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  1. Why would they do it? on Encrypted Traffic No Longer Safe From Throttling · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can anyone explain to me why any ISP would use this technique? If they start looking at packet sizes to determine different kinds of encrypted traffic then the packets will just be padded, causing their network to be further overloaded...

  2. Would those snakes be running... on Scandinavian Scientists Designing Robotic Snakes · · Score: 5, Funny

    Python?

  3. Re:What's the point? on Tru64 Unix Advanced File System (AdvFS) Now GPL · · Score: 5, Funny

    This one is -- advanced, so it must be good, right? Right?

  4. Re:Will this even work? on Blogger Launches 'Google Bomb' At McCain · · Score: 1

    We tried implementing part of Google's PageRank algorithm once, and this type of thing will work. It's when you start making link farms that Google will detect it and exclude them, but link farms have the distinct property that they have lots of outgoing links and nearly no incoming links, so they're fairly easily detected. That's not the case the case with these blogger pages, as they're bound to have both plenty of outgoing and incoming links. Unless Google actively begins tampering with the results, this is going to have an effect if enough 'join the cause'.

  5. Re:DRM free eBooks could be easy on O'Reilly To Release DRM-free Ebooks In July · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's a good idea, except if people want to spread them, they would just remove the lock and change the information. DRM doesn't work, period. I'm glad to see O'Reilly embracing this fact.

  6. Re:$4 for gas, come on on McCain Backs Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    Aye, at the moment we pay 8.6 dollars per gallon in Denmark.

  7. Re:Typical... on EA's (Limited) Creature Creator For Spore Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have never experienced any negative consequences of using warezed versions of ga--
    Dear cephah,
    Your pants' key from her bedroom!
    JUST FOLLOW THIS WAY>>
    Sincerely, egor chao-li.
    --games, so I can't really relate.

  8. Maybe this could help on PhD Research On Software Design Principles? · · Score: 1

    Last semester we had software architecture and design and we used Software Architecture in Practice as reference. I found it pretty good and I'm sure it'll hold lots of information relevant to PhD students, too.

  9. Re:In the US no one wants to buy light cars on Efficiency? Think Racing Cars, Not Hybrids · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And their fears aren't exactly unfounded. Only way to get the majority of people to stop driving heavy cars is to increase gas prices to the point where lighter cars are the only option, or having a flag day where everybody agrees to switch, i.e. not gonna happen in the near future :)

  10. Re:do what now? on Acer Bets Big On Linux · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I beg to differ. I have a Pentium 4 3.0 GHz (I still consider that modern hardware) and it takes me over five minutes from I turn the computer on 'till everything is up and running in XP, and I'm not a typical user. I've disabled many bloated services and my taskbar do not have the 20+ icons you usually see novice users having. In comparison, I'm dual booting and it takes less than a minute for me to boot Ubuntu (not that I'm trying to troll here but it was mentioned in the topic).

  11. Unencrypted? on Bank of NY Loses Tapes With 4.5 Million Clients' Data · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I thought you had an obligation to encrypt data containing sensitive personal information such as SSNs when transporting them? In Denmark you are required by law to store such data safely, I wonder if it's any different in the US.

  12. Natural move on Large Web Host Urges Customers to Use Gmail · · Score: 1

    In an industry with as much competition as the web hosting companies experience it's natural to specialize in doing one thing, and doing it good. If they feel they're unable to provide an adequate mail service I'd much rather have them blankly admit it and recommend someone who specializes in that department. My trust in this company has just gone up a notch.

  13. Re:Or you could just breed your dog on Get the Family Dog Cloned · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sure, but I doubt this is about anything but social status among rich people. Bragging about a cottage up in Aspen pales compared to having one of only five genetically cloned dogs.

  14. Re:oblig on Walter Bender Resigns From OLPC · · Score: 3, Funny

    nah, but: 'i'll make my own OLPC ... with blackjack ... and hookers.' In fact forget the OLPC, and the blackjack.
  15. Re:MS: "Our customers are our beta testers." on Windows XP SP3 Released To Manufacturing · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that patches and updates for an OS are a natural step when new technologies are constantly being developed, e.g. USB 2.0.

  16. That would be on Extreme Linux Server Available to North America · · Score: 5, Informative

    50 degrees Celsius for the rest of the world.

  17. What's the use... on CNN Website Targeted by DoS · · Score: 1

    in doing a DoS attack against a major site such as CNN? It will come back online very shortly again, and it'll generate even more media fuss, hello Streisand effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect The Chinese government has no incentive to support such actions. Risk vs. gain factor alone should be enough to dismiss such thoughts.

  18. I remember math games as a kid on Adults Too Quick to Dismiss Educational Gaming? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I remember those games where the math game gave you a series of equations and once they were all solved it would tell you how many you got correct and your overall statistics and speed. Was about 10 years ago but it really helped me a lot. With the amazing progress in computer science these 10 years I imagine if someone made something similar, maybe wrapped a better interface around it with more interactivity, kids would really benefit from it.

  19. Fraud cases on FBI Reports All-Time High In Internet Fraud Losses · · Score: 1

    increase as amount of Internet users increase. News at 11.

  20. Re:CPU spike bug? on Firefox 3 Beta 5 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sounds like it could be a resource manager of Firefox that does some work in the background, makes sense since you say it occurs after a few hours use and that it disappears if you restart it (thus removing all of Firefox's allocated resources from RAM).

  21. Hoverboards! on Why Don't We Invent That Tomorrow? · · Score: 1

    Hoverboards for pete's sake! I've been begging for those things for decades!

  22. Re:Dear EA the reason why your offer was declined. on Electronic Arts Offers $2B For Take Two · · Score: 1

    It varies from country to country in Europe. In Denmark we use million as 10^6 and billion as 10^12.