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  1. Re:But... on Microsoft Warns of New Video ActiveX Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    You need to pick a better place to store your credit card numbers. Twitter is easy and accessible world-wide.

  2. Re:Oh well. on Microsoft Warns of New Video ActiveX Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    I assume you are one of the two /.ers actively pushing for Vista at work?

  3. Re:Oh well. on Microsoft Warns of New Video ActiveX Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    I'm wondering what they'll do when Win2k retires for good.

  4. Re:Isolate! on Microsoft Warns of New Video ActiveX Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    Flashblock will go a long way towards mitigating the flash attacks, and it generally improves the browsing experience (people way into YouTube or such may have to do a little whitelisting).

    I use it solely to prevent videos from downloading immediately.

  5. Re:Fallout on US, Russia Reach Nuclear Arsenal Agreement · · Score: 1

    The entire reason there are enough weapons to destroy the enemy many times over is because if I strike your nuke sites first, you can't retaliate.

    Which is the entire reason boomers were created.

  6. Re:Fallout on US, Russia Reach Nuclear Arsenal Agreement · · Score: 1

    Don't worry...there are still plenty of ways to create wastelands.

    Why not use what we have before creating more?

  7. Re:Robotic aneurysm on Robot Invented To Crawl Through Veins · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Fantastic Voyage
    Both of them.

  8. How is that helpful? on Robot Invented To Crawl Through Veins · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How does a robot moving though one's vein "diagnose and potentially treat artery blockage"? Wouldn't it need to be traveling though the arteries to do that?

  9. Re:PETA will be confused on Unicellular "Enigma" Changes From Predator To Plant and Back · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's a bacteria with a parasite that radically alters the host's "body" chemistry, and one of the daughter cells will inherit the parasite. And I presume that daughter cell will spawn a similar pair at the next mitosis division. I see no changing of species here.

  10. Re:Problem with that - Teacher's Editions on We Rent Movies, So Why Not Textbooks? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But then I remembered "teacher's editions".

    Each textbook has a teacher's edition that has all the answers in it.

    Ahem. 7 on the first page.
    What prevents me from buying one of these rather than the standard edition of the same book?

  11. Re:Not to be confused with on Revisiting the Five-Minute Rule · · Score: 1

    Do people in the US really believe that you can eat food that's fallen on the floor if you pick it up fast enough?

    Well, if you accept that my brother fits the definition of "person", and various snacks (pretzels, chips, hard candy (still wrapped)) as "food", then some people in the US don't restrict themselves to 5 seco^Wminu^W^da^Wmonths.

    Though I am sure the attitude is not limited to the US.

  12. Re:Have to be a daredevil to be successful at this on You, Too, Can Learn Echolocation · · Score: 1

    Originally, Spiderman was bitten by a radioactive spider. In the live-action movies, it was a genetically engineered one.
    Are you sure the source of DD's abilities stayed the same in every incarnation?

  13. Re:Dubious on You, Too, Can Learn Echolocation · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure my brain has only been tuning itself for a few decades.

  14. Re:How useful in hot climates? on New Video of Tesla's Mass-Market Electric Car · · Score: 1

    With something like this I wonder if it isn't worth dropping the weight of the conventional AC and using the old-fashioned 4/70 AC*.

    *4 windows/70 mph

  15. Right-hand drive? on New Video of Tesla's Mass-Market Electric Car · · Score: 1

    And for those in countries where it matters, this article mentions that it should also be available in right-hand drive.

    Where it matters? Do some countries have laws dictating that sort of thing? AFAIK, that sort of thing of more de facto than de jure. I, personally, would love to have a right-hand drive car here in the US. Because otherwise when you park on the street the most-used seat/door is exposed to traffic.

  16. Re:They Have A Point on Symantec Exec Warns Against Relying On Free Antivirus · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah? Well I have a virus-repelling rock.

  17. Re:Crash over Switzerland on London Stock Exchange To Abandon Windows · · Score: 1

    Yes, they are different. But in what way do their differences invalidate my point regarding manual override?

  18. Re:Crash over Switzerland on London Stock Exchange To Abandon Windows · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Switzerland scenario + idiot pilot = crash
    Switzerland scenario + smart pilot = no crash
    Airbus scenario + idiot pilot = crash
    Airbus scenario + smart pilot = crash

    Car analogy! We may get upset at auto companies that take shortcuts in safety features that may cost lives when the cars crash (Pinto), but I have never seen anyone blame Ford for the accident occurring in the first place.

    Out of curiosity, who made the planes that crashed over Switzerland? You seem to imply Boeing but don't explicitly say it.

  19. Re:Who in their right mind would want to use FAT? on Linux Patch Clears the Air For Use of Microsoft's FAT Filesystem · · Score: 1

    2) most normal people use webmail

    At home. Standalone clients (usually Outlook) dominate the workplace.

  20. Re:Genetic drift on Ant Mega-Colony Covers the World · · Score: 1

    You were the first of three responders to mention Bing, so I assume I've missed something.

  21. Re:Nothing to do with sex... on Daily Sex Helps Improve Fertility · · Score: 1

    What about the decrease in ejaculatory volume?

    http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ConservationOfNinjutsu>

  22. Re:Scary... on US Sets Up Emergency Multi-Band Radio Project · · Score: 1

    Yes, but you have to be very close to an antenna. Unfortunately, They have managed to turn the entire Internet infrastructure and electrical grid into one, giant, antenna.

  23. Re:Another thread, another flamewar on Firefox 3.5 Benchmarked, Close To Original Chrome · · Score: 1

    obfuscating the URL of the .FLV file so the average user can view The Precious but not download it.

    /me looks at browser cache and /tmp directory.

  24. Re:God dammit on Images of Apollo Landing Sites Soon Available · · Score: 1

    Either the photos will come back showing no hardware on the moon and we'll finally have proof it never happened...

    Or that they don't know how to point the camera where they want to.

  25. Re:Tracking vs. billing on GPS-Based System For Driving Tax Being Field Tested · · Score: 1

    The heavier the car, the worst the gas mileage and therefore the more tax paid. It all works out in the end.

    Three words:
    Electric 18-wheeler

    We'll have them eventually.