glad for you. Hope it all goes as you expect.

What's great is it does what it's supposed to do, so many years running. The interface is not that great; there was a learning curve I went through. I doubt you'll glean much from a screenshot of a small-window VM. For the last many years, I pretty much use it to only print out the calendar. I...

Not sure of what you want a shot. Calendaring program interface? It running in a VM? I was wrong; it's older than 1996. I print a two month calendar per page and it gets put on the fridge with magnets. It lists my and the wife's family members' birthdays, wedding anniversaries, birth and...

That was a good overview, thanks Coug.