Comment: Re:Because mathematics runs on proof, not faith. (Score 2, Funny) 201
Ah yes, the pi rounding thing. An ongoing joke here is that biologists use pi = 3 and pi^2 = 10. I've been meaning to ask them, what is pi^3 then?
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Comment: Re:Can anybody see ... (Score 1) 358
Not really. Brein so far has just threatened random bittorrent sites, and whenever there was an admin not willing to go to court the admin would take the site down and brein noted that down as a victory for them. It would actually be quite stupid for them to attack the Pirate Bay in the Netherlands, because they would go to court, and when that happens brein has zero experience unlike the RIAA.
Comment: Re:The opposite of what the EULA was invented for. (Score 1) 116
There is never a EULA on a virus or trojan.
Now there's an idea.
Comment: Re:Document Mirror (Score 1) 315
There's unlimited, and there's Slashdotted. It is obvious which one is larger. At the time of writing that host wasn't down yet, but I wish your webhost best of luck.
Comment: Re:Linux is great, but... (Score 1) 252
I should've been more specific, true. In my opinion it's not the public who have to learn how the system works, it's those who design and defend it against the baddies that need to know the details first and foremost.
You also can't ever prove a paper election was done correctly, unless you count all the votes personally and then make sure you didn't make mistakes while counting either, if you insist on extreme examples.
You also can't ever prove a paper election was done correctly, unless you count all the votes personally and then make sure you didn't make mistakes while counting either, if you insist on extreme examples.
