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  1. Re:Meet the new boss, same as the old boss on Obama Wants Broader Internet Wiretap Authority · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Never! There's no precedent for this.

  2. Re:What's wrong with... on Apple Patents Directional Flash Tech For Cameras · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Maybe then a curved edge to the phone casing with a small rotating shield inside. Shift the flash right up to the edge of the casing. Shield above the flash exposing the front when taking outside shots, shield in front of flash exposing top when indoors. Taking into account the fact that most people's ceilings are painted light shades...

    No photographer, just trying to re-work Apple's idea. It'd probably be no use for twilight-lit rooms as camera flashes are quite underpowered. Oh well, It's a phone.

  3. Re:What's wrong with... on Apple Patents Directional Flash Tech For Cameras · · Score: 1

    So, would this effect be achieved by having a second flash mounted in the side of the phone? Xenon bulb; Very slim, little slide cover which opens when you select the camera function, well out of the way of the shutter / zoom buttons...

    Just an idea.

  4. Obligatory... on Panasonic's 16-Finger, Hair-Washing Robot · · Score: 2, Funny
  5. Re:Good. on Iris Scanning Set To Secure City In Mexico · · Score: 1

    Ethnically Diverse eye.

    Don't feed prejudice, man.

  6. Re:So I guess on Iris Scanning Set To Secure City In Mexico · · Score: 1

    ATM Menu > Enter Pin. Shoot account owner in head, empty account, Bank don't have facial scan of perp. Done.

    FTFY.

  7. Re:So I guess on Iris Scanning Set To Secure City In Mexico · · Score: 1

    You do realise that your Iris scan won't actually be used as a key. It'll be a one way collision resistant hash of the scan.

    MD5 for your eyes.

  8. Re:If they get Pod... on Apple, Startup Go To Trial Over 'Pod' Trademark · · Score: 1

    I think the guys who make Macintosh raincoats, or grow Macintosh apples, might get a little pissy about that.

  9. Why Pod? on Apple, Startup Go To Trial Over 'Pod' Trademark · · Score: 1

    "Pod" isn't the part of the brand I associate with Apple. It's the preceding "i" (lower-case) which is the defining characteristic.

    iPod
    iPhone
    iMac
    iTunes

    It they released the PodPhone, or PodMac, or PodTunes I'd have a little sympathy, but I can't help but think that he's gotten this one all backwards.

  10. Re:Grow up. on Facebook Is Down · · Score: 1

    Indeed. I'm seriously considering calling the PETA regarding his treatment of those hungry chickens...

    Dude, that's not what the phrase "banging chicks" means!

  11. Re: Facebook Is Down on Facebook Is Down · · Score: 1

    This is Slashdot. We already know the answer.

    You gonna have that last pizza slice?

  12. Re:How do you get offenders to stop? on Is the Web Heading Toward Redirect Hell? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they shouldn't force our hand, then.

    If the solution to a man made problem is worse than the problem itself, maybe it will train those in the future not to be so presumptuous about how much crap we'll take.

  13. Re:So they can just keep stolen property then? on UK Man Prevented From Finding Chipped Pet Under Data Protection Act · · Score: 1

    After hearing some dubious non-lawyering on this site, I can probably suggest a course of action.

    File a John Doe suit and get the address during discovery?

  14. Re:So they can just keep stolen property then? on UK Man Prevented From Finding Chipped Pet Under Data Protection Act · · Score: 2

    The dog belongs to the original owner, and if you don't think that's the case, please post your address. I'd like to become the new owner of your TV and computer system. Maybe your car too if I need something to transport my newly acquired goods.

  15. Re:So they can just keep stolen property then? on UK Man Prevented From Finding Chipped Pet Under Data Protection Act · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You missed selling recreational substances. God forbid if you're ever caught with more than one bag of ganj on you, as more than one bag obviously means that the other one is for selling, not that the dealer just sold it that way.

  16. Re:I can see the daily quests now... on Michael Jackson Themed MMO In the Works · · Score: 1

    Nobody owns anything regarding music except the record company. We all realise this.

    Remember where you are.

  17. Re:I can see the daily quests now... on Michael Jackson Themed MMO In the Works · · Score: 1

    Buy the entire Beatles back catalogue... Then have to sell it at a loss when you're declared bankrupt!

  18. Re:They need help on Newspaper May Have Given Implicit License To Copy · · Score: 2, Funny

    At which point, all court rooms can be issued with a small PA system and a button on their desk. Every case of "RIAA Vs. " or "MPAA Vs. " etc which they encounter, they can press the button. In a big booming voice, the PA system will play "DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. and that'll be that.

    Trapdoor to shark pit underneath the plaintiff's lawyers is optional.

  19. Re:Alzheimer on Terry Pratchett's Self-Made Meteorite Sword · · Score: 2, Interesting

    He didn't make the sword; He contacted a swordsmith. He did smelt the unrefined ore into bars himself, though, using techniques from a friend with an interest in ancient smithing arts.

  20. Re:Original Article on Terry Pratchett's Self-Made Meteorite Sword · · Score: 4, Informative

    Partly correct. The Gladius was favoured by the Legions because it was short enough for the scabbard to be hung on the same side as the wielding hand. This prevents the act of drawing the sword from taking any more room than one man standing upright, maintaining their tight shield wall formation.

    Clever buggers, they were.

  21. Re:It's made of magic on Terry Pratchett's Self-Made Meteorite Sword · · Score: 2, Informative

    With a sword you need to be able to chop

    Wrong

  22. Re:Hosts file on Twitter Suffers Web Interface Exploit · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or don't use Twitter. Seriously.

    Except for this thoroughly informative sentence, including the punctuation, nothing of any real import can be expressed in 140 characters...

  23. Automatic Boss Key? on Canonical Designer Demos Ubuntu Context-Aware UI · · Score: 1

    Have the camera pointing outside your cubicle, pick up when the boss is coming, automatically switch to Workspace 4 which has a spreadsheet open on screen and a long list of business apps along the panel.

    Hot secretary? Browser with "Ask Mavis" article half-posted voicing your concerns about your "copious" manhood. Suspicious 4-second lag between hitting minimise and it actually disappearing.

  24. Re:Why not link the source? on Canonical Designer Demos Ubuntu Context-Aware UI · · Score: 1

    Revenue sharing.

  25. Re:I for one on Airbus Planning Transparent Planes · · Score: 1

    It's called Smart Glass.

    Linky