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  1. Related to the film "Cypher"? on Paranoia · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I ownder if this book is related to the film Cypher - plot sounds very similar, a guy is un-willingly placed in the world of corporate espionage? This got a limited release here in Ireland last year so I haven't seen it yet, but it sounds interesting.

  2. Current Space Program on X-Prize Cup/Olympics Planned · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think its ideas like this that the current space program needs to reawaken peoples interests in Space exploration, especially after the last few months and the negative attention it has recieved.

  3. Prize is just at $5 mllion on Canadian Arrow Taking Applications for Astronauts · · Score: 4, Interesting
    The prize money is just at $5 million, so to make it economically viable to enter this competition your vehicle must be developed for less than that...

    Me thinks thats not gonna be very safe

  4. Fads and Flash on Spaf's Crystal Ball: Network Security Predictions · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I totally agree with the Author in terms of Consumers are always looking to new Technology, instead of making the existing technology more secure.

    Whats the Use in enabling data streaming over bluetooth when we can't safely sent files over LANS and existing technology

    Oh and I really think the advent of Wireless Networks and 3G Systems will open up a whole new Can of Worms in terms of security - We can Already intercept calls over GSM systems, now we're looking to send huge chunks of data via the same systems!

    Someone is gonna get burnt...

  5. Test First Coding on Questioning Extreme Programming · · Score: 4, Informative
    Where I work we've recently adopted Test First Design, Initially we all hated it as the learning curve is steep, and it doesn't really make sense the first few times round.

    Initially we took an old project and applied Unit testing to it, which really turned us off the concept. But once we started a new project, and wrote the test cases before our code it suddenly made sense!

    Now its instinctive for us to write the test cases first, It also allows cuts down on refactoring later as all our code is at its simplest level always. If our code is changed in the future, any problems will be identified straight away.

    I'm sure in the future we'll attempt the other concepts behind XP