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  1. Re:Credit crunch on Millions of Internet Addresses Are Lying Idle · · Score: 1

    They used to be assigned, now they're bought. Back in the day when IPv4 came out they were effectively worthless since there were so damn many of them and all you had to do was ask nicely and you could get a whole /16 to yourself. Large coporations were handed out /8 like they were candy. Now of course IPv4 isn't nearly as big as it used to be and we seem to be running out of them.

  2. Re:Credit crunch on Millions of Internet Addresses Are Lying Idle · · Score: 1

    Unless your a Carrier and therefore part of the Common Carrier agreements. At which point it does become everyones buisness what you do with packets crossing your network.

  3. Re:screw ipv4 on Millions of Internet Addresses Are Lying Idle · · Score: 1

    Yep, all the notepad manufactuers can't wait for the release of IPv6. There sales are going to go through the roof.

  4. Re:Apparently Geeks Should..... on Machines Almost Pass Mass Turing Test · · Score: 1

    That isn't so much a limitation of the programming language as a limitation of reality. Computer are finite-state machines it's is possible to map out every single possible scenario. There is no randomness to be had. The only way I can see of overcomign this hurdle would be a Neural Network combined with a genetic algorithim but that would require massive amounts of computing power and a very very very large amount of time since you would essentially be evolving a brain. Just my 2 cents worth

  5. Re:Apparently Geeks Should..... on Machines Almost Pass Mass Turing Test · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah too bad you can't restart a social situation and single-step through it to see precisely where you went wrong. In totally unrelated news I'm still single.

  6. Re:Assuming they meant 3 per cubic cenimeter on 3D Printing On Demand · · Score: 1

    http://www.shapeways.com/about/material-options

    Pricing and material info. The most expensive material is $2.89. But since you would have to paint it you could probably get away with the $2.77 one even the $1.89 which seems to still provide plenty of detail but is more springy. They provide sample pictures of the output of each material and asides from the first one the resolution seems to be quite good.

    It's also worth pointing out that you could probably save some money by hollowing out the thicker parts of your models.

  7. Re:Moral of the story? on Qantas Blames Wireless For Aircraft Incidents · · Score: 2, Funny

    And dont mind me while I remove the seats, peel back the floorboards and cut the rats nest of wiring, hydarulic lines and fuel lines. Oh this bottle of "water?" that's nothing I just think that these structural supports look thirsty. Hmm... That smoke probably means that they like it and want more, well there seems to be a lot of supports here, perhaps next time I should bring a few litres. They'll let through security with 10 Litres of water in a glass jug right?

  8. Re:Eyeroll on Homeland Security's Space-Based Spying Goes Live · · Score: 2, Insightful

    *cough*ULTRA*cough

    Sorry, I was going to say that there is a certain precedent for clearence levels so high most people don't even know they exist. That's not to say that it's the case here, just that in general it's would be foolish to think that TOP SECRET is as high as you can go.

  9. Re:About overclockers: on Overclocked Memory Breaks Core i7 CPUs · · Score: 1

    Right, so if you happen to have bought this memory for the mentioned CPU then your as stupid as the guy who bot a PCIE video card for his 6 year old AGP PC.

    Okay perhaps not quite that stupid, but the point is check compatability twice, purchase once.

  10. Re:All this sounds nice, but there's another side. on Ford To Introduce Restrictive Car Keys For Parents · · Score: 1

    Yes. Next question?

  11. Re:Hmmm on Small Asteroid On Collision Course With Earth · · Score: 1

    You wouldn't need a telescope for long.

  12. Re:It's a hoax, people. on Hikers May Have Found Fossett Items · · Score: 0

    The technical term for "unscheduled off-airport landing" is a CFIT or "Controlled Flight Into Terrain" which is what occurs when a perfectly good airplane at normal attidude and speed with a pilot who is in complete control of the aircraft happens to have misplaced the mountain in relation to himself.  But I would beleive the the late Steve did not in fact suffer a CFIT or more likelu suffered a loss of control onset by something or other and failed to recover due to some other thing and collided with the ground.<p>
    PS. I used to be in RCAC and read ALOT of aviation accident reports, the way they phrase the things at times can be downright hilarious.

