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  1. this is artificial-artficial selection by Mars+Ultor · · Score: 1 · on Australia To Use GM To Control Carp
    All the panicking going on here about this gene escaping is kind of pointless in a way. As mentioned previously:
    He figures the math will work this way: To eliminate carp from a river, you need to introduce daughterless carp at a rate equal to between 0.5 percent and 1 percent of the total population each year for 20 years. So a lake with 100,000 wild carp would need to be stocked with 500 to 1,000 daughterless carp annually.
    In other words this gene would not normally be allowed to persist in a normal population. In this case, the plan is to continually reintroduce more GM carp and thereby artifically allow the male-only gene to persist. This is a genetic method adapted somewhat IMHO from the common practice of using irradiated male mosquitoes to lower/destroy wild populations to combat malaria. This is a perfectly sound method for elminating this pest species.

    In other news the definition of a species requires that an animal can not interbreed with another recognized species to produce fertile offspring. I think its safe to say that the male only gene will not be arriving in a bass/trout/pike near you.
  2. Re:Well I worry about this one by NearlyHeadless · · Score: 1 · on Australia To Use GM To Control Carp
    The gene does not cause infertility, just maleness. So it can spread. Which is in fact what they want.
    It's exactly because this gene reduces fertitlity that they want to introduce it. It's a fundamental result of evolutionary theory--Fisher's Theorem of Sex Ratios--that this gene will not spread. Any gene which causes the sex ratio to deviate from 50-50 will die out.

    Of course the Australian biologists know this. Here's a quote from a Wired story from last year:

    He figures the math will work this way: To eliminate carp from a river, you need to introduce daughterless carp at a rate equal to between 0.5 percent and 1 percent of the total population each year for 20 years. So a lake with 100,000 wild carp would need to be stocked with 500 to 1,000 daughterless carp annually.
    The scientist's web site is here.
  3. Kevin Kelly's Self Publication Experiences by leoaugust · · Score: 4, Informative · on Is Self Publishing Worth the Price?

    There is a good article by Kevin Kelly on "Printing small quantities of books cheaply."

    In addition to heavy-duty self-production he also talks about his experience of

    I recently produced a 120-page book that reproduced a sketch journal I kept while bicycling across America. I scanned the images and sent the printer the files of the completely designed book. They sent me back 200 copies at $3.23 per copy. And I could have ordered as few as 10 books.

    There is also a longer descrition of Kelly's Latest Publishings in Wired - Kell's Catalaog of Cool.

  4. i can't wait! by happystink · · Score: 1 · on iPod Jr. Rumors Become More Substantial

    I can't wait to see how this thing works in tandem with my iWalk!!

  5. Re:EFI drivers loaded at boot by Trashman · · Score: 1 · on Writing an End to the Bio of BIOS?

    What you descibed already exists it's called I2O.

    It didn't seem to take off because Microsoft wanted to shut out Open Source developers. See this

  6. Re:Microsoft is responsible (really!) by man2525 · · Score: 1 · on E-Voting Firm VoteHere Discloses October Break-In

    I don't trust computers not because I am ignorant of what they can do because I know exactly what they are able to do and how easy it would be to rig an election.

    So do others. Diebold even employs a computer programmer who was jailed for falsifying computer records.

    http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,61640,00.ht ml
  7. hey jews this post is for you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on PCLinuxOS 2K4: Mandrake Meets The Live CD

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  8. hey jews! this is a must read... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on PCLinuxOS 2K4: Mandrake Meets The Live CD

    FAG (Federation for Advancement of Jews) is the first organization which gathers jew mother fuckers from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being jew!

    Are you a dumbfuck that thinks you know everything wired.com?
    Are you cheap as fuck linux.org?
    Are you deprecated because of your 2ton nose Ananova.com?

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    First, masturbate while watching seinfeld ( come on you know thats a given! ;-) ).
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    Third, join the official FAG irc channel #FAG on EFNet, and apply for membership. Talk to one of the ops or any of the other members in the channel to sign up today! If you do not have an IRC client handy, you are free to use the FAG Java IRC client by clicking here [nero-online.org].
    If you have mod points and would like to support FAG, please moderate this post up.
    This post brought to you by ""Penisbird"" , a bona' fide FAG ;-)


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  9. slashdot=news for jews... read more... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on PCLinuxOS 2K4: Mandrake Meets The Live CD

    FAG (Federation for Advancement of Jews) is the first organization which gathers jew mother fuckers from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being jew!

