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  1. Spam? on College Demands RIAA Pay Up For Wasting Its Time · · Score: 1

    I'll start by saying there are better proactive methods. How about a week. I personally take the time to notify ISPs of spam emails originating from their networks. If the logs were gone in hours then these would be of no use. I usually get the notification out within about 4 hours but then you are expecting them to act immediately before the log goes. To me a week is short but not too short that it is useless to keep the logs.

  2. B-Trees? on Linked List Patented in 2006 · · Score: 1

    Would B-Trees fall into the category of multiply-linked lists? I mean depending on what you are looking for you would go a different way down the tree. Good ol' prior art.

  3. Library? on Is "Making Available" Copyright Infringement? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Did anyone think of a library making copyrighted materials available? (Sure it is likely to be more detailed then that but in the same manner is this where we are going?)

  4. Re:Zero Install .. on The Future of Packaging Software in Linux · · Score: 1

    In a similar manner SLAX has an intresting way of puting packages into the system. A compressed file that has no dependencies and has everything it needs. Then the system just "mounts" it into place and there it is. Ok so this is over simplified but it could get there.

    An extension is to have the "system installer" trim the packages down by removing duplicate files and caching deps from there. Yea the downloads would be larger - but then again no dependancy hell and in a way it is the other side of the dep hell spectrum.

    Needed to get that out...

  5. Solution... on Catching Spam by Looking at Traffic, Not Content · · Score: 1

    Why not add some of the results form the spam filtering software in the results...something that would have to be done anyways and is also helpful. This means not only would the traffic analysis be done but it can also be placed against spam scores making the blocking more comprehensive and at the same same time avoid the mailing list problem.

  6. My keyboard is 11 years old... on Behind the Scenes at MIT's Network · · Score: 1

    Not that I am going to win a prize on Slashdot...but my keyboard is 11 years old - half the age I am. My keys are smooth, not rough like some new ones, and the letters are staring to fade. (Do the math, I have only been able to use it a lot for the last couple of years.)

  7. Sony made a rootkit.. on Vista DRM Prevents Kernel Tampering · · Score: 1

    $500 and Sony = Rootkit.
    This is not going to protect the consumer one bit, but instead make them grab the ankles even more...

  8. Vista - class of... on Microsoft's High School Opens in PA · · Score: 1

    Thought you were the class of 2010 - well it looked like you neede more help so we are going to make you the class of 2015. Rolls off the toung better doesen't it?

  9. Is this not what Bittorrent does already? on Microsoft's 'Naughty or Nice' Patent Application · · Score: 1

    From my understanding of the Bittorent protocol this is what it does already with the "Choking" and all. How can they get a pattent on something with prior art that they do not own.

    Or does this mean that they are going to buy Bittorent?

  10. 500Gflop with one computer chip for cheap... on Japan's Petaflop Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    Check out the company Mathstar (http://www.mathstar.com/). They just taped out a chip the other day that when it comes to market will do about 500 Gflops a chip. The technology is quite incredable and although it is not specifically a general purpose chip the chip can be programed to work in any way you like allowing you to get max preformance for the applications that you need to run. Honestly I would like to get a hold of about, say, 50 of these and see what I could make them do in parallel (as they are made to be hooked up in parallel also). From what I have heard these would be competitive with processors now a days in price and therefore likely less then $1,000 a piece. Making it $0.50 a Gflop!

  11. Re:Not Impossible on Forensic Analysis of the Stolen VA Database · · Score: 1

    Let's not forget about ATA security specs. (http://www.dataclinic.co.uk/password-protected-ha rd-drive.htm) This would help a whole lot of things.

  12. Free yor music with Windows Movie Maker... on French Lawmakers Approve 'iTunes Law' · · Score: 1

    So here is a creative thing that my brother found (sorry to those who are going to rip on this any ways for any reason they see fit) but if you open up Windows Movie Maker then go Tools->Narrate Timeline you can use this to record any sound that comes out of your computers speekers. Rhapsody anyone?

