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  1. Re:Fury...building... on 802.11n May Never Happen Due to Patent Concerns · · Score: 1

    Yes, and remember that New Zealand is third for government transparency. America is the one to be worried about, at about twentieth place for transparency.

  2. GDP versus Corruption on OOXML Vote and the CPI Corruption Index · · Score: 1

    GDP has nothing to do with corruption, for example, New Zealand is one of the least corrupt nations and has a low level of GDP compared with the USA, which is slightly more corrupt, yet has a very large GDP.

  3. Re:Right... on HMV Canada Cuts Music CD Prices · · Score: 1

    Hamster Music Video, which features all artists who use hamsters...

  4. Re:My problem with this... on New Zealand Banks Demand a Peek at User PCs · · Score: 1

    Of course it's not 100% secure. all NZ banks use the crap that they bring in from america.
    The best our eftpos gets is triple DES. DES has been broken since 1976 (Thanks NSA).

    Personally, I've been working on a system which is reliable enough to deliver redundant network coding encryption. (have got a compromise for dial-up at just 4kb one time keys) with VBR one time keys. I have found a way for custom redundant routing of messages in as few as a 12 node network.

  5. this violates the privacy act on New Zealand Banks Demand a Peek at User PCs · · Score: 1

    not only does this violate the privacy act, but it would probable violate the requirement to not ask for passwords.

  6. Re:Patents and Copyrights should be taxed annually on Companies Asked to Donate Unused Patents · · Score: 1

    What is this rubbish about having to register copyright? In NZ, all works of art/ written media and electronic recordings are automatically copyrighted. Having to submit your work is just a scheme to have the national library get 2 copies of your work for free.

    As most of my work is computer programs, I'm not at all keen on letting anything outside my domain until there is no longer any profit in it.
    So, I would prefer that copyright only last 20 years on computer programs, and then it has to have the source code submitted to a library.

  7. Re:Hmmm... on Vonage Loses VoIP Case With Verizon · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Vodafone in germany and soon in new zealand, has a thing called at home. You just txt vodafone from your home area and it locates you.
    For about NZ$30, you get free local calls in that 100 meter zone just like a ordinary landline.

  8. get a kinetic watch on Making Time With the Watchmakers · · Score: 1

    I got a seiko kinetic watch new years eve 2004, and I've never had any problems with it. It is always fully wound up just from me moving my arms while I walk to work.
    I'm pretty much sure of having the same watch going when I retire in 40 years time.

  9. Re:One job, one tool on Blake Ross Working on Parakey Web OS · · Score: 1

    I have been workng out a java project with similar issues, I came up with some very strong encyrption to deal with it. Then it won't matter if it gets backed up on unauthorised locations, because only you have the way to get it back.
    Fortunately, my country (NZ) has no laws regarding encryption, so I can export real strong stuff.
    I think I could get this working easily, the only thing it requires is some content that isn't out on the net to use as the encoder/decoder file(s).
    Basically, he has come to an idea I had 5 years ago, and so has just found a few of the problems on that path.

  10. Re:SUPERMASSIVEBLACKHOLE on Survey of Super Massive Black Holes Completed · · Score: 1

    I was thinking about some african-american pornstar called jeannie pepper.
    Damn that one got real big in the last ten years.

  11. Re:compare to land on ISPs Fight Against Encrypted BitTorrent Downloads · · Score: 1

    My Cable provider used to charge national internet traffic at a tenth the rate of standard international traffic.
    Back then, I only had 10 gigs international traffic. Then they got rid of the distinction and increased the traffic allowance by four times for all plans at no extra cost.

  12. Re:Trajedy of the commons on Policy Wonk Castigates Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    OK, Telescum does 200MB at 256/128 kb for $30 per month. Telstra does 1GB at 2/2 Mb for $30 per month.
    So there's really no point going with telescum unless you have a patriot's preference for local companies.

  13. Re:Trajedy of the commons on Policy Wonk Castigates Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    Well, here in NZ we have a duopoly. Telescum and Telstra. Telescum throttles internet down to dialup speed after using the monthly limit.
    Telstra just charges $3 per chunk you use over the limit, without throttling the speed. (Chunk size depends on traffic limit)
    Obviously, I prefer Telstra because I get a much larger limit and faster speed than I would with the same amount on Telescum.

    I am working on a p2p web / email program that does spread out the connection routes, it is a bit slower, but ultimately more reliable.

  14. will they support dual core G5? on NetBSD Announces Accepted Summer of Code Projects · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Please don't forget the dual and quad G5. Then we really will have global desktop domination.
    At the very least, support iMac G5 fully.

  15. Re:Need 2 Types: .XXX and . ILL on The .XXX Saga Continues in Wellington · · Score: 1

    Wrong, prostitution is not illegal in some countries. New Zealand, for example. How about you leave your morals on your 2nd level domain, and we leave ours in our .nz domain.

  16. Re:Never heard of the guy on Massively Multiplayer Games For Dummies · · Score: 1

    I'm coding a game like that called Empire of Stars. Only condition is that unlicensed users have to play on an alien nation ship.
    I have worked out a reasonable economy for it and a bit of fun events.

  17. Re:It's almost slashdotted ... on How Interesting is Your IP Address? · · Score: 1

    The image someone suggested is every aussie man's dream lover...

  18. Cellphone calls on The Future of e-Commerce and e-Information? · · Score: 1

    Here in NZ, Vodafone has proposed to set a home area of 300 metres, which when your cellphone is in it, will let you call the local call area for free. (Just like a ordinary landline phone.)
    If that happens, I would set the home area to the CBD and find out if people are home, what is on sale at the shops and stuff like that.

  19. Re:MS gets wise on Microsoft Ends IE for Mac · · Score: 1

    It won't really matter when office 12 comes out and has open file standards, ass then mac and linux programs could just support the standards and do a better job of the actual program.

    'Yes, firefox is indeed greater than women. Can women block pops up for you? No. Can Firefox show you naked women? Yes.'
    'No, women are greater than firefox. Women can't block popups for you. Naked women can have sex with you? Yes.'

  20. Re:I'm bummed. on Microsoft Ends IE for Mac · · Score: 1

    I think it's the javascipt plugins, as I frequently get pinwheels when closing tabs in firefox. Safari is worse at that.
    But now I get to see which song is playing (in firefox) and what the weather is going to be like, what other people like me look at and even what files I can get.

  21. Re:Agreed! on Java Is So 90s · · Score: 1

    Really? I have 1.25 gig of ram, will the VM actually suck up more than 1 gig of ram?
    I'm using Java to do an encypted p2p system and a operating system gui.

  22. Re:UNIX on Java Is So 90s · · Score: 1

    weird, I am doing a java based bsd.

  23. Copy the whole disc on RIAA vs Linux and DVDs · · Score: 1

    You need to copy the whole disc, sometimes there is also a audio_ts folder (for audio only discs) which also has to be copied.
    If you have every file in the video_ts folder copied, it will play.

    Second, use disk utility to create a new disc image, you select the size (get info in finder first) and away you go.

  24. Re:Features? New OS? not really... on The Microsoft Singularity · · Score: 1

    Most of these new features are not new ideas, seeing as I have had most of them 5 years ago. It is only now that the technology has advanced enough to let me do this right for KAOS.
    What I would say is that this would take a fair while to complete, as I have taken about 4 years to think of 90% of the features I want in my operating system.
    However, I am using proven technology that has merely been abandoned, and I intend to rescue what I can.

  25. Get your ass back to Mars... on Phoenix Mars Lander Hits Halfway Point · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I find the idea of continued Mars expoloration exciting and would like to eventually see people land on Mars.