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  1. Proofreading fails again on Apple Censors Dalai Lama iPhone Apps In China · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The word is principles.

  2. Re:EU Guidelines are on public display. on Possible Delays for Vista in Europe · · Score: 1
    MS: Oh yes, they were on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying Beware of the leopard.

    It'll be SabreTooth (version 10.9) they'll have to worry about by the time Vista comes out.

  3. Re:Answer me this. on Poisoned Torrents Plague Mybittorrent · · Score: 1
    What if I were to download "The Simpsons" from last nights free broadcast? I'm not uploading anything, just downloading and watching it, then deleting it after I watch it.

    Of course, the irony of Bittorrent is that while its core idea of "distributed distribution" relieves server load it also turns every downloader into an uploader. You don't just share the work, you also share any legal liabilities.

  4. I found an IP which was rated as SPAM .. on Reputation Lookup for IPs · · Score: 1

    255.255.255.255

    First seen: 2005-07-29

    Country: UNITED STATES

  5. Re:Farenheit 10^9 on Yet Another Method Of Achieving Nuclear Fusion · · Score: 1

    I'd like to assume that when we're discussing nontrivial temperatures that only scientists deal with, we should assume that the scientific (i.e. Kelvin) scale is being used.

    Of course = we're not savages here!

    ;-)

  6. Re:Farenheit 10^9 on Yet Another Method Of Achieving Nuclear Fusion · · Score: 1

    What you say is absolutely correct, but only in the context of research itself - not in a /. article summary where no specific figures ("billions") are given.

  7. Re:Farenheit 10^9 on Yet Another Method Of Achieving Nuclear Fusion · · Score: 1
    Fahrenheit 1e9 is roughly 6e8 Kelvin (or degrees Celsius)

    What observable difference can you imagine between some matter at 1 billion degrees and the same matter at 2 billion degrees?

  8. Farenheit 10^9 on Yet Another Method Of Achieving Nuclear Fusion · · Score: 3, Insightful
    heat a plasma to billion kelvin temperatures

    When you're talking about billions of degrees the temperature scale is pretty irrelevant.

  9. I think I'll sit this one out ... on Google Releases GDS 2.0 · · Score: 1

    ... until the security issues of this new, attractive target for crackers have been worked through.

  10. Re:Need to know... on OpenTV Like TiVo on Steroids · · Score: 1
    Is the drunken Australian hooligan audio feed available for all TV shows?

    Or for /. ?

  11. Re:do something about it... on Gator CPO at the Department of Homeland Security · · Score: 1
    And what would you have people do? Lots of us DO email, write, and telephone our representatives. But no letter, phonecall, or email has even a fraction of the power that a $10,000 "campaign contribution" does. Campaign contributions mean that political representation goes to those with the most money to donate. Democracy died long ago.

    Well, Mozilla raised $250,000 for the New York Times Firefox ad in a matter of days. Just think what a $250,000 "campaign contribution" could do - if only we could all agree on a "message" ...

  12. Re:For some reason .... on Simulating the Universe with a zBox · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    You can legislate morally you can't legislate morallity

    I can't disagree because there's no such thing as morallity. Did you mean morality?

  13. Re:disclosure - Wikalong on How Real Is The Open Source Database Fever? · · Score: 1

    Any idea how Wikalong compares to Opine-It!, mentioned in another post in this subthread?

    I just installed it and took a look; two differences I can see immediately are :-

    • Opine-It doesn't use the sidebar, it opens a new tab or window (sidebar is promised)
    • in Opine-It you post individual comments whereas Wikalong annotations are Wiki-fied - anyone can edit anything.
  14. Re:disclosure - Wikalong on How Real Is The Open Source Database Fever? · · Score: 1
    My favorite system was the P2P "Third Voice", a browser plugin which let the user attach popup sticky notes to any web page, stored in a DB the plugin checked against the "background" page's URL. That way, P2P commentary could effortlessly appear right in the context being presented, without requiring cooperation from the provider of the target content. The project folded, but I welcome its return.

    Wikalong is a Firefox extension which lives in your sidebar. You can annotate any page on the web and any Wikalong user visiting that page will see your comments.

    Anyone can edit any comments and you can see all the most recent comments on a web-page or using an RSS feed.

  15. Re:don't forget Web Annotation! on How to Build a Better Browser · · Score: 1
    Web annotation with Wikalong. shameless plug

    Yes, this is going to be big. The Firefox sidebar becomes a shared space for notes and comments - every visitor to any given web-page sees the same set of notes and can edit them. Or roll them back to a previous version. Or view a list of recently-annotated URLs.

  16. No problem .. on Google Censors Abu Ghraib Images [updated] · · Score: 2, Funny

    .. we can just use Google's cache of Google's search results.

  17. Re:All starts with real SPAM on "Phishing" Attacks to Increase · · Score: 2, Funny

    Indeed! I have received two emails from my building society which include the phrase A number of bogus e-mails are currently circulating in the UK encouraging customers to visit fraudulent websites where personal or Internet security details are requested. Halifax would never send e-mails that ask for confidential or personal security information and it is very important that you do not reply to these e-mails or click on any links within them.

    Sensible advice and policy, except that it's immediately followed by this LINK: Please read our security section for help and more information.

    Almost unbelievable!

  18. Surely the Quakers ... on Warriors Of Freedom Prompted Rampage Attempt? · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... are an obvious counterexample to the idea that naming yourself after a violent video game means you're a violent group.

    ;-)

  19. Re:Not many drawbacks on Downsides to the C++ STL? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    higher C++ gurus told me that using all of the std namespace would bloat my code unnecessarily

    Get new gurus. Putting using namespace std; into your program (especially in a header file) is regarded by some as poor style but it certainly won't "bloat your code".


  20. Old news (again) on Cat Recognition Algorithms? · · Score: 1

    For the second time today Slashdot has posted a story which first broke last year (scroll down to December 21, 2001).

  21. Old news on Thumbs Are the New Fingers for GameBoy Youth · · Score: 3, Informative

    See here for articles from last year on this topic.

  22. Re:This should prove entertaining. on Rules-Unknown Artificial Intelligence Competition · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Heck, I'd like to see a competition where HUMANS play a game where they don't know the rules. That could be just as intereting.

    You're playing it right now, bud ..

  23. Re:The simple answer.... on More Australian Insanity: Forwarding Mail Illegal (updated) · · Score: 1

    ... is not to live in Australia. It used to be an attractive place to consider moving to and working in but now it's definitely off my list. On the other hand, my current abode (the UK) is looking increasingly dodgy too.

  24. Re:Not quite Everything on GNUPedia Project Starting · · Score: 1

    I agree with you that Everything2 is not an encyclopedia, however, the Everything engine would be an excellent way to build something like GNUPedia.

  25. Too Late on Douglas Adams Back On Radio · · Score: 1

    > Posted by Hemos on Wednesday October 04, @08:24PM
    > ...
    > On BBC radio, premiering October 4th.

    That was today. At 11 am. Not very useful.