  13. Re:Just great... Now Google will track purchases. on Google to Test PayPal Rival · · Score: 1

    I remember reading a while back that WalMart did something like this. They would track all your purchases through your creditcard information, checks (yes they would scan the information off them) and then cross reference this with what you have purchased. Supposedly from the 300TB+ worth of information they had gathered Strawberry Poptarts sell better when there is a incoming Hurricane. I wish I could find the article but I think it even hit /. Talk about tracking you on vacation, through your diets, and other shopping extravaganzas all at your local WallyMart. The only thing you have ever been safe using is cash - and this is nothing new.

    nairb774

  14. Re:I, for one... on Ready to Test a 'SmartShirt'? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Underlords anyone?

  15. Re:Format this Red Hat! on Seagate Announces 750GB Hard Drives · · Score: 3, Informative

    A quick look to Wikipedia says...32TiB for the largest volume size. If you are using a partitioning tool - that might be your limitation but it is definatly not in the file system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3

  16. Ad-Book? - Try Adblock... on Facebook Raises Another $25M · · Score: 1

    All I have to say is I love Firefox. I love how I can make all the ads go away on facebook apart from the "facebook fliers" which are text only and usually pertain to events on campus anyways.

    Long-live Adblock for the Ad-Book Facebook.

  17. I live in MN - What is the bill numbers? on MN Bill Would Require Use of Open Data Formats · · Score: 1

    Lacking the time to actually look this up (college student with a ton todo for tomorrow)...what are the bill numbers so those of us who are MN residents can write to our reps. and voice our opinion?

    Thanks

  18. Re:Read More on NASA Detects Nearby Mystery Explosion · · Score: 1

    ...every square corner...

    Are there any other types of corners?

    .

    .

    Couldn't resist.
    (Yes I know corners are not necessarly 90 degrees)

  19. Location based knowledge on Polite Cell Phones · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why not have a feature that if the phone (via GPS, cell towers, what not) knows that you are in a theater or in a *place* then it would automatically change to vibrate or some other defined setting? Just an idea.

  20. Re:okay, so it takes great pictures! on The World's Fastest Image Processor · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So it handles 4*10^12 bits a second. And there are 40*10^6 collisions a second. So (4*10^12*bits*s^-1)/(40*10^6*collisions*s^-1)=100, 000 bits per collision. Comparitivly to a regular digital camera this is nothing but then again it is processing so much information per second. I wonder how this compares to STAR at RHIC at Brookhaven National Labs. I did research into the Rho-Muon at STAR last school year. intresting to see the advancements in computing technology.

    nairb774

  21. Re:Here's your best bet. on Ultra-Stable Software Design in C++? · · Score: 1

    Intresting that python and reloadable modules come up...I have been working on a project that sets up Python so that modules can be started, stopped, and reloaded all live. I also make use of the garbage collector to unload modules while they are stopped. I can change some code, hit a button on a web page (yes it has a running web server plugin) and the plugin that was modified is reloaded updating the code while the rest of the parts continue to run. Talk about live coding. There is some unique wizardry behind the code. Now where is sourceforge when you need it...found it...now time to publish the idea...

    nairb774

  22. Re:Not quite suspended on Doctors Claim Suspended Animation Success · · Score: 1

    What do CIS and NIH stand for?

  23. Re:It's not built yet on New Uses For LCD Technology · · Score: 5, Funny

    I always thought it would be intresting to put a LCD touch panel in a urnal. Then you could put games on it that are controled with your urine.

  24. Re:There might be a small problem on U of Michigan creates first Quantum Microchip · · Score: 1

    This just needed to be said:

    <erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.

    http://www.bash.org/?5273

  25. Re:obvious - education on "St Lawrence of Google" · · Score: 1

    As far as I am concerned, punctuation makes a difference.

    Have a nice day.