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  1. This can be because on Solar Dynamo Still Anemic, Magnetism and UV Lax · · Score: 2

    This can be because
    Sun has already been bought by Oracle?

  2. listen to binary files loudly? on Linux Radio · · Score: 1

    listen to binary files loudly?
    listeners of numbers stations usually do it.
    I don't know, with pleasure or not, though.

  3. Re:Windows 1.0 was barely usable on Recalling Windows 1.0 At 25 Years · · Score: 1

    And it was great! I love NOT to be able to overlap windows - tiling window managers do just that. Overlapping windows are awful.

  4. Misread on Why Apple's iPad Has Been Good For Sprint · · Score: 1

    I read the headline like "Why Apple's iPad Has Been Good For Spirit"

  5. Re:Is it really only a matter of scheduling? on The State of Linux IO Scheduling For the Desktop? · · Score: 1

    Hm. I afraid you are not correct.
    When in this part of code "drive is doing its thing" ?I
    It happens only in readln () and in readln process yields control to the kernel, which is doing scheduling and io.
      So it's up to kernel what to do in this case.

  6. Bad name on Swedish Pirate Party Fails To Enter Parliament · · Score: 1

    "Pirate" party means that you already yield to MAFIAA slang, and fully accepts it. Real meaning of the word "pirate" is in ocean near Somali...
    A better name would be "Information democracy party", "Information freedom party" or the likes.

  7. XENA on Best Way To Archive Emails For Later Searching? · · Score: 1

    http://xena.sourceforge.net/
    A great Java free software for mail (and other documents) automatic normalization and archivation, developed by Australian Government

  8. Nigerian spam on Microsoft Kills the Kin · · Score: 1

    Dear Mr Cardholder,
    the project kin dies in a accident, that leaved no survivors,
    he leaved 3000000 of Australian dollars in Nigerian bank,
    to get this we need you to be claimed next of kin. ....

  9. Re:Methodology? on 22 Million SSL Certificates In Use Are Invalid · · Score: 1

    I suppose the correct config in this case would be to issue a lot of certificates for all names that this site can be accessed, do I?

  10. Beware of cancer! on Tattoos For the Math and Science Geek? · · Score: 1

    Careful! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7706225/Henna-tattoos-linked-to-leukaemia-risk.html
    Henna tattoos can give you cancer! Personally I know a person who got leukaemia from henna tattoos!

  11. Re:Before having a knee-jerk anti-lawyer moment... on ThinkGeek's Best Ever Cease-and-Desist Letter · · Score: 1

    Can unicorn's meat be kosher?

  12. Re:Before having a knee-jerk anti-lawyer moment... on ThinkGeek's Best Ever Cease-and-Desist Letter · · Score: 1

    It will be a ground for a lot of real lawsuits - for example from people that avoid pork.

  13. Uh oh on X Prize Foundation Wants AI Physician On Every Smartphone · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why do you need AI physician if you already have a phone? Just send a real physician (non-American, of course, because US physicians are really overpriced ones thanks to various professional insurances and malpractice lawsuits) a MMS with your views and symptoms. That will be better analyzed, anyhow.

  14. Nice to them on MySQL Outpacing Oracle In Wake of Acquisition · · Score: 1

    I like Oracle, its products and technologies and I am glad that its opensource products are gaining sales. I wish good luck to Oracle.

  15. Two Russian problems on VisLab Sponsors Milan-to-Shanghai Driverless Trek · · Score: 1

    In Russia there always been two problems: fools and roads.
    It's really interesting how these super-cars shall overcame that problems.

  16. Anti-eating dinosaur on Fossil of Ant-Eating Dinosaur Discovered In China · · Score: 1

    Does he have fast? Or eats backwards?

  17. Re:Make a star topology and secure the center on How To Avoid a Botnet Infection? · · Score: 1

    You can make a fault-tolerant cluster for the server. Anyway, this is a usual compromiss - if you want security - it comes with a fee.

  18. Make a star topology and secure the center on How To Avoid a Botnet Infection? · · Score: 1

    Make a star topology off the ethernet (for example by mandating pptp to central server for web access).
    Monitor IP connections there.
    Put a filtering proxy po
    Do not allow IP view from one workstation to other. No workstation should see each other on IP. Each one should see only the server.

  19. RUNA, nuxeo on Business-Suitable Document Authentication System? · · Score: 1

    You can try to make a solution for your problem by using Runa-WFE http://wf.runa.ru/About
    It's free software, and, as far as I know, can handle your tasks.
    Also you can try to look to http://www.nuxeo.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/
    Both products are based on Jboss

  20. Re:clam on What Free Antivirus Do You Install On Windows? · · Score: 1

    You doesn't need to have a great performance to scan only changed files. Rootkit self-defence of a clamwin is a completely other topic. I think the level of such defence of clamwin unfortunately is low...

  21. Re:clam on What Free Antivirus Do You Install On Windows? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Clam sentinel is a program that detects file system changes and automatically scans the files added or modified using ClamWin. Require the installation of ClamWin. For Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7.
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/clamsentinel/

  22. Re:Yes on Colliding Particles Can Make Black Holes After All · · Score: 1

    Nope.
    LHC creates holes with relative to earth speed~ 0, while in cosmic ray collisions the holes will have relative to earth speed ~= speed of light.
    So if black holes are created on cosmic rays, these black holes will immediately leave earth, while in LHC the holes will stay here and grow...

  23. Encryption drawbacks on Only 27% of Organizations Use Encryption · · Score: 5, Informative

    Using encryption has its drawbacks:
    * you must provide a meaningful key management
    * you lose speed of your machines for number crunching
    * you can easily lose data in the event of hardware corruption
    * access to data is a bit harder even for legitimate purposes
    * many systems (for example Active Directory domain controller .vs. ipsec) doesn't work well with encryption
    * skills of your systems management must be higher

  24. Having in mind of those TSA restrictions on TSA Wants You To Keep Your Seat, and Your Hands In Sight · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is it possible to travel to USA from Europe by ship? Is there any passenger lines? Or cargo ships which accepts passengers?

  25. Re:Enough of this shit already on TSA Wants You To Keep Your Seat, and Your Hands In Sight · · Score: 1

    Try to call your representative about it. Also try to elect a representative, who is opposed of such moves.