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Re:Mythbusters RFID episode banned
on Wednesday September 16, 2009 @01:25AM (#825354)
Seems more like it was nobbled than banned.
Re:Excuse me while I change your aircraft’s flight plan
on Sunday August 02, 2009 @08:25PM (#738330)
That's right. Be afraid; be very afraid; and don't go outside for any reason whatsoever especially if it's to vote.
Re:FCC asks Apple why they rejected the Google voice app
on Sunday August 02, 2009 @07:02AM (#737304)
I tried following some links and ended up ping-ponging between the two sites. I guess it's a reciprocal arrangement.
Re:FCC asks Apple why they rejected the Google voice app
on Sunday August 02, 2009 @12:38AM (#737083)
TechCrunch alert!
Re:I’m furious with Apple and AT&T right now, with regard to the iPhone
on Friday July 31, 2009 @12:51AM (#733780)
Life is hard.
Re:GNU Emacs 23.1 has been released
on Thursday July 30, 2009 @09:00AM (#732084)
Builds available at http://www.porkrind.org/emacs/
ETA: Information courtesy of the mighty EmacsWiki: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsForMacOS#toc2
Re:Fun with NULL pointers (how the 2.6.30 exploit works)
on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @06:09AM (#727677)
Nope. This article is a week old.
Re:Spread of HINI (Swine Flu) across the United States
on Thursday July 16, 2009 @10:02PM (#709165)
How worried should I be that these people can't even get the name of the strain right?
Re:How a Minnesota programmer figured out that a NYT photo was altered
on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @06:19PM (#694836)
The pixels are a dead giveaway.
Re:DIY on the Moon: how Buzz saved the launch back to Earth
on Tuesday July 07, 2009 @11:37PM (#693187)
Yeah, I just thought it was time for a little bullish naïveté.
Re:DIY on the Moon: how Buzz saved the launch back to Earth
on Tuesday July 07, 2009 @09:42PM (#693038)
They can buy their own damn lasers and try it themselves.
Re:Physical reality of string theory demonstrated
on Monday July 06, 2009 @06:17PM (#690543)
It's certainly interesting that mathematics created in the course of the string theory research program are finding application in the real world.
Re:W3C dumps XHTML2 to concentrate on HTML5
on Friday July 03, 2009 @07:50AM (#685936)
Which is not so bad, because it's based on a vocabulary people actually use.
Re:Root vulnerability found in iPhone OS, exploitable via SMS
on Friday July 03, 2009 @01:38AM (#685672)
More code, more bugs. More bugs, more vulnerabilities.
Re:Welcome to Your Quarter Life Crisis
on Tuesday June 30, 2009 @05:48AM (#680551)
Group hug!
Re:Yes, Rackspace Is Down And So Are Many Of Your Favorite Sites
on Tuesday June 30, 2009 @05:45AM (#680547)
I guess he gets a lot of spam from Rackspace customers.
Re:Ask HN: What was your first job?
on Monday June 29, 2009 @10:50PM (#680156)
Data entry. Ten hour shifts. At night.
Re:Debate: Can the Internet handle big breaking news?
on Monday June 29, 2009 @07:26AM (#678790)
Well, the Internet services I used while I merrily ignored the vile circus around Mr. Jackson's death all kept working great.
"Don't call it new theater, Charlie; call it real theater. Call it our theater."
Re:A Tale of Two Programmers
on Sunday June 28, 2009 @04:28PM (#678052)
Because a lot of people clicked the up arrow.
Re:Linux VFAT patent patch Q&A
on Saturday June 27, 2009 @11:02AM (#676900)
The patch in question is available at http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.file-systems/33529
Re:New book is tawdry account of how Facebook was founded
on Friday June 26, 2009 @08:32PM (#676429)
And indeed, it is fun to imagine those jackholes dying of koala meat poisoning.
Re:Wow. So this is what it's like to lust after a Microsoft product.
on Friday June 26, 2009 @05:55AM (#675201)
Mathematicians are artists. They don't want to type a bunch of obscure computer codes and then fiddle with them until they get something that looks pretty. Mathematicians want to dash their thoughts down before they flee with the dawn mist, and then move on to the next shattering lightning bolt of genius.
Re:New book is tawdry account of how Facebook was founded
on Friday June 26, 2009 @05:49AM (#675194)
I can't find a good source right now, but I'm pretty sure koala meat is poisonous.
Re:"Public Plan" will decimate R&D for New Medical Technology
on Friday June 26, 2009 @05:25AM (#675172)
Well, your proposals sound to me like a recipe for a nightmare, but you must feel differently. So what do you think would happen?
Re:"Public Plan" will decimate R&D for New Medical Technology
on Friday June 26, 2009 @05:19AM (#675163)
I find that impossible to believe. It would mean that these alleged nations made some kind of judgement between services that are useful for the state to provide and those that are essential.
Re:Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition)
on Wednesday June 24, 2009 @09:03PM (#672989)
This PDF looks to me like a scan that was OCR'd; anything the recognizer couldn't handle was left as a bitmap.
Re:Let's make the web faster
on Tuesday June 23, 2009 @11:28PM (#671529)
To a layperson, "protocol" is what you brush up on before you meet a distinguished personage.
Re:Facebook breaks RFC2045 with quoted printable
on Saturday June 20, 2009 @10:13AM (#666427)
Ah, so that's why people pronounce it "SuckMail".