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  1. What if... on Building the AACS Next-Gen Copy Protection Scheme · · Score: 1

    What if you have a device that can play it "legally", but at the same time stream it out to another device that records it without the encryption (a la DVD to VCR copying)?

  2. Calling card... on How Do You Make International Calls? · · Score: 1

    From Canada to NZ is 20 min./$1 (CDN = US $0.83).

  3. Re:And? on MPAA Goes After More Bittorrent Site Operators · · Score: 1

    While I agree with most of your "rant", I don't thinks its correct to go after the "medium". You'd have to go after everyone inbetween: the communications company who laid out the cables, the ISP, the maker of the CD/DVD-ROMs, etc. etc. etc. - they're all just a link in the transport of (il)legal stuff.

  4. In the big scheme of things... on Firefox vs. SP2's IE? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I would say it makes no difference which browser you use if you do not keep up with all the security updates for the browser and/or OS.

  5. Quiet... on Poland Blocks Software Patents in the EU · · Score: 1

    I guess not too many Polish slashdotters out there... On a positive note, this is very good news.

  6. Auto-delete SPAM on Some Ways To Avoid Spam On Gmail · · Score: 1

    Yahoo! Mail lets you auto-delete any SPAM. It would be nice for Gmail to give you that option. That way you wouldn't even notice the SPAM that get's sent and correctly classified as such.

  7. So? on Saturn's Rings Could be Disappearing · · Score: 1

    Is the universe doomed?

  8. Re:Plural on Mystery of the Chirping Pyramid Solved · · Score: 1

    Not to nitpick, but that same reference does not use the word "Mayans" in the plural. Instead, it says "n. A Maya; adj. Of or relating to the Mayas, their culture, or the Mayan linguistic stock". Saying "ancient Mayans" is not correct when you're speaking of the culture/group of people. If you're talking about the individuals, you could get away with it, but then the individuals would not be "ancient".

  9. Plural on Mystery of the Chirping Pyramid Solved · · Score: 1

    The plural of "Maya" is "Maya" or Mayas"

  10. Re:AdBlock - will cause evolutionary 'Arms Race' on Firefox Users Bad For Advertisers · · Score: 1

    just block the advertising iframes, whatever they may contain...

  11. Re:Disable Java on Cross-Platform Java Sandbox Exploit · · Score: 1

    You clearly did not 'see the attachment for details'.

    Actually, this is my personal experience/observation, not flamebait at all.

    Just because your browser can run a certain plugin/extension does not mean it has to - unless you need it. You avoid potential issues by limiting yourself to the bare necessities.

  12. Disable Java on Cross-Platform Java Sandbox Exploit · · Score: -1, Troll

    Disable Java in your browser unless you absolutely need it (rare). Period.

  13. In Soviet Russia on Can Reverse Engineering Help In Stopping Worms? · · Score: -1, Troll

    .you engineer-reverse worms the russia soviet In

  14. Re:Since we all love screenshots... on Xen 2.0 Virtual Machine Monitor Released · · Score: 1

    That was easy! Got root no problem... deleted all your files! HAHAHA!

  15. Re:Time-limited? on Transgaming Announces Cedega Free Trial · · Score: 1

    Ahhhh! So that's what I should have done! Doh!

  16. Re:Time-limited? on Transgaming Announces Cedega Free Trial · · Score: 1, Funny

    And what if you ran it within a VM?

  17. Foresight? on Another MS Internet Explorer Security Hole · · Score: 1

    I guess MS saw that one coming.

  18. Biased... on Study Recommends Mac OS X as Safest OS · · Score: 1

    From the article: '"More and more smart individuals, government agencies and corporations are shifting towards Apple and BSD environments in 2004," according to DK Matai, Executive Chairman, mi2g.'

  19. Oxymoron on XBox Owner Sues Microsoft · · Score: 1

    According to the Cambridge Dictionary, "unconscionable" is defined as "An unconscionable size, amount, or length of time is too great and is unacceptable". So, it seems a bit odd using "unconscionable" and "short amounts of time" in the same sentence.

  20. Re:Will it support on Mozilla Releases Firefox 1.0 RC1 · · Score: 1

    Wow!

  21. Re:Only one solution on Programming Challenge: Triangles Puzzle · · Score: 1

    No, actually, you'd follow an algorithm to determine a "formula". In the code, you could tell the computer to follow an algorithm or to calculate the result of the formula, bypassing the first step altogether.

  22. Re:Only one solution on Programming Challenge: Triangles Puzzle · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The point is to have the computer figure it out, rather than providing a formula that a human being came up with. I guess there is always going to be a fine line as to how much "human" logic goes into a program, hence the variety of solutions.

  23. Two that should be defined on Greatest Equations Ever · · Score: 1

    0/0 = 1
    1/infinity = 0

  24. Re:False positives & meat on Explosives Detection Breakthrough Via Green Laser · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't remember much from my chemistry class, but apparently they tested it with "benzene, naphthalene, nail polish, perfume, lighter fluid, rubber cement, acetone, toluene, fertilizer on golf shoes, sugar, baking soda, polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), paint thinner and more" and nono of these triggered the alarm. I'm sure some of these contain the nitrites you mentioned, no?

  25. "special" relativity theory on Enter the Relativity Challenge · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't forget that this is the "SPECIAL Relativity Theory" - not the "GENERAL" one...