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  1. Re:Lies on Our Lazy Solar Dynamo — Hello Dalton Minimum? · · Score: 1

    I suggest these guys.
    http://www.bulbtown.com/
    I think I have enough 75W/130V (22,000 hour) bulbs to last my lifetime. At $0.45 I can afford to stock up.
    No refrigeration required.

  2. Re:Use C# on Why Teach Programming With BASIC? · · Score: 1

    He is probably concerned about teaching such a limited form of GOTO. While the simplest version should be demonstrated the student should be encouraged to investigate the far more powerful and interesting Computed and Assigned GOTOs.

  3. Re:Ah yes. on Tales From the Tech Trenches · · Score: 2

    I was an SNA engineer working with LXE to set up wireless terminals in a warehouse, token ring over fiber. We were on the phone with the VTAM programmer for hours trying to bring up the link. I stepped into the office to call home yet again that I was still at work and no idea when I would be leaving. Setting at the desk looking out the window into the computer room where we were working, I noticed a cable hanging from the rack. Only one end was plugged in. 2 engineers and a system programmer, 10 hours to find we hadn't plugged in the other end of the cable.

  4. Re:One Way Cable modems .... on Tales From the Tech Trenches · · Score: 1

    Only if you have a rubber chicken.

  5. Re:Freedom and liberty on Amazon Cloud Not Big Enough For Feds and WikiLeaks · · Score: 1
  6. Re:Documentation and comments on Does Typing Speed Really Matter For Programmers? · · Score: 1

    Freshman engineer and a very poor typist. I wrote at a quite long (for me) Fortran program and had my zillion wpm journalism friend type it (onto punch cards) in for me. It took me a week to find all the D0 (not DO) loops. That was the first and last time I ever asked anyone to enter code for me. Maybe it is a problem with modern languages that leads people to think that the keyboard is some kind of typewriter. I know for a fact that it is actually a key entry pad of a programmable device and so I often input 1 key press at a time, carefully. I like it, it's way faster then toggle switches.

  7. Re:Correlation:typing speed and coding experience on Does Typing Speed Really Matter For Programmers? · · Score: 1

    I agree completely. I can type faster then I can think and I think while I type. I have observed fast typists and they just squirt down text, then just as backspace over it, and redo again as needed. It's like they think with their fingers. Fine if that works for them, but I build it in my head and then transcribe to keyboard. If I could type faster then 4 fingers I would just have to backspace more. That primarily applies to text, I actually program much slower then that. In any case, at 30 WPM, a perl master could code the universe on 10 minutes.

  8. Re:Unclassified on Air Force Blocks NY Times, WaPo, Other Media · · Score: 2

    Well, you can classify it any way you want, but it is still common public knowledge. RIAA et al aside, you cant "own" knowledge. Cost of reproduction is zero. Once you display any information it is owned by us all.

  9. Re:Quick, Close the Barn Door!!! on Air Force Blocks NY Times, WaPo, Other Media · · Score: 1

    Dude! Pizza! Path to world peace!

  10. Someone wants us to distrust our systems. on FBI Alleged To Have Backdoored OpenBSD's IPSEC Stack · · Score: 1

    Obvious, intentional FUD.
    Still, a reminder to upgrade our security if we are thinking of playing with fire.

  11. Re:who's been put in danger ? on OpenLeaks — 'A New WikiLeaks' · · Score: 1

    Are you aware of his stated goals? They are posted on the Wikileaks site, but in summary he hopes to force authoritarian governments into defending their secrecy so much that it impairs their ability to function. It sounds like a noble ambition to me.

  12. A workaround? on Beating Censorship By Routing Around DNS · · Score: 2

    Maybe a wizard can supply the details, but it seems we could just host our own DNS file. I would think it could be set to allow review and rollback.
    You know eventually the governments will take control over "the internet". The opportunity to monitor our transactions, email, IM, books, video, music, news, comments etc. is irresistible to them. We may as well start building darknet now (or send me an invite if I'm late).

