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  1. Re:Google! Please save us! on Texter Not Responsible For Textee's Car Accident, Rules Judge · · Score: 1

    ... so then you will just get sued for failing to keep the car's AV definitions up to date? Or for rooting your car to get rid of the carrier bloatware (car will still an internet connection, after all... subsidized cars on a two year contract, anyone?) so the turn by turn navigation won't drive you ten miles out of your way in order to pass in front of an olive garden that has a targeted ad pushed to you?

  2. apple on Ten Cops Can't Recover Police Chief's Son's iPhone · · Score: 0

    Hey should have got the cops that went to the guy's house with apple's detective over the iPhone he allegedly found left in a bar after the LAST iPhone had also been left in a bar pre-release. Hmmmmm. Anyway, yeah, those cops could find the SHIT out of an iPhone!

  3. CVS on Ask Slashdot: Best Option For Printing Digital Photos? · · Score: 1

    I can't quote their rates for large format or bulk print jobs, other than that I remember they are cheap, but I love their print on demand kiosks... I walk in, connect to the kiosk from my android via bluetooth (you can also use CD/DVD, all types of memory card, USB keys, etc) and I'm back out 5-10 minutes later with immaculate looking 4x6's, for something like $0.32 per print. It especially good to print glossy colors of drawings I've done in Sketchbook mobile.

  4. Re:Even a broken clock on Rand Paul Has a Quick Fix For TSA: Pull the Plug · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I thought the same thing, but couldn't remember where I had seen it.

  5. is your son a computer "hacker"? on B&N Pulls Linux Format Magazine Over Feature On 'Hacking' · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"? BSD, Lunix, Debian and Mandrake are all versions of an illegal hacker operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War. It is based on a program called "xenix", which was written by Microsoft for the US government. These programs are used by hackers to break into other people's computer systems to steal credit card numbers. They may also be used to break into people's stereos to steal their music, using the "mp3" program. Torovoltos is a notorious hacker, responsible for writing many hacker programs, such as "telnet", which is used by hackers to connect to machines on the internet without using a telephone. Your son may try to install "lunix" on your hard drive. If he is careful, you may not notice its presence, however, lunix is a capricious beast, and if handled incorrectly, your son may damage your computer, and even break it completely by deleting Windows, at which point you will have to have your computer repaired by a professional. If you see the word "LILO" during your windows startup (just after you turn the machine on), your son has installed lunix. In order to get rid of it, you will have to send your computer back to the manufacturer, and have them fit a new hard drive. Lunix is extremely dangerous software, and cannot be removed without destroying part of your hard disk surface.

  6. Re:Mutually Assured Destruction on Oracle and the End of Programming As We Know It · · Score: 1

    Nixon.

  7. ironic on Tor Researchers' Tool Aims To Map Out Internet Censorship · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Kind of ironic that with the multiple tor-centered stories on slashdot today that just now, when I tried to view this story, I was told that my IP was banned! I thought WTH, then realized that I had tor enabled on the device I was browsing on... (HP touchpad running cm9). I guess I can post AC, I just can't BROWSE anonymous...

  8. Re:Sounds like... on How Online Black Markets Work · · Score: 5, Informative

    I actually read something early this morning on the subject that named an online marketplace called Silk Road, only accessible through TOR, and all transactions use bit coin, so I went and checked it out... the main thing was drugs (weed, heroin, meth, cocaine, pharmaceuticals, the new designer drugs, hallucinogen, you get the idea)... there were also hacking tools, banned books (think meth manufacture)... I saw categories for art, currency, services, clothing, and many others. It's an anonymous international marketplace with an escrow service and buyer/seller ratings. I was actually quite impressed.

  9. Re:Doesn't support *all* ICS devices... on Google Releases Chrome For Android Beta · · Score: 1

    It's hit or miss, I guess... typing this on it on my HP touch pad w/cm9

  10. Re:Didn't Android *always* have Chrome? on Google Releases Chrome For Android Beta · · Score: 2

    As soon as I saw this article, I downloaded it on my touchpad running cm9 ICS alpha, as soon as I opened it and signed in on the welcome page, all my open tabs on the computer opened on my tablet. This is awesome!

  11. She Should sic the dhs on the tagger. on Court Rules It's Ok To Tag Pics On Facebook Without Permission · · Score: 1

    I love how the government is so eager to protect corporate "persons" but REAL people, who experience real consequences from someone basically doing the same thing, linking to them online, well, suddenly it's ok.