    Are you a dumbfuck that thinks you know everything wired.com?
    Are you cheap as fuck linux.org?
    Are you deprecated because of your 2ton nose Ananova.com?

    If you answered "Yes" to any of the above questions, then FAG (Federation for Advancement of Jews) might be exactly what you've been looking for!

    Join Todya!

    Why not? It's quick and easy - only 3 simple steps!
    First, masturbate while watching seinfeld ( come on you know thats a given! ;-) ).
    Second, succeed in posting a FAG "first post" on slashdot.org [slashdot.org], a popular "news for jews" website
    Third, join the official FAG irc channel #FAG on EFNet, and apply for membership. Talk to one of the ops or any of the other members in the channel to sign up today! If you do not have an IRC client handy, you are free to use the FAG Java IRC client by clicking here [nero-online.org].
    If you have mod points and would like to support FAG, please moderate this post up.
    This post brought to you by ""Penisbird"" , a bona' fide FAG ;-)


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  10. Re:If I made the DVD specs for movies by gregbaker · · Score: 1 · on Tech Titans Prepare to Battle Over Next DVD Format
    make sure there's a lot of storage, cause every movie has to be encoded at least in 1080P
    There's a rant on the topic of resolution and HDTV in Being Digital. (If you haven't read it, you should.)

    The solution he suggested for HDTV was basically: who cares about resolution? It's digital. Did you have to buy a video card for the specific resolution of your monitor? Of course not.

    The first four bytes of the video could easily encode the width and height in pixels of the video. The next few could encode the aspect ratio. A player smart enough to decode this and scale the video to the maximum capibilities of the player and TV would be trivial.

    That, coupled with as much capacity as they can squeeze on there and you're as future-proof as you can be.

  11. We need verification - NOT identification by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting · on NYT: 14 Media & Technology Convergence Trends
    The rush to global biometric identification has stamped over a MUCH better solution - verification. Businesses DON'T need your DNA in order to better market to you. It's a pity that slashdot hasn't picked up on this critical distinction, or the latest news on this.

    Wired recently ran an article about the advances in verification. It's at:

    http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.01/start.htm l?tw=wn_tophead_7

  12. Re:This is because: Microsoft is NOT Free Market by nathanh · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft at the Tipover Point
    it relies on a government granted monopoly called copyrights. There is a difference.

    You are talking absolute nonsense. A government granted monopoly would imply that it was illegal to sell, say, a competing wordprocessor,

    If he is talking absolute nonsense then he's in good company. Lawrence Lessig (Professor of Law at Stanford University) has used the same terminology in his own writings.

    But it does mean that every system or category of copyright or patent should prove its worth. Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not just for monopoly holders.
    Lawrence Lessig -- Wired 2001

    No disrespect intended, but I think you were wrong in saying this was "nonsense". If a Professor of Law can say that copyright is a government granted monopoly on publishing, then I don't think you have much standing to disagree.

  13. Another article by spin2cool · · Score: 1 · on David Byrne Subverts PowerPoint

    Wired News also covered this story, and has a great interview with Byrne. You can read it here.

  14. Re:Except by hype7 · · Score: 2, Funny · on G5 vs Opteron, Finally
    No matter what anybody says about the PC vendors having grown up, it's still a fact that Microsoft and Apple sell software meant to run on little computers that sit on your desk like paperweights.


    Man, spare a thought for those poor suckers at Virigina Tech. They bought this cluster thinking they were getting one of the fastest processing facilities in the world, but it turns out that it's just the world's biggest paperweight.

    -- james
    PS JK Master-Slave... tell me, do you have a paperweight that ranks third in the supercomputer stakes?
  15. Re:A cheap publicity stunt by NoData · · Score: 5, Interesting · on David Byrne Subverts PowerPoint

    I doubt it. Byrne's pretty much an icon in art music, he just doesn't need cheap publicity. I think he's just wacky and quirky.

    And if there's anyone who's a "nerd" in music, it's Byrne. The new wave art rockers of the 80s were the nerds of music. Of his contemporaries, he's third in nerdiness only to maybe Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo or Thomas Dolby (She Binded Me With Science), who went on to form an interactive music software company in the 90s.

