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  1. Nueral Network... on The Security Risk of Keyboard Clicks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ummm... so the "attacker" has to have access to your machine for a significant amount of time to train it on each key. I'm not too concerned. To have this kind of access they must also have uninterrupted physical access for a long enough to make a hidden software attack.

  2. Also on the threat matrix... on Videogame Character Threatens National Security? · · Score: 1

    I also heard that there was a lot of talk about an upcoming Revolution November of last year. But it turned out that there was absolutely no story, and it was nothing but a bunch of special effects.

  3. Re:Do you think... on Projected 'Average' Longhorn System Is A Whopper · · Score: 1

    "I promise to keep Longhorn on the machine for at least a week."

    Are you sure you could really keep a machine that cherry just sitting there for a whole week, unable to do anything useful?

  4. Re:Frugal Living Tip File on Websites For The Frugal? · · Score: 2, Funny

    They probably didn't think maintaining the site was cost feasible.

  5. Re:thirteen thirty-seven. on Forbes Reviews Google's Gmail [updated] · · Score: 1

    umm...sure...if by "flicks" you mean one or two movies. 1 gig is not that much for binary storage.

  6. Re:Badgers? on Installing Linux on a Dead Badger · · Score: 1

    So obvious, in fact, that it was already said before you, and modded to +5 to boot.

  7. Re:Sigh on Writing Open Source Medical and Nursing Apps? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Exactly what, pray tell, do you think is wrong with the phrase: "Are the algorithms proprietary?"? Proprietary algorithms are fairly prevalent in the medical community.

    And yes, there certainly is such a thing as an "Open Source Language" (Perl) and a non-open source language (C#).

  8. Re:..it begs to ask.. on Searching by Shape... · · Score: 1

    I beg you to read the article. Employees don't use abstract concepts like love when they need to find the CAD drawing of a part.

  9. If you like this kind of thing... on Unofficial AIM Bot Gives Infocom Classics IM Twist · · Score: 4, Interesting

    take a look at a project I admin and develop on over at sourceforge. Its called jaimbot. Its an AOL IM library and modular AIM bot for plugging in things like this to AIM. We have all sorts of modules (offline and group messenging, stock quotes, games, news, weather, tv info, movie times, ski conditions, etc, as well as an intertaining chatterbot by using MegaHal) and its very simple to add new ones. Follow the link for more details.

    Scott

  10. "can anyone use fewer than 103 words..." on Andreesssen: Why Open Source Will Boom - in 103 Words · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes I can. But unfortunately it requires using a lot of words like "adduce".

  11. Re:My Gosh, we did it!! on Who Are My Neighbors, Mr.Search Engine? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Man... everytime google labs hits slashdot, it gets slashdotted, and someone like you thinks google is slashdotted. Go to google.com. Is it /.ed? No.

    labs.google.com != google.com != local.google.com

  12. Re:First person on Grand Challenge 1, Competitors 0 · · Score: 1

    It would also be more satisfying if we built the robots, rejoiced in our mutual accomplishments, declared that "we are all winners", and then dismantled the robots.

  13. I would be pissed on Grand Challenge 1, Competitors 0 · · Score: 1

    "Vehicle 7 - Digital Auto Drive - At mile 6.0. Vehicle was paused to allow a wrecker to get through, and, upon restarting, sensors were not able to determine the proper route. After sensors tried unsuccessfully for three hours, vehicle was disabled."

    That just seems really unfortunate that it only failed when the officials forced it to stop.

  14. Re:An unexpected comment on Grand Challenge 1, Competitors 0 · · Score: 1

    So if something isn't moded to 5, Funnny, that means it isn't a joke, and should be critically analyzed?

  15. Re:You should also be able to see it here... on I, Robot Trailer Available · · Score: 1

    That's the same link, just passing through the apple.com website. Thanks for playing though.

  16. All teams disabled on Fifteen Teams Selected for DARPA Grand Challenge · · Score: 1

    According to this all the teams are now disabled. What a poor showing. Too bad.

  17. Broadcast? on CMU First To Qualify For DARPA Grand Challenge · · Score: 1

    Anyone know if there are plans to televize or broadcast the race in any form?

  18. Yes. on Can Software Kill? · · Score: 1

    See this article for examples.

  19. Gonna have to call BS on that one... on Five Free Calculus Textbooks · · Score: 0, Troll

    You expect us to believe you really took an F on your exam because a cop forced you out the door?

    The way I see it, there are only 2 possibilities here:

    1) The fabled fire never happened. You took an F because you didn't know the material.

    2) The fire did in fact happen, and you didn't care enough to simply present the facts to your Professor or Dean to justify your absense.

  20. How seriously? on Can Counter-Strike Players Be Summed Up By Nation? · · Score: 2, Funny

    VERY seriously.

    I, for one, welcome our new "thinking [and] teamwork" overlords.

  21. Thank god artists don't design our web interfaces on Wired Reports on 'Googlemania' · · Score: 4, Informative

    Look at the crap these guys put together.

    First off, the first guy's "idea" is nothing but a rip-off of this contest winning idea.

    The others are nothing but blatant political posturing.

    Scott

  22. At last!!! on Live Windows Bootable CDs for Sysadmins · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've also discovered a way to use my ladder to remove nails from the wall.

  23. One working mirror: on Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name · · Score: 2, Informative
  24. Its not redundant on How C# Was Made · · Score: 1


    In your example, I know with complete certainty that I am creating a new "Type" and assigning it to the variable "varName". This is not the case if it used the syntax of Python. How do you know I am not calling a method called "Type"?

    Scott

  25. The biggest problem with compatibility... on Java SDK 1.5 'Tiger' Beta Finally Released · · Score: 2, Interesting

    will be code like this:

    Enumeration enum = collection.elements();
    while(enum.hasMoreElements ()) { ...
    }

    Guess what... that is a compile error now. "enum" is a new keyword, and is no longer valid as a variable name.

    Scott