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  1. Could be very dangerous for people with pacemakers on Canadian Researchers Create Wireless Charger For Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    You would need some pretty strong magnets, I would think. Strong magnetic fields can be very hazardous to people with pacemakers.

  2. Re:Legal groundwork on Internet Providers To Begin Warning Customers Who Pirate Content · · Score: 1

    It is in their business interests to threaten torrents of content that people have permission to download (e.g., Linux, independent musicians, movie projects like "Sintel." The copyright cartels business model is based upon "you want to publish your stuff? We own the channels. Sign over the rights to us and become our serf." Having an independent distribution vector threatens that business model.

  3. Re:So on Linux Foundation Offers Solution for UEFI Secure Boot · · Score: 1

    You could have to wear special boots?

  4. Why is the API GPL? on Alan Cox to NVIDIA: You Can't Use DMA-BUF · · Score: 1

    I am really not understanding this. We use Win32API in Wine. The reason being that it is just an API and not Windows code. But the kernel API is different? Is this some sort of extension of the "statically link" clause in the GPL?

  5. Jesus didn't force anyone to respect his beliefs on Man Arrested In Greece For "Blasphemous" Facebook Page · · Score: 1

    Matthew 13. Plus He was always saying how his teachings would be scorned and rejected and people would be persecuted for believing in them.

  6. Re:Absolutely not. on Can Anyone Become a Programmer? · · Score: 1

    I would totally have to disagree with this.

    I learned my logical thinking skills from programming.

  7. something is wrong with the patent system on Microsoft Patents Whacking Your Phone To Silence It · · Score: 1

    they patent a sensor that responds to a whack? Fine. They patent the idea of whacking the phone? Not fine. Patents are supposed to cover IMPLEMENTATIONS, not ideas.

  8. sounds like a mistrial to me. on Misunderstanding of Prior Art May Have Led to Apple-Samsung Verdict · · Score: 2

    I am not a lawyer, but it sounds like this foreman was acting as an expert witness, one whom the jury was forced to listen to and one side could not question or rebut or even question.

  9. Re:What about chromatic aberrations? on New Flat Lens Focuses Without Distortion · · Score: 1

    Chromatic abberations are probably going to be a mess. As soon as I saw the summary, I said to myself "they are probably using an absorptive layer to do the phase changes." I read it, and... yup... gold. This means it will respond very strongly to wavelength. However, if they are trying to make lenses for lasers, it will probably do just fine.

  10. Re:DOES NOVELL STILL HAVE THE COPYRIGHTS? on CowboyNeal Looks Back at the SCO-Linux Trials · · Score: 1

    Novell already said that Linux does not infringe on UNIX copyrights. It would be pretty hard for someone to buy the copyrights with that out there and then turn around and say "oh... wait... we bought it from people who said Linux didn't violate UNIX Copyrights... but after we bought it we changed our minds."

  11. The real winners on CowboyNeal Looks Back at the SCO-Linux Trials · · Score: 1

    Daryl and his cronies, who made a shitload of money while The SCO Group burned.

  12. Adjustable on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Position To Work For Long Hours? · · Score: 1

    My office has an adjustable, motorized desk. When I work I can sit, or stand. And switching back and forth is good.

    However, please note that you should not maintain any posture static for an extended period of time. Make sure to take micro- and macro breaks, and walk away from the desk every once in a while. This is critical if you do long hours. I would recommend looking into an ergo timer such as the open source Workrave.

  13. You forget one big thing. on Yahoo Sued For Password Breach · · Score: 1

    Yahoo is an OpenID provider.

  14. Great Idea on Tor Project Experiments With Funding Fast Exit Nodes · · Score: 2

    I always want to be able to make a fast exit from whereever I am.

  15. Undersea Internet on TIME DotCom and Facebook Invest In Massive Undersea Internet Cable Project · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Because fish need porn too.

  16. poor summary on Iran Claims New Cyber Attack On Its Nuclear Plants, Blames US and Allies · · Score: 1

    No country "admits" they made the software. The linked article is to another slashdot article quoting a washington post article with "anonymous" sources. That's pretty far from "a country" admitting they made the software.

  17. Re:Draw me a line on RIAA Goes After CNET For Media-Conversion Software · · Score: 1
    I think you know the answer.

    Anything that doesn't get them more money, right or wrong, deserved or not, is "theft" in their eyes.

    Remember when they said selling used CD's was theft, and they were owed a cut of used sales?

  18. Re:Ummm on FBI Quietly Forms Secretive Net-Surveillance Unit · · Score: 1

    Just a guess, but maybe they want the unit to remain secretive?

    All the better to serve the MPAA/RIAA.

  19. Again copyright law abuse. on Fox Sues Dish Over "Auto Hop" Ad-Skipping Feature · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not watching commercials is NOT violation of copyright.

  20. How the hell do they come up with these statistics on BSA Claims Half of PC Users Are Pirates · · Score: 1
    "Hi, I'm from the BSA, the group who sues lots of people and strongarms them with questionable tactics. Do you use pirated software?"

    "Oh of course."

  21. I use Linux on BSA Claims Half of PC Users Are Pirates · · Score: 1

    Up yours, BSA.

  22. Re:False positives and false negatives ... on FDA Panel Backs First Rapid, Take Home HIV Test · · Score: 1
    When you design tests, there are two rules.
    1. You can have a false positive.
    2. You must not have a false negative.

      The reasoning is this: If you have a false positive, you just take another, more expensive, slower test to confirm. If you have a false negative, someone will die.

  23. It can't be Oregon on Matt Groening Reveals Springfield Is In His Home State of Oregon · · Score: 1

    Oregon has so much hydroelectric power available that Mr. Burns' shoddy Nuclear plant would never have been built... let alone survive.

  24. Law sounds silly on Europe's 'Right To Be Forgotten' Threatens Online Free Speech · · Score: 1

    It's basically the legislature trying to make entropy illegal....

  25. Re:Not like a standard laser on Scientists Create World's First Atomic X-Ray Laser · · Score: 1

    Yes, a resonator is an essential feator of a laser. The acronym is a bit of a misnomer. A light amplifier itself does not make a laser. A Laser must make coherent light, and that happens through 1) a gain medium and 2) an oscillator.