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  1. Re:Nothing wrong with lesbian fricton on Forry Ackerman Dead At 92 · · Score: 3, Informative

    He also wrote what has been reported to have been the first lesbian science-fiction story ever published, âoeWorld of Loneliness.â And under the pen name Laurajean Ermayne, he wrote lesbian romances in the late 1940s for the lesbian magazine Vice Versa. via http://larryfire.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/forrest-j-ackerman-writer-editor-who-coined-sci-fi-dies-at-92/

  2. Re:HMM... on Researchers Hijack Storm Worm To Track Profits · · Score: 1
  3. Re:In related news... on Passport Required To Buy Mobile Phones In the UK · · Score: 1

    First virus and scam http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7675882.stm attacks and now physical attacks., I bet ET can't find a phone to phone home.

  4. Re:already accomplished on Machines Almost Pass Mass Turing Test · · Score: 1

    Good but IMHO still not as good as the 1982 Sean Young offering.

  5. News from MOD on British MoD Stunned By Massive Data Loss · · Score: 5, Informative
  6. Re:Abuse of power ? on UK Government Says More Spying Needed · · Score: 1

    For what is not covered by the anti-terrorism laws the http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2004/ukpga_20040036_en_3#pt2-l1g19 Civil Contingencies Act 2004 covers the rest.

  7. Re:Don't like it? Don't do business in China... on Report Says China Will Demand Source Code · · Score: 1

    I agree that China can enforce laws within it's borders and it is not as if this is some form of extraterritorial laws forced upon third parties rather along the lines of USA laws dealing with third parties trading with Cuba.

  8. Re:More than scientific learning on LHC Success! · · Score: 1

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00d9zww/ has something to say on the subject as does Captain Jack Harkness and others.

  9. I bet the project works on Rosetta Disk Designed For 2,000 Years Archive · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Well... on Can I Be Fired For Refusing To File a Patent? · · Score: 1

    The real question is, can you afford not to file? After all you may well be in line for a share option or issue at the IPO but only if you are still employed by the company.

  11. Re:Dismantle? No way, now its a black program. on Air Force Suspends Cyber Command Program · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Another view of things http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/08/air-force-suspe.html but if things turn black will we ever know?

  12. Re:Fighter ?? on First All-Drone USAF Air Wing · · Score: 3, Informative

    The pressure of flying and fighting half way across the globe whilst sitting in an air conditioned trailer somewhere in the USA can be a bit of a strain but don't worry the shrinks are on the job. http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/08/flying-drones-f.html

  13. Re:Higgs Bussom? on One of the Coolest Places In the Universe · · Score: 2, Funny

    According to D Adams Milliway's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogsphere#Milliway.27s is any time way, way cooler.

  14. Re:Only works if it's default install on TrueCrypt 6.0 Released · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I followed this back to the Ubuntu bug report 148440 and see that a comment has been added https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/148440/comments/4 that I think says it all.

  15. Re:New Physics on Cell Phone Tracking Reveals Users' Habits · · Score: 1

    But can it track SchrÃdinger's Cat?

  16. Re:Right, on Prototype EU Airplane Spy Cams Watch For Facecrime · · Score: 1

    How many false positives as people join the Mile High Club?

  17. Re:Extreme temperatures on Polar Robots to Explore the Arctic · · Score: 1

    Although not suffering the defects of battery powered robots in cold conditions these NOAH financed UAV's http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7421297.stm will also be tasked with keeping an eye on things at the top of the world.

  18. Re:Transmission? on Giant Floating Windmills To Launch Next Year · · Score: 1

    Could use them as filling stations or rest stops for the floating cities http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/21/1728255

  19. Re:Faster than light? No? Useless? on ET Will Phone Home Using Neutrinos, Not Photons · · Score: 1

    If my memory-alpha servers me correctly then tachyons may just have the edge over neutrinos for ftl communication.

  20. Re:eh? on Firefox 3 RC1 Out Now · · Score: 1

    God I hope it's better than the last beta.
    What was wrong with Beta 5? Nothing at all if you use a Beta blocker.
  21. Re:Hardware - the only solution to this problem on Air Force Aims for Control of 'Any and All' Computers · · Score: 1

    Is not Trusted Computing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Computing the first part of the plan?

  22. Re:Many eyes make bugs shallow... on The 25-Year-Old BSD Bug · · Score: 1

    Dude, don't dis my lexia.

  23. Re:Many eyes make bugs shallow... on The 25-Year-Old BSD Bug · · Score: 4, Funny

    Surly a bug this old should be reclassified as a scrab beetle?

  24. Re:Cracking root password not necessary on Post-Suicide Account Cracking? · · Score: 1

    You might be able to enter a fully encrypted Ubuntu system by changing the encrypted volume's password via this HowTo: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=0e63152c4ec03cb5696d99e8468cbfe7&t=670667&highlight=HOWTO%3A

  25. Re:Power Glove on RallyPoint — The Computerized Combat Glove · · Score: 1

    I see your power glove an raise you a Tactical Telehaptic Communication device http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/04/darpa-wants-sol.html