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  1. Re:Info on what exactly SHA-1 is ... on SHA-1 Broken · · Score: 1

    yup, it's called Digital Fortress

  2. Re:Meanwhile on How VeriSign Could Stop Drive-By Downloads · · Score: 4, Funny

    setting "sex bits" on IP packets to indicate sexual content.
    Are those like the Evil Bits?

  3. Re:You can drag the map ! on Google Launches Mapping Service · · Score: 1

    Not true. I was able to type in my address in montreal and it found it. Haven't tried to find any other canadian address though.

  4. Re:Where's the buggy-eyed smily when you need it? on Man Reportedly Jailed for Using Lynx · · Score: 1

    They do wear off after a while, if the bills have travelled a lot. Don't know how a blind person could tell the difference between the bills. Also its only the new bills that have braille, so if they get an old $20 then they're stuck.
    See here for more info. (It's not quire braille, just a raised symbol) http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/banknotes/accessibil ity.html

  5. Re:already started on Google Moves Into Video · · Score: 1

    As mentioned earlier, I think they have a ways to go. Can you understand anything on this page?
    Although I guess closed captionning a live event is difficult, as I'm sure someone will attest to.

  6. Re:/. Is Just getting Round to This? on Gran Turismo 4 JP Launch · · Score: 1

    According to the Future Shop Web Site, (where you can preorder GT4), the estimated release date is March 1. Anyone know anything different?
    Also, since I just got my PS2, should I get this game or should I get GT3? I have not played any GT game.

  7. Re:Been done before on Build Your Own Lego Computer Case · · Score: 1

    I guess he had a few more pieces than you, ie enough to make pretty patterns and such.
    You need sunglasses for yours!
    Now if only I had money, room and an understanding girlfriend I would try this.

  8. Re:Here is an example on Wikipedia Criticised by Its Co-founder · · Score: 1

    Yes I was wrong. I missed that last bit.

  9. Re:Here is an example on Wikipedia Criticised by Its Co-founder · · Score: 1

    So if it's wrong or incomplete, why don't you change it? If everyone thinks that "Oh someone else will see that and correct it" then nothing will ever get done.

  10. Re:Higher resolution image? on Firefox New York Times Ad Hits the Presses · · Score: 1

    How does that support Firefox at all? You're just putting more money into the NYT's coffers? Sure maybe if they see the ad generated more sales (for the NYT), they might try to do it again but I doubt it.

  11. Re:Adblock/Flashblock on Flash Makes Splash in Gadgets · · Score: 1

    With RBC in Canada, (and most banks I think) the language is stored on the card. If you use the card with your bank's machine you do not need to pick the language. And at the store I work at, the receipt is printed out in the language stored on the card.

  12. Re:Manual on 1-Click Blooper Playback for Original Trilogy DVD · · Score: 3, Informative

    for the lazy:
    Clicky

  13. Re:Weight Sensors on Self-Adapting Traffic Lights · · Score: 0

    I used to work nights at a gas station along a main street here in a suburb of Montreal. What happens to most of the lights along this main street during the night (i've had plenty of time to observe the ones at my corner) is that they stay green for cars going up or down the main street. If a car pulls up on the cross street, the main street light immediately turns yellow. The car goes and as soon as there are no more cars the light turns green again for the main street. My municippality has some of the better designed intersections in the West-Island.

  14. Re:iPod books are big... on Three Books On The iPod · · Score: 0

    I sense the beginning of a new Slashdot meme...for better or worse? that has yet to be seen.

  15. Re:That's easy. on Math Whiz Breaks Calculation Record · · Score: 0

    what about imaginary numbers? do those exist?

  16. Re:What IS a pivot table anyway? on A Complete Guide to Pivot Tables · · Score: 0

    OT

    ...and now I am become FrontPage, destroyer of HTML...

    and destroyer of good grammar

  17. Re:Some calculations... on Hacking Vodka · · Score: 0

    Are you sure that's a chick?

    It's either a manly looking woman or girly looking guy. Either way, not my cup of tea.

  18. Re:Blame the Democratic Party!!! on Kerry Concedes Election To Bush · · Score: 0

    wow...I'm canadian (and a quebecer to boot) and never made that connection. And here i thought that only ontario counted.

    Go Quebec!

  19. Re:See on NYT Firefox Campaign Raises $250,000 · · Score: 0

    "Sorry, we cannot find the page you requested."

  20. Re:A LOT more new stuff... on New Apple iPod with Photo Capabilities · · Score: 0

    - iTunes Music Store is coming to Canada in November

    Finally! Gonna have to watch I don't spend too much there...99c a song can add up...

  21. Re:Ironically enough... on Firefox Seeks Full Page Ad in New York Times · · Score: 0

    I doubt that's what he meant.
    Then again, I first thought of that as well and I'm sure we are not the only people who did.

  22. Re:Adver-gaming on Neopets Gambling Controversy · · Score: 0

    the advertising comes not necessarily from ads, of which there isn't many, but from branded games and entire sections of the site. Yet they do not attempt to hide these: at the bottom of this page, it clearly states "THIS PAGE CONTAINS PAID ADVERTISEMENTS". My girlfriend, who's been playing for years spends a lot of time there, but I don't think it's a bad thing. It's something to do, she's working towards a goal in the game and she's meeting new people.

  23. wow on Slashback: Pong, Economics, Stability · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    whoa that's messed up...two stories exactly the same right on top of each other and now they both have the same summary (before one was the whole story on the main page)...and now one's gone.

  24. Re:gmail invites on Gmail Adds Features · · Score: 0

    You definitely didn't make up the term "viral marketing". Typing it into the address bar of firefox took me to this page. And of course it is the right term to describe this phenomenon.


    on a completely unrelated note, i just realized how much fun that keyword feature in firefox could be. *goes to type in own name*

  25. Re:Still can't open message in a new window on Gmail Adds Features · · Score: 0

    or even better [ctrl]-click which opens a new tab in firefox. I mapped a thumb button on my logitech mx700 to [ctrl] so it's easy to open new tabs.