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Comment /usr/share/doc (Score 1) 430

On Debian, this is the directory which contains documentation outside of the man/info directories. Sometimes to get documentation for a package named foo, you have to install separately the package foo-doc. Debian does this to separate free software from documentation which does not satisfy its own guidelines for free software.

Comment Re:Hash Collision (Score 2) 790

If we are talking about SHA512, than simply finding two images with the same hash would probably a result worthy of an academic publication.
This isn't true. Finding an incidental collision is not newsworthy. But giving an algorithm which constructs an image for a given hash would be worthy of publication.

Comment Re:You needn't charge anything (Score 1) 570

Don't pay attention to any of it. Just pay your bills, and your credit score will be 800+. Mine has been 800+ for as long as I've bothered to check (15 years), with debts ranging from $0 to $100,000, including maxed out credit cards. Too many people identify credit scores with self worth. I don't think people should try to do anything special to appease these crooks. If you are financially responsible, and the credit agencies give you a low score, then to hell with them: save money and buy things outright.

Comment Re:Let's try this on for size... (Score 1) 608

Actually, this is what people have always felt about mathematics. In community colleges around the US, intermediate algebra is being removed as a requirement for getting a degree. The topics in intermediate algebra are what you'd get in 9th or 10th grade algebra 2, so in the near future most Americans won't be expected to know any high school level math at all.

Comment Re:A small problem... (Score 3, Informative) 154

The increase in earthquakes over time is definite. And it's NOT generally where the actual injection wells are.

If you look at the charts again, you'll notice the earthquakes occur generally near the fault line, which is not surprising, is it? And the stations are near the fault line too, which probably is a good idea, don't you think?

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