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What happens to that energy, though? Energy is conserved, even with gravitational waves, correct? So, what happens to the energy - does some of it get converted into 'normal' poten…

Sign microsoft drivers with the microsoft key. Give MS signed drivers a lower rank than all other drivers.

Your mention of how it was 'impossible with HTTPS' to inject ads into web traffic made me recall how, two years ago, Lenovo shipped laptops with software ('Superfish') that injecte…

This problem has been noted for some time. Past articles on the subject have shown how the various requirements for passwords come about through a combination of limitations impose…

Interstella 5555, an hour-long anime movie made to accompany Daft Punk's excellent album, 'Discovery', fits the bill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hVFTUFSdIs

Your post was rude, misrepresented GP's argument, and did not contradict any assertion made in GP's post. GP correctly argued that artists have always created, whether or not they …

This same problem happened to the Ethiopian central bank. One batch, which had been bought from a trader, was discovered to be fake fairly quickly; another batch of faked gold, sei…

As he said, 'more than Emacs is at stake here.'.[1] I presume this refers to Bazaar's status as part of the GNU project, and that RMS did not want to write off part of GNU without …

examples, please

Slashdot wouldn't be slashdot if it had kept growing for the past ten years; there are only so many nerds in the world. Anyway, Slashdot's icon is still bigger than ycombinator.com…

Race to Mars, a 4-part miniseries by the Discovery Channel, is also worth while. The spacecraft and lander are based on existing ideas for trips to Mars. The physics in it are depi…

It is close in pronunciation to 'wanker news'. Maybe 'Broker News' or 'Teller News'?

Hand written, with a little comment from the author at the top of each page. 'Model Rocketry is fun and educational.' ( http://www2.warnerbros.com/spacejam/movie/cmp/tunes/tunes.ht…

This: "In a negotiated settlement he again rejected any suggestion of licensing and went for a cash-out settlement. He repaid us for most of our legal bills and promised to stop se…

I may have missed it, but I'm still waiting to hear whether the assumption about the 'five eyes' is true: whether the signals intelligence agencies of the US, UK, Canada, Australia…

DDG defaults to HTTPS links wherever possible; its like having HTTPS-everywhere in your search engine.

I had the same question. I was eventually plopped here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system-level_virtual... "Operating system-level virtualization is a server virtualiz…

The UK has a similar privilege with postage stamps. They were the first to use stamps, and because of that they don't need to put the name of their country on their stamps: "... on…

Good points, though there should be some steps manufacturers could take. They could check for unusual usage patterns, much like credit card companies do. The article doesn't specif…

FTFA: "“In 1973, the Internet [which at that time was basically the ARPANET] on a good day ran at 50 kb/s,” Metcalfe reflected in his oral history. “Ethernet ran at 2.94 megabits p…

Funny story, my grandfather was an engineering grad who joined the RCAF during WW2. He survived the war, and soon afterwards - I presume during the Gemini recruitment drive - heard…

Ventilation is a major factor, at least on hot days. How does the outside air temperature affect the temperature of underground parking lots? Are they as hot or less hot during the…

Ack, you're right. My French teachers would not be impressed.