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  1. they'll be more than glad... on Earthstation 5 Claimed to be Malware · · Score: 5, Interesting
  2. small % of processing power on Living Life in Fast-Forward · · Score: 1, Funny
    In normal conversation, only a small part of the brain is taxed, leaving excess processing power to be used for listening for lurking predators, filtering out background noise or simply daydreaming.


    in a normal windows session, only a small part of the cpu is taxed, leaving excess processing power to be used scanning for viruses/worms, filtering out smb traffic, or simply entering infinite loops.
  3. Re:digital fingerprint on Touch Screen Voting Industry Circling Wagons · · Score: 1

    According to the NCSL, Georgia requires one of:

    GA driver's license, branch, department, agency or entity of the state of GA or any other state or U.S. identification, U.S. passport, employee ID with photo, student ID with photo, GA license to carry a pistol or revolver, pilot's license, U.S. military ID, certified copy of birth certificate, social security card, certified naturalization documentation, certified copy of court records showing adoption, name or sex change

    So i guess photo id is not necessary but you still have to show some form of id, after which you get a smart card. They could easily tag the card to your id, photo or not. Most states do require id (to prevent fraud), but Florida and Mass. are both listed as "not specified." Maybe they could send a bunch of Democrats to Florida next year and steal the election back!

  4. Re:Paper receipts make it easy to pay for votes. on Touch Screen Voting Industry Circling Wagons · · Score: 2, Interesting

    >>> Paper receipts make it easy for a corrupt party to pay for votes.

    lack thereof makes it easy for a corrupt company (diebold) to steal votes. hmm... to have the votes bought, or stolen? it's a tough choice. however, it seems like it would be easier to affect the election on a much larger scale without a paper trail.

  5. digital fingerprint on Touch Screen Voting Industry Circling Wagons · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The screen itself could probably somehow capture an image of your fingerprint, without the intervention of a second person with a dusting kit... but they don't really need it because they already have a "fingerprint" of you on the smart card you pick up when you walk in and show your photo id. no votes are anonymous with these machines.

  6. paper trail on Touch Screen Voting Industry Circling Wagons · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If the machines would actually print out a receipt of sorts, leaving a paper trail for the voter and the election officials, then we would get the best of both worlds. An easy, understandable, and technologically advanced voting system that is open to accurate recounts. But the first count still wouldn't be guaranteed correct.

  7. Re:150 human years? on The Oldest Mouse Contest · · Score: 1

    >>> then a 1 year old mouse would be 100 years old in human years.

    shouldn't that be, a 1 year old mouse would be 100 years old in mouse years? people always seem to get that backwards. if you take the correct ratio, then since a mouse's life expectancy is 1/100th that of a human, then there should be 100 mouse years in one human year. not the other way around.

  8. Re:Google links on P2P Music Sharing Remains Popular Despite RIAA · · Score: 1

    search on google news

  9. Re:The system works? on Senate Approves Measure to Undo FCC Rules · · Score: 2, Informative

    sorry, how about if i format my posts...

    >>Take THAT, clear channel!

    From the article...

    "Finally, the new rules tighten radio ownership rules, essentially capping national radio consolidation. This rule would be overturned by Dorgan's resolution as well, allowing radio conglomerates to grow bigger."

    So Congress, having overturned the new rules, gave more strength to ClearChannel. Sorry...

  10. Re:The system works? on Senate Approves Measure to Undo FCC Rules · · Score: 1

    >>Take THAT, clear channel! From the article... "Finally, the new rules tighten radio ownership rules, essentially capping national radio consolidation. This rule would be overturned by Dorgan's resolution as well, allowing radio conglomerates to grow bigger." So Congress, having overturned the new rules, gave more strength to ClearChannel. Sorry...

  11. Re:The RIAA sucks on RIAA Settles With 12-Year-Old Downloader · · Score: 1

    what i glean from "britneygurl91" is that: a) she likes britney spears b) she thinks "gurl" is a cute spelling c) she was born in 1991. all 3 point to the fact that she is indeed a 12 year old girl. the riaa should know better.

  12. eigen on Statistically Optimal Music · · Score: 1

    It also means "proper." Hence its use in linear algebra (eigenvalue, eigenvector, eigenspace...) So eigenradio is "proper radio."

  13. steve satchell? on Cringely On Microsoft Settlement · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    why not rms? he would be "tough but fair" in enforcing msft's deal, right?

  14. netscape personal security manager on Netscape 6 And Win2K Web Viewing Problems? · · Score: 4

    try installing this. i use m18 on my windows machine, but i'm pretty sure it works for any mozilla browser.

  15. 7 words for metallica... on Metallica Wants To Ban 335,435 Napster Users · · Score: 1

    Halls of Justice painted green, Money talking