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  1. Re:serious on ICANN Elections · · Score: 2

    It took me almost a month of trying 2-3 times a day and a nasty email to the webmaster before I could get registered. I finally got my PIN number by snail mail a few days ago. Unfortunately, their website says my PIN number and password are incorrect so I can't get in. You're really not missing anything except a hard time.

    I think the whole election thing is just a sham. They don't want voters taking away their power (even though we're only getting a tidbit). That's why it's been such an ordeal to even get in.

  2. Re:Processor Hog on Natural Language CLIs? · · Score: 1

    It's true that a standard command line eats almost nothing for CPU cycles. What I'm concerned with is the extra cycles necessary to interpret the command in the form of a sentence. Right now a 'mv' command is simple. The arguments follow the command separated by white space. With natural language, the command a the arguments have to be hunted down, and all the garbage (a, to, with, etc). Wild cards will be even more fun, but I won't even start on that. The biggest thing that concerns me is dialect and general word variation. Hopefully I'm wrong though. If this actually works, it would be a great asset to the end user.

  3. Processor Hog on Natural Language CLIs? · · Score: 1

    It sounds like a major processor hog. It may not be quite as bad a voice recongnition, but it'll still hurt. I guess it's time to buy a 1+ GHz processor.

  4. Re:Peter Gutmann's deletion algo is in GNU fileuti on New Tech In Data Retrieval · · Score: 1

    shred -n 35 -z core
    Now no one will ever know that my latest program for school dumped a core.

  5. Re:Space tourism YEA, But is it safe. on Mir Reactivation Mission to Launch Monday · · Score: 1

    That's it exactly. It's not safe with all the blunders that have occured as Mir ages. Oops, the computers are down again. Oops, we ran into our own rocket. Oops.... So, I think we should support this for single reason. Let's all chip in and send up Gates. We know he won't come back. No need to renovate, send him now!