User: Hulkster

Cold Matters when it comes to Overclocking ...

On: Optical Computer Made From Frozen Light

I guess all those guys using liquid water cooling (and even the folks using liquid Nitrogen) just got one-upped ... will we start seeing benchmarks using liquid Helium cooling?

BTW, for those interested, here's a direct link to the "Light at Bicycle Speed ... and Slower Yet!" presentation - I was travelling about that speed in my coldest car during a Colorado snowstorm.

What's next - patenting how Mom makes Hash Brown's

On: Court Denies Smucker's PB&J Patent

Maybe I can sue anyone who tries to use the technique my Mom uses for making Hash Browns?!?

For those that don't RTFA, Smucker actually allready had a patent from 1995, but this rejection "involved two additional patents that Smucker was seeking to expand its original patent by protecting its method." I.e. they still have the original patent for their method of making a P&J sandwich, but "the company's original patent is being re-examined by the patent office."

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Re:How do NASA's needs compare to other high bandw

On: NASA Looking for Bandwidth Sponsorship

TigertheMad: Mmmmm, Space ships AND Hot nekkid chicks....brilliant. Can I award Hulkster the congressional medal of Honor for the suggestion?

Hulk says save the Medal of Honor for the real hero's.
Hulk happy/content with chocolate chip cookies ... ;-)

Update on the Update

On: DNS Cache Poisoning Update

That SAN's report actually came out yesterday, the 7th, probably when the article was submitted ... and ISC uses UTC time for their postings. There's an update the next day (today as I write this) where ISC returns the status to Green because they understand the DNS Poisoning problem and have recommendations for people to protect themselves - although it's still an issue.

Ironically, that same update describes Comcast's nationwide problems that started last night (US Time) and says it was caused by an equipment upgrade and not related to the DNS Cache poisoning. BUT, the problem was not network connectivity, but the DHCP's DNS Servers became unavailable. Read more at DSLReports and (from first hand experience), the work-around was fairly easy which was to manually specify the DNS server, rather than use the DHCP'd one. Comcast says it was resolved about two hours ago - scroll down to the bottom of the page.

How do NASA's needs compare to other high bandwidt

On: NASA Looking for Bandwidth Sponsorship

Be real interesting to see a chart showing bandwidth needs for various high profile sites such as Google, CNN, Slashdot, and (most recently) the Vatican.

Probably the best qualified to help 'em out would be the p0rn sites ... somehow, I doubt NASA will accept those offers in exchange for a banner ad on Nasa.Gov ... ;-)

P.S. I noticed Slashdot is offered a Free One Day Pass (sponsored by ThinkGeek) - new revenue generator for 'em? Ironically, if you click thru on the article after getting your free one day pass, it says "Posting will only be possible in The Mysterious Future!" - a minor, but funny, typo.

Check out the SFGate Google Ads on the article

On: Inside the Free iPod Offer

Currently showing "Overstocked iPod's", "iPod Blowout", etc. ... not surprising given the page content, but you gotta wonder if the iPod scammers are milking it with Google Adwords too?!?

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Here's the Google Translation into English

On: P2P (More) Legal in France

Would have been nice to have a direct link in the writeup, so here is the google translation into English

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Link is broken - goes to non-working URL ...

On: MP3 Download Prices to Rise?

OOOOPS!

Can United Nations REALLY stop cyber crime and spa

On: Should the UN Replace ICANN?

According to the article: "All countries want to counter spam -- unsolicited commercial messages that can flood email accounts by the hundreds and burden the web with unwanted traffic" and I'm not sure if I completely agree with that and/or what they are going to do about it ... but they talked a good story back in July/2004 - remains to be seen if they can walk that talk - UN's record isn't that great IMHO. BTW, here's the UN ITU Home Page.

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Public Service Announcement

On: Canadian Privacy Law v. E-Mail Harvesting

In case you are interested in letting the Ottawa Renegades (the football team mentioned in the article) know your thoughts, their Email address is feedback@ottawacfl.com and it is not only "publically available", but "directly related" since they advertise it as a way to contact 'em ... ;-)

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Re:Is it really a Battle of the Browsers?

On: Trouble Brewing at the W3C?

So, yes, the combined non-MS marketshare is certainly more than 1%, which you could have easily found out with a little research.

Uhhhhhh ... what I said in my original post was that the combined non-MS/Safari/Mozzila/Opera marketshare is less than 1% ... which I believe is true (although I forgot about the Netscape guys).

So as I stated, this seems to be everyone-but-Microsoft on one side of the discussion which is why I asked if it was a political or a technical battle/discussion.

Is it really a Battle of the Browsers?

On: Trouble Brewing at the W3C?

Ummmmm ... is the combined market share of ALL browsers outside of "Apple (aka Safari), Mozilla, and Opera" and IE even close to 1%? I.e. I don't want to be unfair (even though this is /. which is anti-MS), but is this really shaping up as a everyone-but-Microsoft vs. Microsoft battle? Or (and I did RTFA), is it more a matter of which technical standard is better?

