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  1. Re:How fragile is stored data? on 100 Terabyte 3.5-inch Optical Storage · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, This paper would suggest that such a ferroelectric disk would be resistant to stray electromagnetic fields.

  2. Re:How fragile is stored data? on 100 Terabyte 3.5-inch Optical Storage · · Score: 3, Informative

    Existing magnetic drives already write bits multiple times in succession to guard against corruption, and CD technology has error correction as part of the standard.

  3. Re:from the way it looks... on Gene Doping: Genetically Engineered Athletes · · Score: 1
    will there be another Lance Armstrong who refuses to take performance enhancing drugs but yet surpasses all of his or her opponents? What will happen to him or her if s/he is accused of gene therapy? What will happen to the incredibly successful athletes who also happen to be honest?

    I swear this happens to me all the time while playing Quake 3.
  4. Re:Tendonitis? on AlphaGrip's 3D Keyboard Ready For Pre-Orders · · Score: 1
    I believe the white paper on their site resolves this issue:
    Unique grip allows the device to be held between the palms, freeing up the fingers for typing
  5. Re:Like so many alternative keyboard, it will have on AlphaGrip's 3D Keyboard Ready For Pre-Orders · · Score: 1

    99 USD doesn't sound that insane to me. I'm definitely considering pre-ordering one!

  6. Re:Explain something! on FreeBSD 5.3 on the Horizon · · Score: 3, Informative

    No one needs to break an NDA; any portions of the 10.4 DP that would be relevant to FreeBSD are publicly available through version 8.0b1 of the Darwin project.

  7. Oh heaven help us now on Microsoft Responds to IE Criticism · · Score: 4, Funny
    This will be particularly important to developers who use ActiveX controls, pop-up windows and file download counters in their websites..."

    What would we ever do without these wonderful features?
  8. Re:The Worst. on What Was Your Worst Computer Accident? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, there is the GPL tool Recover, which works on ext2 file systems. You could use this, or you could follow these steps manually.

  9. Re:Yes but can it charge my ipod? on FireWire Gets Ready to Go Wireless · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Heh, they're called microwaves. Ever wonder why aluminum foil and CDs spark when you put them in a microwave oven? You're inducing a current through them--they're acting as wave guides. It's the same principle as a radio or TV antenna. Passive RFID chips could essentially be said to be powered by wirelessly transmitted energy.

  10. Re:Prisoners photos? on Digital Cameras Change War Photo-Journalism · · Score: 4, Informative

    They're not hard to find.

    What's more disturbing are the details in this leaked US army report

  11. Re:What about GNUstep? on Apple and Independent Developers · · Score: 4, Informative

    Most of the important Adobe and Macromedia applications are developed in Carbon--not Cocoa, unfortunately. Even iTunes and QuickTime are still dependent on Carbon.

  12. Sounds like Klebsiella planticola on Ethanol From Waste Straw · · Score: 0

    In this case it was a bacterium that accomplished largely the same goal as this enzyme. Let's hope it doesn't end up destroying all living plant matter on the continent.

  13. Server-side encryption is useless. on On The Privacy Subtleties Of GMail, Other Webmail · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you don't trust Google to keep your email private, why should you trust them to encrypt your email without using an escrow key or some equivalent?

  14. Interactive Fiction rules on Interactive Fiction Competition Opens · · Score: 3, Informative

    Those interested in the contest might want to check out these resources for getting started with Inform. And for a short ten-minute adventure, I will engage in some self-publicity and recommend Escape from Station V.

  15. Freenet on Apple Hunts Playfair in India · · Score: 1

    Someone needs to just upload it to freenet and be done with it. I'm really interested in seeing how that would turn out legally. Perhaps any web page that linked to the file's URI would instead receive the C&D letters?

  16. Re:The interviewer wasn't listening on Interview with Eugene Spafford · · Score: 1

    Well, he certainly did a pretty decent job analyzing the 1988 Internet Worm.

  17. It almost makes me want to reevaluate on NASA Develops Tech To Hear Words Not Yet Spoken · · Score: 0

    stories like this.

  18. Shhhh on Manufacturing 1 PC Takes 1.8 Tons Of Raw Material · · Score: 0

    The thoughtless and unceasing consumption of material goods is vital to the economic growth of capitalist societies. We can't actually be advocating environmental considerations now--after all, that would reduce the efficiency at which we would continue to funnel wealth out of the middle and lower classes.

  19. Re:Good news on Desktop Linux Share Overtaking Macintosh · · Score: 0

    And who is this "they" of which you speak? Apple? Or Mac users? Do understand that there is a difference.

  20. Re:Boot from USB/Flashcard on SimpleTech Announces 8GB Compact Flash Card · · Score: 1

    You don't need any special drivers, you don't need any special firmware, and you don't need to touch the BIOS. Compact Flash cards already support the IDE access. Just spend 10 or 20 bucks and get one of these.

  21. Re:Hard to hide on Online Search Engines Lift Cover Of Privacy · · Score: 1

    Oh come now, you must be doing something interesting for these guys to be probing your workstation. ;)

  22. Re:File naming and other stuff on Gnome's Nice Little GUI Perks · · Score: 2, Informative
    OSX 10.3 got colored names.

    These things are called Labels. They've been in the classic Mac OS for more than a decade.
  23. Re:Next Xbox Thoughts... on Leaked X-Box 2 Specs Include PPC CPU · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who ever said 90% of the computer-owning populace shouldn't be using Macs? I've been saying that for years.

  24. Good! Drive down the cost. on Leaked X-Box 2 Specs Include PPC CPU · · Score: 1

    Hopefully it will allow Apple to purchase G5s from IBM at lower prices.

  25. Re:EE Majors still worth anything? on India Becoming a Major Hub for Western Job Seekers · · Score: 1

    Care to justify how that's "horrible advice" if he has "an equal likelyhood of being screwed out of a job by outsourcing" regardless of what he does? If you're going to arbitrarily doom him to failure, he might as well study things he's interested in.