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  1. Re:So... on Suggestions for Company Wide Password Vault? · · Score: 1

    C'mon - somebody mod up LordEd. It deserves at least a funny, if not insightful.

  2. Physical vault on Suggestions for Company Wide Password Vault? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    When I read this, I saw it as a physical vault - a locked, fireproof box in a secure location in your premises. This is a good idea, especially for important "secrets" which may cause problems if lost. (The password to the payroll system, for example. Your payroll accountant goes into a coma, you might have to get in to make sure that at least you [the IT people] get paid.)

    Storing these things electronically is dangerous. Storing them on an electronic box which can be accessed over a network (any network) is just stupid.

  3. Re:Wait... on IBM's Cell Processor — Not Just for PS3 Anymore · · Score: 3, Informative
    What exactly is a blade server?

    it is a server with blades.

    That's begging the question. A blade is a modular computer on a board. You team these up into a chassis and have them communicate together and you've got a blade server.

  4. I can't find the posting ... on Trusting Users Too Much · · Score: 1

    the one that says "Trust me - I am a USER"

  5. Spinach is irrelevant on The Nanopowers of Spinach · · Score: 1
    The source plant for the chlorophyll is irrelevant - it could be from any of a large number of plants. The paper mentions the source plant once - Roland, and most other posters, seem to fixate on this.

    It's interesting that the paper mentions "green" energy as well.

    While the idea is interesting there may be some practical limitations. The experiments were done at 4.6 Kelvins.

    I think the coolest part is: "Our experiments were performed by using a home-built low temperature STM"

  6. It's been done on Microsoft Research Builds 'BrowserShield' · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Filtering proxies, like the Proxomitron or Privoxy will do some of this for you. The thing is that this doesn't really work that well for security. You can reduce some exposure, but it there are things that will get past your checks.

    And the MicroSoft implementation seems to be a limited sub-set. It won't even block ads.

  7. Just don't on Podcasts of University Lectures? · · Score: 1
    I'm sure that somewhere in the above is this comment, but just to re-iterate it, if you don't want the students to use (or in your definition abuse) the recorded lectures, save yourself the time, grief and diskspace and just don't do it.

    The primary advantage for doing this is to help students that missed the lecture (and for that matter the lecterer in that he or she doesn't have to redo the lecture for the absentee students later on). The students who attended the class aren't going to get much out of the "podcast". They were there! They could record the session's audio if they wanted. I suppose they could record video too. They could also take notes.

    If the reason you're planning on doing this isn't to help the student that missed the class because he/she was ill, had another commitment at class time, or simply didn't feel like going, someone in your organisation needs to buy a clue.

  8. Re:Oh quit complaining... on Vista Startup Sound to be Mandatory? · · Score: 1

    And if you play them backwards, you'll hear nataS.

  9. Re:metaphorically speaking on Wayback Machine Safe, Settlement Disappointing · · Score: 1
    I've never heard this expression either, and I agree that it is poor. You just wait until the echoes of the bell have dissipated and it's like the bell never rang.

    [Curmudgeon]Un-ring? Bah! Nonsense.[/Curmudgeon]

  10. Re:How about Jane Goodall? on Scientists Biographies for 5th and 6th Graders? · · Score: 1

    In a similar vein, Dian Fossey and Birut Galdikas would also be of interest. Especially with Gorillas in the Mist as a possible research "tool".

  11. Re:2 sites I can recommend on A Website with Real Science News? · · Score: 1

    Sciendaily, and Science Blog.

  12. Re:Cue the global warming activists on CO2 Jets Bursting From Martian Ice Cap? · · Score: 1

    It's frellin' cold on Mars. A bit of global warming would be welcome.

  13. Witch hunt, eh? on A 'Witch Hunt' in Silicon Valley · · Score: 1

    I could get behind that. Let me know if you find ones that look like Sam or Tabitha.

  14. Rants on Did Humans Evolve? No, Say Americans · · Score: 4, Informative
    Why wasn't the Science article linked to, rather than a newspaper?

    The article is about the US, Japan and a whole swack of European countries (presuming that I can include Turkey as European). Okay, but what about the rest of the world?

    Where is the "OK, this is lame" selection?

  15. Re:**SPOILER** on Astronomers Make Important Dark Matter Discovery · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hmmm. That does make sense (after translation :-). The cluster's name (1E0657-56) is also used in the url on the NASA site (chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/1e0657/)

  16. Re:Replicant detector? on Biometric Terrorist Detector · · Score: 1

    I'm a prick.

  17. Re:OPDs and Latex on OpenOffice.org Security 'Insufficient' · · Score: 1

    This is interesting in that the slide show referenced by TFA was produced with LaTeX and dvips - on the 4 of June, 2006. News for nerds is a bit behind ...

  18. Re:Maybe we need to take a step back... on OpenOffice.org Security 'Insufficient' · · Score: 1
    The claim was, when you opened the email (don't recall the name off hand), it would do all sorts of nasty things to your computer,

    That would be the Good Times virus. (Warning: don't click on that ... ooooh too late.)

  19. Well, I am glad on Blue Pill Myth Debunked · · Score: 1

    That they're finally debunked that blue pill nonsense. I'm tired of getting spam for that stuff.

  20. Re:'two' does not equal 'too' on Blue Pill Myth Debunked · · Score: 1

    "Two" is correctly spelled - it is a misuse of the word, which is a mistake in grammar.

  21. Re:Hilarious guide, using Tor.... on Defeating Google's Perpetual Search Logging · · Score: 1
    But if I delete the cookies, I can't disable safesearch. What use is Google then?

    Hey, if this is just a thread to promote software, the Proxomitron can do similar things for you, plus block advertisements, fix formating, ... Works with all browsers that support proxies. Only real problem is that it needs wine or windows.

    Advertisement ends. Proles will now resume purchasing.

  22. Re:Where are the Republicans now? on Terror Plot, NASA, DHS Patch Alert · · Score: 1
    When you grow up a little, you may understand what's wrong with your "solution".

    Hint: those bikes are hard on the knees when you're older.

  23. Re:In humans on Contagious Cancer Found in Dogs · · Score: 1
    I'm not certain what is the "this" you refer to ... I'll assume you mean invasion of a human host by the canine tumor cells. The immune system should recognise these as "non-self" and destroy the cells. If you meant that if a human tumor cell developed under these conditions, what would happen, it is likely that it would follow a similar process to the canine one.

    The tumor cells are differentiated, not "stem" cells. You can't use them to grow other types of cells. No new body parts for you ...

  24. Excuse me, but on Studios OK Burning Movie Downloads · · Score: 1
    ... I seem to be on the wrong planet.

    No movie studio on my home world would say "We want to give people the entertainment they want and offer it to them in the ways they want to use it."

    I'm sure this is a nice place to vist, but could someone direct me home?

    Thanks.

  25. Calculator Wars on Next Generation Stack Computing · · Score: 1

    Anybody remember the RPN vs algebraic entry wars? (HP Rules!)