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  1. Re:Can someone who knows about astronomy fill me i on Massive Exoplanet Discovered, Challenges Established Planet Formation Theories · · Score: 2

    He was German, why do you guy's think the English language part of the world should pronounce Uranus different to the way the discoverer intended?

  2. Re:8 frames of clear skies on Cassini Gets Amazing Views of Saturn's Hexagon · · Score: 2
    A rocky core, yeah right :)

    http://www.universetoday.com/15322/

    Saturn has the lowest density of all the planets in the Solar System. The actual number is 0.687 grams per cubic centimeter. This is actually less dense than water; if you had a large enough pool of water, Saturn would float.
    Just for comparison, Jupiter has an average density of 1.33 grams per cubic centimeter. So it wouldn’t float on water. And Earth, the densest planet in the Solar System, measures 5.51 grams/cubic centimeter.

  3. Re:Duh on U.S. Measles Cases Triple In 2013 · · Score: 1
    You must be a young one.

    Well before we ever heard of hippies there were far right evangelical groups, Dutch reformed to mention a culprit, among them lives the believe you have to leave the question of life and death to God.

    Fair enough, but at the same time they tipically support the death penalty and are against any form of gambling because it is 'tempting God'.

    This lot has their own Bible Belt here in The Netherlands and they are the ones with the Meazles. And they are the ones that carried it into the US and Canada.

  4. Re:I miss Groklaw for stuff like this. on Supreme Court To Review Software Patents · · Score: 1

    +1

  5. Re:Europol keeping the world safe from click-fraud on Europol, Microsoft Target 2-Million Strong ZeroAccess Click Fraud Botnet · · Score: 1

    Well, the article does mention Microsoft...

  6. Re:Why on China Prefers Sticking With Dying Windows XP To Upgrading · · Score: 1

    Ah, something I need to check up on :)

  7. Re:Why on China Prefers Sticking With Dying Windows XP To Upgrading · · Score: 1
    Because we run some legacy Win3.x stuff I decided to install this XP compatibility layer on a Thinkpad W520 with Win7-Pro, it does the job but man is it slow, it is installed on a few other Thinkpads with similar behaviour.

    Sorry but I don't know enough about the guts of Windows to detect where it hangs.

    The same machine has an Oracle VB with WinXp and it's speed is like native...

  8. Re:Holy spam on Ask Slashdot: Why So Hard Landing Interviews In Seattle Versus SoCal? · · Score: 1

    It's the infamous /. dupe worm, it got in when Timothy decided to check up on a submission.

  9. Re:Why on China Prefers Sticking With Dying Windows XP To Upgrading · · Score: 2
    Oh?

    Here Win7 was a free teaser for a Win8 laptop...
    Now it runs Linux :)

  10. Re:Why on China Prefers Sticking With Dying Windows XP To Upgrading · · Score: 1
    The WinXP in Win7-Pro and Enterprise is incredibly slow but yes you could use it to by-pass some stupid banking failure.

    A free VM with your old copy of XP is a lot faster.

  11. Re:Microsoft is running out of milk cows on China Prefers Sticking With Dying Windows XP To Upgrading · · Score: 1

    The mouse or the battery?

  12. Re:Reasonable expectations on NSA Tracking Cellphone Locations Worldwide · · Score: 1

    The top .01% fly them, they're also known as private planes...

  13. Re:bad BIOS saga continues - 12/13 on NSA Tracking Cellphone Locations Worldwide · · Score: 1

    I see you're new here :)

  14. Re:Little hint please? on Two Million Passwords Compromised By Keylogger Virus · · Score: 1
    It (still) takes a Windows computer to get infected but don't hold your breath...

    If the proxy's IP was known it would be shut down, you are looking at an after the facts solution.
    Oh yeah, you could read the linked articles, they give reasonable data.

  15. Re:well... on FCC Chair: It's Ok For ISPs To Discriminate Traffic · · Score: 1

    Don't worry about missing out on paying for your content, Porntube is already in negotiation.

