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  1. ACT = Australian Capital Territory. on Australian Voting Software Goes Closed Source · · Score: 1

    And it contains the Australian Capital, Canberra.

    Ask the ACT government if you don't believe me:
    http://www.act.gov.au/

    CapitOls happen to other people.

  2. Re:Text of advisory on Exploit Based On Leaked Windows Code Released · · Score: 1

    I'm curious how "2's Compliment" representation can be considered "Somewhat Oddly".

    It is _the_ monst common method of representing negative numbers on fixed point (ie integers) on the planet.

    The reason is quite simple: You can perform arithmetic without having to adjust for signs or check for them. The only thing you need to do is check for overflow, which can be done automatically.

    This results in tremendous speed advantages over systems such as signed magnitude.

  3. Re:This smells like the work of... on Kernel Exploit Cause Of Debian Compromise · · Score: 1

    So what you are saying is that all the exploits in IIS are written by the Apache authors? And Linus is responsible for exploits in windows?

  4. I'm gussing my birthday on Guess When Mir Will Splash · · Score: 1

    2001-07-02 06:04:12

    give or take

  5. Re:Give money to T-W on D&D Trailer · · Score: 1

    Specifically Wizards don't use the name TSR at all. Also the nomrlally refer to themselves as Wizards and yes, they are owned by Hasbro.

    Of course the real challenge for the hard core D&D player is: What did TSR stand for?

    TSR = They Sue Regularly?

  6. Metalab still? on iBiblio Takes MetaLab Concept To A New Level · · Score: 1

    Anyone but me notice that the FAQ page bears the title:

    'The Official MetaLab FAQ'

    :)

  7. Re:The current problem with robocup on Robot soccer - AIBO Blown Away · · Score: 1
    I disagree. UNSW had an advantage due to the faster walk, but it is clear to see that the AI level was quite good as well. Have a look at the robocup challenge results, which UNSW also won, (by only 1 point though). A team which is winning only by its gimmick is not likely to win a competition involving ball skills, after all a fast moving robot will find it harder to control the ball.

    During the true competition UNSW had only one goal scored against them - an own goal... Seems like the goalie AI was pretty good too...

    I think you are knocking them for no real reason.

    http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~robocup is the UNSW site of the challenge.

  8. Its the 6th... on Java Rocks On Linux · · Score: 1

    BTW: According to HTTP headers the article was posted on the 6th of August.

  9. .au on The Battlefield Earth Contest · · Score: 1

    One good thing is that it hasn't reached Australia yet.

  10. What can we do to Help? on Web Sites Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Assuming this isn't a long planned april fool joke, the main question is what can we do to show our support? Email, /.ing of sites, snailmail? To who - saying what?