Comment Re:It'll save $11 million a year? (Score 1) 473
Also one must consider the cost of transporting pennies, and the increasing cost of energy.
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Comment Re:Eye For An Eye (Score 5, Funny) 120
Well, we could find a use for their domain and computers, but what would we do with their women?
Comment Re:A Christian's take (Score 1) 1252
Those weren't Angels...
Comment Re:On The Other Hand (Score 1) 684
Just to give some perspective on a harsh university response to cheating, the policy at my alma mater was as follows:
First offense in your academic career: -100% on the assignment you cheated on. (e.g. if an assignment was worth 5% of your final grade, in addition to not getting that 5%, you would lose an additional 5% making the maximum grade possible in that course a 90%).
Second offense in your academic career: expulsion.
First offense in your academic career: -100% on the assignment you cheated on. (e.g. if an assignment was worth 5% of your final grade, in addition to not getting that 5%, you would lose an additional 5% making the maximum grade possible in that course a 90%).
Second offense in your academic career: expulsion.
Comment Re:Can someone explain this to me? (Score 1) 192
An RSA public key consists of (e, n) and the private key consists of (d, n).
If you can factor "n" into "p" and "q", then it is trivial to compute "d" from "e".
Comment Re:In my own apartment! (Score 1) 920
For crust, try some recipes online - generally 1-3 cups flour(buy in bulk), 1/4 teaspoon salt, tablespoon yeast (buy in bulk and freeze), and a tablespoon sugar - plus whatever spices you want to flavor the crust, I like oregano on my thin crusts.
One of my favorite alterations to the ingredients above is to use Honey to activate the yeast instead of sugar.
Comment Re:"Where do you live?" (Score 1) 920
Yes... there is a sausage where,... um,... the sausage should be...
NYT's "Games To Avoid" an Ironic, Perfect Gamer Wish List 189
MojoKid writes "From October to December, the advertising departments of a thousand companies exhort children to beg, cajole, and guilt-trip their parents for all manner of inappropriate digital entertainment. As supposedly informed gatekeepers, we sadly earthbound Santas are reduced to scouring the back pages of gaming review sites and magazines, trying to evaluate whether the tot at home is ready for Big Bird's Egg Hunt or Bayonetta. Luckily, The New York Times is here to help. In a recent article provokingly titled 'Ten Games to Cross off Your Child's Gift List,' the NYT names its list of big bads — the video games so foul, so gruesome, so perverse that we'd recommend you buy them immediately — for yourself. Alternatively, if you need gift ideas for the surly, pale teenager in your home whose body contains more plastic then your average d20, this is the newspaper clipping to stuff in your pocket. In other words, if you need a list like this to understand what games to not stuff little Johnny's stocking with this holiday season, you've got larger issues you should concern yourself with. We'd suggest picking up an auto-shotty and taking a few rounds against the horde — it's a wonderful stress relief and you're probably going to need it."
Comment I have a gripe about FiOS... (Score 1) 560
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Comment Re:Wrong-o on the male-o (Score 1) 834
I'm not sure I could consider the guillotine a compression algorithm, perhaps closer to a one-way hash function.
Comment Re:this is a fundamental flaw in some current law (Score 1) 95
Where is the +1 disturbing moderation when you need it?
Comment Re:100 bucks!?!?!? (Score 4, Funny) 375
What a brilliant idea to improve customer loyalty! We will send over Joe at once.
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Comment Re:I have a Mac (Score 1) 315
But, but, but... then that means I can't visit cafes or delicatessens, while pointing out the flaws of others for using inferior hardware, OSes, and gadgets?
*ducks*
Comment Re:clue (Score 5, Funny) 443
Ok,... American child,... got it. What next?
Brain Tumor Vaccine Shows Promising Results 62
ScienceDaily is reporting that a new vaccine used in the treatment of a cancer found primarliy in the brain is showing promising results after an initial trial at the University of California. "Of the 12 patients being treated, eight can currently be evaluated for overall survival, while four are still receiving treatment. Seven out of the eight patients have exceeded the historical median benchmark of 6.5 months survival from time of recurrence. The investigators will continue to follow the patients for overall survival. Based on these results, a larger, multi-center phase 2 study is planned for late 2007."
