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  1. Re:Analysis of the "hack", or how sum of parts bre on The Java Popup you Can't Stop · · Score: 1

    b) Window.setBounds(): Used to set size of window. Nothing evil, except set it larger than screen size, hence hiding the applet warning by moving it "off screen" c) Window.setAlwaysOnTop(): Used to set the window on top. Essential for displaying "Modal" dialog boxed like error boxes. Nothing sinister here. To b) The normal warning appears, iirc the "Applet Window" warning is only at the bottom in Windows, not at the top under Linux.
    To c )Actually this throws a SecurityException when run on my box. FC6, FF 1.5.0.12 and jdk 1.6.0-b105.
    The toFront is called periodicly by a Thread.
    The easiest solution would probably be to have the applet warning at the top under Windows as well.
  2. Yawn on The Java Popup you Can't Stop · · Score: 1

    Now THIS is hard to take seriously. This has been possible for more than 5 years. The Applet window shows the warning ("Applet window") big enough. The only new (jdk1.5) method setAlwaysOnTop throws a SecurityException and just calling toFront every 10 ms may be annoying, but thats it. Since theres no way of knowing how the desktop looks like exactly the idea of drawing a fake desktop is rediculous. Well, i could continue ranting that that reversing the applet actually shows the author still has problems with the basic concepts such as Runnable and Thread, but wtf...

  3. Re:I just tested the theory on Black Hole Information Loss Paradox Solution Proposed · · Score: 1

    The difference is that a particle falling into a black hole and being emitted as hawking radiation appears to be fundamentally non-unitary (quantum mechanical speak for non-reversable / information losing). Many people find it odd, and unlikely that every process in the universe is unitary except around black holes. Hence attempts to find alternative theories. Last time i read about Hawking radiation this effect was attributed to "Paarbildung" (dont know the english term, the quantum machanical effect that causes a particle and an anti-particle to spontanously appear, and usually destroy themselves shortly after). When this happens at the event horizon its possible for one particle to get caught in the black hole while the other escapes.
    Thus i still cant see how the Hawking radiation directly relates to anything INSIDE the black hole (except maybe for the fact that a corresponding anti-particle will have to be inside the black hole).
  4. I just tested the theory on Black Hole Information Loss Paradox Solution Proposed · · Score: 1

    Didnt have any fancy equipment, just a neon glow stick.
    Threw it into a couple of normal holes first.
    Knew when it had arrived due to the fact i could see it.
    The problem with the black hole was that it seemed moving slower and slower as it got closer to the event horizon, not even getting there.
    Obviosly you cant throw anything into black holes. Or would you prefer to believe people telling you that light moves slower away from the black the closer you get to the event horizon?

    But ive got an information loss problem of my own.
    I got this neat random number generator with a lcd display that generates a random number every second.
    Ever since i placed in inside a black box i dont know what number it displays.
    Anyone know how to find out what number it displays without opening the box?

  5. Re:XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 has the same rat on Red Hat Linux Gets Top Govt. Security Rating · · Score: 3, Funny

    I read that link, but is the following just concidence? "Certificate Date: 01 April 2007" Hmm....