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  1. Re:He can have my user info... on Murdoch Demands Kindle Users' Info · · Score: 1

    The words "Amazon" and "Woman" (even if an asshole) make a fearsome combination that should be avoided at all costs.

  2. Re:Wikipedia Article on the MOP on 30,000-Lb. Bomb On Fast Track For Deployment · · Score: 4, Informative
  3. Re:Whole Disk Encryption on Delete Data On Netbook If Stolen? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If using Ubuntu then visit and ask the question at http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=338, they are friendly bunch and don't bite.

  4. technical and fiunancial details. on Navy Spends $33 Million For Hybrid of the High Sea · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The general view of DDG-51s of this project

    http://www.informationdissemination.net/2009/07/good-reason-for-flight-iii-burkes.html and the reasons for this work.

    A defence Industry view

    http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/327M-to-General-Atomics-for-DDG-51-Propulsion-System-Prototype-05598/#more-5598

    A general Atomics view

    http://www.ga.com/news.php?read=1&id=262

  5. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. on UK, Not North Korea, Is Source of DDoS Attacks · · Score: 1

    The North Koreans want you to think it was all organised by the friends of Gary McKinnon but they know better.

  6. Re:What!?! on IronKey Unveils Self-Destructing USB Flash Drive · · Score: 1

    No, I think you will find it relies upon a self anal reader.

  7. Re:Can't find My Location on Behind the "My Location" Errors In Google Maps · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Google "My Location" feature is indeed hard to find and some also report having problems finding other G"spots"

  8. Re:Mountain Wave Action on NTSB Says a Downdraft Killed Steve Fossett · · Score: 1

    Is this anything like Dynamic Soaring as undertaken by some sea birds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_soaring and those seeking more speed for radio controlled model gliders http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/06/dont-blink-400mph-rc-gliders-tear-through-the-air/?

  9. Not too good. on BT Drops Phorm, Citing More Pressing Priorities · · Score: 5, Informative
    From BT via the http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/default.stm

    "[Our decision has] nothing to do with cost or privacy, it's about resources and priority,"

  10. Re:Article Quality and Wired on Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? · · Score: 1

    The same might be said for their http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/ - has Wired now become Wireless?

  11. Re:Never forget the lesson of Neuromancer on The Technology of Neuromancer After 25 Years · · Score: 1
  12. I thought on Japanese Creating "Super Tuna" · · Score: 2, Funny

    that Green Peace had canned this line of research some time ago?

  13. But is it art? on Artist Wins £20,000 Grant To Study Women's Butts · · Score: 1

    The artist Jamie McCartney of Brighton body castings http://www.brightonbodycasting.com/about-jamie-mccartney.php produces some closely related works featured in his Design A Vagina series that some may find unsuitable and NSFW http://www.brightonbodycasting.com/design-a-vagina.php

  14. News at 10 on Researchers Discover That Sand Behaves Like Water · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is a camel still the ship of the desert?

  15. Noah knows. on The State of Iran's Ongoing Netwar · · Score: 1

    Noah Shachtman over at wired http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/06/web-attacks-expand-in-irans-cyber-battle/#more-13774 seems to have an idea of what is happening and worth a read.

  16. No wayback archive copy available. on British Court Rules Against Blogger Anonymity · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The blog is no longer accessible http://nightjack.wordpress.com/ and can not be reached via http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://nightjack.wordpress.com/

  17. Our last best hope? on NSA Email Surveillance Pervasive and Ongoing · · Score: 1

    Choose from NSA http://www.eff.org/issues/nsa-spying, privacy http://www.eff.org/issues/privacy and a whole load of other stuff http://www.eff.org/about.

  18. What some in the UK think about this report. on UK Government Announces Broadband Tax · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A quick glance at http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/3994-the-digital-britain-report-is-finally-out.html will show what some think of this and http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ gives a wider view of ISP related moans with links to other ISPs information.

  19. Dune. on Introducing the Warpship · · Score: 1

    The Spacing Guild http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Spacing_Guild have been harnessing the Holtzman Effect http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Holtzman_Effect for ages in the search for Melange http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Spice_Melange so may well be a case of Prior Art?

  20. Re:HAM Radio on Iran Moves To End "Facebook Revolution" · · Score: 1

    A low power wireless mesh as seen in Tibet http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/08/71608 could be constructed to run alongside a HAM network if enough kit, time and people are on hand.

  21. Re:I know on How Do You Greet an Extraterrestrial? · · Score: 4, Informative

    The complete protocol was detailed way back in 1988 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097257/ and it seemed to work then so I reckon it will work just as well today

  22. 192 Lasers, Nuclear Weapons and Fusion -101 on Vicariously Tour the National Ignition Facility · · Score: 3, Informative

    A short video brought to you from those caring folks at Wired http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/10/video-podcast-6/

  23. Re:thumb drive linux on Solution For College's Bad Network Policy? · · Score: 1
  24. Another view via el reg & trustwave on Cybercriminals Refine ATM Data-Sniffing Software · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A reasonable report via http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/03/atm_trojans/ and something slightly more technical http://regmedia.co.uk/2009/06/03/trust_wave_atm_report.pdf via trust wave.

  25. Spoken by quite a few across the globe on Sorry For the Detainment, Here's a Laptop · · Score: 1
    Spoken by people in The Xinjiang Autonomous Region http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=uig

    Also spoken in Afghanistan, Australia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkey (Asia), USA, Uzbekistan.