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  1. Re:I got a question... on A New Vulnerability In RSA Cryptography · · Score: 1

    A-ha. Dynamically compile the key into executable code when it's needed?

  2. Re:Pseudoscience on Should Google Go Nuclear? · · Score: 1

    He says they ran into engineering problems as well, but their problems seem to stem from the small scales involved, i.e. larger scales would be easier to build. And the small scale was/is necessary because of lack of funding. And the lack of funding was necessary in order to prevent the project from getting completely cut off.

  3. Re:Pseudoscience on Should Google Go Nuclear? · · Score: 1

    If you watch the video, he explains exactly why they're not buried in funding, why the government can't do it, and why it requires some forward-thinking investor like Google (or other).

  4. Re:Wait a minute.. on Are New DRM Technologies Setting Vista Up For Failure? · · Score: 1

    Hm, I can't find anything about that. Guess it floated away.

  5. Re:the EU vs the world on EU Gives Microsoft 8 Days Until Fines · · Score: 1
    If microsoft was a convicted monopoly but an EU company, would this be happening? The answer is no.
    What makes you assert that?
    But microsoft is a monopoly, different rules for them.
    Exactly.
    The EU is ticked of that a foreign company is so popular.
    You mean the EU is sporting feelings of jealousy?
    As of yet, no other company has made a better product that the public has wanted.
    As of yet, we don't know what people want because ...:
    The EU decides what the EU people want, and forces it down their throats.
    Microsoft decides what people want.
    If companies would spend 1/2 the time working on their own product/services rather then bitiching and sueing microsoft
    Companies sueing? This is almost off-topic already.
  6. Re:I don't get it, who does this help? on EU Gives Microsoft 8 Days Until Fines · · Score: 1

    What's the conflict of interest?

  7. Re:Translation on PS3 Opened For Pictures · · Score: 1
    A few minor clarifications, if I may humbly:

    11. The 16cm (about) is the diameter for the fan, not contact area
    17. "[...]. The one to the left says EE+GS. I think it's for running PS2 software"
    21. "The one to the top right is a Sony-made controller: CXD2973GB"
    22. "To the bottom right is the CELL. It's number is CXD2964GB, printed on it. It's connected with very thick trace patterns to the RSX"

  8. Re:Is the developing market lucrative? on AMD Cuts Personal Internet Communicator · · Score: 1
    It certainly could add some e waste though.
    Don't worry. Just make it into golf balls and NASA will take care of it.
  9. Re:Randomly dump their trash would be stupid on Astronauts Throw Trash Into Space · · Score: 1

    The golfballs will be hit in that very direction, and are estimated to burn up in 3 days.

  10. Re:Pigs in space on Astronauts Throw Trash Into Space · · Score: 1
    I prefer having some papers blow into my windshield rather than golfballs at orbital speed, thank you.


    Says Mikhail Tyurin: "Fore!"

  11. Re:Sounds? on Making the Sounds of Vista · · Score: 1

    But you can't just "allocate more resources" to a software project from another project and have it magically produce better results. Especially since the resource drain of a few people spending 18 months perfecting short sound clips is pretty much nonexistent.

  12. Re:Indian Offshoring... on New Zealand To Allow 'Text-Speak' On Exams · · Score: 1

    No, you mean Prince. Your pop-culture information is outdated. :)

  13. Re:Indian Offshoring... on New Zealand To Allow 'Text-Speak' On Exams · · Score: 1

    You mean Prince?

  14. Re:Good luck on Google Used To Diagnose Disease · · Score: 1

    Not quite; "vagina" is rarely used in porn contexts, so a search for e.g. "vaginal cancer" yields perfectly representable results.

  15. Re:A good start... on YouTube Restores Comedy Central Clips · · Score: 1
    The big difference between cults like these and mainstream religions is that mainstream religions are Open Source. Beware of proprietary beliefs and philosophies, they're not really worth the time. Keep it simple!


    Today's life philosophy lesson was brought to you by fbjon. Released into the public domain, 2006.

  16. Re:Not many gadgets for the first Christmas on Worst Christmas Ever For Gadgets? · · Score: 1
    Coal-fired CD burners,
    Those are the best for distributing the data around in gaseous form. You can put CD-R's in them too!
  17. Re:the sun: a weapon of mass extinction on Space Telescope Catches Monster Flare · · Score: 1
    My fellow Americans, our only option is clear: We need to preemptively invade the sun.
    Best idea I've heard today! I'll even lend you guys my conveniently fueled and ready Space Ark. I call it, "B". Your trusted allies will follow shortly in "A", just as soon as you've hit the shores and set up home base.
  18. Re:I think Microsoft should have called it ... on MSN Music Purchases Not Compatible with Zune · · Score: 1

    That sounds like a masturbation tragedy.

  19. Re:'wii' should be like 'fish' . . . on Nintendo Promises 4 Million Shipped Wiis By Year-End · · Score: 1

    It's the same as with 'people' and 'peoples'.

  20. Re:I vote for no-DST and use GMT on Prepared for Next Year's Time Change? · · Score: 1

    That has no bearing on the issue, it's still the same context of evening. Consider: even if everyone used GMT, you'd still need to check what the local customs are to figure out if it's dinner time or not, and that's after checking if it's even evening or not.

  21. Re:I vote for no-DST and use GMT on Prepared for Next Year's Time Change? · · Score: 1

    Time zones are just to avoid having a continuum of changing time around the world, instead opting for discrete zones so that clocks can be synchronized in a sane way, while preserving the way people use them.

  22. Re:Why is being KDE important? on Krita 1.6 — State of the Art · · Score: 1

    And also in Swedish, 'Krita' can be literally translated as 'Kdraw'.

  23. Re:The Jerk-Store called on How Many Windows? · · Score: 1

    Uh.. ok, I see. Well, it's another way to look at it. I don't see the joke in there though..

  24. Re:The MSX kicked ass on Consoles M.I.A. · · Score: 1
    Ok, it did get upgraded a bit. But still, looking at the A500 with 512KB in 1985, and the A500+ and A1200 with 1MB and 2MB respectively in 1992, it seems that it fell behind the evolution of the industry. Indeed, the Amiga was also slowly falling behind by '92. Also, comparing screenshots, it's obvious that...


    Wait, is this a classic '90s home computer war vortex I'm spinning in?

  25. Re:The Jerk-Store called on How Many Windows? · · Score: 1
    Let's all figure out the difference between power and energy, shall we? You do not get charged per Watt, you get charged per (kilo-) Watt-hour.


    Watt. Hour.