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  1. Re:I don't get it on Microsoft Demos "Deep Zoom" Technology · · Score: 1

    Which camera took the photo of the 33,000,000,000 DPI stamp?

  2. Re:Yes. on Do Static Source Code Analysis Tools Really Work? · · Score: 1

    From the should-I-comment-out-these-lines post, apparently both lines were flagged, or at least the person using the tool thought they were flagged, which has much the same effect.

  3. Re:Whitelists don't work. on Gmail As Open-Relay Spam Server · · Score: 1

    If so, then what's the use having them? A whitelist is supposed to be a list of trusted addresses or domains, isn't it?

    Think of it more as a light-grey list. It's saying that emails sent from a whitelisted server get a +1 probably-not-spam vote when the email's spam rating is evaluated.
  4. Re:Idiots better get off their ass on Gmail As Open-Relay Spam Server · · Score: 3, Insightful

    before anyone has a chance to complain.

    All it takes is a spammer to use his distributed botnet to post thousands of complaints about legitimate email, and you're back to filtering push requests. You're also assuming that the spammer only has one plug to pull.
  5. Re:Superlens = spillover = irradiation on Focused Microwaves Could Enable Wireless Power Transfer · · Score: 1, Informative

    Here's what the diffraction pattern looks like, quite impressive.

  6. Re:Finally! on InPhase Technologies Promises Holographic Drive in May · · Score: 1

    Wik below links to a video which gives an overview of the theory. About 17 minutes in, he talks about maximum theoretical data density, about 1 bit per cubic wavelength, or 2 TB/cm^2.

  7. Re:Actually, much of it is accessable. on Dilbert Goes Flash, Readers Revolt · · Score: 1

    Exactly, if anything this is anti-web 2.0. Web 2.0 is all about seamless integration of community into otherwise static pages... this is about stuffing flash banner ads in your face.

  8. Re:While we're on the subject. on Dilbert Goes Flash, Readers Revolt · · Score: 1

    Love it too, especially since they fixed that annoying grey bar on the left...

  9. Re:COLOR temperature, not thermal temp on A Super-Efficient Light Bulb · · Score: 2, Informative

    In this case, they really do mean 6000K. See: http://www.physorg.com/news125238861.html It sounds like this thing gives off a black body spectrum, and operates at the same temperature as the surface of the sun. The sun gives off (almost) a black body spectrum too, so they have similar colours. This is probably how your colour chart above is defined, and why you talk about "colour temperature" in the first place: it's the colour of a black body at that temperature.

  10. Re:Entrapment? on FBI Posts Fake Hyperlinks To Trap Downloaders of Illegal Porn · · Score: 1

    > The goal here AIUI was just to get evidence so that search warrants could be obtained

    RTFA: "Vosburgh faced four charges: clicking on an illegal hyperlink; ...; ... Vosburgh was convicted of the first and last counts, which included clicking on the FBI's illicit hyperlink."

    Clicking the link apparently counts as attempting to download child porn, which itself is a crime. Doesn't matter how many times you've clicked similar links in the past. It probably doesn't count as entrapment because they didn't hold a gun to your head and say "click that link pervert."