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  1. Re:Sweet F A on Ask Slashdot: How Could We Actually Detect an Alien Invasion From Outer Space? · · Score: 1, Informative

    "It isn't very probable.."

    But a space-jumping fleet of invading space aliens is? Did you even read the summary?

  2. Re:Huh? on Obama Says He's 'A Strong Believer In Strong Encryption' · · Score: 5, Funny

    Being President is a hard job - you're constantly faced with choosing who to pander to next.

  3. Re:appliance? on LG Exec Indicted Over Broken Samsung Washing Machine · · Score: 1

    Fuck the Sabbath. The discussion is about the first day of the week, which has nothing to do with some imaginary guy in the sky.

  4. Re:appliance? on LG Exec Indicted Over Broken Samsung Washing Machine · · Score: 1

    OK, "man crontab," then.

  5. Re:appliance? on LG Exec Indicted Over Broken Samsung Washing Machine · · Score: 1

    One need only look at a calendar to see that Sunday is the first day of the week.

  6. Visible Light Communication on Polymers Brighten Hopes For Visible Light Communication · · Score: 1

    You mean, like a readin' and a writin'? Pretty fancy stuff, there!

  7. Re:Drone Harvesting... on NoFlyZone.org Aims To Keep the Airspace Above Your Home Drone-Free · · Score: 1

    The only thing which gives anyone the right to fly over someone else's property is a privilege granted by government, via the FAA in the US. If someone flies a drone over my property, I have every bit as much right to shoot it down as it has to be there in the first place.

  8. Re:Drone Harvesting... on NoFlyZone.org Aims To Keep the Airspace Above Your Home Drone-Free · · Score: 1

    OK, "Drone donation center." Better?

  9. Re:Do they have any authority to do that? on NoFlyZone.org Aims To Keep the Airspace Above Your Home Drone-Free · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps it's funded by the NSA. "Let's get a list of addresses where people want to hide from surveillance."

  10. Re:Manufacturers Restrict their Products on NoFlyZone.org Aims To Keep the Airspace Above Your Home Drone-Free · · Score: 1

    Very little can stop an evil player. This simply makes it easier for those manufacturers and users who wish to be responsible citizens. Like the "Do Not Call" list, it doesn't eliminate the problem, but does help reduce it.

  11. Re:Peanuts on Your Java Code Is Mostly Fluff, New Research Finds · · Score: 1

    Assembly has all those mnemonics and equates and macros and directives. ITYM machine language.

  12. Re:Peanuts on Your Java Code Is Mostly Fluff, New Research Finds · · Score: 1

    10 PRINT "HAVE YOU TRIED BASIC?"
    20 INPUT $X
    30 IF $X <> "YES" GOTO 50
    40 PRINT "WHY AREN'T YOU USING IT?"
    50 PRINT "YOU SHOULD, IT HAS NO LIBRARIES AND SHORT KEYWORDS."
    60 END

  13. Re:Your Article Is All Fluff, Reader Finds on Your Java Code Is Mostly Fluff, New Research Finds · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think they're advising that you remove all error checking, help messages, and logging, since that's not required for "core functionality."

  14. Re:"Not intentional". Right. on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 1

    You're probably thinking of Insignia. Visio TVs are also sold by Walmart, Target, Costco, BJ's and others.

  15. Re:"Not intentional". Right. on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 5, Informative
    Samsung Australia's statement is telling:

    This was a result of an error that occurred as part of a recent software update that was not intended for the Australian market.

    We can confirm that the issue has now been rectified and that there are currently no plans to introduce this type of advertising in Australia in the near future.

    Check the qualifiers. That behavior was intended, but for other markets. Samsung does have plans to introduce it to the Australian market, but in the long term.

  16. Dupe. Dupe. Dupe. on Another Bitcoin Exchange Fraud · · Score: 1

    Dupe.

    timothy strikes again.

  17. Re:Audiophile market on $10K Ethernet Cable Claims Audio Fidelity, If You're Stupid Enough To Buy It · · Score: 1

    Sure, silver tarnishes. But, silver tarnish tends to be conductive and soft, easily wiped away when making contact. Silver can be a suitable contact material in ordinary indoor environments. Many professional audio connectors (XLR) are sold with silver contacts.

