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Comment Re:From the article (Score 0) 232

In fact, the gravity field of monuments can be measured and its internal structure deduced from minor variations in that field. It was used for trying to deduce the internal sctructure of the Cheops pyramid.

From a quick google search: http://books.google.com/books?... and http://www.springer.com/engine...

PS: NASA uses the term "microgravity" for almost-zero-G, which is a different concept.

Comment NoScript conflicts with this guest pc typical use (Score 0) 572

Most airlines or railway companies I buy from (Spanish) still want to produce a pop-up or use Javascript for redirections, purchases... I always have to deactivate NoScript and have the website in the popup white list to make sure the boarding pass is produced.

I bet the website my guest would use is not in my whitelist, so he would be blocked.

I like NoScript, but not for my guest.
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Submission + - Comodo hack may reshape browser security (cnet.com) 1

suraj.sun writes: Major browser makers are beginning to revisit how they handle Web authentication after last month's breach that allowed a hacker to impersonate sites including Google, Yahoo, and Skype. Currently, everyone from the Tunisian government to a wireless carrier in the United Arab Emirates that implanted spyware on customers' BlackBerry devices and scores of German colleges are trusted to issue digital certificates for the largest and most popular sites on the Internet.

Microsoft's manager for trustworthy computing, Bruce Cowper, told CNET that the company is "investigating mechanisms to help better secure" certificate authorities, and Ben Laurie, a member of Google's security team, said the Mountain View, Calif., company is "thinking" about ways to upgrade Chrome to highlight possibly fraudulent certificates that "should be treated with suspicion."

Peter Eckersley, a senior staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation who has compiled a database of public Web certificates, says one way to improve security is to allow each Web site to announce what certificate provider it's using.

CNET News: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20050255-281.html

Comment Re:50W lightbulb using a common 2L Bottle (Score 1) 182

Yes, I have seen it being used in Spain in similar situations. In the small village where my father was born there are a lot of flies in summertime; the local bar had a small plastic bag filled with water nailed over it. I asked my father about the bag, and he explained that it was to keep the flies away.

I also have no idea why it works... but I have seen it working.

Roberto

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