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  1. Re:Fascinating. on Robot Walks Like a Human, Requires No Power · · Score: 1

    > But to work on two legs it would need external guidance

    The hill provides guidance.

  2. Re:Reflection on Strange Video of Dancing Cloud Explained By Electric Discharge · · Score: 4, Informative

    > ...something ... reflecting at just the right place...

    Yes. Ice crystals.

  3. I find it, um, "amazing"... on The Register Email Address Blunder · · Score: 1

    ...that you people consider names and email addresses secrets. Even more "amazing" is that you would use such secret names and addresses to sign up on a free humor Web site.

    Hint (yes, again): to keep a secret don't reveal it to anyone without
    a) A need to know
    and
    b) A contractual obligation to keep it confidential.

  4. Pedantic rant on The Register Email Address Blunder · · Score: 1

    "Fail" is not a noun. The word you are looking for is "failure".

  5. Re:I hope it hits my house! on German Satellite To Fall From Sky · · Score: 1

    Only governments can bring claims under that treaty. You'd have to convince your government to file a claim on your behalf (and they might still need to go to the "world court" over it).

  6. Re:I hope it hits my house! on German Satellite To Fall From Sky · · Score: 1

    If they have assets within the jurisdiction of the court they do.

  7. Re:Seriously on Actress Sues IMDb For Revealing Her Age · · Score: 1

    > That has some nerd/tech ramifications in the privacy category.

    No, it's just a breach of contract claim.

  8. Re:Bad article on Actress Sues IMDb For Revealing Her Age · · Score: 1

    Births are usually recorded in the public county records in the USA, but not always.

  9. Re:uh, birth certificates are public record on Actress Sues IMDb For Revealing Her Age · · Score: 1

    > Birth certificates aren't public anymore.

    But birth records are.

  10. Re:She's sueing the wrong party. on Actress Sues IMDb For Revealing Her Age · · Score: 1

    "What you want" is not grounds for legal action. Do not reveal anything you consider "private" (even public information such as your DOB) to anyone not contractually bound to keep it confidential unless you are willing to rely solely on their good will and common sense. The way to keep secrets is to not tell them to anyone.

  11. Re:I'm going to go out on a limb here... on Actress Sues IMDb For Revealing Her Age · · Score: 1

    You assume that there is a difference.

  12. Re:There are laws about that on Actress Sues IMDb For Revealing Her Age · · Score: 1

    Most likely they are employees of the contracting agency.

  13. Re:I'm gonna sue on Actress Sues IMDb For Revealing Her Age · · Score: 1

    > ...a sue happy reputation.

    So how will that make her different from anyone else in Hollywood?

  14. Re:Based on Lies on Actress Sues IMDb For Revealing Her Age · · Score: 1

    But not their date of birth. Age verification is in fact a requirement in America. Typically however, its not an issue for anyone except young kids getting their first jobs...

    Wrong.

  15. Re:None of the above on Actress Sues IMDb For Revealing Her Age · · Score: 1

    Read your birth certificate. Your date of birth is in the public records in the county in which you were born. Most county records are now on the Web, one way or another.

  16. Re:Crash? More like correction. on Value of Bitcoin "Crashes" · · Score: 1

    Hmm that would mean the physical paper cash in my wallet is worthless, because I can only pay my taxes by personal check, so no one will ever use cash.

    "Legal tender for all debts public and private". You can pay your taxes in cash, but it might be quite a struggle to get it accepted in practice.

  17. Re:passphrases on iPhone Keylogger Can Snoop On Desktop Typing · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately many people lack sufficient imagination to come up with a hard to guess string of words.

  18. Re:Bitcoin on Value of Bitcoin "Crashes" · · Score: 2

    Its value is based entirely on the premise that other people will want it in the future

    That's true of all money (including gold).

  19. Re:ICANN? No you can't, buddy. on Continuing the Distributed DNS System · · Score: 1

    Require a judges order in the country that the domain is registered in.

    .com, .org, .net, etc domains are registered in the USA and so come under USA jurisdiction. Your nation has a national registry. Use it. Much better to have many national registries than one monolithic central one whether controlled by the USA or the UN (better yet would be a decentralized system, of course).

  20. I'm more worried abut the USA losing control... on Continuing the Distributed DNS System · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...to the UN, which would hand DNS over to something like WIPO. At first glance Namecoin looks great. Let's try to make it work. We need to get it up and running before major governments start outlawing what they will call "rogue" DNS.

  21. Re:best poison... and internet and rats on Rat Attack Causes Broadband Outage In Scotland · · Score: 1

    > ...or even unpleasant for humans.

    The only secondary poisoning most people are concerned about is that of children. It isn't hard to place poison so that dogs can't get at it, and cats are rarely interested. It also helps to be a bit stingy with the stuff: it only takes a few grams to kill a rat.

  22. There are many points on which I disagree with RMS on Richard Stallman's Dissenting View of Steve Jobs · · Score: 1

    but I mostly agree with him on this.

  23. Nine characters substrings, eh? on A Few Million Monkeys Finish Recreating Shakespeare's Works · · Score: 2

    Would have gone faster had he settled for one character (and faster yet with just one bit).

  24. The summary, as usual, is wrong. on Ohio Supreme Court Drawn Into Magnetic Homes Case · · Score: 1

    The state supreme court will only decide whether the case can proceed despite the waiver attached to the purchase agreement. The question of magnetization and its effects (if any) will be decided by a jury if the case goes to trial.

    BTW "magnetized" is not the same as "charged".

  25. Re:Even I can write some of the defenses to this o on Civil Suit Filed, Involving the Time Zone Database · · Score: 1

    > I'm surprised the judge granted the temporary injunction

    Unfortunately the law pretty much requires him to.