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  1. Re:Nope on Car Makers Explore EEG Headrests · · Score: 1

    Yea just what we need. Encouragement to not look around more.

  2. Re:That's some mighty fine print you got there... on New Research Cracks AES Keys 3-5x Faster · · Score: 1

    d) just use serpent instead

  3. Re:"current computers" on New Research Cracks AES Keys 3-5x Faster · · Score: 1

    Er, make 2 read:
    2. Most finalists voted for Rijndael as runner-up

    (new slashdot + network service trouble = fail)

  4. Re:"current computers" on New Research Cracks AES Keys 3-5x Faster · · Score: 1

    No, it wasn't. NIST did that, and they did it mostly because:
    1. Most finalists voted for themselves as first place
    2. Most finalists voted for Rijndael

    It is worth noting however that Rijndael was voted over Serpent primarily because Rijndael was significantly faster, where Serpent was significantly stronger!

  5. Re:"current computers" on New Research Cracks AES Keys 3-5x Faster · · Score: 1

    The operative word being "theoretically" - meaning "Possible in theory" which in no way means "Possible in practicality"

  6. Re:"current computers" on New Research Cracks AES Keys 3-5x Faster · · Score: 1

    Yes, well, this just so happens to be one of those problems that is suited very well for parallel computation.

    Everyone gets a chunk of ciphertext and an assignment of keyspace to chew through. Whoever wins the lottery and gets meaningful cleartext out of it reports back to "dispatch."

  7. Re:Excellent on Virtual Lab Rat Saves Human Lives · · Score: 1

    Haven't done much research have you? I don't think it's the raw cost of the materials that is the major factor.

    There's facilities, support staff, the research staff itself, and all the other things you have to spend money on to be safe and regulatory-sound.

    Unless you happen to think every medical research project is done in someone's garage with the family kitchenware and a rat they trapped out by the scrapyard...

  8. Re:NSAWireTapVan4 on Accused Teen Bomber Finds FBI Surveillance Team's Wireless Network · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be hilarious if they actually did get data out of that somehow?

  9. Re:And... on Accused Teen Bomber Finds FBI Surveillance Team's Wireless Network · · Score: 1

    It could have been an intentional joke. It was a dorm, after all.

  10. Re:And... on Accused Teen Bomber Finds FBI Surveillance Team's Wireless Network · · Score: 1

    I'm supposing you've never tried to keep a lot of gear in a vehicle.

    Unnecessary wires are devilspawn.

  11. Re:Megatexture is asinine. on Rage and the Tech Behind id Tech 5 · · Score: 1

    Woo! Mods on crack!

  12. Re:He is looking at 10 years in prison. on Fired Techie Created Virtual Chaos At Pharma Co. · · Score: 1

    I think random, sparse, relatively infrequent data corruption (eg bit flips here and there) would be far less obvious and be quite annoying...

    "WTF! This memory tests fine!"

    Especially if the logic bomb is buried so deep that rotates through the backups as far back as would be reasonable to restore from...

  13. Re:Megatexture is asinine. on Rage and the Tech Behind id Tech 5 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Guess what? The vast majority of making something look good lies in the artists' realm.

    You can put as many polygons onto the screen as you wish, but if you don't have someone competent painting them with the appropriate colors and putting them in the right place it's going to look bad.

  14. Re:Will it run in linux? on Rage and the Tech Behind id Tech 5 · · Score: 2

    Hasn't it been this way for a long time? I thought all of the pre-GPL ports were done like that.

  15. Re:Fake? on GPGPU Bitcoin Mining Trojan · · Score: 1

    making sure there is sufficient space between the seperation comma and the second number can help, though I imagine using a pipe-like symbol in place of it would work even better. Example: (654,783,104.02 | 32,476)

  16. Re:Fake? on GPGPU Bitcoin Mining Trojan · · Score: 1

    So how would you suggest you seperate specific numbers?
    take the numbers 4254 879 and 4324872:
    A: 4,254 879 4,324,872
    E: 4.254 879 4.324.872
    Y: 4 254 879 4 324 872

    Perhaps that helps you see the issue with your way.

    Also, the Europeans have one thing right: it's a hell of a lot faster/easier to 10-key with '.' instead of ',' (which then requires a modified keymap, two hands, or repositioning of the entire hand during entry)

  17. Re:Pretty crazy idea anyway on Floating Nuclear Power Plant Seized By Court · · Score: 0

    Erm, the B-36 was a piston powered craft.

    Unless your are talking about nuclear warheads, which while they might satisfy the technical requirements to be called a reactor, are almost never considered such.

    OH WAIT! You're talking about the NTA (B-36H-20-CF). Yea, that was a one-off repurposed craft for a scrapped project. Don't think that counts.

  18. Re:Obligatory. on Floating Nuclear Power Plant Seized By Court · · Score: 1

    Those engines and screws put out just a bit more force than that... It's because the mass is so immense that it "looks" so weak. (eg the thrust/mass ratio is very low)

  19. Re:Isn't bad... on Digital Tech and the Re-Birth of Product Placement · · Score: 1

    Yea, and it doesn't play so nicely with fields. It gets even worse (and apparent) if you then take that and try to present it on a progressive display.

  20. Re:Diving with your knees is not dangerous on Driver Using Two Cell Phones Gets Year-Long Driving Ban · · Score: 1

    Yea? It's a lot faster to snap your hand tighter than it is to remove or release whatever is in your hand(s) at the moment, move then to the wheel, and then grasp it. Doing that also carries the risk that you'll miss or punch the wheel or something similar.

  21. Re:Diving with your knees is not dangerous on Driver Using Two Cell Phones Gets Year-Long Driving Ban · · Score: 1

    I've done so myself. While my tire didn't much appreciate it (it must have been fairly shallow) it certainly didn't throw me off the road... however it WOULD have if I hadn't had a grip on the wheel.

    Scared me something good!

  22. Re:Isn't bad... on Digital Tech and the Re-Birth of Product Placement · · Score: 1

    I don't know about you, but I can clearly see a deviation on one frame at NTSC or PAL rates... and that's not something quite so obvious as OH GOD RED AND WHITE ok back to normal colors...

  23. Re:Just like MS on Samsung Hires Steve 'Cyanogen' Kondik · · Score: 0

    Indeed, someone made a very smart move... they are on my list now as well! Perfect timing as my Palm Pre is well past it's expected lifetime (under my care at least lol) and it's time to get something else while this is still functional.

  24. Re:Diving with your knees is not dangerous on Driver Using Two Cell Phones Gets Year-Long Driving Ban · · Score: 1

    If you hit a pothole you'd end up running right off the road... Sure, your knees can hold a course well enough, even steer to a small degree. But if something causes your wheels to turn (eg a pothole) you simply don't have a grip on the wheel suitable enough to correct.

  25. Re:WTF on SpyEye Trojan Source Code Leaked · · Score: 1

    Do you use windows (newer than XP?) UAC satisfies his first prompt. Do you use any modern Linux distro that uses a graphical sudo frontend? Then you just satisfied the second.

    Those are common ways for things in userspace (eg DancingPigs.exe or .sh) to ask for privilege escalation. Which the user will most likely provide, because they want their Dancing Pigs.