  16. Re:Privacy VS Transperceny by Saeger · · Score: 1 · on MPAA Fights Pirates with Gentle Threats
    If there is ever going to be a "transparent society", I would hope that two things hold true:

    1. That there's still at least the same level of privacy that you can find in a small town (which isn't much). As it is today, you have way MORE privacy living in a big city or in the middle of nowhere. But if people can't even escape the gaze of tiny mote cameras & mics to jerk off, pick their nose, or call the president a fucking moron, then you'll end up with a neurotic, resentful population.
    2. Two-way glass. Government officials and CEOs don't deserve the luxury of being hypocrites. They want the right to dig through our lives? It goes both ways.

  17. its not only your duty its your fate... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Tom's Hardware End of Year CPU Roundup

    FAG (Federation for Advancement of Jews) is the first organization which gathers jew mother fuckers from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being jew!

    Are you a dumbfuck that thinks you know everything wired.com?
    Are you cheap as fuck linux.org?
    Are you deprecated because of your 2ton nose Ananova.com?

    If you answered "Yes" to any of the above questions, then FAG (Federation for Advancement of Jews) might be exactly what you've been looking for!

    Join Todya!

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    First, masturbate while watching seinfeld ( come on you know thats a given! ;-) ).
    Second, succeed in posting a FAG "first post" on slashdot.org [slashdot.org], a popular "news for jews" website
    Third, join the official FAG irc channel #FAG on EFNet, and apply for membership. Talk to one of the ops or any of the other members in the channel to sign up today! If you do not have an IRC client handy, you are free to use the FAG Java IRC client by clicking here [nero-online.org].
    If you have mod points and would like to support FAG, please moderate this post up.
    This post brought to you by ""Penisbird"" , a bona' fide FAG ;-)


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  18. suck it down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Postal 2 - Share the Pain Demo for GNU/Linux

    FAG (Federation for Advancement of Jews) is the first organization which gathers jew mother fuckers from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being jew!

    Are you a dumbfuck that thinks you know everything wired.com?
    Are you cheap as fuck linux.org?
    Are you deprecated because of your 2ton nose Ananova.com?

    If you answered "Yes" to any of the above questions, then FAG (Federation for Advancement of Jews) might be exactly what you've been looking for!

    Join Todya!

    Why not? It's quick and easy - only 3 simple steps!
    First, masturbate while watching seinfeld ( come on you know thats a given! ;-) ).
    Second, succeed in posting a FAG "first post" on slashdot.org [slashdot.org], a popular "news for jews" website
    Third, join the official FAG irc channel #FAG on EFNet, and apply for membership. Talk to one of the ops or any of the other members in the channel to sign up today! If you do not have an IRC client handy, you are free to use the FAG Java IRC client by clicking here [nero-online.org].
    If you have mod points and would like to support FAG, please moderate this post up.
    This post brought to you by ""Penisbird"" , a bona' fide FAG ;-)


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  19. join FAG the only association for the bla bla blah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Security Tips for Traveling with Tech Gear

    FAG (Federation for Advancement of Jews) is the first organization which gathers jew mother fuckers from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being jew!

    Are you a dumbfuck that thinks you know everything wired.com?
    Are you cheap as fuck linux.org?
    Are you deprecated because of your 2ton nose Ananova.com?

    If you answered "Yes" to any of the above questions, then FAG (Federation for Advancement of Jews) might be exactly what you've been looking for!

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  20. but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Security Tips for Traveling with Tech Gear

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  21. maybe ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Jodrell Bank Telescope Gets No Signal From Beagle

    the jews have it....

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  22. Re:That reminds me by AoT · · Score: 1 · on Skeptical Environmentalist Saga Continues

    Even if the pollution our industries create isn't causing this, plenty of reasons to not dump pollution into our environment exist. It's obvious, really. The debate over global warming can be a sort of smoke-screen obscuring the simple truth: don't sh*t in your own backyard. And when you think about it, it's all our backyard.

    Here's another good one: EPA definitely full of sh*t [wired.com]

  23. Re:GNAA: On Video Everywhere! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on On NTSC Video, Blue Blurring, Chroma Subsampling

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  24. FAG is up! get on t3h sp0k3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on On NTSC Video, Blue Blurring, Chroma Subsampling

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  25. Way behind competitors still by MBraynard · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Strained Silicon Chips From Intel
    Man made diamonds have much less problems handling heat and Intel is ignoring this while their competitors are on the fast track.

