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  1. Re:cheap wifi phone ? free calls on First Step In DS Wifi Challenge Complete · · Score: 1

    Using a wifi phone with any public access points is free. Is there a better way to call someone for free, using a pocket size device ?

  2. cheap wifi phone ? on First Step In DS Wifi Challenge Complete · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder if the DS will be also used as a cheap wifi phone. I will probably buy one.

  3. humans and their techs are natural ! memetics on Gene Found In Black Death Survivors Stops HIV · · Score: 1

    This is the natural progression of evolution tho, those who have this gene are a step above the rest of us in the evolutionary scale. If it weren't for modern technology,
    Humans and their techs are a natural product of evolution, so I don't think it's a good idea to oppose the techs and the evolution.
    Nowadays, what matter the most is the rapid evolution of ideas, aka memetics:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics

  4. tinfoil won't stop passive snooping on US Passports To Recieve RFID Chips · · Score: 1

    tinfoil won't stop passive snooping: when someone listen to the "conversation" between your passport and an official passport reader

  5. that's why the world must agree on one authority on Lawmakers Support U.S. Control Of The Internet · · Score: 1

    We can absolutely, vigorously, and freely debate ad nauseum who "the" authority will be to control "the" namespace and "the" numberspace. But, in the end, we all must agree on one authority, and there is no debating that.
    It seems the US lawmakers don't understand the "we all" in "we all must agree on one authority".
    If they persist, there will be a major DNS fork.

  6. anyone can offer an alternative dns system ! on Lawmakers Support U.S. Control Of The Internet · · Score: 1

    I think the point of the grandparent was that anyone can offer or use an alternative dns system. Such systems already exist. Most of them can easily copy a lot of the IP addresses and names from the current system.
    And if some governments unite and offer their own dns system, and tell their ISP do use it , then this dns system will be a main one.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS_root
    http://european.nl.orsn.net/
    http://www.opennic.unrated.net/

  7. open Windows compatible OS exists: ReactOS ! on No WINE Before Its Time · · Score: 1

    It does exist, and yes, it uses some Wine code:
    http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html

  8. Re:SCO on Oracle Acquires Innobase · · Score: 1

    SCO bought a simple proprietary license of MySQL, like anyone else can. No big deal. They can't buy more than that.

  9. Re:Google is officially evil on Google & Sun Planning Web Office · · Score: 1

    What the TaipeiTimes say (and this newspaper surely knows something about Taiwan) is that they are not a Province of China. Pleasing dictators to make business really is a form of evil.

  10. Re:I wonder X or VNC on Google & Sun Planning Web Office · · Score: 1

    If they really plan to use openoffice and other open tools, then they will probably use VNC or X to do the remote stuff. Java VNC and java X do exist already.

  11. sense of life: sustainable future for the children on The Science Of Happiness · · Score: 1

    It's difficult to be happy if your life has no sense and if everything you've done cease to exist when you die.
    If you help building a sustainable future for the children, then you found a real meaning for your life, one that will survive you.

  12. Re:Creative Commons license by-nd-nc on Star Wreck Released as Download · · Score: 1

    The license is "Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial 1.0 Finland" And non-commercial copy is indeed allowed (provided you keep the authors names). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/f i/

  13. CC licenses are valid, like free software licenses on Star Wreck Released as Download · · Score: 1

    Most CC licenses are similar to long time existing software licenses like the GPL, LGPL, BSD, Artistic, Aladdin...
    So CC licenses are likely valid wherever these software licenses are valid too.
    And the possibility to release something as "Public Domain", which is not a license, exist everywhere in the world.
    AFAIK, CC licenses were writen by US lawyers like Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law Professsor:
    http://www.lessig.org/

  14. how can a storage chip make bugs disappear? on TPM Security Chip For Your Cell Phone · · Score: 1

    Please someone explain me how can a so called "secure" storage chip make bug exploits disappear ? Especially when these are OS bugs.
    On the other hand, if you want to try aonther OS with less bugs (and less DRM) the "remote attestation" of the TPM will warn your telco and your phone will be shut.

  15. bugs suddenly disappear: miracle ! attestation on TPM Security Chip For Your Cell Phone · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It should prevent the phone world from being hit by the same virus and hacking issues that face computers
    Miracle ! You put a DRM chip and then suddenly, the numerous OS and application bugs exploited by crackers and viruses disappear !
    The only new thing provided by a TPM is "remote attestation", and I call it Big Brother.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_computing#Rem ote_attestation

  16. IE is preloaded in memory, mozilla seamonkey too on Google Firefox Toolbar Out Of Beta · · Score: 2, Informative

    if you like the fact that IE is preloaded in memory, you should try mozilla seamonkey (the full suite) that offers this option too

  17. turn JS off. But you can't disable yahoo redirects on Google WiFi+VPN Confirmed · · Score: 1

    With javascript off, i've never had redirects with Google.
    Yahoo does have redirects, even with JS off.

  18. I told my kite so on Hydrogen Generating Module to Help Your Car? · · Score: 1

    It takes about 4 seconds for an object 300 feet in the air to fall to the ground. In other words, even less of a chance this thing would be mistaken for a UFO.
    I told my kite so, but it won't listen to me.

  19. Re:I'm still fond of this one, official releases on Underhanded C Contest announces winners · · Score: 1

    There are official releases of the Linux kernel.
    CVS/git development trees are not pre-releases for testers. Git trees are for ... coders !

  20. Re:harvesting oceans energy, winter on Floating Nuclear Power Station · · Score: 1

    1. I'm several states away from any ocean
    Ever heard about energy transport through wires or pipelines ?
    2. Tides/Waves are the same thing.
    No. And wave energy harvesting does exist now.
    3. Wind: Might be a good idea, but you still have the problem of calm days.
    What about the many forms of energy storage that exist and that can also be improved?
    4. algaes: WTH? Still requires sunlight
    And so what ? Almost all renewable energy sources come directly or indirectly from the sun !
    5. Hydrogen is very hard to store in bulk. You still loose more than 50% of the energy if you try to.
    If you don't waste energy during the winter and if you store twice the amount you need during the summer, it works.
    I'll take a nuclear reactor any day.
    Like uranium will be here forever... and with absolutely no problem like radiaocative waste and accidents.

  21. Re:harvesting oceans energy, winter on Floating Nuclear Power Station · · Score: 1

    Go far enough north, and you get hardly any sunlight in the winter.
    During the winter you can still get energy from tides, waves, wind, algaes, geothermal, etc.
    Hyrogen can also be a good way to store summer solar energy for use in the winter.

  22. harvesting oceans energy on Floating Nuclear Power Station · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Although I would be one of the first in line to adopt solar, hydro or hydrogen energy approaches, none are feasible on a global scale.
    What is your basis to say that ? Do you really think our sun don't give us enough energy ? Or that we can't save some ? Most of the sun energy goes into oceans and winds. And there are new technologies to harvest this abundant energy: ocean-based windmills (Danemark), tides and waves power plants, high energy algaes harvesting, etc.

  23. Re:Mod up International Domain Names on Unpatched Firefox Flaw May Expose Users · · Score: 1

    International Domain Names can be written with exotic letters like é ù ø and much more...

  24. article is misleading, 1.07 will come soon on Unpatched Firefox Flaw May Expose Users · · Score: 1

    The article is misleading,since firefox 1.01, 1.02, 1.03 and so on up to 1.06 are all security updates that were quickly released each time such bug was found. I do expect 1.07 this monday.

  25. and they also got 2 US patents... on 6.8GHz 1TB RAM and 2TB HDD Laptop? · · Score: 1