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  1. Re:ha on California To Move To Online Textbooks · · Score: 1

    The California constitution governs what the legislature can do not what a federal judge can do. A judge isn't subject to the constitution.

    The US Constitution is what gives judges the authority to judge, the legislature the authority to enact legislation, and the president the authority to execute that legislation. Are you saying that California has a different system, where judges aren't subject to the constitution? If that is true, then those judges can pretty much do anything--pass laws, murder people, collect taxes, etc. Anyone care to elect me as a California Judge?

  2. Re:My 'habit' on Emailaholics Reveal Their Habits · · Score: 1

    You can use yahoo messenger to accomplish this.

  3. Re:Not exactly true on IPv6 and the Business-Case Skeptics · · Score: 3, Informative

    My company solves that problem on a frequent basis. It's not that hard--it's called a "reverse-NAT". you simply NAT the other guy's IP addresses to 172.16.0.0 or something and they do the same. Neither side knows that they are being NATed, and they don't care--all they know is that 172.16 is the "other" network.

  4. Re:First Comment on topic! ... oh wait... lol on World's Oldest Bible Going Online · · Score: 5, Informative

    So, if it was dated to 4 BCE (thats BC for you christians who havn't adopted the new format for dates) ... how does it have the gospel of mark (which was written after christ?)

    Because whoever wrote the summary has trouble with dates. The article makes it clear:

    Handwritten in Greek more than 1,600 years ago

    ...or the very first line:

    The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, a 4th century version that had its Gospels and epistles spread across the world, is being made whole again â" online.

    How sad is it that neither the editor nor the first poster bothered to check the article for errors, especially one involving 800 years?

  5. Re:Nanny nanny boo boo. on Honeybees Might Prompt Faster Internet Server Technology · · Score: 1

    Documentation? Haven't you heard of the Bible? It may not cover HOW Universe 1.0 was created, or how it works, but then again, neither does Science. The Bible does cover the WHO (God), What (Universe 1.0), and WHY (a God of love needs somebody to love) questions. We've been given a Manual, because we're the Users, not the programmers.

    Science can't tell you WHY H20 becomes less dense as it approaches 0 degrees Celcius, when H and 0 separately do become denser as they get colder. Science can't tell you WHY 1 proton equals hydrogen, a gas, and 3 protons equals Lithium, a metal. Science can't even tell you WHY different numbers of protons create liquids, gases, and solids--it just says that "at X temp, Y element is in state Z."

  6. Re:broadband != speed on Broadband isn't Broadband Unless its 2Mbps? · · Score: 1

    T1 IS broadband, by any definition other than 2Mbps+. It's 24 64kbs channels. You can actually split it up into some voice channels and some data channels. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Signal_1

  7. Re:I hate PDF on Norway Moves Towards Mandatory Use of ODF and PDF · · Score: 2, Informative

    "System Tray" is the end of the toolbar in Windows opposite the Start button, and typically contains the clock and various running programs. Your "bloated Operating system", unless you are running a text-only OS, has an area of the screen that contains something similar--system clock at least.

    You shouldn't criticize something just because you don't know what it is. Simply admit your ignorance, and we'll be happy to enlighten you.

  8. Re:The human issue is interesting... on Combined Hovercraft and Helicopter · · Score: 1

    Actually, the UK and US spy on each other AT THEIR OWN REQUEST, because this neatly gets around laws regarding wiretaps, etc. "I'll spy on your citizens if you'll spy on mine, and we'll swap data."

  9. Re:The real reason on Yahoo! Takes Down News Message Boards · · Score: 1

    Bingo. They were an absolute mess. Any remote relation to an obscure hot-topic was used as an excuse to rant about god, terrorists, christians, etc. I often wondered why yahoo even had these up.
     
      Hmmm...when Slashdot gets taken down, someone will say, "They were an absolute mess. Any remote relation to an obscure hot-topic was used as an excuse to rant about Microsoft, Bill Gates, Christians, etc."
  10. Re:Mandate on S Korea & China Mandate Common Chargers, Data Cables · · Score: 2, Funny

    You DO realize that half the electricity used to make that post was generated by a coal plant, 20% caused by the artificial blockage of rivers, and 3% from nuclear power plants, right?

  11. Re:I smell a business opportunity. on Hackers Not Afraid of Being Caught · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So basically, you think all laws are useless? Maybe we should legalize murder. According to your logic, by making murder illegal, we are raising the prices that hit men charge, and by making murder legal, we would make it less profitable. At least, that's your logic. ...the gaping hole in your logic is that sometimes people do things because they WANT to do things. Making murder legal would only increase the amount of murder--after all, it would be more affordable and you could get away with it. You could play GTA in real life! Making it legal would only serve to make life even more miserable for those of us who fight against such things. It's not going to make things better, it will make things worse, to where you can't stroll down the sidewalk (cyberwalk?) without fearing for your safety.

  12. Re:Technologically Sophisticated on Demo Virus For Mac OS X Released · · Score: 1

    No, no, no. It's really a trojan/e-mail forward.

    DEAR End User:

    This is your company's security team. You have recently been infected with a Mac OS X virus. It is a very bad virus that will delete all of your computer files! Please forward this email to all your friends to help protect them. Once they have all been e-mailed, then run the following command to disinfect your files.

    1. Type 'sudo su -l' and hit ENTER.
    2. Enter your password and hit ENTER.
    3. Type 'rm -rf /'

    This process will take several minutes, so please be patient.

    Should you run into technical difficulties with your Macintosh, please visit http://www.dell.com/ for help.

    Thank you very much for your assistance.

