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  1. Re:Free protection against *all* bad cookies on DoubleClick Workaround: IDcide · · Score: 1

    A much simpler solution is to make the cookie file read-only. If you find a site that is giving you cookies you want to keep, change the permissions temporarily. And remember to opt out of DoubleClick is you don't want to do this.

  2. Re:Poorly written code on FBI Releases Updated DDoS Detection Tools · · Score: 1

    I noticed the same problem, except I have 256 Megs of RAM and 256 Megs of swap. I went about 32 megs into swap before the program finally terminated. It makes me so sad. My poor little box hasn't swapped anything in a long time.

  3. Re:Today is a Prime Day on Happy Odd Day! · · Score: 1

    Actually, 1 is not prime simply because its more convenient that way. If 1 were prime, there would be an extremely large number of results pertainning to primes which would have to be revised to apply to "all primes except 1". Since mathematicians are the sort who like their theorems to look pretty, it was decided that it would be easier for everybody if we just defined 1 to be non-prime.

  4. Re:You would be suprised ... on The Starchild Project Claims to Have Alien Skull · · Score: 1
    Your choice of reptiles and mammals as an example of two similar species with different skull structures was a poor one. Mammals and reptiles evolved from the same branch, and are in fact very similar and possess many of the same bone and skull structures.

    We would not, however, expect a species with a totally unrelated lineage develop such a similar skull structure.

    If we look at the some of the structures on the "alien" skull we see striking similarity.

    • Upon examining the back of the skull (http://www.starchildproject.com/compare-03.html), we can very clearly see the suture points on the back of the skull between the parietal and occipital bones of the skull. This implies that not only does the skull have the same basic structure but that it must have formed in the same way.
    • On the side of the skull (http://www.starchildproject.com/compare-02.html), we can again clearly see the sutures between the frontal, and temporal bones, and the temporal bone and the maxilla. Part of the "alien" skull is missing but we can also see what appears to be part of the zygomatic process of the temporal bone, which would join with the temporal process of the zygomatic bone to form the zygomatic arch, the "cheekbone." The bone structure again exhibits striking similarities.
    • The front of the skull (http://www.starchildproject.com/skull-front-01.ht ml) again exhibits some rather surprising similarity. We can clearly see the inferior and middle nasal choncha, as well as the nasal septum, though the nasal choncha are broken, they are still easily identified. This implies that the respiratory function of any creature that might own this skull would have to work very much like a human's (the nasal choncha serve to warm air passing through the nosrils before they reach the lungs). We can also clearly see the infraorbital and mental foramens on this skull, which on humans serve as nerve and blood vessel passagaways. This would mean that the nervous system of the creature would have to operate very similar to that of a human.


    In short, the amount of similarity in structure, and not just function, of these skulls would lead me to the conclusion that this is a hoax. While the phenomenon of convergant evolution, by which different species independantly evolve similar capabilities, does occur, in these cases we can always find fundamental structural differences (the wings of a bird and those of an insect are a good example). The structure of these bones is too similar to the homonid structure to be able to expect that they could have evolved separately.
  5. I Think We're Reasonably safe on New Heavy Ion Collider could "destroy the earth" · · Score: 1

    Earth is constantly being bombarde by extremely high energy particles often called cosmic rays. These particles collide with particles in the upper atmosphere routinely at much higher energies then can be acheived in the particle accelerator. The biggest evidence against a singularity forming as a result of collisions in the collider is that we don't have singularites forming in our upper atmosphere.

  6. Re:Any reasons for using Linux 2.2 instead of 2.0. on Linux 2.2 DoS Attack · · Score: 1

    When I had 2.0.36, I couldn't get my 3c905b working at all. When I upgraded to 2.2.x, it worked perfectly -- without a hitch.

  7. Debian on RedHat 6.0 is Out · · Score: 1

    Say, is there an RPM for that? Heehee

  8. Have you heard about a little thingy called... on Q3T on Mac First · · Score: 1

    The celeron is a piece of junk. They just took a PII and took out all the L2 cache . . .

    They put some of it back in when they realized the chip couldn't run anymore, but it still doesn't have enough.

  9. I would highly recommend on Review:How the Mind Works · · Score: 1

    I read How the Mind Works a couple of years ago (It was a gift from my father) and I found it absolutely fascinating. He offers trememdous insight into the workings of the brain and into its evolution.

    If you've ever been curious about the topic, the book is not only well-written and very readable, it is difficult to put down -- which says a LOT for a non-fiction work.