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  1. Re:What BS.. on Australian ISP iiNet Walks Out of Piracy Warning System Talks · · Score: 1

    what are 'reasonable' prices?

    Perhaps prices that other similarly developed countries pay?... http://www.macstories.net/stories/the-great-disparity-in-global-itunes-prices/

  2. Re:Why do the phones have barometric sensors? on PressureNET 2.1 Released: the Distributed Barometer Network For Android · · Score: 1

    Altitude measurments / checks?

  3. Let the arms race begin on Activists' Drone Shot Out of the Sky For Fourth Time · · Score: 1

    The might want to try turbine powered drones. Something like this should be a lot more difficult to shoot.

  4. Re:Submariner experience? on NASA Engineers Building Mockup of Deep Space Station · · Score: 3, Interesting
    And you are quite right: From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius_(laboratory):

    Since 2001, NASA has used Aquarius for its NEEMO (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations) program, to study various aspects of human spaceflight in a similar environment. Like the environment of space, the undersea world is a hostile, alien place for humans to live. Aquarius provides a safe harbor for scientists to live and work for weeks at a time.

  5. EFF like org in UK? on UK ISPs Asked To Block More File-sharing Websites · · Score: 1

    So what's the closes thing to EFF in UK? Any ideas?

  6. Re:But that's not the real problem. on To Encourage Biking, Lose the Helmets · · Score: 1

    "I don't know a single person that doesn't bike because they have to wear a helmet. And I suspect anyone that reports such is just looking for a socially acceptable reason for their lack of exercise."

    You probably do not spend much time with young people. All of my friends started cycling because it's hip/cool and only later understood that it's actually a good, quick way to get around. And don't even mention ecology. Nobody cares. Mandatory helmets are show stopper in this case. And yeah.. It did not take long until they started cycling to work daily and started wearing helmets.

  7. That's just silly on Brazilian Judge Orders 24-hour Shutdown of Google and Youtube · · Score: 1

    So there's this election law from the past. But what if someone uses email and DailyMotion to spread last hour propaganda? Shutting down individual sites is silly. Brazil should cut off the Internet or change the law instead.

  8. Re:The Speech Jammer. on Ig Nobels Feature Exploding Colonoscopies, Left Leaning Views of Eiffel Tower · · Score: 2

    While playing in studio with stupid audio effects we once discovered that reversed delay* of ~1 second does jam speech quite well.

    * More like instant reverse playback of 1 second recording

  9. Re:My Reaction on Anonymous Leaks 1M Apple Device UDIDs · · Score: 0

    4chan* & reddit* animated reactions plague spreads.

    * IANAME - not a meme expert, not sure if these two are to blame for this.

  10. Re:tick tock on UK License Plate Cameras Have "Gaps In Coverage" · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yeah, accident levels will be backup up after a while but you forgot about risk of injury or death in accident, which will be lower with lower speed limits. My choice is idiot doing 60.

  11. Re:Ho ho ho, that's rich. on Kaspersky Says Lack of Digital Voting Will Be Democracy's Downfall · · Score: 1

    So.. Where does your key come from? Most likely ID card.. And how do you know that manufacturer of those ID cards did not have a "backup" of these? How do you know your government does not have these? And then.. again: what about issue of anonymity?

  12. Re:What is the rights difference between heli/dron on VA Governor Wants Military Drones For Police · · Score: 1

    It's not that different but... Flying helicopter is expensive. Flying drones can be a lot cheaper and lead to mass surveillance. This is where I see a problem.

  13. Difficult intern life... on Wikimedia Treats Their Operations Like Their Projects · · Score: 1

    From /manifests/admins.pp:

        class admins::analinterns {
            ....

  14. Re:Is there a Kickstarter for legal defenses? on Software Patents Not So Abstract When the Lawsuits Hit Home · · Score: 2

    Crowdsourcing for Android based open source alternative and distributing it via f-droid.org is much easier solution than trying to win this.

  15. Re:WTH? on PayPal Unveils Mobile Payment System · · Score: 2

    I don't know how they did this but it *can* be safe. If encryption of card data happens on the device itself (not android application) then it should be fine.

  16. Can anyone confirm this takedown is real? on Are UK Police Hacking File-Sharers' Computers? · · Score: 1

    At first it looked like some kind of prank?

  17. Re:Fear not, this will not be a real problem on How SOPA & PIPA Could Hurt Scientific Debate · · Score: 1

    Except one thing: payment providers. It will hurt a lot when American companies start using SOPA to block Paypal/Visa/Mastercard payments for foreign companies.

  18. Re:Moral dilemma: on James Gosling Report of Reno Air Crash · · Score: 1

    If I'm in an accident, I hope bystanders have the good sense to mind their own business and keep their hands off of me unless they're a doctor or EMT.

    Try sharing your opinion with the guy rescued in this video ;)

  19. Re:Amazing! How...? on Newly Digitized Film Shows Ed Catmull's 3D Graphics From 1972 · · Score: 1

    My guess would be that they used grayscale graphic display + triple on film exposure of each frame using color filters.

  20. Re:Liability on Another CA Issues False Certificates To Iran · · Score: 1

    For starters just contact them and ask for a refund + switch to other provider.

  21. That explains this pic on their site on Another CA Issues False Certificates To Iran · · Score: 1
  22. noise on MABEL Robot Runs Like a Human · · Score: 1

    I feel sorry for the office/lab below them...

  23. UIO on Mysterious Object Found In Seabed · · Score: 1

    No. It's UIO - unidentified immersed object.

  24. Re:Here's an idea... on Shuttle Atlantis Docks With International Space Station For the Last Time · · Score: 2

    To add: additional mass to move (ie more fuel required) when adjusting orbit. ISS is about 420 tones and fully loaded Space Shuttle Orbiter can weight up to 110 tones (hope I picked up correct figures from Wikipedia...).

  25. What weapons?... on UK Plans Cyber Weapons Program · · Score: 2

    ..military grade LOIC or what??...