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  1. Re:Index/Evidence on Verifying a User By Following the Movements of Their Mouse · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If it is unique enough to identify (not verify ) you, then it could be used to proove user XXX did the fraudulant things on PC Y, instead of the logged on user YYY.

  2. ssl 2.0 insecure? on SSL Pulse Project Finds Just 10% of SSL Sites Actually Secure · · Score: 1

    "is that a third of the sites still support SSL 2.0, a protocol that is considered insecure."

    I hope there is no relation between ssl 2.0 and ssh 2.0, what i use to protect my shell sessions...

  3. spoiler..... on How James Cameron Pumped Volume Into Titanic · · Score: 1

    .. The ship sinks.

  4. Re:How about a huge blinky warning instead? on Mozilla Blocks Vulnerable Java Versions In Firefox · · Score: 1

    THe java updater should have done that. Why didn't it? It flashes so often it's annoying. maybe it is not doing its job?

  5. Re:DC vs AC on Ask Slashdot: How Would Room-Temp Superconductors Affect Us? · · Score: 1

    Well the currrent near-roomtemprature superconductors are current limited anyway. THey loos super conductance when a too large current is flowing.

    However strong magnetic fieldsare still an option.

    The other great advances will be in sensors. You can very accurate sense magnetc fields and thus electricity.

  6. Re:Forget it... $2.00 is not gonna happen, ever ag on Domestic Drilling Doesn't Decrease Gasoline Prices · · Score: 1

    Iran and Nigeria are good examples where the subsidy on oil prices are causing effect you do not want. Those countriesa are importing refined oil due to the subsidies on oil. If you want to spend money, do not spend it on oil, spend it on thing that give the poeple welfare on the long term. Like education, healthcare, food.

  7. commondity on Domestic Drilling Doesn't Decrease Gasoline Prices · · Score: 1

    The more common name for this is a commondity. You are right. This will only protect against trade blocks and will only save minimal transport costs.

    oil is a commodity. Ask iran if petrol (the stuff you put in your car) really is a commodity

  8. Re:Two sides on As Nuclear Reactors Age, the Money To Close Them Lags · · Score: 2

    Wiki article

    The most worrysome line in there is "AVR was the basis of the technology licensed to China to build HTR-10"

    But keep in mind that this was a research reactor. 10MW is a small reactor. Most Commercial reactors have more power e.g. the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant mentioned in the article is 2000MW. And thus you can expect that the radiation and costs to dismantle are also 200 times higher.

  9. Re:Way to go....... on Linux 3.3 Released · · Score: 1

    expand o matic raid z

    It is "only" an implementation issue.

    I would love it: just add a HD, and get extra diskspace that is raid-protected, or (schedule a ) remove a HD, and the data will restripe over the remaining HD's.

  10. It's not the wrong paper. It is the wrong procdure on Kim Dotcom's Assets Seizure Order Ruled "Null and Void" · · Score: 2

    If you RTFA you would notice it was not really the papers that were wrong. It was the worng procedure. In the correct procedure it would be allowed to get a hearing before all his belongings were taken.

    And the difference can be enormous. By taking his belongings and the company the (rented) websites and all the data on it ceases to exist. That is mayor damage without a hearing!

  11. Re:Makes sense. on AC and DC Battle For Data Center Efficiency Crown · · Score: 1

    For you it seems logical, but WHY are are large DC currents such a problem? Why are they more a problem then 10-20 lower AC currents? SHort circuit? Same problem in both setups. Electrocution? Higher voltage sounds more dangerous.

  12. disadvange. on Anonymous, Decentralized and Uncensored File-Sharing Is Booming · · Score: 1

    "downloads go via trusted friends"

    This immediately shows the disadvantage of anonymized networks: all traffic is bounced of via several nodes, and thus a magnitude slower than more traditional p2p (torrent,eMule) networks.

    But it is still way faster than going to a real store, buying it and playing it. Especially if you are on a budget.

  13. Re:Ready? on Why Didn't the Internet Take Off In 1983? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes, and that would have been enough to start.

    However the thinking of AT&T at that tie was "pay per minute", which would translate to pay per page. Imagine that you would go on the internet and pay one cent for every page you vistited, correct of not. The only way to boot it was to make it available for free, just like the BBS hobby systems that came shortly after this.

  14. Re:About one inch? on Japan Creates Earthquake-Proof Levitating House System · · Score: 1

    It needs more than a few mm.. There are vertical movements in a quake you will need some room for. I think a richter scale 6 is arround 30 mm movement. Well, actually the acceleration determines this, not the size of amplitude.

    Also the one time protection will not work very well. A lot of times there is not a single earthquake, but multiple aftershocks, and those shocks can be as big as the original quake. If you have a system that is depend and on repair between quakes, it will fail.

