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  1. Gotwind.... on Rubber Boots Charge Your Phone · · Score: 1

    oh dear, I had pictures of a pipe from the boots into your trousers when the firm's name of Gotwind was read....I must get out more :-)

  2. CBS news = NNS on CBS and CNN Could Be Making News Together · · Score: 2, Informative

    Funny 'cos CBS joined up with ABC and Fox News Channel to create the Network news Service in response to CNN over 20 years ago.

    If this goes ahead the USA will have 1 big news service for TV news - maybe some sort of competition commission might block this?

  3. Re:Well.. on OpenNMS Celebrates 10 Years · · Score: 1

    only 4 digit ones are worth anything :-)

  4. theory of evolution.. on Scientists Postulate Extinct Hominid With 150 IQ · · Score: 3, Interesting

    is that those who adapt quickest to a changing environment survive (not the biggest, quickest or strongest). maybe thats what happened the Boskops couldn't adapt.

  5. File sync-ing/monocultures on Windows 7 May Finally Get IPv6 Deployed · · Score: 1

    Field has a specific headache he’s hoping DirectAccess will ease: file synchronization. “Someone might take their laptop home for weeks or months at a time, and it won’t synchronize their files on the network until [the laptop] is brought back in.” He anticipates that DirectAccess will make his life easier because he “won’t need to worry about people losing files because they rarely bring in their laptop,” he says.

    What!!!- has he actually tried file sync-ing over something that's more than about 10ms latency away....and thats most people off LAN these days.

    I read with interest Mr Field talking about GP and all things M$, he needs to get out more. GPO's are good but they can be complemented by other technologies, not just what M$ gives you in this particular release. monocultures bad and being brain washed into a single vendors view is not a good idea.

  6. hardware makers are on top of this time on Gaming On Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    yeah right, they were for vista and then the sound guys got stuffedd with major api changes from the final Vista RC to the RTM versions.

    I've believe it when i see it..

  7. ITV news last night... on Virus Infection Hits UK's Ministry of Defense, Including Warships · · Score: 5, Informative

    ITV News was stating it was also effecting 6 RAF admin bases as well and they outbreak has been running since well before Christmas. All of this hear-say as the MOD (rightly IMHO) are keeping alot of this info to themselves.

    Also no signs of how the malware got into the systems, accidently or a deliverate 'attack'.

    given the time to clear up and the large number of systems it's compromised it's a little worrying to the least.

  8. NTSC vs Digital on 18% of Consumers Can't Tell HD From SD · · Score: 1

    Would be interesting to see what the diff is like for NTSC vs digital. As most people kmow NTSC signal and picture is pretty horrible compared to PAL and SECAM, so I wonder if people think their new TV is great due to the better picture normal SD digital give you?

    As others have pointed out a decent upscaled DVD looks near as heck as good as blue-ray/HD-DVD hence why blue-ray isn't catching on like DVD did - there's no discernable difference to most people at home.

  9. trees on Removing CO2 From the Air Efficiently · · Score: 1

    or stop de-forestation and actually plant more of the things ??

  10. Re:against TrueCrypt on Whole Disk Encryption For Vista? · · Score: 1

    yes and yes.

    Just pointing to an issue. Kinda muddie's their reputation. If there's problems with one part of the product and it's still an issue in the next release even after it being pointed out.

    "So we cannot break the deniability feature in TrueCrypt 6.0. But, honestly, I wouldn't trust it."

  11. against TrueCrypt on Whole Disk Encryption For Vista? · · Score: 1

    Bruce Schneier and gang aren't impressed by truecrypts product .

    Also gotta look at this from a risk point of view - and as previous mentioned don't forget those border guards in the US!

  12. will?? on Google Says Spam, Virus Attacks to Get More Clever · · Score: 1

    total sales pitch here, this has been happening for several years where the malware writers use news headlines to trick people into opening email and links...

    nothing to see here, please move on.

  13. example of frustration on Microsoft Patents Frustration-Detection System · · Score: 1

    I'd say this is fairly easy to detect..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4a1z7NLnNk :-)

  14. Pedant on Colossus Cracks Again · · Score: 1, Informative

    OK so I was there a few months ago and it is indeed an impressive beast - it's HUGE. About the size of a small data centre.

    Also is doesn't crack the codes, merely gives the key to crack the codes from Enigma machines. Needs a separate machine to run the de-cypher...

  15. Re:But... on Colossus Cracks Again · · Score: 1

    no but it'll run netbsd ;-)

  16. remember on Picture Passwords More Secure than Text · · Score: 1

    "If a person chooses a flower background and then draws a butterfly as their secret password image onto it, they have to remember where they began on the grid and the order of their pen strokes."

    come on - they can't remember a passphrase never mind how to draw a house......

    then there's the "I'm stupid and forgot my password" links and things have have to do to reverify....

    might help, might not..

  17. technological solutions will fail on Claim of a Blu-ray BD+ Crack · · Score: 1

    When will the content providers get this. Whatever barrier they put in place will fail, just a matter of time.

    my solution: sell it cheap pile it high..

  18. Re:Lucky! on How the U.S. Became Switchboard to the World · · Score: 5, Insightful

    cough - same as a US citizen then ;-)

  19. Founder of Solid State Logic on James Randi Posts $1M Award On Speaker Cables · · Score: 1

    Apparently the founder of Solid State Logic Colin Sanders used to have big old 15 amp wires to his speakers.
    All this oxygen free, multicore stuff is overrated!

  20. 10 years of my life.... on Slashdot Turns 10 But You Get The Presents · · Score: 1

    gone :-)

    crikey I must be getting old then.....

  21. complex systems==problems on Microsoft 'Stealth Update' Proving Problematic · · Score: 1

    Like all complex systems any change will have 'interesting' side-effects.

    And that (IMHO) is MS-Mindows main problem. It's too complex, and this is why there are so many issues with it.

    End of story.

  22. PCWorld don't use on Retailer Refuses Hardware Repair Due To Linux · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't buy anything from PC world. Their customer care on problems after buying is totally rubbish..

    They'll do anything not to help once they've taken youre money WITHOUT you standing in the middle of store and making a scene.

  23. campain to stop malware on A Campaign to Block Firefox Users? · · Score: 1

    They'd be better with a campaign to get people to secure their websites etc so IE is safe to use as the default browser!

    Why do they think people want to use something other in the first place.....cos IE's so much more vulnerable to malware than a.n.other browser.

  24. 93% of all email sent from the UK was spam ?????? on What Does the 'Next Internet' Look Like? · · Score: 1

    I think that's "93% of all email *received in* the UK was spam" ;-)

  25. security != technology on The DRM Scorecard · · Score: 1


    OK can the folks buying DRM please remember all technology is fallible and that security is a process NOT a single solution.