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  1. Delaying? on Microsoft Delays Stirling Security Suite · · Score: 3, Funny

    How much could take to Microsoft to relabel an Ubuntu install CD?

  2. Test CDN? on Achievements and Optimizations · · Score: 2, Informative

    At least for some site optimization schools (from the point of view of visitors, at the very least) using a CDN is almost a must.

  3. Wrong picking on Flawed Map Says L.A.'s Crime Highest Next to Police HQ · · Score: 3, Funny

    All know that the highest crime locations always are in legislative government institutions, not in police stations (police choose to do their crimes far from there).

    Wonder if US highest crime is geolocated in Washington.

  4. Backward compatibility on How Do I Provide a Workstation To Last 15 Years? · · Score: 1

    The problem is that needs evolve. The core could still be that DOS application, but what is around it could be taken advantage too (even if is just taking advantage of new widely available hardware or internet)

    It could still be running his application under DOS, as long as there is nothing very specific/hardware dependant on it. Probably could run unchanged in vmware/virtualbox, dosemu/linux, newer windows, etc, and even backed up in a pen drive for portability/backups. The application will run in whatever machine the current other needs will require.

  5. Re:Phase transistion on Pinning Down the Spread of Cell Phone Viruses · · Score: 1

    That would disable the communication system that, unfortunatelly, is most that cell phones are about.

  6. Another Windows 95 amazing autodetection on Windows 95 Almost Autodetected Floppy Disks · · Score: 1

    It could detect when an user is just watching the screen, coloring it blue to show that was successful. Was impressive how reliable worked that.

  7. Time matters on Baby Chicks Have Innate Mathematical Skills · · Score: 1

    try the same test after they grown blonde hair

  8. Re:Don't leave early. on Trick Used To Pass French "Three Strikes" · · Score: 2, Interesting

    After almost 42 hours of continuous discussion (i bet most of it was around the same wrong and boring arguments repeated over and over by the proponents) and when the actual voting was supposed to be next week?

    What you want? Robolegislators? The 12 that voted for it could had known of the sneaky move... the 4 that voted against should be treated as superheros.

  9. Conflickerine on Wolverine Film Leaked a Month Before Release · · Score: 1

    Maybe the whole point of Conflicker was to steal and spread that movie (ok, maybe others too) or was a side effect of it (behold the power of dark google ) and maybe the origin of the leak is unaware of it.

  10. The beginning of a new serie on Interview With the Author of "Mastering Cat" · · Score: 1

    This book will become part of a new O'Reilly serie. The other books will be

    touch cookbook
    Running grep
    Practical uniq Management
    Advanced fsck for system administrators
    |: The missing manual

  11. Re:How much more? on Google Launches CADIE, the First True AI · · Score: 1

    It IS real. Wasnt real the April Fools announcement of GMail? Compared with that, this one is pretty believable.

  12. Re:Genius on Conficker Worm Strike Reports Start Rolling In · · Score: 1

    Now comes the truly genius part: the real destruction will start at 0:00 of Apr.2, so all people will think that are still coming apr 1st jokes, till is too late.

  13. Re:The damndest thing with these stories today on Conficker Worm Strike Reports Start Rolling In · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The problem with Google announcements is that they released GMail in Apr.1st. Back in its time, gb of free mail space, working spam filter, and even the interface, then that was almost as unbelievable as the pidgeon powered search engine..

    What if they REALLY got the singularity, and they are officially announcing it now?

  14. Aprilfoolsday is better served cold on Star Trek Sequel Already Planned · · Score: 1

    Is not a good day for serious announcements, so... then they DONT plan to make a sequel? What happens in the 1st one, all die? Or they are already covering their backs from the wrath of the fans if this one flops saying "next one will be good, we promise".

  15. Solving US unemployement, one patent a time on IBM Tries To Patent Offshoring · · Score: 1

    Too bad someone will give some prior art example as soon IBM try to enforce it.

  16. Who watches the watchers? on Can Fractals Make Sense of the Quantum World? · · Score: 4, Funny

    After applying fractal math on quantum problems you could notice something dissolving... but is your mind, not the problem.

  17. Re:even bots apparently can't spell on Is Your IM Buddy Really a Computer? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Cant or dont want? If they want to pass as humans, must make mistakes as humans, specially in small things like spelling, specially if it dont follow an easy to spot pattern.

  18. Re:How Can I Determine If My D-Link Router is Linu on Botnet Worm Targets DSL Modems and Routers · · Score: 1

    The problem, more than linux based, is if have fixed/easy/guessable user/password for it to get into. And if well you could be responsible for that kind of info, what if is not your router/dsl modem, but from the company that gives you connectivity? What if they weren't so creative with the password of the device?

  19. Re:Couldn't you just blacklist those servers? on Giving Your Greytrapping a Helping Hand · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They are likely not keeping these servers indefinitely but renting them temporarily which makes this not a viable long-term solution.

    For the ones renting them servers.

  20. OS or userland apps? on Windows and Linux Not Well Prepared For Multicore Chips · · Score: 1

    I think that linux has been used successfully in massive multiprocessor computers (unless most of top 500 computers are mostly single processor ones).

    In a desktop pc, the OS will take care of the multiple cpus to run the different apps, unless you are talking about heavily cpu intensive apps, and yes, you can put blame on those specific apps (at least for linux most apps arent OS specific)... but not in the OS.

  21. Missing option on Researchers Ponder Conficker's April Fool's Activation Date · · Score: 5, Funny

    Skynet

    This guys always fall short thinking in the worst alternative.

  22. Re:Warn the comcast users! on Social Search Reveals 700 Comcast Customer Logins · · Score: 1

    What if your username/pw could do something for you, like up/downgrading your connection (or cutting it) or ordering things which chargues that goes against your acount? You couldnt worry about that identity theft regarding the rest of the world, but what about Comcast (and maybe Comcast partners) in particular?

  23. Warn the comcast users! on Social Search Reveals 700 Comcast Customer Logins · · Score: 1

    I bet will be around a lot of messages reporting pretty much what the article say, telling the user that his password was disclosed, and asking to change their password at www.comcast.com.etc.hacksite.com/resetpassword.php.

    There is always space to make a bad situation far worse

  24. Artificial Stupidity? on Believable Stupidity In Game AI · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Dont confuse it with Artificial Ignorance

  25. I got no royalties and i must scream on Harlan Ellison Sues For "Star Trek" Episode · · Score: 1

    If well i respect a lot what he wrote, i think that is a bit late for that... Of course, unless he is doing practical science fiction over the law system.