  15. I just installed it. on Apple Threatens To Pull Siri Clone From App Store · · Score: 1

    I never heart of evi, it is a 3 star (fart apps get 5 starts since theydo whtat they are supposed to do ...always...even show fart adds) app on android market. But since it is free, i tried installing it. Now if only it manages to integrate better in the OS....

    (open email/nvaigation for me...)

  16. Re:Auto detect? on Security Tool HijackThis Goes Open Source · · Score: 1

    That is the whole issue with using a power tool like hijackthis. Define "fishy". Besides that, you are too late after the fact. With rootkits nowadays you only find 95% of the evil stuff.

    You need some virtualisation/sandboxing/fine grained access list to have an early warning system.

    Fixing after the fact is the same as system restore in windows....

  17. Re:Precisely "cemented" at 114 ? on Why People Don't Live Past 114 · · Score: 1

    Well, most commenters here seldom read the article. So you do not need to read the article to comment.

    If you did read the article you would see there still is a point statistically. That 114 seems to be a statistical limit. its like 50 people become 112 , 30 people become 113 and almost none become 114. If one person become 800 years then this would be considered a measure error.

  18. Re:Swords on Jedi Master's Hand-Made Lightsaber Stolen · · Score: 1

    Which makes the sword fighting ridiculous very soon. In real sword fighting you are not aiming for the sword, you are aiming to kill your opponent in a single strike. One not blocked strike and you are out. There is no reason that this should be different in light saber arts.

    Maybe they try to prevent damage to their custom weapons...well... it all depends on The Force,,,,

  19. nucliair plant on Code Cleanup Culls LibreOffice Cruft · · Score: 1

    Now image this being a nuclair plant. On one hand one does want extra high engineering conditions applied. An extra pipe will cost a lot because of this.

    On the other hand, removing cruft might cost very much. It might be low level radioactive, which makes it more expensive to get rid of.

  20. Parking laws... not driving laws. on In New Zealand, a System To Watch for Disabled Parking Violators · · Score: 1

    Over here the situation is that parking is governed by local authorities. However the road laws are country wide (/european).

    You cannot restrict some kind of big cars (Hummer etc..) driving on the road in your city. The road is public, so no limit there. However the parking is a different kind. By limiting the number of parking spots, or kind of cars that can effectively park, you can limit the number of cars.

    If you live in the center of a big city, and you have no way to park your car, you will not buy a car. If it is very expensive to park a car, you will think twice before buying it there, or buying a second car.

  21. library. ok. on A Quarter of the EU Has Never Used the Web · · Score: 1

    You are right, libraries have free internet and free access. And opening time between 11:00 and 14:00 :(

    paper Maps? Yeah, but the the whole point of being online is doing it in 2011 style. paper maps and paper books work fine. But having the 2011 online tools saves you a lot of time.

    3g roaming+internet ? This might require a masters degree in comparing subscriptions... in a strange language. Certainly a throw away phone is fine for calling, they even sell them at the airport in a machine, but internet is a different story. I certainly would not provide my credit card...

  22. Re:No on Do Slashdotters Encrypt Their Email? · · Score: 1

    Except my

    Blackberry communication
    Local work related mail via exchange
    The stuff that never leaves gmail.
    whatsapp messages.

  23. Re:Internet at home on A Quarter of the EU Has Never Used the Web · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Actually.. and i experienced this myself, if you are as a tourist in a area where everyone has internet in their home, it might be very hard to go on the internet.

    There are no internet cafe's since there is no business model for it. Everyone has it at home.
    There might be free wifi, but that requires a laptop. As a tourist i Do not carry a laptop.
    Roaming via 3g is VERY expensive, and i only recent have a phone capable of wifi. That is not mainstream yet.

    The effect is that the gap between have and havenot internet people only becomes greater. You can expierence it yourself as a tourist, but for some people this migh be the reality every day. If you have problems getting your daily needs (food, shelter), a computer for internet and a isp connection might be too expensive for you.

  24. Re:Disagree on 4.74 Degrees of Separation on Facebook · · Score: 4, Funny

    More interesting, who is that 0.75 person. A dwarf, a invalid without legs? a hobbit?

  25. Years. on OPERA Group Repeats Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Results · · Score: 2

    Don't you mean - 4 years?(1/40.0000 of 168000 light years) Which is such a long period it is very hard to put a correlation between those numbers. because it is 4 years +/- 2 years. But the fact that they were there before the light could now be taken with a different view.

    Beside that, are all neutrino's equal?

    And beisde that, maybe their speed goes closer to the light speed at higher distances. This is really stuff that is unknown.