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  1. mod parent up ! algaes and sea power on Practical Method for Getting Oil from Oil Shale? · · Score: 1

    yes, seas collect most of the sun energy, and growing efficient algaes is of several ways to collect this energy (Danemark uses sea windmills, and several countries use tidal and wave power)

  2. Bricklin's friend-to-friend networks are real now on The First Killer App: VisiCalc · · Score: 1

    The latest versions of P2P like Frenet,GNUnet and WASTE implement what Bricklin envisioned in 2000: friend-to-friend networks:
    http://www.bricklin.com/f2f.htm

  3. climate and pollution on Practical Method for Getting Oil from Oil Shale? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I am not sure we need more fossil fuels for our climate and our lungs.

  4. Re:How will that stop infiltration? on Ian Clarke and Freenet in the Crosshairs · · Score: 1

    I don't see how the dad, working for movie industry, will be able to sue you without knowing your IP address. Maybe he will have to sue his son or his son'friends first.

  5. passive RFID eavesdropping from tens of feet on DEFCON Coverage Round-up at Make · · Score: 3, Funny

    it seems that passive RFID eavesdropping is possible from tens of feet distance, rather scary if your RFID passport sends valuable ID information to a thief !

  6. remote attestation is an official feature of TPM on Mac OS X Intel Kernel Uses DRM · · Score: 1

    If you read the TCG official docs, you'll see that remote attestation (signed hashes of the hardware and of the bootloader can be encrypted and then checked by the OS or sent through the internet) is an official feature of TCG/TPM/TCPA.

  7. cartoon about it from minimumsecurity.net on Riot Control Ray-Gun for Use in Iraq · · Score: 1

    there's a cartoon about it from minimumsecurity.net
    http://www.minimumsecurity.net/toons/127.htm

  8. cheap wifi VoIP phone ? on $99 Linux Handheld with WiFi for Instant Messaging · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't think you can use a microphone with this one. Anyone knows a cheap wifi pda for VoIP ?

  9. focus fusion patents on More Evidence for Tabletop Fusion · · Score: 1

    I find it odd that focusfusion.org asks for donations, never mentioning that a lot of this money will likely end in the patent holders pockets.
    http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Afocusfusion. org%20patent

  10. several neutrons can hit the same atom on More Evidence for Tabletop Fusion · · Score: 1

    Hydrogen atoms, for example, merely become deuterium atoms, which are not radioactive.
    Deuterium can cause health problems (it blocks bio processes like mitosis).
    But with time, the same atom does get hit by several neutrons. Radioactivity is then bound to happen in the expensive materials of ITER.
    So ITER will produce some expensive waste. Given ITER estimated raw price, those questions need clear answers and a good comparison with the costs of other renewable energy sources.

  11. neutrons are a major pollution:radioactive wastes on More Evidence for Tabletop Fusion · · Score: 1

    And neutrons already are known as a major pollution. Whatever they hit, it becomes radioactive and more fragile. So all materials used in fusion devices like ITER will regularly have to be disposed as a radioactive waste.

  12. same amount of CO2 is produced, not interesting on New Way to Make Hydrogen · · Score: 1

    Since the same amount of CO2 is produced, the global warming effect wil be the same.

  13. they provide both ! on TheOpenCD turns 3.0! · · Score: 1

    They provide both installers for windows and a Linux LIve CD "so that people can see the same applications running in Linux.". From TFA.
    So if they become used to using FOSS for their needs, they can install Linux instead of having tu buy a recent Windows for security updates. Good idea.

  14. same as quantum entanglement collapsing ? on Qbits unstable: May Limit Quantum Computing · · Score: 1

    Isn't that the same as the already known spontaneous quantum entanglement collapsing ? (i.e. one particle doesn't interfere in 2 slits anymore, although neither two entangled particles were measured )

  15. The GPL may require to display a start notice on TheOpenCD turns 3.0! · · Score: 1

    Though this is different from the classic "I accept".
    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html#SEC3
    2. c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively when run, you must cause it, when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on the Program is not required to print an announcement.)

  16. vs. chimps that talk with their hands ? on Alex, The Brainy Parrot Who Knows About Zero · · Score: 1

    I just saw something last night on Animal Planet on the "Most Extreme" intelligent animals. Parrots were #1
    Did they mention the chimps that were teached how to speak using a "hands language" ? I thought those were #1 . If not what can parrots do that chimps can't ?

  17. no software patents european law already exist on EU Says No To Software Patents · · Score: 1

    a "no software patents" european law already exist, though far from perfect i admit.

  18. Re:permanent IPv4 adresses do exist today on Federal Agencies Must Use IPv6 by 2008 · · Score: 1

    Try me. My above message was rational (and based on known facts) _o/

  19. comparison of lossless audio compressors, FLAC on BBC Offers Beethoven Symphonies for Download · · Score: 1

    but shn is not free for commercial use

    according to http://members.home.nl/w.speek/comparison.htm
    the fully free software FLAC seems to perform about as well

  20. permanent IPv4 adresses do exist today on Federal Agencies Must Use IPv6 by 2008 · · Score: 1

    Do you have any idea what the routing headaches to make that happen would be like?
    You must be talking about lifelong IPv6 addresses.
    They are not needed to break anonymity.People who want to be anonymous can have big problems now with ISP that only offer permanent IPv4 address (yes they do exist, most of them in western countries, especially europe).
    And by the way, offering a permanent IPv4 address is not technically difficult. Firewalling all other IP adresses from using the same link is not difficult either.

  21. assigned IPv6 addresses will work on Federal Agencies Must Use IPv6 by 2008 · · Score: 1

    Regardless of the RFCs, some Governments and/or some major ISPs will be able to assign a permanent IPv6 address to each person. And though it will have nothing to do with your actual MAC address, it will work. And if you try to connect to your ISP with a different address, it will be completely blocked by the ISP firewall.

  22. Re:price according to real cost: any chance ? on .tel Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    We already are in a "computer age", not much human work is needed to insert an entry in a DB if you use a web interface to manage your domain.

    Don't forget that most of the work is done by your ISP caches, and your ISP don't get any money from ICANN or your registrar.

    What about the web hosting companies who also have similar costs + far greater bandwidth costs / consumer + far greater disk space / consumer ?

  23. Re:price according to real cost: any chance ? on .tel Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    If domains were just free to anyone who asked, there wouldn't be any left
    Domains up to what length ? Six characters? Otherwise there is an infinite number of them. Do the math !
    If anything, the price is too low.
    Who will get this unused money ? The United Nations ?

  24. 6$ for redirecting sometimes to the right server ? on .tel Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    so they take 6$ for redirecting an ISP DNS cache to your domain DNS server ?
    and only when the DNS cache time-to-live is over...

    what storage and bandwidth takes this compared to what needs your web server ?

    6$ is far too much for that tiny bandwidth and storage !

  25. ICANN takes 6$ for what service ? on .tel Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    ICANN takes a $6 cut from each one 6$ for what service ?