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  1. But how was it communicated to Google? on MS Finds Security Flaw In Google Chrome Frame · · Score: 1

    How did MS communicate the bug to Google?
    Were they polite and inform Google so that the issue could be addressed in a timely update or was it communicated in a public way enabling hackers to race google in an exploit .vs. patch race.

  2. Prior art from 2005 perhaps earlier. on Microsoft Applies For Patent On Tufte's Sparklines · · Score: 1

    http://www.bissantz.de/sparklines/ Done for Microsoft office Feb. 2005 See also http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001OR&topic_id=1 Also the size of graphics is not implicitly small but can and could have been any size and automated by scripts the way Nicolas Bissantz did in '05

  3. Bacteria + desert on Engineered Bacteria Glows To Reveal Land Mines · · Score: 1

    Will the bacteria grow in a desert?

  4. Re:Penalties on Microsoft Patents Sudo's Behavior · · Score: 1

    Good golly this may be slightly more interesting than sudo which hinges on the SUID bit.
    In a multiple level security system like Trusted Irix, Multix or some of the other systems like WinNT sudo is not sufficient in and of itself.
    Linux has Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) and depending on the structure of the policy. "sudo" alone is not sufficient for privilege transitions. In some policy structures the phrase "cannot get there from here" applies and the only solution is to log out and back in at a new level. On Linux I also think the Smack project comes to mind as another possible area of prior art.
    All in all, I cannot believe that there is a novel invention here but what do I know....

  5. Re:What on Plowing Carbon Into the Fields · · Score: 1

    Diesel has a bit of soot and that can be caught by clay and other stuff in the soil (a good thing). Soot has a very active surface, think activated carbon, and can hold minerals in the root zone (a good thing #2).
    Also a diesel can run at a much higher and more efficient compression ratio than gasoline engines can today (a good thing #3). Can ya say supercharged.
    Running at a high compression ratio tends to generate nitrogen oxides that in the atmosphere cause smog but in the soil help plants grow and reduce the need for inorganic and mined nitrogen fertilizers (a good thing #4).
    All in all this may prove to be a positive move and is worth a look. Worth a look because it is not as simple a 1,2,3,4. I skipped carbon monoxide interactions with insects and bugs.

  6. First thing to type.... on Canadian Copyright Lobby Fights Anti-Spyware Legislation · · Score: 1

    The first thing to type on any machine is perhaps: "My typing is copyright by me and any duplication, disclosure or transmission without my express written permissions is punishable by law".

  7. Re:What about the need for uniformity? on EFF Warns TI Not To Harass Calculator Hobbyists · · Score: 1

    Sort of like Blue book exchange. On entry to the class you drop your calculator in a bucket and at the other end of the table pick up another previously donated days, weeks, years earlier only to find the battery has failed.

  8. Re:No. Its not a black mark. Its a bad industry on Is Working For the Gambling Industry a Black Mark? · · Score: 1

    The bit about "move elsewhere" is interesting. What if we were talking about tobacco or alcohol. There are some parts of the country where tobacco, alcohol and gambling are flat out bad social baggage. If you live in and wish to work in these towns take stock of the job market and take care in deciding to take the job.
    In todays job market getting a quality job is just hard, so do not err on the side of imagined bias.

  9. Re:Traditional model a thing of the past? Really? on Microsoft Moves To Patent Time-Based Software Licensing · · Score: 1

    My bet is that this application is to cover the method that is embedded in Windows-7. The implication is that any hack of the licensing scheme would be a patent violation in addition to theft of service/ product. For example Win-7 Beta has a timer after which it will begin to throttle itself to a max up time of two hours. Beyond that it will eventually stop working sometime after the updates fail. I tried and tired of Win-7 and replaced it with Ubuntu.

  10. Re:128, 64, 32, 16, 8 on Microsoft Leaks Details of 128-bit Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    In less than three years we may need 128 bits to count the national debt. That is why!

  11. Re:Think on Artist Not Allowed To Stream His Own Music · · Score: 1

    This is a critical point. If warner is making a FALSE claim then they have a liability and need to be held to task. A letter to put Warner on notice that their error is costing the artist opportunity. Time is money and a number of folk have made serious gains by posting on a public forum and getting AIR time. Recall Pay-Ola in the old days this is the reverse but no less an abuse.

  12. Re:another judge with no clue on Brazilian Court Bans P2P Software · · Score: 1

    Hammers? Well sure we should also ban Intel Processors, Windows software, disk drives, flash memory. Of interest the NBC network uses P2P package to distribute program content. What is the critical difference between the package NBC requires and this package? What about Xerox coppiers, scanners, digital cameras, pens, paper and heck folk with good memories that can recite poetry they read from a book or sing a song they heard on the radio.

  13. The problem is not fertilization but growth. on Making Babies In Space May Not Be Easy · · Score: 1

    The problem is not fertilization but growth. In the 60's "apical meristem" propagation of orchids, trees and other plants became common. The growing end of a plant is dissected deposite in a nutrient broth then placed in a tumbling rack so the plant could not discover "up". The dissected bit would still grow and after a week it was chopped into bits which were then tumbled for a week or so. In almost no time thousands of identical clones would be tumbling. The next step was to deposit them on a solid nutrient rich gel and after they began to display a couple leaves they would be moved out of the sterile jars into flats. At this point the roll of beneficial was discovered but that is another not so trifling (truffeling too) subject