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  1. Re:Ah, the consequences of closed-source on Russian FSB Can Reportedly Tap Skype Calls · · Score: 1

    Serious journalists stopped using Skype around the time of Arab spring, I always took this to mean it had already been easily broken. Think about it this way, if you control the network that's one thing, if you control the isp that's another level with lots of options but now if you control the entire countries infrastructures that is a completely different ball game. I wonder how well blackberry runs in Russia.

  2. Re:Anyone else noticing the CPU situation? on Apple Announces iLife '11, FaceTime Mac, Lion, Mac App Store, MacBook Air · · Score: 1

    It's always been a prestige model and, secondarily, a testbed for miniaturization of components. I'm kind of impressed at the all-Flash storage, actually.

    Your right, but this design comes to market and its already slightly jaded. 64Gb ssd, Nvidia 330m. Sort of reminds me of the first EEEpcs. However as a 'new' product it sits quite well between the ipad and the macbook but I'm willing to bet it will be silently updated when OS X 10.Lion is released during summer. Probably using Intel's new sandy bridges or (hopefully) AMD fusion.

  3. Or.. on Generic PCs For Corporate Use? · · Score: 1

    Try going to a local computer supplier, or a good local computer shop, and order a few 100 as a trial. It'll at least cut your dell costs, and at worst you'll be stuck maintaining a few 100 instead of a 1000. And any computer store worth their salt, would offer you a good rate on a few 100 - especially if your willing to do it 20-50 computers at a time. Which might make sense, if your upgrading a team at a time.

  4. Re:hard disk speed on Everything You Need To Know About USB 3.0 · · Score: 1

    SSD's Sata 3 are coming soon, that will saturate USB 3.

  5. Re:One cable to rule them all on IEEE Releases 802.3ba Standard · · Score: 1

    Hopefully one day people might see the light...

  6. manbearpig! on US Climate Satellite Capabilities In Jeopardy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Quick someone call Al Gore, manbearpig has reached orbit

  7. Re:This Is Good For everyone on AMD's Fusion CPU + GPU Will Ship This Year · · Score: 1

    One distinct disadvantage... HEAT! even with all the die shrinks
    No1 Advantage, forcing Intel to product decent graphics.

  8. Re:Given two programmers on Math Skills For Programmers — Necessary Or Not? · · Score: 0

    Logic is programming! And its from the school of philosophy :)
    Philosophy > Math. I agree math skills are needed, but programming is more an art than a science.
    At least I see a little beauty in awesome code, even if it is awesomely bad.
    In everything creativity is king.

  9. the answer on Write Bits Directly Onto a Hard Drive Platter? · · Score: 1

    op:all u need is a very small magnet.
    next question, move on people nothing to see here

  10. The nature of science today... on Has Sci-Fi Run Out of Steam? · · Score: 1

    Science fiction usually explores ideas and themes that are within the realm of current theoretical science, like time machines or nanotechnology.This was great fodder for sci fi writers, but today there simply isn't as of many 'new' revolutionary ideas in science. Most new scienctific discoveries and theories don't lend themselves as the main concept or premise of a story. They simply are not as remarkable or seemingly supernatural to the lay or nerdy crowd. I hope its just my own naïveté, but I fear science is just less theatrical nowdays. Also I say we blame the internet, people who like or would have liked sci fi are just too well informed. Classic SciFi always has science/techology be of equal dramatic force to the social/character driven drama, such equality is just too hard with the nature of science today...

  11. Unixxx on Unfinished Windows 7 Hotspot Feature Exploited · · Score: 1

    any unix machine can do this, like a billion years ago.

  12. Re:GOOD!!!!! Idea on Obama Looks Down Under For Broadband Plan · · Score: 1

    The National Broadband Network, also known as NBNCo is a Fibre to the Home (FTTH) network.

  13. Re:The space race isn't over... on Russia Develops Spaceship With Nuclear Engine · · Score: 1

    USSR already won the space race, in my eyes. Sending robots to the moon > man to the moon.
    Sending man into outter space seems like a silly idea to me still, robotics ftw.

  14. Re:Only fair on Wi-Fi Patent Victory Earns CSIRO $200 Million · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It developed a very nice wifi solution, in something like 6months and they did it as pure research. Do you need more legitimacy ?
    The money they've (imho) rightly got will go back into pure research. To develop idea and theories now, that will be hopefully as useful as wifi. You don't want useful things?
    As an Australian citizen don't you think I want my research organisation to be given its due?
    Everyone had access to there results as they published it, I can only find an 18page patent "Wireless LAN John D. O'Sullivan et al". I'd hazard a guess there has been a dozen more journal articles as well, just like any other important research - that was publicly funded.

  15. Great idea, I love blimps ... but on 250-Foot Hybrid Airship To Spy Over Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    WW1 called, they want there technology back.

  16. FOIA - for the hosting companies! on US Government Sets Up Online "App Store" · · Score: 1

    Its one thing for FOIA, but companies hosting this data must be doing some kinda mining on it. Else whats in it for them? Bait and switch a free model, for a pay model later on. Why don't they just start up a wiki and let the people run the country, or wait is that too much like socialism?

  17. Have a cry dell... on Dell Says Re-Imaging HDs a Burden If Word Banned · · Score: 1

    Grow some balls and change to Open Office. Just create some new images, and use them from now on - I believe that would cover your cowardly asses. I know big firms like to cry poor, but come on suck it up. And stop upgrading to the new ms office suites they suck, open source all the way! If not replace word with VIM! FTW

  18. Re:StarCraft II - LAN PLAY on Ask Blizzard About Starcraft2, Diablo III, WoW, or Battle.net · · Score: 1

    +1 Auth online then full lan.

  19. F24!!!! on Fifteen Classic PC Design Mistakes · · Score: 1

    Why did my computers stop having F13-F24 function!? God dammit, I need more keys not less!

  20. TV series = movies redone...? on Futurama Rumored To Return On Comedy Central · · Score: 1

    As I understand it this was always part of the plan, the movies were to be remade into a full tv series for the comedy chan.

  21. wtf on Analysis Says Planes Might Be Greener Than Trains · · Score: 1

    Walking ftw!

  22. Re:You're not Engineers. Get over it. on How Software Engineering Differs From Computer Science · · Score: 1

    Master of Engineering (Magister in Ingeniaria), often abbreviated M.Eng. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Engineering

  23. Re:Perhaps it used the wrong working fluid on Hydraulic Analog Computer From 1949 · · Score: 1

    It might have been more successful if they had used beer instead of water...

    freaking genius

  24. Re:Lameduck release. RTFA carefully on The Real British X-Files · · Score: 1

    1) All UFO related files from 1950s and early 1960s were destroyed, deliberately.

    Probably cuz they didn't want the embarrassment, of such a crappy investigation. I would imagine, if you worked in the MOD in the 1950's had to deal with psychologically disturbed people on a daily basis your report might included some derogatory remarks. I'm not saying everyone's a crank etc, but it would be more than the usually MOD officer could handle.

  25. Re:Kobayashi Maru? on NSA Wages Cyberwar Against US Armed Forces Teams · · Score: 1

    Sounds like what ever tutor does, plan assessments in their own field of expertise - so they can steal any good ideas and destroy the known bad ideas.