  16. Re:Legal and Compliance on Ask Slashdot: Application Security Non-existent, Boss Doesn't Care. What To Do? · · Score: 2

    Exactly, if this really is an F500 company they must have such, even more so if they also work in Europe.

  17. Re:Perjury! Piracy! What? on Hotfile Settles With MPAA, Drops Countersuit Against Warner Bros · · Score: 1

    One of the many loopholes in the US system, back on subject, just hope you live in Virginia :)

  18. Re:Displays on both sides? on Yota Phone Launches With Secondary E-Ink Display · · Score: 1

    In between the LCD and e-ink screens.

  19. Re:Good idea for tickets on Yota Phone Launches With Secondary E-Ink Display · · Score: 1
    I've never had a problem checking in with first my N900 and now the Nexus4.

    Except in Aberdeen, Scotland, it works but they insist on a printed copy...

  20. Re:Ooops! Got it frozen with compromising display. on Yota Phone Launches With Secondary E-Ink Display · · Score: 1

    That's why we have ASCII 'art' :)

  21. Re:So how much power can we realistically expect? on Harvesting Power When Freshwater Meets Salty · · Score: 1
    So?

    with a water usage of 10 litres of fresh water and 20 litres of salt water per second

    That's the flow from a good fire hose.

    B.t.w, this plant uses PRO or Pressure Retarded Osmosis, not Reverse Osmosis.

    In the Netherlands alone, more than 3,300 m fresh water runs into the sea per second on average, that would deliver in excess of 1MW.
    In 2005 we had an experimental plant near Harlingen with an output of 5kW.
    Dutch research is especially looking at Reverse Electrolysis.

  22. Re:"is" vs "would" on Snowden Document Says Dutch Secret Service Hacks Internet Forums · · Score: 1
    A repeat from a previous post I made:
    I just read a statement by the responsible minister Plasterk who says he feels the AIVD (secret service) is working within the law.

    He refuses to go into detail but admits the AIVD is targeting fora where people are called upon to take part in violence and fora with violent video's. He states the authority (CTIVD) tasked with supervision of the secret services did not see reasons to correct the activities of the services.

    I must agree with him (and against you) that some fora can pose a thread to our national and the international security in a way that legalises action by the secret services.

    Besides, by their design internet fora are not limited to a single country.

    Unless you live in Iran, North Korea or China.

  23. Re:Snowden on Snowden Document Says Dutch Secret Service Hacks Internet Forums · · Score: 1
    I'm Dutch and live in the country but spend some 6 months per year travelling the world.
    And I can largely subscribe to the points you are making.
    We don't have the 'fear' or hatred of our government you sometimes read about on /. coming from US citizen, generally our government is doing what the parliament mandates them with.

    So in this particular case we will see some interesting debates between the executive and the elected legislature.

    I just read a statement by the responsible minister Plasterk who says he feels the AIVD (secret service) is working within the law.

    He refuses to go into detail but admits the AIVD is targeting fora where people are called upon to take part in violence and fora with violent video's. He states the authority (CTIVD) tasked with supervision of the secret services did not see reasons to correct the activities of the services.

  24. Re:Now! THIS Is Too Far! on Snowden Document Says Dutch Secret Service Hacks Internet Forums · · Score: 1
    The Dutch secret services are tiny compared to those in the UK and US.

    It's a known fact they sometimes (regularly?) get donations from their US cousins to set up projects that are of mutual interest.
    So far I see no problems, but Dutch privacy law is an entirely different beast to US privacy law (or the lack thereof), we do have guarantees re. privacy and consider it important to protect them.

    What I do find of interest is the AMS-IX or Amsterdam Internet Exchange, it would be a great point for tapping...

  25. Re:There's only two things I hate in this world... on Snowden Document Says Dutch Secret Service Hacks Internet Forums · · Score: 1

    Rod Stewart knew it too:
    The big bosomed lady with the Dutch accent / who tried to change my point of view / Her ad lib lines were well rehearsed / but my heart cried out for you /