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  1. Re:So what is the way they want this done? on Chicago Public Schools Make Computer Science a Requirement For a HS Diploma · · Score: 1

    it's called math

  2. Bringing it back? on AT&T Brings Back Unlimited Mobile Data To Lure TV Subscribers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You mean they had it before and took it away and now they expect that I'll think they won't do it again?

  3. Re:Old World on Why Are Fantasy World Accents British? · · Score: 2

    Interestingly enough the British accent we so associate with England came about after the Revolutionary war. I don't recall the source off the top of my head but it's probably on wikipedia.

  4. Re:I'm a Microsoft whore on Google Using ReCAPTCHA To Decode Street Addresses · · Score: 1

    Yet Google would have to know what the address numbers really was in order to validate the reCAPTCHA, so that can hardly be why they are doing it. They don't need to crowd source an answer that they already know.

    Doubtful. They post two images. One they know and one they don't. They use the data for the one they don't, combine it with data from 1000s of other people who have also solved that captcha to get an accurate picture of what that particular number is. They use the one they know to validate the recaptcha data and verify you're human...

  5. probably should have been lowered anyway on United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just the fact that we were even thinking about defaulting or raising the debt limit should have lowered our credit rating.

  6. Re:Curious on LastPass: Users Don't Have To Reset Master PWDs · · Score: 2

    That much I understand but I was talking about if you "forget" your password and have a new one issued. If that's the case they can't decrypt your keychain because you don't have the password anymore. That's specifically what I'm wondering about.

  7. Curious on LastPass: Users Don't Have To Reset Master PWDs · · Score: 1

    I'm rather curious about how the site passwords are stored on this site. My assumption was the all the passwords were encrypted with the master password. If this is the case and only some of the passwords are encrypted with the new password because the databases weren't "caught up" or if someone forgets their master password and needs a password reset then wouldn't the account be unrecoverable?

  8. Re:Fear of technology on Cable Channels Panic Over iPad Streaming App · · Score: 1

    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

    was not - it was Jack Valenti's

  9. Re:Trade-offs on Google Mobile-Payment Patent Raises Privacy Flags · · Score: 1

    only debts, this would apply to stuff like eating at a restaurant or using something and paying afterward. If you haven't used it, you haven't created a debt and therefore cash can be refused.

  10. Re:Whew, that was close on Kepler Recovers After 144 Hour "Glitch" · · Score: 1

    Except it already went over 17 hours

  11. Re:Human touch is seen as empathetic on How Do People Respond To Being Touched By a Robot? · · Score: 2

    Have you seen the videos of http://www.tweenbots.com/ it's a cute little robot and some people go out of their way to help it.

  12. Re:I have seen that work on Researchers Develop Biofuel Alternative To Ethanol · · Score: 2

    Aren't all shortlinks posted here?

  13. Re:13 pages on The Legend of Zelda Turns 25 · · Score: 1

    A friend linked this article to me earlier and I thought it was just the one page...didn't know there were more.

  14. Re:No surprises here on Facebook's 'Like This' Button Is Tracking You · · Score: 1

    Sounds like any ad service like double click or whatever or analytic services.

  15. Re:why not both? on Looking To Better Engines Instead of Electric Vehicles · · Score: 1

    I was thinking the same thing. My 1990 bmw gets around those numbers if I don't slam the gas pedal down and put it in neutral when it makes sense. It's easy to do as the car has a current mpg meter on the dash.

  16. Re:A lot to discover.. on Giant Impact Crater Found In Australia · · Score: 1

    No, it's clearly a doomsday planet that was stopped in it's tracks by the fifth element.

  17. Re:Or, maybe it doesn't on Geolocation XSS Tracker Proof of Concept · · Score: 1

    Heh, mine says it's across the country. My home one says I'm in Hawaii...when I'm much closer to Hawaii's 9th island.

  18. Re:Banner ads are disease nr. 2, text ones are wor on Study Says Targeted Ads Gettin' a Lil' Creepy · · Score: 1

    the optimizegoogle extension for firefox allows you to remove sites from showing up in the results (though they don't prevent google from sending them back) I do it a lot with expertsexchange, about.com and a host of freesoftware sites...

  19. Re:Wot? on Treasury Goes High-Tech With Redesigned $100 Bills · · Score: 1

    Wish I had some mod points because this is exactly the problem that I perceive. Until you remove all old bills from circulation why would anyone bother counterfeiting the new bills? These new 100 dollar bills probably cost 20 dollars each to make and how knows how many millions just to design and then build the machinery to make them...

  20. Re:To the people who don't "Get It" on History Repeats Itself — Mac & the iPad · · Score: 1

    Personally, I think that the iPad and such are setting a bad precedent in that more hardware companies will start to go this route. Microsoft's new phone 7 will have an app store (I am unaware of whether it will be the only app store available) Cellphone companies may no longer use java or other operating systems that allow you to install any app you want and so forth...I don't see a problem with complaining but I do see a problem with people complaining and then turning around and buying one anyway.

  21. Re:Cloud security? on Source Code To Google Authentication System Stolen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    By clicking on a link and connecting to a "poisoned" Web site, the employee inadvertently permitted the intruders to gain access to his (or her) personal computer and then to the computers of a critical group of software developers at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Ultimately, the intruders were able to gain control of a software repository used by the development team.

    Unless it's a flaw directly within the messenger software rather than the user who clicked the link...Microsoft wasn't really involved...

  22. Re:Time to send up Quark! on Space Junk Getting Worse · · Score: 1

    They are hiring.

  23. Re:Face-to-face combat on What Happens In Vegas Happens In Afghanistan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wouldn't it be great if wars could be fought just by the assholes who started them?

  24. Re:Who are these people who feel safer when... on FAA Data Shows Exploding Batteries Are Rare, Small Risk · · Score: 1

    I wish I had some modpoints because this is exactly the direction I feel it has gone. Every instance after 9/11 of an attempted bombing/hijacking that I've seen has been thwarted by other passengers. What makes it worse is that these "attempts" should have been thwarted at the security checkpoints if they were really worth a damn. Just recently in California a man walked right through security with a fake badge and "deported" a woman to the Philippines. Waste of money....

  25. Re:Michio Kaku on Why Time Flies By As You Get Older · · Score: 1

    Yes, several people did the "one-mississippi" thing - Here's a clip from the episode.