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  1. Re:Ok, but on Nielsen Collects FL Tax Breaks, Then Outsources Jobs · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The problem is that they are not playing fair either. India is extremely protectionist. All companies in India must be Indian controlled, Indians pay lower fees, the list goes on. They already have the "We got ours" attitude, why shouldn't we? Frankly they are the only ones in this entire situation that have a double standard.

  2. Re:Was it really a bug back then? on 33-Year-Old Unix Bug Fixed In OpenBSD · · Score: 1

    char *buffer; while(1) { buffer = buffer * buffer; buffer[buffer*buffer] = 0; } I can haz medal?

  3. Re:47% on Firefox Users Stay Ahead On the Update Curve · · Score: 1

    I'm using Firefox 3.0 and that gopher page loaded just fine for me...

  4. Re:Why can't it be simple. on Safeguarding Data From Big Brother Sven? · · Score: 1

    It sort of already exists. I use S/MIME and Outlook. All of my email is signed. You can send me an encrypted email. All I did was go to a CA and ask for a free cert. http://www.comodo.com/products/certificate_services/email_certificate.html Unfortunately the only encryption algorithms available with outlook currently are 3DES and RC2 ...

  5. Re:Sweden's just being honest about it on Safeguarding Data From Big Brother Sven? · · Score: 1

    PST The NSA can probably get VeriSign to sign anything they want. A MiTM Attack form the NSA would be transparent.

  6. Re:encryption is irrelevant on Safeguarding Data From Big Brother Sven? · · Score: 1

    "There is none" is a bad idea. "Hidden volume?" is much better

  7. The only 42 Commercial Linux Games on 42 of the Best Commercial Linux Games · · Score: 4, Funny

    42? why not 43? or how about 50? because there are only 42 commercial linux games

  8. Re:If they're not sophisticated enough on China Says It Lacks Skills To Hack US Systems · · Score: 1

    Easy, they waited. It's a very simple trick actually. Passive detection methods employed by submarines do not work if the other object is either not moving and is dead silent (dead is probably literal in the Chinese navy). So when the carrier group passed over they just popped up in the middle of them undetected. It's really not impressive at all, aside form their ability to guess where the carrier group was going.

  9. Re:South Park defense on China Says It Lacks Skills To Hack US Systems · · Score: 1

    403, they do not allow hot-linking.

  10. Payment on Ask Lt. Col. John Bircher About Cyber Warfare Concepts · · Score: 1

    Can we see some definitive numbers on what the pay scale will be? For example there is http://www.airforce.com/careers/paychart/index.php

  11. Build a Huge Telescope on What Shall We Do With the Moon Once We Get There? · · Score: 4, Insightful
  12. Link on Spitzer's 5-Gigapixel Milky Way · · Score: 2, Informative

    The image is here. Yet again great editing.

  13. Wasted Effort on Games Come to Pidgin · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Where is the Audio and Video?!

  14. Re:QoS? on Why BitTorrent Causes Latency and How To Fix It · · Score: 2

    Did you even read the article? The entire thing was about how you could avoid having to ask other people to use the network with a lighter touch.

  15. Re:CMU on Programming As a Part of a Science Education? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You just wanted to put it out there that you went to Carnegie Mellon didn't you :D

  16. Re:Test the real slowdowns on Performance Showdown - SSDs vs. HDDs · · Score: 1

    -openoffice load time They did test this. OpenOffice load time is a sequential read of files
    -time to switch a tab in firefoxThat is done entirely in memory, the HDD makes no difference
    -time to switch or minimize a windowall memory, same as above
    -boot timeFor a correctly designed operating system this should be sequential, although it can sometime be random (ie testing this is irrelevent because it differs by the OS)
    -loading a large spreadsheetAgain they did test this as it is a sequential read
    Preferably, times between a fast and a slow CPU should be compared.Why?
  17. Re:Perspective on MPAA is Awarded $110 Million In TorrentSpy Case · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To put that in perspective the GDP for Burma is (in millions) 13,700 USD. The United States was 13,790,000, almost exactly 1,000 times larger. So giving them 3 million dollars in aid will have the same effect that 3 billion dollars would have in the United States.

    Then again Katrina relief topped 200 billion and it still wasn't enough....

  18. Re:That's why Open-Source fails on the desktop on Pidgin Controversy Triggers Fork · · Score: 1

    Actually I use Pidgin on windows. There are a few things that don't work (the file open dialog crashes the entire program) but in general I find that it's much easier to use than other multi protocol clients.

  19. Stupid Test on Performance Showdown - SSDs vs. HDDs · · Score: 4, Informative

    They only tested burst speeds, there was no random access testing.

    SSD works best when accessing files randomly.

  20. Re:Why no cese and desist from Apple? on First Psystar Mac Clones Ship · · Score: 1

    I have to wonder why they have not tried to get a preliminary injunction to halt shipment pending legal matters. They probably could get that fairly easily.

    They're probably weighing it against the possibility of having their "you can only install the copy of OS X you bought onto our list of blessed hardware" clause in the OS X EULA ruled invalid.

    What is the point of having that clause in their EULA if they are afraid to ever use it?
  21. Re:America descends into the dark ages of broadban on AT&T Denies Resetting P2P Connections · · Score: 1

    You need to do some reading up on how IP works.

    http://www.tech-faq.com/tcp-sequence-prediction.shtml

  22. Re:Liquid cooling for datacentres? on Asetek LCLC Takes Liquid Cooling Mainstream · · Score: 1

    That's a good point. Using the heat from a data center to heat the air is a good idea.

  23. Re:Liquid cooling for datacentres? on Asetek LCLC Takes Liquid Cooling Mainstream · · Score: 1

    Put a datacenter in near city center and you could sell the warm water to steam producers.

    At least in the US most major city centers use steam to heat their buildings.

  24. Re:obligitory post on Laptops Screens, Glare or Matte? · · Score: 1

    Tapping with two fingers on the touchpad is right-click on Mac notebooks. Except Windows does not recognize the double tap.

  25. Re:Liquid cooling for datacentres? on Asetek LCLC Takes Liquid Cooling Mainstream · · Score: 1

    You could run the hot water for the building through a heat exchanger before you heat it up with a boiler. Cold Water -> Heat Exchanger -> Warm Water -> Boiler -> Hot Water Over all the energy used to go from Cold Water -> Warm Water is saved.