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  1. Ok, questions on Tying Knots With Light · · Score: 3, Interesting

    1. How do you bend light without passing it through matter or using a grav field that will crush the experiment?

    2. If they can bend light, why are we using electron beams for crt's?

    3. If you could build loops of light can they be modulated to store information and read it back again?

  2. What about mod_gzip? on Why Is the Internet So Infuriatingly Slow? · · Score: 1

    Given that granny's computer is probably a lot faster than computers used to be, is it worth sending the text/markup data to her compressed?

    The browser can transparently uncompress and display a compressed html stream.

    Is anyone compressing in-line these days? Or is most of the bandwidth for casual browsing being taken up by images and flash?

  3. Dorsai! By Gordon R. Dickson on Sci-Fi Books For Pre-Teens? · · Score: 1

    Tactics of Mistake
    Necromancer

  4. Dear Customer on The Scream Aliens Hear From the Earth · · Score: 1

    Thank you for bringing this to our attention. In our drive to reach the highest possible customer satisfaction, your free replacement planet will be delivered today.

    Your current planet will of course be recycled at no additional charge.

    Thank you for choosing Magrathea Planetary Systems and we look forward to your future business.

  5. Carly Fiorina seems to be a McCain advisor on McCain vs. Obama on Tech Issues · · Score: 1


    This does not seem like a big plus for McCain, but maybe people like what she did for HP. Or what she did to HP.

  6. But do those features actually work as intended? on New Malware Report Hits Vista's Security Image · · Score: 1


    Its only an improvement if the features work and are reliable and do not cause any other problems or side-effects.

  7. I vote for the creators and maintainers of rsync on Call For Open Source Awards 2008 Nominations · · Score: 1

    Wow, what a great program.

  8. Why have analog sound devices in the computer? on $90 Asus Sound Card Whips Creative's Best · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why shouldn't all decoding be moved out to the speakers? Just send them binary data and let
    the analog rendering be done as far from the noisy elements of the computer as possible.

  9. If the client is talking v6, so is the server on IPv4 Address Crunch In 2 Years, IPv6 Not Ready · · Score: 1

    The server needs to send packets to the client..so has to know
    and route the ipv6 return addresses.

    The servers have to go first in my opinion. Anyone who wants to run
    an internet -addressable- business will need to run dual stacks for
    a while.

    Once the -servers- are addressable via ipv6, then the clients will have
    somewhere to "go", and they can be migrated.

    Personally, the ipv6 thing seems like a fiasco, and they should have found
    a way to extend ipv4. There is a lot of available space in an ipv4 header.
    More than enough to solve the addressing problems.

  10. Where are the stats from the slashdot servers? on Microsoft Says Vista Has the Fewest Flaws · · Score: 1

    Granted, the userbase does not represent a cross-section of the general population. But it would still be nice to see the stats for the UserAgent.

  11. Re:A NEW LIFE AWAITS YOU IN THE OFF-WORLD COLONIES on FBI to Put Criminals Up in Lights · · Score: 1

    Or, a win a free appearance on Americas Favorite Game Show: The Running Man!

    YES!

    Hello, this is Killian. Give me the Justice Department, Entertainment Division.

  12. Re:Ring Material on Saturn's Moons Built From Ring Material · · Score: 1
  13. Its a classic Trojan Horse. on Trojan Found In New HDs Sold In Taiwan · · Score: 1

    Something physical brought behind your defenses that attacks you un-awares.

  14. Wow, so THATS why they call them Brick-and-Mortar on Best Buy Customer Gets Box Full of Bathroom Tiles Instead of Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    :)

    Brick, mortar, tiles, whatever is heavy and cheap to put in there.

    I have been avoiding Best Buy for a while now. Too bad, because they
    just put one in my area.

  15. Are they going to make it mandatory via clickthru? on Microsoft Marketing to OS Pirates, Just Agree to Audits! · · Score: 1


    Exactly how am I going to know when I have "Agreed" to these audits?

  16. Do they eat their own dog food? on Microsoft Should Abandon Vista? · · Score: 1


    Is vista on every desktop in Microsoft? If not, why not?

