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  1. You *want* a view of a city? on Build Your Own Cityscape · · Score: 5, Informative


    I live in a city ... I'd like a view of trees and fields and stars at night please.

  2. Atlas of the ocean? on UN Publishes Marine Atlas · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope they don't run out of blue.

  3. One step further on ReplayTV Users Sue Hollywood · · Score: 2, Informative


    Users who have been called thieves by the entertainment industry should sue for libel.

    Calling someone a thief is very serious. Under English law, and therefore under US law as well possibly, accusations of theft do not require the accusee to prove real damages - the accusation is damage enough.

    Perhaps if the industry was punished for doing this they would stop using such emotional language in order to make their point seem more serious than it is.

  4. Re:No, we just aren't half-deaf like you on Noise Control Stealth Tower · · Score: 1

    Nine twenty-nine (Pacific Time.

  5. Re:Ok, I'm Impressed on D-VHS to Hit The Market This Week · · Score: 1

    D-VHS has a maximum data rate of nearly 30Mbps.

  6. Re:Dell and Linux on 'Unbreakable Linux' · · Score: 1
  7. Re:Hubble..... on Hubble's Infrared Camera Repaired · · Score: 3, Informative

    NASA false-color these images

    Since it's an infra-red camera, yes.

  8. Re:Cost? on Europol Describes Data Retention Desires · · Score: 1

    She didn't just skip school a couple of times, she attacked other children. The choices were tagging or a stay in a young offenders institution. Her lawyer says tagging was preferable

  9. Re:...and yet on Latest IE Hole Lets Gopher Root You · · Score: 1

    When it comes to security, getting root access to your machine in this case, many people would feel safer if the burden of proof was on the browser writer (MS included).

    Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could say "we're not using IE until you prove it is safe" rather than you saying "it is safe to use browser X until someone proves it isn't"

  10. Re:...and yet on Latest IE Hole Lets Gopher Root You · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When are the writers of other browsers going to release the documentation proving that the gopher handling code has been security auditted, that sufficient gopher testcases have been built, and that the browser passed all the gopher handling tests?

    The reason there are aren't reports of security holes in gopher code in other browers is that no-one has looked, not that the holes don't exist.

  11. hostile Gopher site? on Latest IE Hole Lets Gopher Root You · · Score: 4, Funny

    "hostile Gopher site"? Ouch ... I think shall wear kevlar underpants while using IE in future.

  12. Re:Welding glasses my tailpipe... on Crescent Sunset · · Score: 3, Informative
  13. Re:Hint. on Making Money As An Open Source Game Developer? · · Score: 2, Funny

    This model works really well when one of the puzzles in the game is to decrypt an email encrypted with a 1024-bit PGP key.