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  1. Re:upside down keypads? on John E. Karlin, Who Led the Way To All-Digit Dialing, Dies At 94 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In Denmark they actually reversed it a few years back, with all the horrors of people not remembering or mistyped their PIN number.
    Before it was in the Calculator style, with 789 at the top, now all terminals are with 123 at the top, phone style...

  2. Re:maybe it's because of the Spring Festival homer on Chinese Government Appears To Be Blocking GitHub Via DNS · · Score: 1

    Wow! And here I thought, that the high speed trading markets was limited to stock markets and concerts.
    Seriously? Train tickets?

  3. Re:very low doses????? on Fukushima's Fallout of Fear · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Please do me a favor. Don't go to the Grand Central Station with a geiger counter. Also stay away from Capitol Hill i D.C. and any other granite or marble building.
    Also bananas could be scary to look at, and flying to the east coast would also be a no-go.

    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/reaction/interact/facts.html

    I wouldn't have you ramp up that nuclear fear too high, or you might be a part of statistics.

    Radiation is all around us, and the scientist are not even sure it is a bad thing.

  4. Re:It goes the other way, too on Possible Habitable Planet Just 12 Light Years Away · · Score: 1

    In stead of the giant ant analogy, I'd rather remember the square-cube law, as the thing that keeps my toy trains tilting off the tracks in tight curves, when the same problem is not present in real life rail roads. The weight simply does not scale on the same level as the size in these little trains... :-(

  5. Re:When the light turns on... on Researcher Finds Nearly Two Dozen SCADA Bugs In a Few Hours · · Score: 0

    It doesn't. TCP/IP over Avion Carrier has been superseeded by Payload over USB stick, and since that attack vector came into play, 'connected to the internet' is no longer a requirement...

  6. Re:Get A Real Job! on 100km/h Sailboat Sets Speed Record · · Score: 2

    Or perhaps they are helping to make your next windmill more efficient, since their sponsor is probably interested in some of the aspects of their work.
    Although most of their recent work probably is more interesting for boat and propeller designers, since much of it was centered about not having the t-foil sword cavitate, to loose speed.

  7. Re:I don't get fiber on 90 Percent of Eligible Kansas City Neighborhoods Sign Up For Google Fiber · · Score: 1

    My backup runs on a 4/1 mbit DSL line. It takes forever to back up my photos and home videos, that I have stored on my NAS server.
    Also, due to RIAA and Apple braindead rules (which may not apply to you yanks), I need to keep my own backup of all my iTunes music and video content, since I cannot download it again after I've bought it.
    And yes, I should get by with incremental downloads, but my offsite backup service likes to take a full backup every week or two. Right now that ties up my upload for hours when it does so. I got 47 gig of totally legal storage to back up over my puny 1Mbit upload.
    Also my 5.2gig Dropbox likes to chime in now and again, although it's not that often, that it's a problem.

    That's why I need more upload...

  8. Re:about:addons on Java Exploit Patched? Not So Fast · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Oh well, welcome to my world. In Denmark, not only does the bank require Java. The _state_ require you to use the same braindead java-infested login (NemID), not only on all banks, but also on every public accessible site (Pensions, Healthcare, Unemployment benefits, Student benefits...).
    No matter what I do, and which bank I choose, I need to use NemID, and Java.

    I just disabled Java on my work machine. Now I need to make a virtual machine or something, if I actually want to pay my bills. :-(

  9. Re:What does it tell you? on Valve Shares Performance Numbers On Port of Left4Dead · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That only shows that they fail at communicating the results. Not that the result itself is bogus...

  10. Re:And what happens to the marketing firms? on Two Arrested For Hacking Personal Data of 8.7 Million Phone Users · · Score: 1

    Didn't they loose their privacy?

  11. Re:An example on Hundreds of IP Addresses Make Pirate Bay a Hard Target · · Score: 1

    Funny. I didn't feel that non-trivial feeling, last time I looked over a new programming language, that the boss just brought in...

