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  1. Re:Artificial Intelligence on Unmanned Aircraft Will Test Air Traffic Control · · Score: 1

    We are talking about UAVs here.

    They only need short range radar for collision avoidance.
    Also the blind spots wouldnt be too much of a problem with reasonably intelligent software since it can track a plane going overhead (it cant be above it all the time).

  2. Re:Skydiving on Unusual Data Disaster Horror Stories · · Score: 5, Informative

    Gravity is 1G.

    Hitting the ground at high speed is *not* 1G.

  3. Re:Big deal on YouTube Breeding Harmful Scientific Misinformation · · Score: 1

    I dont actually care too much about immunisation FUD.
    They will learn soon enough when they start catching small pox. Darwin will prevail.

  4. Re:Artificial Intelligence on Unmanned Aircraft Will Test Air Traffic Control · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why not just stick radar on them? Or beam them radar images?
    Problem solved. No stupidly advanced image recognition system needed.

  5. Re:Wouldn't it be nice.... on Users and Web Developers Vent Over IE7 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The number of major bugs is irrelevant.
    Whats relevant is how easy they are to fix and how common they are.

    The answers to that? Bloody hard to fix and you need to do it for virtually every single page you make.
    More than one person has been driven insane by the bugs. *eye twitches*

  6. Re:Why stop there? on Microsoft Withdraws Vista's Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    And as per usual, half of slashdot completely missed my point.
    Nero has nothing to do with the point of my post.

  7. Re:This is the application's fault, why exactly?? on Microsoft Withdraws Vista's Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    With Linux the application writers get plenty of notice. Mainstream distros will never see changes for about 6 months.
    You woud have found that the cd burning program (it name escapes me atm) had been fixed long before you found the problem.
    Your distro should have updated it with the kernel.

  8. Re:Why stop there? on Microsoft Withdraws Vista's Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    Ignoring the fact that you completely missed the point of my post.

    Vista changed so little yet it broke so many things without any reason.
    If Microsoft is going to break compatibility then they should rip out all the 3.1 crap and do it properly.
    Not just break some programs over here and some over there while leaving all the old rubbish behind.

    Breaking compatibility in the name of progress is good.
    Having a accident and breaking compatibility as a result is just stupid.

  9. Re:Bogus on The $10 Billion Poker Game Begins · · Score: 1

    Ok say one company uses CDMA and the rest dont.
    Doesnt improve anything. Without firm rules about who owns what, the air becomes worthless.

  10. Re:So Desperate on Microsoft Withdraws Vista's Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    No, Vista is only beating XP if you count OEM licenses which are in possession of distributors, not customers.

  11. Re:Why stop there? on Microsoft Withdraws Vista's Kill Switch · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My dad wonders why I'm so negative about Vista.
    He got it with a new laptop and claims to have no problems.

    Then I ask if I can use his laptop to burn a iso with Nero.
    His response? Nero isnt compatible with Vista.
    He didnt realize at all what he just said. It was perfectly normal for him for programs to not work.

    There have been plenty of things like that.
    That one was just the most recent being from yesterday.

    Someone claiming that Vista has no problems is completely different from Vista having no problems.

  12. Re:Really wish that they would support Ogg and oth on MP3 Format Still Gathering Momentum · · Score: 1

    Only the WMA files without DRM will play which is what the GP was referring to.

  13. Re:Recommended viewing on $999 For a Complete DNA Scan, Worth it? · · Score: 1

    But it'll mean cheaper premiums for the rest of us. :)

  14. Re:Consumes 1.5 Volts? on Samsung to Produce Faster Graphics Memory · · Score: 1

    Uhh your ignoring mA consumption. Thats the real metric.

    Lower voltage is only good for battery devices.
    In a desktop it doesnt matter and having a higher voltage using less amps is better.

  15. Re:Probably Justified on Texas Science Director Forced To Resign Over ID Statements · · Score: 1

    The thing is they arent reviewing the constitution at all.
    They are debating whether they should ignore it or not.
    Just like how they ignore the privacy and freedom parts of it.

  16. Re:Well, duh! on MD5 Proven Ineffective for App Signatures · · Score: 1

    Making bad.exe the same size is dead simple actually as long as its smaller to begin with.
    You can pad it out without too much trouble.

    Whats tougher is making dual collisions. Say MD5 and SHA1.

  17. Re:Well Duh! on Firefox Security Head Says Microsoft Obscures OS Holes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The point of TFA was that these hidden security flaws are only released to the public in service packs in big but rare packages.

  18. Re:Sounds familiar on KDE 4 to Be Released on January 11th · · Score: 1

    I'd assume your experience is Kbuntu's fault rather than KDE's.
    KDE isnt inherently instable.

  19. Re:The Text I Actually Submitted on Publishers Seek Change in Search Result Content · · Score: 1

    Yes granted most of their stories is fluff, I doubt you could get the full story from the summary search engines provide.

  20. Re:Well, duh! on MD5 Proven Ineffective for App Signatures · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Well every hash function will eventually have flaws like this.
    Its inevitable.

  21. Re:Not for Win32 compatibility on Native Windows PE File Loading on OS X? · · Score: 1

    Just FYI, MS lost the ability to modify the API a long time ago.
    Ever since Windows 3 they havent been able to change anything without seriously screwing up programs.

  22. Re:Not affect how skilled hackers get malware on Google Wants You to Report Malware · · Score: 1

    Knowing Google, they will probably use a purely statistical analysis and user reports would be factored in.

  23. Re:"Capable" is a good word on Vista Branding Confusing Even To Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Maybe its a feature then designed to teach you not to do that again. ;)

  24. Re:Mental Disabilities on The Secret to Raising Smart Kids · · Score: 1

    If we knew what caused various mental illnesses, we would know a crapload more about how the brain worked.
    We simply dont know.

  25. Re:Pscht! on AT&T Playing Hardball With Apple? · · Score: 1

    You mean -ise right? :P