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  1. Re:Secure communications? on Quantum Computing Using Traditional Transistors · · Score: 1

    True, but if you were going to send your credit card info online and you knew that it would be intercepted, you wouldn't send it anyway. You're getting exactly what they say: assured security, not necessarily assured communication.

  2. Re:My survey response on The Future of RPN Calculators · · Score: 1

    On the 48 (G series) you can hit ARG (Right-shift EEX) to get the last evaluated expression. There's a similar button in the same vicinity on the S series, but I don't remember for sure if it's called the same thing or if it's in exactly the same place. It's useful occasionally, but as another poster mentioned, you're better off to use variables.

  3. Re:No one ever forgot to return my RPN calculator on The Future of RPN Calculators · · Score: 1

    My favorite quote: "Where's the equals?"

  4. Re:Personally... on Geeks and Poker? · · Score: 1

    Some wheels in the US have 00 while others do not, many times even in the same casino. Look around before playing to see if you can find one without it.

  5. Re:BAD idea for total immersion cooling system on Sapphire: A Liquid That Won't Get Things Wet · · Score: 1

    Plus, every time you take a CD out you'll need to towel it dry before putting it back in the case

    Don't worry, it won't get the CD wet.

  6. Re:5 bags of ramen? Hungry or just fat? :) on Paid To Spam · · Score: 1

    AllAdvantage did actually pay for a while. They tried to fight programs that simulated browsing by moving the cursor around and clicking links, but eventually reality caught up with them and they died.

  7. Re:Guilty monopoly.... on RIAA's Nasty Easter Egg · · Score: 1

    They were not found guilty of anything. They settled out of court, and did not admit any wrongdoing.

  8. Re:Citizens have no power against gov't agendas on Pollution Allowance Auctions · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They either need our brilliant management or they need to be left alone completely. The fact is that unlogged forest today is much denser than unlogged forest of 100 years ago. For one particular example, look here. These people retraced Custer's path through the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1874 precisely, and took pictures from the exact same locations as Custer's photographer. Unfortunately it's a little difficult to see from the sample pictures they have on the website, but if you can find an actual copy of the book (or care to order one), the difference in density is quite evident.

    The point of all of this is that unmanaged forest creates an extreme fire hazard, as evidenced in the United States over the past few summers. When we put out the fires, the forest just keeps getting denser. We either need to let it burn (and deal with the loss of life and property damage), or manage it. Eventually it's not going to be possible to stop the fires.

  9. Re:Freshmeat on Limiting Bandiwidth in a Shared DSL Environment? · · Score: 1

    Linux Bandwidth Arbitrator is a really good product. It's updated constantly, easy to set up and use (well, relatively), lots of options for buying it or downloading it, and it actually works.

  10. Re:Easy to read between the lines on Tivo Tracks Superbowl Viewing Habits · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you're really concerned about it you can call TiVo's 800 number and opt out of the data collection, no questions asked.

  11. Re:Is there a privacy issue? on Tivo Tracks Superbowl Viewing Habits · · Score: 1

    If you call TiVo's 800 number you can opt out of the data collection, no questions asked. You can also verify that they are no longer collecting your data by telnetting into the TiVo and looking at the logs.

  12. Re:New twist on an old idea. on LaserMonks Offer Prayer, Printer Cartridges · · Score: 1

    Since I'm pretty sure those ancient monks never had permission to copy any of the works they did, does that make them the original data pirates?

    I think they could argue that God gave them permission to copy the bible...

  13. Re:Anything is better than what we do now... on Bush To Announce Manned Trip To Moon, Mars · · Score: 1

    Personally, I see a human Mars mission being an international effort.

    In the same sense that ISS is an international effort?

  14. Re:So if you're Microsoft.... on HP Licenses Apple's iPod & iTMS · · Score: 1

    ...at least not without doing something that would violate the rulings or what not from the monopoly trial.

    Yeah, because violating anti-trust rulings has really hurt them in the past.

  15. Re:Not Unreasonable on Do Companies Take Software, And Not Give? · · Score: 1

    If you create a model where software is available with no license fee, then you need to accept that is the rules you play by.

    The problem here is only partially related to money. What the article is asking (and what the BusyBox example shows) is how many companies modify GPL products and sell their derivatives without the source. If they distribute a modified version, they certainly do have a legal and ethical obligation to release the source.

  16. Re:Open the damn source. on More E-Voting SNAFUs · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can find out whether or not a person voted in a particular election, but not who that person voted for.

  17. Re:solving a non-problem on More E-Voting SNAFUs · · Score: 1

    To me, not voting is lazy. If you don't agree with any of the candidates, go and turn in a blank ballot. Then you are actually expressing your opinion of mistrust and/or dislike of the system. Otherwise you're saying that you dislike the system and not only that, you don't care.

  18. Re:Um.. on Building A Low-Budget TiVo Substitute? · · Score: 1

    TiVo hasn't "nixed" anything. If you're referring to the 30-second jump feature, it's still there but you have to enable it, since they're using the button for a different feature now. 30-second skip isn't as great as you might think anyway, compared to the type of fast forward that TiVo uses.

    There are many user-developed applications for TiVo, including caller ID displays, internet tools (ftp, ping, etc.), a webserver for remote programming, tools to extract videos, etc. Take a look at the TiVo Community Forum for starters. Notwithstanding the story about cease-and-desist orders for images of the drive, TiVo has been about the most open and tolerant of all the media-related company in business today.

  19. Python on RSA-576 Factored · · Score: 1

    Python can do this, and any arithmetic with arbitrarily large numbers (up to the limit of available memory).

  20. Re:Good for Suse... on Gateway Forges Partnership With SuSE · · Score: 1

    They were really trying to get into the server market a few years back. In fact, I seem to remember that they bought a supposedly well-respected rackmount case manufacturer, though I don't recall the name of that company and I didn't recognize it at the time. I don't think it has worked out too well for them so far. Really, none of their recent attempts to break in to new markets have worked out too well for them so far.

  21. Re:O_o on Kasparov Wins Game 3 Against X3D Fritz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder how much this 50% lack of visual stimuli changes the way the chessmaster's brain works here.

    Besides which, why don't they just have a real chess board with a guy sitting there moving the pieces as the computer directs? Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like that would be more like playing a person face-to-face.

  22. Re:Call the IRS... on Orbdev Files US Federal Suit Over Asteroid Claim · · Score: 1

    Exactly. If you own property outside the US, you don't pay property tax on it to any US governmental agency -- local, state, or federal.

  23. Re:Call the IRS... on Orbdev Files US Federal Suit Over Asteroid Claim · · Score: 1

    For the income yes, but you don't pay US property tax on it.

  24. Re:very curious indeed. on Human Accomplishment · · Score: 1

    To quote Linus Torvalds:

    And don't EVER make the mistake that you can design something better than what you get from ruthless massively parallel trial-and-error with a feedback cycle. That's giving your intelligence _much_ too much credit.

  25. Re:The Text of the Lawsuit on Sci-Fi Channel Looks for LGM in NASA Files · · Score: 1

    Don't forget MST3K...