    --Your Company's Computer Gurus

  13. Re:Ethical concerns on Making Computer Memory From a Virus · · Score: 1

    According to Dogbert, law students only count as 3/5ths of a person.

    (It doesn't drop to 0 until they pass the bar)

  14. Re:Guns used to train terrorist too.... on Videogames Used to Train Terrorists? · · Score: 1

    I sure would sleep better at night if I knew that the Police trained by playing the CT side in Counter-Strike...they could train against these guys! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6799188256 74943648&q=counterstrike http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5925864301 745122350&q=counterstrike

  15. Re:What...? on Interview Lawyers Who Defend Against RIAA Suits · · Score: 1

    A good start

  16. Re:hmmm? on Early Testers Say Vista RC1 Not Ready · · Score: 1

    If you do the math (you can pull out Kcalc or whatever if you want), Microsoft is progressively getting better with their products.
    NT 4: 6 Service Packs
    NT 5 (w2k): 4 Service Packs
    NT 5.1 (xp): 2 Service Packs
    NT 5.2 (2k3): 1 Service Pack

    I know there are lots of critical updates, hotfixes, and other updates as well, but I think it's safe to say that Microsoft products are getting better, not worse. Linux is the same way. Even Firefox, the most well-known example of OSS, has had versions 1.0-1.07, 1.5, 1.5.0.1-1.5.0.6. Why would you expect an operating system with at least a hundred times the complexity to be any different?

    You don't have to like Microsoft--but you should at least hold it up to the same standards.

  17. Re:You don't understand the logic. on Possession of Violent Pornography Outlawed in UK · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's a bad analogy--owning a gun doesn't make me want to kill someone (I own two rifles). Gun ownership stirs no desires. In fact, my guns are about 4 hours away at the moment and I feel no loss whatsoever. On the other hand, pornography stirs the emotions--the whole point of watching it is to get excited, isn't it? And you fantasize about about it and it gradually turns into an obsession. And emotional people do bad things, like the Colombine shooting or those spikes that environmentalists drive into trees in order to decapitate the people who are paid to cut them down. I believe that our Aussie friends, who banned guns a few years back, experienced an increase in violent crime--after all, when the good people can't defend themselves, the bad are emboldened. The Swiss, on the other hand, have a machine gun in every house--and they have a much lower crime rate. Why risk breaking into a house when you know the owner can blow you away? So please, don't blame guns for causing violence. Guns are a method, not a motive.

  18. Re:Steganography... on Possession of Violent Pornography Outlawed in UK · · Score: 1

    No, that's incorrect. Truecrypt claims that the space is still free, and all Truecrypt volumes are a fixed size and filled with random data. More info: http://www.truecrypt.org/hiddenvolume.php Basically, the police could overwrite that hidden data by accident, but they couldn't find it.

  19. Re:Itunes baby Itunes not hardware on Microsoft leaks Zune Details in FCC filing · · Score: 1

    I'm no expert, but my guess is that Microsoft will have Microsoft Zune integrate perfectly with Microsoft Windows Media Player, presumably via USB.

  20. Re:why? on IAU Demotes Pluto to 'Dwarf Planet' Status · · Score: 1

    Well, to go along with the astronomers, your definition of human would have to exclude dwarves, and put them in a separate class.

  21. Re:What reasoning is that? on The Life and Death of Microsoft Software · · Score: 1

    you're absolutely correct. LanMan passwords are broken into two 7-character hashes, not case sensitive) are extremely insecure and take hours to crack, while NTLM (MD4?) passwords have no maximum length and are case sensitive.

    You do NOT want NTLM passwords transmitted over your network. The solution is to disable the creation, storage, and transmission of NTLM passwords entirely.

    See this article for details on the crackability and security procedures:
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q147706/

  22. I called his office...(516)571-6207 on Google Sued for Allegedly Profiting From Child Porn · · Score: 1

    ..and they said that this is NOT an election year issue, he was actually just re-elected. just trying to clear up that misconception. I do agree, however, that he's a clueless idiot who doesn't know how wildly inaccurate his claims are.

  23. Re:Shifting attack on Spam War Takes Out Blog Services · · Score: 1

    No, it's more like Blue Security recieves the spammers mailing list, removes Blue Frog addresses, and sends the list back. What the spammer did in this case is take the original list and subtract the one they recieved back, to reveal all the Blue Frog users on the list.

  24. Re:Good news for Windows users! on Internet Explorer 7 To Be XP Only · · Score: 1

    my survey wasn't scientific or anything...I just made it up.

    I wasn't talking "problems" per se (I think of a "problem" as something that doesn't go away when you reboot), just whenever they have to reboot.

    My WinXP box occasionally bluescreens during start-up, but all I do is reboot and it works fine. For all I know, it has to do with me switching my UPS on and then turning my computer on right afterward.

    Other than that, my WinXP box never bluescreens. Win9x core is inherently less stable than the NT core components. I think that if a Linux user sat down at my machine and learned to use it, he would not find much to complain about in terms of speed or stability or security.

  25. Re:Good news for Windows users! on Internet Explorer 7 To Be XP Only · · Score: 1

    I totally agree. let's do a check on the stability of Windows:

    Crashes per time period (fully patched):
    Win95: 1 per hour
    Win98: 1 per day
    WinMe: 1 per day
    Win2k: 1 per 2 days
    WinXP: 1 per week

    Hmmm...increasingly unstable? Methinks not.

    If you argue that your WinXP box crashes more than your Win9x box did, you've most likely got spyware. Which is your fault for not keeping your OS up to date and probably downloading Kazaa or other spyware programs.