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  1. Re:solved within 7hrs... on Breaking the Fermilab Code · · Score: 1

    sorry for the noise:-) , you are right:

    1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789
    xxx xx xxx|xx xxx xxx|xxx xxx x|x x xx|x xxx xx
    020=F 200=R 001=A 112=N 102=K
    |xxx xxx xxx|xx xxx x|xxx xx xx|x xx xxx|xxx x_
    000=_ 201=S 022=H 120=O 012=E
    xx|x x x|xxx xxx x|x xxx xx|xxx x xx|xx xxx xxx
    111=M 001=A 102=K 012=E 200=R
    |xxx xxx xxx|xx x xx|x xx xxx|xx x xxx|x x xxx
    000=_ 212=W 120=O 210=U 110=L
    |xxx x x|xxx xxx xxx|xxx x xxx|xxx xxx x|x x x
    011=D 000=_ 010=C 001=A 110=L
    xx|x x xxx|xxx xxx xxx|xx xxx xx|xxx xx xx|x x
    110=L 000=_ 202=T 022=H 100
    xx xxx|xx xxx x|xxx xxx xxx|x x xx|x xx xxx|x_
    =I 201=S 000=_ 112=N 120=O
    xxx xxx|xx xxx x|xxx x xx
    100=I 201=S 312=E

  2. Re:solved within 7hrs... on Breaking the Fermilab Code · · Score: 1

    Ooops, slashdot messed it up even more, doubling spaces at the start of a line. Here goes:

    111 11 111 11 111 111 111 111 1 1 1 11 1 111 11
    _111 111 111 11 111 1 111 11 11 1 11 111 111 1_
    11 1 1 1 111 111 1 1 111 11 111 1 11 11 111 111
    _111 111 111 11 1 11 1 11 111 11 1 111 1 1 111
    _111 1 1 111 111 111 111 1 111 111 111 1 1 1 1_
    11 1 1 111 111 111 111 11 111 11 111 11 11 1 1
    11 111 11 111 1 111 111 111 1 1 11 1 11 111 1_
    111 111 11 111 1 111 1 11

  3. Re:solved within 7hrs... on Breaking the Fermilab Code · · Score: 1

    Actually, including only necessary spaces (and
    marking the trailing ones of those, I get this:


    111 11 111 11 111 111 111 111 1 1 1 11 1 111 11
      111 111 111 11 111 1 111 11 11 1 11 111 111 1_
    11 1 1 1 111 111 1 1 111 11 111 1 11 11 111 111
      111 111 111 11 1 11 1 11 111 11 1 111 1 1 111
      111 1 1 111 111 111 111 1 111 111 111 1 1 1 1_
    11 1 1 111 111 111 111 11 111 11 111 11 11 1 1
    11 111 11 111 1 111 111 111 1 1 11 1 11 111 1_
    111 111 11 111 1 111 1 11

    A mess really.

  4. Re:solved within 7hrs... on Breaking the Fermilab Code · · Score: 1

    Each row consists of 85 columns A letter-size sheet of 10squares/inch graph paper
    would have 85 columns across. Is such paper common?

    The 46 seems more arbitrary/significant though.
  5. Re:solved within 7hrs... on Breaking the Fermilab Code · · Score: 1

    Nah, if you're already doing cryptography, steganography is sort of a cop-out.

  6. Re:solved within 7hrs... on Breaking the Fermilab Code · · Score: 1

    the Wilson Hall building has 7 columns And 16 stories.

    Maybe we should be looking for a building with 46 floors? Actually, I don't believe much in the whole building thing.
  7. Re:solved within 7hrs... on Breaking the Fermilab Code · · Score: 1

    The first stanza has 47 columns per row 46.
  8. Re:Sharks? on Room Temperature Semiconductor of T-Rays · · Score: 1

    Sharks are for lasers. T-rays, as everyone knows, are carried by platypi.

  9. Re:doubtful on Vatican Says Alien Life Plausible · · Score: 1

    So does that mean that any intelligent alien life is doomed to hell because they don't have the benefit of baptism and the forgiveness of original sin? Did they get a messiah from the catholic god and does that imply more than one "jesus" Or maybe he only applies those standards to us, and other rule sets to other of his experiments. Maybe he gave us the scriptures, but they're all just made up hogwash. What if God is lying to us?

  10. Re:The Easter "Bunny" was a Platypus on Platypus Genome Decoded · · Score: 1

    [mixed up stuff about easter bunnies and platypuses] Dude, Australia is an easter egg.
  11. Re:QED on Platypus Genome Decoded · · Score: 1

    Yeah, the aborigines were right with their cute little little euphemism: Australia really was created in "the dreamtime".

    God gave us the mind and all the clues.
    The bible is just there to test our faith. In ourselves.
    Australia is probably there just to mess with our heads.

  12. Re:Camera-Phone? on Hacking Canon Point-and-Shoot Cameras · · Score: 1

    What else do they have in mind? A firmware to have a camera with a cellphone built in? Oh, wait ... Actually, a darn good compact camera with a low-fidelity but usable phone included sounds like a much sweeter deal to me than the opposite arrangement that they are currently selling us.

