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  1. Re:since it's impossible to delete stuff from the on NZ Judge Bans Online Publishing of Accuseds' Names · · Score: 1

    2.) almost nothing on the internet is corroborated, valdated or authenticated, it's mostly rumour - so far as individuals go

    So you claim, but you haven't proven that, so I don't believe your unauthenticated claim.

  2. Re:Since when on DNS Poisoning Hits One of China's Biggest ISPs · · Score: 1

    Since when do I have to input my SSN to post to slashdot?

    Ever since you mistyped http:///.

  3. Find and identify on Wall-E Lookalike Wins British War Robot Showdown · · Score: 1

    find potential targets and make distinctions between armed troops, roadside bombs and snipers

    Tap, tap. "Excuse me, are you an armed troop?"

  4. Re:Build GPL Gray-Hoverman antenna on Best Terrestrial/OTA HDTV Setup For an Apartment? · · Score: 1

    Depending upon the direction of reception, if you can use the wire screen of the balcony door as the back grid, the antenna's reception wires would indeed look like a sculpture, mounted on some PVC pipe sitting on some sort of stand on the balcony...with a wire coming from the stand. Further disguise is possible, such as using the back of a plastic or wood chair as the mounting point. Indoors, I've also used the back of a bookcase as an antenna mount.

  5. Re:IEEE Spectrum is not a government source on Why Shoot Down a Satellite? Analyzing an Analysis · · Score: 1

    There is a chance that the satellite could have reentered in a way where most of the satellite protected the hydrazine tank. For that matter, heat shields seem to be overrated; some astronauts recently survived reentry while their capsule was upside down. Apparently metal objects can behave differently in the atmosphere than meteorites do.

  6. Resolution is so far low... on Electronic Eyeball Uses Curved Image Sensor · · Score: 1
    "Resolution is so far low..."

    ...that my wife looks good.
    ...that it's only useful as a limbo webcam.
    ...that my Chinese neighbor Low Fat is the only person it works for.

  7. Right here, on this company? on Subject to Change · · Score: 1

    "If you drill a company ..."
    Drill here, drill now.

  8. Precautionary Principle: Hide from everything on Pittsburgh Cancer Center Warns of Cell Phone Risks · · Score: 4, Informative
    It's called the Precautionary Principle. If the effects MIGHT be large, taking precautions are justified. However, this is sometimes applied when the probability is miniscule, or when the connection between cause and effect is questionable.

    In this case, the probability of getting cancer is small, the causes of most cancers are unknown, and the mechanisms by which EM energy might cause cancer are unlikely. And the solutions do not seem well considered, particularly the one involving replacing one EM device with three (the wireless link to the headset means the cellphone is transmitting both to the cell phone system and to the headset, on different frequencies; the headset's speaker might also be an EM device while the speaker on the cellphone might not be, so it could be a 1-to-4 EM change).

  9. Re:Do, Do let me be first.. on Police Director Sues AOL For Critical Blogger's Name · · Score: 1

    Just make sure we get a followup article when one of the legal documents in the case mentions Hitler.

  10. Re:About damn time! on The Death of Nearly All Software Patents? · · Score: 3, Funny

    This calls for a Kermit full-waving "YAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!"

  11. He forgot UPS-triggered shutdown on Why Power Failures Can Always Lead To Data Loss · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The author did not mention having the system set up to have the UPS trigger an automatic shutdown.

    If you're not at the machine, or don't know how to shutdown without a CRT, the disk can get messed up when the UPS runs out of power. Unless you only have a desktop machine with no network applications writing to disk (no BitTorrent); then you might be OK if you just walk away from your keyboard and let the system become quiescent before it loses power.

  12. You, too, can follow the law. on Video Game Labeling Law Passed In New York · · Score: 1

    OK, I labeled my games. My label says "GAME".

  13. Re:Not paper transistors dammit on The First Paper-Based Transistors · · Score: 1

    So it's a silicon sandwich around a filling of paper, rather than the MOSFET silicon sandwich around a filling of metal oxide semiconductor?

  14. ROFL on Scientists Solve Riddle of Toxic Algae Blooms · · Score: 1

    Punchline: "Phosphorus."

    ROFL. Stop it, you're killing me.

  15. Re:Poor guys.. on Oyster Card Hack To Be Released, In Good Time · · Score: 1

    So Dutch researchers cracked the public transportation pass for London? Boy they're gonna be pretty down when they'll realise they need to travel all the way to London just to get free public transportation.

    Well, after all that fighting several centuries ago, they can't very well put up with a bunch of Dutch tourists gallavanting about, now can they?

    Fortunately being Dutch they'll surely find a place to forget about all of this within a walking distance.

    Or skating distance.

  16. Re:Fringe Benefits on Steven Hawking Considering Move To Canada · · Score: 3, Funny

    Canada also has better wheelchair access.

    For all twenty buildings.

  17. This is wonderful! on Do Not Call Registry Gets Glowing Reviews · · Score: 1

    This is wonderful news! I'll have to call them to congratulate them!

  18. Re:Progress o Science doesn't mean locking away id on "Vetrolium" From Agricultural Waste · · Score: 1

    If his invention is described in a patent, then the information is already public. Go look it up. In a few years the patent will expire and you can start your own company to make the stuff.

  19. Re:I never bought on Moon May Have Once Had Water · · Score: 1

    If you don't like the massive collision idea, consider that maybe it was a more massive collision than was thought and what ended up in orbit was chunks more than splash. Doesn't matter if the chunks were of hot mantle, as there is still a lot of water in the Earth's mantle.

  20. Re:Glad to hear this. on Bell's Own Data Exposes P2P As a Red Herring · · Score: 1

    Youngsters also don't remember Ma Bell.

  21. Re:Looks not quite what they say on Real Snail Mail · · Score: 1

    Do you have a warrant to study the v1AgR@?

  22. Re: Danish Blue on A Really, Really Ex-Parrot · · Score: 1

    Maybe Denmark did have fjords when this bird was somewhat more active. Even if the Danish fjords didn't have Danes yet, thus no Danish pet shops.

  23. Coral cache of FF3 download page on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 1

    The download page finally links to version 3 instead of version 2 (for a while the graphic said 3 but the link was to 2).
    An alternative is the Coral Cache copy of the new page.

  24. Re:Down Day on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 1

    Doesn't matter if they have webs of distributed download servers. They didn't post the links ahead of time, and now getting the download links is a bottleneck for everyone.

  25. Re:Don't you mean 1pm EDT? on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 1

    The Firefox forum which is linked to actually says 10 AM PDT, not PST. That would be 1 PM on the east coast.