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  1. Re:I don't recall... on DOJ: We Can Force You To Decrypt That Laptop · · Score: 1

    What about combination locks? That seems like a better comparison to an encrypted file. Surely it's been decided by now if requiring someone to turn over the combination to a lock counts as testimony or not.

  2. Re:They'll migrate elsewhere on Google Blocks co.cc From Search Results · · Score: 2

    Well yes, that phrase is just words that sounds nice. You could pick the numbers 10, 1000, or any other and it would work the same. The reason is because the number isn't important. It's just an illustration of the legal doctrine of presumed innocence. The doctrine itself doesn't aim for any particular ratio of imprisoned innocent to free guilty but the level of doubt required to punish someone has been clearly established as "beyond a reasonable doubt".

  3. Re:Not Even Close on A Million Node Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    Some of that may be true, but I doubt we need to simulate all of that to reproduce a brains function. We don't need to simulate transistors to emulate a computer architecture after all.

  4. Re:Oblig. Question on A Million Node Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    It's not obvious to me that a brain simulating algorithm would be parallelizable enough to run effectively in chunks distributed over the internet. Or maybe it would but that's just not as fun as a 50,000 node computer.

  5. Re:Rampant piracy... on Why Are There So Few Honeycomb Apps? · · Score: 1

    Months ago Google released a library that can be included in your app for compatibility with Fragments down to Android 1.6, no need to wait for Ice Cream.

  6. Re:TSA = Federal Government on Time To Close the Security Theater · · Score: 1

    Even with in-the-sewer approval ratings, Congressional incumbents tend to enjoy a remarkable re-election rate (I've seen figure in excess of 90%).

    Congressional approval ratings aren't typically that low. Sure as a group they are low, but approval of individual congressmen among their constituents is usually not too bad.

  7. Re:Questions ... on Verizon To Drop Unlimited Data Plans In Two Weeks · · Score: 1

    T-Mobile has SIM only rates. I'm sure it won't survive the merger though.

  8. Re:Sad, but I can see doing it too on Man Robs Bank of $1 To Get Health Care In Jail · · Score: 1

    What part of having a health care system that treats Kings and other foreign heads of state but does nothing for a large percentage of actual Americans do you think is a good thing?

  9. Re:Sad, but I can see doing it too on Man Robs Bank of $1 To Get Health Care In Jail · · Score: 1

    Two questions. First, are you just assuming this to be the case or is it a documented fact? Second, does it really make you feel good to compare the US health care system to what's available in the poorest nations on earth?

  10. Re:Sad, but I can see doing it too on Man Robs Bank of $1 To Get Health Care In Jail · · Score: 1

    He never had the pleasure of seeing the modern Republican party in action.

  11. Re:Super-fast is a bit of a misnomer on JavaScript Decoder Plays MP3s Without Flash · · Score: 1

    Are you sure about that? When was Java ever an interpreted language?

  12. Re:Oh wait, you're actually right! o.O on Japanese Scientist Creates Meat Substitute From Sewage · · Score: 1

    You're thinking of The Yes Men.

  13. Re:Benefits on HTC To Unlock Smartphones' Bootloader · · Score: 1

    I have a Nexus One, so my carrier didn't touch my phone, but I haven't seen it on my friends phones from T-Mo.

  14. Re:Benefits on HTC To Unlock Smartphones' Bootloader · · Score: 1

    The reason corporations are still using XP has little to do with security. It's because of the expense of retraining support people and updating software that was designed to run on XP or IE 6.

  15. Re:Benefits on HTC To Unlock Smartphones' Bootloader · · Score: 1

    It doesn't require root on the Nexus phones, are their others? The non-Nexus phones I've seen all have the wifi hotspot option removed.

  16. Re:What fallacy? on Does Quantum Theory Explain Consciousness? · · Score: 1

    Yes, please elaborate. It's been awhile since I read that book, but I don't remember him making any such proof.

  17. Re:Did your congressman do his duty? on Senate Passes 4-Year Re-Up of Patriot Act Provisions · · Score: 1

    In the house? No I wouldn't expect a filibuster in the house.

  18. Re:Seems commonsense in retrospect. on The Spin of a Star Reveals Its Age · · Score: 1

    Well that has nothing at all to do with my question, but thanks for trying.

  19. Re:Seems commonsense in retrospect. on The Spin of a Star Reveals Its Age · · Score: 1

    That makes sense if you know the stars initial spin. I'm curious how that is known.

  20. Re:A bit of a stretch... on Dark Energy Confirmed By Australian WiggleZ Sky Scan · · Score: 1

    Don't you mean, 11?

    Fixed that for you.

  21. Re:Prior art, meet procedural loopholes on Small Devs Attacked Over In-App Purchase Button Patent · · Score: 1

    Oh please, the internet as all of us know it didn't exist back then. When this patent was filed spam hadn't even been invented yet.

  22. Re:Nuclear power arguments on Engineers Find Nuclear Meltdown At Fukushima Plant · · Score: 1

    Are you serious? No one is saying that coal is anywhere near as radioactive as uranium.

  23. Re:User perception on Android Honeycomb Will Not Be Open Sourced · · Score: 1

    You guys are missing the point entirely. In general Google has happily released the code for Android versions so that amateurs can make their own releases. Honeycomb however happens to be entirely broken for the devices that most people want to put it on. If it wasn't an entirely broken version then they would have no problem releasing the code as they always have in the past.

  24. Re:User perception on Android Honeycomb Will Not Be Open Sourced · · Score: 1

    They are supposed to save state when you switch to another app. Ideally the app will have another opportunity to save state before the system shuts it down, but there's no guarantee of that.

  25. Re:Any physists here? I think I have some question on Did Some Black Holes Survive the Big Bang? · · Score: 1

    What makes you think that?