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  1. Re:Fortunately on U.S. Classrooms Torn Between Science and Religion · · Score: 5, Funny

    We all go to hell. See Thermodynamics of Hell for a good story. The good point made there is that regardless of which relegion you have, you will end up in hell because each religion claims that their's is the only correct one and the non-believers will go to hell.
    Happy to be one who doesn't need a religion to accept to go to hell. Finally a warm place to relax.

  2. Re:enterprises also want on Open Source Databases "50% Cheaper" · · Score: 1

    In other words: it is all about appearance and very little about features. The Boss does not make a decisions based on technical merrit, but on charm. The price is a number on next quarter's financial statement.

  3. Re:Ummm. The First Amendment? on Congressman Calls for Arrest of Security Researcher · · Score: 1

    Killing (arresting) the messenger isn't going to work. It never has and it never will. You actually get the opposite result because the knowledge goes underground. Ruling by fear is not a lasting prospect.

  4. Re:Just FUD? on Counterfeit Cisco Gear Showing Up In US · · Score: 1

    No FUD... Getting 30 GBIC interface modules in "original" packaging and then discovering that they all have the same serial number is a bit of a scare. More than that, they did not fit correctly (neither exterior nor SC fiber socket). Counterfeit stuff, and a lot of it. It is a very time consuming business to cope with cleaning up after you find out that the gear is junk.

  5. Bind views for selective DNS caching/forwarding on Selective DNS Caching/Forwarding · · Score: 0

    Take a look at the "view" option in bind. You can set the internals up so that you only answer for selective things depending on who is asking. It is a bit tricky, but extremely powerfull.

  6. The good old days on Web Censorship on the University Campus? · · Score: 0, Troll

    There was a time when information was distributed with books. Students would read them and learn... Too much to ask?

  7. 100 phothons please on Indian ISPs Taxed for Generating "Light Energy" · · Score: 4, Funny

    That will be billed per photon then?

  8. Re:AA on Videogames Used to Train Terrorists? · · Score: 1

    Quick solution to all those violent game "problems". Reclassify them all as state secrets!

  9. Re:There are 10 kinds of people on WGA — Too Many False Positives · · Score: 1

    > those who can read statistics and those who can't.

    Lies, damn lies and then you have statistics. Now we also have MS, sigh.

  10. Re:So... on The Light Bulb That Can Change the World · · Score: 1

    Eh, they switch at 120Hz or 100Hz with line freq. 60 and 50Hz resp.. They are on in the positive and negative period. They are "off" at the zero crossing. However, they are not really off because the fluorescent coating is slow to turn off. This reduces flicker a lot and is nowhere compared to the CFLs from 20 years ago.

  11. CFL... Old news on The Light Bulb That Can Change the World · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Hey, where have you been living? These have been arround for 20 years and have become more effecient all the time. For anybody _not_ using them should be very ashamed by now for wasting energy for many years. I guess this is a US thing. (North-/west-)Europe has been aware of these energy savers and been using them for a loooong timg.

  12. Re:Huh? on To Support, or Not Support Oracle? · · Score: 1

    But the point being, if you do not contribute, you cannot expect anything.
    Otherwise, you need to pay me just for being here and I demand it...

  13. Re:A no go for hobbyists on Shared Source Device Emulator from Microsoft · · Score: 0

    Last time I looked we had over 6 billion people in this very world (that is 3 orders of magnitude difference). So still virtually nobody. The license is a sham.

  14. A no go for hobbyists on Shared Source Device Emulator from Microsoft · · Score: 4, Informative

    According to the license, only people who are in the category: "while attending or employed by an accredited educational institution". So only students, their teachers and researchers (and accredited means not your average school). That means almost nobody, sigh,...

  15. Read: I can't get an estimate out of my hacker on How can a Developer Estimate Times? · · Score: 0
    You should read "So You've Hired A Hacker" point 5.2 and insist. Basically, you cannot estimate unknown factors. Therefore, don't estimate. They will wait for a result if it is important.

    --
    Greetings

  16. Turn it off? on A Fresh Look at Vista's User Account Control · · Score: 0

    Well, you can turn UAC off? How about that for a security measure... A joke would be cheaper to develop than vista. sigh...

