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  1. Are you talking about me? on Where Does IT Fall Within Your Organization? · · Score: 1

    I work as the sole IT guy in a healthcare providing non-profit, the whole org is probably 110-120 employees spread out over 9 locations. My boss is the Director of Compliance. I guess it helps that he was, at one point years ago, in the same position I now hold.

  2. Re:N.ational P.ablum R.adio on NASA Summoned To Fix Prius Problems · · Score: 1

    Kilgore A Trout I presume

  3. Re:WTF are they thinking? on New Litigation Targets 20,000 BitTorrent-Using Downloaders · · Score: 1

    here you go http://www.cbs.com/classics/macgyver/video/ just rip em from the website. then all you need to pirate is the DVD box pictures :P What I don't understand is how they put this content out there one way or another for free, and then expect people to pay for it later. If you broadcast it over the air, or allow streaming from a website its public as far as I'm concerned. This BS of suing users for content that's freely available elsewhere is like suing some guy taping your band that's doing a show on a street corner.

  4. NPR on NASA Summoned To Fix Prius Problems · · Score: 0

    How is it that NPR had the last two stories (NASA & Prius as well as the Magnet influencing morality) on LAST NIGHT'S broadcast, and they're *just now* showing up here? Slashdot has lost its way.

  5. Re:Trailer Park Boys on Using a Toy Train To Calibrate a Reactor · · Score: 1

    Funny I just sent a link to this page to a friend and titled the email "Patrick Swayze Express"

  6. http://showmypc.com/ on Simple, Free Web Remote PC Control? · · Score: 1

    http://showmypc.com/

    Works well, free, uses ssh and VNC and one time hashes that you'll exchange over the phone. Really quite easy to use, and IIRC its a standalone app that doesn't actually install anything so once you're done there's no port listening afterward to allow anyone an easy attack vector.

    blah blah blah I am not affiliated with showmypc blah blah blah

  7. Tanks - the Okidata b410 series on Choosing a Personal Printer For the Long Haul · · Score: 1

    I've been really happy with the Okidata b410/420/430 series printers, they're rated for 50K/50K/80K PER Month duty cycle and they're still within the range of a typical well built laser printer - As luck has it I priced one out today on CDW and the b430dn has an instant coupon so the whole unit is under $200 (the b410 is the base model and lists at $250 regularly) Supplies aren't crazy expensive either, about $70/ 3,500pg toner and drums last forever but are a little pricey at about $150. I have absolutely no affiliation with Okidata or CDW ,just a very happy repeat customer.

  8. Re:Keyboard and Mouse on iPhone As a PC Game Controller · · Score: 1

    Air Mouse Pro in the app store for iPhone, there's the gmote for android based phones (and maybe windows mobile?) I think both of these are stripped down vnc services. the air mouse is great, it turns the iPhone screen into one big track pad, or you can rotate it and up pops a keyboard, best app I've bought yet.

  9. Great Idea on iPhone As a PC Game Controller · · Score: 1

    The lack of physical buttons is so frustraiting that there are attempts to create an add on (like icontrolpad.com that seems to have stalled out) yet somehow this is a good idea? I realize at least half the draw is the accelerometer, but what games are they targetting there?
    I'm really missing the point of this idea/app.

  10. Re:Contractual vs. Piracy on Copyright Troubles For Sony · · Score: 1

    "4. Individuals pirating music or movies who clearly don't own a CD or DVD should be treated differently in court." differently than a multinational company that, if the plaintiff is correct, has stolen his copyrighted materials? How is this different? What's the thinking here?
    that Sony should probably be held to a higher standard because they should know better?
    right.....

  11. Re:This sucker isn't nuclear on Japan Plans $21B Space Power Plant · · Score: 1

    its 1.21, if you're going to ref Back to the Future the least you can do is get it right.

  12. Re:Maybe, Maybe not... on Comic Artist Detained For Script Containing 9/11 Type Scenarios · · Score: 5, Informative
    "But you know what - it's not resisting arrest or assault if there's nothing to arrest you for!"

    Actually (IANAL) - http://www.lawinfo.com/fuseaction/Client.lawarea/categoryid/144

    What do I do if I am arrested?

    If you are arrested, submit to the law enforcement officer. Do not resist, even if you are innocent. Your innocence does not make the arrest illegal as long as the officer has conformed to the requirements of a legal arrest. If you resist, even if you are innocent of the charges for which you are arrested, you could be charged with resisting arrest. If the officer does not conform to the requirements of a legal arrest, you should still allow yourself to be taken into custody without resistance. If this happens, you may be entitled to bring an action against the law enforcement officer for false arrest.

