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  1. Re:lets see the benchmarks on Lego to Open Mindstorms NXT Firmware · · Score: 1

    I wonder what they will build using this in order to beat the flying web servers? Racing Beowulf clusters, anyone?

  2. slower to warm... slower to cool on Self Contained Water Cooled Radeon X1900, Retail · · Score: 1

    I would like to remind everyone that the reason why water or whatever fluid is inside it helps cool down the card is because of its high heat capacity. This also means that its slower to cool it down when it's already very hot.

  3. Re:Email Spoofing on January 2006 Virus and Spam Statistics · · Score: 1

    Gmail can block or ask confirmation if the user is sending a lot of emails in a short span of time (staggered or not). If it will only ask for confirmation, it may use a captcha to make it harder for the bots.

  4. Re:RFID tag reader already in many Nokia phones on Cellphone Could Crack RFID Tags · · Score: 5, Informative

    That is the reason why I was shocked when I read the title. I know that there are Nokia phones that can read RFID and Nokia is pushing for its widespread use. Here's a useful link regarding RFID in Nokia phones: http://europe.nokia.com/nokia/0,,55737,00.html

  5. If that is true... on New Model Solves Grandfather Paradox · · Score: 1

    ...we cannot do much in the past anyway because we are not just talking of one event that should be complimentary e.g. the person who time traveled was born, but of many events e.g. the actual position of the atoms, etc.

  6. hmmm... on MS Calls On Kids to Stop Thought Thieves · · Score: 1

    ...how about the history of microsoft? Too bad "The Pirates of Silicon Valley" was several years early; they would have won :)

  7. any complex systems guy here? on What Does a Spreading Worm Look Like? · · Score: 1

    I run linux so I can't run the program. I would like to ask if the spread of a worm is similar to the spread of an epidemic and if the same technique (agent-based, cellular automata) is used to simulate both?

  8. Re:No, the threat is not overblown. on Cell Phone Virus Threat Overblown · · Score: 1

    In the Philippines where you can pass phone credits to prepaid subscribers by sending an SMS, a more direct way to profit exists. By logging keystrokes or parsing SMS sent to a particular number, a trojan/spyware can get the pin for "pasaload" (load-passing) or share-a-load. Using this pin, it can now send credits to a benefiting subscriber in expense of the victim's load.

  9. LaPorte's opinion on Macromedia buyout justified? on Microsoft to Introduce PDF competitor 'Metro' · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Last week, LaPorte opined that Adobe bought Macromedia to prevent Microsoft from buying it. This news only shows that Microsoft has its eyes set on Adobe. Maybe that was really Adobe's reason

  10. Re:One hack I want on Firefox Hacks · · Score: 1

    First of all, this is a security feature that helps prevent being victimized by phishing attacks. DO THE FOLLOWING AT YOUR OWN RISK.

    1. go to about:config
    2. add/edit this key: network. http.phishy-userpass-length
    3. the value is from 1 to 255.

    the browser will warn that you are entering a username and password unless the length is less than that number. the default is 1. for more info, go to http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_Entries

  11. Re:How do you kill people with a robot car? on DARPA Grand Challenge Teams Submit Videos to DARPA · · Score: 1

    They learned from the suicide bombers and use car bombs to either directly kill enemies or blame it on them :)

  12. Re:its dieing on Imagining the Internet · · Score: 1

    With your argument, does that mean that Firefox. is the saviour of the internet? ;)

  13. Re:Only in North America on SMS Text Messaging & Youth Debt One · · Score: 1

    When you're roaming outside the country, you pay when you receive messages or calls. Otherwise, you don't pay anything just by receiving. That's for Philippine carriers

  14. Re:Easy Question on Being Free is Hard to Do · · Score: 1

    If you (and others) do not use free software, then that will be the end of the story. How can it improve if no one's going to use it? If no one's going to help it improve (aside from the developer, of course)? A (closed-source) company can hire a team to create a new software and improve it but that is simply not possible for the one-man free software developer. Certainly, not on his own.

  15. ways to stop/prevent spyware (at least for now) on Microsoft Releases AntiSpyware Program · · Score: 1

    1. dump windows and use another os like linux 2. use firefox 3. install spybot and/or other anti-spyware programs if you can't do any of the above: 1. don't go to porn sites 2. don't connect to the net

  16. Re:For the uninitiated... on Given Up to Spyware? · · Score: 1

    there's also firefox :)

  17. Re:Asian pirate issues? on Intel Helping Asia to Use Linux · · Score: 2, Insightful

    i'm from the philippines and most people here don't know any other operating system than windows. it's really hard to convince people to use linux and other open source software because of piracy. that's why i start by spreading firefox then introducing other open source software inc. linux

  18. Re:Netscape on Google Muscles Into Microsoft's Turf · · Score: 2, Insightful

    firefox and mozilla does not intend to replace the windows desktop