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  1. RTFA on MPAA Ruins Own Films As Anti-Piracy Measure · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The article doesn't say anything about the red dots being used to mess with encryption schemes. It is a method being used to track pirated rips back to individual leaked screeners. From what I know of video compression, taking a screener which has this "CapCode" on it would tend to make the spots more noticeable, however it is my opinion that this is more of a side effect than the main purpose in putting these in.

  2. maybe not radio waves on 3G Waves Causes Headaches, Sharpens Memory · · Score: 1

    Being harassed by researchers while talking on the phone caused headaches in 37% of test subjects.

  3. Re:Yes! on yellowTab Announces Complete BeOS/Zeta Systems · · Score: 1

    what about wireless networking? that is my biggest requirement.

  4. Re:Regulation: How Not to grow your economy on California Tries Spam Ban · · Score: 1

    You could argue it just as well that higher productivity will attract more, legitamite companies.

  5. Re:Faster startup times? Whatever... on MRAM in 2004? · · Score: 1

    one of the big considerations when writing software for mobile phones is whether to call functions and store variables in flash or to copy it to faster RAM. this would obviate that problem.

  6. europeans and chinese on Failure Is Always an Option · · Score: 1

    Is there a downside to either the Europeans and Chinese "beating" us in the space race (ie flying people around in space shuttles)? Seems to me if they "beat" us we get all the benefits of going up there, with none of the costs. Must be a pride thing.

  7. SuSE kernel compilation on Linux 2.4.22 Stable Kernel Released · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know of a guide for how to modify a vanilla kernel for use with SuSE? I'm not just talking "make menuconfig; make bzImage; make RTFM...". I'm talking which patches to apply, standard configuration options, how to get all the niggling things like 802.11 and DRI to work. that or an rpm or tarball that can do the above.

  8. Re:Mostly Redundant... on Slow And Steady Leads To Windows Refund Success · · Score: 1

    If he was a proficent enough computer user to be able to run Linux, he should just as easily been able to buy a white box system or built his own from scratch.
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle- ur l/index=books&field-keywords=oualline&search-type= ss&bq=1/104-6735187-0015958
    He's pretty competent.

  9. Re:Aid to development on Open Standards for Cell Phone Components · · Score: 1

    Absolutely correct. This is more along the lines of TI and ARM providing a standard interface for members of the alliance to use their chips.

  10. Re:Maps too on Honeytokens: The Other Honeypot · · Score: 1

    doesn't this make the map somewhat worthless? i buy maps so i know accurately which roads go where. many times in hiking or mountain biking i want to take the road closest to a particular point, park my car, and take off. something like this could potentially screw up a whole afternoon.

  11. Re:Sounds dumb on The Bug · · Score: 1

    Disappears and reappears through out releases
    Doesn't show up during routine usage but does show up during sales presentations (ie hard usage)

    Sounds like a pretty reasonable system level UI bug to me.

  12. Re:If they'd stop using the word nuclear... on Lockheed Martin to Build Nuclear Powered Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    Just call it PNN - Prometheus's Not Nuclean

  13. cell phone on What Kind Of Computer To Bring To College? · · Score: 1

    you will find quickly that pizza can be delivered almost anywhere. college roommates are also miserable at taking messages.