  12. Re:There is one very simple reason not to do this: on Democrats Crowdsourcing To Vote Palin In Primaries · · Score: 1

    don't forget, you can see canada from alaska... just sayin'.

  13. Re:What Would Epic Fail Look Like? on Playstation 3 Code Signing Cracked For Good · · Score: 1

    ludicrous fail.

  14. magnets... on North Magnetic Pole Racing Toward Siberia · · Score: 1

    fuckin' magnetic north poles... how do they work?

  15. the cashier makes a difference on Scientifically, You Are Likely In the Slowest Line · · Score: 1

    when not using the self-checkout at my local kroger's, it's usually because I have a lot of small items. If i just have a few, I scan each item and choose skip bagging, and just put it in the buggy. the platform where you put the groceries will freak out if you even breathe on it. I will get in a longer line if it is for my favored cashiers, because I know they're competent and swift. at stores I don't normally use, the rule is always get in the line for the hot female cashier.

  16. Re:one line to many cashiers on Scientifically, You Are Likely In the Slowest Line · · Score: 1

    the door nazi is there so when you walk out with the newest justin bieber cd jammed down your tighty-whiteys and the anti-theft scanner starts dinging he'll be right on hand to tackle you.

  17. Re:Um.... on Placebos Work -- Even Without Deception · · Score: 1

    isn't planting tongue in cheek actually a placebo effect?

  18. Re:Um.... on Placebos Work -- Even Without Deception · · Score: 1

    only if it's new placebo xr, the extended release placebo... common sense tells us that a sustained release placebo will be active in the body far longer than a regular placebo, hence the added benefits.

  19. Re:Aluminium. Sulphur. on Periodic Table of Elements To Get an Update · · Score: 1

    Charles M. Hall, inventor of the electrolytic extraction method of producing the metal, used the -um suffix to reflect the fact that at the time, aluminum was a precious metal and wanted it to sound more like platinum. The Washington Monument has a pyramidal cap of aluminum, At that time aluminum was $1.00 per avoirdupois ounce. For perspective, silver was $1.30 per troy ounce ($1.18 per avoirdupois ounce); 100 ounces (about 2.8 kg) of aluminum were needed to produce the pyramid.

  20. Re:Currently inducing a headache... on AT&T Goes After Copper Wire Thieves · · Score: 1

    yeeaaahhhh!!!!!

  21. solution in two words: on Euro Parliament Wants "Red Button" For Shutting Down Games · · Score: 1

    the clapper!

  22. easter egg on Unboxing a 1984 Atari Peripheral, 25 Years Later · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I remember finding my first easter egg on this... when you click on the atari logo in the upper left corner of the menu screen, it played the atari theme music. good times...

  23. H.M. RIP on The Unforgettable Amnesiac · · Score: 1

    He will be remembered.

  24. states have guidelines... on Which Computer Books For Prisoners? · · Score: 2, Informative

    regarding which books they will accept. as a former 'guest' of the state of texas, i had books sent in from family... html reference books, networking, linux, etc. this was in the late '90s, and i read these books for several months before i was finally able to get into a business computer information systems class, which was mostly just learning windows office apps. the stuff i learned from the books, however, i was able to apply in free time in class. i ended up talking the teacher into letting me teach a series of lessons on html, it was kind of cool. the guidelines on the books aren't really consistent, as long as it's not 'black hat' flavored or have the word hacking in the title, it will probably make it through. the prison folks don't want to teach hacking to their charges, however... can you say identity theft? 2600 is probably out, as well... kudos to you for the book sharing, though. i received books from a program out of california, can't recall the name right now, and gave the address to several people i knew in there that didn't have family to send them things. you'd be surprised at the number of people in there that genuinely want to learn and better themselves.

  25. Re:anyone else remember this? on Rocket Racing League Flights With Armadillo Engine · · Score: 1

    ahh... wikipedia knows what i speak of. from the rocket racing league entry : "Races would take place on a race course two miles long, one mile wide, and 1500 feet in the air. A typical race would take about one hour, and fans would be able to see multiple camera views, including cockpit, "on-track," "side-by-side" and wing-angle views. Additionally, a computer game is planned which will interface with racer position data in real time over the internet, allowing players to virtually compete with the rocket pilots."