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  1. Filter Google results using browser history on Making A Better Browser History · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It would be nice if the results of Google could be filtered using your browser history.

    This way you would have your own like WWW to search in and would only return sites you have visted in the past.

  2. Re:International Crime Court and the USA on Extradition of Warez Suspect Blocked · · Score: 4, Informative
  3. International Crime Court and the USA on Extradition of Warez Suspect Blocked · · Score: 5, Informative
    It is not difficult to imagine what the US would do, if the following act is used as an example:

    American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002'
    ...
    SEC. 2008. AUTHORITY TO FREE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS DETAINED OR IMPRISONED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT.
    ...
    The President is authorized to use all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any person described in subsection (b) who is being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court
    a.k.a 'The Hague Invasion Act'
  4. Re:slashbot on New Documents Shed Light on Microsoft's Tactics · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not exactly 20 years ago (16 actually), but the Z88 was a Z80 (definitly older than 16 years) based portably that ran for 20 hours on 4 AA batteries.

  5. Re:$1.5 billion..... on New Documents Shed Light on Microsoft's Tactics · · Score: 1

    Interestingly the fine is in . I am wondering if postponing paying up will make the amount in $ higher

  6. and of course NetRexx on Rexx Is Still Strong After 25 years · · Score: 3, Informative

    NetRexx is just your normal Rexx, but it compiles into Java byte code:

  7. Re:conversion on MP3...in Surround Sound · · Score: 1

    Maybe it is time then to start MP3'ing the many Music DVDs that have 5.1 surround sound

  8. Re:Delay on Turbo Codes Promise Better Wireless Transmission · · Score: 1

    I suppose you mend seconds not minutes. Even then a 10 second delay is unusable for cell phones

  9. You could do the same with 51/4 floppy disks on Recovering Secret HD Space · · Score: 2, Funny

    By cutting a small hole in de envelope of a Single Sided (SS) disk you would turn it into a Double Sided disk effectively doubling it capacity. Of course these disk were SS for a reason, they had failed the double sided test.

    I would not be surprised if these increases in HD space are due to use of disabled/unsafe disk surface

  10. In 2010 I would wait for PS5 on Playstation 3 Already Won the Next Gen Battle? · · Score: 1

    Vision of Playstation 5

  11. Re:Funny...doesn't work for .gov on Searching the 'Deep Web' · · Score: 1

    I cannot imagine there is no .gov domain with these directories indexed

  12. Security through Obscurity ... on Searching the 'Deep Web' · · Score: 1

    isn't the way to go.

    This would indeed force admins/designers to think about what data is really private. Which is not a bad idea

  13. Re:Hot wallpaper... on GE Reaches OLED Milestone · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't a '24 inch square panel' be a 24"x24" panel? 24"x24" = 4 sq.ft --> 20W/sq.ft.

  14. Re:Hot wallpaper... and a bit bright on GE Reaches OLED Milestone · · Score: 5, Insightful

    but 75000 lumens would seem to be a bit overdoing it for a 8'x8' room.

  15. Re:No clamor on GE Reaches OLED Milestone · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The fact that you don't need a backlight anymore makes it not only more energy efficient, but also a lot thinner.

    They are already used in some mobile phones.

  16. Re:angelfire? on Chernobyl...18 Years Later · · Score: 2, Insightful

    10 pages, but only 2 Mb in total size.

    A sparse but informative site.

  17. To prevent SPAM but allow Distribution List .... on Gates on Spam · · Score: 1

    maybe a scheme where an accepted email entitles the sender to send more. This could be done maybe through sending back a single or limited use token (encrypted string).

    So your email progam collect tokens from people you have send an email and attach it to new emails to the same address.

    Your email program filters out email with and without a token. The tokens are then checked and marked as valid or invalid. SPAM would get no token as you would never accept an email from those sourses. Tokens could be
    - single use
    - multiple use
    - with end date
    etc

    It works like a kind of private stamps

  18. They don't copy ... on Bloggers' Plagiarism Scientifically Proven · · Score: 2, Interesting

    they all use this Blog Drone. That's why it all looks the same.

  19. Mobile is out, calling cards are the future on Tracking Via Anonymous SIM Cards · · Score: 1

    Monitoring a single number is much easier.

    Why don't they put a calling card on the market that allows to place very cheap calls to a specific country (let's say Pakistan).

    That way it is easy to track even the use of every public phone booth.

  20. A bit noisy? on Powered Exoskeleton Legs · · Score: 1

    The noise it makes now makes it quite useless to sneak around. What is the part that makes the noise?

  21. ego-less programming on How To Hire Great Open Source Developers? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Maybe check if they have read The Psychology of Computer Programming. It has a great section on 'ego-less' programming.

  22. Re:Virtual Wide Angle Lenses? on Cell Phone with Camera = Scanner · · Score: 1

    The difference between rotating around a point and moving along a line is just relevant for the kind of transformation you need to apply to the pictures to line them up.
    When moving over a piece of paper you also need to take into account scaling (to compensate for the distance to the object) and tilting (when the camera is not kept at the same angle).
    The more degrees of freedom you have with the camera to more computing power is needed to fix it.
    Scanning a single piece of paper into a single image is just one application. This is just a very CPU and Memory intensive task. More memory means pictures can overlap more, more CPU means more camera jitter can be compensated and the end result is a higher quality picture

  23. Virtual Wide Angle Lenses? on Cell Phone with Camera = Scanner · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It only mentions paper as the object to take a picture of, but it might also work for objects further away. This could solve the problem of the often very narrow angle lenses those tiny cameras have.
    Stitching multiple images automatically is nothing new but is CPU intensive. So Moore's law will take care of that.

  24. Ask the Expert on Favorite Hidden Google Features? · · Score: 1

    they used to have a feature 'Ask the Expert' See here http://www.websearchguide.ca/netblog/archives/0011 04.html But doesn't seem to be available anymore

  25. Clash with the Cache? on Morphing Code to Prevent Reverse Engineering? · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't self modifying code be in conflict with the advanced pipleines and program caches of present days CPUs? Looks to me like asking for trouble