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  1. Re:Is this the fastest way to change a law in the on Bruce Perens Plans On-Stage DMCA Violation · · Score: 1

    Well, that's the picture I get from the media too - but I was asking if the US legal system has built-in procedure for corrections *after* a law has been adopted.

  2. Is this the fastest way to change a law in the US? on Bruce Perens Plans On-Stage DMCA Violation · · Score: 1

    Does it always take a courageous guy to change the law in the US?

    I'm not familiar with the law system of the US.

    Which procedure is the "intended" way to change a law?

  3. Re:The full download speed costs upload speed, OK on Traffic Shaping on DSL? · · Score: 1

    Well, I thought that ACK packets were easy to find in the input buffer of the bandwith limiter device.

    That is I would not have to care about anything else than the contents of the outgoing packages:

    If is't an ACK, send it first. If it's anything else, let it wait in the queue.

    A SYN packet may be dropped now and then using this scheme, but there must be many times more ACK's than SYN's I think.

  4. The full download speed costs upload speed, OK on Traffic Shaping on DSL? · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm getting confused by now:

    The guy wanted to optimize his download bandwidth and he didn't care about delays?

    To support a full download he must use most of his upload bandwith (2/3rds) for ACK's, right?

    Are you saying that it is not possible to have a local bandwith limiter do this, that is let the ACK's out first and let everything else wait?

    Or are you saying that doing so will not get him a better download speed?

  5. Re:Run the numbers. on Traffic Shaping on DSL? · · Score: 1

    That basically means that, assuming no packets are lost, and that all ACK packets are precisely equally spaced, then 2/3rds of his upstream bandwidth needs to be dedicated to ACK traffic for the downstream bandwidth.

    If he limits the output passing via his traffic control to slightly less than the uplink bandwith, the output buffer will never fill.

    The traffic control gets to select which packets it will forward. If it forwards all ACK's this gives 2/3rds of bandwith leaving 1/3 to other (upload) traffic.

    I still don't see the problem? Are you assuming that the input buffer on the traffic control box will overflow and therefor loose ACK's?

  6. Re:Forget about privacy invasion... on Cameras in UK for Toll Enforcement · · Score: 1

    Well I drove cars several years without owning one. I borrowed or short-time leased from parents, company, friends etc. There is no one-to-one mapping between the license plate and the driver.

  7. Re:About signals on top of mountains on Can You Hear Me Now? · · Score: 1

    The wavelength of a celluar phone frequency is short. The cage holes must be smaller than 1/10'th of the wavelength in order to block such a signals efficently.

    Even the windows are large enough.

    That's why you'll se lines of small springs on the internal edges of a PC box, they form the Faraday cage with very small holes.

  8. Lotus Notes R5 webmail works! on Mozilla RC3 Released · · Score: 1

    Many warm thanks to you guys!

    I'm using Lotus Notes R5 webmail and the menu system used to crash the older versions of Netscape 6 and Mozilla. It works fine now.

    Once again, warm thanks to all of you in the team.

  9. Wrong again on The Customer is Always Wrong · · Score: 1

    The EU will obey the US the instant they tell them to do so. There will be no non-SSSCA hardware available anywhere.

  10. No you won't. Europe will obey. (Re:overseas....) on SSSCA Hearing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The EU will copy the SSSCA the instant the US tells us to do so. There will be no place to by non-SSSCA compliant equipment I bet.

  11. Re:THE BIG FREAKING POINT. on SSSCA Hearing · · Score: 1

    Well put. Copyright with fair use is a Good Thing (TM) which is in danger. Americans, please act now. Act in the physical world because politics does not happen on the Internet!

    If the SSSCA idea wins in the US, Europe will follow (as always) with laws equally hostile against fair use.

  12. Incorrect... on DSLReports Study: 8 Hours 'til the Spam Hits · · Score: 1

    example.* isn't always an example.

    www.example.dk leads to a BSD supporter homepage...

  13. Privacy respecting road pricing system invented on Every Road a Toll Road · · Score: 1

    The recent Big Brother award went to a research initiative to preserve
    privacy in road pricing systems.

    Worth reading in England I think. Soon.

  14. Hypothermia treatment isn't external heat ! on Self-Warming Jackets · · Score: 1

    I don't know much about mild hypothermia.

    But I can tell you that you may kill a severely cold person (bad hypothermia) if you try to "re-heat" him from the outside.

    It will release very cold blod from the outer skin and this may cause the heart to stop.
    A severely hypothermic person should be gain normal temperature from the inside mainly generated by himself.

    This can be done by placing them in dry isolating blankets, one blanket wrapped around the body and another one around arms, shoulders and head. If they are still concious, they may be given small amounts of hot non-alcoholic drink.

  15. US law scares me away from the high-tech jobs on U.S. To Drop Charges Against Sklyarov · · Score: 3, Insightful

    US law seems unpredictable to a scary degree, I for one would never consider relocating to the US due to this. This feeling is certainly shared by many other non-US residents.

    When the economy is recovering next time, this may become a problem. To those of you out temporality of work, how about spending your effort changing this situation to the better?

  16. A direct link on Uber Geeks Holiday Gift Guide · · Score: 1
    This link gets you
    directly to the said stereo

    A must-notice for nerds: they run php...

  17. Why is porn always the issue? on Internet Firms Launch New Web Rating System · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why is it that porn is considered dangerous while violence, killing and destruction of any kind it considered normal...

    Were you created by violence or human sexual behavior?

  18. Lotus Notes client runs under WINE on "Lindows" Coming Soon? · · Score: 1

    Is it off-topic? Perhaps.
    Just in case anyone missed it last time, it was posted...
    How to make the Lotus Notes Client run with Wine

  19. The USA is going metric inch by inch on Apple releases iPod · · Score: 1

    2.4" by 4" by 0.78" is

    6 x 10 x 2 cm

  20. Living versus dead things (computers) on Microsoft Calls Viruses "Industrial Terrorism" · · Score: 1

    What utter nonsense to draw parallels betweeen the killing of humans and any action taken against a computer.

  21. Did everybody forget Usenet ? on What Do You Do With Old Computer Parts? · · Score: 1

    I've simply donated surplus computer parts to other Usenet readers.

    Usenet still kicks and is add free - such a bless.

  22. Re:British? on Lego Vs. Meccano & Engineering Knowledge · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you are giving a hint about the very fine French railroad system? TGV's and such? Those trains are impressive. London-Marseille in 6,5 hours! The TGV's hold the absolute speed record of 515 km/hour (320 miles/hour)...

  23. Money to artists, not the "music industry" ! on P2P vs. RIAA: RIAA Wins · · Score: 3

    Nonsense!

    The artists SHOULD earn money for their creations.

    The music industry on the other hand, they should be eliminated since they are no longer needed in the Internet age.

    If a smart geek could figure out a system to get the same amount of money tranferred directly from the consumer to the artist as today - but bypassing the record labels - that would be something.

    The artists are currently not paid well.

    (No, I'm not an artist)

  24. You said it on Eidola - Programming Without Representation · · Score: 1

    The APL design goals were the same as the those listed for Eidola.

    I wrote an APL system to keep track of my LP collection back in the 1980's - one line was all it took.

    But APL code tends to be "write-only" code - if Eidola is easier to read, maybe it will become something big.

  25. Advice to Netscape from Europe on Netscape 6 Is Out (Really!) · · Score: 1
    I won't download on my modem at home. This basic setup-file just won't do.

    Please provide the full install pack, so that I can take it with me home on a CD-ROM.