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  1. Re:CSV is not CVS on Google Launches Online Spreadsheet System · · Score: 1

    Read the parent again - he's using the terms correctly. It doesn't need full merging, as the chances of two people working on it at the same time are low - just as long as they're working on the same copy, it's fine.

    Though if google spreadsheet had versioning that'd be pretty cool.

  2. Re:Hundreds of movies? on Movies Delivered Via Television Signal · · Score: 1

    They have their own box; why wouldn't they just throw in a h264 decoder chip and get massively reduced bandwidth costs? The only real reason to use MPEG-[12] these days is for backwards compatibility, or dealing with slow software decoders. People can be retrained for the new tech easily enough.

  3. Re:Sucks to be the MPAA... on The Pirate Bay Is Back Online · · Score: 1

    Post DHT hashes on usenet. Find peers using kademlia. It's impossible for users of the DHT to filter effectively, so they should (IANAL) not be held liable for distributing peer info (unlike tpb, they don't get the metadata, just the infohash - so they don't know whether a given file is legit or copyright infringement).

  4. Re:Not going to fly. on Movies Delivered Via Television Signal · · Score: 1

    You're probably right - I'm just vaguely remembering avidemux status displays for the B frame terminology...

  5. Re:Hundreds of movies? on Movies Delivered Via Television Signal · · Score: 1

    10G is a hell of a lot more than two movies if you use a decent codec.

  6. Re:Not going to fly. on Movies Delivered Via Television Signal · · Score: 1

    Framing will of course need to be used regain sync. If the encryption operates in CBC mode, then any error will cause only the next block to be damaged, providing outer framing protocols handle resyncing. After that, it's up to MPEG (or whatever) error recovery to minimize the screen corruption. Once the next B frame comes (no more than a few seconds or so, or seeking will be nigh-impossible) the compression context will be reset, and playback can resume normally. All without compromising that so-very-vital DRM :p

  7. Re:DNS record is removed? That's all? So what? on Canadian Domain Registry Pulls Plug on Free Speech · · Score: 1

    The vast majority of sites, I'm afraid, require a host header - that's how shared hosting works. Maybe this'll change when ipv6 rolls around, but for now, that trick only works if you add it to /etc/hosts.

  8. Re:Teach them without computers on Should Students Be Taught With or Without an IDE? · · Score: 1

    Would you mind clarifying the Lawrence J. Fogel bit? A google for him doesn't explain what you're referring to here, alas.

  9. Re:How long on Japan's JT-60 Tokamak Sets New Plasma Record · · Score: 1

    However, fusion reactor technology is not useful in creating a bomb (except the fuel, I suppose). Additionally, in order to build a H-homb, you first need to build a fission bomb to trigger it.

  10. Re:Not Quite Slashdotted on Google Calendar · · Score: 1

    Sign-ups are quite slow, but after that it seems to mostly work okay. I've heard invitation and reminder emails are having problems, though.

  11. Re:But we didn't win, and aren't close to winning on Open-Government Technique Used on Iraqi Documents · · Score: 1

    Which book is this? I'm not finding it on amazon or google books; what is the ISBN?

  12. Re:Why? on Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Alpha Peeking Out (Or Not) · · Score: 1

    If you mess with the UI, the elements the theme used to control may no longer exist, or the theme may fail to apply to all the needed elements. Thus, it's sensible to break themes over UI changes, to ensure someone will go in and check that the theme still works properly.

  13. Re:Gtalk on Google Wins a Court Battle · · Score: 1

    Better, use a private key, but don't indicate which in the message. The recipient tries every key they have; if you don't have the private key in the message any test is inconclusive.

  14. Re:That's life in America on Judge Orders Deleted Emails Turned Over · · Score: 1

    SSL is available if you go directly to https://mail.google.com. Of course, emails to or from non-gmail users aren't encrypted over SMTP.

  15. Re:You're Not Wrong, BUT... on Judge Orders Deleted Emails Turned Over · · Score: 1

    Just because a copy may remain does not mean it's easy to find. Google's Bigtable technology might retain deleted data for days, but finding the data could be nearly impossible.

  16. Re:Hate to say 'I told you so', but... on Judge Orders Deleted Emails Turned Over · · Score: 1

    What makes you think they index deleted emails? Most likely they're just floating about with a bunch of ad-hoc indices for cleanup purposes, and purged on an arbitrary schedule.

  17. Re:Hate to say 'I told you so', but... on Judge Orders Deleted Emails Turned Over · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Google's bigtable presentation gives some clues onto this. Bigtable purges deleted information in a batch manner, not as the delete requests are given. It seems they'd need such a CYOA term to use such a system.

  18. Re:Baloney. How did that get modded up? on RIAA: Ripping CDs to iPod not 'Fair Use' · · Score: 1

    Obviously, just rip the files off the CD again to some lossless format. Voila, unlimited copies.

  19. Re:Ideas on Building Distributable Linux Binaries? · · Score: 1
    As an odd suggestion: why not build all your code into objects and distribute those with a little script to link them on the client machine into an executable. That would fix the problem right?

    Nope. If it was that simple, it'd just work anyway. Problem is, if structures in header files or whatever change, then the old object files are no longer compatible with the new library, and a recompile is needed.
  20. Re:GPL implication on Supreme Court Lets Utilization Rights Stand · · Score: 1

    As I understand it, it's basically that if the program has a feature which causes it to dump its source, you can't disable or remove that feature without getting approval from everyone who touched the code since it was added.

  21. Re: How long would it take to write this? on Initializing all Java classes at Start-Up · · Score: 1

    There's a library class for accessing ZIP/JAR files. All in all it sounds rather simple.

  22. Re:Grant your trust for the right reasons on Google Patent for User Targeted Search Results · · Score: 1

    Why keep it, is the real question. If news of that kind of thing leaked, it would destroy their reputation. the rick would be far too high.

  23. Re:Grant your trust for the right reasons on Google Patent for User Targeted Search Results · · Score: 1

    What makes you think the email is kept forever? Just because they can't go and scrub the emails from all their backup tapes instantly doesn't mean they keep them in a vault forever to use against you.

  24. Re:record audit standards on UK ATM System Could Have Ruined Economy · · Score: 1

    Don't essentially all ACID-compliant databases do this?

  25. Re:Makes me laugh. on Sweden's File Sharing Debate Becomes Mass Brawl · · Score: 1

    Note, however, the defense is not allowed to inform the jury of this right.