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  1. Re:Encrypted on Valve Announces Massive Steam Server Intrusion · · Score: 1

    Cause the encryption key would also have to be on the server?

  2. Re:Um... That is why it is called a "TEST" on Failures Mark First National Test of Emergency Alert System · · Score: 2

    Erm a hurricane affects a city or two, at worst a state. Planes flying in to buildings has a even smaller net effect only part of a city.

    Neither need *nation wide* emergency broadcasts.

  3. Re:Euros? on Hobby Inspired Electric Multicopter Makes Manned Flight · · Score: 1

    Doesn't work with these multicopter setups. They do not run at 100% all the time since the blades are fixed pitch. Direction and stability is maintained by varying the speed and each rotor has to be independent of the others. You'd need a massively complex mechanical setup to achieve that.

    To do what you are saying, you'd require variable pitch blades so the engine could run at 100% all the time.

  4. Re:Rats with liver cirrhosis on Human Blood Protein (HSA) From GMO Rice · · Score: 1

    One of my friends works with tobacco addicted mice. They pump the smoke through the ventilation system for them.

    Before she told me that I had images in my head of a mouse puffing on a cigarette.

  5. Re:The other question should who wants own the rig on Who 'Owns' the Google Driverless Car IP? · · Score: 2

    Flip side: With these cars, any accidents that occur have extensive telemetry data recorded including stuff like throttle, brakes and steering, but also data from cameras and laser data.
    So in the court room the data can be played back in 3d with complete accuracy.

  6. Re:can't believe they missed this one... on Analysis of Google Dart · · Score: 1

    People say Javascript has some typing oddities too.
    Clearly it doesn't actually affect the quality or the usability of the language - JS seems to be used just fine.

    It does make sense in a strict typing sense.

  7. Re:Mixed Bag on Google Switching to SSL By Default For Logged-In Users · · Score: 1

    This does not change or make you log in. It is just changing the default preference.

    You can still use it encrypted without logging in. There is no increase in any data collection.

  8. Re:Cookies cannot "unlawfully intercept" anything on Facebook Sued For Violating Wiretap Laws · · Score: 1

    That isn't what the law says though. The law only applies in wiretapping cases.

    You can try and change the law to include tracking cookies, but you cannot apply the wiretapping law to this case.

  9. Re:Bitrate implies estimate of distortion on Adobe Demos Photo Unblurring At MAX 2011 · · Score: 1

    Nope, A bitrate specifies nothing.

    A bitrate, codec and resolution combination gives you a bit more information though. Even then factors like if it was encoded with a variable bitrate or not make massive differences.
    E.g. I can make a 10kbit/s encoded video look crystal clear. Sure its 128x96 but its crystal clear 128x96.

    And no you can't make generalisations about MPEG4 is x number of times better than MPEG2, and therefore it needs x less bitrate for the same quality.
    Each codec compresses different things more effectively so say MPEG4 could be 25% better than MPEG2 on one video but 5% better on a different video.
    They often work in very different ways.

  10. Re:If the video could be unblurred.. on Adobe Demos Photo Unblurring At MAX 2011 · · Score: 1

    Erm excuse me? 'to have that is half DVD bitrate'.
    DVD is crappy Mpeg2 and does *not* use the bitrate efficiently.

    A) You cannot compare bitrate values between codecs.
    B) The bitrate figure is completely useless and means nothing by its self.

  11. Re:Drill a hole through it on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    If the recovery company spins the heads slowly over a stationary platter, that isn't viable.

  12. Re:oven on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    Yeah in a MRI they would go airborne at high velocities.

    The magnetic drill bit isn't that bad of an idea though. A spinning magnetic field while causing physical damage.
    I'd want the drill bit to be a neodymium magnet though.

  13. Re:Microsoft cleans up the mess it created. on The Inside Story of the Kelihos Takedown · · Score: 1

    How does kernel.org being down affect me or my servers? It doesn't really.

    How does Windows affect me and my servers? Yup. A hell of a lot more.

  14. Re:Performance on Zotac Releases GeForce GT 520 With Classic PCI Connector · · Score: 1

    Linux should work happily though.

  15. Metal Detectors? on Physicists Devise Magnetic Shield · · Score: 2

    Would this not cause a security nightmare?

  16. Re:But on Massachusetts Attorney General, Victim of iTunes Fraud · · Score: 2

    Yeah. Who buys their daughter a $1,700 computer when a $400 one will more than suffice?

  17. Re:Hmmm... on Smart Meters Reveal What You're Watching · · Score: 1

    Yep. Its very difficult to get any readings from a smart meter that is connected to a burning house.

  18. Re:Plenty of smartphones fit in your pocket. on Smartphones Becoming Computer of Choice in Developing Countries · · Score: 1

    My pockets in my jeans can fit a 7" tablet without much issue.

    I have never understood what people complain about with their tiny 3.5" phone.

  19. Re:That's great, but why don't they... on Synaptics Working On Advanced Touchscreen For Phones · · Score: 1

    Just tell Xorg not to use the track pad. No need to prevent it from being physically detected at all.
    Although udev could probably do that as well.

  20. Re:Time-out? on Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Developer Preview · · Score: 1

    Windows? Buggy?

  21. Re:Time-out? on Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Developer Preview · · Score: 1

    That should be cracked soon. Give the guys 5 more minutes and it should be on all the torrent sites.

  22. Re:Good point on Are Some CAs Too Big To Fail? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps we could sign it for authenticity with a certificate provided by a trusted third party.....oh wait.

  23. Re:probably more of a social/political problem on China Catches Up With Google's Driverless Car · · Score: 2

    Yes the robot car could catch someone moving when they shouldn't be.

    And in Google's implementation, the car knows what a merging lane is and where it is so it could very easily allow in another car as it would be expecting it.

    Now if robot cars become the norm it gets easier still. The computers can just talk to each other to say 'can I merge?'

  24. Re:Distributed on Smart Power Grid Could Wreak Havoc On Itself · · Score: 1

    Except when the air is still and its cloudy. Then coal and gas would have to work so much harder.

  25. Re:Sure on New Chip Can Identify Liquids, Encode Messages · · Score: 1

    From the summary? Quite probably.