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  1. For those of you who don't yet know... on Sony Begins OLED Mass Production · · Score: 5, Informative
  2. Re:One Question: on Kong in Concert - Donkey Kong Country Arrangements · · Score: 1

    And also, although the music is non-commercial, what's the licensing for the tracks that have been made available? Perhaps I've overlooked something but I've read the site and can't work out if they are available under a Creative Commons license or something similar.

  3. Re:I saw spammers are ready for this on IETF Decides On SPF / Sender-ID issue · · Score: 4, Informative

    SPF and Sender-ID don't prevent spam, they are used so that systems recieving e-mails can verify that e-mails are sent from servers that are authorised to do so for particular e-mail addresses. This prevents JoeJobs and (hopefully) allows for faster tracking of e-mail abuse. Spammers implement/support SPF or Sender-ID records in order to circumvent systems that discard e-mails that SPF or Sender-ID marks as spoofed.

  4. Re:Where's the problem here? on University Bans Wireless Access Points · · Score: 2, Informative

    Read it again. The cited act addresses services provided to the consumer/resident, not services provided by the consumer/resident.

    There's an ammendment to the order updating it so that it applies to antennas designed for receiving and transmiting fixed wireless signals, not just TV services.
  5. Re:Where's the problem here? on University Bans Wireless Access Points · · Score: 1

    See paragraph four of the site: "On October 25, 2000, the Commission further amended the rule so that it applies to customer-end antennas that receive and transmit fixed wireless signals. This amendment became effective on May 25, 2001."

  6. Re:Where's the problem here? on University Bans Wireless Access Points · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's not the case. The FCC has exclusive rights to resolve matters such as these under the Communications Act of 1934, including those regarding unlicensed devices such as wifi. FCC's Over-the-Air Reception Devices rules (OTARD) specifically prohibit landlords, state and local governments and third parties from placing restrictions upon users of these unlicensed devices.

  7. More details... on Atari To Release Old Games and New Console System · · Score: 4, Informative

    See here for more details of the Atari Flashback Classic Game Console.

  8. Re:what's so great about that? on Ingenious Tours of Science Museum Stores · · Score: 1

    :-) I should have been more careful when writing the article. In the UK most people would think of storerooms when stores are mentioned in this context. The glow in the dark stickers are sold in the Science Museum shop. :-)

  9. Re:Ok on SGI to Scale Linux Across 1024 CPUs · · Score: 1

    It does, but SCO will charge you $715,776 to license it!

  10. Start low, study hard on Recent Grads and Experience Beyond the Desktop? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Be prepared to start from lightly lower levels and work your way up. Try and find a company that deals with both small and medium sized customers and you'll soon find that you'll be getting the exposure to higher end technologies hopefully with the guidance of a colleague who's got the experience. That's the way it's worked for me.

    Buy some good books and keep yourself studying and learning. At least you'll be able to tell a potential employee that you've studied the theory and are eager to get experience even if you don't already have any.

  11. Re:Myostatin in cattle on Mutation Creates SuperKid · · Score: 1

    mmmmm double muscle beef. Myostatinlicious!

  12. Re:The Camera for a Serious Amatuer on Beyond Megapixels - Part III · · Score: 1

    I did say help. I don't expect the mirror to stop 100% of all dust but I'm sure it's better than having nothing covering the CCD when you're changing lens.

  13. Re:The Camera for a Serious Amatuer on Beyond Megapixels - Part III · · Score: 1

    You'd need a very high quality electronic viewfinder to match the quality of the image as seen through an SLR. LCDs also drain far more power from your batteries than an optical system. The mirror also serves to help keep dust off the CCD whilst changing lenses, although this could be worked around.

  14. Re:Linux and RAW. on Beyond Megapixels - Part III · · Score: 1

    Readers may also be interested in Free Software for the Nikon D70.

  15. Re:Hrmm on Hotel Tycoon Pushes Inflatable Space Stations · · Score: 1

    Pity you can't get modded +1 Pedantic but in space, you need a oxygen supply to light your farts.

  16. Open Online Journals on Open Access To Scientific Literature: Can It Work? · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Public Library of Science publishes the rather open, and rather lovely PLoS Biology Journal completely openly online.

  17. Also see on WIPO Broadcast Treaty Creates New Legal Rights for Broadcasters · · Score: 5, Informative

    See the Union for the Public Domain. We're also working on these issues and have summaries of WIPO proceedings and an analysis of the treaty.

  18. Re:Digital Photography Composition? on Digital Photography Composition 101 · · Score: 1

    I wasn't trying to belittle the usefulness of the tips, they're all great! :-) It's just that I was expecting a little more from an article on the front page proclaiming itself to be a guide to compositio for digital photography.

  19. Digital Photography Composition? on Digital Photography Composition 101 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    These aren't tips specifically for Digital Photography, the basics of photographic composition are the same regardless of whether you are using digital or traditional media and these tips are no different to tips you'd find anywhere else for beginning photographers. How are these tips news?

  20. Re:Little more explanation please on BBN Announces Functional Quantum Encrypted Network · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, you still have the problem of working out how to exchange the public key and know that it has not been interfered or tampered with during transit. Quantum Encryption can be more correctly thought of as Quantum Key Exchange. It provides a means of transfering keys together with the knowledge of whether that key has been intercepted in transit or mot.

  21. Re:Select the camera with most pixels on Camera Phone Tips · · Score: 3, Informative

    A higher raw pixel count does not give better images. Larger CCDs, higher quality CCDs and the quality of your lens are all things you should be looking at in combination with the number of pixels. There's no single metric that will gauge the quality of an image produced by a camera. It's far better to have a try with a number of different cameras and choose which one you feel gives the best results.

  22. Re:The real question is on Sasser Worm Takes Down UK's Coastguard · · Score: 3, Informative
    HM Coastguard != RNLI.

    The Coastguard is responsible for coordinating various organizations (RNLI,RAF, RN etc.) in search and rescue operations in the UK. It is a agency of the department of transport. They monitor the emergency broadcast channels for the UK and a large section of the Atlantic ocean and often further a field. Throughout the UK they have a number of rescue teams who often get involved with more than just maritime emergencies. The RNLI as you stated is a charity, staffed almost completely by unpaid volunteers. If a ship at sea needed assistance, HM Coastguard would be contacted and possibly send the nearest RNLI lifeboat to assist.

  23. Re:"no danger to the public" BBC on Sasser Worm Takes Down UK's Coastguard · · Score: 1
    But 5 years from now, when eveyrone gets used to using a GPS and some fancy mapping program, what then?

    If you've received any formal marine navigation training, you'll have been taught that your GPS, electronic maps, radar etc are simply navigation aids. Whilst GPS a useful tool, it won't stop me plotting a track on a paper chart and using traditional methods to verify or estimate my current position. The same applies to aircraft pilots who may be equipped with autopilots and sophisticated navigation and safety warning but still learn to fly by compass, map and visual references. Besides all that, using a map, compass and your brain to find your way is far more rewarding than just following the instructions from your GPS.

  24. Re:Why they built them? on Building A Modern Stonehenge In New Zealand · · Score: 1

    That would make it a rather fitting partner monument for the Cerne Abas Giant :-)

  25. It has to be done on Robocones · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia cones traffic you! Seriously though, I'd hate to be on the roads whilst an army of traffic cones went haywire, wandering into my way. It's bad enough having hundreds of stationary ones :-)