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  1. Re:Personality NOT the same: clone != original pet on Re-Pet a Reality · · Score: 1
    not because they are "white with black spots in just the right places".

    Funny you should say, that, but iirc, fur patterns on cats are not determined genetically, but by how certain cells differentiate in the womb, which may or may not happen the same way twice.

  2. Re:Yes, but on Some Ways To Avoid Spam On Gmail · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Korea, only old people use digital signatures!

  3. Re:So how can I secure my connection? on WEP And PPTP Password Crackers Released · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I use openvpn for securing my home network (the access point is open and nonrouting), and although it's a bit of a shit to get set up, I've never had any problems, and I've got 1.5 meg/sec using blowfish from a K6-400 at the other end.

  4. Re:Who? on Knoppix To Split Into 'Light,' 'Maximum' Versions · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It doesn't touch the disks, and it's useful for disaster recovery without dismantling the machine. Next question?

  5. Re:What does this mean on MD5 To Be Considered Harmful Someday · · Score: 1

    No.
    It means that you can create two files with the same hash but different contents. An example would be, you release your own (specially tailored) rpm for a completely harmless thing, then a few weeks later silently swap it for the malicious one with the same md5sum.

  6. Re:DUPE on Impressive Half Life 2 Case Mod · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think he's referring to the fact that I got my karma busted down by 3 "redundant" mods, just for being 5 seconds slower than the other guys.

  7. DUPE on Impressive Half Life 2 Case Mod · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This was posted here about 6 months ago

  8. Re:what the hell went on??? on Failed Win XP Upgrade Wipes Out UK Government Agency · · Score: 1

    Nope. Every single desk-stuffers office terminal was rendered broken to the point where it won't boot to the automated patch applicator.

  9. Re:What the heck did they do? on Failed Win XP Upgrade Wipes Out UK Government Agency · · Score: 1

    I used to work in one of the departments in the summer, and sometimes I'd come in to work in the morning and find my machine on, when I coulda sworn I'd turned it off overnight.
    Eventually I realised that all the machines in the office woke up by themselves and applied whatever patches were being rolled out. To be honest, I'm surprised that any machines at all were left standing.

  10. Re:Woot on Stargate SG-1 & Atlantis Renewed · · Score: 2, Informative

    Aye, the guy is from Scotland but has been working in America for ages, and I can tell you that although the accent sometimes seems strained, it's a nice familiar touch for us Scottish geeks.

  11. good point on How Well Do You Estimate? · · Score: 5, Funny
    How Well Do You Estimate?

    With 44.7% accuracy!

    more or less.

  12. Re:How about fewer, but faster on How About a Gigapixel Digital Camera? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    foiled again! cool idea though, isn't that what the human brain uses to increase eye resolution?

  13. Re:How about fewer, but faster on How About a Gigapixel Digital Camera? · · Score: 1

    RTFS, it's a big giant space camera. however, I read your post, and I appreciate that it's just brainstorming without thinking. I still don't care. it's made out of lots of 9 megapixel CCDs that are 4 or 5 times bigger than normal sensors.

  14. Re:Online articles that are broken into pages... on Exploring Firefox Extensions · · Score: 1
    Do they just want us to see a wider array of their ads?

    Yes?

  15. Re:If it can be used to truly identify the idiots. on Insurance Companies Try Out Auto Black Boxes · · Score: 1

    Pff, there are plenty of times when that happens lefitimately.

    Parking? roads that turn sharply but have no fork?

  16. Re:Article Summary for lazy people on Cold Fusion Back From The Dead · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ok, this is beyond a joke. My last 3 posts have all been modded overrated in a matter of seconds. SHOW YOURSELF, STALKER!

  17. Article Summary for lazy people on Cold Fusion Back From The Dead · · Score: 5, Informative

    Waffle waffle

    Cold fusion regarded as a joke for ages

    waffle waffle

    "THE FIRST HINT that the tide may be changing came in February 2002, when the U.S. Navy revealed that its researchers had been studying cold fusion on the quiet more or less continuously since the debacle began. "

    waffle waffle

    "At San Diego and other research centers, scientists built up an impressive body of evidence that something strange happened when a current passed through palladium electrodes placed in heavy water. "

    waffle waffle

    "Other researchers are finally beginning to explain why the Pons-Fleischmann effect has been difficult to reproduce. Mike McKubre from SRI International, in Menlo Park, Calif., a respected researcher who is influential among those pursuing cold fusion, says that the effect can be reliably seen only once the palladium electrodes are packed with deuterium at ratios of 100 percent--one deuterium atom for every palladium atom. His work shows that if the ratio drops by as little as 10 points, to 90 percent, only 2 experimental runs in 12 produce excess heat, while all runs at a ratio of 100 percent produce excess heat. "

    Summary: Cold fusion wasn't reproducible because not all factors were accounted for, and millitary scientists think they nailed it.

  18. Re:Paging Dr. Schlock... on Inflatable Spaceship Ready for Test · · Score: 0

    Dr. Schlock? close. you're thinking of sargeant schlock, from another long-running daily comic strip, Schlock Mercenary. It is by far the best and most realistic scifi cartoon out there, I recommend it to everyone.

  19. MOD PARENT SIDEWAYS on Internet2 Speed Record Broken · · Score: 0

    come on, funny!

  20. Re:Conversion? on Internet2 Speed Record Broken · · Score: 1

    More to the point, in the apple specification, this is approximately 200 songs/sec. seems kinda puny, I can't wait for my 1 kilosong fiber!

  21. Re:Thanks for sharing on Three Minutes With Mark Cuban · · Score: 1

    To the CubanMobile, MarkBoy!

  22. Re:If it can be used to truly identify the idiots. on Insurance Companies Try Out Auto Black Boxes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How would the box detect not using a turn signal? without GPS it won't know the road layout and it won't know if a turn signal is needed or not.

  23. Re:still problems connecting to nForce motherboard on First Portable Media Centers Hit Store Shelves · · Score: 1

    Hah, USB 1.0 might be the problem, that goes slower than most cable connections.

  24. Re:Oh my GOD on Live Nightclub Hacking · · Score: 1

    what, 56,000 times a second?

  25. I think I speak for all of us when I say on Google Code Jam 2004 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mmm... Jam...