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  1. Re:Conspiracy Theory on Man Arrested For Enigma Theft · · Score: 1

    So that's who their model was...

  2. Re:But this isn't 'deep linking'.. on MPAA Files Another Injunction Against 2600 · · Score: 2

    Excuse me, but what court ruled that deCSS is illegal? I thought a judge only decided that allowing deCSS distribution might cause harm, and his injunction tried to stop its distribution while the case continued...

  3. Re:Free Speech Allows This on MPAA Files Another Injunction Against 2600 · · Score: 1
    Incorrect analogy. It's more like a booklet "How to Make a Zip Gun" than an actual gun. deCSS is a tool, not an actual program which lets you watch "The Matrix" DVD in all its glory [and who would want people to buy a DVD so they can watch it?].

    For that matter, there are a lot of publications which describe how to make many dangerous things, from catapults to go-karts...

  4. on First Privately Funded Manned Space Mission · · Score: 1
    As Mir is available for rent, when is the "Geeks In Space" transmission from Mir?

    [To answer your question, you can't pick up an Iridium because it's in a different orbit...if it is aimed to pass nearby it will vaporize your arm if you grab it. You'll have to launch a remote-controlled "space tug" to go grab the birds...and fuel tanks to keep refueling the thing.]

  5. Re:What about my DOS? on A Post-Microsoft World · · Score: 1

    Why, get support from Lineo, of course.

  6. Re:AI on 'Battling Censorware' · · Score: 1

    Please tell me what AI can identify these banned items: the statue "David", George Carlin's audio recordings, a lady's ankle, a lady with uncovered face, a murder.

  7. Re:Your analogy is false on 'Battling Censorware' · · Score: 1

    Actually, cpHack is the opposite of stealing. With cpHack, I can finally buy a copy of CyberPatrol and use those lists to block sites with my Linux box. I couldn't use CyberPatrol with Linux until now. And now I can review the lists and make necessary adjustments.

  8. Re:The Actual Conclusions on Microsoft Loses · · Score: 1

    The judge decided Guilty on most counts. The details of the penalties still have to be decided, and then we get to wait for appeals...

  9. The new DivX on More on LinDVD · · Score: 1

    It's been done. See the CNN story.

  10. Linux Tablet Homepage on Graphics Tablets And Linux? · · Score: 1
  11. Re:But what about deCSS? on More on LinDVD · · Score: 2

    The "subliminal messages" article was apparently an April Fools joke. I'm making this reply for the benefit of future web searchers who hit this comment without knowing surrounding detail. See the comments on the "subliminal messages" article.

  12. Re:TTL=0 on Stopping Distributed Denial Of Service · · Score: 1

    Right, so this scheme will work for any site expecting 17 hits a week but not for Yahoo or WhiteHouse.gov. With TTL=0 you get to develop the fastest DNS server farm on the planet, and you can devote a percentage of your bandwidth to DNS queries.

  13. DNS delays on Stopping Distributed Denial Of Service · · Score: 1

    Yes, that's what I also noticed. There are long delays before DNS servers will update their entries. This scheme works fine on a small site where there aren't thousands of copies of DNS entries cached on major ISPs around the world. It fails for any large site where the ISPs will continue to provide DNS entries which use the old IP addresses...for hours or days.

  14. When I can buy... on More on LinDVD · · Score: 1
    Okay, just let me know when it's ready for me to buy it. Then I'll be able to get a compatible drive and start buying DVDs.

    Not that I won't also have DeCSS and related technologies so I can use my DVDs on unsupported hardware also...

  15. Humanity Is Irrelevant... on Summary Of Symposium On Spiritual Machines · · Score: 1
    Plus, you should consider that no virus or bug has managed to be 100% lethal to humans.

    But those are biological entities whose existence is dependent upon the host. If a virus kills every human it touches within one day before it becomes contagious, that virus vanishes quickly. Here we're talking about things whose existence is not dependent upon people. They may ignore humans other than as slow-moving rocks, although they might casually remove everyone's feet because they want the rubber from the shoe soles.

  16. Re:This still leaves questions.. on Judge Rules Deep Hyperlinking OK · · Score: 1
    I'm certain we'll see some site redesigns which include advertising and logos on the same page as the content.

    Basically, less work for lawyers trying to stop linking through the courts and more work for web designers who actually use the technology.

  17. Depends upon your needs on National Association of Broadcasters Sues RIAA · · Score: 1
    Well, you might want to hear your favorite DJ's show. Even if they're on at 5 PM and you have to work until 6 -- your computer or tape recorder could record it for your later enjoyment.

    Me, I'm waiting to be able to buy a Linux version of RealPlayer Plus with the recording problems fixed, so I can record an hour of an overseas news station and improve my foreign language skills...and I need the ads too, so that's not an issue either.

  18. Re:Test Case Described on Practical Gravity Shielding for Spacecraft? · · Score: 1

    Yes, but it is mentioned that the iron absorbed all of what was emitted and confirmed with an ELF meter. So he created EM pulses from the opposing antennas, with the pulses traveling in coils in opposing directions with opposing polarities, and thinks that the resulting photons cancelled the gravitational attraction to/from the iron within the iron, and he thinks there was no leakage.

  19. Re:A good concession on US to Give Web Patents More Scrutiny · · Score: 2
    That was referenced in the article.

    "The patent office's new procedures aren't expected to have a direct effect on patents already granted."

    Sigh...

  20. Re:Nutcase? on Practical Gravity Shielding for Spacecraft? · · Score: 2

    If you look at the links and credits in the pages, you end up with the JLN Labs page. Full of other interesting "technology" tips.

  21. Test Case Described on Practical Gravity Shielding for Spacecraft? · · Score: 2
    If you look at the author's SystemG page you see that he's done some experiments.

    For some reason he's not using photons, he's using electrons in a 60HZ dual coil (two ELF antennas in a coil -- look at the diagrams and the coils are only connected at one end).

    He doesn't describe the kind of table, room construction, or anything else which eliminates magnetic effects. Nor whether the materials might bend or expand when heated, causing the coil to lift itself by bending the input leads (and hundreds of amps should cause some heating...).

  22. Re:Who's responsible? on Geek Profiling: The Next W.A.V.E. · · Score: 1

    If you keep tapping that pet mouse and it bites you, is the mouse's behavior truly sane or insane?

  23. Re:I agree on UPDATED: AOL Added To ORBS List - At Their Request · · Score: 1

    Or you could replace your mail server with one which does allow more flexible exception rules. Or tell your employees that you can't accept mail from AOL, whether it's from an employee or a customer.

  24. More photons than star? on Practical Gravity Shielding for Spacecraft? · · Score: 1

    Well, if a star does not generate enough photons to cancel gravity then this gadget would have to have a greater photon density than at the surface of a star. For that matter, what effects does he predict from photon-gravitron blockage; it would be nice to look for such reactions in an appropriate accelerator...but his physics isn't at that level.

  25. Re:Two Words on Where Can I Find Cell Phone Recommendations? · · Score: 1
    I think he's referring to GSM digital pulses. Any GSM phone emits the same. You try to decide if you prefer 800 MHz radiation that penetrates the body further than 1900 MHz...and 800 MHz analog phones emit more wattage.

    Or get a headset and put the transmitter elsewhere.