I'm not a computer scientist by trade, I'm an engineer (nukes), and this sounds dubious. Perhaps I'm way behind the curve on acoustic engineering, but being able to pull a 4096 bit key from noise that not only is pretty polluted, but also, surely depending on what the PC is doing, could be dependent of lots of other things?

Also, it's Bruce Perens. Hi!

No, agreed. However, a man like him is intent on causing death, he'd find away. He'll get a lorry or produce a bomb or some other way of death production. The point isn't the weapon, it's the person. Although having guns available widely does deserve questioning.

Hmmmm, until this site can make a 3D working print of a person's brain, and his body, and somehow make it all work together to produce a mass murdering idiot, then this site isn't. Anyway, last time I checked, knives were lethal weapons, and 2" of water in a bathtub can also be a lethal weapon.

How are nuclear getting guaranteed profits? They don't generate, they don't get income, and the price they get is determined by the market...

I told you where you can find knives and guns, because I'm an advertising agency. Does that make me complicit to a murder you then commit using the weapons you purchase from those places I told you about?

Another absurd rule written be people who "just don't understand"...

To children of today who study about Turing, they have no conception of the sort of environment that he lived in. Sure, they'll be told about oppression and persecution, but as soon as that lesson is over, they'll forget about it. If they learn that he was pardoned, they'll think "oh, that's ok then". I believe that in fact, NOT pardoning him makes it all the more poignant for those who can't imagine a world like the world he lived in.

And, as the article says, it'll remind us never to return to those times again.

I hope the MAFIAA read this... Specially the last paragraph...

Ah yeah, that's where I got it from. Was so long ago. Quality stuff though :-)

To be honest, playing Uplink just for the soundtrack makes it totally worth it! The music is available on their website (at least, it was, I'm sure you can get it somewhere).

I've been a long term fan of Introversion since 2002, I even went to their Darwinia launch party at their house, which was awesome. I was so stoked about the Humble IV Bundle that even though I had bought the games twice in the past (disc and steam) I had to buy this too, both to support IV and also Humble (backed by the same people who backed Google so probably don't need that much support!).

Regards the source. That has been available for about 6 years now on the Uplink dev disc. This costs about £20. I haven't looked into the restrictions on using it but as the previous poster recommends, contact them before doing anything that might piss them off. They're really nice guys and deserve support for making what are, really enjoyable games. Uplink was in the PC Zone top 50 games, and in LXF's top 20 games for scaring the sh1t out of you.

Hopefully this /.'ing will bake the bundle sell even more. It was at about $510,000 last night, so will be interesting to see how it goes up after this.

Yeah, or become a sovereign state my owning one nuclear warhead strapped to the side of a motorcycle... Extra points for those who know the book.

Interesting... Just like how you claim we have a low liability cap apparently set by the government, without even knowing what country I'm in?

They'd have to build one first. And before that, adjust the English water table, create a man made lake, and then fill it with water. Still, with British ingenuity, it's conceivable within 10,000,000 years I guess...

Sweetheart rates? We're insured by a private insurer, but thanks for checking your facts. And when there is a catastrophic accident, the government would support us, just like they'd support you if a catastrophic accident took out your hospital. It's almost as if you don't actually use nuclear power...

My bad :-\