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by jeza 16y ago
Wow, how many different paths is that? Somewhere around 256 at a guess? So a computer could work out the optimal solution in microseconds purely by testing all possible combinations. Though I'm guessing the bees don't just sit there at the
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by jeza 16y ago
Pending any safety issues being resolved.
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by jeza 16y ago
I guess it keeps the IE developers in a job. IE was neglected before FF started taking market share away. Probably not many (or the right people) working on it before that.
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by jeza 16y ago
Living in Australia, I can tell you the main reason caching is so important is because our main telco decided to charge by megabytes of usage. Back in the days when most of us were stuck on dialup, they were charging $0.18 a megabyte. At le
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by jeza 16y ago
If an attacker manages to MITM your initial browser installation or upgrade download then we're in trouble. We'd then have to resort to verifying the authenticity of our browser install file through some other means. You could use HTTPS fo
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by jeza 16y ago
No problem. Further to my comments about the design, I read in another story linked to on HN that generation III reactors now use convection based cooling. I gather this means the water is taken elsewhere as steam to cool then returns via g
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by jeza 16y ago
I don't think it's true to say no new heat is being added. The uranium fission process has stopped, but there are secondary radioactive elements created by the decay of uranium. These elements will continue to decay, as such the core is sti
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by jeza 16y ago
This scenario you mention about global warming is still an assumption that relies at least somewhat on probabilities. Many scientists believe global warming from CO2 emissions is highly likely, while others don't (they tend to be labeled as
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by jeza 16y ago
Sure you can't expect everything not to break when the mother of all earthquakes hits, though surely you'd expect a nuclear reactor to be failsafe in a self-sufficient manner. Like surely they could generate the energy they need to keep the
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by jeza 16y ago
Oxford English is surely the most 'fun' because they differentiate between -ize and -ise suffixes based on the origin of the word (greek vs. latin/french IIRC). Though as far as I know, most British have standardised on the -ise suffix. In
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by jeza 16y ago
Don't forget flash cookies.
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by jeza 16y ago
Wouldn't it be a little scary finding such a device in your car? At first, you might wonder if it's linked to a a bomb. Then if you consider it's a tracking device, who is actually following you? I'm sure it's enough to give some people at
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by jeza 16y ago
The thin edge of the wedge, perhaps?
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by jeza 16y ago
Interestingly, I believe the US customary units are defined by metric values now. If they weren't, it'd probably make international trade between the US and other countries almost impossible. It certainly doesn't dictate what hobbyists will
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by jeza 16y ago
Seems to use some units of measurement that are unheard of in my part of the world. Oh 1 inch = 2.54 cm.
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by jeza 16y ago
By the time AOL launched in this country, they were giving away CDs which weren't good for anything but drink coasters. It seems they've long since departed as well.
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by jeza 16y ago
> "I think it shows how obsolete these things have become that the 'new generation' have no experience of them :-) Makes me feel old – Andy Paton" Yet we had to put up with this inferior technology for so long. I remember people were st
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by jeza 16y ago
The article mentions that the botnet's owners regained control after ten days. So it seems they did not get the chance to destroy it.
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by jeza 16y ago
1435 mm for the metric people. ;-)
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by jeza 16y ago
Surely eliminating troll patents would reduce the burden on the system, not the other way around.
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by jeza 16y ago
Though it seems they will give you 50GB free, you have to pay for anything but the basics (such as if you want to access it as a drive on your computer). Otherwise you only get a 14 day trial for these 'advanced' features. Where as DropBox
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by jeza 16y ago
Don't quote me on the exact syntax (I do know the syntax for iptables): ipfw add allow tcp from site-a.com to any http; ipfw add allow tcp from site-b.com to any http; ipfw add allow tcp from site-c.com to any http; ipfw add deny ip from
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by jeza 16y ago
Not really a problem in this part of the world. Though I do like to stand a safe distance from the edge as a train rolls in. There have been a few incidents where mothers with prams forgot to put brakes on the pram has rolled onto the tra
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by jeza 16y ago
Not wanting to discredit Innes' quick thinking. Though this kind of incident does show the danger of policy favouring roads and more driving over mass transit/public transportation. The greater the number of cars on the road, the greater
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by jeza 16y ago
I was in Morocco recently with no computers at all in the hotel, let alone wifi. It felt weird in the 21st century looking into their office, only to see a desk with some kind of paper filing system. Not to mention they have to handle all
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by jeza 16y ago
Reminds me of one summer day when it was about 32°C outside, I came home in the afternoon and decided to kick back and placed my wallet, keys and phone on my desk. Though a while later I went to put something in the recycling bin just outs
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by jeza 16y ago
Seems they embed a youtube video.
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by jeza 16y ago
I don't find tactile feedback all that useful when you often hit the wrong key anyway due to their tiny size. I'd say my typing is as good on the iPhone as any keypad of equivalent size. Though the auto-correction probably makes it better
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by jeza 16y ago
Might also be a problem that Paypal is a brand that end users want to use. I'm sure I've read reports of online sales increasing when Paypal is an option. I guess the downside is that with that increase in sales there is the cost/risk tha
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by jeza 16y ago
Surely most people would think they should actually make shutoff valves that actually work. Though clearly a lot more needs to be invested in disaster prevention.

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