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  1. Re:Porno Studio on What Shall We Do With the Moon Once We Get There? · · Score: 1

    Why does everyone link to wikipedia these days when there are much better links avaliable.

  2. Re:"faith in the scientific method"...huh?? on Bacteria Found Alive In Ice 120,000 Years Old · · Score: 1

    It's like axioms in maths, you must put your faith into certain assumptions made, such as Euclid's fifth axiom. The concept that causality will hold seems self-evident, but there is still no proof that it won't all change next Tuesday, it's just a useful assumption we make to enable the scientific method. The GP was right, you must have faith that the fundamentals are not only valid and true, but will continue to be.

  3. Been done on Ulteo Shows Linux-Windows Crossover Potential · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's always handy to have a DSL install on your USB stick. Linux on windows has been done, it's just much more preferable to use wine on linux and never look back.

  4. Re:Whats the difference? on UK Teen Cited For Calling Scientology a "Cult" · · Score: 1

    Ask a 15 year old.

  5. Re:Still bound by the speed of light on ET Will Phone Home Using Neutrinos, Not Photons · · Score: 1

    Geologically active planets may be them.</tinbarkhat>

  6. Re:Regarding TFB(A) on Breaking the Fermilab Code · · Score: 5, Informative
    First part is ternary code, I->1, II->2, III->0

    1) FRANK@SHOEMAKER@WOULD@CALL@THIS@NOISE

    Second part unknown

    2) ?

    Third part ternary code, II= seperator, same mapping as 1)

    3) EMPLOYEE@NUMBER@BASSE@SIXTEEN

    It is assumed the three hex symbols are the employee number 0xAFC,

    So lets assume the single "word" in the bottom middle of the page is an employee number. If we decode it using the symbols, we get (something)FC. (something) is an undefined symbol, and the only undefined numbers are 1 and A. So the "employee number in base 16" that "frank shoemaker would call noise" is either 1FC or AFC. My guess? Itâ(TM)s AFC (employee number 2812), who works on the AFC (Absorber Focus Coil, a component of a "neutrino factory" current being studied at Fermilab) - a coincidence Frank Shoemaker would call noise. The employee number is reasonable and fits with the established pattern at Fermilab, see this Fermilab newsletter (page 5) which states "At 802, with only three digits, Matthews' employee number reflects the length of his 25-year tenure at the Lab". Hope that helped.
  7. Re:Think about XP SP3 for a second on Running Mac OS X On Standard PCs · · Score: 1

    It also includes _everything_ in the OS, unlike Windows, which has how many versions, lately? When you said OSX before, did you mean Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger or Leopard? (sorry couldn't resist)
  8. Re:Perhaps Apple should begin licensing OS X on Running Mac OS X On Standard PCs · · Score: 1

    Sure it sucks that Apple don't adjust prices, but there is nothing to do about it. Except, of course, to install onto 3rd party hardware.
  9. Re:!newsfornerds on Author Faces Canadian Tribunal For Hate Speech · · Score: 1

    Check the section you are in. Freedom to express hate (or any) speech has a lot to do with your rights online.

  10. A savage hypocracy on Author Faces Canadian Tribunal For Hate Speech · · Score: 1

    There is also an act of bigotry when we separate people into groups that can be victimised. Still, I'd agree that motivation should play a substantial role in sentencing a crime. Yet look at this case here, no crime has been committed apart from the act of 'hate speech' itself, there would be no charges in the first place if it wasn't for these inane laws that punish what is literally a thought crime. In receiving these charges, is he not a victim of persecution himself, therefore a victim of hate crime? These guys sure hate what he wrote.

  11. Re:The appalling GUI inconsistency on How Microsoft Dropped the Ball With Developers · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Yeah, and they have a good point, while not perfect Apple makes an excellent GUI and actively promotes sane and pretty interfaces to third parties, and practices what it preaches. Sometimes they take their philosophy to the point of absurdity, like the single button fetish they still desperately cling to, but overall it's worked a charm.

    A similar GUI could happen on linux, perhaps it hasn't happened due to the roll-your-own nature or independent streak among hackers, perhaps the abundant CLI use still prevalent among the developers, but I'd guess it's far more likely the fact that 99% of us geeks have terrible aesthetics.

  12. Re:use the same techniques you learned 15 years ag on How Microsoft Dropped the Ball With Developers · · Score: 1

    Pre-emptive multitasking was still 2 years away. Unless, of course, you owned an Amiga.

    *sniff*

  13. Re:Glorified Cattle Prod on Taser International Wins Lawsuit to Change Cause of Death · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Tazers are not used instead of firearms, they are used instead of physical restraint. A cop would never use a tazer in a life threatening situation when he already has a firearm, they are only used in situations where physical restraint is required and are no different to a baton in that regard. What we see here is the abuse of the baton to the point where it is torturous and deadly. This does not mean ban the baton, instead we must remove the arbitrary and indiscriminate use of such force and restrain the excesses of brutality they have caused.

