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  1. Extreme cooling on Self-Destructing USB Stick · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It burns the inside when opened? Let's see what happens when you pry it open while pouring liquid helium over it.

    This reminds me of the IBM Secure Cryptoprocessors, which are *pretty much* physically secure. But still people get in now and then usually through software or neat stasis tricks so the device can't respond to your intrusion.

  2. Google Palimpsest on Long-Term Storage of Moderately Large Datasets? · · Score: 1

    Depending on the openness of the data you could ask Google if their Palimpsest project is still operational. Basically they wheel large storage systems around for scientific research. But I believe they want to keep a copy by themselves, Alexandria style.

  3. Re:Mod Article Flamebait on Benchmarks of Debian GNU/kFreeBSD vs. GNU/Linux · · Score: 3, Informative

    Linux 2.6.30 is from Jun 9 2009. The latest patchset 2.6.30.10 though is from December 3rd.

  4. Re:still underpowered on First Look At Latest Ion-Infused Asus Eee PC · · Score: 1

    Look at the smallest of the Acer Timeline series, the 1810T(Z). Basically their Acer Aspire One 11,6" chassis but with a low power Core 2 Duo in it.

  5. Re:And FTL, too on New Theory of Gravity Decouples Space & Time · · Score: 1

    It does build on the M Theory though, which is part of string theory. Those always seem like more of a good higher math research topic than anything really practical. Not that I even come close to understanding any of that, but that's what the people supporting the standard model usually slap the string theorists around with.

  6. Re:And of course... on Microsoft Disconnects Modded Xbox Users · · Score: 1

    I think Dogtanian meant charging for a service you didn't/couldn't use. You'd probably have a high chance in the Small Claims Court convincing the judge that they took your money after first disabling your main access the service for you.

  7. Re:lol on MIT Grad To Make Digital "SixthSense" Open Source · · Score: 1

    but my roads will probably either be properly paved or be replaced with a more efficient road technology

    And we'd all be using plug-in priuses.

  8. Re:Microsoft at it's finest, on Vista Share Drops for the First Time In Two Years · · Score: 1

    Ida: get Sun Virtualbox, run your games on an abondonware OS like Windows 98 (Second Edition..) you mentioned.

  9. Re:direct CPU-CPU interconnects; Transputer? on CA City Mulls Evading the Law On Red-Light Cameras · · Score: 1

    The transputer programming model had the major problem that CPUs could only talk to their neighbours. So your software had to do all the marshaling when data needed to go several hops. This adds uhm, quite a bit of code.

  10. Re:An interesting link.. on Google Brings SVG Support To IE · · Score: 1

    Neither in Safari/Mac 4.0.3

  11. You have to know that .. on Linux Notebooks Selling Well On Amazon Germany · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You have to know that 'major' German PC enthusiast magazines have been publishing tutorials monthly about using Linux since around 2000. Together with installation CDs/DVDs etc. Also their government has a strong push towards using Linux.

  12. Re:The same F500 and military that use Windows? on iPhone 3Gs Encryption Cracked In Two Minutes · · Score: 1

    It's more like 1 hour per 8GB, btw.

  13. Re:Algal Bloom on Huge Unidentified Organic Blob Floating Around Alaska · · Score: 1

    I bet if you hand a bucket to Celera they'll be able to tell you in a week or so what it is exactly.

  14. Re:I am disappointed! on iPhone 3.0 Update Delivers Prodigious Patch Batch · · Score: 2, Informative

    Go here on your iPhone: http://help.benm.at/

    It will show you how to enable tethering.

  15. Re:Slashdot on iPhone Shakes Up the Video Game Industry · · Score: 1

    Search for iPhone on Twitter now. You will get a yellow bar after a minute or so, saying something like "1146 more results since you started searching. Refresh to see them."

  16. Re:Permanently disabled geeks also exist on Better Tools For Disabled Geeks? · · Score: 1

    I wonder if the can be of any help.

  17. Latest AV-Comparatives report.. on Microsoft's Free AV App May Be a Non-Starter · · Score: 2, Informative

    As much I would like to bash Microsoft from time to time. latest AV-Comparatives report has them up there with ESET NOD32. With Microsoft you never know if that included some sums of money, but yeah.

  18. Re:I don't get it. on One-Tweet Wonders · · Score: 2, Funny

    You should have posted that on Twitter, it would fit. 140 character limit and all.

    $ echo "I don't get it. weeting seems like a great idea for people who want to start cults or for people who wish they had stalkers." | wc
          1 25 125

  19. Re:Linux already has this on Windows 7 Hard Drive and SSD Performance Analyzed · · Score: 1

    You lose I/O prioritisation going from CFQ to something else. Also, writes should be as sequential as possible on most SSDs.

  20. Actually.. on 45-Year-Old Modem Used To Surf the Web · · Score: 1

    Actually they -current- engineers already did. Else it wouldn't work today.

  21. Scientologists don't follow Xenu on Wikipedia Bans Church of Scientology · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Scientologists don't follow Xenu. Xenu is more like their Satan.

  22. Re:Dell Mini 9 + OSX = win on First Look At Windows 7 On an Entry-Level Netbook · · Score: 1

    See Mac OS X Software Licence Agreement, search for "label" on the page. In each OS X box they conveniently ship a couple of Apple logo stickers (also known as labels, as in "an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object").

    I'm rather sure that would hold in court. IANAL though. YMMV, YABB ATH EHUT, etc..

  23. Re:Rootkit? on Norton Users Worried By PIFTS.exe, Stonewalling By Symantec · · Score: 5, Informative

    Somebody traced the execution, and linked it here:

    http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/83hjr/symantec_covering_up_the_piftsexe_file_and/c0857t5

    Furthermore 4chan's /b/ seems to have a field day with this. Norton discussion boards appear very slow.

  24. Re:Intel or bust on Can SSDs Be Used For Software Development? · · Score: 1

    Holy shit, I wrote an s..

    (or, how in Dutch you use apostrophes a lot more)

  25. Re:Intel or bust on Can SSDs Be Used For Software Development? · · Score: 1

    OCZ just released it's Vertex. It should deliver about the same r/w speed as the X25-M, only cheaper.