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  1. First! on Apogee(r) Bans Negative Reviews? · · Score: 1

    First Po^H^H^H Amendment, that is...

    I mean, seriously, this has to be unconstitutional and not worth the paper it's written on.

    BTW, Duke Nukem sucks. It's one of the worst games I've ever seen. I couldn't be more negative in my feelings about it.

  2. Verification on EBay Pulls MS Auctions, Neutralizes Complaints · · Score: 1


    Can anyone actually verify that msoft@buddy.ebay.com is actually a Microsoft representative and not some joker hacking around. Maybe someone is just messing around with an exploit or has totally fooled someone at eBay. If that's the case it's really funny and my hat is off to them.

  3. if you like that comic... on Evil Geniuses In A Nutshell · · Score: 1

    ...and you went to, or are going to, grad school you'll almost certainly like Piled Higher and Deeper in the Stanford Daily. Check out their Matrix parody

    My god, that's funny stuff.

    p.s. I bought the Evil Geniuses book based solely on the title in a /. banner ad. I wasn't disappointed.

  4. Re:Possible technical reasons on 3dfx Delays Voodoo5 Schedule · · Score: 1


    If it is a heat dissipation problem then I can see the modifications already:

    1. Seat your VooDoo5 in the AGP slot
    2. Connect the monitor to the DB15 socket
    3. Connect your garden hose to the 1/2" NPT nozzle next to the DB15. Note: Operator is responsible for providing adequate drainage.

  5. Throwing them a bone on Censorship In China · · Score: 2


    Possibly off-topic but I was thinking about the trade status thing. What if the whole normalization of trade relations was just a setup for a formal recognition of Taiwan?

  6. Re:cool on Net Access From your TI-85 · · Score: 2


    But how does RPN work with shell commands?

    parameter 1 [enter]
    parameter 2 [enter]
    command

  7. I don't get it on Europe Sets Encryption free, USA Protests · · Score: 2


    Does any law enforcement agency really think that Bad Guys anywhere in the world have any trouble at all getting strong encryption technology? The whole argument seems pretty pointless to me. They're just preventing people from making money with it. (conspiracy theory?)

  8. Re:There's a *major* downside to employer provided on Universal Access · · Score: 1


    Wow, that's a good point. Additionally, what are the implications w.r.t them searching through your files? Can they reclaim the computer at any time? Can they come to your home and demand access to their computer? Or, most disturbing, can they do a remote search without notifying the user? I know their have been court precedents that give employers full access to employees computers at work. I wonder how it applies here. I'll take the wait and see approach. If I ever get one, I'll set it up as a web-tv type terminal.

  9. Re:Interesting stuff on Space Shuttle Software: Not For Hacks · · Score: 1


    We are the only ones with a compiler, because we wrote it ourselves.

    Maybe you could release a free 'Light' version HAL/ER, High-level Assembly Language / Estes-Rocket for the rest of us.

  10. Not good metrology on Surface Mapping Athlons For Fun And Knowledge · · Score: 1


    This is not good metrology. A dial micrometer?!? How does one get flatness (3D) with a dial micrometer (1D, no reference plane)? To do this properly you'd need to use something very accurate with known reference axes like a Zygo white light interferometer w/ stitching or long stroke profilometer w/ y indexing. You could use a CMM as well but it'd probably be less accurate unless you have a really expensive CMM.

    And you need that equipment just to get the data! After that you have to pump it through some analysis algorithms that can do orthogonal least squares plane fitting.

    Then, finally, you could make some inferences on the geometry of the part. Not that it matters, though. Neither the plane nor the heat sink are going to be perfectly flat. You have to count on the thermal conductivity of the heat sink compound at some point.

    BTW, My phd research deals with 3D metrology. I have access to all of the equipment and algorithms to do this right if anyone wants to send me a cracked open processor.

    Andre Claudet
    Computational Metrology Research Group
    Manufacturing Research Center
    Georgia Institute of Technology

  11. Re:Down right criminal... on Backdoor In Microsoft Web Software? · · Score: 1

    Ponder this: Would you accept a security system for your house if you knew it could be bypassed by anybody with a standard code?

    You don't think the manufacturer of your security system has codes to bypass your code?

  12. Re:This is very wrong!!!! on Security-Why Not Watch The Crackers? · · Score: 1

    I agree. That was a very, very big no-no. It's on the level of what Censorware and all those other "Your Rights Online" subjects do.

  13. Re:OT: Bug Report! NT 4.0 with SP5 Fails DST on Which Processor Is Best For Real-Time Computations? · · Score: 1

    I have the same setup (NT4SP5) and everything worked just fine.

  14. Question on Ask Bjarne Stroustrup, Inventor of C++ · · Score: 1


    What style do you use for placement of braces, indenting, declaration, etc...

  15. huh? on Al Gore's Webmaster Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    Quoting: search feature that returns 139 pages when queried for the word "Internet", and 164 pages when queried for the words "Internet Policy".

    Anyone else see a problem with that statement?
    I wonder how many pages would be returned for a search on "I invented the Internet"

  16. Hiding Ciphertext in Ciphertext on UK Decryption Law Pushed Through · · Score: 1

    In Schneier's Applied Cryptography (2nd. Ed.), there's a section, 10.8, that describes how to have two possible decrypts for the same encryption. You could have, say, your plans to overthrow the government AND your last bank statement encoded in the same file. If they bring out the thumb screws, just give them the key that results in your bank statement.

    So it's easy to get around the law. Cryptography is too good. On principal, though, it needs to be repealed.

  17. Non-Skip Technology? on Sony Cigar-Sized MP3 Player · · Score: 4

    The page says it has non-skip technology. Do other portable mp3 players skip?!?

    (I'm assuming that it's just some marketing person's way of saying "hey, mp3s don't skip like CDs")