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  1. Re:LINK GOES TO SPYWARE! on Nigerian Email Scam Victim Sues Bank, Loses Appeal · · Score: 1

    The only thing that indicates is your ignorance and/or stupidity. I have no means to find out whether Norton detects a virus. I wouldn't bet on it.
    The only thing Norton does efficiently is slow down your system. So if you would like to run old (mid 1990's) badly written games that speed up with the processor, you should try it. Otherwise: use MSSE or a free scanner (AntiVir was my drug of choice until MSSE came). They have far less overhead and far better detection chances. With antivirus software you get the reverse of what you pay for: the payed versions are useless while the free versions have some diamonds in them.

  2. Re:Apple has the ultimate Flash sandbox on Chrome Throws Flash Into the Sandbox · · Score: 1

    Well they do have a point. My Linux and M$ systems have their highest processor load when running flash video and the shit pushed towards you (as in virusses and cookies) isn't funny anymore.
    The problem is sensationalised. True. But for many people it seemed like a big deal, until Youtube fixed it. It may even be a good thing for HTML5 and Intel Atom systems.

  3. Re:Apple has the ultimate Flash sandbox on Chrome Throws Flash Into the Sandbox · · Score: 1

    That a casio watch can't run flash isn't a high profile problem. That iOS can't is.
    If you are comparing the functionality of an iPad to a watch than that is funny in and of itself.

  4. Re:In completely unrelated news on Retailers Dread Phone-Wielding Shoppers · · Score: 2

    I would see such an action as a clear indication that they wish to screw me over with expensive products. I wouldn't buy anything there.

  5. It will not be fully closed. on Chrome Throws Flash Into the Sandbox · · Score: 1

    Something tells me the "we need monies!" department will trow a wrench in to the machinery.
    The tracking cookies will not be blocked and thus there will be a way to "escape" the sandbox. Google is an advertisement company you know.

    Disclaimer: I am a Google user. I am simply aware of their revenue stream.

  6. Re:Java did it on Chrome Throws Flash Into the Sandbox · · Score: 1

    flash players written in Java.

    That is just nasty. We'd need quantum computers to be able to run that!

  7. Re:Apple has the ultimate Flash sandbox on Chrome Throws Flash Into the Sandbox · · Score: 1

    Well, the flashcookies and flash virusses are no problem if you can't run flash, so it's secure. About as secure as a box that's not connected to the internet is. But also as usefull.

  8. Re:adjustments on String Theory Tested, Fails Black Hole Predictions · · Score: 1

    Damn, if anything deserves a +5 offtopic the parent is it.

  9. Re:Unobservable on String Theory Tested, Fails Black Hole Predictions · · Score: 1

    My point is, if we suppose that there's a teapot in orbit around mars, and are completely unable to detect it by any means, does it matter whether it actually exists?

    Yes it matters whether a truly unobservable teapot can exist. The military would love to apply this phenomenon on tanks.
    Just because there is no known way of using something doesn't mean it's useless. See the laser. It's always important to know how the universe works.
    But, if there did appear black holes as a result of the experiment (and not "borrowed" from the vacuum) there would be no way for them to be undetectable. The mass/energy would have to come from somewhere, even if they were pushed a bit in the 5th dimension (and thus unobservable to us).
    However I do not believe a black hole pushed a bit over the 5th dimension would be undetectable. The gravitational field would still "shine through".

  10. Re:Seriously? on Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed · · Score: 1

    Yes, but causation without correlation is impossible.

  11. Re:Given how much oil it takes to make plastic.... on JBI's Plastic To Oil Gets Operating Permit · · Score: 1

    They would probably not produce it. The basic materials for plastic are polymerised to form the required plastics. They can tune the equipment to not form the monomeres, but to form more fuel.
    The polymer Polyethylene is made of the monomer ethylene.To create ethylene you have to crack the light hydrocarbins (an energy intensive task). Most of those hydrocarbins could have been used as fuel themselves.

    Note: IANAPC

  12. Re:News Flash! Water is wet! on Stallman Worried About Chrome OS · · Score: 1

    No, it's more like buying a gun, pointing it at your face, pulling the trigger and complaining it hurts.
    If you post data on Facebook you should expect it to be published, because that's what the service is for. There are some complicating factors (like requiring friendstatus to be able to view the pictures versus the fact that Facebook sells your data to pay for the service, but you get the gist)

    Disclaimer: I do not have a facebook account. I am not sure what they have in their disclamer atm.