  13. Re:Get back in your Free Speech Zone on Beating Censorship By Routing Around DNS · · Score: 1

    Walk into an American courtroom and yell " I think this judge is is a corrupt piece of shit". Can you guess what happens?
    Good luck expressing your opinion vs. a judge perceiving contempt.

  14. Re:Missing the Point, entirely on Schneier Recommends Nuclear-Style Cyberwar Hotlines, Treaties · · Score: 1

    ITYM "backtracing".

  15. Re:Summary Fail on Wikileaks DDoS Attacker Arrested, Equipment Seized · · Score: 1

    Up yours whippersnapper. I route your SNA token ring over SDLC. Take THAT!
    Surrender now or it's frame relay at 1000 kbps. And I have ISDN backup in reserve.
    Don't make me use my FIDI ring!

  16. Re:The last release on UK Asks News Outlets Not To Publish WikiLeaks Bombshell, US Prepares For Fallout · · Score: 1

    Mighty brave of you being willing to sacrifice someones else's life. Your consent is appreciated.

  17. Yea. Nothing like an "embed" for objectivity. What do you think he would fear from making unfavorable reports? Ding dnig ding... Yes, he loses his embed status. Pretty soon we learn not to fuck up even once.
    By "fuck up" I obviously mean "report the truth".

  18. Re:Security is an embarassment on UK Asks News Outlets Not To Publish WikiLeaks Bombshell, US Prepares For Fallout · · Score: 1

    I think that nails it. The only ones who don't know what is going on is us.

  19. Re:The TSA has not changed policy on A Peek At the National Opt-Out Day Numbers · · Score: 1

    Rumor my ass, they said as much.
    WhenTF did we ever agree that if the government couldn't force us into compliance they were at liberty to humiliate us into compliance? I guess i just missed that discussion.

  20. Re:funny and ironic on Kuwait Bans DSLR Cameras Use For Non-Journalists · · Score: 1

    I don't have a problem with open carry. But it does lack the spillover benefit that concealed carry brings. As a gun owner either is fine with me, but any non owner should prefer CC.

  21. Re:First Post on Whitehat Hacker Moxie Marlinspike's Laptop, Cellphones Seized · · Score: 1

    Just encrypt it and post to alt.anonymous

  22. Re:Best excuse ever on eJuror Will Lead To New List of Jury Duty Excuses · · Score: 1

    Nothing would be more outrageous then a judge overruling a jury.
    The purpose of the citizen jury is to keep the prosecution in check.

  23. Re:What is next? on Emergency Broadcast System Coming To Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    I remember when they made the drive thru daiquiri stands put on covers (with straw of course) to comply with the local open container law. There is a lot to love about La.

  24. Ownership rights on On Several Fronts, US Gov't Prepares To Regulate Online Privacy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This crap is never going to stop until we clearly define who owns what data. Out current system says any data you collect is yours to do with as you please. I think we, as a society, need to change the definition. Henceforth, as proclaimed by me and everyone else that agrees, I am the sole owner of any and all data about myself. Sometimes we may share data, such as when I owe you money, but beyond that everything about me is mine, my location, purchases, height, weight, finger prints, DNA, medical history, library usage, bank balance and transactions, mood........ You may find you know some of these things about me. If you do, keep it to yourself and don't be caught recording it or selling it or aggregating it or I can sue you for theft of personnel data. All we need to do do is change the definition and this becomes possible.

  25. Re:Other parts of the probation agreement? on Bicycle Thief Barred From Using Encryption · · Score: 1

    Persons on parole are generally not allowed to have any weapon in their house. If that's the rule here in gun happy SC then I imagine it is a pretty common condition. They are subject to unannounced search inspections to verify compliance. I had a friend drive off from a minor collision and got to see how the system works. Kept her guns at my house till she was discharged.