    Still, Butler is frustrated with what he thinks of as myopia in the US computer business. "Europe and Japan have been investing in diamond semiconductor research," he says, citing the Japanese government's announcement in December that it would begin allocating $6 million a year to build a first-generation diamond chip. "Bob Linares has given the US the advantage, but nobody's paying any attention," he says. "If we're not careful, the Japanese or the Europeans are going to claim the diamond niche."

    Indeed, Intel's top materials executives weren't aware of the latest research breakthroughs when I spoke to them in June, although they certainly understood the potential for diamonds in computing. "Diamonds represent a seismic change in semiconductors," says Krishnamurthy Soumyanath, Intel's director of communications circuits research. "It takes us about 10 years to evaluate a new material. We have a lot of investment in silicon. We're not about to abandon that."

    Click here for full article.

  26. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Cube House

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  27. the last straw by Tablizer · · Score: 1 · on China's War Against Wires

    If you really want to put them over the edge, then subscribe them all up to Wired Magazine.

  28. Clarifications and chance of success by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Mythic Sues Microsoft Over Mythica MMORPG
    This is a trademark case, not copyright. So the fact that you think the game material is unoriginal is irrelavant. It's whether Mythica could be confused with Mythic.
    Let's start with some definitions:
    A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others.
    You must list the specific goods/services for which registration is sought
    .
    A check at Trademark Electronic Search System shows that the Trade/Service mark "Mythic Entertainment" was obtained for "Operating real time, role playing games for others over global computer networks." So a similar game (real time, role playing) with a similar title (Mythica vs Mythic) could be infringing.

    That said, suing Microsoft over trademark infringement (usually a slam dunk) is a good way to go out of business. The last person to do it had an open-and-shut case and should have gotten lots of money. Instead legal fees bankrupted the company, and when MS finally settled for $5million dollars, it all went to legal fees: Microsoft pays $5M for IE name

    Rick DeBay
    http://www.debays.org/

    <rant>
    Why isn't <Q> allowed and <BLOCKQUOTE> is?
    And /. is eating the cite attributes for my quotes. The first quote is from http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/doc/basic/tra de_defin.htm and the second is from http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/doc/basic/app content.htm#goods
    And it's throwing spaces in to the URIs I just listed.
    </rant>
  29. join us my friend... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Digital Music Stores Reviewed

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  30. Taco reviews my asshole!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Digital Music Stores Reviewed

    FAG (Federation for Advancement of Jews) is the first organization which gathers jew mother fuckers from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being jew!

    Are you a dumbfuck that thinks you know everything [wired.com [wired.com]?
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  31. Re:Gay Niggers of the GNAA Era by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Robots Of The Victorian Era

    FAG (Federation for Advancement of Jews) is the first organization which gathers jew mother fuckers from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being jew!

    Are you a dumbfuck that thinks you know everything [wired.com]?
    Are you cheap as fuck [Linux]?
    Are you deprecated because of your 2ton nose [Ananova]?

    If you answered "Yes" to any of the above questions, then FAG (Federation for Advancement of Jews) might be exactly what you've been looking for!

    Join Todya!

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  32. Re:Kosher elevators by Animats · · Score: 1 · on USB Menorah
    There's a whole industry for Shabatt workarounds.

    • "Ask the Rabbi" describes the problems of the Kosher elevator.
    • Here's a Shabbat-compliant countertop water heater. Because it's an always-on heater, it's considered OK.
    • Wired has covered this. The Internet has been banned by the ultra-Orthodox leadership in Israel. They don't like TV, either. (The extreme Muslims, the extreme Christians, and the extreme Jews have rather similar positions on this.)
    • There's a certification authority for this stuff, the Institute for Science and Halacha.
  33. Remember David Boies? by UberNerd · · Score: 1 · on SCO Gets More Desperate; Sends More Letters
    The attorney who represented the DoJ against Microsoft in the antitrust suit (and won)? Who represented Napster against the RIAA (and lost)?

