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  1. Re:A stupid question... on Facebook's HipHop Also a PHP Webserver · · Score: 1

    Um, they say that they don't think it would in one of the articles.

  2. Re:Was pointing towards something like a CRL. on Mozilla Accepts Chinese CNNIC Root CA Certificate · · Score: 2, Informative

    If I have it right, it is actually a simple thing to do, the UI is just awkward. Edits to the trust settings of the certificate will disable it and persist (another post indicates that deleting the certificate also marks it as untrusted, so even if the certificate gets added back to the system, it won't be trusted).

  3. Re:End the debate? on The Lancet Recants Study Linking Autism To Vaccine · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There were 12 patients used in the study. They were not randomly selected. That's pretty much enough to ignore that study entirely, and there isn't really any other research showing any sort of link.

  4. Re:interesting, but dangerous? on And Now, the Animated News · · Score: 1

    Have you actually seen their work, or are you just explaining how compelling you think it is?

  5. Re:Lots of content on A Look Into the Chinese Hacker Underworld · · Score: 1

    I was expecting the Chinese hacker to be Russian.

  6. Re:interesting, but dangerous? on And Now, the Animated News · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Have you seen one of their reconstructions? It offers no credibility that is not already carried by a (misleading?) verbal description.

  7. Re:A real hacker... on A Look Into the Chinese Hacker Underworld · · Score: 1

    That definition is conveniently circular.

  8. Re:TERRIBLE ADVICE on Woz Cites "Scary" Prius Acceleration Software Problem · · Score: 1

    It usually is. I can only think of automatics that have been organized as PRND21, and I think I can slip my car from D into N without engaging the shift lock button (the button needs to be pressed to move out of park, and so on).

  9. Re:What's the marginal cost of production on an eb on Amazon Surrenders To Macmillan On eBook Pricing · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I don't have a problem with people charging money, I just figure that works of passion would largely continue to be produced, whereas works of compensation would not (or would at least be drastically curtailed).

  10. Re:What's the marginal cost of production on an eb on Amazon Surrenders To Macmillan On eBook Pricing · · Score: 1

    Those are fixed costs.

    I do agree that there needs to be compensation for them though. There are lots of worthwhile books that are the result of financial compensation rather than passion.

  11. Re:Repeat after me: "Baaaaa baaaaa baaaa". on "No Scan, No Fly" At Heathrow and Manchester · · Score: 1

    Uh huh.

  12. Re:Summary is wrong; idea is worthless on De-Anonymizing Social Network Users · · Score: 1

    CSS can be used to execute the same sort of attack.

  13. Re:Some of think this scanner is pornographic? rea on "No Scan, No Fly" At Heathrow and Manchester · · Score: 1

    I can't imagine the operator will be allowed to have a pocket camera.

  14. Re:Speaking as a morbidly obese male on "No Scan, No Fly" At Heathrow and Manchester · · Score: 1

    Also, he would be asked to stand still.

  15. Re:Really? on "No Scan, No Fly" At Heathrow and Manchester · · Score: 1

    So you are saying that the grade of person working security at airports is smart and motivated enough to overcome the features designed to prevent images from being removed from the device, but scum enough to put those images on the internets?

    (Sure, they could take a photo of the screen, but it is easy enough to not let them have a camera)

    Frankly, I don't envy someone tasked with spending hours and hours studying imagery of 'average' people.

  16. Re:Not even possible! on China Is Winning Global Race To Make Clean Energy · · Score: 1

    For me the important conclusion of the book is that there is no practical way to fullfill all our current energy needs from "renewable" resources.

    That's perfectly reasonable. This is a misrepresentation:

    if you actually look at the physics, it is not possible to supply all our current energy needs entirely through solar and wind (renewable) power.

    When you look at the physics, it is entirely possible, it just isn't attractive given the area used and the cost of doing it.

  17. Re:You cannot compare... on China Is Winning Global Race To Make Clean Energy · · Score: 1

    Actually, I would only say that there are not necessarily winners and losers. The very idea of trade is based on the notion that each party thinks they will be better off after the trade (I don't see things like the 'trade' of Manhattan for a few beads as contrary to this, the natives were not fully party to the invaders ideas about what they were doing).

  18. Re:What's different? on Using Windows 7 RC? Pay Up Or Auto Shutdown Warned · · Score: 1

    He probably has a Ritz cracker installed in the CPU slot.

  19. Re:Geroge Carlin on Super Strong Metal Foam Discovered · · Score: 1

    A seatbelt saved my life when a car swerved across a 2 lane high in front of me (the other driver had lost control).

    As a self centered, normal human, I'm pretty comfortable transferring the risk.

  20. Re:Replacement for air bags? on Super Strong Metal Foam Discovered · · Score: 1

    Hopefully the car stops moving before you do, giving you a bit of extra time.

    Also a factor is that crashes equivalent to hitting a brick wall at 65 mph are a bit rare.

  21. Re:Geroge Carlin on Super Strong Metal Foam Discovered · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I've heard it told that George Carlin was a comedian.

    Maybe Geroge Carlin was a different guy that was a car designer, but I don't thing so, I think it was a typo.

  22. Re:Somewhat ironic on Nokia N900 Linux Smartphone Running OS X · · Score: 1

    That's not entirely fair, the NT kernel was never built for anything less than a 32 bit processor.

  23. Re:Not even possible! on China Is Winning Global Race To Make Clean Energy · · Score: 1

    The book is pretty clear headed and reasonable. The author doesn't rant about things being impossible because of physics or anything, he simply talks about the massive effort required to move off of fossil fuels using the tools that we have, and I think, some estimates of the tools that we might have soon (and it is something to point both enthusiasts and skeptics at, it give the enthusiasts a dose of reality, and it give the skeptics a measure of hope).

    (I would also point out that heating and cooling account for massive amounts of power compared to parasitic losses, which limits the impact of removing parasitic losses; also, most manufacturers are already paying at least some attention to it these days)

  24. Re:Why is ":)" less valid than "!"? on Students Failing Because of Poor Grammar · · Score: 1

    That doesn't smell like a situation where 'one' would come into play.

    But yeah, it isn't a hard rule or anything, it is just often the case that it is clearer without the pronoun.

  25. Re:Old news on Will Your Super Bowl Party Anger the Copyright Gods? · · Score: 1

    Do they? They assert a lot of rights, but there isn't a bunch of noise in the news about them suing individuals for millions of dollars.