  17. A good scifi novel involving "chipping in" on The Future of Putting Chips Inside Our Brains · · Score: 1
  18. Ah, but there is a weakness on ISPs Inserting Ads Into Your Pages · · Score: 1


    The assumption of the ISP is that the ads are rated "G".
    Simply buy ads from their service that will offend all their
    users.

    The amazing health and psychological benefits of abortion
    ought to do it. And at the bottom: This ad brought to you
    by your friendly neighborhood ISP.

  19. The NC tool is a big problem on Germany Declares Hacking Tools Illegal · · Score: 1

    It is VERY usefull for many legit things. Not even security related
    things. But it also has features that might raise eyebrows and even
    NortonAv defines it as a hacking tool.

    While I can replace the functionality easily (and have), it is great
    to have it everywhere in case I need it. Its there, it works, and its
    easy to type.

    Does this trend mean that we will have to have -sanitized- versions
    of popular tools like nc?

  20. Why not just not create multiple internets on IPv4 Unallocated Addresses Exhausted by 2010 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So right now we have a flat address space of 32bits or so. Why not
    create multiple internets, one per country lets say. Everyone
    gets to keep their existing internet address. Its just encapsulated
    within a country network.

    In order to get to country A address B.B.B.B you have to use
    a route. Each ISP would have a special router address that would
    send packets to that country accross a "dedidcated" connection. Your
    computer would know that when DNS assigns a "zip" for a particular
    connection, it locks the routing for those packets to go out via
    the local ISP dedicated router address.

    Your computer knows what router to use because it got the "zip code"
    for that route when it did the DNS lookup.

    Yes, I realize there would be problems. But perhaps less problems then
    with IPv6 adoption?

    This is moving to a hierarchial model. And the extra address space
    comes from the routing tables.

    Its just an idea. Please be kind.

  21. Re:What about the cops!?! on New Legislation to Combat Identity Theft · · Score: 1

    Lying to a police officer is a crime.
    Identity theft is a crime.

    There is probable cause to believe that the passenger was involved.
    She heard the driver give the officer a false identity right?
    Maybe enough to question her.

    She knew the driver, would you let a stranger drive your car?
    Or she was under duress. Is the passenger still alive? Maybe
    this was a carjack. Maybe the passenger is in trouble.

    Once they have identified the correct identity of the driver,
    then you should pursue criminal charges. Then you can sue
    for damages.

    Point out to the police that the people used a false identity
    probably because they were a fugitive. They didnt just "happen"
    to have your identity....they planned ahead.

    These are just ideas. I have never experienced what you went
    through and I hope I never do.

  22. Re:What about the cops!?! on New Legislation to Combat Identity Theft · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So they were...

    Driving without a license.
    Driving without proof of ID
    Driving without proof of Insurance

    Driving a car not registered in your name. Was the car stolen too?

    They make you sign the ticket right? Signatures dont match whats on record;
    the have an image of that right? They have an image of your face from DMV
    right..and these great cars cannot receive an image?

    So who's car were they in?

  23. Re:AIX supports larger more complex systems better on Qantas Ditches Linux for AIX · · Score: 1

    I think other connections are supported now, but its been
    a while. Still, rs232 is reliable in a restricted area like
    that.

    And there really isnt any other use for the ports anymore.

  24. AIX supports larger more complex systems better on Qantas Ditches Linux for AIX · · Score: 1

    Automatic failover to another machine in a hardware failure.
    You can resize filesytems while mounted.
    Add hard disks while the system is booted.
    Add PCI cards while the system is running.
    Support partitioning the multiple CPUs into separate "machines"
    disable a CPU that is malfunctioning and keep running.

    Basically you never have to shut a large AIX system down.

    Which is good because they take a really long time to boot (the big ones)

  25. Radio killed the record industry on Record Store Owners Blame RIAA For Destroying Music Industry · · Score: 3, Insightful


    Radio stations were so bad for so long that people stopped
    listening to the -primary- venue for new groups and songs and
    just listened to the old stuff. People stopped getting excited
    about new groups and new alblums and stopped buying.

    And now Radio cant come back because the quality is so bad
    compared with what they are used to listening to now.