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  1. Spikes in activity on The Root of All E-Mail · · Score: 1
    "We see a lot of spikes or peaks or things that might indicate [denial of service] attacks," Rippe said. Those blips represent a much more substantial security concern for the addressing officials than do the threat of physical attacks


    Denial of Service attacks or a recent ./ post, it's probably hard to tell the difference.

  2. Re:1 Ethical Question, 1 Assumption on Twin Robots Scope Out Titanic, Europa Next? · · Score: 1
    First, the assumption. We are assuming that there is a sea under Europa's Ice Sheet, aren't we? Do we have any proof that there is a sea underneith?


    Yes. through radio spectroscopy and the wonders of radar, they have known that the ice is only so thick and that a vast ocean contained below exists as a result of the still hot core of the planet.

  3. Re:split that meson on Twin Robots Scope Out Titanic, Europa Next? · · Score: 1
    How JPL will overcome the time delay isn't mentioned...


    With an enlarged sub that can house a monkey to steer the rig.

  4. Re:Dell on Gateway Testifies To Microsoft's OEM Treatment · · Score: 1

    No you flame-monkey, I read it on slashdot.
    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/19/051624 3&mode=thread
    "Today, this article on Reuters news reports: 'Citing internal Microsoft memos, the nine states also said that in 2000 and 2001 Microsoft pressured Dell Computer Corp. into dropping plans to offer the open-source Linux operating system on some machines it sells.'"

  5. Re:Why do people keep on Gateway Testifies To Microsoft's OEM Treatment · · Score: 3, Insightful

    M$ may make Gateway suffer, but seeing as they already have a very small percent of the PC market share, they may stand to gain fans in the large community of *nix users. It's a loose/win situation

  6. Re:Dell on Gateway Testifies To Microsoft's OEM Treatment · · Score: 1

    It was a great thing when Dell offered Linux on thier business class workstations, great for everyone but Microsoft that is. They forced the Dell to cease and decist forcing them to only offer Windoze after they realized how much market share they could loose.

  7. Re:ouch on Slashback: Ford, Buccaneers, Hardware · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and it serves the same purpose as your computer running winamp and an audio cable coming out of your sound card. It may be slim, but it isn't all that usefull.

  8. Re:Irresponsible on Single-Photon LED: Key To Uncrackable Encryption? · · Score: 1

    I agree that sioe scientists should think a little more about the social ramificactions of a technology before it is fully developed, but in this case, they are not doing much more harm than the cipher writers of centuries ago did when those codes were "un-breakable".



    The problem is that breakable codes can work against us as much as they work for us. If a top general was sending plans about where they were going to look for members of the al-Qaida network next, I would want them to send it using a truly un-breakable. We have face the fact that people can transfer information in a fashion that does not allow any one else to find out what was transfered. There are many covert channels (stenography) that the al-Qaida network uses that are already very difficult to de-crypt.

  9. Prevention and Pre-disposition on Fighting the Scourge of Gaming Addiction · · Score: 1

    I agree that people in any environment can become addicts. Furthermore, someone could start an addiction for any reason ranging from curiosity, search for solstice or whatever. One unifying relation between most people addicted to anything is the inherited gene which one or both of a persons parents endowed them with.

    This theory has not yet been verified to be 100% correct, but most people in recovery for anything know to warn and educated thier children about the dangers of an addictive lifestyle. Education is the first step in prevention, but for some people (especially those pre-disposed to addiction), nothing will teach them better than hitting a really low point in thier life as a result of addiction.