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  1. Re:Other reports on Too slow! FBI Shuts Down Hosting Service · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's like when you see those videos of supposed poilce beatings where they only show the part where the cop is whacking the guy with his night stick. Nevermind the ass whooping that the suspect tried to give the cop 30 seconds prior. That seems to matter none.

    Resisting arrest and assualting an officer are crimes. These crimes are to be tried by jury and if the defendant is found guilty, punished. The trial and punishment is not to be to sumarily given by police. The police are entitled to use force in their efforts to subdue a suspect or protect themselves and other from a suspect. They are not entitled to beat a suspect as retribution.

  2. Re:All Your Rights Are Belong To Ashcroft on Too slow! FBI Shuts Down Hosting Service · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Believe me, the last thing some poor special agent wants to do is sift through TBs of customer crap and put a company out of business or under financial hardship.

    It's far more serious than simply putting a financial hardship on the data center and their customers. It is entirely possible that the FBI has gone beyond the authority granted to them in the warrant. Their warrant only allows them to search and sieze specific items related to a crime.

    It is highly likely that by siezing all machines and data of a commercial data center, that they have deprived several customer of their due process of law (5th) and freedom from search and siezure (4th).

  3. Re:I fail to see... on Is the x86 Ready for Consumer Appliances? · · Score: 1

    It fails in the $170ish part.

  4. Re:A long - probably losing - battle on Fighting for Your Overtime? · · Score: 1

    bogus. The employer will probably pay up when they become aware that they may be exposed to treble damages.

  5. Re:Nuclear Power is dirt cheap on Wind Turbines Kill a Few Birds · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That's very interesting. The wind farm doesn't need any fuel.

  6. Re:moon race? nah... on India Test-Fires Cryogenic Rocket Engine · · Score: 1

    Of course, they do have a lingering border dispute with China as well.

    Distance between New Delhi and Islamabad: 406 miles (653 km)

    Distance between New Delhi and Beijing: 2341 miles (3768 km)

    None of the USA's current fleet of ICBM's (AFAIK) use cryogenic motors for their primary stages. However, previous generations certianly did, (Redstone, Titan, etc)

    Although this rocket may very well be intended for civilian or commercial service, I think that it is also to demonstrate to the world India's continued development of rocket systems, keeping in the audience's mind that they can put increasingly large nuclear payloads increasingly farther away.

  7. Re:Economics? on Son of Concorde · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Concorde was not just as efficient as other passenger planes, due to it's small size. For every gallon of fuel per passenger mile that a 747 takes, Concorde takes nearly 5.

  8. Stop Bitching and Seek Redress in the Courts! on Touch Screen Voting Industry Circling Wagons · · Score: 1

    If it can be reasonably argued that votes are easily discarded or altered, then your 15th ammendmant rights have been unlawfully abridged. Sue to delay an upcomming election until the problem has been solved. The State cannot lawfully disenfranchise you by their negligant handeling of this issue. Although the misconduct is by contractors, the State has ultimate oversight.

    The executive and legislative branches have not been fulfilling their duties on this issue. The checks and balances system works in real life. You must seek redress in the courts. Sue.

  9. Re:Efficiency? on Power Plant Fueled By Nut Shells · · Score: 1

    It would be nice to know what the cost efficiency of this plant is... seeing as how this has always been the big problem with "green" power.

    Any data to back up this claim? Which green power is inefficient?

  10. Re:Terrible color and they often don't fit. on Light Bulb Replacements · · Score: 1

    I have had no trouble with X-10 and CF lights.

  11. Re:Any uses besides software piracy? on PS2 Exploit Allows Running of Unsigned Code · · Score: 1

    Is it *my* fault that Sony sells PS2's at a loss?! If I own the hardware, why can't I run whatever the hell I want to on it?!?!?

