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  1. Re: Warning. on 3.5 Ton Satellite to Crash Back to Earth · · Score: 1

    Oops. I'm not American, so I converted from the American date format 2-16 to something logical (16th Feb) and bypassed the 'is this a real date' check.

    I realise there's nothing to be done about it, and I'm not worried; I just think it is polite to let people know something bad is about to happen when you find out about it, not 1 day before it happens.

  2. Re:Makes sense. on Scientists Claim Organs Grown From Stem Cells · · Score: 1


    The new baby-sized heart is also going to have difficulty pumping blood around your adult-sized body.

    It would be better to read the article and realise they're growing individual organs, not whole mammals.

  3. Re:Cloning a individual's brain? on Scientists Claim Organs Grown From Stem Cells · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Actually ... "mostly harmless"

  4. Doesn't matter, yet, if it isn't complete. on Scientists Claim Organs Grown From Stem Cells · · Score: 3, Interesting

    British kidney experts are sceptical about the possibility that ACT has re-created the kidney in its entirety. ... It is possible that the company had made a simpler structure that could still produce urine, he said.

    Even a incomplete organ would be better than nothing if it results in better treatment than dialysis every few days.

  5. Re:"Mystery" Trailer on Episode II Gets Rave Review · · Score: 3, Funny

    There was genuine sincerity in his voice,

    Ewan McGregor? He's that actor bloke isn't he?

  6. Re:Damn on 3.5 Ton Satellite to Crash Back to Earth · · Score: 1
    Although you have to admit it is an exceedingly large target zone :-

    This ranges includes areas as far north as Orlando, Fla., and as far south as Brisbane, Australia.
  7. Warning. on 3.5 Ton Satellite to Crash Back to Earth · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I know there's not a whole lot we can do about it ... but couldn't the media have given us a bit more warning. It's less than 30 hours from the CNN article to the earliest estimated reentry time.

    NASA's original press release was on the 16th Feb.

    Even that is a bit worrying. Did NASA only discover 11 days ago that their 3.5 tonne satellite was going to crash? It's not like they behave erratically, is it?

  8. Re:very intelligent. on Biological Network Security · · Score: 3, Funny

    We don't experience network downtime

    Yawn!

  9. Re:How they do it on Speed of Light Measurement Using Ping · · Score: 2, Informative

    The informative bit is the reference 7 where stochastic resonance is actually explained.

    stochastic resonance

  10. Re:Why not use Jupiter's moons? on Speed of Light Measurement Using Ping · · Score: 1

    Why not use Jupiter's moons?

    1) They don't fit in a school's classroom.
    2) You can only see them at night.
    3) You can only see them on a clear night.
    4) You can only see them on a clear night when Jupiter is in your bit of the sky.

  11. Re:How can this be accurate? on Speed of Light Measurement Using Ping · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Over 15000 samples it's going to be pretty constant.

    Perhaps you should read the paper?

  12. Re:How can this be accurate? on Speed of Light Measurement Using Ping · · Score: 2, Insightful

    All those things are mentioned are constant - so you can do it with a long wire, and with a short wire.

    Then you use the difference - and you've eliminated your constants.

  13. Dismissal means nothing for the DMCA? on ElcomSoft Files For Dismissal Of E-Book Case · · Score: 4, Insightful


    If they get a dismissal, then that means the DMCA will go unchallenged right?

    The decision won't have precedent over any subsequent case?

  14. Belkin on KVM Recommendations for 2002? · · Score: 1

    I never had much luck with Belkin - I found it was very easy to destroy a port by moving cables at the wrong time or turning the unit on or off at the wrong time.

    Also their emulation of devices is not good, so when you're booting you have to have the kvm-box switched to the booting computer or it complains about missing devices.

  15. Re:Radio 1 vs Radio 4 on BBC Reopens Ogg Streams · · Score: 2, Informative

    BBC radio is the same everywhere, with a little local content

    Except for the 38 local staions in England and radios Scotland, alba, Wales Cymru Ulster and Foyle

  16. Uh? on Public Survey For NASA's Planetary Research Priorities · · Score: 1

    We all filled in the survey last week

  17. Re:Dear Timothy: on Borking Outlook Express · · Score: 1, Troll

    /. deliberately spells peoples' names incorrectly to annoy them.

    Surely that's all right with you, since you do something similar to people who use software you have an irrational fear of?

  18. Tron on Borking Outlook Express · · Score: 1
    following some links about Mick Moffit and tron I found this

    On slashnet, we have a little channel called #tron. Why is this evil, you ask? Well, we auto-kick all mIRC users.

    So, despite their protestations, it sounds like none of them want to play nicely.
  19. Re:Sparrow on Electric Car Sighted on Highway - Who Makes It? · · Score: 1

    okay ... e*evolution motors, a Corbin dealer, is in Atlanta.

  20. Re:Sparrow on Electric Car Sighted on Highway - Who Makes It? · · Score: 2, Informative

    If it is, then the information you want is

    range : 30 to 60 miles
    top speed : 60mph officially. This user got 80mph
    acceleration : "a bit poor" or surprisingly brisk
    cost : $15000
    cell type : 13 Optima sealed, lead acid cell batteries

  21. Sparrow on Electric Car Sighted on Highway - Who Makes It? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Is it a corbin sparrow? Looks v.similar and they're Atlanta based.

  22. Re:I could only get several pictures on Electric Car Sighted on Highway - Who Makes It? · · Score: 1

    The pictures were taken from the passenger's side.

  23. Re:Read the site! on How Many Keys Have You Pressed? · · Score: 1

    You really think somebody other than Cydoor would do something that viral[sic]?

    Yes, I do.

    There are plenty of keylogging and password sniffing trojans out there already. Why would I be surprised at one more?

    offtopic :
    Computer viruses are defined by their ability to replicate. Nothing more.

  24. Re:Use of � on How Many Keys Have You Pressed? · · Score: 1

    No, it is the sideways L thing () and it is on UK keyboards on the top left key.

    Where ~ is on the US layout.

    The key has the `(quote) the |(pipe) and the .

    I've never used it either.

  25. Re:Read the site! on How Many Keys Have You Pressed? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps it only starts the logging after a month or so, after even the most paranoid people have stopped distrusting it.

    I'm afraid the burden of proof is on the authors - the users cannot prove the application is safe without monitoring its behaviour constantly for as long as it is used.