  13. Re:Email was never secure to begin with... on NSA Email Surveillance Pervasive and Ongoing · · Score: 1

    I know this is always how its been explained away as being OK - but aren't telephone conversations usually unencrypted? and sent over a private network? hmmmm, seems like a different standard is being set to me.
    I'm sure there's some legal jujitsu to get around it, but I'm just sayin'....

  14. Re:One in twenty? on Could a Meteor Have Brought Down Air France 447? · · Score: 1

    I think you're misunderstanding what they're saying - which is that over the past 20 years there's a 1:20 chance that a single plane has been brought down by a meteorite, not that every plane has a 1:20 chance of being hit.

  15. they do make USB Hubs on What to Do With a $99 Wall Wart Linux Server · · Score: 2, Funny

    are you serious? you're going to complain about the fact that its only got 1 USB port? Is this 1996 and we're still learning how USB works?

  16. Emergency? on Australia, UK To Test Vehicle Speed-Limiting Devices · · Score: 1

    And what do you do in case of an emergency? There are actually good, justifiable reasons for ignoring the posted speed limit at times, and without the user being able to kill the kill switch I know I wouldn't want it anywhere near my vehicle... and following that logic, if the user *is* given a opt-out of sorts for the kill switch how will it ever enforce itself? So you end up with either a) people not being able to speed in certain times that truly necessitate it or b) having a completely useless governor on the vehicle. Great options....

  17. Kopin Golden? on Where Are the High-Res Head-Mounted Displays? · · Score: 1

    Saw this just today, not quite the specs you stated, but closer than 640x480
    http://www.slashgear.com/kopin-golden-i-wearable-computer-headed-for-production-1944260/

  18. Next big MSFT OS? on New Sidekick Will Run NetBSD, Not Windows CE · · Score: 1

    Could this be their big long-term plan? http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/01/microsoft_paten_1.html

    Just an idea, Apple basically did this with OS X, only they put it on the desktop first, MSFT will just go in the other direction here

    It's certainly worked for Apple in the last 5+ years.

  19. Re:Why so low? on Against Unknown Viruses, Avira AntiVir the Winner For Now · · Score: 1

    Because we aren't talking about 'known' we're talking about *unknown* threats.......

  20. Re:Some of the complaints here are laughable. on AT&T Begins a Trial To Cap, Meter Internet Usage · · Score: 2, Insightful

    and if, instead of pirating said content, i'm doing it legitimately - like say HD streaming with Miro on top of maybe watching all my tv episodes via a site like Hulu.com? nothing illegal, but by streaming HD and possibly downloading a *single* linux distro DVD/month I could go over said limits.
    not that I think it should be an unlimited data plan, the infrastructure can't handle that... but I'm just saying, it's not as hard as you think, especially when you can stream HD these days...

  21. Re:Slashdot is turning into fox news on China Announces Launch-Success Details — Before Launch · · Score: 1

    Exactly, I mean McCain totally won that debate http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/09/26/mccain_wins/index.html well, I thought it was funny....

  22. Re:Why? on Greek Hackers Target CERN's LHC · · Score: 1

    Because they create so much data from the experiments that they can't keep it in-house. Heck they even have to filter the results on the spot, then send that out to different universities just to 'keep' a fraction of the data. the numbers involved are mind-boggling....

  23. Re:Just make sure... on NASA Plans Test of New Plasma Drive · · Score: 0

    nice REF, too bad it seems to be lost on so many....

  24. Re:why such a focus on the telcos... on Retroactive Telco Immunity Opponents Buying TV Ad · · Score: 1

    really?
    is that why Quest is in so much hot water?
    these companies had a choice, and they made the wrong decision. You and I have to pay for poor decisions, why not these guys?

  25. Re:Misplaced Anger on Retroactive Telco Immunity Opponents Buying TV Ad · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Is it really misplaced though?
    If the administration had gone to your local mafia syndicate and asked them to rough you up to get some information out of you, is the administration the only one to blame? I know its a tad hyperbolic, but what about those wonderful nuremberg trials? We held people accountable for their own actions, orders be damned. So why are we supposed to give these (corporations as people) people a pass?
    BOTH the administration AND the telcos broke the law, and BOTH should be held accountable, whether or not they are is a different story.