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  1. Re:This could be abused to the breaking point on London Tube Dangerous for Technophiles? · · Score: 1
    It seems that an organized civil disobedience effort could keep the entire London tube system offfline indefinitely by wearing backpacks and using cell phones in carefully chosen stations and times.

    Welcome to the watch list, buddy.

  2. Re:Volunteers Rejoice! on News Corp buys IGN for $650M · · Score: 1
    Volunteers across the IGN network rejoice as a few fat cats profit from their generosity.

    Why would anyone volunteer for a for-profit company? If you improve a product for free, you don't get to complain when the maker of that product profits.

  3. On censorship in CA on UCSD Vs. Free Speech, Round 2 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    For more on censorship in California public universities, view this excellent documentary:
    http://academicbias.com/bw101.html
    (download links on site)

  4. Re:Obviously it is corrupt. on Repeat of Florida Butterfly Ballot · · Score: 1

    Ralph Nader is on the ballot because thousands of people signed petitions indicating they wanted him there. The Nader ticket is currently in court over dems trying to keep him off the ballot despite having met all requirements.
    http://www.votenader.org/ballot_acc ess/michigan/

  5. Old things don't smell new on Hardware That Literally Doesn't Stink? · · Score: 1

    The new computer smell bothers you? Buy an old computer.
    At least look into used parts (keyboard/mouse) and put your machine by an open window before you unload $$$ on a bunch of Ikea junk.

  6. Re:Confused on Half-Life 2 Delayed Following Code Leak · · Score: 3, Funny
    Was the code that was stolen then deleted by the thief?

    That would be awful! The stolen code would be distributed to millions and Valve would have no way of getting that widely distributed code back!!!

  7. Re:Advertising? on RIAA, This Is Earth, Please Come In! · · Score: 1

    Rental cars and apples are physical product. Data is not. Data is ephemeral like the concept "chair".
    Data duplication approaches free. The comparison does not work.

  8. How to break this transmission. on Ultrasecure Quantum Communications Over Thin Air · · Score: 1
    1. Observe that a transmission is taking place and intercept some fraction of the code, say, 66%.
    2. Recipient says "oh no, didn't recieve such and such data, it must have been random interference, please resend"
    3. Sender resends data, this time all is allowed to go through. They attribute the bad signal to poor weather or whatever.
    4. Though the intercepter still lacks 34% of the data, cracking the remaining bits is orders of magnitude easier than cracking the whole thing.