Personally, I think a physical key would work best. For example, taking a USB-key and filling the first 512 bytes with a totally randomly generated string which you use to login. You plug it in, click on authenticate, the computer reads the information, checks it against a database, and if it matches, allows you entry.

This could be expanded upon so that a simple byte for byte copy wouldn't work. It also reduces the chances of someone guessing the password to essentially zero.

What about nethack? You gotta love nethack...

I agree with what you say, but the Protect IP act is especially stupid, because it doesn't even build a marginally better lock. Once people heard "free apps", everyone I know was jailbreaking their iPhone, a process most people would describe as at least somewhat technically inclined (This was back before the "Click to Jailbreak" GUI releases).

Anyway, Tor defeats any protection PROTECT IP could give. This act is like leaving a broken lock on a door, and then posting a sticky note on top of it telling people not to pick it.

I too, however, am very happy that this Finnish company is standing up for freedom. Once you start filtering, you open a huge can of liability worms. Not to mention, I guarentee someone would register thepiratebay.fi (or whatever Finland's domain is), which downloaded .torrent files from TPB and indexed them for Finnish users.

Cool themes and emulators. At least, that's why most people I know bothered jailbreaking. Especially the cool themes bit.

We're not gonna stop doing it, but we'll now allow you to bitch about it.

Exactly. Otherwise, its like Best-Buy demanding you pay for a TV without giving you a TV.

Make sure to do it at your own pace. As in, you should be tired but not exhausted and painfully gasping for breath(rather, keeping it rhythmic); try aiming for distance rather than speed (which comes by itself with practice). Having an MP3 player with you also helps a lot.

Seriously, I'd recommend you give it another shot (without starting with a negative mindset). I hated running until I was pressured into it, embarrassed, and started to run on my own to improve myself. You'll be amazed that after two weeks or so, you're able to run the same distance while expending much less energy.

Maybe it won't work for you, I'm not trying to suggest cross-country running is a panacea and everyone will love it, but most people get turned off and disappointed when they feel the pain and difficulty and don't stick around to reap the rewards.
At the very least, it's great for your health :).

This is certainly true. Whenever I need to force my mind off something, I try to go for a long run (at least 4 to 5 miles). I don't want to sound like some kind of freak who gets a sudden high from running a few miles, but the physical exhaustion, along with the long period of continual exercise in a uniform manner borders on a kind of meditation that certainly helps shift your perspective. I recommend people who are depressed try something like this. It's much easier to feel bad for yourself when you're depressed, or just "not care", but trying something like this won't hurt, and if nothing like this works, then go see a doctor.

A big problem that results from this over-prescription is the fact that people will believe the way the drug makes them feel is "normal". These drugs are definitely strong enough to be felt and isolated as a cause, and so the uninformed patient will assume that the doctor found something wrong with me, and this pill is fixing it. This creates more demand for the product, which is great for the companies, but with the wide range of effects these drugs can have on different people and personality types, I doubt it's good for the population as a whole.

I'm not someone who is against drugs, since the drugs here really aren't the problem. Doctor's who take part in this are certainly part of the problem, as are uninformed patients who place 100% trust into (usually) a complete stranger.

Unfortunately, I don't see a viable way to get rid of either problem.

Will be the year of the Hurd Desktop. 'Nuff said.

I'd imagine 95% of the slashdot crowd could very easily get by the Great Firewall. At least one person in that 95% must be living in China.

$140 isn't all that much, plus its open-source. I've been wondering if these e-book readers are any good, and this seems like a pretty good deal, not to mention the Google books integration. If it turns out that its hacker friendly, I'm definitely getting one.

Wind power is already pretty good depending on the environment. A local ski-resort around here (BerkShire East), already runs entirely on power generated from a single windmill they put up. Not only do they manage to run the entire place on it, they make enough to sell to the local electric company. Not only are they saving money by getting rid of what I'm sure is a huge electric bill, they're making extra money they otherwise wouldn't have. So, in some situations, these alternate forms of energy are already economically feasible.

I second this. Ubuntu is a great place to start if you've already made a decision about using Linux. However, if you're unsure, Mint is the best choice. It's pretty, relatively small, and comes with all the drivers/plugins you'll need to avoid the first kiss of dependency hell you might otherwise encounter. If you want to ease someone into Linux, I'd say Mint is the best choice.

I've never had a problem opening/editing/saving Microsoft formats with OpenOffice (Though, technically I use LibreOffice now). However, Office 2007 and up handles .odt files very well. I never bother to do a conversion anymore, and just let MS Office handle it if I need to use the files on a Windows computer that isn't running OpenOffice. My papers tend to be limited to Academic stuff, reports, essays, and occasionally some mathematics-related stuff. So maybe I've never run into trouble because I don't use some of the fancy features, but that being said, I fit the bill as a typical student user, and don't really see a major hindrance or lack of features with Libre/Open Office.