  12. Re:How can you quantify the loss? on The Avengers: Why Pirates Failed To Prevent a Box Office Record · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, according to the article, and the summary too, actually, about 0.5%, maximum. But the article goes on to say this is in the U.S.

    But does this mean that piracy is not an issue for the movie industry at all? Well not so fast.

    A recent study showed that the US box office is not suffering from movie piracy, but that there is a detrimental effect on international box office figures. The researchers attribute this impact to the wide release gaps, which sometimes result in a high quality DVD copy being available on pirate sites while a movie is still showing in theaters.

    Then fix the release gaps, and stop whining. The rest of the world is tired of being reduced to second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth class US citizens...
    If you want our money, start treating us like equals, and release the damn movies at the same time everywhere.
    With digital releases, it shouldn't be that hard.

  13. Re:Who stole the international metric system? on World's Largest Digital Camera Project Passes Critical Milestone · · Score: 1

    But then again.. Who do you know, that uses Gg or Giga Gram, instead of 'Thousand Tons'?

  14. So, How long before... on Scientists Print Cheap RFID Tags On Paper · · Score: 1

    If it's indeed possible to print a complex chip, like memory, how long do I have to wait, before I can print a 'modified' MiFare chip, complete with my preferred Card ID on the back of my 'fake' OysterCard? Wouldn't it be possible to create a MiFare card, with any ID number on it, In stead of emulating one, using the hardware available today?

  15. Re:Untethered? on Jailbreak For A5 iOS Devices Released · · Score: 1

    You don't need to plug it back in, every time you reboot it afterwards, just the one time.

  16. Re:Not being a troll, Serious question. on Jailbreak For A5 iOS Devices Released · · Score: 1

    Actually, I think that once you have broken your device, and loaded a custom firmware, it is no longer in a state, where the FCC allows you to connect to the cell networks. It of course depends on the state of the radio piece of the firmware, but you can't do _everything_ you want with it, just because you own the damn thing..

  17. Re:1 teragram is not 1.1million tons on The Arctic Is Leaking Methane · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Last I checked the country I live in was largely metric. Water pipes, TV screens and some sizes of lumber is still in inches though. It's kind of a transition fase that was never really completed. Not a real problem here, but I struggle to keep track of short and long tons.. Here a ton equals 1000 kilograms.

  18. Re:wind speed sensors on Wind Farms Can Interfere With Doppler Radar · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think most of the towers already have sensors, since they need them to detect when to shut down. The collection of data is another matter, but it shouldn't be too hard to do, some guys over here already did it

  19. Re:And if you are a Christian? on China Admits Use of Death-Row Organs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That probably wouldn't be a problem anyway. If you 'full body' is intact, so will the recipient of your organs body. Since he no longer need your organ, you would be able to have it back. It might take som divine swapping of organs before everything is straighned out, but since He is all-powerfull that shouldn't be too much of a problem :) Still, the right to donate organs should be entirely up to the donor. I do however see the point in an opt-out system as mentionended before.

  20. Re:Depressing, but not uncommon on Student Sues University Because She's Unemployable · · Score: 1

    Neigther has Denmark. Our government has been liberal since 2001. I think the last figure I've head was about 105.000 unemployed (3.8%). The lowest point was about 46.000 in june 2008 (1.6%). I have no idea if the part time emplyed and people not getting unemployment or social services are included. There has however been some speculation over how the figures are produced, so it seems to be of interest for the media here.

  21. Re:Major side benefit on Jet Stream Kites Could Power New York City · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Wind turbines, besides Sen. Kennedy not wanting to see em off HIS beachfront, are noisy, ugly and kill birds. Oh no, wind isn't green enough.

    Could they be made to target the pidgeons that litter city centers of europe? Seriously, Wind turbines have flaws, but I haven't heard the bird excuse before. I live in Denmark where we get like 25% of our power from wind turbines, and both the visibility and noise are common issues with the placement of new turbines, but sea turbines shouldn't have those issues if placed properly. I guess we don't have as many problems with birdstrikes as the US, or the problem has been overstated there?