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  1. Re:Am I the only one on ICANN Approves Two More Top-Level Domains · · Score: 1

    No, you're not.

    I'm astonished that the governing body for TLD's doesn't get the "top level" versus subdomain parts.

    The common argument for new TLD's has alway been the limited namespace of .com, .net, .gov, etc. Note that these are all entity's which can be diassociated with any one single country.

    So what the heck is an international Job? International Cell Phone? Aren't both of these at most regional?

    But they've let the cat out of the back long ago, so there is no correcting it and moving to get the US back in the .us. un.gov? Sure. nato.gov? Why not. IMF.gov? okay. whitehouse.gov? What's wrong with whitehouse.gov.us?

    At this point, they may as well flatten the entire thing.

  2. This guy Richter needs to be stopped! on Aerial Photographs of the 1906 Earthquake · · Score: 1


    Hasn't he done enough damage already to warrant a trip to Guantanamo or something? I mean, every time I hear anything about an earthquake, his name is mentioned.

    Something has to be done.

    -Bush

  3. One more thing... on Math Skills Survey Shows U.S. Lags Behind · · Score: 1


    For my fellow Americans; scroll down to the bottom of the study. That's where the pretty pictures are.

    (it's a joke. laugh.)

  4. Unskilled and unaware of it. on Math Skills Survey Shows U.S. Lags Behind · · Score: 1

    The self-assessments made by the US and Korean kids shouldn't come as a surprise. According to this study people who aren't good at something think they are better than average, and those who are good at it think they are, well, only better than average.

    In short, everyone thinks they are slightly better than the average person at everything, no matter what their skill level. Interesting stuff, but it sounds oversimplified, huh? Try this: Do you feel like you are a better automobile driver than the average person?

  5. Sorry, that was me. on A Strange Streak Imaged in Australia · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    I was let down pretty hard by the character graphics on WoW - much too cartoony compared to EQ et. al. for my taste.

    I'll clean up after myself next time. Promise.

  6. Re:I meant to do that! on 12 Christmas Gifts Not To Buy Online · · Score: 1


    You're joking right? It was all the GOP could do to keep from flinching while that stammering moron kept up his dumb-and-dumber orange tux dance. The reason Bush won wasn't Bush - it was the massive collection of special interests propping him up long enough to slip him through and continue their profiteering for the next 4 years.

    Money won the election, not Bush' savvy politicing.

  7. Re:Is once a year really enough to make a differen on U.S. Govt. Stipulates Free Annual Credit Reports · · Score: 1


    Nope, but three times a year is better. And that is what you seem to have here. Check each agency in a staggered fashion and you'll give yourself better coverage.

  8. Re:the return of the arcade? on Massive Multiplayer Gaming Warehouses On The Way · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's called Dave and Busters over here. Adult adolescent behavior is something the US will never be short of. However there aren't tons of these - seems 30 something American men like to spend their paper dollars at titty bars over coins in an arcade.

  9. Re:Ugly? on 230mph Electric Car · · Score: 1

    God is an American - Bowie

  10. Re:The reason for Three on Mass Transit Meets The Incredibles · · Score: 1


    Very nicely done!

  11. Re:Emergency Exits? on Mass Transit Meets The Incredibles · · Score: 1

    keep rope ladders in the cars.

    Next!

  12. Congestion on Mass Transit Meets The Incredibles · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It would be interesting to see how they design stations which have a large amount of congestion at various times of the day. I'm guess their graphic is a typical station, but the waiting traffic would easily overrun the main track in even the smallest city.

    Perhaps they can just get away with making the station rail longer? A by-passible loop or two that are introduced during rush hour? (Or when someone cracks into the control system :)

  13. Re:This is interesting... on Internet Hunting · · Score: 1


    Try reading their journals some time. Pay particularly close attention to there encounters with grizzly bears, where one or more of their party were almost killed by bears with more than 10 shots in them already.

  14. Re:This is interesting... on Internet Hunting · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I call crapola on your post. An elk will come your way when you bugle them in during rut.

