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  1. Re:They are bad teachers on Jimmy Wales Says Students 'Should Use' Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    Every fact on Wikipedia has a link back to the primary source . All you have to do is tell kids to look up the fact from the primary source and cite that, and obviously not to cite it if there is no link back or they can't find the material . Any teacher who is too intellectually lazy to take the time to understand this is by definition a bad teacher . You aren't allowed to cite Britannica in any real class either class either , you have to follow the exact same procedure , so there is no difference . I don't even see how someone could defend a teacher who would lie to kids about the purpose of an encyclopedia .

  2. Re:Martian cops patrolling for renegade humans? on How To Beat Congress's Ban Of Humans On Mars · · Score: 1

    As I can see from outside the window there is a lot of police force indeed at the Victoria spaceport. I would suggest the human mods consider the parent post as +Informative!

  3. Re:IRC is still alive? on Questionable Data Mining Concerns IRC Community · · Score: 1

    Our channel doesn't suffer from spam, bots or abuse. Can you give us the name of your channel?

    The spam community.
  4. The day after tomorrow: on Floating Computers Keep an Eye on the Oceans · · Score: 2, Funny

    S: What are the odds of two buoys failing?
    T: Remote.
    [another buoy seen on the computer screen fails]
    S: Make that three.

  5. Re:Unlikely on Cryptography Expert Sounds Alarm At Possible Math Hack · · Score: 1

    extremely primitive operations banging stones, throwing chairs, monkey boy dance?
  6. Re:Bluetooth hardware address on Tracking People Using Bluetooth · · Score: 1

    bad idea for sure, truly epic bad idea if you have sensitive information/ your hardware address can be sniffed and repeated at a later time. You could use classic symmetric key cryptography, but then again someone could sniff the encrypted "unlock" message and repeat it at a later time too. Then you could add nonces as timestamps or use another method, but it becomes more complicated as you go and I would suggest you stick with the old fashioned type-in-your-god-damned-password method.

  7. From TFA: on Virtual Earth Exposes Nuclear Sub's Secret · · Score: 5, Informative

    You may have to be in Internet Explorer to see this... Firefox shows just fine! just so to let you people of /. know:)
  8. Streaming on Legal Music Streaming Site Launches In France · · Score: 1

    I see alot of posts above complaining about slow streaming and buffering, but I have to say here in the UK it seems to be working fine. The whole song loads up in 50 seconds.

  9. Lost in translation on Did Russian Hackers Crash Skype? · · Score: 1

    Did Russian Hackers Crash Skype? No. According to the article they were burglars!
  10. Re:Whisper on New Water-Cooled Hard Drives Coming · · Score: 1

    I have one of those noisy nx9010 notebooks and indeed it sounded like a constant whispering. But I can live with that. I'm fine...

    Now please excuse me while I go put on my ears from the cleansing jars.

  11. Wireless Sensor Networks on The Science of Bridge Collapse Prevention · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Put some wireless sensor nodes across the bridge and sense for unusual vibrations between the intersections. That's what Wireless Sensor Networks is all about. When there is a crack the vibrations will cause a signal to be sent out.

  12. Re:FACE PIN on Using Face Recognition Instead of a PIN Number · · Score: 1

    Exactly, there is "prosopagnosia" which is what you may have, thus face pin would be difficult, although there might be some characteristics that may help (some research in psychology could improve face pin). Try the link I posted, I found it very interesting:)

  13. FACE PIN on Using Face Recognition Instead of a PIN Number · · Score: 1

    I did some research on usability analysis for "Face PIN" (face number don't make sense but anyway), which does not replace the PIN but instead it helps you reconstruct the number using a grid of faces. It seems that people tend to remember faces quite easily. It will also eliminate any social engineering since your faces cannot be communicated verbally. One scheme is to use 4 different grids of numbered faces where each face represents one digit in your PIN. Those grids can be placed on the back of your credit card. There are drawbacks and solutions as such, ofcourse but I'm not going to mention now. Check this site which has a similar scheme about faces: http://www.realuser.com/

    Face PIN is already patented, I'm just doing the usability analysis.

  14. well now! on How to Backup Your Smart Phone · · Score: 1

    if it was smart enough it should backup itself!

  15. Wireless Sensor Networks on Japan to Tax All Unlicensed Wireless Devices? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does this tax apply per device? What if you have a WSN consisting of hundreds of wireless sensor nodes?

  16. Obviously on RIAA Forces YouTube to Remove Free Guitar Lessons · · Score: 1

    The RIAA is attacking the pirating problem from the root: Ah those damn hippies:)

  17. the moral of the story on Consumerist Catches Geek Squad Stealing Porn · · Score: 1

    The moral of the story here is obvious: ALWAYS check for monitor applications before you start 'fixing'!

  18. Re:Alternatively on Swarm Theory Makes National Geographic · · Score: 1

    This is quite interesting actually, maybe it depends on the simplicity of the individual in order for the colony to be smart. Ants are not smart, they are doing simple routines. People on the other hand have passed that level and now we are in chaos repeating a pattern maybe:)

  19. well on Man Finally Makes the Weed-Removing Robot · · Score: 1

    better to have a robot burning all the weed otherwise you might end up like that: high reporter

  20. So on Second Life Lawsuit Heads to Federal Court · · Score: 1

    the virtual court should sentence the virtual guy for the rest of his virtual life in the virtual prison!
    What's next? the virtual death penalty?

  21. Dr Quantum on Science Videos Search Engine · · Score: 1

    What makes ScienceHack unique is that every video is screened by a scientist or an engineer to verify the video's accuracy and quality. Like Dr Quantum: quantum physics
  22. Re:Linux on Google Desktop Now on Linux · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, this must be a post from the future. Which means in 2050 there will still be issues for wireless cards on linux:/

  23. Handshake on Bones Could Become Conduits For Data Swaps · · Score: 1

    leading to the possibility of swapping data with someone by shaking their hand. Gives new meaning to the protocol's "3-way handshake"
  24. hey on TorrentSpy Ordered By Judge to Become MPAA Spy · · Score: 5, Funny

    everyone start sharing goatse material with torrentspy. The MPAA will freak out:)

  25. telnet on Six Multi-Service IM Clients Reviewed · · Score: 1

    we all know that true geeks use telnet for IM with other geeks