  18. Re:Come on... on $10K Ethernet Cable Claims Audio Fidelity, If You're Stupid Enough To Buy It · · Score: 1

    If you think some subtle change in bit timing matters to digital audio, you don't understand Nyquist. Any phase change due to a minor difference in bit timing would appear far above the Nyquist frequency.

  19. Re:Come on... on $10K Ethernet Cable Claims Audio Fidelity, If You're Stupid Enough To Buy It · · Score: 5, Informative

    ethernet at gig-e speeds does not use equal length strands. it does this so that you get more of a 'variety' (for lack of better non-tech words) of frequencies and you can better cancel out the common-mode noise radiation if you don't make all the wire pairs (pairs are different but each wire in the pair is the same length) the same.

    You know just enough to be dangerous. You're also wrong. Each pair in a Cat 6 cable has a different rate of twist. That's done to reduce crosstalk between the pairs. I often use short (<10 M) Cat 5 patch cables for temporary 1G connections without issue, Cat 6 becomes more important when you're bundling cables together and using longer lengths (100 M max). Regardless, any errors which occur can be recognized and recorded, so any difference between cables could be easily and objectively quantified - no need for subjective "the soundstage immediately opened up" BS.

    The length of different pairs due to the difference in twists is insignificantly different.

    You then go on to confuse matters by comparing 1G Ethernet to HDMI to I2S, three completely different things, with different signalling at different rates. 1G Ethernet runs at a clock rate of 125 MHz, encoding 8 bits per baud. HDMI 1.3 has a maximum clock rate of 340 MHz, making transmission line length more critical.

    I2S does NOT have 3 clocks as you claim. It has a single clock, a word select signal (used to indicate whether left or right channel info is currently being sent, sometimes called the "word clock," even though it changes synchronously with the bit clock), and a data signal. Used for standard CD audio, it has a clock rate of less than 1.5 MHz. Even with newer "high definition" audio formats, the clock rate is still significantly less than either 1G Ethernet or HDMI. It tops out around 12 MHz for 32 bit stereo at 192 KHz. For more channels, additional data lines are added. But, transmission line length is not as critical as for either Ethernet or HDMI, which run at 10x+ the speed of I2S. 1/2 cycle of a 12 MHz clock is almost 50 feet long on a wire. A length difference of fractions of an inch simply doesn't matter.

  20. Re:On loan??? on Neil Armstrong's Widow Discovers Moon Camera In Bag · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure a statute of limitation doesn't mean you get to keep stolen goods after you're discovered. FWIW, Wikipedia says "The general rule is the limitation period begins when the plaintiff's cause of action accrues or is made to be aware of the injury that might have happened a long time ago..." And, the claim would be against his estate and heirs. But, there's no doubt a lawyer around here who can clarify if that's not right.

  21. Re:Why are you throwing your money away on BTC? on Alleged Bitcoin Scam Leaves Millions Missing · · Score: 1

    Intriguing! And what will I be able to do with these slips of paper?

    Mr. Whipple can answer your question.

  22. Re:Why are you throwing your money away on BTC? on Alleged Bitcoin Scam Leaves Millions Missing · · Score: 2

    Unlike gold, Bitcoin is lightweight and easily stored. Why would anyone investing in Bitcoin leave more than what they need for short term liquidity in the hands of a third party? Just store some copies (hardcopy, even) is a couple of safe locations (safe-deposit box, etc.). If one were to be stolen, one could use a different copy to send a payment to one's self, invalidating all other extant copies. The only risk is timing - finding out when the original is compromised and being able to move fast enough. Still, considerably safer and easier than storing currency or gold in the same safe location.

    (not comment on the safety of Bitcoin value)

  23. Re:DSCOVR? on Tracking System Bug Delays SpaceX's DSCOVR Launch · · Score: 2

    It's a cousin to V'ger.

  24. Re:Bye Bye Bitorrent on Confirmed: FCC Will Try To Regulate Internet Under Title II · · Score: 0

    Realistically, it makes no difference. Dynamic IP ranges are on the SORBS RBL, so even if your ISP let you send SMTP traffic off net, you'd find very, very few mail servers which would accept your mail. And, the FCC action being discussed won't change that.

  25. Re:Bye Bye Bitorrent on Confirmed: FCC Will Try To Regulate Internet Under Title II · · Score: 1

    That wasn't blocked due to any government action.