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  1. Re:Death of Alpha Predicted, news at 11! on End Of The Line For Alpha · · Score: 1

    It's "FILM at 11". Obviously the news is already there.

    Also, that was a fun line back in 1998.

  2. OK / Yes / No buttons considered harmful on The Spyware Inferno · · Score: 1

    If the OK/Yes/No buttons were unavailable, people would not have to read the stupid long text those are preceded with to know wether to click Yes or No.

    In most cases, these mus be replaced with a short sentence that summarizes the action. How many times do clueless users press "yes" just to get rid of a dialog box they did not ask to appear ?

    For instance, instead of "Do you want to install IRipYouOff Yes/No", one should be compelled to use "Do you want to IRipYouOff Install/Don't install".

    Also, microsoft, please add a "never trust this site" button.

  3. newbie question on SHA-0 Broken, MD5 Rumored Broken · · Score: 1

    So Alice sends Bob a file, along with it's checksum. Bob applies the hashing function to the file, and controls the result with the checksum. Bob sees they match and concludes Mallory can't possibly have tampered the file, as there's one chance in a google that the tampered file would have the same checksum.

    But what exacty proves to Bob that Mallory's hypothetical man-in-the-middle attack
    didn't also replace the checksum with one consistant with the tampered file he tries to inject ?

  4. Re:The horse is out of the barn for good..... on Your Right to Travel Anonymously: Not Dead Yet · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's spelled "sans". And putting random words in French is not "chic". Same remark for "faux". What's wrong with "fake" ? I guess you can't even pronounce "sans" of "faux" correctly.

  5. why the capitals on U.S. Cancels Fusion Program · · Score: 1

    TOGO considered harmful ?

  6. Re:More info (directory of sites) on Sonic Games on A Look Back at Sonic the Hedgehog · · Score: 1
    God, I remember staying up nights back in 91/92 finishing the Sonic games
    I am a very poor gamer and beat it in two afternoons. SEGA games sucked at the lifetime.
  7. Re:Why Fuel Cells? on Getting Serious About Fuel Cells · · Score: 1

    so you require a thousand cubic metres to effectively lift a car.

  8. Re:Why Fuel Cells? on Getting Serious About Fuel Cells · · Score: 1

    :rolleyes: remember Archimedes ? vertical upwards push equalling weight of displaced volume ? So you need minimal total weight or a huge volume, basically displacing one metric tonne of air.

  9. Re:This...could be...the REVOLUTION. on Online Replacements for Desktop Apps? · · Score: 1

    Well you don't have to pay the guys who *worked* on it. Only the leech will get you $699

  10. Re:killer app on Online Replacements for Desktop Apps? · · Score: 1

    I tried to register as "little whore", and it complained it was a naughty word. "little ho" seems to be fine though.

  11. Re:complex, doable, but who needs it? on Pre-802.11n Offers 4x the Speed · · Score: 1

    100 Mbit = 12 MBytes, not very much more than MPEG 2 video.

  12. Re:I wonder how Newton would do on slashdot... on The Unknown Newton · · Score: 1

    Yes, because perl is rejected by all slashdotters as a bad language, because Larry Wall happens to believe in Baby Jesus.

  13. Re:Note to futuristic Mars Base designers on Marine Finds Duct Tape on Mars · · Score: 1

    Obviously, the Mars base was made on a budget. Noticed Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3 ? It looks and sounds like a 1980s game.

  14. Re:Given the people I share the road with... on NTSB Recommends Black Boxes For All Cars · · Score: 1
    Carole - Killed in 1993 by a wreckless driver
    Those fancy schmancy drivers with their shiny new well maintained cars :rolleyes:
  15. Re:Once and for all on 70% Of 2004 Virus Activity Down To One Man · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    here
    [Latin virus, poison.]
    "You're guess is as good as mine."
    You're English suck's
  16. Once and for all on 70% Of 2004 Virus Activity Down To One Man · · Score: 2, Informative

    You DO NOT speak Latin. Stop making up words. There is no plural tu the latin word virus. It means "poison", the plural of which is "much poison" (notice the absence of an s) in most contexts.

    Even if it had a Latin plural, it would not be "virIi". That would be the plural of "virIus" which doesn't exist. It cannot be "viri" either, as this is the nominative plural of "vir" (man).

  17. Wrong audience on EFF's Letter to the Senate on INDUCE · · Score: 1, Insightful
    'It's time for a solution to the P2P conflict that pays artists, not lawyers.'
    How many of the senators are lawyers ? How many musicians ?
  18. slow adoption on Windows XP-64 Delayed Into 2005 · · Score: 1

    Will we get the same problem with 64-bit processors as with DVD-ROMs ?

    It's indeed quite possible that as for the DVDs, software editors may decide it's cheaper to only make one version, the one that's going to work on any system.

    How many PC video games are available on DVD ? Very few. Because of the 10% that only own a regular CD player, we still have to swap disks.

    I can see the same coming for 64-bit processors, especially for the AMD64 that are x86-32 compatible.

  19. Re:They chose the right name then on Advertising Hits Arizona County Government Website · · Score: 1
    Perhaps they chose an appropriate name for their city...
    Until the BIOS maker sends them a C&D letter...
  20. Re:$700!!! That's crazy talk! on Sony's $700 Linux-based Remote Control · · Score: 1

    You suck at the capitalism. An idiot that would put $150 into a remote is almost idiot enough to pay $700 for it. Economists at Sony just analysed that the optimum point was at $700.

  21. Summary on German Court Says GPL is Valid · · Score: 1, Funny

    Das Kopyreit Law ist geliegal. A Licenz gibt echstra Gerights tu der Juser unter zome Konditioner. Der Juser ist total frei to nicht taken diese Gerights, in which Kase Standart Kopyreit Law appleitz. Ende of die Storien.

  22. Re:Meanwhile... (OT) on Ted Turner's Beef With Big Media · · Score: 1

    That's interesting. I never even considered there was a canadian approach ? Do you mainly speak British or American ? What about Aussies ? Indians ?

  23. Re:Meanwhile... on Ted Turner's Beef With Big Media · · Score: 1

    Isn't it either ("eather"/"ither") colorized or coulourised ?

  24. Re:Answer to the inevitable PNG Slashbots on GIF Support Returns to GD · · Score: 1

    For me, gif is useless as I can not AA filter an image against the alpha channel which is inexistant in gif.

    In GIF this results in my roundish buttons having edges with a faded version of the color that was selected as transparent. I lose the usefulness of the transparent color, and have to explicitly select it according to the background color.

    In PNG too, but then again the faded shades of the alpha channel are just that, a beautiful alpha gradient, independent of the actual background color.

  25. You did not get Latin. get over it. on Proof of Concept PocketPC Virus Created · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You did not get Latin classes. Get over it. There is nothing to be ashamed of. That language is only useful to scholars, and even a Romance language speaker will get a better grasp at his own language by learning a near (foreign romance) or far (German) cousin language. So don't try to make up a plural form for Latin words. the plural form of virus is not virii, that would be the plural form of virius. "Virus" is apparently one of the few neuter words of the second declination, and has no plural. more info