User: DanThe Bike

Re:You assume too much

On: Flaw Found iIn Ethernet Device Drivers

From the CERT advisory though:

Microsoft Corporation Not Vulnerable 3-Jan-2003

The details would imply that windows is fine, but that some documented examples aren't.

Re:Are zips still relevent?

On: PKWare Zips to Growth

Yep, at least to me thy are. If you have a central repositary of large zip files from which you extract files the zip structure makes perfect sense. To extract a small file from a 2Gb compressed tar file you first have to get the entire compressed tar file ....

Re:Similarity

On: EPIC Urges State AGs to Pursue Microsoft Passport

Microsoft offers no method to delete a Passport registration

This is wrong, if you have a passport account you can delete it. Visit the Contact Us help page, and select the 'delete my account' from the list of things in the I need to list. They'll then send you a mail asking for answers to the secret questions. They were very responsive when I tried.

Sounds similar to Bango

On: Phone Numbers Instead of URLs?

This sounds very similar to Bango, which is aimed primarily at WAP users, where numbers make a bit more sense.

Re:Wave Generators

On: Wave Driven Generators

> It is also the home of the only tidal energy plant in the Western hemisphere

There's one in France which predates the Bay of Fundy by some 18 years, and produce 240Mw versus ~20Mw from the Fundy plant.