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  1. Re:Opt-Out Real Quick on Accused Spammer to Debate SpamCop Founder · · Score: 3, Funny

    yes they have to take you off THAT list, but they can just add you to another list.

    you have unsubscribed from the Viagra News List.
    here is a message from the Viagra Info List...

  2. Okay enough is enough on Google Experiments With Local Filesystem Search · · Score: 0, Redundant

    there's finally a Google section, no need to spam it.

    wake me up when I can actually download this search program.

  3. Re:That might be nice... on Samsung Announces Largest-Ever OLED Display · · Score: 3, Interesting

    >for laptops

    being only 1/3 the thickness of LCDs is handy too

  4. Re:marketing *IS* important on SCO Prides Itself on Inspiring FUD · · Score: 4, Insightful

    >Few, if any, businessmen knew who SCO was 2 years ago, but now they have almost universal brand-name recognition.

    just like al-Qaeda !

  5. Re:Well Duh on EU To Counter Echelon With Quantum Cryptography? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    that is not necessrily true. it can be argued that 9/11 succeeded because there was so much information that they missed the important parts. it's clear from the investigation that there were numerous failings which had nothing to do with the amount of information, only its processing.

  6. Re:Quantum Encryption? on EU To Counter Echelon With Quantum Cryptography? · · Score: 1

    but you MUST also manipulate the information. when spin can only be measured to either be "up" or "down", how can you transmit "Hello World" WITHOUT manipulating the information?

  7. Re:Well Duh on EU To Counter Echelon With Quantum Cryptography? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    from what I know people are making a huge deal out of irrelevant details.

    who cares about tiny scraps of information like this when you're ignoring 1000 ft danger signs such as the 9/11 hijakers learning to fly in the US and specifically saying they don't care about learning how to land?

  8. Re:Quantum Encryption? on EU To Counter Echelon With Quantum Cryptography? · · Score: 1

    it's only understandable if they also have the key. or did you think they were encoding ASCII directly into quantum states? and if you're going to assume they have the key then there's no such thing as encryption at all under your objection.

  9. Re:Quantum Encryption? on EU To Counter Echelon With Quantum Cryptography? · · Score: 2, Informative

    um, what does encryption mean on your planet then?

    encrypt ( P ) Pronunciation Key (n-krpt)
    tr.v. encrypted, encrypting, encrypts

    1. To put into code or cipher.
    2. Computer Science. To alter (a file, for example) using a secret code so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized parties.

    according to this it seems like a perfect name to me. you are coding the information into quantum states so it can't be intercepted by people you don't want it to.

  10. Re:Measures and counter-measures on EU To Counter Echelon With Quantum Cryptography? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    there cannot be a counter to quantum cryptography itself (it would be against the laws of physics assuming the cryptography is implemented correctly), there can only be a work around based on some other link in the communication chain.

  11. What I find disturbing is... on EU To Counter Echelon With Quantum Cryptography? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    that the US spies on its "friends" in the first place.

    It may be naive, but if you want respect you have to give respect.

  12. Re:I never understood the Bittorrent thing... on Fedora Core 2 released to Mirrors, Bittorrent · · Score: 2, Funny

    >people are willing to be altruistic because the protocol rewards them for it.

    just a nitpick - that's not altruism.

    how does this reward work? ATM I'm downloading at 4KiB/s and up at 30KiB/s, generally I upload twice as much as I download. where's my "reward"?

  13. Re:I never understood the Bittorrent thing... on Fedora Core 2 released to Mirrors, Bittorrent · · Score: 1

    >As for leaving the client open, you could force this on the user.

    no you can't, you can only piss people off by making things awkward.

    how can you stop all of these...
    -killing the client
    -uninstalling the client
    -blocking the client with firewall
    -going offline
    -turning off the computer ...?

  14. Re:The best possible answer is obvious. on Cryptic Code Stumps Experts · · Score: 2, Insightful

    yes it explains perfectly why the D and M are below and far apart - 'twixt isn't in the quote but is cleverly implied by the formatting.I'm amazed they don't just accept this.

  15. A moot point now that SCO is... on Novell Sued Microsoft Through Caldera? · · Score: 4, Informative
  16. Re:Name? on Metal Velcro · · Score: 1

    yes Lancashire! you can't mix the counties! ;-)

  17. Re:Name? on Metal Velcro · · Score: 1

    I think there are different mechanisms at work in British/American accents.

    British accents depend on those nearby e.g. Liverpool, being the major port to Ireland, has an accent which is a mixture of Irish and Yorkshire.

    in America accents can be based on where people emigrated from e.g. North Dakota (in Fargo) where everyone sounds Swedish because that's where the founders came from.

    in Britain accents change in a continuous way whereas in America state boundaries often involve miles of empty space where accents can become cut off from other states.

  18. A Bad Thing on New Wave Of File-Sharing Embraces Secrecy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    this seems 100% just about making copyright infringement safer (especially the music-only one), not the kind of thing most /.ers will be in favour of.

    this is a bad thing because they're playing up to the role of "the evil pirate" though since their aim to protect copyright infringers I doubt they could care less about hurting supporters of legitimate p2p.

  19. Re:There outta be a law on Microsoft Blames Anti-trust Legal Fees for Price Increases · · Score: 5, Funny

    it would be so much easier if people could be prosecuted for "being a dick".

    it could be an on the spot fine of 0.5% of your total value.

    an officer could just follow Gates around handing him tickets like toilet paper and saying "stop being a dick Bill... Bill, stop being a dick... you're still a dick Bill..."

    Darl McBride? what a dick, every time he opens his mouth shove a ticket in.

    those retards who have crap cars but think making them really loud makes them good, "hey, you're car sounds like a dying go-kart you dick!". kaching - more money for schools and hospitals.

  20. Re:Ironically, they are right . . . on Microsoft Blames Anti-trust Legal Fees for Price Increases · · Score: 1

    stop saying "consumed". I have this image of some retard chomping on WinXP CDs.

  21. Re:until now on New Evidence About 'The Great Dying' 250 Million Years Ago · · Score: 5, Insightful

    there can be hundreds of pieces of indirect evidence and logical arguments supporting a meteor hit.

    this is the first direct evidence i.e. they found the meteor (or what's left of it).

    I'd say that if everything points to a meteor, and then you find the actual meteor, then that's as far from "sketchy" as possible and has very little to do with "belief".

  22. Re:Since I can't see air it must be another univer on The Home Parallel Universe Test · · Score: 2, Informative

    Feyman's idea is to treat antiparticles as particles travelling back in time. it's mostly just a trick to make calculations easier (this of course means it must be a valid interpretation).

  23. Re:What am I missing? on Two Congressmen Push for DMCA Amendments · · Score: 2, Insightful

    because the next attack will then be
    "it's illegal and they're still doing it, we must have remote control of their hardware to protect our property from being misused and uphold the rule of law"

    also, first they came for the Jews... etc.

  24. Re:Nice, A complete Vapor-article. on Running Video Cards in Parallel · · Score: 1

    >What exactly does "in parallel" mean?

    well this is Alienware so I think they mean that one card is on top of the other and both are perpendicular to the MB, hence they are running "in parallel" with each other.

  25. Re:I found a major flaw too on 802.11 WiFi Denial of Service Exploit Discovered · · Score: 4, Funny

    I walk up to someone with a network connected PC/laptop and say "I'll give you this shiny new hammer if you let me check my email".

    I then use outlook to open a attatchment from an unknown source.