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  1. Re:Queue Microsoft Trolls in on Intel Cache Poisoning Is Dangerously Easy On Linux · · Score: 1

    which there's an exploit in the wild under Linux that gets around much of the security in the system.
    It requires root access. I'd say that requires a lot of work and skill to get under Linux.

  2. Re:Sharks on A Monster LED Array For Irresponsible Fun · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Depends on your definition of "pleasant". Orange/Yellow light doesn't affect our nightvision as much as other colors. I can see that as a pretty significant reason to use sodium lamps as streetlights.

  3. Re:Calibrate Per Use? on Voting Machines and 'Calibration Drift' · · Score: 1

    Is it really necessary? I mean... I *never* calibrated my iPhone. Ever.

  4. Re:Now... on IE 8.1 Supports Firefox Plugins, Rendering Engine · · Score: 2, Informative

    A Plugin (flash/java/etc) is not the same as an extention.

  5. Re:Tomato on Botnet Worm Targets DSL Modems and Routers · · Score: 1

    Tomato is a different distribution, and might not suffer from the same vulnerabilities. Just like RedHat and Ubuntu doesn't.

  6. Re:New large scale solar plant in Arizona on Shell Ditches Wind, Solar, and Hydro · · Score: 1

    Completely free energy? TINSTAAFL.
    How do they plan on handling the energy consumtion at night?

  7. Re:Alll's Well that ended well. on iPhone App Causes Google To Shut Down SMS Service · · Score: 1

    Free and "ad-supported" are two different things. My wild guess is that GP was actually talking about free as in beer browsers. Where does the money change hands with eg. Firefox?

  8. Re:Just one problem: taxes on Powering Restaurants WIth Deep Fried Fuel · · Score: 1

    The same is true here in Norway. One annoying thing is that if I convert my car to run on natural gas (and thus pollute less), I can't even get my car approved for road usage.
    There is no interest in actually reducing pollution, only in grabbing as much cash as possible. If you pollute less, you get fined for not paying. Yay.

  9. Re:Fundamental Difference on Film Piracy, Organized Crime and Terrorism · · Score: 1

    No theft has occurred. A breach of copyright law has though.

  10. Re:found this one the other day on Google Earth Uncovers Secret UK Nuke Base · · Score: 1

    That plane is flying kinda low, innit? If you zoom out about half-way, you see the transition between aerial photos and satellite photos.

  11. Re:No Script Bragging -- please stop on UAC Whitelist Hole In Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    Yes, because a whitelist will help you a lot if the server is hacked and the script replaced.

  12. Re:Factual train times on Timetable App Developer Gets Nastygram From Transit Sydney · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is Japan after all - they solve everything with lasers over there.

    Their attempts at using lasers to improve their extreme suicide rate has thus far been unsuccessful.

  13. Re:Modern Rosewill hackable routers, 802.11n suppo on Contest For a Better Open-WRT Wireless Router GUI · · Score: 1

    The brand doesn't matter. What chipset is inside matters. And even though there are thousands of different routers to choose between, there are less than 10 chipsets they are based on.

  14. Re:123,000 pounds in modern money? on Major Cache of Fossils Unearthed In Los Angeles · · Score: 2, Funny

    Aircraft carriers are measured in ounces.

  15. Re:Great - Throw 'em around during a firefight on IBM Files Patent For Bullet-Dodging Bionic Armor · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If the wearer is about to pull the trigger on his M72 LAW when someone fires a rifle at him, do you think it's a Good Idea (TM) to jerk the person around?

    Without the suit, you WILL be hit by a bullet.
    WITH the suit, you MIGHT accidentally blow up your whole team.

  16. Re:Not a problem on Shifting Apps To ARM Chips Could Save Laptop Batteries · · Score: 1

    You've soldered on extra flash? The last time I checked, the NSLU2 only had 8mb flash. Still, running stuff from an USB stick/hdd is no problem at all.

  17. Re:*yawn* on Microsoft Agrees To License ActiveSync To Google · · Score: 1

    Did you run into an error? Make sure you just have "calendar" and "contacts" checked in ActiveSync, not mail/tasks.

  18. Re:Hah! That's a joke on Microsoft Agrees To License ActiveSync To Google · · Score: 1

    But their outlook connector is proprietary

  19. Re:I Don't See A Scam on OpenDNS To Block and Monitor Conficker Worm · · Score: 1

    Last time I tried 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.1, they appeared to ignore queries. Are they back to being public again?

  20. Re:Do not use OpenDNS on OpenDNS To Block and Monitor Conficker Worm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you don't think it's funny, you're not smart enough. Complaining about it doesn't make you smarter, it reveals that you're a complete moron ;)

  21. Re:Form response on Name and Shame Spam Senders With OpenBSD · · Score: 1

    tl;dr

  22. Re:DTV Shopping list on DTV Converters In Short Supply · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One in the kitchen, one in the bedroom and one in the livingroom. One in every waiting room, a couple at the office, a few at school etc.

  23. Re:DTV Shopping list on DTV Converters In Short Supply · · Score: 1, Insightful

    If you ask me, with a pop of 300 mill, I'd expect atleast 400 mill TVs.

  24. Re:Take them at face value. on Iran Has Put a Satellite Into Orbit · · Score: 1

    Maybe not building one from scratch then. But I assume that if one can import a warhead without being noticed, why not a missile that can lift it up :)

  25. Re:Take them at face value. on Iran Has Put a Satellite Into Orbit · · Score: 1

    Renting an airplane and loading a nuclear bomb in it requires human sacrifice and an aviating licence. Building something that can lift the warhead to a suitable altitude sounds easier. Is something preventing mini-missiles from being launched from U-hauls?

    As to the tracing of fissionable materials... that might help figuring out where it was mined, but that doesn't actually relate to who build and fired the bomb.