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  1. Re:What I'm curious about on Firefox 1.1 Boasts New Features · · Score: 1

    Does the history depth matter?

    I know if I've been on a mega mission around having lots of tabs opened and closed and backing and forwarding around makes it slighty higher, but nothing alarming enough to warrant an investigation.

  2. Re:Not quite as serious as it sounds.. on Security Fears Over Google Accelerator · · Score: 2, Informative

    What if that page was my account information?

    Ooooooooh looky here, I can see the details people would rather keep private.
    Its not just about clicking anywhere afterwards.

  3. Re:Roll your own... on Security Fears Over Google Accelerator · · Score: 1

    Everybody has a built in caching web proxy.

    Its conveniently located right inside your browser...

    The entire web would be a lot slower without it.

    However, for a home user it wouldn't be much point putting a dedicated cache in place unless you were sharing the connection with other home users, and even then wouldn't really help if each user visits their own collection of none overlapping sites.

  4. Re:Challenge on Phishers Using Keystroke Loggers · · Score: 1

    And your right back to my original point.. ;)

  5. Re:Challenge on Phishers Using Keystroke Loggers · · Score: 1

    People have been swallowing the back orifice pill for a while now, and you could even consider vnc as an intrusion tool, that does full mouse/key grabbing, and also knows the location of every window (for encoding/updates) so its definitely possible already in a small package.

  6. Re:Challenge on Phishers Using Keystroke Loggers · · Score: 1

    But you forget that they have access to the local machine.
    They can see as much of the data as the user.

    Replay attacks will become movies.

  7. Re:The difference is... on Lockheed Martin unveils Space Shuttle replacement · · Score: 2, Informative

    Heres a really good run down of the kliper.

    Looks like the nose cone section of the shuttle without any wings or tail

  8. Re:How about... on Bezos Patents Information Exchange · · Score: 5, Funny

    I suggest you GPL your invention.

    That way, whenever anybody in the world kicks somebody in the nuts, they also have to kick Jeff as well.

  9. Re:Oh the irony on Google Web Accelerator · · Score: 1

    Google is not a single whitebox server anymore.

    Google is everywhere.

  10. Re:no automated queries on Google Web Accelerator · · Score: 1

    They GIVE you permission to use this software.

    They let you download their software and explicitly say it will do this.

  11. Re:What does Google gain from this? on Google Web Accelerator · · Score: 1

    The adverts should be as fresh as they currently are on gMail.
    Because the page you requested is fresh in its cache, the adword lookup will be fully live. There will be no delay between google scanning the content and displaying ads which then become slightly outdated by changing content.

    It should work already for people using the service.

    A good test would be choose a quiet backwater site with google adverts on, post to the forum with big adword phrases and do a simple refresh.
    The original unchanged ads will remain.

    Switch on your filter and reload the page. If the ads are different and use your keywords, then we have cracked it ;)

  12. Re:Great for dial up users on Google Web Accelerator · · Score: 1

    No it isn't, at least not directly.

    They specifically say this is designed for broadband, and the ISP level speedups are by a cache reducing the complexity and detail in images.

    Now, what do you think would happen if YOUR dialup ISP decided to install and use this technology on their servers?

    As in, all your requests are fed through google to speed up the html side of things, then their proxy trims the images as well.

  13. Re:isn't this basically a proxy? on Google Web Accelerator · · Score: 1

    Your ad blocker won't know if its come from a google cache, or from the original site?
    The URL will be the same, the connection details will remain the same, how can there be any difference?

    Your files already go through many servers and proxies before they end up on your screen, and you can still determine the path of them.

    I think your right about the refreshing THEIR index using your selections (hey, we only need to refresh the stuff thats used, right?)
    It helps keep them ontop of the game and fresh.

    They could also then remove the delay between changing content on your site, and the adverts adapting (after a refresh). The adverts would then be as live as they currently are with gMail.

  14. Re:sigh on The Open-Source Detector · · Score: 1

    You can build a million models using identical bricks, but each will be distinct and have the creators "signature" in the build.

    Many smaller components may be similar and some structures will look the same, but the overall mix will be YOURS.

    If somebody else builds an identical model (regardless of coloring) then they have been watching over my shoulder.

