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  1. Re:Make Spammers Pay ... on The Continuing Rise of E-Mail Marketing · · Score: 1
    From the Overture FAQ:


    5. What happens if someone keeps clicking on my listing?
    Overture uses a number of methods to ensure that all clicks that are reported to our advertisers are genuine. For security reasons, we do not disclose details of this protection methodology nor do we give visual or system clues that click protection is active. Rest assured that "invalid clicking" is one of the most important issues at Overture. We realize that it is mandatory to ensure the integrity of our marketplace.

  2. Re:wireless from the air on Wardriving From 1500ft Up · · Score: 1

    That was in the US, where most networks are still analog, which means larger cells. Digital networks have much smaller cells. Making GSM/GPRS calls on the TGV even used to be problematic, and those travel at 'only' 320km/h.

  3. Re:wireless from the air on Wardriving From 1500ft Up · · Score: 1

    At more then 600km/h you would not be able to use a cell phone, as it would have to jump from cell to cell faster then can be handled by the network.

  4. Re:Gentlemen, start your whining! on New Problem Could Ground Space Shuttle Fleet · · Score: 1

    7. Whining about what people are going to be whining about.

  5. Re:US withdrew? on Fusion Reactor Sets New Endurance Record · · Score: 1
    here in .eu, nuclear plants are forced to shut down down between this and 25 years

    I'm not so sure about that. Here in Finland the parlaiment has decided to open a new nuclear plant. This seems to have made the issue debatable in other countries too (e.g. in Holland).

  6. Hyperspace bypass on Road Trip On The Interplanetary Superhighway · · Score: 1, Funny

    Great! This finally explains why the Vogons had to destroy earth for a hyperspace bypass.

  7. Re:Lots and Lots of TIFFs on Video Formats That Will Be Usable in 25 years? · · Score: 1

    Well, if you're going to store the images in JPEG, in which format would you store the audio track?

  8. Re:Jr? on Geeky Child Names? · · Score: 1

    Or you might consider naming it "XP" ;)

  9. Re:prefixes and sufflixes on Geeky Child Names? · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't the Borg version be .MIK ;)

  10. Re:Bloat? or not on A Web Browser in Your BIOS? · · Score: 1

    Yes, sound smore like it has built in FTP (e.g. to install Linux directly from the network). 16MBit is only 2 MB, so if it has a browser it'll be pretty basic.

  11. Re:I don't see a problem on Using Cellular Traffic to Monitor Traffic Jams · · Score: 1

    I suppose they use the fact that cars move. People in office buildings will typically remain at the same cell. So they'll check which numbers have recently jumped from one cell to another. That way you can also figure out in which direction the traffic jam is.

  12. Re:Ah, the days of middle school science... on Java Powers of Ten · · Score: 1

    Several years ago there ran a Bavaria (I think) commercial in Holland that was inspired by powers of ten. It zoomed in from space on a topless sunbather. Or more accurately, on the beer bottle she was holding.

  13. But... on Germany, IBM Sign Major Linux Deal · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...using open-source is UnAmerican!

    Oh wait...

  14. Or as Clive James would call it... on Germany, IBM Sign Major Linux Deal · · Score: 1

    Lederhosenfunnyhattentighenschlapfengestumpf Linux

  15. What are you people complaining about? on The Lone Gunmen Are Dead · · Score: 1

    I'll probably get modded down for this, but what is this with all the complaints about spoilers? One moment everybody is acting all enlightened and internet-savy by condamning those who try to get information withdrawn from sites that they don't like, the next moment you are all whining because somebody spoils a few minutes of entertainment. This is the way things go on the net, deal with it!

  16. Re:What were the articles about? on Deutsche Bahn to Sue Google · · Score: 1
    Could somebody who had a chance to see these articles tell us what they were about? Maybe at least this way we could understand what DB don't want us reading?



    This (Google cache) is what they don't want you to read.

  17. Re:Just out of curiosity... on Deutsche Bahn to Sue Google · · Score: 1

    I'm fairly certain that google mentions on the site, that to have your pages removed from thier DB, you jsut have to send them an email with your URL and asking to bt removed....

    These pages are not from Deutsche Bahn themselves but from a private person, who, I'm pretty sure is not prepared to send such a request to Google.

  18. Re:People were playing the XBOX! on Microsoft Kicks Playstation2 out of CeBit. · · Score: 1

    You have to keep in mind that this is a business exhibit. Most visitors there have their tax deductible bills payed by their companies. CeBit has to be very careful not to turn it into an entertainment exhibit or it won't be tax deductible anymore and they'll use the business visitors.

  19. Re:And? on Microsoft Kicks Playstation2 out of CeBit. · · Score: 2, Informative
    Der rund 100 Quadratmeter große PS-2-Bereich auf dem mehr als 2.000 Quadratmeter großen Stand wurde geräumt und mit rot-weißem Band abgesperrt. Mit Hinweisschildern direkt unter dem PS2-Logo wurden die Besucher "um Verständnis gebeten".


    So they did not just remove the PS2, but they also closed off the area (100m2 out of 2000m2) with a red/white ribbon and placed signs around it asking for "Understanding". So they are clearly are making a scene of it.

  20. Finish? on World Govs Choose Linux For Security & More · · Score: 1

    I suppose you mean Finnish.

  21. Nah. on Dmitry Sklyarov Gains High-Profile Defense Lawyer · · Score: 1

    He's doing it because Skylarof promised him a lifetime supply of spam.

  22. Another reason they want to keep this secret on Microsoft HomeStation - Son Of XBox Revealed · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Games-wise, it's anticipated HomeStation will play both PC and Xbox titles.


    If the above statement is true, it becomes much less atractive to develop games specifically for Xbox. By building a PC version you would already cover PC and HomeStation users.

  23. Re:What A Paradox! on MenuetOS Debuts · · Score: 1
    Did you read the question to which that was the reply?

    Is Menuet fully optimized for the Penium/PII instructions, MMX and are the MTRRs turned on?

    He just means compatibility within the x86 range. So no processor specific instructions, and no optimizations for specific pipelines.

  24. Countersue on Spammers Stoop To New Low · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is it not possible to counter-sue, and get a restraining order on MonsterHut's system?

  25. Re:I can see my first flight on one these babies n on Scramjet Test Successful · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course at 10kG, by the time they arrive in Paris, all passengers will have changed into some kind of schnitzel.