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  1. Re:Someone start a defense fund on USA Calling For the Extradition of Snowden · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I agree a defense fund should be started. Not because I think he's innocent, but because spending more time in the courts about the broader subject of privacy and the limiting of the government's grasp is important. He fell on the sword--he's brave wrong man.

  2. What about other services? on Saudi Arabia Blocks Viber Messaging Service · · Score: 1

    Does this article suggest that all other messaging that are operational in Saudi Arabia are being monitored? Would something like Facebook chat, if it's transported over SSL, be considered encrypted? If it's operating in SA (not sure if it is... just asking) does that mean that the SA government has been given the "keys to the castle" so to speak?

  3. Hurling? Really? on Narrowing Down When Humans Began Hurling Spears · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they mean "Hurtling"?

  4. Re:Fair enough I suppose on UW Imposes 20-Tweet Limit On Live Events · · Score: 1

    "Random fan" probably doesn't have nearly as many followers as the media tweeter. So, no problem.

  5. Re:Why not build spacecraft there? on NASA Mulling Earth-Moon L2 Point for Mars Staging Station · · Score: 1

    Amen.

  6. Reminds me of... on New Flat Lens Focuses Without Distortion · · Score: 1

    Sticker Lenses, only on a nano level. Am I missing something?

  7. Re:CDN for images only? on Google Announces Google CDN · · Score: 1

    Excellent. Thank you for digging this up.

  8. Re:CDN for images only? on Google Announces Google CDN · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't have a problem with lossless compression as long as any alpha-transparency is maintained. So, perhaps I missed something: Where does it say that the compression will be lossless?

  9. CDN for images only? on Google Announces Google CDN · · Score: 2

    This seems like an amazing simple solution for the biggest bandwidth hogs on my servers--the images. But, it seems like it's not set up to perform in this role satisfactorily. In the FAQs, it looks like they recompress images. I'm pretty sure I'd never want another site to monkey with my, or my clients', images. An elegant and nearly transparent way to install a CDN this may be, but unless they are willing to never ever mess with my content, I don't think this will work for me. At this point move along, there is nothing to see here.

  10. Cold Fusion Studio? on Ask Slashdot: Web Site Editing Software For the Long Haul? · · Score: 1

    I've been using Cold Fusion Studio 5 for over 10 years and love it. I don't care for visual editors and am versed in all the underlying syntaxes that I use. It has intelligent highlighting, tag insight/completion, FTP integration, and most importantly RDS integration (for direct file manipulation as well as database schema viewing/querying). I am hesitant to update to Windows 7 since I lost the install files due to a hard drive crash, or else I could see using it for the next 5 years or more. It's a very solid editor, despite a few minor quirks. Notepad++ would likely be my next platform of choice if I lose my current install.... if only it supported RDS I'd switch now, to be fair.

  11. Ouch! on EvoMouse Turns Your Digits Digital · · Score: 1

    Just reading this article is making the tips of my fingers feel funny. What a horribly painful notion... rubbing my finger tips on a surface for 4-6 hours a day.

  12. Major Disruption? on Google Adds To Mozilla's Push For 'Do Not Track' · · Score: 1

    Is this going to affect sites that use a cookie to maintain session state? If so, let me be the first to say: No. Thank. You. I cannot afford to reengineer all my sites.

  13. Thoughtful Gift on Periodic Table Etched Onto a Single Hair · · Score: 1

    It's hard to give a thoughtful gift. The guys at the Nanotechnology Center have done a very excellent job at a tough task. While it doesn't necessarily advance mankind, it made one person's day that much better. I applaud this effort.

  14. Re:I'm all for it on Intel Wants To Charge $50 To Unlock Your CPU's Full Capabilities · · Score: 1

    You mean that Intel would have to maintain a database of a few hundred million unlock codes? NOBODY can store a database that huge! Sheesh.

    Oh wait, I've got a copy of it on my thumbdrive.

  15. IPv4 vs Massachusetts on Mass. Data Security Law Says "Thou Shalt Encrypt" · · Score: 1

    It seems to me that we'll run out of IPv4 space VERY quickly if every website that collects PII is required to become encrypted with SSL. Option B: use an expensive multi-domain SSL. The CAs must be frothing at the mouth because of this new law. I think the lawmakers of MA just gave me a really good excuse to raise my hosting rates.

  16. Hardware Dongle... on EA Editor Criticizes Command & Conquer 4 DRM · · Score: 1

    The USB dongle has been around for years, though I only recall seeing it in association with "professional" applications such as CNC and CAD software. Do you think the gaming world would be receptive of some sort of hardware key for applications with such a low price tag?

  17. The author should be more careful... on Anatomy of a SQL Injection Attack · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Simply searching on google fo the tail end of the URL shows exactly which sites are vulnerable and the provider of the sites... Now the entire database of restaurants is open to attack. If the author was trying to teach their client a lesson or two (or 50)--well, good job...

  18. Re:Programming on How To Teach a 12-Year-Old To Program? · · Score: 1

    I agree that the interest needs to be there. When I was 10 I taught myself BASIC, moved on to Pascal by 12, Assembly at 14, over to C, back to Java, etc, etc, etc. Once a programmer gets their feet wet with a couple different types of languages the sky is the limit, but something has got to "click" early on or it's just not going to work.

    I wish Logo were still available, because that would be perfect--instant gratification is what kids at that age like. You may even want to look at Macro programming in some of the MS Office apps since it provides fairly instant feedback in a controlled environment.

  19. Re:Why does each turbine require 144 acres? on Chinese To Supply 600 MW Wind Farm In Texas · · Score: 1

    Great answer. It reinforced what I thought may be the case: it would have something to do with turbulent air not being as efficient as "clean" air when it came to pushing those blades around in a circle. The blades are, I supposed, designed to most efficiently translate air moving directly at the blades into mechanical motion. I was thinking that 144 acres was a bit of overkill, but if that's what the eggheads figured out was necessary, then who am I to disagree. :-)

    THANKS!

  20. Why does each turbine require 144 acres? on Chinese To Supply 600 MW Wind Farm In Texas · · Score: 1

    Seriously... why?

  21. Finally, a reason to get an i-Phone on "Terminator Vision" Is Here For the iPhone · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ok, this is the first app compelling enough to get me to buy an iPhone. Now, if only I live in London and paid 1/5 the rate that we pay in the US.

  22. One teeny-tiny little leak... on P2P Network Exposes Obama's Safehouse Location · · Score: 1

    ... and they go all medieval on us. Sheesh.

  23. Re:Ask questions on Audio CAPTCHAs Cracked; ReCAPTCHA Remains Strong · · Score: 1

    Let's see:

    (3+4) * 12 - 7 = 77
    3 + (4*12) - 7 = 44
    (3+4) * (12-7) = 80

    I was thinking more along the lines of showing a row of animals, fruits, cars, etc, and having the audio say "click on the 2nd blue car after the 1st rabbit, counting from the left".

  24. 5th Element? on Triple Helix — Designing a New Molecule of Life · · Score: 1

    How many helices are needed until we've created the 5th Element? :-) Sci-fi is so far ahead of actual science, it's almost scary.

  25. Re:Yes that's nice. on Micron Demos SSD With 1GB/sec Throughput · · Score: 1

    Joce, it doesn't say 1Gb/s. It says 1GB/s, which is 32x's faster than 220Mb/s SSDs. (bear in mind, 1GB/s may be a typo....)