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  1. Re:Hold on just a sec... on Code for Unbreakable Quantum Encryption · · Score: 1

    Thank you.

  2. Re:Hold on just a sec... on Code for Unbreakable Quantum Encryption · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Isn't this then 2 seperate issues? One is intercepting the signal the other is decrypting it. Back in WWII with Enimga intercepting the message was easy decrypting it was not. In the case pof Ultra they had decrypted it but they didn't want to let the Germans know they could. So like I asked are there two seperate issues at play here?

  3. Re:Share With Other Countries on U.S. Governments Advised to Use Open Source · · Score: 1

    I think I'd be more willing to read them if I knew half way in to it I'd be reaidng Floyd lyrics....

  4. Re:Yes. on NASA Achieves Breakthrough Black Hole Simulation · · Score: 1

    For what it's worth I thought your post was very funny, certainily not a troll

  5. Re:It still leaks! on Firefox Update Kills Bugs, Adds Mac Support · · Score: 3, Interesting

    if it doesn't work as well for you, something else is wrong.
    Just because it works fine on one machine is no guarantee that it will work just as well on other machines.

    I'm up to 80 megs used with only 4 tabs open (CNN /. Gmail, Milk&Cookies). I changed the setting in about.config weeks ago.

    Firefox doesn't release memory like it should. It jumped from 50 to 75 when I opened a new window to view a QuickTime movie, when I closed it the memory wasn't release. If I watch a wmv file it will routinely jumped in to the high 90's low 100's. I opened the same pages with IE and when I close the window with the QuickTime movie the memory jumps back down.

  6. Re:Nutt? on Star Trek's Synthehol Now Possible? · · Score: 1

    In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. -Yogi Berra

  7. Re:Couldn't resist on ESA to Send Spacecraft to Venus · · Score: 1

    So the Flux Capacitory is just a decoy huh?

  8. Re:It doesn't sound so funny.. on Star Wars Kid Cuts a Deal With His Tormentors · · Score: 1

    His problems would be over if he would just laugh at it, too
    I'm sorry, but how can you know this to be true?

  9. Re:not about "quality" per se on Ask.Com's New Look Competes Well With Google · · Score: 1

    IMHO I'd say in business no one stays at teh top forever. Kmart used to be hugly popular uuntil walmart came aournd and at one time Kmart was the new kid onthe block trying to push someone else out. The big three automakers that were once untouchable are facing fierce compotition for market share. IBM was the top dog at one time too. Nothing last forever.

  10. Great idea on Slashdot Firefox Extension · · Score: 1

    links in the comment sections that allow you to toggle open/closed all of a comments replies, and more.

    Thank you. Sometimes I don't even want to see the flames the come after a person makes an unpopular comment. Nice job.

  11. Re:Here we go again. on In Defense of FFXII · · Score: 1

    I'm going to assume you mean you get charged the same no matter how much you like it or hate it...

    That said you don't have to buy it on a sliding scale either. You can just chose not to buy it. Now here's the great part, if it's released on a console you can rent it and try it for a few days for a substantially reduced cost (compared to buying it) and see if you like it.

  12. Re:Transmission? on Sysadmin Toolbox Top Ten · · Score: 1

    In the 17 year old authors defence he himself said in the very begining of his artle that it wasn't a sysadmins toolbox, more like a desktop toolbox.

  13. Re:Sims and GTA on When Virtual Worlds Collide · · Score: 1

    guess it is like real life
    Nah the graphics engine for Real Life(tm) sucks, this proposed game would have much better special effects and the FPS would be higher too. Also the physics engine in Real Life(tm) is to "real" and does not allow for effects we've come to love in video games.

  14. Re:Not much connection between those two things on Cosmic Radiation Speeds up Aging in Space? · · Score: 1

    I think you might be taking it the wrong way. The going to the mooon was just to give an example of what happend to astronauts becuase of cosmic radiation with a control of Astronauts that stay in earth orbit, it had nothing to do with the effects of relitivity making them age slower.... Thats what I read from it.

  15. Re:iBook user says... on Windows Drivers for Mac Rolling Out · · Score: 1

    "What is jazz? Man, if you have to ask you'll never know." Louis Armstrong

    Seriously if you have to ask why would someone want to run windows on a mac you'll never know.

  16. Re:Fine by me. on IRS to Allow Tax Preparers to Sell Your Info? · · Score: 1

    Page 3 of the PDF already more or less states that the govt has already had this abilty with paper returns and wants to update it to address electronic retruns. So It really doesn't matter which way you chose.

    Good job RTFA.

  17. Re:I love irony on GPL Price-Fixing Lawsuit Dismissed · · Score: 1

    "He who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client"

  18. Re:I disagree on Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality · · Score: 1

    If you think nobody in your company resents your six months of paid leave, you are dead wrong.That all depends now doesn't it? Is his comapny still just the six friends? I think your jumping to conclusions.

  19. Re:Movie Selection on No HD-DVD Movies Until April · · Score: 5, Funny

    But trust me, there are plenty of movies out there that are much, much worse.
    Indeed they are called Revolutions and Reloaded.

  20. Re:Hate to say 'I told you so', but... on Judge Orders Deleted Emails Turned Over · · Score: 1

    For strongest possible case I agree 100%, but I the way I read it the post I was replying to he said that the evidence could not be used in court.

  21. Re:Hate to say 'I told you so', but... on Judge Orders Deleted Emails Turned Over · · Score: 1

    I thought chain of custody was only an issue once the evidence was collected. I mean if you find a murder wepon with blood on but not in the posseion of the accused it can still be used in court. Chain of custody would be after the evidence was collected.

  22. Re:RT..., oh, never mind on Verizon To Use New Tech With Old Cables · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hu? Wait, you mean /. threads have articles associated with them? That can't be right....

    sorry it's late thats the best I can do.

  23. Re:WiFi Accounts Disabled on Harvard Offers Sneak Peek Into Their Network · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Using your laptop to run a presentation/group project
    Store it locally
    Uploading/Downloading your notes from your home server so you can keep them all in one place
    Store them locally temporally
    Like maybe browsing the notes to the lecture that the teacher made available and adding notes/annotations
    Pulling down source code from the book you've got because it didn't come with a CD (that costs extra)
    Grab them before class and store them locally

    Googling for more info to assist a group project
    This one can't be answered by store it locally, but in my years in college we never had the chance to work on a group project during class time.

  24. Re:All press... on PlayStation 3 Not So Much Delayed? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I'm with you on this, that is why I waiting to buy the Phantom Gaming Console.

    Sorry I just couldn't resist the urge. Help me, I'm sick!

  25. Re:Is this some new meaning of the word 'nearby'? on NASA Detects Nearby Mystery Explosion · · Score: 1

    2,586,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles away is 'nearby' ?!
    Was the origianl post. Then someone made a comment connecting lightyears to the age of the universe. That's a lot closer that 10 billion light years away, which is about the age of the universe

    AFAIK the origal post was joking about it being close to us spacial not close to us in time. Besides I thought it was accepted pratice to refer to things we see now as happening now.