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  1. Re:Self serving on Google's $30,000,000 Lunar X PRIZE · · Score: 1

    Seriously, if you've ever been to the Google Cafeteria in San Jose, you would not be surprised to find cheese from the moon there. They have E-VER-Y-THING! (Except cash registers...)

  2. Re:The Kilogram is not losing weight on Kilogram Reference Losing Weight · · Score: 1

    Good thing we don't use those meters to send space probes to Mars... oh wait.

  3. Re:And simple to defeat? on NSF-Funded "Dark Web" to Battle Terrorists · · Score: 1

    Or somebody copuld make intntional errors in somebeody's usual spelling habits and grammer.

  4. Re:New behavior? Mimicing humans is well observed. on Attack of the Evil Monkeys From Hell · · Score: 1

    > Since this strategy succeeded, it spread to other monkeys by cultural transmission.

    Dude, were talking about a race of creatures that can write Shakespeare, these guys send typewritten letters.

  5. Re:reverse the gender roles on Attack of the Evil Monkeys From Hell · · Score: 1

    Omitted from the article is the fact that the men just sit on the porches drinking beer, laughing their asses off at their wives, and betting on how far mimo!o can make it before the basket of potatoes falls off her head.

  6. Re:SCADA Systems are designed to be Failsafe on SCADA Systems a Target for Hackers? · · Score: 1

    Love those patch reboots. While proving some updates to a customer and running a large data set overnight, our server picked that night to contact windows update, install patches and reboot. We came in the next morning to a logon screen, a moment of panic, and a wasted day. It's ironic that you can't have automatic updates active on a critical production system.

  7. Re:Not considered serious on Astronomers Find Huge Hole in Universe · · Score: 1

    You are still using the mirrors? It only takes 3 billion years to get the torrent seeded properly.

  8. Re:Stellarium's Great Advantages on Google Earth Gets Star-Gazing Add On · · Score: 1

    1. Then how do you download it? How do you download updates to the maps?

    2. Looking at google earth, I see a Google logo and image copyrights. Where do I turn on the ads?

    Does being a Stellarium fanboy pay much?

  9. Re:But, still no roads in Mexico on maps.google? on Google Earth Gets Star-Gazing Add On · · Score: 1

    You've obviously never made it past the donkeys in Tijuana.

  10. Re:Wow on Going to Yosemite? Get Your Passport Ready! · · Score: 1

    Ok, go to the top of the Statue of Liberty and take a photo of Manhattan. You can't go to the top of the Statue of Liberty anymore. Not that anyone would want to since it's from France, and look how stupid they look now for staying out of the Iraq war. Since GWB has killed more Americans than the original 9/11 attacks, who is the bigger murderer? And how is it that when Saddam's men commit a crime under orders, he hangs for it, but when GWB or Rumsey's men commit murder and torture the actual soldier goes down for it? Guess it depends on your definition of terrorist.

  11. Re:What really happened !!! on Did Russian Hackers Crash Skype? · · Score: 1

    Interesting. You should be able to detect outbound traffic though. Since it is a p2p system, there is not central location to tap. If your call is being sent somewhere else, you will see additional traffic when making calls. Now taking a trace of skype while it is in hub mode is pretty messy, but there would be enough of a pattern to detect if you made a few calls. Like, hmmm, why does skype always connect to 198.81.129.100 in addition to the person I am calling, no matter who I call? Something like that would be quickly detected.

  12. Re:FTW: One Solution on Colleges Wrestle With Thumb Drives · · Score: 1

    Hmmm, maybe you would know.... can you suggest a good brand of sandpaper to use for the finishing?

  13. Re:Deep Freeze on Colleges Wrestle With Thumb Drives · · Score: 1

    Bet that sucker zips along when the network is down...

  14. Re:Wow on Next WoW Expansion Title Leaked? · · Score: 0

    Reminds me of a time when an old buddy and I were watching Lord of the Rings I, where the future king and Steve Tyler's daughter were making lovey dovey.

    My mate asks, "So an elf and a human, would that even work?"

    I replied, "Dude, where do you think half elves come from?"

  15. Re:idiots on Duke Wireless Problem Caused by Cisco, not iPhone · · Score: 1

    What, and miss out on all that iPhone hype fueled publicity? Inconceivable! I'm considering swallowing one just to get on the front page of the local paper. Probably make MSNBC too.

  16. Haha Called It on Duke Wireless Problem Caused by Cisco, not iPhone · · Score: 1

    Smelled like a network problem.

    rm999, blindbat, Doctor Memory, and Funk_dat69, you all owe me a beer. Go drink it for me and think about what you've done. ;)

  17. Re:With Major Hopeful's help on Identifying (and Fixing) Failing IT Projects · · Score: 1

    My personal favorite, the first thing someone tells you when describing the project is what language it's written in or what latest whiz-bang HTTP TLA protocol it uses. They don't tell you how it's going to help your day to day, or ask you what you think of a few features. But they are damned impressed that they get to write to write it in Java or PHP or use XML, and by gosh you should instantly bow down to them.

  18. Bet you 10 to 1... on IPhones Flooding Wireless LAN At Duke · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...it's their network. Why are we only hearing about it here? They probably have a loop in their network or some kind of ARP forwarding active they don't understand. You would think something like this would get caught early on in testing with the iPhone, this kind of problem tends to stand out. I also doubt the iPhone has enough horsepower to pump out 10Mbps of ARP requests, sounds like a networking device is sourcing these packets.

  19. Re:What, you're overseas? on U.S. Court Denies Webcasters' Stay Petition · · Score: 3, Interesting

    > Such a cache would obviously be illegal.

    I don't think this is any different than my set top box recording the last two hours of whatever is on TV. It's called time-shifting, and it is fair use and protected AFAIK. Two hours, four hours, 80 hours, it's just a function of how much storage you want to throw at it. This article is really about who gave you that material in the first place, not your right to cache it or time shift it.

    Stupid thing is I specifically listen to net radio because all the licensed stuff on the radio rather sucks. By eliminating the hyped big label garbage, they are improving my listening experience.

  20. Re:Time of day? on Comcast and Net Speed Tests · · Score: 1

    Dude, the 90s called, they want their 10Mbit hub back. Make sure to send back the coax, the T connectors and the terminator too.

  21. Re:Protection from Sabotage forgotten? on Floating Wind Turbines · · Score: 1

    Sabotage? You are mixing metal, electricity, and salt water. This is the worst possible environment for power generation. Also, turn off your television. More people are dying from disease and malnutrition than "terrarisim." If countries spent more resources on those problems and was nice to the world no one would want to blow up their stuff in the first place.

  22. Re:wahay! on Forget Math to Become a Great Computer Scientist? · · Score: 1

    Heck yeah, you should have seen my Apple IIe in 80 column mode!

  23. Re:Well... on Google Maps Shows Chinese Nuclear Sub Prototype · · Score: 1

    It's those supersonic torpedoes you have to be worried about.

  24. Re:stolen identity on Credit Industry Opposes Anti-ID Theft Method · · Score: 1

    Easy, you cut off your hand and mail it to them so they can compare fingerprints.

    You may only forget your password twice.

  25. Re:That's a lot of number crunching on A Look Inside the NCSA · · Score: 1

    As long as you remember when you did use it.