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  1. TCPA by inertia187 · · Score: 1 · on Dartmouth Project Combines Linux With TCPA

    As businesses stake their very existence on the Internet, PCs, PDAs, and other key computing platforms, the trustworthiness of these platforms has become a vital concern.

    Why is that? Should I just take their word for it? Is my car being trusted by the interstate when I take it for a spin? Why must we add this layer?

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  2. Sprint PCS Vision by inertia187 · · Score: 1 · on New Breed Of Web Accelerators Actually Work

    My Sprint PCS Vision internet access even goes as far as to recompress JPEGs. The result is not only smaller, but much worse quality. For instance, Google's logo comes up with a gray background instead of white. Blah. If the founding fathers didn't originally add it to the web, why add it now? Just kidding, but really.

  3. Re:been done before? by inertia187 · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on Echolocation for Humans

    There was an episode of Alley McBeal where that funny lawyer (John) used a clicker instead of saying voicing his objection.

    Of course, that has nothing to do with bats. But what's interesting is that that bats can "see" fish just under the service of the water.

  4. Get Off Me! by inertia187 · · Score: 5, Insightful · on Music Industry Compared to Movie Industry

    They're nickel-and-dime-ing the consumer to death, and no one will do anything about it. What, do they think we're made of money? The surcharges and the "Artist" tax for all CDR related equipment has to stop. When will people take notice? (fp)

  5. Optimism by inertia187 · · Score: 1 · on Justice Department Proud of Patriot Act Slippery Slope

    I'm sure it will all turn out fine. We just have to put up with a few Legal Blunders for the time being.

    Remember what Dr. Phlox said about humans and their optimism. Ok, I guess I'm much more happy with the fiction on TV...can you blame me?

  6. Re:The missing bit by inertia187 · · Score: 1 · on Homemade Silly Putty

    At least it's not the Napalm & Silly Putty recipe.

  7. Re:Just to clear something up by inertia187 · · Score: 1 · on Solar Flare Interference From 45k Lightyears Away

    I never thought about solar flares from other stars being any kind of problem for us. Especially ones that far away. Amazing.

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  8. Re:Security through Obscurity by inertia187 · · Score: 1 · on Security Versus Science

    "Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code." - Dave Olson

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  9. Re:No Linux - but they are trying hard by inertia187 · · Score: 1 · on Distributed Computing and Climate Change

    SETI@home took the time to port (or just recompile) their client very as many type of platforms as possible. So as much as I'd like to be able to delve into the source, it's nice to see the support for as many systems as they have.

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  10. Re:Got a volunteer for ya' by inertia187 · · Score: 1 · on H.R. 3057: To the Asteroids, Moon and Mars

    He'll need to read up on it. Send him a copy of this.

  11. So, he's a hit man... by inertia187 · · Score: 1 · on On the Record: Scott McNealy

    Why can he do something about those stock prices? Lashing out at Dell and offering "amnesty" to IBM users to switch is all well and good, but none of this fixes what's broken at Sun. Where's the plan of action, man?

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  12. Not sure... by inertia187 · · Score: 1 · on Blind Lake

    I kind of like my science fiction with a high threshold on geek plots, and a low threshold on substance...but that's just me. If I wanted substance, I'd read a non-scifi book. Still, I can see how people would be interested in it.

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