    And leveling the playing field by bow hunting prior to the mating season doesn't leave you wanting for elk sightings. They are the size of horses, make enough noise to put a 4 year old to shame, crap enough to, again, put a 4 year old to shame, and can be shot with a bow by a first year inexperienced bow hunter such as myself, if you stretch and call me that. I didn't know what I was doing and ended up with a herd bedded down 100 meters from my campsite.

    Hunting ain't hard. Time consuming, sure. Hard? Perhaps during Lewis' and Clark's expedition, but certainly not now!

  15. The Police? on Students Tracked By RFID · · Score: 5, Funny

    And I suppose the RFID's of the criminal element of the school will transmit data with the Evil Bit turned on? Shouldn't it be a word, or at least a few more bits?

    000 - Nothing to see here.
    001 - normal kid with mischevious mind. Watch for changes. May be intimidated back to 000 with minor police brutality.
    010 - Thief. Arrest if lingering in the parking lot or around school supply cabinets.
    011 - Fighter. Arrest if having an animated discussion with any 000's they don't normally congregate with or other 011's.
    100 - Stabby. Arrest when outer perimiter metal detectors are set off. Notify cafeteria to dispense plastic silverware to the 100 and immediately surrounding 000's. Exhibits 011 behavior, follow guidelines accordingly.
    101 - Brandisher. Arrest when outer perimiter detectors are set off and body mass = yesterday's + #g of any known gun + various # of bullets/magazines.Exhibits 011 behavior, follow guidelines accordingly.
    110 - Shooter. Arrest immediately. If no gun is found, plant one or make an announcement that arresting them was the right thing to do.
    111 - Dealer. "Accidently" shut fire doors on 111's crushing them to death. Accompany disposed of body with a 110, some stray bullets, and drug paraphenalia.

    Yeah, they definately need more Evil Bits...

  16. Re:What is the Speed of Sound? on NASA to Attempt Mach 10 Flight Next Week · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am married and an engineer?
    I am mauling an Aeronautical Engineer?

  17. Holey Smokes! on Beat Spam Using Hashcash · · Score: 1

    Finally! An answer to the actual question I posed, instead of an out-of-context answer.

    You sir (or Ma'am) have made my day.

  18. Re:Waste of perfectly good CPU time on Beat Spam Using Hashcash · · Score: 1

    Reference the grandparent - how do you validate SETI@Home work units, not work units generically.

  19. Re:Waste of perfectly good CPU time on Beat Spam Using Hashcash · · Score: 1


    And how *exactly* does the receiving mail server verify the work unit without computing it itself?

    Besides, doesn't dropping spam via other methods typically involve network traffice to blacklists and CPU cycles spent?

    Face it; the time is already wasted with other methods. Unless you have a real reason to nay-say it? Pony up!

  20. Re:Won't work. Zombies will generate the stamps on Beat Spam Using Hashcash · · Score: 1


    You're right, but putting additional CPU load on zombies isn't such a bad thing, is it? Spammers pay for zombies so it still increases their actual costs.

    This idea actually has merit. Admit it.

  21. Re: Slashdot Spam Form Response on Beat Spam Using Hashcash · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Agreed. I went through the form as well, and found that at least one point the grandparent marked don't apply; users of email don't actually have anything to put up with. The validation is done by the mail server (or other server it's offloaded to).

    But the mailing list server would have to take on additional load since they send mail to so many users.

    And using zombies to do the hashing has a point as well, although the author points out that loading the zombies with additional work isn't such a bad thing after all.

  22. That's covered in the Article. on Beat Spam Using Hashcash · · Score: 4, Informative


    The author points out that a) a date is added to the string to be hashed and b) a database is kept for the day of hashes already used.

    If you include the hash when you pass it out, step a) invalidates hashes of older days and step b) keeps the current days hashes from being reused.

    So it doesn't matter if the spammers share. The hashes are one-times.

  23. Re:An Honest Question on Pre-Election Discussion · · Score: 1


    There is a point to moderating your comment: visibility. Most of us don't browse at -1.

  24. It wasn't just Wired. on The Universal Off Button · · Score: 1


    NPR had an interview during yesterdays rush hour as well. So it's really no surprise the site augered into the ground.

  25. Get over it. on FCC Insists Feds Should Regulate VoIP · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    He's not coming back, and chances are he's just a fabrication of the church anyway. The dude he's based off of probably retired in France.