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  1. Re:Lunar Dust Photos and Explanation on Lunar Dust: A Major Worry for Moon Visitors · · Score: 1

    Can somebody please tell me why the practice of linking random words in a sentence is so prevalent?

  2. Re:Giant Rolling Ball on Katamari Damacy 2 Due In July · · Score: 1

    Of course! How could I have not realized that adding new items to be picked up instantly gives the game 300% replay value? It's pure genious!

  3. Giant Rolling Ball on Katamari Damacy 2 Due In July · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I want to see how they can make another game where you roll a giant ball around, and manage to make it fresh again... it's like making Tetris 2. How much different can you make it without crippling what makes it fun?

  4. Re:I'm shocked! on Mozilla / Firefox Memory Exposure Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    Maybe the reason for this is the growing usage of Mozilla applications. One reason often given for the security of open source (and macs) is that more users use Microsoft etc. products, which makes them larger targets. Just my two cents.

  5. Re:Confusing write-up on Mozilla / Firefox Memory Exposure Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    Well it would seem that since the demonstration output the information it read into that textbox, it was able to read the information directly from memory. Then again, I'm not an expert, so although I'm quite positive, I can't say for sure.

  6. Re:How to kill your passport & other questions on Today is Comment Deadline for RFID-Chip Passports · · Score: 1

    The thing is, there's a fair difference between something that simply lets you in doors at work (I have a Sonitrol badge in my wallet that I use at work) and something that personally identifies you as "so and so residing at x address born on... Etc." Also, if we're looking to make passports simply swipeable instead of requiring them to be read, aren't there other technologies that do the same thing?

  7. Re:Why must they emit? on Today is Comment Deadline for RFID-Chip Passports · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not to mention the fact that if they make everyone's ID emit some value, who can say what happens when you get a cluster of people standing together? Even if the broadcasting range of the RFID device is quite short, wouldn't you still have to basically whip out your card and swipe it to ensure that it's reading *your* card and not somebody else's? And if you have to do that, isn't the RFID chip 100% liability and 0% benefit?