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  1. Re:amazon on IBM Sues Amazon For Patent Infringement · · Score: 0, Troll

    you sir, are dumb. may i suggest a dictionnary?

    sow

  2. amazon on IBM Sues Amazon For Patent Infringement · · Score: 0

    amazon had it coming. you reap what you sow.

    that said, patent lawsuits are still dumb

  3. Re:It's a four lane highway that's why on Life Without Traffic Signs · · Score: 1

    space consideration i think, i've seen two or three roundabouts being constructed in recent years, and they take up a LOT more space than intersections. so much that it wouldn't be feasible to retrofit most intersections into roundabouts

  4. Re:Even with signs, some cities are like that... on Life Without Traffic Signs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    i've noticed that in my own town. where there are traffic lights, people just drive based on what the lights tell them, no matter what other vehicles happen to be doing. but when they come to stop signs, (most) people are courteous and careful of others. i've actually thought about proposing the removal of traffic lights to the council last week :)

  5. Re:I got a question... on A New Vulnerability In RSA Cryptography · · Score: 2, Informative

    that's what they refer to with "blinding techniques". and as they said, it doesn't protect against this attack

  6. Re:'Nothing to see here' on MPAA Sues Company For Selling Pre-Loaded iPods · · Score: 5, Insightful

    no i think this is exactly what we need to get this stupid law overturned. this is clearly an infringement on the user's fair use right. no one is "stealing" any content, merely shifting the content from one format to another. the mpaa gets its money, the user gets the content, a third party is making money for the service of shifting it.

  7. Re:Wootz? on Ancient Swords Made of Carbon Nanotubes · · Score: 1

    no the article im thinking about claimed to have replicated, or close enough, the original process. laser etching isn't that involved :)

  8. Re:Wootz? on Ancient Swords Made of Carbon Nanotubes · · Score: 4, Interesting

    it might not be "wrong" to say it was lost, but it's not entirely right either. i remember a few years ago some engineer had replicated the process and was trying to streamline it for commercial production (it required something like 10 highly involved and time consuming steps).

    wish i could find that article now

  9. Re:Huh? on US Gambling Law May Cause Flouting of IP Laws · · Score: 4, Insightful

    the us is part of the WTO, but only obeys it when it suits them. that's nothing new and good luck doing anything about it

  10. Re:Whoa. on 100 Gbps Via Ethernet · · Score: 1

    FTP is still TCP. you're probably thinking RTP

  11. Re:Wireless? on Wireless Sensors To Monitor Power Grids · · Score: 1

    i dont know about the rest of the world, but up here in the Great White North (Quebec, Canada), hydro already runs one of the largest fibre network in the country. their network is monitored remotely and trends tracked.

    when an outage occur, they can order the breaker back on remotely. which they are required to do only once. if it shut out again, there's a physical problem (read, tree branch on the line :) and they'd have to dispatch a tech anyway.

    i know ontario has a similar system

    why exactly do we need wireless nanobuzzwords here? wired work just as well, doesn't clog the spectrum and is here NOW

  12. Re:Start your biding... on Verifiable Elections Via Cryptography · · Score: 1

    i don't think that's the major problem you would face. it would be more like an unwritten, never formulated "law" where you have to vote X or you could find yourself passed over for promotions, given the shit jobs and all that to make YOU quit, no unlawful termination business, and virtually impossible to prove

  13. Re:Why are we upgrading again? on Privacy Pitfalls in No-Swipe Credit Cards · · Score: 4, Insightful

    signatures are next to useless, they don't actually check that it match one that they have on file, only that its there.

    i'd know, my signature is always different and no one ever called me about it, removed a charge, or made any kind of inquiry about it. not on credit cards, not on checks, not even on loan applications.

    it's a social convention based on honor that was extended further that it was ever meant to go

  14. Re:Oh yes you can... on North Korea Air Sample Shows Radiation · · Score: 1

    i'd say he's both right and wrong. it has something to do with the definition of "center". as far as i've seen, the US' center is to the right of the rest of the world's center.

    i'm sure you can see where that's going

  15. Re:Interesting question, philosophically on Indian ISPs Taxed for Generating "Light Energy" · · Score: 1

    someone pointed out earlier that fiber optics communication have no "dark pauses" as they use intensity modulation

    on a related note, someone on nanog said oct 10 was the indian equivalent to april 1st. though i can't confirm it

  16. Re:This is so not serious on Weakness In Linux Kernel's Binary Format · · Score: 1

    you can remove the privilege to insert kernel modules in the standard kernel too, even by root. no need for a fancy patch. look up linux "capabilities"

  17. Re:Oh Boy... on Soft Tissue Discovered In T-Rex Bone · · Score: 2, Interesting

    children are not people in the legal sense of the word, they're property with some rights

  18. Re:Not ahead of its time on ESPN Mobile Reaches The End Of The Road · · Score: 1

    that's right, this won't catch on until we have HUDs with simulated 40" displays.

    not that i watch sports much in the first place, but even trying to put myself in the place of a sports fan i can't see using a 1.5" screen to watch...

  19. Re:Also valid for VMware on VMware "Miles Ahead" of Microsoft Virtual Server · · Score: 1

    ah thanks. i had actually been there, guess i just skipped over the vmware part

  20. Re:In all objectivity... on VMware "Miles Ahead" of Microsoft Virtual Server · · Score: 1

    vmware might very well be better, but ms allows you to run 4 virtual servers with 1 license of MS windows server 2003 R2. i doubt they allow it if you use vmware

    feel free to correct me with a link if im wrong

  21. cc fraud on ID Thieves Target Smaller Businesses · · Score: 4, Interesting

    on a related note, credit card thieves in africa are using non-profits "donation" pages (those who accept CCs) to test their newly stolen cards. one of our customer has multiple occurences of one scammer doing 3 transactions within a few minutes, two times for small amounts (1-2$) and one larger amount (~50$)

  22. Re:cool looking computers on Sexy Intel Computer Design Worth Big Bucks · · Score: 1

    and in your opinion, mac-heads don't have more money than brains?

  23. Re:cool looking computers on Sexy Intel Computer Design Worth Big Bucks · · Score: 4, Funny

    people with more space and money than brains. males under 17 years old, and tarty females of all ages

  24. Re:Probably not on Microsoft Patches VML Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    / it could easily get to a state where people refused to patch because they were more scared of the patch than the problem.

    that's already the case, even if they HAVE improved in recent years. there's still the stigma associated with patches that seriously broke systems in nt4 and 2k

    the only reason i don't worry about patches breaking my (windows) systems is because they're not critical enough to warrant it just let the auto update do its job. my linux servers, on the other hand, get tested thoroughly before deploying anything major.as much as i'd like to feel smug and say "haha this doesn't happen with linux!!!!" it's just not true, and oftentimes an apt-get upgrade will break something

  25. Re:Sure it's funny... on Free PC With French Broadband Connection · · Score: 1

    im canadian, not french. and i'm all for laughing at yourself and all that, but no one has made an original french jokes in 3 years. as i said, get over it, it's not funny anymore