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  1. Re:idiot. on Atari Founder Proclaims the End of Gaming Piracy · · Score: 1

    its easy to disassemble the program and remove the offending instructions
    http://www.cs.arizona.edu/~debray/Publications/obf-signal.pdf

    Encryption is overkill. This is much easier to do.

  2. Re:Great Blazing Colors on What Font Color Is Best For Eyes? · · Score: 1

    But while paper reflects light, screens produce it. Try reading text off an incandescent light bulb - not as easy, huh?

    I've been using white-on-black for everything for years, and it works quite well.

  3. Re:Why not... on FCC to Develop 'Super V Chip' To Screen All Content · · Score: 1

    I can't say much for the latter three, but I have an uncle who works at NOAA, and lives in Maryland, taking the metro into work every day. Northern Virginia also has a fairly good transportation system.

    Just because your job is in the city doesn't mean you have to live right there.

  4. Re:why not? on Microsoft Using .MS TLD · · Score: 1
    Suppose some companies do that and others don't. Disasters like this could happen:

    We lost your BB&T account data. Please send your username and password to acc0unts.bb
    So in this hypothetical world, did BB&T switch over or not? Assume that they have yet to do so - Grandma then unwittingly sends all your inheritance to Barbados!
  5. Re:Both on Engineering School Grads - Tradesmen or Thinkers? · · Score: 1

    It's clear you didn't go to the engineering school at UVA. I do, and they spend the first year teaching the problem solving process, and in the end you can at the very least analyze any problem, and if you have the right area of expertise, you can solve it. Examples are good too, and they help you practice. But there is an actual method to approach problems.

  6. Re:God on Scott Adams Suggests Bill Gates For President · · Score: 1

    No - you mean Science help us!

    Now I'm off to freeze myself until they release more Wiis.