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  1. Re:Why can't it be simple. on Safeguarding Data From Big Brother Sven? · · Score: 1

    Because you dont understand the beuty of public key encryption. The system works with key pairs, a public key and a private one. If you encrypt a message with the public key you have to have the correct private key to decrypt it. OK lets take an example. A want to send a message to B. Both A and B have a key pair. We now have four keys to play with. First A encrypts the message with his private key. This is to sign it. Then he encrypts the mesage agin with Bs public key. Now he sends the message to B. B first decrypts the message with his private key. He knows now that nobody else has read the message. He then decrypts the message again with As public key. He now knows that the message comes from A as nobody else has As private key. There is no practical way to derive a private key from a public one or a encypted message. So even if a goverment raided a key server for public keys they were not able to read any messages.

  2. Search for water? on NASA to Demonstrate Moon Rover · · Score: 1

    Why don't they just send a satellite equipped with a CARABAS radar into orbit around the moon?
    There is no atmosphere to worry about so you can use a extremely low orbit.

  3. Lern from History on Is Open Source Recession Proof? · · Score: 1

    I say that OpenSource survived the crisis in the 1990s and in the 2000 and still alive and well so thats all the examples you need

  4. Re:So Our First Sign of Extraterrestrial Civilizat on First Exoplanet Atmospheres Analyzed · · Score: 1

    This is true. If al life on earth was erradicated. The oxygen in the atmosphere will be gone pretty quick. So look for oxygen in a spectrum of light is a very good way to detect life on a planet.

  5. Amen to that. on Fedora Core and Fedora Extras To Merge · · Score: 1

    As I see it, incompatible third party repos are the biggest hurdle in fedoras way right now. Please third party providers, get your act together.

  6. Re:If you must... on What is the Ultimate Linux Development Environment? · · Score: 1

    I have used anjuta for a big perl project and it is very nice.

  7. Re:Wireless Electricity on Wireless Bluetooth 2.1 Speakers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How about solar cells charged batteries? I charged the batteries in my salingboat with solar cells. It was enough for lanterns, radio and internal light. You obviusly have to have your speakers in a light environment and not run for full effect all the time.

  8. Re:OSS projects selling out? on Oracle to buy JBoss (and others) · · Score: 1

    Couldnt have said it better!

  9. Re:Sharing with Linux? on Sun Considers dual-sourcing Solaris Under GPL3 · · Score: 1

    Could not agree more.

  10. This is the way OpenSorce works on Sun Considers dual-sourcing Solaris Under GPL3 · · Score: 2

    If Linux dont want do comply with openness there is always s.b. who will. This error from Linus is maybe the chance solaris needs to grab the initiative and mindshare of programmers.

  11. Re:GCC is the Key to Open Source's Success on GCC 4.1 Released · · Score: 1

    I care.

  12. Great SF writer on Top 20 Geek Novels · · Score: 1

    H. G. Wells? # The Time Machine (1895)* # The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896)* # The Invisible Man (1897)* # The War of the Worlds (1898)* # The First Men in the Moon (1901)*

  13. Re:Those poor security people ... on Richard Stallman Accosted For Tinfoil Hat · · Score: 1

    Remenber also that som of the realy great people in history has been labeld "undersocialized" . Kepler, Churchill, Turing, etc.

  14. Re:This confirms decade long theories on Grass Grazing In Dinosaurs Confirmed · · Score: 1

    Yes but this is the proof of that theory.

  15. Re:First, protect the investment. on Building a Linux Computer Lab for Schools? · · Score: 1

    Good point Install CFEngine, use LDAP, maybe samba. Make it possible to switch to a noter computer in the lab if one is broken.

  16. Re:This could be awesome... on Automakers Working on Car-to-Car Ad-Hoc Networks · · Score: 1

    Do not forget the ability to get automatic gas stations. Just drive onto the automatic tankstation. The car tells what kind of gas/oil/water it neads and is filled up. Your credit card number is communicated and the correct amount is withdrawn.

  17. WTN X-Prizes on XPrize Founders Launch Tech Innovation Competition · · Score: 2, Funny

    1. Robots and AI
    Robot players beats human world championchip masters in a standard soccer match.

    2. Space
    2.1 - Race around the mon.
    2.2 - Land on the moon.
    2.3 - Bring back one kilogram of moon material
    2.3 - Land on mars.

    3. Medicine
    Neural computer interface(say matrix)

    4. Energy
    Superconducting powerline over 100km

    5. Transportation
    Antigravity

  18. Re:wait a second on OSDL To Start Pushing on Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    Appernetly microsoft is attacked by a zombie.

  19. Re:Great Idea... Some Other Suggestions on Branding Mozilla: Towards Mozilla 2.0 · · Score: 1

    X = P2P

  20. Re:Request Tracker on How Do You Manage Requests in Your Organization? · · Score: 1

    I have used RT for 6 months now and it works extreamly well. The latest version 3.0.X is a big lift to it. Its easy to "plug in" your own changes to.

  21. I don't agree on FSF, GCC, and SCO Compiler Support · · Score: 1

    SCO cutomers have a lot to do with this.
    Without them this farse would stop instantly because SCO would be out of money in a second. I suggested something like this in a previous comment and the author of nmap have allredy dropped all SCO support. Aparenly the "DROP SCO NOW" movement is gearing up.
    Remember, we dont have to support SCO. We do it only because we are nice. And if they don't want to be nice, well.
    Maybe its possible to drop IP-packages if they originate from a SCO-machine if you dont have to relay it. Maybe its possible to drop mail and news messages if they have been relayed through a SCO-machine. In this case i think every SCO-unix machine will be replaced within 6 months from now and SCO a thing of the past.

  22. Re:I don't un'erstan', padre... on SCO Amends Suit, Clarifies "Violations", Triples Damages · · Score: 1

    > Could they HAVE a valid case? No. Not unless they have a judge in the pocket.

  23. Do somethin creative instead on SCO Gives Friday Deadline To IBM · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dont try to hack the SCO website as a revenge. Do something thar realy hurts instead. Like loss of development support. Stop porting applications to sco-unix and sco will die a paifull death. Does Apache, Bind, GCC, Mysql or Perl run om sco-unix today? Does the next verson have to? Who want to by a system without programs?

  24. White house denies bombing kabul on More Links And Reports On Terrorist Attacks · · Score: 1

    Acording to swedish state radios reporter in Washington DC. Whitehouse oficial denied bombs in Kabul