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  1. Re:Yes, Wikipedia has accuracy issues, but..... on Wikipedia Founder Sees Serious Quality Problems · · Score: 1
  2. Re:Watch the demo... on What is Ruby on Rails? · · Score: 0

    Well, if every keystroke by every visitor in your "live search" box generates a server request.... You know, you asked for it!

  3. Re:You don't have to burn wood -- people will do. on Archimedes Death Ray · · Score: 1

    Yeah, Mythbusters should set up another experiment where they are placed _on_ the ship and try to look at the mirrors! They might get a good tan as well.

  4. Re:Want me to pay 10x more attention when I code? on Holding Developers Liable For Bugs · · Score: 1

    Actually, for 99%+ of people I guess the formula would be: "Want me to pay 10x more attention? Pay me _3x_ more." But then there's that new luxury car and a boat I need as a CEO... Hmm, tough call. NOT!

  5. Oh, yeah on Holding Developers Liable For Bugs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You can as well ban "software development" as a trade. After all - WTF? You get what you pay for. I say that your average "in-house" enterprise software system has complexity no less than Toyota Camry or something. The difference being that software would be developed by 1-10 men during a year or two whereas any other _industrial_ design costs (both in $$$ and "man/hours") much, much, much bigger. But who cares? Get back to coding, you idiots!

  6. Re:The Dream iPod - music, movies, games, HDD & on New iPods on the Horizon · · Score: 1

    And _when_ they come out with that, what "excuse" will you have next? (Just curious)

  7. Whoa!! on End of the Road for U.S. BlackBerry Users ? · · Score: 0

    I guess when RIM counter-sues NTP (and wins of course) the NTP's CEO should be made selling his organs to pay for damages. That would only be fair.

  8. Re:There are too many ways to answer that on TurboGears: Python on Rails? · · Score: 1

    As opposed to...?

  9. New layer? on Korean FTC May Investigate Apple/Samsung · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I may be stupid, but how does it "add a new layer"? If Apple is to buy a very substantial amount of Samsung flash chips (40%?) then what's in it for Samsung to sell it at "below-market prices"?

    Also - WTF is "below-market prices"? I believe that does not mean that Samsung is gonna sell it at below the cost to produce, no?

  10. It's not about the money on Why Do-It-Yourself Photo Printing Doesn't Add Up · · Score: 1

    At those prices, why bother printing at home?

    Mainly because it's fun. Some people like to tinker with their cars. Some like to print their photos at home.

  11. Re:Dual format players will become the norm on Why Microsoft Hates Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    Hey - they can do a lens head with lenses on both sides and make the head "rotatable". Should I patent that?

  12. Re:Family Feud.... on Why Microsoft Hates Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    Steve Ballmer killed the psychologist! He killed the fucking guy! He did it before and he will do it again!

  13. Re:Next Question.... on Google Declares War on Microsoft · · Score: 2, Funny
  14. Re:Those robots look like ass on South Korea Introducing Robotic Teachers · · Score: 1

    I guess it's a result of excessive "kancho". (You can read about it here: http://www.outpostnine.com/editorials/teacher.html )

  15. OMDG!!! on South Korea Introducing Robotic Teachers · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow!.. Can anyone say RTFA?! Gives a whole new meaning to "FA" part (and "A" does not stand for "article" here, I tell you). [shocked]

  16. Re:Sounds familiar on DIY Electronic Paper Display · · Score: 3, Informative

    1. Resolution
    2. No need for backlight
    3. Needs power only to _change_ image, not to hold it

  17. WTF? on Flash Memory with Copy Protection · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Anyone care to explain how this is any different to "protection" scheme used (or rather, un-used) in SD/Secure_Digital cards?

  18. Re:"Battia: a sexy friend" on Central Park Media Lets Fans Cast "Outlanders" · · Score: 1
  19. Re:Time for new comparisons to be made. on MySQL 5.0 Candidate Released · · Score: 3, Interesting

    But puhhhlease, don't put MySQL performance based on MyISAM and feature set based on InnoDB! Stick to either one. BTW - last I checked for myself, Firebird was beating _even_ MyISAM for raw speed on simple queries for local engine. Something I did not expect. Oh, yeah! When comparing performance please include results for local engine AND over-the-LAN performance. Different beasts have different protocol issues that show up when using "real" LAN and may be masked when using "local" engine mode. For example, MySQL has very simple and LAN-friendly protocol. Unlike Firebird, but it's still ok. And MSSQL, EG, has very, very serious issues when used for lots of "simple" queries.

  20. Re:Dubbing can be strange on Central Park Media Lets Fans Cast "Outlanders" · · Score: 1

    This is not specific to animation. Applies to live action movies too. Believe me - you don't want to know how they "dub" US (for example) movies here. Actually - for anime this is much less of a problem because (unlike US animation) they aren't anal about lip-sync'ing at all. Which is a good thing IMO - I'd rather have them working on a story, character design etc.

  21. Re:"Battia: a sexy friend" on Central Park Media Lets Fans Cast "Outlanders" · · Score: 2, Funny

    We are talking anime here. It would've been "perversion" if "sexy friend" had no neko-no-mimi ;)

  22. Re:I love WIkipedia. on C-SPAN Interviews Wikipedia Founder · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Moreover - he gave _me_ an idea I did never think about! (and I'm sure there are more "perverts" reading /.)

    Hmmm... So many opportunities I see now!

    :)

  23. Re:Checksums are always going to be vulnerable on Practical Exploits of Broken MD5 Algorithm · · Score: 1

    Sure! But the interesting question, IMHO, is _how_much_ more difficult it would be? If both hashes are "patchable" then what would be the difficulty to find a method to make _both_ hashes match simultaneously? (I'm not a cypherpunk, anyone?)

  24. Re:M$ Antihash on Practical Exploits of Broken MD5 Algorithm · · Score: 1

    Oh, here's their CRC function:

    BYTE CRC(BYTE *p, size_t sz)
    {
      BYTE res = 0;
      while (sz--) {
        res ^= *p++;
      }
      return res;
    }

    // I wish I were kidding.. Not in MS's code though, but I've seen exactly this.

  25. Re:Checksums are always going to be vulnerable on Practical Exploits of Broken MD5 Algorithm · · Score: 4, Informative

    (sigh) Insightful, my ass... Checksums are NOT reversible. The main trick here is to replace one file with another and leave the hash/checksum the same by patching the fake file. (For practically every file format there exists a spare space where this patching could be done.)