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  1. Re:Welcome back! on Consumers Starting To Realize Gadgets Can Be Fixed · · Score: 1

    Have you tried eBay? I buy a lot of non-fuctional equipment to use for parts to fix other non-functional equipment. I got a 19' LCD monitor for $40 by buying two AS-IS monitors, one with a cracked screen, the other wouldn't power up. One fast switch later, and I've saved some money.

  2. Re:Welcome back! on Consumers Starting To Realize Gadgets Can Be Fixed · · Score: 1

    Note: Not true if the device in question needs to be compatible with something else. If you make incredible bolts that will last forever, but you need to buy this crappy screwdriver to put them in, then you can sell quite a lot of screwdrivers. Only works when there is already existing infrastructure or when there is a considerable gap between your primary product and the next comparable product.

  3. Re:Without pics on A Panoramic View of Your Insides · · Score: 1

    As much as I hate to say it, that's actually funny in this discussion, not troll.

  4. Re:I can already see inside. on A Panoramic View of Your Insides · · Score: 1

    I for one, wish our current overlords would start warming up their gloves ahead of time.

  5. Re:X-files revisited on Crater From 1908 Tunguska Blast Found · · Score: 1

    It did kill some nomadic tribes.

    A better place for dropping a near-detonation engine core would be the moon, which is even more uninhabited.

    It is, however, a moot point, because the Tunguska explosion was caused by Tesla, and he was aiming at the north pole, but overshot a bit.

  6. Re:Or maybe.... on Encrypted Torrents Growing Fast In the UK · · Score: 1

    Right. Because only police officers could look inside your car. Just like only law enforcement officials sniff network packets. Ethereal and AirSnort are never used by the bad guys.

  7. Re:Please get something done on House Narrowly Avoids Having to Debate Impeachment of Cheney · · Score: 1

    No, based on their attacks by terrorist proxy on Israel, one of our allies. We have a duty to defend our allies, and we just aren't holding up our end.

  8. Re:Please get something done on House Narrowly Avoids Having to Debate Impeachment of Cheney · · Score: 1

    Iran has consistently funded terrorist attacks against Israel, a U.S. ally. Now, I wouldn't say they need to be invaded, but they need it more than Iraq did.

    And yes, I voted. Against Bush. Next year, I will likely vote against the GOP again.

  9. Re:Please get something done on House Narrowly Avoids Having to Debate Impeachment of Cheney · · Score: 1

    I'd rather we were in Iran than Iraq. Iran actually deserves it.

  10. Re:a little tweak on House Narrowly Avoids Having to Debate Impeachment of Cheney · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Independence on Whose Laws Apply On the ISS? · · Score: 1

    Yes. This is entirely logical, and I am ashamed that I did not think of it myself.

  12. Re:Easy on School District Threatens Suit Over Parent's Blog · · Score: 1

    What if he's right? Is the teacher's 'right' not to be called a paedophile stronger than the students' 'right' not to have one around? False accusations are one thing, but investigative journalism is another.

    And a pedophile is the same thing as a paedophile, it's like the difference between colour and color. You're thinking podophile for the foot-fetishist thing.

  13. Re:Independence on Whose Laws Apply On the ISS? · · Score: 1

    What would they trade for foodstuffs? And water. And oxygen. And any number of other things.

  14. Re:Who pays for the station? on Whose Laws Apply On the ISS? · · Score: 1

    I'm fairly certain I know his reference.

  15. Re: You don't stop obnoxious car drivers on Cell Phone Jamming on the Rise · · Score: 1

    Nope. Small Town, WI.

  16. Re: You don't stop obnoxious car drivers on Cell Phone Jamming on the Rise · · Score: 1

    Not around here. The troopers here are big fans of 'not using your turn signal' and 'not paying attention to that stop sign'. Of course, speeding is still on the list.

  17. Re:No body on Hans Reiser Interview on ABC's 20/20 · · Score: 1

    Nitric acid. Applied to pentaerythritol. And then detonated.

    I'd think that an incendiary would be more effective, or at least more expedient, than acid for dealing with bodies. How is biohazardous material (like infected blood) disposed of?

  18. Re:Cutting through walls? on Datacenter Robbed for the Fourth Time in Two Years · · Score: 1

    To be fair, my Sawzall will go through brick easily enough. If you can find an area secluded enough to not have people nearby, you might be able to get in without a problem. If you can then get to the night manager with tasers before he can call anyone, you've got all the time you need to move things onto a big van. Maybe he was tasered multiple times because he was waking up before they were done.

  19. Re:Bullshit Bingo Winner! on China's President Hu Talks IT Warfare · · Score: 1

    How about the Amish? They allow Amish children to leave freely, they don't convert people, they don't preach at people.

  20. Re:Anything is okay if the "Decider" says it's oka on EMI Caught Offering Illegal Downloads · · Score: 1

    There's plenty of anti-Americanism on /. His post looked close enough to piss me off. Apologies to the OP for the misunderstanding.

  21. Re:Umm.....and the purpose? on Transform Cellphones Into a CCTV Swarm · · Score: 1

    You must be thinking of my PDA, not my phone.

  22. Re:I tip my hat to your sarcasm... on Schneier On the War On the Unexpected · · Score: 1

    It depends on where you lay the blame for the Crusades. Do you count all the deaths as Christian-caused? Split based on religion of the victim? Split based on religion of the victim's opposition? All manner of ways to read these numbers.

  23. Re:Normal signature on Picture Passwords More Secure than Text · · Score: 1

    Fingerprint reading isn't "something you have" it's "something you are". A key is something you have.

  24. Re:Conclusions... on Patterns in Lottery Numbers · · Score: 1

    We were making the assumption that you somehow knew there were going to be 8 red and 5 black over the next 13 spins. Of course, if you knew that, you should just watch the next 12 spins, then put everything down on the color that's going to win the next spin.

  25. Re:Interesting scam based on that on Patterns in Lottery Numbers · · Score: 1

    If you want it to be all legal, you start with a million people, and end by selling 62,500 people a subscription to your monthly stock newsletter. If you've got a disclaimer somewhere that you are not trained as a stock broker, you're completely safe.