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  1. Re:Gravitons on Does Antimatter Fall Up Or Down? · · Score: 1

    gravitation"; and the same goes for the other mediators of force: photon, gluon and W- and Z boson. The perceived conflict is an artifact of limitations in the viewpoint of quantum mechanics. Which brings me to one of my favourite questions: can quantum scientiests actually imagine and understand that stuff, or are they merely calculating and thereby proofing it?
  2. Re:Too late on Hiding Packets in VoIP Chat · · Score: 5, Informative

    Only as long as you'd try to hide your secret data in the Audio stream. If you inject your secret data directly into the network "connection" (read: the sequence of UDP Packets sent) it bypasses manipulated background noise.

  3. Re:I'm amazed on Unofficial Homebrew Channel For the Wii · · Score: 1

    aaahh.. and I bet by now you found out what makes the official SDK harder to install... the inoffical one was almost as easy as "emerge devkit" Sounds a bit like those DRM/copy protection-stories to me where people need to download cracks just to get their legally bought content running.. Tried writing homebrew, but never got further than running my own "hello world" on my DS, but I guess it's just a macho thing anyway. I want to be sure that for all my gadgets, I AM the one who tells them what to do :-) I think I'll try my own hellowiirld too soon... :-)

  4. Re:I'm amazed on Unofficial Homebrew Channel For the Wii · · Score: 1

    perhaps you should start using devToolkit instead....

  5. Re:I disagree on Washingtonpost.com Wants Identities of Posters · · Score: 1

    In related news.... you think for example the KKK had any measures to ban any memmers from appearing at hooded events? Reminds me a bit of the begining of "Wild Boys II"

  6. Re:Put RDA back in on MacGyver Film In the Works? · · Score: 1

    I heard the Hoffmeister was "not available" for the (perhaps) upcoming "Knight Rider"-Movie... but as long they can still cast the same voice-actor for K.I.T.T... (german dubbed version)

  7. Re:Security not just about encryption. on Lawyers Would Rather Fly Than Download PGP · · Score: 1

    Why would you need to exchange keys with a PUBLIC Key encryption system?

  8. Re:GAO Report on Further Details From Soyuz Mishap · · Score: 1

    Australia? One is just 10km away from me now. came up the river Rhine two weeks ago and now is perpared for display in a museum from August on.

  9. Re:Blind people? on Next-Generation CAPTCHA Exploits the Semantic Gap · · Score: 1

    you realize that most people dont have static IPs? I get a new one usually twice a day,but at least once a day

  10. Re:Most famous quote. on Charlton Heston's Impact On Sci-Fi · · Score: 1
    The analogy is only flawed when it comes to the amount of damage a stone on a string can do compared to a firearm (had those listen in some other posting). But at least over here, both are deterrencees against non existing threads. (I guess I'd recall if a case of an armed burglar entering a house and actually finding someone there would have been on the news)

    A belief that one stands a better chance armed with a firearm is certainly more realistic than any security system, lock on the door, bat/knife under the bed, martial arts training, or samurai sword zip-tied to the bedpost, as another poster described. But perhaps less realistic than the chance of mistaking your husband on his way home from a pub crawl for a robber.

    Granted, a gun may be a tool for self defense or deterrence, but often it might be more dangerous than what you originaly were afraid of. Cause when comparing dangers, you have to factor in the possibility of the dangerous event happening at all.
  11. Re:Most famous quote. on Charlton Heston's Impact On Sci-Fi · · Score: 1

    come to think of that, I never heard of a case of some burglar/rapist/robber breaking into a house at night when he might run the risk of beeing surprised by one of the inhabitants. So that gun that protects against robbers is the same as the stone that protects against tigers.

    Or as a survey found out a few years ago: Except very few places (like known drug addict meeting points), the more people are afraid of crimes in certain situations, the less dangerous that place is.

  12. Re:Evolution on Study Shows Males Commonly Mistake Sexual Intent · · Score: 1

    tubgirl?

  13. Re:No security on What You Don't Know About Living in Space · · Score: 1

    Writers strikes comeand go.... but those episodes will stick around forever!!!

  14. Re:Love It or Hate It? on Japan's Unique Cow/Whale Hybrid Experiments · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dolphins are just gay sharks!

  15. Re:Sweet! on Israelis Sue Government For Laser Cannons · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ..and their targets are explicitly civilians...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_bombing_directive

  16. Re:Hmmm on Cat Ownership Correlated With Heart Health · · Score: 1

    Ever wondered why there is no mouse-flavoured catfood?

  17. Re:Totally off topic on Researchers Develop Self-Cleaning Clothes · · Score: 2, Interesting

    definitly.

    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:String_Bikini_(Jassi)_Front.jpg

    Same Model, different Bikini,chain around her neck :-)

  18. Re:Wasn't that the whole point on US Claims Satellite Shoot-Down Success · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hydrazine is a solid below about 1 deg C. This was a dead satellite. No heat, no power supplies. In other words, you have an insulated pressure vessel (fairly well-built) containing 1,000 lb of hydrazine ice at roughly -273 deg C. Assuming that the satelite was hiding in the shadow of some larger vessel and not exposed to sunlight heating it up to a few hundred degrees.
  19. No one cam up with this? on New 4100 Lumen Flashlight Can Set Things On Fire · · Score: 1

    Dr. Egon Spengler: There's something very important I forgot to tell you.
    Dr. Peter Venkman: What?
    Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams.
    Dr. Peter Venkman: Why?
    Dr. Egon Spengler: It would be bad.
    Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
    Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
    Dr Ray Stantz: Total protonic reversal.
    Dr. Peter Venkman: Right. That's bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.

  20. Re:the Off switch on Scientist Suggests We Explore 'Universe is a VR Simulation' Theory · · Score: 1

    Which New Zealand?????

  21. Re:Refund? Sure. Damages??? on Trekkie Sues Christie's for Fraudulent Props · · Score: 3, Funny

    OTOH, it was proof that at least there, he has some hair left :-)

  22. Re:How to recover data from a damaged disk? on Unusual Data Disaster Horror Stories · · Score: 1

    Not exactly. Smart enough to know that they should make backups.... (At least that's the case for me)

  23. Re:Wait on Vote To Eliminate Leap Seconds · · Score: 1

    Then why didnt he use GPS-Time instead of UTC? GPS-Time ignored all the leap seconds since the GPS-launch

  24. Re:Apollo on From the Moon to Earth in HD · · Score: 1

    The 'wobbling' is not in the position of the star, but in its brightness/spectrum.

  25. Re:As the son of a world war II veteran on Google Honors Veterans Day, Finally · · Score: 1

    If you can only read this because it is in english......