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  1. AP news on Half of Google News Users Browse But Don't Click · · Score: 1

    That's due to over 90% of them are regurgitated AP feeds. I was in favor of AP forcing google to filter out there copyrighted AP stories and was hoping AP and google did not streak a deal. But they did. :-( Would have been nice to have a short list of oredgenale reporting stories.

  2. xkcd talent on Geocities Shutting Down Today · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just looked at the xkcd home page redone in geocities style. That is one talented web master to create a home page that managed to mimics every detail of what was bad about geocities web pages. Even right down to the x10 ad. :-)

  3. Water resistant. on Universal Phone Charger Approved By UN Body · · Score: 1

    Is this new standard water resistant? It has to be if it ever gets to military devices. I always though the Apple MAC power connector could easy be water resistant just by sealing the edges around where the connector meets the body during assembly. Just think, expanding that could have a universal connector for mobile devices that can survive a dunk in the pool or toilet.

  4. Charges can be filed. on Judge Tentatively Dismisses Case Against Lori Drew · · Score: 1

    Appropriate charges should have been filed. Its no different then snail mail or saying those words in the face. Whatever charges that cab apply to anyone that talks someone into killing themselves knowing it was going to work should have charges files. Manslaughter or similar I think.

  5. politicians on The Ecological Impact of Spam · · Score: 1

    Wow, this may be the ticket to get politicians to pass some anti-spam laws with real teeth to them. All politicians want to look good. Looking like they are saving the environment is a good cause.

  6. What was the margin of victory? on Finnish Court Dismisses E-Voting Result · · Score: 0

    If the margin of victory was greater then 2 percent, then it should be non-issue as far as who is in office. But it should be fixed for the next election.

  7. Picking on werewolves on Norfolk Police Officers To Be Tagged To Improve Response Times · · Score: 2, Funny

    *grumbles* What did we do to deserve this? --Techwolf

  8. A real cat tip on Interview With the Author of "Mastering Cat" · · Score: 1
    To do a simple config change that requires adding a file but don't want to go though the entire process of creating a patch file. One can do this within the shell script.

    cat << EOF > /etc/udev/rules.d/91-spacenavigator.rules
    KERNEL=="event[0-9]*", SYSFS{idVendor}=="046d", SYSFS{idProduct}=="c603", SYMLINK+="input/spacemouse", GROUP="plugdev", MODE="664"
    KERNEL=="event[0-9]*", SYSFS{idVendor}=="046d", SYSFS{idProduct}=="c623", SYMLINK+="input/spacetraveler", GROUP="plugdev", MODE="664"
    KERNEL=="event[0-9]*", SYSFS{idVendor}=="046d", SYSFS{idProduct}=="c626", SYMLINK+="input/spacenavigator", GROUP="plugdev", MODE="664"
    EOF

    The "ecode" is adding extra lines in there.

  9. Common carrier on Obama Picks Net Neutrality Backer As FCC Chief · · Score: 1

    We already have net Neutrality, it is call common carrier. Just put ISP in that bracket and be done with it.

  10. Child abuse on Why Doctors Hate Science · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Will this help hospitals stop cutting the penis of babies? I know a few folks that want there foreskin back.

  11. UWB? on Staccato Proclaims UWB Technology Isn't Dead · · Score: 1

    What is UWB? Please answer so 1,000 plus /. users slashdot google looking for the answer.

  12. Re:News just in... on Author's Guild Says Kindle's Text-To-Speech Software Illegal · · Score: 1

    In this day and age, I wish they really did that. It would expose the problems we are having today.

  13. Communcations on New Paper Offers Additional Reasoning for Fermi's Paradox · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What about new type of commutations that we have not invented yet? Its possible they are communicating all over the place but we can't hear them yet because we don't have the technology to hear them yet.

  14. CFL are harmfull to artwork on Why LEDs Don't Beat CFLs Even Though They Should · · Score: 1, Informative

    Don't forget that compact CFL put out a ton of UV light that will fade anything in the house that isn't automotive rated. Just look around the room and visualize the room was outdoors in the sun for a year and that fade you will get using CFL. Artwork hanging on the wall will get the most damaged.

  15. Re:Need I say more? on Resurrecting Old Games, What Works? · · Score: 1

    You sir are a genius for getting that past the slashdot filter. :-)

  16. Re:Test It Before Buying It on Canadian Nuke Bunker To Be Converted Into Data Fortress · · Score: 1

    I bet they worked due to all the steel reflecting the radio singles to where you was. While VHF will not work, UHF and higher frequencies are used by construction companies due to the fact they work in steel structures.

  17. Re:timely article on Cold Sore Virus May Be Alzheimer's Smoking Gun · · Score: 1

    The child can not say no to grandma violating the most sensitive spot of there body. So that means they can not say no to there uncle that what to touch a less sensitive area. For the clueless, parents have been training children they can not say "no" to the uncle that want to rub in between there legs. Now I can educate the parents without mortifying them by using this virus as a excuse. This is a good thing overall.

  18. Re:"Muddy the crispness"? on Grey Lines Mar MacBook Air Displays · · Score: 1

    At least they got one part right, "to eliminate data loss caused by noise". The digital single is still analog, it just carries data instead of an analog. That single is still suspect to noise that can cause data loss. On most system, you can't tell due to hardware handling it properly and tries to compensate for it. For digital interconnect cables, the 50 cent ones are bad due to no shielding and poor quality control, the $1 to $10 ones are best, $10 and up is just wasting your money unless its a very long run, like 100 feet or so.

  19. This is troublsome, not with google, but.... on Privacy Concerns Over Google On the Rise In Germany · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This story is about to fall off the front page with about 10 comments. If you think about it, you understand why it troublesome. Shouldn't there be about 100 or so comments? Its as though no one care about privacy.

  20. Re:No problem, just put a disclaimer on the machin on Damning Report On Sequoia E-Voting Machine Security · · Score: 1

    That would be a good way to protest. Go to vote and place that sticker on the machine. Get a few to do to it to modify all the machines in the voting place.

  21. What about cooler chips on Google Demands Higher Chip Temps From Intel · · Score: 1

    Why higher temps? Google should be demanding chips that run cooler. Cooler running chips save more money then running a data center at a higher temp.

  22. This is good actually. on Asus Ships Cracking Software On Recovery DVD · · Score: 1

    With everyone complaining about DRM in games and so on. Having a major company complaining about it will fuel the fire to convince publishers that DRM is bad. Being this is an internal document that wasn't supposed to "leak", it has more creditably then publicly announcing it and still have creditably with the publishers. Meaning they won't get "punished" for speaking out against DRM.

  23. Re:Can I have my 5 minutes back? on How Nvidia Wants To Bring 3D Glasses Back · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you read the article, "Right now, we do not have OpenGL support but will be working to release it soon". So when it hits the shelves for purchase, opengl games, including Linux games, will work out of the box. One opengl game, Secondlife was modified for 3D by University of Michigan. http://um3d.dc.umich.edu/software/second_life/ https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-2972

  24. Try before buy. on Star Wars: the Force Unleashed Demo Sets Xbox Download Record · · Score: 1

    Everyone is downloading it for two reasons. To check out what all the hubla is about. To see if its worth the $50+ dollars or a waste of it.

  25. Holy supersize on SpaceX Gets Operational License For Cape Canaveral · · Score: 1

    I've seen my fair share of oversize loads on the road in my years of a truck driver, but that one take the gold crown of them all.