  13. Re:Imagine if they overclocked.. oh wait. on IBM To Build 3-Petaflop Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    They recently published this. It's about cooling with relatively hot water (60 degrees Centigrade/140F). They probably researched this because the water is cheaper to cool by air when it's hotter.
    Also in 2008 they published this, a solution to cool inside stacked dies.

  14. Re:Antibiotics? on Scientists Create Programmable Bacteria · · Score: 1

    yeah, the problem with shit like Norton is that reinstalling is the only feasible way of dealing with the threat. I do not want to reinstall my immune system, I have spent a lot of time programming it for various versions of the flue and other diseases.

  15. Re:Rust Monsters? O noes! on Iron-Eating Bug Is Gobbling Up the Titanic · · Score: 1

    in certain campaigns silver is useful to have. Preferably blessed. It's way harder than gold an does work for most undead and lycanthropes.

  16. Re:DUMBASS IDEA, EYE NEED CAPSLOCK. on Chrome Does Have a Caps-Lock Key After All · · Score: 2

    There are a few options:
    1. The software you are using should have an option to set part numbers to upper case. It's useful and easy to implement.
    2. The part numbers could only contain lowercase

  17. Re:I'm sticking with VGA on Goodbye, VGA · · Score: 1

    On my TV(Samsung) the overscan problem appeared too. It sucked so I chose to mess in the menus of the TV and disable the feature that caused it. I seem to remember setting it to Game Mode. It fixed it. Haven't had a problem since.

  18. Re:Caps-Lock IS useful, to me. on Google Wants To Take Away Your Capslock Key · · Score: 1

    You could do all the letters like that. You need just 5 keys: alt, tab, ctrl, c and v. For convenience you can even combine them, thus requiring only 3 keys: alt-tab, ctrl-c and ctrl-v!
    We can compact that even more. Use a (proprietary) version of morse code to encode these 3 characters and require only 1 key!

  19. Re:Stupid? Really? on Google Wants To Take Away Your Capslock Key · · Score: 1

    You have also been conditioned to a produce a certain sound when reading "A" aloud. This doesn't mean its not the way it should be.

    All caps = yelling has been assumed for a long time by enough people to say it should be assumed by everyone*
    Besides, someone with dyslexia has difficulties reading all caps text. Most people with dyslexia read words, not letters. Words are defined by their shape, things as length, pieces sticking out (up or down, like the "p" and the "d" but not the "a"). Caps remove these features and forces them to revert to "letter" reading, which is painstakingly slow.

    *this does not apply to most things. Only conventions like this.

  20. Re:Why only a small portion of the abomen? on Scientists Discover Solar Powered Hornets · · Score: 1

    True dat, but trees usually don't fly under their own power. The trick of pushing all that air down is quite an energy drain. The major part of their energy production is probably based on eating.

  21. Re:What does the wasp do with it? on Scientists Discover Solar Powered Hornets · · Score: 1

    A self-lighting Christmas tree?

  22. Re:Oh no.... on Scientists Discover Solar Powered Hornets · · Score: 0

    In Sovjet Russia hornets power the sun!

  23. Re:Creating own award on China's Influence Widens Nobel Peace Prize Boycott · · Score: 2

    Mainly: it was a cool way to get around censorship. They obviously curse, but since it was in Mandarin the censors weren't offended. Joss Whedon chose Mandarin because China was quite an easy extrapolation, it's the only country that's evolving into a superpower instead of declining or clinging to the memory. English was of course required to sell it in the USA, and because the USA is the last "old" superpower.

  24. Re:Great marketing? on Vuvuzelas Blare On Pirated Copies of Music Game · · Score: 1

    The only thing in my head is "vuvuzela".

    That happened to a lot of people last summer...

  25. Re:Secrets and Traps - a cracker's bread and butte on Vuvuzelas Blare On Pirated Copies of Music Game · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ideally, developers would stop putting logic bombs into their code deliberately. It's poor ethics, bad programming practice and can occasionally be incredibly dangerous (especially in non-gaming fields).

    Ideally people would pay for the software they liked. Ideally the filesharing of copyrighted material would only be used as evaluation, followed by deleting the software (after an evaluation period of a week or so) or paying for it. Ideally the distribution of disks would be stupid, because it's cheaper to set a filesharing server to send it over the interwebs.
    The companies have reacted wrong, but the pirates incited the reaction.