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  1. Correlation gets exploited again.. on Hybrids Safer In Crashes — Except For Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    Tomorrow in the news: "Newer cars are safer in crashes than the average car for their occupants!". Brilliant. This has nothing to do with hybrids. The correlation is there but it also holds for most other cars that are younger than 'the average car' (whatever that may be..)

  2. Re:Scroogle is back to normal on Scroogle Has Been Blocked · · Score: 1

    Great to hear that!
    Perhaps you could set up a status page over at scroogle.org to post service information like this. I just found your post by accident ;)

  3. Link to the story on Web Browser Grand Prix · · Score: 1
  4. Re:Good news, tinfoil hat crowd! on Researchers Sniff Keystrokes From Thin Air, Wires · · Score: 1

    What about the aluminium macbooks then? Short USB cables + shielding by metal case.

  5. Look at the spectrum yourself in real-time.. on Sneaking Past Heavy-Handed Audio Compression on YouTube · · Score: 1

    ..using e.g. http://softsolutions.sedutec.de/audioanalyser.php (Windows only)

    Any hints to a similar tool for Mac OS X or Linux would be greatly appreciated!

  6. First the dirty stuff.. on How To Encourage a Young Teen To Learn Programming? · · Score: 1

    I would suggest you start off with some basic C to demonstrate variables, functions and then some more advanced but very important stuff such as pointers and structs. Structs are an easy concept for the introduction of classes, for which i would suggest some scripting language such as ruby (to ease experimenting on his own). This way he may appreciate the use of classes and the avoidance of pointers more than without knowing the dirty origins.

  7. Re:I just use KeePass on Memory Tools for Password Management? · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately there's no way to tell for sure. Some software is more mature in the 3rd release than other after dozens of releases.
    You could check the forum for the amount of praises and complaints (bearing in mind that the latter are voiced more often naturaly). And you could just give it a shot by using Keepassx and your current password management system in parallel for a while to see how it works out.

  8. Re:I just use KeePass on Memory Tools for Password Management? · · Score: 1

    mod up please

    I also use KeePass and it works like a charm. Fits all my needs whether on Windows or Linux. Oh, and it's open source. :)

  9. Re:Wolfenstein Enemy Territory on 101 Free PC Games · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...and a very nice tactical fps full conversion: http://www.truecombatelite.net/

  10. This is not the final on Adobe Reader 7.0 Coming to Linux · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's a pre-release version that's not yet intended for the public, though it's not marked as beta or pre-release. According to http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/57616 (german) it's been put online for a customer in the netherlands. The final version can be expected around mid 2005. The acrobat files mentioned on heise.de and this /. article are the same, so i guess the real final will still take some time.