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  1. Their narcissism has grown I see on Pidgin Controversy Triggers Fork · · Score: 1

    I did like the program but I've ran into this issue multiple times. They defeatured the program a while back. I notice they've brought back a few features still not brought back the send button.

    Oh well, this will just drive people to other projects.

  2. Weegal on Post-Suicide Account Cracking? · · Score: 1

    You will probably need all of this done in a manner acceptable to a court of law or whoever would be paying the funeral fees or both.

    Contact an attorney and have them do the paperwork correctly to get access to the websites. If a website fails to yield the data your attorney should be able to get a court order releasing it.

    On the linux issue if encryption was not used it's trivial to mount the drive on another linux box and search for relevant data. You may actually have to send this to a business that has the right credentials to be accepted by the court or other party mentioned above. Again bring this up with the attorney.

    This is all directed to the executor of his estate as they are the ones who 'become' him in the eyes of the law until all property is dispersed and contracts settled.

  3. Re:US jury system does it again on Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder · · Score: 1

    Nope, 1st amendment. As an orficer of the court he is bound to that as much as the judgey or prostitutor.

    In the same way as I've exercised my right to insult their professions. ;)

  4. FTW!!! on First Superheavy Element Found In Nature · · Score: 1

    wikip Unobtainium:

    == External links ==

    * [http://home.tiac.net/~cri/2003/unobtanium.html A Note on Unobtanium]
    * [http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-uno1.htm World Wide Words -- Unobtanium]
    * [http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/elevator_update_020819.html Going Up? Private Group Begins Work on Space Elevator]
    * [http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=536664&cid=23227380 First proposal that element 404 be considered unobtainium]

    [[Category:Fictional materials]]

  5. Re:Expensive Still on Consumer Ethanol Appliance Promised By Year's End · · Score: 1

    I want to know how they'll add the poison to it so it's not drinkable and avoids the federal tax.
    Are they adding the poison to the sugar or will the poison be a byproduct of their process?

  6. Re:Would you buy a Metallica online album...? on Metallica May Follow In Footsteps of Radiohead, NIN · · Score: 1

    I think I'll just keep listening to NIN and Radiohead. Metallica has one and only one song I like and I would not want to buy the baggage that comes with giving Lars money.

    It is a shame the pay lars site is parked. That was one of the more creative protests I'd seen at that time.

  7. Re:Three things. on Party Ideas For Math Nerds? · · Score: 1

    Math geeks rule!

    No really, put slide rules out and see if any of them can figure them out without instruction!!!

    And also put out some abacus.

    Then there's the strip cardgame using prime numbers but you'll have to figure that one out.

  8. Re:And how do we break the backbone? on FBI Wants Authority To Filter Net Backbone · · Score: 1

    They can block obviously encrypted data but hiding data transfers as simple requests is one way. It would be low bandwidth but if distributed would get data through.

  9. Re:Virtual on What Are the Best Laptop Theft Recovery Measures? · · Score: 1

    A good idea to add to that you can put a small embedded system in there that could slurp off of any network link. I'm thinking something like this would be cool.

    http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS8386088053.html

  10. Clarke invented satellites but George O. Smith ... on DARPA Working On Arthur C. Clarke Weapon Idea · · Score: 1

    was the one who said what you could DO with them. ;)

    His stories are not much mentioned anymore and I hope the copyright has gone copyleft so all of you can enjoy them. George would take an idea and stretch it till it snapped, pick up the pieces and make you gasp. The only recent author I've had do that is James P. Hogan who is still sucking wind unless his last email was a turing device and Charles Sheffield who they claim is dead but we all know is being downloaded to his clone in India.

  11. Kcalc bug ;) on Unreleased Atari 2600 Game Found At Flea Market · · Score: 1

    LOL kcalc has a bug, try to get the score you mention by using it. 2^45000000 is what I was using, maybe it hates me for not using 2^(45000*1024) ;)

  12. Re:Extreme? on Extreme Linux Server Available to North America · · Score: 1

    Thank you that is what I wanted.

  13. They'll not use it if it exposes their fraud on A New Kind of Science Collaboration · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I suspect the global warming fanatics will distance themselves from such openness. I suspect you will see a lot of the crap scientists refuse to be that exposed.

  14. Cool on Unreleased Atari 2600 Game Found At Flea Market · · Score: -1, Troll

    Bad 8bit games that reek of nostalgia!

  15. Re:Extreme? on Extreme Linux Server Available to North America · · Score: 1

    Where would I find anything on the design of such systems? The heating and cooling part of it.

  16. Re:Fuel leaking SR-71's on F-117A Stealth Fighter Retired · · Score: 1

    SR-71
    http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/sr-71/

    JP-7 has a high flashpoint (60 C). A Caesium compound in the fuel helped disguise the radar signature of the exhaust plume. Other additives are mentioned here:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JP-7

    "The very low volatility and relative unwillingness of JP-7 to be ignited required triethylborane (TEB) to be injected into the engine in order to light it up, and to light up the afterburner in flight."

  17. Re:Will It Blend on HD Video Editing with Blender · · Score: 1

    It is powerful by all accounts but there are a few others I could create something in where blender was impossible. A friend uses some proprietary stuff just for that reason.

  18. Re: :-D on Court Finds Part of Copyright Act Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    I just quote them 125/hr as my standard rate for computers and have quoted a 1500/hr rate during stupidbowl for TV repair.

  19. Re:Can this be abused? on Russia To Require Registration For Wi-Fi Use · · Score: 1

    Cue the Ayn Rand jokes!

  20. Re:Will It Blend on HD Video Editing with Blender · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The interface still sucks. I'm curious how they even found the right pulldown.

  21. Re:Explosives... on What Are the Best Laptop Theft Recovery Measures? · · Score: 1

    Someone mod parent up as funny!

  22. Re:Explosives... on What Are the Best Laptop Theft Recovery Measures? · · Score: 1

    I wonder which one is more cost effective, military grade thermite and a control system built by the lowest bidder or just sticking a Sony battery in there? ;)

  23. Re:Let me be the first... on Laser Triggers Electrical Activity In Thunderstorm · · Score: 1

    A friend asked an immigrant why they come to America.

    "Your poor people are fat."

  24. Re:Virtual on What Are the Best Laptop Theft Recovery Measures? · · Score: 1

    Modify the bios in such a way that a phantom solid state drive is booted which boots an emulator that then boots whatever OS happens to be on the drive. Programs in the phantom drive can then feed you all the data you could ever want.

  25. Re:Explosives... on What Are the Best Laptop Theft Recovery Measures? · · Score: 1

    The military used thermite. The bonus is you get to blame Sony!