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  1. Neoludite on The Real Job Threat · · Score: 1

    We need a tax on production of labor saving devices!!!

  2. Re:What is the goal? on Ask Slashdot: How Do You View the Wall Street Protests? · · Score: 1

    Let me ask you...
    How does somebody 'pay for another's BMW', if they can't afford food?

    Blood, sweat, and tears...
    Our wages and standard of living have stagnated or been going down for at least the last 30 years,
    while the top 1% have been raking in record profits and their incomes are up at least 25% from the products of our labor.

  3. Re:What is the goal? on Ask Slashdot: How Do You View the Wall Street Protests? · · Score: 2

    First on a google search for "Occupy Demands":

    http://coupmedia.org/occupywallstreet/occupy-wall-street-official-demands-2009

    Summary:
    LIST OF PROPOSED "DEMANDS FOR CONGRESS

    #1 - CONGRESS PASS HR 1489 ("RETURN TO PRUDENT BANKING ACT"

    #2 - USE CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY AND OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AGENCIES FULLY INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE THE WALL STREET CRIMINALS

    #3 - CONGRESS ENACT LEGISLATION TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY BY REVERSING THE EFFECTS OF THE CITIZENS UNITED SUPREME COURT DECISION

    #4 - CONGRESS PASS THE BUFFETT RULE ON FAIR TAXATION SO THE RICH AND CORPORATIONS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE & CLOSE CORPORATE TAX LOOP HOLES AND ENACT A PROHIBITION ON HIDING FUNDS OFF SHORE

    #5 - CONGRESS COMPLETELY REVAMP THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

  4. Re:Why would I WANT this? on Blippy Exposes Credit Card Numbers Through Simple Google Search · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you dont give your CC# "TO A GODDAMNED BUNCH OF STRANGERS" then how do you buy anything?

  5. short holidays on How Does a 9/80 Work Schedule Work Out? · · Score: 1

    The 9/80 isnt too bad, I really like 3 day weekends. the worst part is the middle of winter when youre arriving and leaving in the dark. also make sure your company changes the holidays to 9 hrs, my company screwed us that way 8hr holidays so if you want the full paycheck you have to use a vacation hr to make the difference :(

  6. Re:Safety? on China Going Up and Coming Down · · Score: 1

    yah Its called gravity!!! hehe

  7. art on Is Computer-Created Art, Art? · · Score: 1

    my votes would go to:
    Vidwacker
    and
    Electric Sheep

    vidwacker is my favorite!

    Maken

  8. Re:Asymptotic on Where's My 10 Ghz PC? · · Score: 1

    apaches didnt use teepees

  9. Re:My summary on Nanotechnology: Are Molecular Assemblers Possible? · · Score: 1

    You missed the part in Drexlers conclusion:

    Drexler:This is going to take a very long time so if everyone can pitch in maybe we can get it done quicker!

  10. Mpegbox on Powering a PC from a Car Without an Inverter? · · Score: 1
    I just bought this: ATX compatible power supply from a company called MpegBox, it was designed for a car mp3 player based on the mini ITX style board. works pretty well and I have no complaints.

  11. Re:no killing on A Tale in the Desert · · Score: 1

    Not free....
    $13.95/month

    maken

  12. about 3 minutes on google..... on Open Source Video Capture from a Win32 Window? · · Score: 3, Funny

    about 3 minutes on google gives :

    http://www.atomixbuttons.com/vsc/index1.html

    Runs on windows
    captures to .avi
    and it looks to be open source

    just email your billing address
    Ill send you a bill.
    cash, check, visa, m/c, paypal accepted

    maken

  13. mod this up! on Drug Making Genes Added To Corn Jump To Soya · · Score: 1

    finally somebody here actualy read the article

  14. use frogs instead! on Chicken-Feather Chips · · Score: 1

    the timing for this article was funny.
    check out the fortune I got just this morning:

    SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT

    Title: Are Frogs Turing Compatible?
    Speaker: Don "The Lion" Knuth

    ABSTRACT
    Several researchers at the University of Louisiana have been studying
    the computing power of various amphibians, frogs in particular. The problem
    of frog computability has become a critical issue that ranges across all areas
    of computer science. It has been shown that anything computable by an amphi-
    bian community in a fixed-size pond is computable by a frog in the same-size
    pond -- that is to say, frogs are Pond-space complete. We will show that
    there is a log-space, polywog-time reduction from any Turing machine program
    to a frog. We will suggest these represent a proper subset of frog-computable
    functions.
    This is not just a let's-see-how-far-those-frogs-can-jump seminar.
    This is only for hardcore amphibian-computation people and their colleagues.
    Refreshments will be served. Music will be played.

