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  1. Re:Error in story on Activists Use Wikipedia To Test Aussie Net Censors · · Score: 1

    >Link at the bottom of the page was removed 15 minutes after inital the protection by the same administrator who protected the page.

    Nope, the protection was applied by SoWhy here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australian_Communications_and_Media_Authority&diff=278062010&oldid=278060875

    The link was removed by VirtualSteve approximately one and a half hour later. VirtualSteve also removes and re-applies the protection. Scarian then re-inserts the link nearly seven hours later.

  2. Re:Error in story on Activists Use Wikipedia To Test Aussie Net Censors · · Score: 1

    Nope, the link has was there when the page was protected, immediately after and when I checked a few seconds ago.
    Maybe you're confusing the link we're talking about (at the bottom of the WP page) with the one that keeps being added and removed from within the WP text?

  3. Error in story on Activists Use Wikipedia To Test Aussie Net Censors · · Score: 4, Informative

    The link has not been removed. It is at the bottom of WikiPedia's ACAM article as "Prohibited link".
    The story pretty much describes the opposite of what happened - the page was protected because a minority of users (many of them IP users without a login) kept on removing the link.

  4. Only 32 bits? on Y2K38 Watch Starts Saturday · · Score: 1

    The java 64-bit time format won't roll over until 292278994-08-17 07:12:55.807 (UTC). Yep, that's over 290 million years from now. I guess that should give plenty of time to move to 128-bit architectures. :)

  5. Re: Metric System on Visual Autopsy Of An ATM Card Skimmer · · Score: 1

    If Imperial units are so easy to use, could you please tell me how many fluid ounces you get to a cubic inch? Answer here: http://www.google.com/search?q=1+cubic+inch+in+oun ces&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&met a=

  6. Re:I disagree... on Kasparov Wins Game 3 Against X3D Fritz · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Humans just don't play that way. When a human rejects the vast majority of possible moves he's not even considering them."

    What you counsciously think your brain is doing and what your brain subconsciously is actually doing might be two different things, you know.

  7. Growing responsibility on Rules for Teenage Internet Access? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You can't trust your children to act responsibly at 18 if you haven't trusted them before.
    Face it: Your children will grow up, you can not be there to watch over them every minute of their lives. They WILL have to learn to make their own decisions and take responsibility - learning this involves the opportunity to make bad decisions.

    The internet is a relatively safe world (fearmongering about paedophiles notwithstanding) and if you cannot trust them with a modem, you'll never be able to trust them with a car, or in a liqour store - or with choosing a life partner. Tell them about the dangers - and why they are dangers. Tell them that paedophiles are bad people, and that they should never, under any circumstance, meet anyone they only know over the internet. Tell them that porn may be interesting, but real women aren't like that. Tell them what real women think of boys who spend lots of time on porn. Tell them that they'll have to act respectfully if they want others to respect them. Tell them to never give out their phone number, address or other information. Tell them that fraud is fraud, even on the internet.

    Maybe it'll help, but ultimately it's up to your kids, not you. It's their life and you can prepare them for it, but you cannot live it for them.

  8. Legged vs. Wheeled on Segway-Based Robot Opens Doors · · Score: 1

    Why invest money in researching wheeled robots? Is not legged robots better for all purposes except speed?

  9. There can only be one. on Cheating Detector from Georgia Tech · · Score: 1

    Cuz remember programmers: in the real world you are fired if you consult with a co-worker ;)
    In the real world at least one programmer has to know the answer.

  10. Re:Not quite really on GNU GPL law and "lagom" copyright · · Score: 1

    I think the swedish word carries more of a value judgement than the word moderate. Agreed. Saying that something is laving evil would be comic, since evil is not a very lagom thing to be.

  11. Re:For those of you wondering what "Lagom" means on GNU GPL law and "lagom" copyright · · Score: 1

    Sorry to be offtopic, but another poster proposed that "lagom" means the same as "moderate", which is not true. The meaning of "lagom" is wider, and also lies at the soul of an outlook on life.

    The meaning can best be described as "just right".