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  1. After 10ms that information is no longer realtime on By 2025, Nearly 30 Percent of Data Generated Will Be Real-Time, IDC Says (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't get the point. What is this 30% in reference to and what's a global data sphere? Isn't a huge percentage of all data now and even in 2010 real-time, but is discarded or never hits the internet?

  2. Re:Frequently changed on With Rising Database Breaches, Two-Factor Authentication Also At Risk (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    I always figured the forced password change was more a way to detect compromised passwords. This leaves an undetected attacker a month to look around, but then the account breech would be noticed or eliminated.

  3. Re:As California is home to... on California To Join Nevada With Rules For Autonomous Cars · · Score: 1

    Also not fully correct. On 1-way to 1-way with turns allowed from multiple lanes you can have two+ cars turning right and drivers are allowed to land in whatever lane they please. It's totally stupid.

    See example #6
    http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/hdbk/turns.htm#turnexamples

  4. Re:Because there is no "wrong" moderation... on Scientists Say People Aren't Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish · · Score: 1

    Errr. Wrong again.

    Republic means "run by elected/appointed officials". True democracy, where every citizen votes on every bill/law/appointment is NOT a republic, nor is monarchy, nor is dictatorship (unless we consider that self appointed?).

    Officially, the UK is a constitutional monarchy. However, their parlimentary system is more a republic than a democracy. The US, UK, & France all fall into the same category!

    Most modern "democracies" are republics, with the representatives chosen via general democratic elections.

  5. Wear protection on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    i disassembled my old drives and saved the platters and the superstrong magnets. The platters look like steel so I thought maybe I'll just bend them in half and make it not worth anybody's time to try reading them. Platters don't bend - they shatter into a million slivers of something that initially just embed themselves in your hands. For weeks you'll be finding fragments in the carpet 20 feet from the original impact zone.

    So wear protection (esp. eyes) and do it somewhere you can cleanup easily. Sound advice for many activities.

  6. Re:Funny Thing on PayPal Co-Founder Gives Out $100,000 To Not Go To College · · Score: 1

    Pre-med isn't really a major. You do pick a "real" major that is basically throw away for your b.a/b.s.

    See http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-medical

  7. Re:Don't stop at Paul Allen on Woz and the RCA Character-generator Patent · · Score: 1

    You're comparing retired Gates & Allen to still at the helm Jobs. Maybe when Jobs gets tired of sitting around the house and counting his big ol' pile of money he'll start giving some away.

  8. Where do you find good teachers? on Armenia Makes Chess Compulsory In Schools · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking the biggest implementation problem with doing the same in the US would be finding good chess teachers, especially for the low level students. Overall, I think it's a great idea.

  9. Re:infrared? bogus. on DIY Laser Pistol Shoot 1MW Blasts · · Score: 2

    Manufacturers will be forced to add an additional slow visible pulse and an audible pew sound. Just like they have to add some engine noise because the Prius is too quiet.

  10. Isn't smuggling always illegal? on Prison Cell Phone Smuggling Out of Control · · Score: 1

    This sounds like another law that will be too specific to cellphones. Do they have separate laws covering cakes, hacksaws, knives, guns, explosives, drugs, cigarettes, .... ?

    How about one law that covers generic smuggling, which already sounds illegal?

  11. Re:I would be very concerned on Electronics In Flight — Danger Or Distraction? · · Score: 1

    Your car isn't really touching the ground. It's on 4 big black insulators.

    You can add a grounding strap to your car, but most people don't bother.

  12. Re:so naive on Google Releases Software To Iran · · Score: 1

    Not be to too naive, but how do you think they were previously blocking iranian access?

    Most likely the government 4th graders were already using foriegn proxies for whatever ultra secret things the "Axis of Evil" is working on these days. Now they can steal wifi from the coffe shop across the street or the private DSL line installed in their bunker.

    If you felt more safe before reading this you're the naive one.

  13. Payment Info???? on Defending Self In a Case of On-Line Identity Theft? · · Score: 1

    Can't the courts subpoena the payment info for the fraudulent request?

    Maybe you as an individual can contact them as well. Without some social engineereing they should only be willing to tell you it doesn't match info you provide.

    Chances are, whoever did it wasn't that bright and used their own paypal or credit card info.

  14. my refund .... on Time Warner to Charge Extra for Over-Quota Bandwidth · · Score: 1
    will begin charging users a fee for exceeding a monthly download limit

    I'll be expecting a refund for any month I stay under said download limit.

    It doesn't say anything about uploads ...

  15. Re:I have often wondered why it is so hard ... on GPL for Books? · · Score: 1
    Try phrasing your search a little better. My top 10 from google look like they'd be relevant. No mention of aliens in the ones I looked at.

    Search on +"sleep paralysis"

    I'm not sure what the syntax is on google, this is what I'd use on altavista. It appears to be legal on google too.

  16. give them their patent and ads on Google (Patent Pending) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure what draws most people to google, but for me it's the decent hits it returns when I search, and they do that using the algorithm that they were the 1st to implement.

    Sure they did it with an algorithm developed at Stanford, but that's how graduate research works. Usually the university would get the patent on the idea and license it to a company.

    And as for google being ad free. That will change soon. It's part of their business plan to start selling ads, probably as soon as they build up a decent user base. Nobody wants to pay to advertise on an unknown site. As soon as they get enough eyeballs they can use those numbers to woo advertisers.

    They claim the ads will be clearly differentiated from the search results and will in no way affect the results, but the ads closest to your query will be displayed http://www.google.com/advertisement.html

    I say good for them. If it took a few years to develop and test the algorithm and they were, they should get the patent.

    As for the ads, even the best websites have ads. Just scroll up and you'll see what I mean.