    He's working for SCO now. From the NYT article:
    The warning letters come after David A. Boies, a lawyer representing SCO, said on Nov. 18 that the company intended to single out and sue a large corporate user of Linux within three months.
    Yipes!
  34. You should read his existing book by anti-NAT · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Mitnick Calls for Hacker Stories

    including the missing chapter.

    Mitnick's 'Lost Chapter' Found

    While there are always two sides to a story, from what Kevin says, it sounds like Markoff and Shimomura exploited the situation for all the $$$ they could get.

  35. Re:Well by Phroggy · · Score: 1 · on Appeals Court Rules Against RIAA in DMCA Subpoena Case

    There are people illegally trading music files. The RIAA wanted to get their names in order to prosecute them individually (which is what Slashdotters used to say they should do back when they were suing Napster). What was wrong with the RIAA going after people infringing on their copyrights again? What do I lose from them doing that? Nobody has ever offered an actual, cohesive argument.

    Try this one:

    The RIAA can file a "John Doe" lawsuit, which is a lawsuit against someone whose identity they don't know. The court can then order the ISP to disclose the identity of their customer, and that person can then be served with the lawsuit. Instead, the RIAA want to be able to go to the ISP themselves, without a court order, claim that copyright infringement has occurred, and obtain this confidential information. Once the person's identity is known, they can do whatever they want with it - file a lawsuit, blackmail, bribe, sell the person's contact info to sleazy telemarketers or spammers etc., all without the involvement of the legal system.

    Add to that the fact that there have been well-publicized cases of mistaken identity. A judge might require better evidence before issuing a subpoena.

    What if I decide I want to obtain someone's personal information for my own nefarious purposes, and I send their ISP a fake log showing a few songs I claim they've downloaded, saying I represent the copyright holder, and demand that they turn over the info? Should the ISP be legally obligated to take my word for it? I could be anybody.

    What if I really DO represent the copyright holder, but we're not affiliated with the RIAA? A friend of mine recently recorded an album. In the unlikely event that I were to catch someone pirating his music, should I be able to obtain the infringer's personal info from their ISP without going through the court system? Compare to previous paragraph.

    (Watch this space for info on that album I mentioned; someday there may be an actual web site there.)

  36. Ellsion Was defined by Negative Space of Gates by leoaugust · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Everyone Else Must Fail

    One thing that the Review did not bring out, which I think the Book might have, is the total fixation that Ellsion has on Gates. It is almost like a fetish. The significant parts of his career can almost said to be defined more by Gates that by his ownself. Gates ain't my favorite, but Ellison is less so.

    The Big Fight: Oracle vs. Microsoft "In this corner is challenger Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and the NC (Network Computer). In the opposite corner is reigning champion Microsoft CEO Bill Gates and the NetPC. The low-cost computing fight has begun. This fight between Ellison and Gates isn?t solely about low-cost computing. It also concerns who?s in charge of the computer industry and mixes in the personal animosity between the two software rivals. Referring to Microsoft, Ellison said, ?The idea the world could be controlled by one company is shocking and unacceptable.? "

    There was a time when Oracle's Ellison Closer Than Ever To Richest-Man Title "Larry Ellison may spend some quality time with his calculator this week. His net worth hasn't been this close to that of rival Bill Gates since 1986--that is, figuring in only their stakes in Microsoft and Oracle. While Oracle's stock has held up well this month, Microsoft shares have fallen dramatically because of renewed speculation that the government will break up the company. As of today's market close, Microsoft Chairman Gates' stake in Microsoft is worth $49.4 billion. Oracle Chief Executive Ellison has $48 billion worth of Oracle stock."

    But then it so happened Ellison was reduced to Dumpster Diving into M$ trash "Ellison maintained his company did nothing illegal in commissioning the investigation, which was revealed earlier this month after the detective agency Oracle had retained, Investigative Group International, was caught trying to buy from dustmen the office rubbish of the Association for Competitive Technology, a Microsoft-funded industry front group. To demonstrate his apparent belief that all's fair in Love, War and Corporate Public Relations, Ellison challenged Microsoft to investigate his own company in return. "We will ship them our garbage," he joked. "We will ship our garbage to Redmond, and they can go through it. We believe in full disclosure.""

    Characteristically Ellison told a Forbes reporter in 1996 that he was about to purchase a T-38 Supersonic jet fighter. "Maybe I should fire a few Maverick missiles in his [Gates'] living room," he joked.

