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  1. Re:Second side to this coin... on Microsoft Will Sell Whitelist Services For Hotmail · · Score: 1

    It would, for instance, be nice if I didn't have to comb through my JUNK box looking for missing Emails from one of the many product specific Mail lists that I'm a member of.

    What kind of retarded mail filter are you using? If youre using Evolution, put the SPAM filter as the last one in the chain and put all your mailing list filters before.

    Damn!

  2. Re:Computer Science != Programming on Math And The Computer Science Major · · Score: 1

    Haha i remember all the snickers when the pumping lemma was introduced.

  3. Re:Certain types of programming... on Math And The Computer Science Major · · Score: 0

    Except indians are usually very good at math too. Hmmm..

  4. Re:the end of computing as we know it is coming... on Microsoft's Janus DRM Software Officially Unveiled · · Score: 1

    God has noone heard of 1984? We already have the propaganda machine in full force (cnn).

  5. Re:Of course... on Microsoft's Janus DRM Software Officially Unveiled · · Score: 1

    A truth can be falsified by showing atleast one case for which it is not true

    Hi, my name is andalay.

  6. Re:Janus on Microsoft's Janus DRM Software Officially Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Perhaps it's really "The End"?

    I know once I cannot do what I want with my computer, I am going to boycott all the bastards

  7. Re:They should use Ninnle! on Ireland Rejects E-Voting for Upcoming Elections · · Score: 1

    So why should I stop posting this?
    its not as funny.

  8. Re:They should use Ninnle! on Ireland Rejects E-Voting for Upcoming Elections · · Score: 1

    You gotta stop posting this.

  9. There is an open source voting system on Ireland Rejects E-Voting for Upcoming Elections · · Score: 2, Informative
  10. Re:What I'd like to see... on New Science Museum - Now With Real Science! · · Score: 1

    I said 100 because I thought that IQ tests are geared to have an average of 100. That may be outdated though, perhaps with inflation, its 50 now.

  11. Re:What I'd like to see... on New Science Museum - Now With Real Science! · · Score: 1

    I think the shows are geared towards people with an IQ of 100

  12. Re:Still safe for a while on RSA-576 Factorization Officially Announced · · Score: 2, Interesting

    WEP had a flaw in the protocol.

    The flaw made it possible to inject unauthorized packets and reduce the time/space needed for brute forcing the key.

    Thanks for demonstrating a common misconception in cryptography: it is all about encryption and decryption. Its not. Its also about the algorithms and protocols you use in your applications. Encryption/decryption is a factor in the security but it is not the whole point of cryptography.

    As a result, when people break SSL,WEP, it is as much a part of practical cryptography as factoring integers

  13. Re:Don't believe them. on Researchers To Climb Ararat To Seek Noah's Ark · · Score: 1

    Your question is valid. Let me first say that I am NOT a fanatic. I just enjoyed studying religion. Saying that usually makes my points easier for other people to digest.

    The main problem that most people have when they read religious books is that they cannot understand the context. As an example, the statement ``earth and heavens were one'' seems to be totally incorrect. However, if you would put yourself in a time when the majority of the world believed in a static universe that did not consist of more than they could see, such statements begin to make more sense. Atleast more sense than saying ``At the beginning, there were a bunch of little things that you need to use particle accelerators to prove they exist'' Try explaining that to the general population of whatever century it was.

    If you do disagree, I'd like to hear why.

  14. Re:Don't believe them. on Researchers To Climb Ararat To Seek Noah's Ark · · Score: 1

    Here is the verse. Some commentators say that this is proof that the quran is false (if you read it literally, it assumes that the ``Unbelievers'' were alive at the point where heaven & earth were split), while others obviously say that it is proof that that it is true (big bang theory corroborates well). IMHO, the falsifying argument is retarded because the dude who made that comment, then went on to say that other people who interpret the quran take it too literally. Obviously a mistake of some sort.

    And then theres the water thing. Which I think is also corroborated by science. This is my favourite religious verse ever. It's says: ``You finally stop believing, then you read the verse, and you're confused''. My hypothesis is that the arab dudes already knew about this stuff from their own science. Of course there is no proof of that either but I like to hide my head in the sand.

    Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe? (The Noble Quran, 21:30)"

  15. Re:Don't believe them. on Researchers To Climb Ararat To Seek Noah's Ark · · Score: 1

    In fact such error checking is widely thought to be present in the quran. I remember reading it A LONG time ago and coming across some pretty cool stuff such as a verse which (to me) clearly said that the heavens and earth were one and they were split (you know, ala big bang). There are also some rumors about # of times word ``sea'' is mentioned/``earth'' = 2/3 or whatever its supposed to be but I don't know if those have actually been proven (i.e., indep 3rd party).

    There are a few other things too but im too lazy. If you are interested, you can google for miracles quran and Im sure you'll get a bunch of hits.

    Good luck

  16. strangely enough, if you RTFA on iTunes One Year Anniversary Sparks Comparison · · Score: 1

    you will understand that anyone in Bill Gates position would have done what he did!

  17. Re:Privacy Concerns on Legoland Introduces Wi-Fi Tracking for Kids · · Score: 1

    well yeah thats what I had sort of assumed. but you never know :) I just wanted to know what they are _actually_ doing

  18. Re:Privacy Concerns on Legoland Introduces Wi-Fi Tracking for Kids · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Am I the only one that thinks that its useless if a) the kid takes it off or b) A bad person takes it off the kid? What type of measures are there to prevent this?

  19. Re:You people need to leverage your telescope asse on The Venus Transit 2004 · · Score: 0

    Only a guy trolling for ``funny'' points like yourself could come up with something so cliche.

  20. Re:Calculators are here to stay on HP Releases New RPN Scientific Calculator · · Score: 1

    Synthesis and creative use of one's knowledge, is, after all, what real world science and engineering are all about. Primarily because of this artificial construction, classwork performance is quite often a poor indicator of a student's potential as a real scientist or engineer

    Tell grad schools that

  21. You people need to leverage your telescope asset on The Venus Transit 2004 · · Score: 0

    Have you ever actually tried to show a woman stuff through a telescope? THAT, my friends, is a chick magnet. Atleast it was the last few times I tried it ;)

  22. Re:Pull your 40/week and stop on Appreciating Your Stressful IT Job? · · Score: 0

    Yeah I remember when I was working (b/w school), I used to work from 9-3 and get my shit done and go home. Then there was another guy working literally 24hrs/day. I thought I wasn't doing enough work but when I took a look at his code I knew why it took him so long.

  23. Re:Many many problems on California Panel Recommends Dumping Diebold · · Score: 0, Troll

    I have never had to produce any sort of ID to vote in the US. I did not have to to register to vote either.

    Probably because your vote doesnt matter anyway.

  24. Hell yeah! on Software To Stop Song Trading · · Score: 0

    Thats the slashdotter answer to DRM

  25. Re:Never thought I'd say this to a fellow slashdot on Few Takers For Microsoft's Settlement Cash · · Score: 1

    Well actually, I was referring to the fact that he has read his will.