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  1. Re:Oh no, not this again. on Would a National Biometric Authentication Scheme Work? · · Score: 1

    Identification and authentication are the same in this context. You're not identified by a username until you give your password. Anybody can just wave around a username, but you're not identified (authenticated) until you have the password. Similarly, the biometrics won't identify you if people can easily fake them.

    And from your sources:
    identification (the act of designating or identifying something)
    authentication: The process of identifying an individual

    Looks pretty similar

  2. escape velocity on Russia Planning Double Mission to Mars · · Score: 1

    With a 10.3 m/s escape velocity, i'd be scared to have a moon base there...

  3. Re:NASA idiots don't understand probabilities on Introducing Asteroid 2004 MN4 · · Score: 1

    With the current measurements thats the probability. But as you take more measurements probabilities change. In this case, they're saying that it will converge in probability to 233/233. Yes... right now that is the probability. But probabilities change if you make more measurements...

  4. Re:Torino Scale of 2 of 10 doesn't seem too scary. on Introducing Asteroid 2004 MN4 · · Score: 1

    Its now up to 4 on the Torino scale, and the probability of impact is up to 1.6% or 1/63. Thats pretty damn scary considering the extend the damage would be.

  5. Re:hold on there on HIV Vaccine · · Score: 1

    The dendrites used in the vaccine come from the patient's own body, so there's no risk of passing a prion disease to someone else.

  6. Re:We will probably never get to see them on Mozilla Starts Bug Bounty Program · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If the public doesn't know about them, they won't be able to take advantage of them. If it is a tough problem to solve, like the browser spoofing with xul, they can make the bug confidential until the public finds out about it or they solve it.