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  1. Re:Not sure this is the time to work on internet on Ask Slashdot: Could We Reconnect Eastern Libya? · · Score: 1

    Proper 'war' can be actually quite civil. It's the invasions that USA loves that get ugly...

  2. Re:Mistake in Summary on No P = NP Proof After All · · Score: 1

    Ok: 620,136,825,991,110,068,701,238,785,423,046,926,253,574,342, 803,192,842,192,413,588,385,845,373,153,881,997,605,496,447, 502,203,281,863,013,616,477,148,203,584,163,378,722,078,177, 200,480,785,205,159,329,285,477,907,571,939,330,603,772,960, 859,086,270,429,174,547,882,424,912,726,344,305,670,173,270, 769,461,062,802,310,452,644,218,878,789,465,754,777,149,863, 494,367,781,037,644,274,033,827,365,397,471,386,477,878,495, 438,489,595,537,537,990,423,241,061,271,326,984,327,745,715, 546,309,977,202,781,014,561,081,188,373,709,531,016,356,324, 432,987,029,563,896,628,911,658,974,769,572,087,926,928,871, 281,780,070,265,174,507,768,410,719,624,390,394,322,536,422, 605,234,945,850,129,918,571,501,248,706,961,568,141,625,359, 056,693,423,813,008,856,249,246,891,564,126,775,654,481,886, 506,593,847,951,775,360,894,005,745,238,940,335,798,476,363, 944,905,313,062,323,749,066,445,048,824,665,075,946,735,862, 074,637,925,184,200,459,369,692,981,022,263,971,952,597,190, 945,217,823,331,756,934,581,508,552,332,820,762,820,023,402, 626,907,898,342,451,712,006,207,714,640,979,456,116,127,629, 145,951,237,229,913,340,169,552,363,850,942,885,592,018,727, 433,795,173,014,586,357,570,828,355,780,158,735,432,768,888, 680,120,399,882,384,702,151,467,605,445,407,663,535,984,174, 430,480,128,938,313,896,881,639,487,469,658,817,504,506,926, 365,338,175,055,478,128,640,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000*

    *Haven't verified the numbers, just halved it.

  3. Re:Who? on PayPal Freezes Support Account For Bradley Manning · · Score: 1

    And a jury would have the right of nullification, then.

  4. Re:Here Here on Apple in Talks to Improve Sound Quality of Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    compression.

  5. Re:Dynamic Range on Apple in Talks to Improve Sound Quality of Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    or way more commonly - badly mastered.

  6. Re:In other words on Apple in Talks to Improve Sound Quality of Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    lossless shit is worse than just shit.

  7. Re:In other words on Apple in Talks to Improve Sound Quality of Music Downloads · · Score: 2

    Quite a few people are absolutely happy to pay the premium (and you do need to be a stupid animal to even start looking at 'hey, who might be selling lossless DSD stream zips?') although not realizing that what they actually want is not the extra 8 bits bit rather the fact that no monkey execs have been let near the compression button.

    But since MSFT is gone - it's about time to switch over and listen to crappy compressed records only now in 32bit/192khz quality!

  8. Re:The Moon on The Outfall of a Helium-3 Crisis · · Score: 1

    lifetime is actually quite short.

  9. Re:This is why I don't use facebook on Employer Demands Facebook Login From Job Applicants · · Score: 1

    That's twitter.

  10. Re:At least they won't be using Symbian on Why Nokia Is Toast · · Score: 1

    Yet at the core of symbian is a brilliant microkernel dating back to the epoc days...

  11. Re:Missing information on After MS-Nokia Pact, Many Nokia Workers Walk Out In Protest · · Score: 1

    I disagree.

    Normal user will not differentiate between underlying OS (Android) and whatever manufacturer inspired gimmics are on top (HTC sense crap in example) or even worse: Operator dictated piles of steamy unsupported runny poo (and it always is. It just always is...).

  12. Re:DO WANT! on Obama Calling For $53B For High Speed Rail · · Score: 1

    Most of the security nonsense in European aeroports are due to requirements from USA, btw. Given that there's an occasional flight over to LA or whatever.