  17. Re:Is this our future? on Congress May Consider Mandatory ISP Snooping · · Score: 0
    Cat I. Terrorist
    Cat II. Child molesters
    Cat III.Dangerously liberal
    Cat IV. Dangerously conservative
    Cat V. Too smart
    Cat VI. ????
    And there probably will be a place in system to promote people to progress from the lower classes to the higher. If the lower description does not fit, Cat I. will ultimately get all of our attention...
  18. Postoffice logs on Congress May Consider Mandatory ISP Snooping · · Score: 0

    They should also demand that the postoffice retain all records of all persons sending letters with their origin and destination (with the next step being retaining a copy of the content, indefinately).
    The anonymous snailmail boxes on the street have to be banned, because they assure to much anonymity. Better yet, the mailboxes need to be provided with fingerprint- and iris- scanners to identify the sender. To make sure that any intermediate transport is recorded, all envelopes have to equiped with personal ID equipment too.

  19. Re:Stupidity. on N.Y. County Mandates Wireless Security · · Score: 0

    Yes, throw 99.999% of the population into prison and you will not have any problems anymore. Lets start with locking away the politicians. Maybe the penalty should be death, then you do not need to provide for those law-breaking suckers anymore. Another winning point in this scenario is that the trafficjams get resolved.

  20. Re:Can I still turn it off? on New Patent on TV Forces You to Watch Ads · · Score: 1, Funny

    A hammer will do the job sufficiently...

  21. Re:Heisenberg Uncertainty Principal? on Quantum Telecloning Demonstrated? · · Score: 0

    Yes, but is the clone entangled with the original? If so, all if fine again and Heisenberg still is right. Only if the clone is independent, then were at creating a new view of the universe.

  22. Split responses; what is programming on The Code Is The Design · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It is actually interesting to see the split in responses. My guess is that those who understand the thesis are the real hackers and respond positively, while those who complain are "just" programmers.

    The art of programming is not about a implementing a design document, but creating a solution to a problem. Creating a design by means of non-{related, relevant, applicable}, tools to get near a solution do not solve the problem at hand. Therefore, the code is by definition the design of the solution to the initial problem.

  23. Re:Burn that baby on RFID More Hackable Than Retailers Think? · · Score: 0
    If you plan to generate enough RF at that frequency to "burn that baby", the power supply you tow behind you will give you away - moreover, any significant RF power in that range calls for -gasp- TUBES - say a pair of 6LQ6 in push-pull - but that is still way below their normal operating range ~18-30 MHz
    Yahyah... The point is that you do not need to use the 13.56M in a traditional way. The energy transfer is about making a focused beam of energy. You only need a pulse with steep enough flanks to zap it. It helps is you are at a harmonic of 13.56, but that is not strictly required.
    Operation of an unregulated transmitter, for a frequency you don't have a license to operate at is a federal crime (think FCC and pirate radio stations);
    That is nice then, that I am not a US citisen, I do not live in the US, do not travel to the US and have no plans to be bound by the US.
    also consider how your plan might effect legit radio/ranging (crashing aircraft on approach is discouraged) or, assuming that you actually find a way to beam microwaves (requires a waveguide) you might just cook bio-matter (the baby's corneas in the next isle or your fingers).
    BlaBla... Planes fall from the sky, animals stop having sex and an astroid fries us too. No problem. Its called shielding. BTW, remember the PCs in the 80s and 90s? You could not have a radio next to them and hear anything. Noone has ever told me to stop using my computer, eventhough it (still) generates a lot of interference.
    Once any sophisticated reprogrammer is available, you can be certain you will be treated EXACTLY the same way as people who print their own money: counterfeiters go to jail for a long time.
    There is a long way from counterfeit to privacy protection.
  24. Burn that baby on RFID More Hackable Than Retailers Think? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    You can also zap any tag with an overdosis of energy. The manufacturers do not give "Absolute Maximum Ratings" so easily for their tags, however, a microwave zaps all electronics.
    You can build a simple transmitter at 13.56MHz or an overtone combined with high gain antenna to transfer too much energy to the tag and gone it is.
    This can be made as a pocket transmitter...

  25. Re:The Parents on Senate Takes Aim At P2P Providers · · Score: 0

    You obviously haven't seen the Simpsons... (quote stolen from the preacher's wife).

    Lets face it. I am glad my parent *don't* know all I did. They are happy they don't know, nobody got hurt and eveybody is happy.

    Raising kids is not about supervision as a goal. Parenting is about guidance. The kids have and must have their own mind. No parent may force his/her ideas upon a child (see history lesson 101 for details).