  14. Re:I am intrigued by concern trolls on An Inside Look At Iran's Nuclear Program · · Score: 1

    Simple, it's the same power facility that the US and Israel wants to bomb. Seeing that it's his job to defend it, I don't find it surprising at all, any more than I find the AA guns surrounding the facility surprising.

  15. Re:Apple Won't Bother with Pystar on Psystar Open Computer Notes, Benchmarks and Video · · Score: 1

    It's not Apple's fault, it's never Apples fault, it's your fault for not being pompous or arrogant enough to keep owning a Mac. What you call 'glitchy' and 'design flaws' are merely brought about by your heretical lack of faith. Look, it's simple - the reality distortion field is fuelled by arrogance, not enough and your Mac may appear faulty until you reapply the RDF. You mock the 'Geniuses', but I assure you if you visit one you will be bombarded with so much arrogance your RDF will be solid for months to come.

  16. Re:Why should this upset them? on Malware Modification Contest Has Antivirus Vendors Upset · · Score: 2, Informative
    There's good coverage at http://www.privsecblog.com

    If passed into law (this bill already has passed the house twice but never has cleared the Senate), I-SPY would make it a criminal offense punishable by fines and/or up to five years in prison for "intentionally access[ing] a protected computer without authorization, or exceed[ing] authorized access to a protected computer, by causing a computer program or code to be copied onto the protected computer, and intentionally us[ing] that program or code in furtherance of another Federal criminal offense." Similar activity that is designed to defraud or injure a person or cause damage to a protected computer, but is not conducted in furtherance of another Federal offense, subjects the perpetrator to a fine and/or up to two years in prison. I'm fairly sure viruses would fall under at least the bold part. I have no idea how much (if at all) this is a result of lobbying by antivirus vendors.
  17. Re:Inspiration from Half-Life on Is Cheap Video Surveillance Possible? · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a camera worth stealing.

  18. Re:down with mebibytes! on Office 2007 Fails OOXML Test With 122,000 Errors · · Score: 1

    And I'd rather pierce my eardrums with hot skewers and cleave my tongue from my mouth than ever pronounce that monstrosity of a so-called convention that disrespects and denigrates the sacred traditions of our most holy forebears.

  19. Re:Wow.. on NBC to Create Programs Centered on Sponsors · · Score: 1
    1: Open Tools->Options->Content
    2: Click on the Advanced button in the Font section.
    3: Select another font for 'monospace' (I like Lucida console myself)
    4: ???
    5: Profit!

    *Results may vary depending on browser.

  20. Re:harsh judgement on Sun May Begin Close Sourcing MySQL Features · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'd like you to try to name another company off the top of your head that has contributed to OSS like Sun has. They not only open source this stuff but actively develop and maintain it and understand that being the first stop for support and services they provide (like online backup features in their Enterprise tools) is the reward they receive for this generous GPLing of their codebase. GP is right, article is a troll.

  21. Re:The Government Said So... on Armed Robots Not Actually Gone From Iraq · · Score: 1
    The victim was a member of the Iraqi Army, I'm fairly sure that counts as a POW, he was clearly tortured to death yet you inanely repeat your question as if the fact he wasn't waterboarded makes a difference.

    How about this question: If prisoners taken in the war on terror get warterboarded as the US itself claims, does it matter whether or not they are technically prisoners of war? Does their POW status change the facts in any way?

  22. Re:Technology will overtake this on In Australia, Bosses May Get Power To Snoop On Emails · · Score: 0

    Is my google mail company property You bet. Why else do you think you're getting free email? You sold your privacy when you signed up.
  23. Re:Why, DHS? on Bill Gates's Wish Is Homeland Security's Command · · Score: 1

    No worries, your point was valid even though it was misdirected. I'm an outsider to the USA, but here in Australia we face very similar issues in terms of immigration, both past and present. I find it very unusual that one of the things that defined our countries is now such a hot issue. I don't agree with the GP that it's racism, but I did agree with the GPs sentiment that it seems ridiculous that immigration is automatically assumed to be a bad thing.

  24. Re:Why, DHS? on Bill Gates's Wish Is Homeland Security's Command · · Score: 1

    It's a strange phenomenon, as most Americans can trace their roots as immigrants from the Old World, whether Europe, Africa or Asia, and America has always profited from immigration and became what it is through extensive immigration. Attracting the best and brightest people on the planet into your country is a benefit America cannot afford to go without, as it has been instrumental to your success.

  25. Re:Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics on Bill Gates's Wish Is Homeland Security's Command · · Score: 1

    Question: The 40-hour work week became a standard in the early 20th century. With all of the improvements in productivity that have come about since then, why are we not now on a standard 32-hour workweek? Our labour unions have gone to shit. We've forgotten how we got the 40 hour week in the first place. What have the unions ever done for us?