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  1. Gives a whole new meaning... on Healing Wounds With Diamonds · · Score: 1

    To the phrase: Blood Diamond Thank you, thank you... I'll be here all night

  2. Re:Yeah, like maybe the other CMU on Solution For College's Bad Network Policy? · · Score: 1

    I just recently graduated from the electrical and computer engineering program at Carnegie Mellon. The IT policy was pretty solid, open to all platforms, no headaches. Data integrity and personal privacy are held very highly. Student data stored on CMU servers may not be access unless there's an emergency, or if there's a valid warrant.

    Getting caught by the RIAA/MPAA/BSA with copyright violation gets you 45 days loss of connectivity on that MAC address, but there's a solid intra-CMU file sharing network.

    Plenty of bandwidth available to students (average 1-3MB/sec up and down -- yes, megabyte). Limited to rolling average of 2GB up/down a day over 5 days for wired connections. 750MB for wireless.

    More general information can be found here: http://www.cmu.edu/policies/documents/Computing.htm

  3. Re:Seriously Java? on Java Gets New Garbage Collector, But Only If You Buy Support · · Score: 1

    I just noticed the same issue on my FF browser.

  4. Re:Reparations on Were Neanderthals Devoured By Humans? · · Score: 1

    we should also give them tax exemptions and build casinos for them.

  5. Re:Why? on MediaDefender Buys MediaSentry For $136,000 (Not $20M) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Instead she'll get fucked by everyone else

  6. Re:But will this work in your company? on How Google Decides To Cancel a Project · · Score: 1

    Because it could be really, really cool. As an engineer I like "hard" problems, and when I find a project interesting I go after it -- regardless of how "flashy" it is to the general public.

    I think in Google's case, this is certainly true if you examine how much work has gone into their infrastructure (and how many research papers have been written on those topics).

  7. Re:Insane amounts of data on Google Turns On User-Tweakable Search Wiki · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You really think that they're going to delete all your data? When they "delete" your account, they almost certainly are flipping a bit that says, "Account Deleted". Your information is too valuable to them, and no where in their Privacy Policy does it say they will delete your data.

  8. Re:Even if she was serious, the threat was not on User Charged With Taking ISP Tech Hostage · · Score: 1, Informative

    if you want to see an interesting application of this... say "bomb" on an airplane....

  9. Re:What's the point? on NZ Judge Bans Online Publishing of Accuseds' Names · · Score: 1

    I think he's aware of that. What he's saying is that it is another layer of protection in case CIA, FBI, etc, gets a hold of the wireless network he's using. If the MAC is the original, it could probably be traced to your personal computer. If it was me, I'd find a large college campus and find a computer already logged into. Then do the above steps. Call me an asshole... but it'd work.

  10. Re:I don't buy that on Have Modern Gamers Lost the Patience For Puzzles? · · Score: 0

    Sega Genesis has the same thing

  11. Re:Custom Firmware Debate... on Second Mac Clone Maker Set To Sell, With a Twist · · Score: 0

    That would be called linux.

  12. Re:Why restrictions on total vehicle mass? on Eco-Marathon Team Hits 2,843 mpg · · Score: 0

    except when you're going uphill....

  13. Re:MS always fucks you at the drivethru on Upgrade Trick Still Present In Vista SP1 · · Score: 0

    You can always try RealVNC. It's what I use for both my windows and linux machines. There's a free version too that doesn't have encryption.

  14. Re:PowerPoint presentation machine? VGA port? on Hands-On With the Windows XP-Based Asus Eee PC · · Score: 0

    Yes. There is a vga port and it is capable of displaying up to 1600×1280. I have the 4g with the bigger battery and VGA camera and love it. It is perfect for taking notes, giving presentations, browsing the web, and email/calendar. I've done some limited development on it when I was in a bind, but it's not really built for that.

  15. Re:I AM a computer vision scientist. on Cellphone App Developed that Could Allow For 'Pocket Supercomputers' · · Score: 0

    What are some examples of other modern lightweight ways of identifying features?

  16. Re:Probably a lawyer on Whose Laws Apply On the ISS? · · Score: 0

    That is perhaps the scariest thing I have ever seen.

  17. Re:Gamers Changing the world... on New Technologies Attack the One-World Problem · · Score: 0

    Yeah -- gaming was very important to me too! I learned how to drive in Need For Speed 1 and Midtown Madness! Now I know how to powerslide all the way through Turn-On-Red stop lights.

  18. Re:Google. on Inside MySpace.com · · Score: 0

    Facebook HAS opened to the real world. http://www.facebook.com/

  19. Re:Good Will on Roomba + Wii remote + Perl = Awesome · · Score: 1, Funny

    Will: Do you like apples?
    Other guy: Yeah, I like apples.
    Will: Well I got her numba... how doya like d'em apples!?!

  20. Re:Expand on Taking Your Programming Skills to the Next Level? · · Score: 0

    I don't know what it's like at other universities, but here at Carnegie Mellon, CS students must master Java, C++, some Lisp, assembly, SML/NJ. On top of all that, many students dig into other languages (ada, pascal, etc.). It's a very thorough education, with lots of attention on both the theoretical as well as the practical sides of CS.

  21. Re:Applied to museums? on Flickr Search Hack Powered by Mouse-Made Doodles · · Score: 0

    To find microsoft, throw chair at employee

  22. Re:British?? on New Stephen Hawking Movie in the Works · · Score: 0

    Oh...yes...oh...yes...it feels...so...good

  23. Re:Commutivity on This Rare Friday the 13th · · Score: -1

    1/13/1520 ==> 1+1+3+1+5+2+0 = 13

  24. Re:This is news? on Migrating Birds Take Hundreds of Powernaps. · · Score: 1

    that must have been one long nap....

  25. Re:Please... on Teleportation Gets a Boost · · Score: 1

    The internet is actually made out of tubes... duh