  15. ir assistant on Controlling Your Computer with IR Remotes? · · Score: 1

    i did a search on google and here is the first thing that popped up: IRAssistant
    from the page: "IRAssistant is a software for controlling your PC remotely. You can execute macros with remote controllers, joysticks"
    maken

  16. sit tone download on TeleZapper - A Way to Avoid Telemarketers? · · Score: 1

    poptronics had an article about this a few months ago. they offered a sit tone to put on your answering machine:
    ftp://ftp.gernsback.com/pub/pop/sit.wav

  17. Re:This is impossible. Or not. on NSA Tapping Underwater Fiber Optics · · Score: 2

    The reason for the high voltage running through the line is to power repeaters every 100 miles or so. Why not just tap into one of the repeaters, which convert the optical signal into electronic signals and then back again? Sounds pretty easy to me, given the right equipment. As for sorting the data the repeater is able to deal with it as is the router or whatever is on the receiving end so why wouldnt whatever technology the nsa has. The problem would be storage.

    maken

  18. Re:Solar shingles on Are Hybrid Solar/Grid Houses Practical? · · Score: 1

    Heres a company that makes solar roofing systems
    http://www.ovonic.com/unitedsolar/roof.html
    so you can subtract the cost of reroofing your
    house from the total cost of solar. That and here
    in california the state will pay 50% to install a solar system!

  19. allwell iDVD3036 on Building an MP3/DVD Box for the Home Audio System? · · Score: 2
    Check out
    http://www.gctglobal.com/Products/iDVD_set_top_box /idvd_set_top_box.html

    This is the box you want! Its only anounced on /. every other week.

    Specs:
    Main Board Processor
    x86 Pentium Media GXM 233MHz
    Memory
    64 MB SDRAM
    TV-Out On Board
    Direct NTSC/PAL output
    Audio
    16 bit 3D surround Sound Onboard
    LAN
    Realtek 8139 10/100 Base T Wake-On-LAN
    IR Interface
    Yes (Optional)
    Flash Disk
    Support DOC 4MB to 144MB or Disk on Module
    Expansion Slot
    2 PCI (1 x PCI/ISA shared) and PC104(ISA) socket
    OnBoard IDE
    2 x Ultra DMA33
    Floppy Disk Connector
    Yes (Desktop type)
    I/O Connectors
    2S, 1P, 2 x USB, PS/2 Mouse, PS/2 Keyboard
    BIOS
    Award BIOS, DMI, PnP Green
    Power Supply
    65W, 5V, 12V ATX
    Software Support
    Microsoft Win95, 98, NT, WinCE, RTOS QNX, Linux
    Modem
    V.90 PCI Topic 56K Modem
    DVD ROM
    DVD ROM
    DiskOnModule/DiskOnChip
    16MB
    MPEG-2 Decoder
    Sigma Design EM8400

  20. Re:Solution: Napster Acoustic Fingerprinting on Automatically Managing Large MP3 Collections? · · Score: 1

    This is already possible, Napster is using the fingerprinting tech from a company named Relatable. There is an Open Source audio metadata client using the same tech available from www.musicbrainz.org (formerly cdindex.org). Their database is under the OpenContent license at opencontent.org . The mp3 player Freeamp also uses this data to organize your music collection. Freeamp is the best jukebox program I have found for linux. Too bad Realjukebox doesnt run in linux.
    maken

  21. Re:That's nothing... on The Sounds Of Space Near Jupiter · · Score: 2

    At this URL:
    http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/space-audio/
    there are .wavs of earths magnetosphere. one even sounds like voices!

  22. wireless lan howto on Wireless LAN Devices For Linux? · · Score: 2

    I dont have any experience with this subject personally, but ive been doing research on it myself. This page is the best source of info Ive found:
    www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/
    It has the howto plus hundreds of links to related info around the web. Check it out!
    maken

  23. Tesla & AC on Could Tesla's Broadcast Power System Work? · · Score: 2

    Tesla invented the alternating current motor, he did not invent alternating current(AC). At the time AC was known to be easier to produce and more efficient to transmit but had to be rectified (turned to DC) to drive motors. this was very inefficient and the motors wore out quickly. AC motors have only 1 moving part so are more economical. this invention revolutionized the electrical industry (power to the people:). we still use basically the same tech today. also Teslas power distribution scheme used the earth to transmit electricity. A separate idea of his was to energize the ionosphere to light up the sky like a huge florescent lightbulb so ships could see at night.

  24. CLI on Remote X Applications Over Slow Lines? · · Score: 1

    if you dont need many colors and dont mind blocky
    "pixels" use a shell! X is for graphics hence: GUI
    maken

  25. isotopic vs isotropic on Isotropic Silicon? · · Score: 2

    From Websters:

    Main Entry: isotope
    Pronunciation: 'I-s&-"tOp
    Function: noun
    Etymology: is- + Greek topos place
    Date: 1913
    1 : any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties
    2 : NUCLIDE
    - isotopic /"I-s&-'tä-pik, -'tO-/ adjective
    - isotopically /-'tä-pi-k(&-)lE, -'tO-/ adverb

    Main Entry: isotropic
    Pronunciation: "I-s&-'trO-pik, -'trä-
    Function: adjective
    Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary
    Date: circa 1860
    : exhibiting properties (as velocity of light
    transmission) with the same values when measured
    along axes in all directions
    - isotropy /I-'sä-tr&-pE/ noun

    maken