    His fixation was apparent when he said ""The only software company we care about a lick ... is Microsoft Oracle is second only to Microsoft in terms of operating margin strength. And while much of Oracle's advertising is focused on its database battle with IBM, Ellison conceded that Microsoft remains his main focus. "The only software company we care about a lick ... is Microsoft," said Ellison, who also fielded questions regarding analysts' and investors' major concerns: executive departures and competition in Oracle's key database market."

    In keynote speeches, informal gatherings and private interviews, "the Oracle chief slips easily into long rants on what he sees as Gates' quest to dominate everything Microsoft touches. One favorite Ellison refrain is that Gates wants a world of "Microsoft English." Ellison in recent years has built a public image around pointed attacks on his competitor Microsoft, often singling out its Chairman, rich-man Gates, as a villainous copier of technology with a misguided vision of the computer industry."

    Other nice juicy Larry_Speak

  37. Majestic by cgenman · · Score: 1 · on Fight Club Game Perplexes, Amuses

    That was the comparison I was looking for. Majestic.

  38. Re:ET life was suggested by Christ himself by s20451 · · Score: 4, Informative · on Beagle II Successfully Separates

    Sorry to reply to my own post, but I just remembered that the Catholics have a whole doctrine on extraterrestrial life (can't find a link right now, sorry).

    One Vatican astronomer says the possibility that humanity is alone in the universe is madness. Weirdly, the Jesuit order maintains observatories for the Vatican, some of which do important astrophysical research!

  39. Re:Honestly Wired? by 56uSquareWave · · Score: 1 · on TV For Nerds: Cable Science Network?

    When a 'source' covers the Orgasmatron i think it stops being respecatble ;)

  40. Re:So... by sniggly · · Score: 4, Informative · on New York Spam Ring Lawsuits
    Well the vulnerabilities have not been exploited to set up OPEN relays, theyve been set up to be closed email spam relays and web servers.

    http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,60747,00.ht ml ...his group controls 450,000 "Trojaned" systems, most of them home computers running Windows with high-speed connections. The hacked systems contain special software developed by the Polish group that routes traffic between Internet users and customers' websites through thousands of the hijacked computers. The numerous intermediary systems confound tools such as traceroute, effectively laundering the true location of the website. To utilize the service, customers simply configure their sites to use any of several domain-name system servers controlled by the Polish group, Tubul said.

    450,000 of hijacked windows boxes are being used as spam relays and webservers and this only by one group...

    MS is like the guy who left his carkeys on the bar while taking a leak and now suing whomever stole their car. While exploiting the weakness may be illegal it's also the stupidity of microsoft (not writing secure software even though win95 already necessitated it) that causes the thieves to have such an easy time.

  41. Re:changing laws by mjh · · Score: 2, Informative · on Clay Shirky: RIAA Succeeds Where Cypherpunks Fail
    When the vast majority of a society is violating a certain law, it is a sign that the law, not the society needs to change.

    I like the way that John Parry Barlow expresses this idea:

    "Neither the best efforts of Judge Patel - nor those of the Porsche-driving executives of the Recording Industry Association of America, nor the sleek legal defenders of existing copyright law - will alter this simple fact: No law can be successfully imposed on a huge population that does not morally support it and possesses easy means for its invisible evasion."

    - Quoted from this wired article.

  42. Re:Interesting... by beakerMeep · · Score: 1 · on Fighting Cancer With The Common Cold?
    Well there is precedent for Virii being used to combat bacteria and it would seem logical that you could do the same for cancer cells because you could target their specific DNA although I am no doctor (far from it actually).

    There is a great Wired article here

    it's in true Wired sensationalist form but it's a fun read nonetheless.

  43. new trend in medicine by btharris · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Fighting Cancer With The Common Cold?
    the targets of new medicines are becoming increasingly more discriminating. they are able to pick and choose very specific targets with new drugs/treatments, such as a specific type of cell, tissue, etc.

    this article reminded me of the bacteriophages mentioned in Wired a month or two ago.

    it's another example of utilizing existing biology to do our dirty work for us, rather than inventing some new "super drug" from scratch. fight biology with biology, it's much more efficient. sometimes older tech works better.

