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  1. Re:I don't understand the obsession... on New Phoenix BIOS Starts Windows 7 Boot In 1 Second · · Score: 1

    laptops. even for suspend, bios can eat up a good few seconds. and if the os boots in 10 seconds, well... that's faster than the suspend on my laptop.

    If you only have like 30 minutes to use a laptop (say during commute), you don't want to waste a minute (or 2-4 minutes) starting up your machine.

  2. Re:Browsers might be ready for GL but not Javascri on Initial WebGL Support Lands In WebKit · · Score: 1

    also don't forget true "arrays"; as is, I think it takes lg(n) time to access array elements.

  3. Re:Wrong link on Incorporating Human Behavior Into Wall Street Mathematical Models · · Score: 1

    ...and the "uh, oh, Swine Flu" will cause vast market fluctuations...

  4. Re:Escort on Microsoft Interns Still Feel the Love · · Score: 1

    ...it's a trap!

  5. Re:Presumably on Tracking Stolen Gadgets — Manufacturers' New Dilemma · · Score: 1

    bricking it prevents theft of future devices, as they lose the resale value.

  6. Re:Street justice? on Tracking Stolen Gadgets — Manufacturers' New Dilemma · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Mobile phone corps can disable use of the phone (well, your sim card), and then re-enable it if you find it a day or two later.

  7. ...full text requires a subscription on Code-Breaking Quantum Algorithm On a Silicon Chip · · Score: 1

    I'm so glad these research publications are made widely available to all... err...

  8. Re:Silly Putty? on The Orange Goo That Could Save Your Laptop · · Score: 0

    It's more expensive. And isn't silly :-)

  9. Re:Its been done for years already on Apple Kicks HDD Marketing Debate Into High Gear · · Score: 1

    Dunno... to me, it's much easier to remember: 2^10=1k, 2^20=1mb, 2^30=1gb, 2^40=1tb, 2^50pb, etc. simple. you don't have to remember all the digits.

    Next thing you know, they'll be telling us that bytes are 10 bits...

  10. Re:SSH on WPA Encryption Cracked In 60 Seconds · · Score: 1

    Why care about wireless security anyway? I mean, if it's important, it should be done over SSL, SSH, or VPN. If not, then why aren't you worried about your ISP (or a dozen routers along the way) reading your non-encrypted packets?

    The only reason I see to "securing" wifi is to ensure your neighbours don't torrent stuff over your connection.

  11. Re:Cost of using Windows on Banks Urge Businesses To Lock Down Online Banking · · Score: 1

    ...or have bank (and brokerage houses) require IE in order to login into their websites.

  12. Re:Getting the money back? WTF? on Banks Urge Businesses To Lock Down Online Banking · · Score: 1

    Heh? Ignoring what security you have on your computer, if one day you log into your bank and find the money missing... it's the bank's fault it's gone.

  13. Re:NOT ! on Appeals Court Overturns 2007 Unix Copyright Decision · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Smart Judge---he just provided for continued employment of many lawyers for a few more years. Self feeding system :-)

  14. Re:This is will never fly in the courts on New York MTA Asserts Copyright Over Schedule · · Score: 1

    ...lists of facts or data cannot be copyrighted.

    Well, the NYC MTA schedule is... a work of fiction.

  15. Re:Why are American Judges demanding so much money on Microsoft Trial Misconduct Cost $40 Million · · Score: 2, Insightful

    $40m is still about a million copies of Windows to sell... that's like losing all the revenue stream from sales to a major city.

  16. Re:Provable? on World's First Formally-Proven OS Kernel · · Score: 1

    Well, one thing you can do is cut and paste your code into the specification. Now your code perfectly matches the specification---and is coded as specified.

    They seem to be doing the same thing, except going about it some backwards way.

  17. Re:A thought experiment on In UK, Two Convicted of Refusing To Decrypt Data · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...proving that I am NOT a witch. ...but are you heavier than a duck?

  18. Re:Can I ask.. on In UK, Two Convicted of Refusing To Decrypt Data · · Score: 1

    so use a microwaived thumbdrive; put actual (fake) encryption keys on it before putting it in a microwave. If you can't read it, "you just broke it!" if they can read it, it has keys that don't open anything ("but those -are- my keys. you must have wrong/planted files.").

  19. Re:Dang! Things were just getting fun on Earth's Period of Habitability Is Nearly Over · · Score: 1

    We don't need free energy... we'll have enough to boil away the oceans...

  20. Re:Cite? on Should Copyright of Academic Works Be Abolished? · · Score: 1

    Not sure what the issue is here, but for example, I keep a folder with pdfs of all papers I've cited, and... I'm a bit weary about sharing (with other phd students) that seemingly valuable resource (ie: major papers in a field for the last 10 years), 'cause many papers come from draconian places like IEEE have literally have my name embeded in the documents.

  21. Re:Revoke their degrees on Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man · · Score: 1

    Most such systems aren't "glorified lookup tables", and they -can- find patterns (via inference) that they haven't explicitly been shown before. Still a far cry from self awareness and reasoning, but, eh, we're way beyond ``AI is a fancy database'' stage.

  22. Re:"Java, it rules the web"? on The Best First Language For a Young Programmer · · Score: 1

    applets of course.

    Oh, and welcome to 1996!

  23. Re:How about no? on Feds Seek Input On Cookie Policy For Government Web Sites · · Score: 1

    I was certain pretty much all gov sites that allow logins use cookies. Now I'm wondering how they track sessions... Hmm...

  24. Re:We don't live in a comic-book universe... on Hacking Nuclear Command and Control · · Score: 1

    not sure who said it, but... ``none of us are as dumb as all of us'' :-)

  25. Re:Encryption on Delete Data On Netbook If Stolen? · · Score: 1

    Or that ecryptfs Private folder :-)