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  1. Translation on Another Breakthrough in Prime Number Theory · · Score: 1

    Large prime numbers tend to form Beowulf clusters.

  2. Re:Crypto in the scope of the real world. on Ask Security/Cryptography Expert Paul Kocher · · Score: 1

    Funny, I thought that factoring large primes was already very easy...

  3. Err.. yeah on Balancing Brains · · Score: 2, Funny
    I thought this was yet another circus number.

    Nevermind...

  4. The title and abstract... on MS Asking Makers of 'Windows' Software To Rename · · Score: 1
    ...as translated by InterTran :

    microscope 'Windows' within, softwarenaam may not

    Friday, 29 November 2002 - Microscope has various make-up with software with within the reputation 'Windows' in request to one other reputation within vote.

    Is Timothy manipulating us ?!

  5. What about Turkey ? on Phoenix To Change Name · · Score: 1

    That's an appropriate bird for the season

  6. The REAL articles... on Relativity Finally Meets Quantum Theory? · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...can be found in the arXiv database. A search for Fotini gives ten results between 1997 and 2002, most of them published in well-known journals, such as Phys. Rev. D, Nucl. Phys. B etc. Not that I understand any of it, by the way...

  7. Ergonomic keyboards ? on Has Software Development Improved? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Title says it all...

  8. Re:Ah yes... on Please Don't Ask Me About Windows On Christmas · · Score: 1
    Wear this shirt daily for best results.

    Yeah, this way everybody will avoid you...

  9. My head spins on Interview with Brewster Kahle · · Score: 1
    Does the Wayback Machine hold snapshots of the Wayback Machine repository as it was n months ago ?

    If it does, wouldn't that be a recursive Beowulf cluster ?

  10. Correct ! on Which Desktop Distro Will Die First? · · Score: 1

    It's faster to boot, to boot !

  11. I am relieved on Stopping Killer Asteroids · · Score: 5, Funny

    By the title, I thought this was an "Ask Slashdot" post...

  12. Hotmail accounts on Email (As We Know It) Doomed? · · Score: 1
    I've had a Hotmail account for five years and I used it whenever I needed to give my email address over the Internet. When I got it, I carefully opted out of all offers, including being listed in the Hotmail Member Directory. I must have received a total of 10-15 spam messages since.

    My girlfriend opened a Hotmail account at about the same time; she opted out of everything, except the Hotmail Member Directory. She receives an average of 5 spam messages every day.

    About three months ago, I opened a new account, just for testing. Opted out etc., didn't give the address to anyone, but I still receive trash (one or two every day).

    Go figure.

  13. Err... on Ants Invade iBook · · Score: 1

    Where the ants migrating from Windows, by any chance ?

  14. Afterthought on Homing In On Laser Weapons · · Score: 1

    Here is some background on lasers.

  15. You're right... on Homing In On Laser Weapons · · Score: 2, Informative

    Roughly, a laser works by changing one form of energy (provided by a "pump") into another (coherent light radiation). No "atomic particle" is turned into anything.

  16. Great ! on Reuters Accused Of Hacking For Typing In URL · · Score: 1
    It's a good thing Reuters is the first to be taken to court, instead of some small guy. Not only they have the means to defend themselves, they have to do it, or they lose face. Not that it will take too long until the case is thrown out of court...

    This will be a good precedent to cite when some other company decides to sue for spurious reasons.

  17. Re:Links of course on Folding@Home Reports Success · · Score: 1
    Token link to how my team is doing.

    Uh huh, so you're the one at the bottom with a negative score ?

  18. Press release on Perpetual Motion Delorean? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tilley Demo Prematurely Terminated by Wheel Bearing Failure Due to Snake Oil Shortage.

  19. More info on Scientists Discover What Makes Geckos Stick · · Score: 1
    Here's the web page of Kellar Autumn at Lewis & Clark College.

    Scroll down for details on gecko climbing.

  20. Heat transfer... on Ask Alton Brown How Food+Heat=Cooking · · Score: 1
    ...is what counts, not the temperature of the lava.

    I guess you could check this out yourself by directly measuring the temperature inside the hen (don't know; a thermocouple or RTD sensor, with proper protection for the leads) as a function of time. Compare with standard oven.

    If you perform the experiment, please share the results !

  21. Of course ! on Some Spammer Has a Crush on You · · Score: 1

    They notify you by flying pig courier !

  22. No, it doesn't ! on When Brains Meet Computer Brawn · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "Begging the question" is a logical fallacy and means building your reasoning on the conclusion you're trying to prove.

    Try "inviting" or "suggesting" the question.

    Not a grammar nazi, just that it's the third time I see it today.

  23. For the really paranoid on NYT Discovers the Panopticon · · Score: 1
    If you're afraid robots.txt and meta-tags won't work, just create an image containing your name (johndoe.jpg) and include it wherever necessary.

    Misspell your name when you sign a petition.

    When buying something online, give your neighbor's name and credit card number (obtaining it is left as an exercise for the reader).

  24. What ? on Harvesting Capacitors for Backyard Munitions · · Score: 1

    No Beowulf cluster joke ?!

  25. Re:Not mysterious - here is an explanation on More Strange Bose-Einstein Condensate Behavior · · Score: 1
    That rate is called the group velocity. This is the rate at which changes propagate, and cannot exceed the speed of light (thanks to Einstein).

    Actually, it's more complicated than that; the group velocity of a pulse can exceed the speed of light, but the leading edge of the pulse cannot move faster than c (thus respecting relativity).

    For more details check this out.