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  1. Re:Mr. Six? on Bus Driver Takes Wrong Group of Students On Field Trip · · Score: 1

    Hmm yes, let's create a tinyurl, A, to some host B, which redirects back to tinyurl A.

  2. Re:Open Source on The Final Release of Apache HTTP Server 1.3 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Actually, Mac OS 9 is very secure. Even the US Army still uses it for secure web hosting.

  3. Re:mail on Using Outlook From Orbit · · Score: 1

    MOD PARENT UP

  4. Re:How does this work? on US Government Using PS3s To Break Encryption · · Score: 1

    Neo, is that you?

  5. Baby Bats Photograph on Radar Could Save Bats From Wind Turbines · · Score: 1
  6. Re:This guy is my new hero.... on World's "Fastest" Small Web Server Released, Based On LISP · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Very nice pictures indeed (referring to your sig).

  7. Re:Did anyone else notice this? on Obama Taps Charles Bolden To Lead NASA · · Score: 1

    hah, the resistor color codes. nice!

  8. Re:Way to go on A Video Game To Teach AP Level Immunology · · Score: 1

    I'm currently downloading it right now and getting 500KByte/sec... Not bad for a regular cable line.

  9. Re:ISP throttling on Google To Develop ISP Throttling Detector · · Score: 2, Informative
    No, timeout is not done based on data rate. RFC 1122 states that "if a TCP implements keep-alives, it must have a default idle time of at least 2 hours before it starts sending keep-alive probes" (Snader, 79). That implies that connections do not timeout quickly, certainly not as quick as one minute or less.

    And no, I was not being sarcastic. I genuinely think that the the poster to whom I replied does not understand the networking concepts.

  10. Re:ISP throttling on Google To Develop ISP Throttling Detector · · Score: 1

    And how the hell are they supposed to send fractions of bits? It is not necessary to send fractions of bits to achieve such a rate of 1 byte/minute. Simply by waiting 1 minute to send 1 byte you are achieving the goal of 1 byte/minute and not having to deal with fractions of bytes.
  11. Re:You say that as if it's a bad thing on Microsoft Seeks Patent On Brain-Based Development · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Might as well patent "bi pedal motion", sue everyone in the world and get it over with.

    Except that would only affect people with two legs, not everyone.

  12. Re:Necessary Tool on Programming As a Part of a Science Education? · · Score: 1, Interesting
    I have to disagree that Excel is a joke, or even toy, as the introduction claims. A close friend of mine works at ConocoPhillips and they do all of their modeling of low-sulful diesel fuel catalysts in Excel; in fact it is has transformed into a series of spreadsheets that have saved the company hundreds of millions of dollars.

    These are very complex spreadsheets, not toys, and for the kind of work being demanded of them, they do a really nice job. In fact I have had the opportunity to look at some of them in the past they blew me away -- thousands upon thousands of datasets where each value can affect another one in a different dataset, etc... The complexity is overwhelming even for someone who has been in the software industry for over ten years.

  13. A video from the Spam Dept on New Spam Site Found Every Three Seconds · · Score: 2, Informative
    In case you are wondering, here is a related video courtesy of Monty Python:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE

    Enjoy!

  14. But... on Arecibo Observatory Loses Funding · · Score: 1

    How will this affect the operation of GoldenEye?

  15. Excuse me... on Safest Seat on a Plane, Or How to Survive a Crash · · Score: 5, Informative

    The raw data from these 20 accidents has been languishing for decades in National Transportation Safety Board files, waiting to be analyzed by anyone curious enough to look and willing to do the statistical drudgework.

    So, they are working off of a sample size of twenty??? Not sure if I would draw too many conclusions from this dataset.

  16. Hmm, that was fast on Microsoft Using .MS TLD · · Score: 4, Informative
    I just checked on whois.net and it appears microsoft.ms is now registered....

    [whois.adamsnames.tc]
    Yes
    microsoft.ms is registered.

    Domain Name: microsoft.ms

    Registrant
    Domain Registrant
    id domain privacy network (iddp.net), 588 sutter st. #129, 94102-1102 san francisco, ca
    United States
    E-mail: tlds@rrpproxy.net
    Phone: +1.4154408001
    Fax: +1.4154408001

  17. Re:Obligatory on Blame Your Mistakes on Technology · · Score: 5, Funny

    That depends. Is the voice of the GPS unit in question female?

  18. Re:How about LEDs then on Mercury Contamination Vs. Energy-Efficient Lightbulbs · · Score: 1

    I don't know... but they sure look cool! I'm thinking we should just opt for UV lighting instead; unfortunately they don't yet have a model that screws into the typical socket :(

  19. Re:Typo on Google 'Toilet ISP' Gag Not Without Precedent · · Score: 0

    WC = toilet, for those who don't know French

  20. Yes on Will The iPhone Kill The iPod? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Especially since the iPhone *is* essentially the new iPod.

  21. Not fully functional on Java-Based x86 Emulator · · Score: 1

    It doesn't seem to emulate everything well. I tried running the "Debug" command and it froze up when trying to executing INT 21 (a common DOS interrupt): > Debug -A MOV AH, 2A INT 21 JMP 100 -R -T (crashes at this point) this interrupt basically gets the system time, so there's no reason for it to freeze up like that.

  22. Cool! I know this person... on High Schooler Is Awarded $100,000 For Research · · Score: 1

    Not personally, but having competed at the oklahoma state science fair, as well as the Intel ISEF (but not the Intel STS), I have heard her name a few times when being presented an award. It's pretty neat to see things like this happen, and, having won awards at Intel ISEF before, something of this magnitude would surely be quite a surprise. I wish her the best; her future certainly looks bright!

  23. Wait for MacWorld 2008 on The Mixed Outlook for iPhone Gaming · · Score: 3, Insightful
    We all know the true reason for not supporting third party apps, the relatively small capacity (4 & 8 gigabytes), a locked-in provider, and no 3G support: Apple is leaving themselves some room for improvement so that next year's MacWorld, when they announce a hugely-refined version, they can market the device for those who aren't quite satisfied with the current version.

    1. Sell limited product to eager customers, while making others upset
    2. Wait a year for new rumors to spread about possible new upgrades
    3. ???
    4. Profit!

  24. Re:Reminds me of Richard P. Feynman's... on Indian College Students Face Bleak Prospects · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ha, that book, "Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman" is exactly what came to mind when I read the article. Feynman provides us with some good insight into other educational systems, and everytime someone accuses the US education as being crappy, I am often reminded of this other perspective.

  25. wow on Report Blasts "Peak Oil" Theory · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frist post!!!