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  1. Fortune footer is apropos on Enron's Kenneth Lay Dies · · Score: 0

    The fortune(8) footer that appeared at the end of the comments section seems all too fitting: "Dishonor will not trouble me, once I am dead. -- Euripides"

  2. Re:meh on Build Your Own Band-aid Fuel Cell · · Score: 0

    Sounds good, but I would use a grapefruit. You'd get more juice that way.

  3. Re:New encryption scheme on UK Government Wants Private Encryption Keys · · Score: 0

    If you're doing forensics on a suspect's drive, you're first going to lift it out of his machine and make a block-for-block copy of it, then use the copy and leave the original preserved. It would be foolish to even power up a machine that was seized from someone who took the trouble to encrypt the contents.

  4. FAA requirement on Taiwan Breeds Transgenic, Fluorescent Green Pigs · · Score: 0

    Wasn't this done so that the pigs would be visible in flight at night? Otherwise, they'd have to strap on the navigation lights. How primitive.

  5. Re:Sub $100 solution here on Affordable Video Over IP as Standalone Devices? · · Score: 0

    Another sub-$100 aolution might be the Hauppauge MediaMVP.

  6. Re:Needs battery all the time ? on Flexible Electronic Paper · · Score: 0
    Not if the fluid in which the coloured particles are suspended is viscous enough. You may need the electric field only long enough to change the distribution of the particles in the capsule, then let the viscosity of the medium prevent migration (blurring and fading). It might also react like an Etch-a-Sketch to very vigorous shaking :-)

    I wonder what would happen if you placed a sheet in a centrifuge?

  7. Re:Why painted heatsinks on Fanless Media Center Box · · Score: 0

    Partly true. Good radiators are also good absorbers, so the inside should also be matte finish for a heatsink. It's only when in direct contact with the heat source that you want a polished surface to maximize conductivity. This is also why you wrap the tinfoil around baked potatoes shiny side in and matte side out; they tend to cook faster. Tinfoil hats are another matter.

  8. Re:A day too late... on OpenOffice.org Hits 1.1 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    OOo1.1.0 is identical to rc5, no need to download all over again.