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  1. Re:Nothing new... on SF Writers Sting Supposedly Traditional Publisher · · Score: 1

    I believe it was 5 years ago when this psychologist submitted a paper to a peer review paper written by his cat.

    Another fake paper was submitted to a humanities magazine deliberately written by a physicist as obstuse as possible.

  2. Here's an alternative view. on A Countdown To Global Catastrophe? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Human activities masked another Ice Age. Kind of like the novel, Fallen Angels by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn.

  3. Re:My only wish on Three Largest Stars Identified · · Score: 1

    I don't supposed Supernova 1987a don't count?

  4. Re:How to Get Away With It on Conspiring Against Your Employer? Watch What You Email · · Score: 1

    Ahm, no. If you use CDM or CDM derived cell phone, the worse thing an employer can do is to get a court order wiretap at the telco (it's easier than trying to decrypt the call from the signal). Unless you work for NSA (who probably have the capability to crack the build-in encrypt), getting a seperate cell phone is the right thing to do.

  5. Yep. Firefox is not a threat. on New Trojan Threatens Windows XP SP 2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Microsoft's entire attitude towards its browser competitors can be sum up with: Who Me? Worry?

  6. Re:another trailer on Sin City Trailer · · Score: 1

    This is the ComicCon preview that contains the entire pre-credit short The Customer is Always Right. However, many of the digital backgrounds are not yet complete (or as complete as the new trailer), so it'll look a bit weird (For example, the scene towards the end with Dwight and Gail).

  7. Re:It's allways a refreshing thing to see... on Sin City Trailer · · Score: 1

    Josh Hartnet is in exactly 3 minutes of the movie (the prologue The Customer is Always Right. Devon Aoke should be featured prominently in the third segment of the movie The Big Fat Kill, however, she doesn't have any spoken lines.

  8. Re:Love the style on Sin City Trailer · · Score: 3, Funny

    One wonders how far they'll present Wood's character Kevin... If fangirls went to see a second coming of Frodo Baggins, they're really in for a surprise.

  9. Re:To Bad for the sonic Boom. on NASA to Attempt Mach 10 Flight Next Week · · Score: 1

    On the contrary, you are not trying to fight at that speed. You can deliever something (missle, bomb) or some one (troops) anywhere on Earth within 30 minutes.

  10. Re:I'm not sure this is a great idea on U.S. Deploys Satellite Jamming System · · Score: 1

    While terrorists cannot afford to launch their own satellite, it is cheap enough for them to buy satellite phone that's difficult to jam.

    If US want to hit a target with air and ground assault, they can use this new piece of technology to nullify satellite communication. The US troops will probably be using alternative method of communication.

  11. Re:safe on Nuclear Rockets Moving Along · · Score: 1

    Also, the engine is designed to be use in Space. The Mars vehicle is probably going to be assembled in pieces in space, and launch from orbit. Other than for testing on the ground, this thing will not be use inside an atmosphere.

  12. Re:Farewell on Astronaut Gordon 'Gordo' Cooper, 1927-2004 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Truely a fantastic pilot. Sure he was more than confident, but he has the skills to back that up. During his historic Mercury 7 flight, he watch as each and every single one of the automatic guidence system failed on re-entry. In the end, he has two instruments left for guidence, the window and his watch. He still managed to bring his craft closer to the actual splashdown bullseye than all previous 6 capsules.

  13. Re:Lawsuit on CBS and Rather Admit Mistakes in Bush Documents · · Score: 1

    CBS and DNC are setting up Mape to be the fall guy. She should really get her own lawyer (one not associated with CBS, Viacom or DNC) ASAP.

  14. Re:How Soon Does The News Have to Be Out? on CBS and Rather Admit Mistakes in Bush Documents · · Score: 1

    Dan Rather owes apology to the following individuals:

    For slandering a dead man:
    Captain Gary Killians (Colonel Killians' son).
    Marjorie Connell (Colonel Killians' widow).

    For libeling against:
    General Staud (who retired 18 months before the forge memo date).
    General Hodges (who was mislead about the document being handwritten).
    George W. Bush (for attempting a amateurish job of a smear).

  15. I'm going to write me a minivan on Federal Bounty on Spammers · · Score: 1

    This reminds me of ole Dilbert strip about PHB reward system for finding bugs in software...

    Wally said: I'm going to write me a minivan.

  16. Restraining order is a joke on Man Stalks Ex-girlfriend With GPS · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Restraining order is just a piece of paper. When the chips are down, a piece of paper won't stop a determined and obsessive stalker. Glock 26 works better as a deterrent.

  17. Re:Anyone know a Mozilla programmer? on Mozilla Starts Bug Bounty Program · · Score: 1

    The quote being:

    "I'm going to write me a minivan".

  18. Re:Hopefully... on Nextel and FCC Swap Bandwidth · · Score: 1

    Don't bet on it. I'm almost convinced that Nextel's reception problem in Los Angeles is in their code, rather than interferance.

  19. Re:When will people learn. on A How-Not-To Guide to Cyber-Extortion · · Score: 1

    There was a case of a serial murder getting caught by online map service log. Basically, there were number of women getting killed, and a victim profile article was done. The killer mailed a bragging letter to the news outlet, and included a printout of where to find more victim. The police went to the place in question, and finds the next victim. They realized that the map was generated via a specific online map service, and got a court search order to ask the service to turn over the server log. They were able to trace that activity back to a public library, where there were eye witness who can place the killer working on the computer.

  20. Kind of like Turkey remake of Star Wars on Spider-Man in India · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For ages, due to censorship law in Turkey, the locals who want to watch American import have to make do with the next best thing, local remakes. If you can find it on sale online, it's well worth the effort to find the Turkish remake of Star Wars. Same story, no effect budgets...

  21. Re:What's he going to swing on? on Spider-Man in India · · Score: 2, Informative

    I presumed you've never seen the Japanese re-make of Spider-Man manga? Essentially the same story, just taking place in Tokyo.

  22. Re:Mozilla/Firefox issues on Corporate Servers Spreading IE Virus [Updated] · · Score: 1

    Actually, malicious Win32 based Firefox breach have already been attempted. Basically, it's a malware wrapped in an extension xpi package that tricks unsuspecting user into installing.

  23. Re:AWESOME!!! on Ghost in the Shell 2 in Theaters Late This Summer · · Score: 2, Informative

    The first 26 episodes are the first season. Manga Entertainment and Bandai Entertainment are releasing them next month.

    The second batch of 26 episode (also known as The 2nd GIG) deals with another sets of problem, and is currently being broadcast in Japan 2 episode at a month on a PPV channel.

  24. Re:Better then real life testing on Army Contractor To Build A 1566 Xserve Cluster · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, sometimes, the only way to know something, is to do it.

  25. Re:Okay, nice idea but... on RF-Blocking Wallpaper · · Score: 1

    Or you can construct a secure room with acoustic padding, re-enforced with Faraday Cage mesh on all 6 sides. NSA & CIA both has these kind of room for sensative meetings.