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Skype doesn't have a 64 bit version at all. They have Debian and Ubuntu packages that are labeled as 64 bit, but the binaries contained within are 32 bit, and require 32 bit libraries.

I think they do this so that dpkg won't give a "architecture does not match system" error, which doesn't apply to the raw archives. So you can use the package manager to install the skype binaries, but you're on your own for hunting down and installing the 32 bit libraries.

Was the film in braille?

This is what I thought of when I read the summary: http://www.collegehumor.com/video/3915385/your-printer-is-a-brat

You seem to be missing the point. The triforce spinning was probably a bad example, since it's not that important. The problems with inaccurate emulators range from annoying visual glitches, to crashes, to actually making a game unbeatable. Star Ocean, for example, will sometimes crash in zsnes, but I haven't experienced that in bsnes. The battles run at double speed, much like the triforce in LTTP. Playing Yoshi's Island in zsnes, any level with those giant fuzzballs will tick every time you move. It's nauseating to get through. In zsnes, Super Mario RPG battles will sometimes de-sync to the point that the music and animations will continue, but your input will no longer work and you have to reset the game.

In Speedy Gonzales - Los Gatos Bandidos, if you're playing with zsnes, you can't even beat the game, because it doesn't emulate everything necessary to do so. In Sink or Swim, the room fills with water, and you need to swim above it. But because of timing and speed issues, the room fills up much too fast and you will drown instantly.

You can read about some of these issues, and many more, here: http://byuu.org/bsnes/accuracy

I love bsnes. Performance mode only takes about a Pentium 4. It performs perfectly. No crashing or heavy visual glitches. The sound works great. The qt UI was nice, much better than the hacked together UI of zsnes, but I haven't tried the newer phoenix UI. If you have the processing power, there is no reason to put up with zsnes's glitches, crashes, sound problems, or any other quirks any more.

That's funny. If I had a moderate button to go with my moderator points, I'd mod you up.

If that's the way you feel, then yes, go for SHA-512. I think it is the heaviest NSA blessed hashing algorithm.

Replace "hours" with "centuries". Or maybe more. Nobody has ever created a SHA-1 collision.

None for the near future. And CA certs expire after a year.

That would be ridiculous. There are valid concerns about SSL, but only regarding trusting CAs. The problem isn't the encryption itself, but the fact that you require a trusted avenue to exchange keys, and the CAs can't necessarily be trusted. The technical merits of AES and RSA and the SHA families are good.

Anti-virus is a security last resort. If you've already downloaded or executed malware, then anti-virus might prevent it from running, or might be able to remove it if it already has. But it can't detect everything. It can only detect common malware. Linux doesn't have any common malware, and I'm not sure about Mac. There is clamav, but that's mostly detecting Windows viruses across platforms.

How does this protect your privacy? It sounds more like selling your privacy.