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  1. Filtering doesn't work. on RadioTimes.com Accidentally Included In UK Antipiracy Blocking · · Score: 2

    http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/nov/13/children-porn-starbucks "Filtering doesn't work. It also puts power into censorware firms which help cover up human rights abuse"

  2. Re:To expensive on Europe Plans To Ban Petrol Cars From Cities By 2050 · · Score: 1

    "It's not a lightbulb, it's a heatball"

  3. Danish impossible to understand even for Danish on Scientist Records First 5 Years of His Son's Life, Analyzes Language Development · · Score: 1

    "Lately the Danish language has become impossible to understand even for the Danish themselves": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-mOy8VUEBk

  4. Research on psychosocial aspects on Infertility Could Impede Human Space Colonization · · Score: 1
    http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/585644_2 (registration required, use bugmenot service or similar)

    The psychosocial implications of in-flight sex and reproduction are at least as problematic as the related physiological challenges. For the foreseeable future, space crews will be relatively small in number. If pairing off occurs within the crew, it can have serious ramifications on the crew's working relationships, and therefore, on mission success and crew operations. Former astronaut Norman Thaggard commented, "[Issues associated with romantic relationships are] just one more problem that can potentially cause the whole thing to come apart."

  5. WPA uses sample principle - slow by design on Are You Sure SHA-1+Salt Is Enough For Passwords? · · Score: 1
    https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access#Security_.26_Insecurity_in_pre-shared_key_mode

    If ASCII characters are used, the 256 bit key is calculated by applying the PBKDF2 key derivation function to the passphrase, using the SSID as the salt and 4096 iterations of HMAC-SHA1.

    Slow by design.

  6. Re:Wind energy is harmful on US To Fire Up Big Offshore Wind Energy Projects · · Score: 1

    Current technology can not capture wind energy in a way that is not harmful to the environment.

    All energy production harms the environment, even hydroelectric energy production:

    One study shows that a hydroelectric dam in the Amazon has 3.6 times larger greenhouse effect per kWh than electricity production from oil, due to large scale emission of methane from decaying organic material.

    Tow the wind mills off shore. Bring down the production and maintenance costs. Scale up. Profit.

  7. Been there, done that on US To Fire Up Big Offshore Wind Energy Projects · · Score: 1

    "Hywind, worlds first offshore floating windmill": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAyPpQ4gnjg

  8. Half bad indeed (in Nokia e5-00 browser) on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 1

    I don't think it looks half bad.

    It looks rather bad in my Nokia e5-00 browser which until the recent changes displayed ./ just fine.

  9. Re:Links wrong on Facebook Launches Social Login and HTTPS · · Score: 1

    Have you tried using http://www.eff.org/https-everywhere (Firefox extension) ?

  10. Re:Flash cookies on WSJ Warnings About Cookies Carry Cookies · · Score: 1

    It doesn't get much easier than rm -rf ~/.macromedia

  11. Re:Misleading CO2 on EPA Proposes Grading System For Car Fuel Economy · · Score: 1

    For example, a battery electric vehicle which uses 40 KW/h of electricity per 100 miles would release more CO2 into the atmosphere than many small gasoline vehicles.

    Gasoline production is very energy consuming. Please add that factor into your equation before you draw conclusions.

  12. Re:Turn off the brakes on The Shoddy State of Automotive Wireless Security · · Score: 1

    The tires are about the only wireless system. If they start designing remote disgnostics, then you can start worrying.

    I worry already thank you. Cars are starting to become wireless and, consequently, vulnerable

  13. Re:Turn off the brakes on The Shoddy State of Automotive Wireless Security · · Score: 2, Interesting

    All of this requires physical access to the car

    That used to be true. While some hacks still require physical access, others can be executed remotely. Cars are getting online and the security problems go with it.

  14. Turn off the brakes on The Shoddy State of Automotive Wireless Security · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why bother with the tire pressure when you can make instruments give false readings, kill a car engine remotely or turn off the brakes ?

  15. Re:Now you can literally deep six unwelcome data on Servers Ahoy — Startup To Build Floating Data Centers · · Score: 1

    Wonder if data sinks will have to be prohibited?

    They remain allowed if you fill them with floating point numbers only.

  16. Potentially fatal in a car crash on Kmart Briefly Offers $149 Android Tablet · · Score: 1

    this thing will be great for watching Gumby (don't ask) at home and Sesame Street in the car.'"

    Loose items such as portable dvd-players, laptops and phones are potentially fatal in a car crash and can kill a child in crash at just 18mph

    There are devices out there designed to withstand a car crash. I'd buy one of those instead of a loose cannon OLPC.

  17. Re:Meh... on Pirate Bay Legal Action Dropped In Norway · · Score: 1

    I would buy DVD's if they were available, but they're not (at least not from play.com where I shop):

    * Son's of Anarchy season 2
    * Dexter season 3
    * Mad Men season 3
    * ..

    All of these are available in torrent land. How come film distributors don't get it?

  18. Re:Loran-C? on US Coast Guard Intends To Kill LORAN-C · · Score: 1

    They apparently used PDP-8 (google cache) which means PAL-8 assembly language source code on paper tape.

  19. Re:The Big Power Cuts on The Underappreciated Risks of Severe Space Weather · · Score: 1

    Try months or years if the event is large enough to destroy transformers on a region or nationwide scale.

    Try years. It took 11 months to replace one transformer (out of a total of three) between Norway and Denmark in 2006.

    Capacity to Denmark soon restored

  20. Re:Let me be the first to ask.... on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Now In Beta · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm still waiting for the "Gracious Goatse" release of Unbuntu.

    Rumor says it will ship as soon as "Horny Herring" is out the door.