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Comment what it should be (Score 2, Interesting) 222

by overcaffein8d on Monday December 29, 2008 @08:24PM (#26263621) Attached to: FBI Issues Code Cracking Challenge

what it should be:

coondoggie writes to tell us that the FBI has issued another cracking challenge for a new cipher on their site. Tens of thousands responded to a similar challenge last year. In addition to the challenge the FBI is also offering a few primers on the subject. There are a number of sites offering cipher challenges, just funny to see the FBI encouraging 4J58I4JTK5NRO4844/4534852WDVJRIN67/368RB8XC0GJFNFXVXCVJVXV8R/GE8F/RETWQ8ER8WRHQ98CVUXHE8V09E8Q/WRWE8Q7T-E8THQEW/CHICKEN438R8SDFUEFNX7/4UDFJD7FH47FHEFT28FHEW6DFT

Comment windows 7 (Score 1) 605

by overcaffein8d on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @06:24PM (#26216911) Attached to: Microsoft Extends XP To May 2009 For OEMs

all i hope about w7 is that they don't rush it like they did with vista/me, etc. they need a long, long time to get 7 out, and i'd personally rather wait for something good than have complete crap now.

Comment russia (Score 1) 39

by overcaffein8d on Friday December 19, 2008 @01:12PM (#26174223) Attached to: City In Georgia Planning Virtual World For Civic Interaction

I hope Russia doesn't take them over in VR too! :P

Comment Re:iPod, iPhone, then what? (Score 1) 371

by overcaffein8d on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @11:13AM (#26145387) Attached to: Jobs Not Giving This Year's Macworld Keynote

yeah, isn't the macbook pro the computer that runs vista BEST?

what a backwards world, when people load vista onto their macbooks :P

Comment i feel (Score 1) 371

by overcaffein8d on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @12:32AM (#26141819) Attached to: Jobs Not Giving This Year's Macworld Keynote

i feel sorry for Harry, who is now going to get spammed a Whole lot.

Comment not a hell of a lot of power (Score 1) 197

by overcaffein8d on Wednesday December 03, 2008 @11:06PM (#25984373) Attached to: Talk-Powered Cell Phones Won't Need Batteries

it's a very small amount of power in this, not to mention the fact that people don't always talk on their cell phone (some do more texting)

what i think would be better is having a weight that is off-center, which could turn a generator-thingy around as you walk (if you keep it in your pocket)

Submission + - Pot-Smoking Teens function better (canada.com)

Submitted by

overcaffein8d

on Wednesday November 07, 2007 @05:52PM

overcaffein8d writes: "A study in Switzerland reports that marijuana-using teenagers function at the same level or better than those who did not. Though more likely to skip class, they have about the same grades. However, teenagers who used both tobacco and marijuana did not do as well."

Submission + - DIY Lab scanner made from standard CD drive

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overcaffein8d

on Thursday September 27, 2007 @05:28PM

overcaffein8d writes: "Barrapunto [link in Spanish] has a write-up [link also in Spanish] about some Spanish researchers who made a laboratory scanner from a CD or DVD drive. These are made by adding two more light sensors, and it was tested to pick up pesticide at 0.02 micrograms per liter. Though not quite as good in quality as the machines that are 30,000-60,000, they are much more affordable for small laboratories."

Submission + - XM service outage continues for second day

Submitted by Maximum Prophet on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @10:18AM

Maximum Prophet writes: From the Why DRM is Bad For You department. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18799252/

A software glitch cut service to an unspecified number of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s customers on Monday, the company said. "Some customers are not receiving a signal," said Chance Patterson, XM's vice president of corporate affairs. "We don't know the exact number, but some."

Can't they just turn off the encryption until they get everything corrected? GPS works that way. Call it a free sample day so that you don't have to admit to a mistake and you're gold.

Submission + - Why is there no adequate CPU metrics?

Submitted by on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @10:10AM

An anonymous reader writes: From a consumer standpoint, the primary metric for a processor's general "capability" has always been operating frequency. Why are there no adequate, relatively simple metrics for accurately comparing processors? Why is operating frequency still in use as a metric when frequencies haven't really changed at all over the last 5 years?

Submission + - The most Innovative Country - Japan. Wah?

Submitted by

Jay Yoo

on Monday May 21, 2007 @11:32AM

Jay Yoo writes: "Japan was rated as the most innovative country by the Economist Intelligence Unit. What does this mean? It means that Japan is filing a lot of patents; who knows if they will really see the light of day, or if they are of value. There are a lot of companies who do not file patents and prefer trade secrets, so there is plenty of room for argument as to which nation is truly the most "innovative." Seriously though, there is no question Japan is innovative as the 2nd largest economy in the world. With major impediments to creativity and innovation in Japan (authoritarianism, less meritocracy, homogeneity, discrimination, etc.) how do they do it? One big reason may be a result of the "Wah" (harmony) factor. What can be learned about Wah in innovation for the rest of the world? Read the full story here. International Business Times"

Submission + - Gasoline prices grow teleworkers, attract congress

Submitted by

coondoggie

on Friday May 18, 2007 @11:25AM

coondoggie writes: "The price of gasoline may finally be changing the way many people commute and communicate but the picture isn't all rosy. Anecdotal evidence says teleworkers are growing rapidly as a direct result of the cost of driving. For example, According to Leichtman Research Group, the nineteen largest cable and telephone providers in the US, representing about 94% of the market, acquired over 2.9 million net additional high-speed Internet subscribers in the first quarter of 2007. The top broadband providers now account for 56.2 million subscribers, with cable companies having over 30.7 million broadband subscribers, and telephone companies having over 25.4 million subscribers. That in part can be directly to more employees taking advantage of telework programs, experts say.Just this week the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust task force opened the first of a number of hearings on the oil industry, with its chairman noting that gasoline prices have soared well above $3 a gallon and asking, "How did we get into this mess?" http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1529 4"

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