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  1. Re:This guys is not a RF engineer. on YouTube Used for Whistleblowing · · Score: 1

    You're assuming a perfect world. In the real world, balanced circuits are not perfectly balanced and components drift and fail. Part of real-world engineering is to think about the consequences of foreseeable events.

    That's correct, the same goes for unbalanced signaling as well. An improperly crimped or soldered connector and it will radiate.

  2. This guys is not a RF engineer. on YouTube Used for Whistleblowing · · Score: 1

    Just because a cable is not shielded does *NOT* mean it will radiate. If the circuit is an unbalanced circuit that is unshielded, it will radiate. If the circuit is a balanced circuit that is unshielded, it will not radiate so long as there is no imbalance on the circuit.

    I can see how it could fail visual inspection and pass the actual real world test.

  3. Re:Good work on BBC Reports UK-U.S. Terror Plot Foiled · · Score: 1

    they have used the highest alert level... Shouldn't that kinda be reserved for when they know an attack is about to happen?

    No, when they *KNOW* an attack is going to happen, that is when they ground air travel.

  4. I see the reason, sort of. on DC Power Saves 15% Energy and Cost @ Data Center · · Score: 1

    Traditional 110V cables will draw 3.5 times the current 380V does. That means 110 will produce more heat along the wire. Also using DC will cause you to not have to rectify the AC when it enters the powersupply of the device you are powering.

    That being said, you have to GET to 380V. My guess is they are simply rectifying 440VAC to DC.

    Seems like a cleaver, efficient idea.

  5. Re:They charge that much for running "DVD Decrypte on Circuit City Ripping DVDs for Users · · Score: 2, Informative

    As far as I am aware, DVD CCA owns CCS, the 'Content Scramble System' used on DVDs, not Macromedia.

  6. Re:how I lost respect for soldiers on Pentagon Monitors War Videos Online · · Score: 1

    It showed people running for cover and the crew gunning them down, and it went for a good 5-10 minutes. They didn't appear to have any weapons, and were trying to hide behind walls and such (which didn't work since the gunship was circling.)

    Perfectly symmetrical warfare never solved anything.

  7. Re:It may be too late... on Has Orwell's '1984' Come 22 Years Later? · · Score: 1

    Things like tiered tax rates and the minimum wage are checks on the ability of the rich to take complete control of society.

    How does that work, exactly? Do they give the money directly to the "poor" or do they distribute it to other "wealthy" people who compete against the very "wealthy"?

  8. Re:I never understood.. on Problems at the W3C · · Score: 1

    I just can't seem to put the pieces together here. If Microsoft writes things into the standard, how could they be extensions? How could they be proprietary?
    Are you are not familiar with Microsoft's self described "embrace and extend" tatic?

  9. Re:those evil Wiccans on Gangs on the Internet · · Score: 1

    Nothing justifies taking a word that scares the majority, and using it as a blanket term to describe anyone you hate/fear/disagree with, and to ultimately effect their dissappearance.

    Name to me some people that have been "disappeared" that were not actively engaged in a conspiracy to cause harm to others and was the direct result of racism.

    Really, I would like to know about their case.

    I see a lot of people claiming the term "terrorist" is misused to infringe a minority of peoples' rights, however I know of no actual infringements.

    I may simply not be paying attention, please show me actual cases.

  10. Re:those evil Wiccans on Gangs on the Internet · · Score: 1

    400 years ago it was "witches." 50 years ago it was "communists." These days it's those darn "terr'rists." People will always find a way to persecute other peoople they don't like for whatever reason.

    So those darn "terr'rists" are just like witches. Tell that to these peoples' families.

  11. Re:Well... on Ask Futurama Star Billy West About...? · · Score: 1

    The correct answer is Hypnotoad.

  12. Wonder if there is a signature for on New Continuous Support System · · Score: 5, Funny

    http referrers from slashdot.org :)

  13. Re:String Theory on String Theory a Disaster for Physics? · · Score: 1

    I think his ultimate issue is that its not testable.

    I think you are correct. However, I think that just because we can't test it now, does not mean many thousands of years from now, we would not be able to. Just because we don't have the technology to test the idea, I don't think it should be thrown out, if the math works.

    Then again, I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer :)

  14. Re:In my shop..... on Windows Servers Beat Linux Servers · · Score: 1

    No, it's not "attached to the web". It's attached to the Internet. As far as I am aware, Postfix is all updated and not vulnerable. As it is the only exposed service, I am not too worried.

  15. Re:Exploits a javascript bug? on Worm Wriggles Through Yahoo! Mail Flaw · · Score: 1

    From what I can see, it checks window.XMLHttpRequest and if that fails, it uses ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP').

    I checked it and it does work in Firefox.

  16. Here is the Source, Luke. on Worm Wriggles Through Yahoo! Mail Flaw · · Score: 3, Informative

    Lameness filter got me. Here is a link.

  17. Re:Same as last year. on Windows Servers Beat Linux Servers · · Score: 1

    Seriously, a faulty software clock is not that great a feature...
    I saw one of my Linux 2.2 servers roll over to "0 days" uptime after almost 2 years of uptime. This problem was fixed in 2.4 :)

  18. In my shop..... on Windows Servers Beat Linux Servers · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have to reboot Windows2K3 jsut about everytime an update is avaliable from Microsoft. I started using the system only a few months ago.
    I have not had a reboot of the Linux system we use here in well over a year, (448 days to be exact) even though I have updrad applications and applied many patches.

  19. 4 8 15 16 23 42 on Numbers Stations Move From Shortwave To VoIP · · Score: 1

    Enjoy :)

  20. Re:Worth a watch on Colbert New Comic-in-Chief · · Score: 5, Funny

    They eat children, too!

    Only when market forces allow it, not all the time.

  21. Re:Microsoft is never silent before the storm. on Is Microsoft Silent Before a Deadly Storm? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Longhorn is the biggest failed project in software development history, at least in the private sector. The previous record holder would be IBM Office Vision.

    What about Bob?

  22. Re:Come on on Should Linux Use Proprietary Drivers? · · Score: 1

    Do you know anything about reverse engineering? It is a hack no matter how you look at it. You are trying to guess what something does by observing it. How can this be compared to knowing what something does because you have the documentation right in front of you.

    The first "cloned" (ie Not IBM) BIOS was reverse engineered and then a specification was written from that RE. It worked just fine. Hack or not, Compaq did it right and did it legal.

  23. Re:Time for a little balance to the propaganda on A Stark Warning On Climate Change · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    No wonder it's been called the "Stop America Protocol."

    I thought that was the purpose of the "environmental movement" these days. :)

  24. Does not work on IE 6.0.2800.1106 on Win2K on New Phishing Flaw in Internet Explorer · · Score: 1

    Is this a bug in XP or something?

  25. Re:You want faster Windows? on Why Windows is Slow · · Score: 1

    I've left it running for weeks with no problems.

    [username@localhost username]$ uptime
      13:34:29 up 376 days, 22:58, 2 users, load average: 0.02, 0.02, 0.00