  13. Re:Its not the speed that is the problem. on Obama Calling For $53B For High Speed Rail · · Score: 1

    foreign aid is USA way of keeping smaller countries dependant on it and happily saying yes to anything USA wants.

    Afghanistan might not have started if all the smaller states wouldn't have said 'Yes, let's pretend we all want it' under threats of withdrawing it. Iraq.

  14. Re:Its not the speed that is the problem. on Obama Calling For $53B For High Speed Rail · · Score: 1

    are you referring to the popular hand-egg season finale per chance?

  15. Re:so? on Are You Sure SHA-1+Salt Is Enough For Passwords? · · Score: 1

    tcpdump?

  16. Re:The kill switch would be the biggest threat on Is an Internet Kill Switch Feasible In the US? · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Shut down a couple of backbone links (5 mins*) and the rest of the network will be immediately (2-3s) saturated enough to become unusable (from TCP perspective). While the wider internet tries to react (drop youtube traffic, expand peer arrangements, manually reroute stuff - 2-3h once it's clear core is down**) - plenty of time to go after core peering points in major cities.

    Lather, rinse and repeat.

    * Assumes that LE knows that they will need to action this at least 30 mins beforehand.
    ** Actually assumes that DR plans exist, which is ... optimistic.

  17. Re:Does it matter on Wikipedia Works To Close Gender Gap · · Score: 1

    Uhm? And what's wrong with that? Given that the wikipedia articles are public, it would be expected that focus is on keeping the public-exposed content consistent with the editorial standards of the site (whether you like them or not, that's a different matter).

    Leaving the unattributed edit in there would mean that anybody can put in anything and then just stall, also starting to track partial edits and edits modified in-flight would be a mess. Reverting with a clear message as to the cause sounds only fair.

  18. Re:the whole film is sitting in raw avi files on 3D Cinema Doesn't Work and Never Will · · Score: 1

    You are aware that movies generally re-record sound in studio (even if it's only a bedroom with some sheets hanged 2cm from the walls)? Also, even if the visuals are not up to the standards you expect, a reasonable sound track can quite likely pull it up a notch or two!

  19. Color me sceptical on Testing Mobile Phones For Controlling Space Missions · · Score: 2

    So, let's just summarize. They want to give control of (no matter how insignificant) chunks of hardware in space to stuff that:

    - Is designed at best for 60-70*C temp range (+/- 30-40 usually)
    - Is assembled planning for 1atm +/- 0.10atm ish.
    - Has a projected design life of 36 months (or thereabouts, again)
    - Is re-designed every 12-18 months leaving previous designs generally unsupported
    - Is considered and counted to be field-updateable for any more complex implementation
    - Is fab'd/assembled by the lowest bidder

    Sure, why not! Also, let's hope that the failures will end up re-entering and buring out instead of sticking on some kind of weird trajectory contributing to the junk already out there.

  20. Re:Wikileaks == scapegoat on Espionage In Icelandic Parliament · · Score: 1

    uhm? Wasn't it completed the moment CD left the premises?

  21. Re:I'll be first to say WTF on Polynomial Time Code For 3-SAT Released, P==NP · · Score: 1

    And then there are those who settle on sub-par supplies too, of course.

  22. Re:I'll be first to say WTF on Polynomial Time Code For 3-SAT Released, P==NP · · Score: 1

    Pah, brute force is P although the problem moves over to defining the input set.

  23. Re:I'll be first to say WTF on Polynomial Time Code For 3-SAT Released, P==NP · · Score: 1

    How many crayons he has?

  24. Re:I'll be first to say WTF on Polynomial Time Code For 3-SAT Released, P==NP · · Score: 1

    But it is :)

  25. Re:Java, the original sin on The Care and Feeding of the Android GPU · · Score: 1

    Well, how about not allocating memory left and right then? Of course you'll need to spend a little bit more time to get it done nicely, perhaps think ahead a little bit and preallocate some memory where you'll need it, perhaps jump down to actually couple of arrays of primitives, etc... Almost like if you'd be using a 'proper' tool...

    And still have a choice to quickly throw together those parts of app that are non-critical to users experience.

    If android was implemented in 'proper' low level stuff, we would still be looking at version 1.5.3.