    Wouldn't want the battery life of a typical compact camera on my phone, though.
  13. Re:Is there a difference on ACLU Warns of Next Pass At Telecom Immunity · · Score: 1

    Seriously though, although the Republicans are generally right of center and Dems are generally left of center,

    You don't say?
    'Center' is _defined_ as the middle ground between the biggest players.

    There is no fixed 'neutral' center. Who the big players are and what their stances mean varies with time and from country to country, and so does the perception of what the 'center' means. The 'center' here in Norway is far out to the left of the US Dems. Even our extreme right wing struggles to be slightly to the right of the american 'center', on their most extreme issues. On others they would be seen ass communist by American far-right standards (but then, who wouldn't?)

    In most countries in western Europe, even the average might-vote-democrat american is a right-wing nutjob if one really looks into their concrete political views.

  14. Re:Ha! That's funny. on Electronic Warfare Insects Coming Soon · · Score: 1, Insightful

    They will boost the government's confidence that they can win and keep their losses down, which will lower the bar on going to war, which will in turn get _more_ civilians and friendly soldiers killed in total, and will generate more enemies that will target friendly civilians.

  15. Re:"proved the existence" ?? on Memristor — 4th Basic Element of Circuits · · Score: 1

    Your wording would not communicate well the point that the element has long been theorized, but not known to be possible to make.

    Somehow, I don't think these scientists really care about the abstract existence of memristors.

    You are joking, right?

    only in mathematics it may be appropriate

    Your extrapolation of the usage established in mathematics as normative to other fields of study is a fallacy.
    "Work" means different things in physics and in civil law. That doesn't mean any of them are wrong. And yes, you will
    find similar examples in more related fields within the natural sciences.

  16. Re:Reading what is actually said here... on Oregon's New Censorship Law Challenged In Court · · Score: 1

    What an artificially constructed interpretation. The obvious intention is that you can only _sell_ it if you're under 18.

  17. Re:The Hero with a Thousand Faces on Orson Scott Card Blasts J.K. Rowling's Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Bah. Have you actually tried _reading_ that pile of speculative pseudo-Freudian tripe?
    It's awful.

    Campbell may have been important in popularizing the idea of analyzing the structure of myths, but when it comes to his actual theories, his standing among the modern academia actually concerned with the serious study of myths and folklore does not exactly mirror the status he is attributed by the random sci-fi fan.

  18. Re:Galileo? on Second Galileo Test Satellite Now in Orbit · · Score: 1

    The European satellites are not a threat to you. There is no need to get all worked up about them. Relax.

    As for that pathetic fact-checking mission of yours: Who the hell cares what insiders call it. They always have their own informal names for things, as do everyone else. It has no bearing on what is or is not the "real name" of anything.

    But if your GPS is run by people like you these days, thank God an alternative is in the making.

  19. Re:Victimless on BitTorrent Use Up 24% Since November · · Score: 1

    I know people who used to run indie labels with
    essentially no profit but at least without
    sinking cash steadily into it, but have conceded
    that this is no longer possible these days.
    Does that count?

    Piracy being the cause is of course not provable,
    but pretty likely.

  20. Re:Does this work for present humans? on Computers Emulate Neanderthal Speech · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if there are any stack-based langages?

        push "this"
        push "apple"
        is-a
        push "red"
        has-property

    Or is that in fact just Polish in reverse?

  21. Re:Good idea! on Old Subway Cars As Artificial Reef · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good reef, is there no depth you font steep to?

  22. Re:I hate the term "Social Engineering" on Experts Hack Power Grid in Less Than a Day · · Score: 1

    Moral: make sure your computers are set up so connecting anything to a USB port cannot by itself initiate running anything.

  23. Re:I hate the term "Social Engineering" on Experts Hack Power Grid in Less Than a Day · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What's wrong with the good old fashioned "lying" or "scamming"?

    The problem with them is that they do not denote the subject at hand with the precision required in a serious discussion of security.

    Sure, lying and scamming may tools of social engineering, but there are social engineering attacks that do not use those, and there are plenty of lies and scams that do not qualify as social engineering.
    I.e. there is an overlap but not congruence. Draw your own Venn diagram if you have to.

    They are simply different concepts. Get over it.

  24. Re:Time duration? on The Texas Petawatt Laser · · Score: 3, Insightful

    even I can say my torch is brighter than the sunlight on the surface of the sun for 1 gazillionth of a second.

    You could say it, but it wouldn't be true.

  25. Re:Am I the only one who couldn't care less? on 10 Cool Gadgets You Can't Get Here · · Score: 1

    I want a cell phone that makes calls, and a laptop that meets all my business/media needs.

    Then shop based on those needs, and leave us others who would prefer to carry only one gadget most of the time alone. Jesus.

    Who the hell listens to music and plays games 24/7 (i.e. "on the go")?

    Commuters, joggers, all the same people that made the original walkman a success. Yes, you can get
    excellent standalone mp3-players. But if you are one of us who carry their phone anyway, the second your phone can do the same job adequately, it makes no sense at all to have another device to carry around and keep cgharged.

    It is really very simple: calls are indeed the killer app, and that means the phone is always where you are. Your PC is not (I'm talking about normal people here). It makes all the sense in the world to cram everything you might need outside the office into it.