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  1. A better explanation? on Escher and Elliptic Curves · · Score: 1

    is that the blank spot is a visual reference to the spot in anamorphic art where the viewer has to place a cylindrical or conical mirror to 'decode' the image. This is something that Escher was very familiar with and a fascinating study in its own right. The whole drawing can be seen as a visual pun on anamorphic drawings.

  2. It is every moral persons duty... on Bruce Perens Plans On-Stage DMCA Violation · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...to break unjust laws as often as possible, regardless of the consequences, until those laws become unenforceable and are repealed.

  3. I should be allowed to bring my guns on board on John Gilmore Sues Ashcroft et al. for Freedom to Travel · · Score: 1

    In fact air travel without a gun should be illegal.

  4. I'll beat .Mac service for $50 on Apple to Unveil .Mac Today · · Score: 1

    Thanks Steve - when you were free, competition was impossible but you've just handed me a golden business opportunity. Venture capitalists please contact me for details of my new .Jobs service.

  5. Handing a great PR victory to Microsoft on Apple to Unveil .Mac Today · · Score: 1

    Bill says "Come on over and get a free Hotmail account"

  6. What - like Ms buys Quark? on Apple Buys Emagic · · Score: 1

    That would be the Mac app to kill if Ms want to cause maximum pain. What would the publishing industry do then?

  7. Stay free on Microsoft Freon · · Score: 1

    Read books Go see live music Write letters Stick that up your DRM, Bill!

  8. www.stand.org.uk on UK Reconsiders Expansion of Surveillance Powers · · Score: 4, Informative

    I hope you all visited the above site and used it to fax your MP. Don't forget to go back when the bill resurfaces.

  9. Use insect swarming algorithms... on Using Cellular Traffic to Monitor Traffic Jams · · Score: 1

    Put a CPU & wireless network card in every car. Any car powered up becomes part of a computing fabric, aware of all the other cars and their position, abd able to intelligently route & prioritise traffic.

  10. It's a fake! on Riding the World's Fastest Train @ 500 kph · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This picture actually shows Eurostars in London. I hope California didn't pay a lot for their virtual railway. (just kidding)

  11. Yes, but the drive is the size of a house. on IBM Reinvents Punch Cards · · Score: 1

    Which means the Sims can move into your computer for real!

  12. Re:Intel? on Mac OS X 10.1.5 Update Available · · Score: 1

    OS X for generic PCs - who cares? OS X for Apple boxes with processors other than G3/4/5? Could be, if the need arose - eg for a cheap X-Scale based X-Serve thin client, a StrongArm based Mac-Tivo-like or an AMD Opteron based rendering engine, among other unlikely possibilities. Though the MacTivo would probably be running Pixo like the iPod anyway.

  13. Perfect incubators! on "Experts" Say Macs Are Not Safer Than PCs · · Score: 1

    "Another big problem Mac users don't think about is that they make perfect incubators for Windows viruses," said Chapman. What makes him so sure we don't think about it? Waa ha ha haaa!

  14. Don't miss the best line in the article! on "Experts" Say Macs Are Not Safer Than PCs · · Score: 1

    Kevin Chapman of Symantec said:... ...There's even a release of the infamous Sub7 Trojan in Alpha development at the moment, he added. " Do virus writers run formal testing programs? Use change control? Does Kevin Chapman work in the mail room? "Mr Virus Writer? I'd like to report a bug in the alpha of Sub7 - it consistently fails to infect my machine."