  44. Re:Page Text by YOU+LIKEWISE+FAIL+IT · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Blinkenlights Reloaded - The Matrix Returns
    Celebrating its 20th anniversary

    It really amazes me just how much longevity the CCC has displayed, despite having gotten mixed up in scrambles that would have totally taken apart anyone less hardy. From concerns that one of their members might have been bumped off, working for the KGB, breaking into NASA... and somehow still finding time to run the Blinkenlights and the congress every year.

    I know I would have cashed my chips and left a group like that a long time ago. Hats off guys, how do you do it?

    YLFI
  45. Steve Case, 1997 by tiltowait · · Score: 1 · on Have You Fought Your ISP Over Bandwidth Limits?

    In the cash-strapped days of AOL's 1990s, before unlimited Internet access was even an option, AOL decided it would be a great idea to offer unlimited dial-up access (without any timely upgrades to their network) to raise some cash. The result was a disaster. You were pretty much guaranteed a busy signal unless you tried to dial repeatedly for about one hour. AOL offered refunds for a few months of service, but the damage was done, especially to those using business accounts that lost out on a lot more than two months access because they couldn't read clients' mail.

    Steve Case responded with what I remember as the phone booth analogy. He said essentially that just because you have unlimited access doesn't mean you should make use of it.... Google... finds... this:


    Beset by a network outage and lawsuits filed by an increasing number of disgruntled customers (and their settlement-sniffing lawyers) in several US states, Case sent yet another whiny message to the now 8-million-strong AOL membership last week. While the press latched onto his promises of an extra $100 million devoted to network upgrades, and his embarrassing decision to immediately halt all television advertising, we were chortling over his suggestion that members adopt a World War II rationing approach to their Net access. "Just as you would be sensitive about using a public phone booth if others were waiting in line to use it (although you are entitled to use it as long as you want, most people are considerate of the people waiting to get a turn), it would be helpful if you could be considerate of the needs of other members of the AOL community," was Case's Mr. Rogers-ish advice. Perhaps those critics who lampooned the company as "America Offline" after its major network outage last fall were merely ahead of their time?

  46. Re:Interesting by atommoore · · Score: 2, Interesting · on EMC To Acquire VMware

    Remember that VMWare turned down some kind of Microsoft bid last year, but they were considering an IPO.

    I think this is probably a better move than an IPO, just given the lackluster performance of tech IPOs post-bubble burst. I'd take the money anyday, even though things seem to be improving somewhat.

    IPOs are so 1990s!

  47. Re:WMD detector by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Nominations for 2003 Vaporware Awards

    Don't forget to email your vaproware suggestion for Duke Nukem Forever. I think your vote will help it become the winner for 3 or perhaps 4 years running.

  48. Hope is alive by LeoDV · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Nominations for 2003 Vaporware Awards

    If you look at the Vaporware Awards of 2001, the #2 item on the list is Warcraft III, which did indeed make it to the shelves, to critical acclaim and record sales... Could 2003's vaporware be 2004's hit product? Let's hope so.

    Unless we're talking about the infringing SCO code. ;)

  49. Wired list from 2000 by image · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Nominations for 2003 Vaporware Awards
    Out of curiosity I reviewed Wired's list from 2000 to see what came of the products that were mere vapor three years ago.
    • Tribes 2 -- released, and rather successful, a good game overall
    • Wireless Web Pads -- tablet PC's are now commerically available
    • Bluetooth -- now shipping in just about everything from cell phones to headsets to laptops
    • Silicon Film's Electronic Film System -- not sure about this particular case, but there are digital film backs available for 35mm cameras, I believe
    • Warcraft III -- released and went on to become a hugely popular game on Blizzards battle.net, has an expansion or two as well
    • Intel's Itanium chips -- shipping and people are deploying them in real-world, large-scale installations
    • A New Linux kernel -- they were talking about 2.4, and 2.6 is now just around the corner
    • Black and White -- shipped. and while a bit overrated, a decent game
    • Duke Nukem Forever -- ha.
    • Mac OS X -- now at version 10.3.1, it is perhaps the best desktop operating system ever built

    So, after three years, only one of the top 10 vaporware products from 2000 failed to materialize. In fact, most of them went on to become successes as well.

  50. Vaporware winners from years past... by tcopeland · · Score: 3, Informative · on Nominations for 2003 Vaporware Awards

    ...are listed here. Indrema, nice.