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Info on what exactly SHA-1 is ...

On: SHA-1 Broken

For those interested, here is the actual detailed/lengthy FIPS PUB 180-1 from NIST, as typical, Wikipedia has a nice summary, and the W3 Folks have a short snippet ...

Original NASA Article from Feb/2001 with more info

On: NASA Proposes Warming Mars

Here's the original NASA article with a lot more details (no surprise!) than the Guardian ...

BTW, Edgar Rice Burroughs would approve as the author of the John Carter of Mars series of books which talked about life on the Red Planet.

Original Press Release has more details

On: Spam Costs U.S. Companies $22B Annually

Here is the actual Press Release from Rockbridge which has a little more info than the CNN story (22 percent say they get NO spam - right!)

Count me in as one of the 11% who gets (a lot) more than 40 spam e-mails a day ... Hulk says all spammers should be SMASHED! ;-)

Re:Don't have to take my word for it -- sources

On: Who Invests in Spyware Companies?

One wonders if Slashdot/OSTG/etc. might have some relationship with the investors listed in the article.

A thread further down correctly points out that the "Slashdot has not verified Edelman's information" comment is really unneccessary (and how often do we see that?) so I'm puzzled why the /. editors added it to this article?

Been a "fan" of Ben's stuff for a while - a real service to the Internet community - keep up the good work!!!

Be careful with those Gamma Rays

On: Build Your Own Cyclotron

I too was a mild-mannered scientist, until I was hit with an accidental dose of Gamma Rays and turned in The Incredible Hulk ... so Tim should be careful.

Re:Voting for the "Lesser of 2 Evils"

On: Pre-Election Discussion

So if you don't like the two Puny Human Candidates, vote for HULK since the Big Green Guy is running for President!

Some "GOOD" Eclipse pictures ...

On: Time Lapse of Lunar Eclipse

I give the submitter an A for effort, although I prefer the the collection of pictures from space.com and the Astronomy Picture of the Day had a red moon triple and a pumpkin moon that were pretty cool.

And the Hulkster's personal favorite is when he takes a "bite outa the moon" in these lunar eclipse pictures

Hulk for president web site is best!

On: If You Had To Vote Based On Candidates' Web Pages

1. The Hulk for President page W3C validates

2. The halloween webcam - vote for Hulk page W3C validates (except for the (intentional) marque tag, which most browsers handle, although Internet Exploder handles the behavior='slide' better than Firefox)

3. Hulk's web site has "survived" being FARK'ed, Slashdotted, Ernie's House of WhoopAss, etc. ... and also provides hourly updated web stats

4. Hulk's web site was "attacked" by a "Kerry-Bot" that tried to stuff the ballot but those votes were chucked and IP was banned.

5. Hulk's site is running Linux/Apache/Perl per the FAQ (obligatory suckup to the /. crowd ;-)

6. Hulk's site allow you to vote before the election (and vote often!) ... and shows you the results real-time - they currently are:
HULK: 9,386 BUSH: 9,151 KERRY: 8,623

7. Hulk's site done by ONE Puny Human in his spare time ... and is just a lot more fun!

HULK is going to be angry there is no HULK ads!!!

On: Political Ads Reach P2P World

Hulk check out Puny Human P2P web site.
Hulk notice no ads for Hulk.
Hulk is running for President
Hulk is getting angry - may SMASH Puny Human P2P site - GRRRRR!!!!!

Re:So?

On: Networks Ignore 3rd Party Candidates

Hulk says no network coverage of his campaign for President either!
Hulk can SMASH snowballs better than Puny Humans Bush and Kerry.
And most Puny Humans have heard of HULK.
Debate would have been a lot more exciting if Hulk had been invited.
Vote for Hulk HERE!

Puny Human /.'ers will probably mod this into oblivion, but "don't get me angry ... you wouldn't like me when I'm angry"

Re:Hulk for President!

On: Megatron, Skeletor Announce Political Endorsements

Hulk glad Puny Human Slashdotter's think he make good president ...
Hulk have web page about his exploits/qualifications.
If elected, Hulk promises good karma for all /.'ers

Re:Launch window opens *52* minutes after the hour

On: Live Broadcast of Satellite Launch

Per SpaceFlightNow it looks like AC-166 scored its 72nd consectutive successful launch as it has released the AMC-11 satellite into a good order - Go Atlas! ;-)

P.S. In response to MurphyZero, yea, not a whole lotta Atlas II's left ... nor Atlas III's ... the future is the Atlas V family with the Russian RD-180 engines.

Launch window opens *52* minutes after the hour ..

On: Live Broadcast of Satellite Launch

The launch window actually open at 1752 EDT and is 174 minutes (a rather long one) until 2046 EDT (2152-0046 GMT).

And the rocket would properly be called AC-166.

This can all be seen at the SpaceFlightNow URL allready mentioned which is an EXCELLENT resource and really does have close to real-time updates when the bird is about to leave the pad.