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  1. Re:Of course! Different costs -- sender pays on Reuters On Telephone Cultures · · Score: 1

    Pay to receive SMS? What carrier does that? Both of the carriers I use (Verizon and AT&T) provide unlimited free incoming messages. They do charge something like 10c for each sent message though.

  2. Re:Now please clean up your act on Yahoo, Apache, Ebay, Amazon, Netscape Celebrate 10 Year Anniversaries · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, Yahoo interface is done nicely with CSS layout. Google still uses tables.

  3. Re:Scientific software is disproportionally affect on Ready or Not, Here comes Windows XP SP2 · · Score: 1
    How do I keep a user for deleting a file while still allowing them to create a new file in the directory?
    The same way you do so in any other *nix OS? Write protect the file(s), while leaving the directory writeable.
  4. Re:Collision free hash? on More on Newly Broken SHA-1 · · Score: 1

    Yes, but the existance of collisions isn't the suprising part to anyone involved in this. Hashes, by their definition will have collisions. (See Pigeon Hole Principle). Any 1:1 encoding algorithm, is better called an encryption algorithm. (Possibly a very weak algorithm, but one none the less)

    The part that is suprising (and the point of the article), is the speed at which these collisions can be found. Yes, it requires ~56 hours, and works best with certain types of messages. So they are encouraging people to start changing now, so that as computational power increases over the next few years (reducing the time to find the collisions), people will be safe.

  5. Re:Want more on the subject? on Green Energy Now, And On The Tide · · Score: 1

    Yes, but if it is truely cheaper for consumers to switch on a small scale, the large power companies will be making the same switch. Infact, I bet the truely cheap technology will be due to the power companies making the switch.

  6. Re:GPL compatible? on Microsoft Opening Office XML Formats · · Score: 1

    To expand on your point. Is loading a plugin really that different from loading a document, be it a word processing document, or a music file you are editing? Heck, even running a perl script is no different.

  7. Re:Sad. on Mobil SpeedPass, Various Car RFID Car Keys Cracked · · Score: 1

    Just to clarify here, you are saying that the radio prevents the car from being jump-started, as an anti theft mechinism?

  8. Re:eh ? on M-Flash, Yet Another Flash Memory Format · · Score: 1

    They didn't say it would do so over USB, just over it;s own bus. When connected (via adapter) to USB, it would be limited by that bus speed.

  9. Re:Monsanto Sueing Farmers on Plant a Seed, Get Sued? · · Score: 1

    Well, I would imagine that the farmer could consent to selling the seeds, without breaking his contract, if he were to sell the fruit containing said seeds. That actually sounds like an interesting idea. People should try and find plants that were grown using these seeds, and buy them, simply for the purpose of harvesting the seeds.

  10. Re:It's not the packaging, it's the bundling. on Microsoft EU Monopoly Appeal Thrown Out · · Score: 1

    I suppose automakers should stop giving away radios with their cars, since it prevents people from selling aftermarket radios. Oh wait, there are pleanty of companys that sell them.

  11. Re:They should make a law against this. on NBA Rejects EA Deal · · Score: 1

    So, wait.... Are you saying that the NFL should be forced to liscense thier copy righted material (logos and what have you) to people, even if they don't want to? Since that is the only way to make exclusive contracts such as this illegal.... What if instead of saying noone else can liscense it they simply say that it will cost $10billion dollars? Would that be better? (even though the outcome is the same...)

  12. Re:Welcome to 'English' on Sony PSP Launched With Long Queues In Akihabara · · Score: 1

    I've never heard anyone speak the way you say Americans supposedly pronounce things. The pronunciations you list for the British, sound just like the ones I hear on this side of the pond. Though, I will say that this is a big country and I haven't seen all of it yet, so some of us might use the other version you have.

  13. Re:So What? on Using GPS to Track Teens · · Score: 1
    Well, to quote my link:
    "The parent or guardian who signed the driver license application for an applicant under the age of 18 may withdraw consent for the child to have a permit or license at any time until the child turns 18"
    Again, YMMV in other states/countries, but I would imagine at least some other areas would have a similar law. Also, this does not apply to emancipated/married minors.
  14. Re:So What? on Using GPS to Track Teens · · Score: 1

    Well, it may depend on your local laws then. Where I currently live parental consent can be revoke anytime before your 18th birthday

    http://www.oregondmv.com/TeenDriving/Provl_Inst_Pe rmits.htm

    Google seems to indicate that the similar laws exist in other states. YMMV in other countries/planets.

  15. Re:So What? on Using GPS to Track Teens · · Score: 2

    Though on the same note, these same kids only get to drive with the consent of their parents. I see not the issue here.

  16. Re:Hrmm on Too Many Computers Hurt Learning · · Score: 1
    I didn't need something stopping be from sending a message if something was wrong with it.
    The ironing is delicious.
  17. Re:Chicken littles -- get a life. on Feds To Have Unified Biometric Federal ID System · · Score: 1

    Frankly, I think the USS Cole is different from the WTC. The Cole, is a ship of war, where as the WTC is a civilian building. Attacking war ships sitting off of your coast seems quite valid to me. Civilian targets, are another matter entirely.

  18. Re:That would be a major PITA on Tin Foil Passports? · · Score: 1

    RFID tags by themselves are too small yes. But the topic at hand is Tin foil wrapped passports!!!!

  19. Re:let's see on Dolphin Jumps Again with Artificial Fin · · Score: 1

    Umm.. no. The $95000 specified is in USD. The value of 10 million Yen is actually the true value given, while the $95000 is a conversion applied by Yahoo. (along with the conversions for metric to non metric.)

  20. Re:They really dont care on Microsoft's Upcoming Desktop Search Tool · · Score: 1

    Yes, and most people simply use the stock parts that came on their car. What is your point?

  21. Re:ea sucks on A College Guide to EA · · Score: 1

    So, let me get this straight. You like one of their games. You feel sorry for your fellow developers, who are working for EA. And yet, you are "evaluating" (read: pirating) said game. Does that make sense to anyone?

  22. Re:Don't get there late on A Review of "The Incredibles" · · Score: 1

    Really? It was there Friday night....

  23. Re: "..people *with* guns kill people..." on Hardware That Recognizes You · · Score: 1

    The whole second admendment (and several of the others) was due to actions of the Britsh, prior to the U.S Revolutionary War. The citizens of Boston, (and possibly others) were ordered to turn over their arms, to prevent them from joining to growing milita.

  24. Re:Sentence can be lengthened, sort of on Siblings Guilty of Spam Felony, Partner Acquitted · · Score: 1

    What country allows you to be tried again after you win an appeal? That seems rather odd to me.

  25. Re:Oh, the irony - slashdot talking about standard on Standards-Based CSS/XHTML Slide Show · · Score: 1
    Don't even joke about that - Acrobat is slow, buggy, crash-prone, backwards-combatible

    Since when is backwards compatability a bad thing?