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  1. Homer Simpson knows on Broadcast Industry Wades In On Dish Network's Hopper · · Score: 1

    that not watching the adverts is stealing Television. I didn't know he actually ran Fox though. At least the nuclear industry will be safer now.

  2. Re:Back, to the Future... on HP Shows Off Power Over Ethernet Thin Client · · Score: 1

    I was thinking in the context of a dozens or hundreds of desks spaced apart and connected only to the power outlets. I'm too lazy to look up how the 500Mbit/s AV powerline systems handle sharing the medium but I bet it does not permit scaling up to support very many thin desktop clients. Also, managing the solution is probably not straightforward in the same way as even a modest corporate switching solution could be managed.

    I would have thought that there might be a gap in the market for something more upscale to save structured wiring for, say, an older school or public building.

    wireless seems to be the only suitable, easily deployable solution for those circumstances and wireless is hardly trouble free.

  3. Re:Back, to the Future... on HP Shows Off Power Over Ethernet Thin Client · · Score: 2

    It would be nice to have better options for LAN over standard power wiring. I know options exist but they've never seemed that attractive for one reason or another.

  4. Re:Dual Purposes on German Authorities Find Al Qaeda Plans Disguised In Porn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds like they bared more than just witness.

  5. My setup is much more modest on Ask Slashdot: Building A Server Rack Into a New Home? · · Score: 1

    A few RB250G switches and some mini-itx servers. I mount them all on a DIN rail on my garage wall. from there I have Cat 5e to every room in the house.

  6. Re:Google car changes things on IBM Creates 'Breathing' High-Density Lithium-Air Battery · · Score: 1

    For that matter, the truckers could offer in-motion refueling as well as virtual chauffeuring services.

  7. Re:“Just One” = “the one who is on Iran Plans To Unplug the Internet, Launch Its Own 'Clean' Alternative · · Score: 1

    actually it's just a mis-spelling of Yahoo.

  8. Re:Error My Ass on NBC Apologizes For Editing Zimmerman 911 Call · · Score: 1

    Yes, because if the Neighborhood watch were a police force Zimmerman would have been suspended pending some sort of an investigation.

  9. This guy used a supersoaker on Ask Slashdot: A Cheap, DIY Home Security and Surveillance System? · · Score: 1
  10. and the privacy policy on US Congress Probes iOS App Developers On Privacy · · Score: 1

    to which it holds...

  11. unique huh ? on Japanese CCTV Camera Can Scan 36 Million Faces/Second · · Score: 1

    placing the unique mathematical 'faceprint' of anyone who has ever walked past the camera in a database...

    For some definition of unique known only to Hitachi Hokusai Electric.

  12. Re:I won't hire someone who has a Facebook account on Why Making Facebook Private Won't Protect You · · Score: 1

    Back in the real world, where normal well-adjusted people actually want to use social media for social purposes, and don't attempt to "drop off the grid" by refusing phone lines, or physical addresses and don't have multiple passports like Jason Bourne or wear tinfoil terrorist masks. I would propose the following...

    We'd like to see your facebook page...

    OK, let's do that at the end of the interview when we've both decided that we want to work together, as one final thing I'll log in for you and let you see the asinine things my friends occasionally say, but that I don't endorse if you promise that if there's nothing to seriously question my morality, the jobs mine

  13. Re:reasons are very clear on Science and Engineering Workforce Has Stalled In the US · · Score: 1

    I see it as being great that China offshores its education system.

  14. First post ! on Faulty Cable To Blame For Superluminal Neutrino Results · · Score: 4, Funny

    By my watch...

  15. Re:Who do the passenger advocates report to? on Female Passengers Say They Were Targeted For TSA Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    Every time the TSA has given me a feedback form I've filled it in with compliments on their professionalism.

  16. Re:OPT OUT on Female Passengers Say They Were Targeted For TSA Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    Driving certainly should be considered transport. Just put scanners at weigh stations and wave in drivers at random for inspection.

  17. Round here on FAA Bill Authorizes Surveillance Drones Over US · · Score: 1

    most of the road signs have been blasted. I'm betting some are looking forward to seeing the Autonomous Skeet.

  18. Re:The silver lining on TomTom Satnavs To Set Insurance Prices · · Score: 1

    Well I guess if the guy behind you has the same insurance then they could tell he was tailgating you by comparing your positions as you move down the road. The thing is, it's not your data, it's their data and you can bet that they won't grant you any access in order to, say, shop around for insurance or defend yourself against a lawsuit etc.

  19. Big bumps on What Scorpions Have To Teach Aircraft Designers · · Score: 1

    It seems like the features they made in the steel were far larger than those on the scorpion's outer surface. I wonder why they needed to scale it up so much.

  20. I didn't realize on For Sinclair Fans, The ZX81 Lives On · · Score: 2

    That the French version still had a QWERTY keyboard layout. I guess internationalization wasn't its strong point. I learned a lot with mine though, like how to type in endless amounts of machine language in comments.

  21. Re:USA has 11 aircraft carriers on Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives · · Score: 1

    scrap them all. Build 3 Aircraft carrying submarines and tell people that there's one in the Med, a couple in the Pacific, one in the Atlantic, one in Lake Geneva etc. How long will it be before a drone can do much of what an F/A18 can do anyway ? It doesn't even have to be able to land back on the carrier, it can end with a bang or just fall into the sea for later recovery.

  22. viewing the word "Skipity" on The Web's Worst Privacy Policy · · Score: 1

    (or sensing it via some any other means) Indicates acceptance of the agreement. As does closing this browser or browsing to another page.

  23. Re:Jobs wanted the textbooks to be free! on Apple Unveils Software To Reinvent the Textbook · · Score: 1

    Yes, but the school districts will still determine which books are used via a "certification program". I don't expect the teachers will get any kind of free choice over what they teach from even if all the books are cost-free.

  24. Re:This device empowers criminals. on NYPD Developing Portable Body Scanner For Detecting Guns · · Score: 1

    This time thankfully only soda cans bought it.

    This timeit was a support column.

    This time a cop accidentally shot a Bologna, so I guess it's not a CCW, and maybe the Bologna was resisting arrest.

    This time it was in a starbucks, some kind of lead extra latte.

    This one was in a school.

    This Guy apparently hit himself in the leg when he dropped the gun at a Grocery store.

    Again, This one is not a concealed carry, but as the guy was DEA and actually demonstrating gun safety to a group of children at the time he accidentally shot himself I think it merits inclusion on the grounds that accidents can clearly happen to even the most highly trained.

    We people are the ones that could be shot at any time without warning because someone felt that the risk to others of their carrying a weapon was worth it. In this litigious society I would have though the insurance costs of packing heat would be prohibitive. Around 2% of gun deaths are from accidental discharges.

  25. Re:Oh, sure .... on NYPD Developing Portable Body Scanner For Detecting Guns · · Score: 1

    Then un-cue them when people get shot. At least this will save black people from having to pull a cellphone out of their pocket and wave it around to be shot by the police.