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  1. Re:Peter.... how's it going? on Office Work Ethic In the IT Industry? · · Score: 1

    James Cameron has clearly been misdirecting his efforts.

  2. Re:3d and tv on Avatar Soars Into $1-Billion Territory · · Score: 1

    I believe that the way it is done uses polarized light, which requires two simultaneous projections. It could not be done with a standard display. I recently watched a 3D version of Journey to the Center of the Earth, on Blu-Ray, which still used red/green 3D technology. That is straightforward for consumer theater equipment, but the kind of 3D images that you saw with Avatar on the big screen is not.

  3. Re:Monty Python Engineering on Is Code Auditing of Open Source Apps Necessary? · · Score: 1
  4. Re:We have this in the UK on US McDonald's Wi-Fi Going Free In January · · Score: 1

    I agree, that would be quite great. It could help eliminate the abiguity described in this article.

  5. Re:We have this in the UK on US McDonald's Wi-Fi Going Free In January · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is changing. Two of the McDonalds establishments in my (US) town recently remodelled, and now have not only padding on their seats, but a pair of cushy, lounge-ish chairs with a low table, near a window with a view.

  6. Re:Option on Zune HD Twitter App Censors Tweets For You! · · Score: 1

    Yes, I can see that now. I was assuming that there are a variety of twitter apps available, and this particular one was written for people with sensitive eyes. On futher inspection, however, this sounds like Windows Solitaire censoring fours and queens when you draw them from the deck.

  7. Re:Option on Zune HD Twitter App Censors Tweets For You! · · Score: 1

    I don't have access to the Zune application library, but is it not possible that this is an advertised feature, not a subversive draconian measure? There are some people in this world who actually would rather not be exposed to that part of the English Language.

  8. Re:Wait... on DRM Flub Prevented 3D Showings of Avatar In Germany · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm just unclear on how that makes this a noteworthy "DRM is bad"

    I think the main point is that their fall-back plan was a DRM-free acetate film strip.

  9. Re:You don't on How Do I Keep My Privacy While Using Google? · · Score: 1

    For a poor man's 20 gazillion bit cypher, encrypt your hard drive with 2^(20 gazillion) run-of-the-mill 512-bit PGP keys.

  10. Re:Privacy is the next killer ap on How Do I Keep My Privacy While Using Google? · · Score: 1

    I see the post is modded insightful so perhaps I'm being obtuse.

    I think Presto was being highly hypothetical. They didn't say it was an easy problem.

  11. Re:Ideas on How Do I Keep My Privacy While Using Google? · · Score: 1

    I am pretty sure it is cookie-based. Otherwise, Network Address Translations would break the system, and lets face it: who does not have a Network Address Translation these days?

    Am I doing it right?

  12. Re:Misleading summary... on WordPress.com Implements the Twitter API · · Score: 1

    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

    The word 'insidious' has rather negative connotations, but I don't understand (from Winer's post) how WordPress may have done this with malintent. Does he have something against open standards? Does he think that WordPress has it in for Identica or others?

  13. Re:Time Machine on AT&T Moves Closer To Usage-Based Fees For Data · · Score: 1

    We don't have [...] a highway system that's in good shape.

    Really? I was under the impression that general US public transport is lacking precisely because the highway system is so good. What is your complaint about US highways?

  14. Re:HM on Brain of Patient H.M. Being Sliced, Streamed Live · · Score: 1

    Ah, that makes good sense. Sorry to have sent your moderation in decline. ;c)

  15. Re:HM on Brain of Patient H.M. Being Sliced, Streamed Live · · Score: 1

    You lucky dog! (5, Informative) for linking to the same wiki page as the summary! Your methods intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

  16. Re:Screw Linux, give them WoW on Easing the Job of Family Tech Support? · · Score: 1

    'Course, this might cost them a few years off the life expectancy, but it's you or them, really.

    Truly, it is tragic for a parent to have to bury their child.

  17. Re:Wow on Unfinished Windows 7 Hotspot Feature Exploited · · Score: 1

    This is not an exploit as in a vulnerability, this is exploiting a feature in the sense of taking advantage of and using it.

    The only difference between those is that the former is used maliciously. We may also (perhaps) say that the former is often an oversight by the original system engineers or programmers.

  18. Re:Gracious those americans are RUN-AMOK fools !! on No Hand-Held Devices In Ontario Cars · · Score: 1

    Shh! Don't let the Canadians hear you say that!

  19. Re:They should just put USB ports into the dash on Toyota Experimenting With Joystick Control For Cars · · Score: 1

    Then perhaps it should be a PS/2 port in the dash?

  20. Re:One word on A New Robotic Hand That Can "Feel" · · Score: 1

    Prosthesis patient: "Doctor, will I be able to grope women with my new arm?"
    Doctor: "Yes, I should think so."
    Patient: "Oh, good! They wouldn't let me with my old arm!"

  21. Re:Movies on UK Copyright Group Tells Cinemas to Ban Laptops · · Score: 1

    In Edinburgh, Cineworld is just about the only cinema with a car park.

  22. Re:Counterintuitive conclusions on Obstacles Near Emergency Exits Speed Evacuation · · Score: 1

    I think that they meant short by a few feet, not a few bus lengths.

  23. Re:Idle on Joachim De Posada Talks About Delayed Gratification · · Score: 1

    At least, the layout is better than it was.

  24. Re:mmm... Marshmallos on Joachim De Posada Talks About Delayed Gratification · · Score: 1

    Exactly. It makes me wonder how formative this experiment was for the students.

  25. Re:Right... on US Tests System To Evade Foreign Web Censorship · · Score: 1

    Don't you see? This is part of their covert pen testing phase.