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  1. Oops on Kernel.org Compromised · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is bad. Would the same thing happen to MS i dont think /.ers would skip the possibility to bash them.

  2. Re:Still a long way away on Record-Low Error Rate For Qubit Processor · · Score: 1

    I hope you are joking.

    No qc which is in sight will fit on a pci card anytime soon.

  3. What is the problem? on Sixteen Years Later: GNU Still Needs An Extension Language · · Score: 1

    There are many extension languages, for each purpose...

  4. Re:Good. on Measles Resurgent Due To Fear of Vaccination · · Score: 1

    Thats right, i did not consider that and apologize for my interpretation.

  5. Yes, sure. on Sixteen Years Later: GNU Still Needs An Extension Language · · Score: 1

    The port of emacs to guile is a breakthrough.

  6. Good. on Measles Resurgent Due To Fear of Vaccination · · Score: 1

    Good. because the kids of well informed parents who are not paranoid about science are well protected. If the religious fundamentalists declare the Irene to be a sign from god, i ma at least state this.

    Up to know parents who did not vaccinate theirs kids where sure that measles are so seldom that it does not matter. They profited from the fact that the vast majority is immunized.

    The relevant value is called percolation threshold. As long as the general population is immunized above this threshold, you can afford to be an egoistic idiot and not get vaccinated, because outbreaks will be small and local. If the population is not immunized that well you will get an epidemic.

  7. Re:Oracle? on James Gosling Leaves Google · · Score: 1

    Could also be that there was some funny IP thing going on in the back. Maybe he just helped google write some patents based on his personal notes.

  8. Why only one CA per certificate? on Diginotar Responds To Rogue Certificate Problem · · Score: 1

    Could one not send CSRs to more than one CA and the browser indicates how many CAs responded ok?

  9. Re:Some links to further info (in German) on There's Been a Leak At WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    Actually they did not. Thanks for pointing it out.

  10. The best thing against piracy is: on Turning Chinese Piracy Into Revenue · · Score: 2

    Reasonable prices and don't threat your customers like shit.

  11. Re:Yawn on There's Been a Leak At WikiLeaks · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Good Idea on Microsoft 'Ribbonizes' Windows 8 File Manager · · Score: 1

    Once you know where things are keyboards bindings are the fastest.

  13. Some links to further info (in German) on There's Been a Leak At WikiLeaks · · Score: 2

    According to what i understand: The leak is confirmed (1) independently and also by one of the WL partners (4), which claimes it was in relation to Daniel Domscheids Bergs (DDB) return of this data and a human error on the side of wikileaks which resulted in a password and the data being published. It has been known to insiders for some time, claims a known german tech Journalist who wrote (3) in a comment to (1), direct link to his commen (6). Several of these suggest that the handling of the data which was returned by DDB to Wikileaks and the uncontrolled release of the data an password were the reasons for DDB to destroy the remaining WL data instead of returning it. Other sources claim he is wrong.

    (1) http://netzpolitik.org/2011/leck-bei-wikileaks-bestatigt/

    (2) https://netzpolitik.org/2011/leck-bei-wikileaks/

    (3) http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/34/34398/1.html

    (4) http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,782923,00.html

    (5) http://www.golem.de/1108/85993.html

    (6) http://netzpolitik.org/2011/leck-bei-wikileaks-bestatigt/#comment-434548

  14. Why not abolish traffic lights? on SignalGuru Helps Drivers Avoid Red Lights · · Score: 1

    Couldn't the same processing power and communication be used to avoid the need for traffic lights completely?

  15. Kind of obvious. on Google Is Grooming Chrome As a Game Platform · · Score: 1

    For what else would you like a native client in a consumer product.

  16. To understand or to fully understand? on Ask Slashdot: Math Curriculum To Understand General Relativity? · · Score: 1

    To understand some of it, a little of differential forms, tensors, differential equations should be enough (i assume analysis and linear algebra to be present already) - maybe 2 or 3 months for the basics.

    To understand it fully and make own calculations at the state of the art - the same subjects and all related math fields. Think about something like 1-2years if you have a talent for it.

  17. Re:What an Unreadable and Horrible Summary on A Custom Objectionable Word List Ate My Homework · · Score: 1

    Especially because vagina, scrotum, penis, orgasm, ejaculate, clitoris and anus are in my opinion in no way objectionable. There are a lot of contexts in which using these word in school makes sense. I wonder how to explain plain sexual intercourse, fundamental anatomy and contraception methods without those.

  18. Re:What is with this... on LHC Data Continues To Disagree With Supersymmetry · · Score: 2

    Please join them. I am sure they will be delighted if you can, by your genius, propose simpler and cheaper tests for simpler theories which explain all previous observations - why didn't they think about this before? The answer is: they thought about it before. The amount of theories which have been proposed and already excluded is incredible.

  19. Good PR. on Tesla CEO Wrong About Model S Timeline? $1,000,000 Says Yes · · Score: 1

    If i would be on the board of investors of the company i would congratulate the CEO for getting such attention and make an agreement that if he loses he will get the million back. How much is it worth to be in the tech news and have a CEO betting one million on keeping some deadline.

    Heck, i would even intentionally miss the deadline by a few weeks for the publicity.

  20. Wrong headline on Adrenaline May Damage DNA · · Score: 1

    AFAIU

    a) Adrenaline was not involved in this experiments

    b) no word that the compound use directly attacks the DNA, but only blocks pathways.

    That is interesting and makes sense. Evolutionary stress was a mechanism which was active only in emergency situations to provide all resources to muscles and movement. In this terms reducing accumulation of unwanted substances in cells (e.g. oxidants) would have never payed off, especially if your maximum age was limited due to other things.

    From linked summary:
    In the study, mice were infused with an adrenaline-like compound that works through a receptor called the beta adrenergic receptor that Lefkowitz has studied for many years. The scientists found that this model of chronic stress triggered certain biological pathways that ultimately resulted in accumulation of DNA damage.

  21. Re:Wilfully drain batteries? on Mobile Carriers Impose Handicaps On Smartphones · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Every push mail client which will malfunction or only slowly function by this, or the battery consumption of which (see the android battery stats) will drive the customer to turn it off will motivate the customers to use text messages for urgent things.

    If they manage to drive away 10% of the push mail users to sending 2SMS per day, they will already earn more on this than on the data transfer for the rest (lets not forget that in a flatrate they dont earn money on pushmail).

  22. Re:Ugh, God, seriously China? on China Removes Cyberwar Video, Denies Everything · · Score: 1

    Yes. i recommend that the Chinese government takes some PR consultants.

    Other governments manage to whitewash their dirty laundry much better.

  23. HTTP referrer on RealNetworks Sues Dutch Webmaster Over Hyperlink To Freeware · · Score: 1

    if you have problems with deep-linking to downloads on you web page, a simple script can solve it. Not using this method is kind of agreeing to deep-linking.

    On the other hand, its not good style to do it like this.

  24. Re:1976 on When Algorithms Control the World · · Score: 1

    a) my comment was not 100% serious.

    b) the part which was serious is the following: if you think about algorithms controlling the world around us directly for everyday life, in small and big things, the availability of micro-controllers was a significant point.

  25. 1976 on When Algorithms Control the World · · Score: 1

    the release of the 8048. That the point when algorithms started to take over