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  1. Re:And the ads? on Encrypting Google Calendar With Firefox Extensions · · Score: 1

    So your point is that you would NOT use this extension - which enhances your security - because THEN you would see ads for stuff you don't want? Uh-hu...

  2. Re:The most likely reason on Why Do We Have To Restart Routers? · · Score: 1

    I own a Linksys RVS4000 which came with the newest firmware. I only update the IPS rules every few months (which doesn't require a restart) and never had a single problem with the device. Never had to reboot it either.

    Granted, the RVS4000 isn't exactly a "home" router but the price was fair and the feature-set fits my requirements.

    I use the DNS servers provided by my ISP and power surges/outages/fluctuations are extremely rare over here (Austria) so that might have something to do with it.

  3. Re:Suggestions... on Learn a Foreign Language As an Engineer? · · Score: 1

    > or some my Swedish-ex used to say

    yeah, my swedish-ex claimed that too, although i never managed to understand a single word of norwegian.

    I think they tell us so that we feel really dumb and they appear smarter...

    > There is no "Swiss" language, they speak German, Italian, and French.

    I think he meant swedish. Swiss girls don't really have a reputation of being hot.

    That said, if it's just about girls, go learn Hungarian.

  4. Re:Recipe for neutralizing it on Mac OS X Root Escalation Through AppleScript · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nononono....

    it's: osascript -e 'tell app "ARDAgent" to do shell script "rm -rf ARDAgent.app"';

  5. Re:Macbook air is FAR more than 2.5 hours... on HTC Shift + ThinkPad X300 + MacBook Air = Perfect Notebook? · · Score: 2, Informative

    On a sidenote: I don't get why people constantly compare the macbook air with other more or less lightweight notebooks or subnotebooks. The air is the most light weight notebook apple has to offer. And when I want or need OS X on a subnotebook, there is no alternative. Neither a HTC or IBM product will run OS X (at least not in the quality i'm used to).

    However, if you seriously don't care about the operating system and can run linux or (worse) windows just as well, then you're stupid if you buy a macbook air.

    Personally I won't run anything else than OS X on any of my machines (except my servers, that is) so I'm going for a macbook air.

  6. Re:Sgt. WHAT? on RIAA Backtracks After Embarrassing P2P Defendant · · Score: 2, Funny

    True. If you can't spell properly, that is. You can also spell "salad" like "cash" if you want.

  7. Re:Firefox on Any "Pretty" Code Out There? · · Score: 1

    I think the Eclipse core code is rather pretty.

  8. Re:I am not an Economist, but... on New Law Lets Data Centers Hide Power Usage · · Score: 1

    Damn, that made me actually click the link of the gp.

  9. Re:Of course.. on Hacker Turns $300 Apple TV into Cheapest Mac Ever · · Score: 1

    OS X PPC and OS X Intel are different products.


    Um. No?

    Mine installs on both machines.
  10. Re:Why should it? on Gran Paradiso Alpha 3 · · Score: 1

    Hilarious ^^ Sadly I'm out of points...

  11. Re:Posted notice? - RTFA on Archive.org Sued By Colorado Woman · · Score: 1

    I read it, it's crazy and the whole case should be dropped (optionally she should be poked in the eye with a red-hot poker).

  12. Re:Posted notice? - RTFA on Archive.org Sued By Colorado Woman · · Score: 1

    That is correct.

    But if she specifically wanted her content not to be archived, she could have prevented that with robots.txt files and/or meta tags. Of course you are completely right about more complex terms and conditions.

  13. Re:Posted notice? - RTFA on Archive.org Sued By Colorado Woman · · Score: 1

    Shell's site states, "IF YOU COPY OR DISTRIBUTE ANYTHING ON THIS WEB SITE, YOU ARE ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT," at the bottom of the main page, and refers readers to a more detailed copyright notice and agreement.


    No robots.txt ... how should a crawler read this information?
  14. Re:Eternity on Stephen Hawking Says Universe Created from Nothing · · Score: 1

    There is no problem like the one you are describing.

    If something has a beginning, or an end for that matter, that does not mean it's finite. A line can start at a certain point and yet continue into infinity, which makes the line infinitely long.

    So when you say "There is no end to eternity", that could,in fact, be wrong.

  15. Re:fuck IP and MS and everybody on Microsoft Getting Paid for Patents in Linux? · · Score: 1

    Mod parent insightful, i'm out of points and this is (up to here) the post which shows the most knowledge and understanding of patents.

    Of course, patenting something is exhausting for an individual. It's very cheap and easy for a big company though. And even if it was expensive and exhausting even for companies, that still doesn't make the patenting system less flawed.

  16. Re:Quickest idea on How Do You Advocate Linux in 5 Minutes? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where kiddies with glaringly unexceptional IQ's come to pretend their kooky little rant matters.
    There, fixed that for ya.
  17. Re:Change from the Top Down on Fight DRM While There's Still Time · · Score: 1

    Spreading the word is also very noble but you cannot win the fight against DRM with your wallet. Those who want to keep DRM schemes have the bigger wallets, trust me. And unless you can increase the IQ of their average customer by about ~50 and also teach them something about IT, DRM and their rights, you won't be able to win that war.

    It's just like you can't stop global warming by taking the bus instead of driving to work with your car. It's a noble demonstration but nothing more.

  18. Re:6 months! on Why the iPhone Keynote Was A Mistake · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    TFA is FUD. Word.

  19. Re:Stock scam spams - 3n14rge yur SC0X ... on Spam is Back With A Vengence · · Score: 1

    Um. ACTUALLY it says 1000 text only spams = 20k = 20.000 bytes. Divide by 1000 to get size of one spam e-mail = 20 bytes. Sorry, you lose.

  20. Re:Don't tell Microsoft! on Apple Charges For 802.11n, Blames Accounting Law · · Score: 2

    Correct, but this law only applies to hardware, not to software.

  21. Re:Or you could.. you know.. on Sling Streams iTunes Content To TV · · Score: 1

    Why mod the parent Troll? He's right I think. When iTV was first announced and everyone ran around jumping and screaming what a wonderful idea that was, I just looked at my wireless connector which could do the same for a fraction of the cost.

    Granted, it doesn't work across several rooms but it works well when you have the computer and TV in the same room.

  22. Re:Window Management on 15 Things Apple Should Change in Mac OS X · · Score: 1
    clicking into a window only bringing it forward rather than activating the button I clicked on.


    Umm, you can activate Click Through though. Then you can directly click the button.
  23. Re:Totally useless on Quantum Cryptography Ready For Wide Adoption? · · Score: 1

    Who said you should buy it now? But once a quantum computer is finished, someone has the tool to decrypt all information ever encrypted with RSA (which is based on the fact that prime factorization cannot be solved with an acceptable O() complexity). That includes PGP, GPG, SSL.

    Better safe than sorry.

  24. Re:Totally useless on Quantum Cryptography Ready For Wide Adoption? · · Score: 1

    Oh no my friend. Quantum cryptography is for when quantum computers are actually available. Quantum computing eliminates the problem of prime/integer factorization so a quantum computer can break SSL within seconds.

    That's no longer a mathematical problem but a physical problem then.

  25. Re:It's HOLLAND on The Dutch Kill Analog TV Nationwide · · Score: 1

    Please take geography lessons so you suck less. Kthnxbye.