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  1. Re:Key Distribution on Quantum Cryptography: 100km Barrier Broken · · Score: 1

    Does this then remove the need for key certification authorities (ie, Verisign, Thawte, etc...)?

  2. Re:Wim Wenders' Until the End of the World on What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? · · Score: 1

    More should be said about the soundtrack to this movie: It features (mostly) new songs by The Talking Heads, Lou Reed, U2, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, T-Bone Burnett, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, and others. Now that's my kind of movie soundtrack!

  3. Re:Think InfoSync... on InfoSync Reviews Sharp Zaurus · · Score: 1

    Yes their website is slow, but amazingly, it is still responding under what must be a very heavy load, and they should get some credit for this. That said, I'll bet they get compeletly slashdotted by midday.

  4. Re:SpamAssassin uses Razor on Distributed Spam Detection · · Score: 1

    The Razor technique is definately best when used in conjunction with other spam identification techqniques a la SpamAssassin.

    I was getting 90% spam in my primary mailbox until I started using SpamAssassin. It works great, and is highly recommended.

    I doubt, however, that more than a small subset of SpamAssassin users will manually add caught spam to the Razor's databse on a regular basis. I wonder if it's safe/ethical/etc to set it up so that caught spam is automatically added to the Razor...

  5. Re:HP-41C's were the best on HP Calculator Department Closing · · Score: 1

    This thread is full of nostalgia for me.

    I learned the art of programming on my 41CX, and remember spending summer vacations designing games which ran to hundreds of lines of "code". Synthetic programming definately takes me back...

    In my last year of college, someone stole my calc, and I replaced it with a 42CS. Not as much fun, or expandable, but sturdy as hell and still in use today.

    Thanks to the engineers who designed these incredibly useful, useable, compact, and durable devices.

  6. Consider IDSL on Broadband In Rural Areas? · · Score: 2

    At 144K up/down it's not exactly broadband but it's a whole lot better than dialup. It can be supported at up to 36K feet from the CO. I recently got a line for which I pay $50/mo, no installation fees (didn't even charge me for the "modem") and that includes both the line and the ISP charges. I also got a static ip address, and have been very pleased.

    You can check out http://www.dslreports.com to see whether idsl is available in your area.

  7. Coda File System on What About A File System That Uses Snapshots? · · Score: 1

    On a similar note, the Coda network filesystem offers a "disconnected" mode on the client, in which changes can later be "reintegrated" with the server. See http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/.

    I too would really like to see other filesystems have this capability.