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  1. Re:Crying Baby, Take 2 on Cellphones Usable on Airplanes in 2006? · · Score: 1

    Babies are *far* worse than cell phone users. Far, far, far worse. At least you can get headphones and listen to something loud. It's really hard to ignore baby-diaper stench, especially in an enclosed pressurized cabin.

  2. Re:One of the unfortunate things about Apache... on Hardening Apache · · Score: 2, Informative

    We use Include's to handle that. Include conf/vhosts.conf for example. Then the httpd.conf files are, almost always, identical.

  3. Re:Nothing wrong with this... on Searching For Trouble With Google · · Score: 1

    Verified by Visa is one of the biggest hassles ever. Nothing is actual verified by Visa - it's a lie - they're all verified by third-party verifiers.

  4. Re:Is it just me on Ring-Tone Barons? Japanese Record Companies Raided · · Score: 1

    Most of the new phones will let you assign different ringtones to different people, so you know who's calling by listening. Kind of neat, but I do wish they'd just include boring old standard ringer sounds like in the old days.

  5. Re:Is it just me... on Ring-Tone Barons? Japanese Record Companies Raided · · Score: 1

    My phone (Treo 600) doesn't have regular ringers on it. They're all annoying. I miss the old crappy sound chips they had in the older phones. My current ring tone is a repeating "beep" that unfortunately does not sound like a pager.

  6. Re:Phone as a PDA acessory on Examining the Treo 650 Smartphone · · Score: 1

    It already is. At least, mine is. I bought the Treo 600 because it was a Palm based PDA with great battery life and features, and even better, it can connect to the Internet from anywhere a cell phone can (basically).

  7. Re:Big deal... on MIT Names First Female President · · Score: 1

    Enough of this talk. Let's.... kill a human.

  8. Re:Boo friggin yah! on Half-Life 2 Preloading from Steam · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Plus, there's no guarantee Valve will always offer the game for download. Who knows, they could get "hacked" again and have to pull all the files down for another year (and call it Patch 1 :)

  9. Re:Viruses vs virii on HP Shelves Virus Throttler Program · · Score: 1

    How many people use goodbye? Oh, right, lots of people do!

  10. Re:Wacky Marky on Mark Cuban on the future of HD Media · · Score: 2, Informative

    No.

  11. Re:Security? on Defending The Skies Against Congress And The Elderly · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm not convinced that would be enough. They have the resources to turn to private jets and stuff. I say we get their staff on the list. Someone that's important to them, but not important enough that they'd pay to charter rates to fly 'em around.

  12. Er, who'd want to wear that crap anyways on The IOC's 'Clean Venue' Policy · · Score: 1

    Who'd want to wear a Pepsi brand shirt anyways? Every day I see people proudly wearing brand names on their clothing, but I do wonder if people would miss them if they suddenly weren't available for purchase.

  13. Re:Simpler approach...gas tax for insurance on Pay-As-You-Drive Car Insurance · · Score: 1

    A friend of mine turned me on to this idea. Sure, the devil is in the details, but it seems like it'd be one of the most fair ways to handle the problem.

    Keeping inattentive/drunk drivers of the road would help keep the costs down, too. (Perhaps impounding their cars, selling them, etc would do it)

  14. Re:Big brother-in-law, the insurance salesman on Pay-As-You-Drive Car Insurance · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And when you decide to opt out of it, will they count your "violations" against your score as if they were ticketed? Probably.

  15. Phew, good riddance on Microsoft Patents sudo · · Score: 1

    sudo is such a hack. I say good riddance. At the same time as we banish sudo, let us also banish the requirement that only root can bind to ports lower than 1024, and remove many other root-only restrictions. (Obviously, put some thought into 'em ;) )

  16. Re:Are there any girls there? on A Dicebag of Dungeons and Dragons Documentaries · · Score: 1

    I thought it was funny, and I didn't know about the song. The guy wants to do the one hot girl who thinks D&D is cool.

  17. Re:Go get 'em Ohio! on Best Buy Sued By Ohio · · Score: 1

    Also, unless you're in the state they're in, you don't have to pay them taxes, and shipping is free. So basically the price you see is the price you pay. I buy almost all of my DVDs from them.

    Futurama Season 3 $36.59, and Walmart is >$37 (not including tax or shipping)

  18. Re:Sweet on Training Nurses With Virtual Veins · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That reminds me of when I had my root canal done. The most painful thing I have ever experienced in my life was when he put that needle to my swollen gum, to numb the area for drilling.

    On the followup appointment (to put a plug in the tooth that was draining), I told him just to use extra topical and skip the injection. Barely felt a thing then.

    Any time a friend is having a root canal I tell them this story, just in case they have a similar experience, I hope to save them at least some pain. :)

  19. Re:cool on New Disposable Digital Cameras with LCDs · · Score: 1

    "All that's required is figuring how to trigger the exposures."

    I must be a terrorist.

    I read "explosives."

  20. Re:At what point will people learn??? on Writing Software for Worldwide Distribution Proves Difficult · · Score: 1

    Sure, if it's illegal. What I'm saying is that it's irrational, even if it is law.

  21. Re:At what point will people learn??? on Writing Software for Worldwide Distribution Proves Difficult · · Score: 1

    However, no rational person would expect you to be arrested over flipping the flag upside down. (Plenty of irrational people would, of course ;) )

  22. Re:And the usual responses on Hardware That Literally Doesn't Stink? · · Score: 4, Informative

    "I hope the OP wasn't really expecting to get useful feedback out of this question"

    Who would have guessed that Slashdot would be a poor place to get medical advice?

  23. Re:Interesting description... on Palm Finally Announces SD WiFi Card · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "-- higher power consumption?"

    Yep. Exactly why it's taken this long to get a SD WiFi card in the first place.

  24. Re:Will it work with the Treo too? on Palm Finally Announces SD WiFi Card · · Score: 1

    Definitely. Although, at home, I would like to be able to access my network, do things like hotsync over wireless (something I don't want to do over Sprint since I'd have to open up the firewall), download mp3s w/o using the USB cable, PalmVNC, etc.

  25. Re:still using palms on Palm Finally Announces SD WiFi Card · · Score: 3, Interesting

    SDIO doesn't provide a lot of power. That's been the biggest stumbling block to date for getting WiFi cards on Palms.

    I'm disappointed that, apparently, it won't work on other models such as the Treo 600.