  13. Re:And the first thing they do after connecting... on Google Reveals Wireless Vision — Open Networks · · Score: 2, Funny

    <mechanical monotone>
    WE ARE GORG RESISTANCE IS FUTILE
    </mechanical monotone>

    Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
    notcapsnotcapsnotcapsnotcapss

  14. Re:And the first thing they do after connecting... on Google Reveals Wireless Vision — Open Networks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So? My Homepage IS Google. And I'm sure I'm not the only one who has it set to that.

  15. Re:Quick and dirty on Is There a Linux Client Solution for Exchange 2007? · · Score: 1

    I did mean the whole OS, you can easily run Windows 2000 on 128mb of RAM and I've installed Windows XP on a P1 133mhz with 128mb or RAM and used it to play videos. AV isn't too important as long as your mails are backed up somewhere else since all major VMs can send all FS changes to a delta file rather then the original VM harddrive. But you do have me at one more system to update but as I mentioned earlier it's rather trivial to roll back anything that trashes the VM.

  16. Re:Duh...TELNET?? on Is There a Linux Client Solution for Exchange 2007? · · Score: 3, Informative

    As the post above you mentions, I don't think you entirely get the point. Telnet as well as being a way toget a remote shell is also a great way to communicate with servers that use ASCII protocols. For instance I can enter "$ telnet google.ca 80" and type in "GET / HTTP/1.0" and it will return 200 OKAY plus the google homepage. The same goes for SMTP and FTP. So as long as the server supports SMTP you can "telnet" into it.

    The more you know.

  17. Re:Quick and dirty on Is There a Linux Client Solution for Exchange 2007? · · Score: 1

    VMs use more memory then CPU I find, and if your only running something like Outlook you probably only need to spare 128MB if that.

  18. Re:Facts on Nielsen Sends Wikipedia DMCA Takedown For Station Descriptions · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow! I heard his mind snap all the way here in Canada.

  19. Re:That's confidence... on Endeavour Rolled Out As Rescue Ship · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The ISS wouldn't help, one of the major reasons they were considering scrapping the Hubble is because the shuttle can't make it to the ISS "safe harbour" from the Hubble orbit.

  20. Re:Exif? Flip? Software Patents Suck. on Scribbling On Digital Photos · · Score: 1

    I am intrigued by you application of the Exif-comments tag for the use of comments and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

  21. Re:I don't know if I fully agree with that on Fire Your IT Boss · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Offtopic but if the CEO of Ford can't identify the parts to a carb (not that their typically used anymore) he probably deserves the boot anyways. Carburetors are something that gets taught to a 15 year old student and is as such certainly within the grasp.

    On the other hand though, personal experience from working in a garage would lead me to believe that the incompetency of a large part of Ford is 2nd only to GM.

  22. Re:Its a fricken "laser" beam, how cool is that. on Scientists Test World's Fastest Wireless Network · · Score: 1

    What if we applied the Electron Directional Markings used in some high quality ethernet cables to guide to photons around corners? Surely they would see these markings and know where to go. If we set them up right we may even be able to get away with not aligning them properly.

  23. Re:Why is that even possible? on Greek Hackers Target CERN's LHC · · Score: 1

    Prevents MITM attacks? Maybe you can't verify whoever is on the other end but assuming you trust the cert you can at least ensure that no one is spying on the data.

  24. Re:Why is that even possible? on Greek Hackers Target CERN's LHC · · Score: 1

    It's valid

    Of course I could very well be the man trying to steal your info. Perhaps you should just access the site in a sandbox and don't give it any personal information if you're that concerned.

  25. Re:Wag the dog on Senator Questions Rise In US Texting Prices · · Score: 1

    I believe the point the GP is trying to makes is that it's like a plane just crashed into your house and killed your entire family and you're going "Oh dear, now all the good china will be broken."