  12. Re:noise and interference on Computer Audio - To USB or Not to USB? · · Score: 1

    You can get a sound card with >96db SnR for $50. In fact, if you get a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, it gives you six channels, to boot. If the analog outputs are too noisy for you, there's always digital output.

    see for yourself

  13. Hire an Architect on Architecture / Home Design Software? · · Score: 1

    You're prepared to spend large sums of money making a building. You'll be stuck with this building for some time. Hire an architect. An architect will have experience and expertise in areas that you won't. Even if the basic design is yours, the mundane things that can ruin your life can still be handled by a professional.

    I think it's interesting that because everybody has everyday experience with buildings, they assume that a high degree of expertise is not needed to design one. There's a reason that states require architects to have a license.

    While you may be of the opinion that an architect is too expensive, it is my opinion that if you can afford to build it, you can afford to hire an architect. Cost is just one of many parameters that they work with. Also, consider that in most states, if you don't have your drawings stamped, you are liable for any injury caused by failure of your building for the rest of it's life.

  14. Re:A bright idea by any other name on (Solar) Power to the Masses · · Score: 1

    See absorption cooling. Sun-> hot water + electricity + heat + cooling.

    This isn't really big in the US right now, but it's big in Japan. For a US practitioner see Solargenix (just one example).

  15. Re: I opine on things I know nothing about on USS Ronald Reagan Commissioning Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    An aircraft carrier is the centerpeice of an aircraft carrier battlegroup. This battlegroup contains several ships, of which 2 are nuclear attack submarines. That is in addition to it's fleet of antisubmarine aircraft.

  16. Re:Idiot on Installing Halon Fire Supression System at Home? · · Score: 1

    (4) ???
    (5) PROFIT!!!

  17. Counter patent! on Business Process Patents Taking The World By Storm · · Score: 3, Funny

    Patent the business process of identifing an existing business practice, patenting it, and demanding royalties from companies using this business process. When such patent is granted, send a letter to them demanding a percentage of their litigation proceeds.

  18. Re:NSA, CIA, HSA... on Trustworthy Software For The NSA? · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's called congressional oversight. You need to go back to civics class. Please see 50 USC 413

  19. Can you say Monopoly? on CD Duplicator Refuses Linux Job, Citing MS Contract · · Score: 1

    Good job, I thought you could.

  20. Best thing for graffiti makers since spray paint on Random Movement Printing Technology · · Score: 1

    This will really improve my graffiti.

  21. Re:What would they rather have? on A Mighty Wind · · Score: 3, Informative

    3) Natural Gas - Clean compared to other fossil fuels, but still requires us to fight wars for it.

    Almost all natural gas in the US comes from domestic production.

    5) Wind - Unsightly, similar in price to fossil fuels.

    Depending on the ownership and financing structure, wind can be cheaper than fossil fuels. If you discount the subsidies that fossil fuel exploiters get, wind is by far the cheapest energy.

    7) Biomass - Can't really increase the supply unless you want to start collecting cow farts.

    Because, as we all know, every dump in America is currently generating power.

  22. How much for the cardboard case? on Oddball PC Cases From Japan · · Score: 1

    That's what I really want to know.

  23. charitable foundation - grants on Method for Distributing Earnings from an Open Source Project? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You make a charitable foundation that "owns" the software by either copyright or just trademark. Developers submit grants to be funded. This can include grants to develop new features. This can also be grants to aquire new equipment to work on the project. The charitable foundation's money allows them to hire programmers to make certain features happen, even if no volunteer can/wants to code it.

  24. Re:Cost of Veggie Oil on Run Your Car on Grease · · Score: 2, Informative

    Kitchen grease already has a street value. It's called yellow grease and is used for making animal feeds. Many restaraunts have a contract with a yellow grease company. They often have locks on their grease traps to make sure that spurious pickups don't occur. There is, in fact, yellow grease theft and smuggling.

    See:
    http://archive.salon.com/business/feature/ 2000/11/ 06/grease_wars/index.html

  25. hire a professional on Building a Cube Farm that Sucks Less? · · Score: 1

    Hire an interior designer. A good one will assess your needs, talk to you, and design something that works for YOU. A bad designer just spits out cube farms day in and day out that have nothing to do with the occupants. The litmus test: Does the designer talk to the people who live in the cubes?