  15. Re:Simple, low tech ways to prevent car crashes. on Cars that Can't Crash? · · Score: 1

    1) I had been driving for 15minutes.
    2) My wheel was right in front of me.
    3) My side mirrors were functioning and I could see the other car heading straight for me
    4) I was stationary
    5) I was stone cold sober
    6) I was stationary and staying in my lane
    7) There was ample space between me and the nice car in front.
    8) I looked around at the other vehicles with a look of dread
    9) I'm sorry, this was my mistake - i swore - lots.
    10) I live in england
    11) whole heartedly agree.

    I know you said fewer and whilst it helps to prevent yourself as a cause of accidents, if the other driver doesn't follow your common sense steps, then they still occur.

  16. Seen all the jokes on Cars that Can't Crash? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    What about if MS actually pulls this off?

    Having a standard OS running on standard hardware without any of the bloat of current Windows would be a good thing.

    This ties in with his "it just works" thingy spouted a few days ago, and the linux pow wow they are planning.

    MS aren't stupid and as much as we rip the piss, their OS has managed to pretty much dominate the OS market for over 10 years.

    It might not be pretty, and it might not be perfect, but it gets there.

    Having asid all that, wheres the list of cars, so I can avoid them ;)

  17. Re:Not just cell towers on NYT on Cell Phone Tower Controversy · · Score: 1

    I live in England.
    Right now, I can drive away from my house in the big city, and head out into the countryside.
    Sure, there are buildings and other features and your right, my wording was a little strong, but the buildings are built carefully and attempt to fit in.
    There is a small town right on the edge of the countryside who are fighting a wind farm being erected in the hills above their houses which would make the first view of the countryside spoilt.

    If people had wanted to live in the shadow of an industrial process, they would have moved into the city, but as it is, the countryside is meant to provide a peaceful view of life.

    About 5 miles further over another major eyesore cuts its way through the countryside from East to West (M62 motorway), why the people planning this windfarm didn't consolidate themselves within this band I do not know.

    There should be style guides applied to different areas of the country, and very careful consideration given before breaking those (much like using a crappy GUI on Apple).

    Regarding your watertowers (I think of them everytime I open google maps), I think people have accepted them, as in the future people will tolerate wind farms and cellphone masts. However, new features will always be resisted.

  18. Not just cell towers on NYT on Cell Phone Tower Controversy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wind farms are seen the same.
    Its an expansion of the technological lifestyle, and a shift away from the purity of nature.

    I'm all for people reusing industrial/hidden rundown areas for these eyesores, and prefer to keep the countryside views clear.

  19. Re:EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT THE FILE on Larry Page's Vision of the Future · · Score: 1

    I thought gmail didn't allow public addresses under 6 characters?

  20. Re:Too risky? on What Ever Happened to Virtual Reality? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My graphics card can output stereo images for feeding into a true 3d headset.

    I was under the impression Direct 3d is geared towards allowing this kind of configuration, and games using it can automatically benefit.

    The only part I see lacking is the gloves and complete immersion kits (Yes I know there are gloves, but I haven't seen them pushed anywhere apart from zzz.com.ru).

    VR is with us already, its just not looking like Tron.

  21. Re:There must be a bug in my implementation... on Pi: Less Random Than We Thought · · Score: 2, Funny

    I didn't think calculators needed Pentium cpus to run?

  22. Re:Alien is incorrect. on Deep Impact Catches First Glimpse of Target Comet · · Score: 1

    Bruce is riding shotgun on the impactor.

  23. Photo details on Deep Impact Catches First Glimpse of Target Comet · · Score: 0

    The last photo will show an alien looking upwards with its life flashing before its eyes.

  24. Threat of being sued? on Celera Opens Up DNA Database · · Score: 1

    If wonder if SCO have threatened to sue them?

    Personally, I think the real reason is the companies can't make a profit by simply having the "standard definition" and its effectively useless to them.

    To 99.99999% of the population, these base pair sequences could be random bits, and we wouldn't know a chromosome if it came up and bit us on the ass.
    They are holding a single sample of data, when in reality whats needed is the variation patterns based upon this starting point. We could start to see just how different we are from apes, and why behavioral patterns emerge.

  25. Re:Automatic or manual? on One-Third Of Companies Monitoring Email · · Score: 1

    There is a town not far from me called Clitheroe.
    This has caused numerous problems in lots of systems from email to chatrooms to flagging the web proxy monitors.
    I'm sure there are many others.