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  1. Re:Payback period? on Fuel Cell Marvel "Bloom Box" Gaining Momentum · · Score: 1

    But are fuel cells more efficient than large gas turbines + generators + transmission lines?

  2. Re:Ron Paul on Best Super Tuesday Candidate for Technology? · · Score: 1

    I don't expect or want him to go to Washington for the Senate vote, but it'd be great if he'd encourage his supporters to contact their Senators and put some heat them.

    I agree with you and Ron Paul that the PATRIOT act is F'ed up but on Monday there's another vote on FISA in the Senate and freedom loving patriots of all persuasions ought to get involved.

  3. Re:Ron Paul on Best Super Tuesday Candidate for Technology? · · Score: 1

    I am eagerly awaiting hearing Ron Paul speak-out against the giving telecoms retroactive immunity in the FISA bill.

    I realize it's in the Senate now rather than the House where he serves but adding his voice (and his supporters) to the debate would be helpful.

  4. Obama good, Huckabee bad on Best Super Tuesday Candidate for Technology? · · Score: 5, Informative

    If Obama is good enough for xkcd then he's good enough for me.

    I imagine Huckabee is the worst on technology issues unless of course they were mentioned in the bible.

  5. Re:Nice exclamation point on Telecom Immunity Showdown in the Senate Today · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ArcherB wrote:

    That would be an excellent point if the Bill of Rights dealt with what companies can and can not do. Unfortunately, it only deals with government. Citizens and corporations are not bound by the BoR.

    So, sorry to say it, but if telco's freely give information they own to the feds without a warrant, then no law has been broken.


    oh okay. They didn't do anything illegal, we can drop the amnesty provisions, they don't need them. Right?

  6. Re:Nice exclamation point on Telecom Immunity Showdown in the Senate Today · · Score: 5, Insightful
    simply stated if you care about any of your rights it's important.
    Fourth Amendment:

    "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."


    While the executive branch is more at fault for strong arming the telecos I don't think the public is well served by granting amnesty for ignoring the law.

  7. Re:Edwards 2008! on John Edwards on Open Source Voting Machines · · Score: 1

    Did you see him debate Cheney?
    He didn't do well against Darth Cheney, how would he have demolished Bush. Kerry might not have been the best the Democrats could have come up with but Edwards was (and is) a complete lightweight.

  8. blurry? meh. on Turning Network Free-Riders' Lives Upside Down · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty certain pornolizer was made for cases just like this.

  9. Fearless mice? on Scientists Produce Fearless Mice · · Score: 1
    big deal, Toxoplasma gondii has been making fearless mice for a long time.
    Toxoplasma gondii, causes rats to lose their typical fear and avoidance behavior. It also makes them act hyperactive, which makes it more likely that they'll attract a passing cat's attention.
  10. Re:Sounds like a nut. on New Calendar Proposal · · Score: 4, Funny

    birthday on a Monday? feh.
    Worse is if you're born during a Newton week.

  11. Re:Good For Them on Scotts Testing Genetically Modified Grass · · Score: 1

    No, bot good for them. This is grass that can tolerate large amounts of weed killer without damage. It won't do anything to lessen the amounts of chemicals dumped into the water supply, in fact it could be worse.

    If Scotts wants to engineer some drought tolerent, diesease resistent varities, then super for them. This stuff isn't that though.

  12. Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Comp on Electronic Burglary in the Senate · · Score: 5, Informative

    (a) Whoever

    (1) having knowingly accessed a computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access, and by means of such conduct having obtained information that has been determined by the United States Government pursuant to an Executive order or statute to require protection against unauthorized disclosure for reasons of national defense or foreign relations, or any restricted data, as defined in paragraph y. of section 11 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, with reason to believe that such information so obtained could be used to the injury of the United States, or to the advantage of any foreign nation willfully communicates, delivers, transmits, or causes to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted, or attempts to communicate, deliver, transmit or cause to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted the same to any person not entitled to receive it, or willfully retains the same and fails to deliver it to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to receive it;

    (2) intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access, and thereby obtains--

    (A) information contained in a financial record of a financial institution, or of a card issuer as defined in section 1602(n) of title 15, or contained in a file of a consumer reporting agency on a consumer, as such terms are defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.);

    (B) information from any department or agency of the United States; or

    (C) information from any protected computer if the conduct involved an interstate or foreign communication;

    (3) intentionally, without authorization to access any nonpublic computer of a department or agency of the United States, accesses such a computer of that department or agency that is exclusively for the use of the Government of the United States or, in the case of a computer not exclusively for such use, is used by or for the Government of the United States and such conduct affects that use by or for the Government of the United States;

    (4) knowingly and with intent to defraud, accesses a protected computer without authorization, or exceeds authorized access, and by means of such conduct furthers the intended fraud and obtains anything of value, unless the object of the fraud and the thing obtained consists only of the use of the computer and the value of such use is not more than $ 5,000 in any one-year period;

    (5)

    (A)

    (i) knowingly causes the transmission of a program, information, code, or command, and as a result of such conduct, intentionally causes damage without authorization, to a protected computer;

    (ii) intentionally accesses a protected computer without authorization, and as a result of such conduct, recklessly causes damage; or

    (iii) intentionally accesses a protected computer without authorization, and as a result of such conduct, causes damage; and

    (B) by conduct described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (A), caused (or, in the case of an attempted offense, would, if completed, have caused)--

    (i) loss to 1 or more persons during any 1-year period (and, for purposes of an investigation, prosecution, or other proceeding brought by the United States only, loss resulting from a related course of conduct affecting 1 or more other protected computers) aggregating at least $5,000 in value;

    (ii) the modification or impairment, or potential modification or impairment, of the medical examination, diagnosis, treatment, or care of 1 or more individuals;

    (iii) physical injury to any person;

    (iv) a threat to public health or safety; or

    (v) damage affecting a computer system used by or for a government entity in furtherance of the administration of justice, national defense, or national security;

    (6) knowingly and with intent to defraud traffics (as defined in section 1029) in any password or similar infor

  13. Simple Test on Altavista Renewed · · Score: 1

    Try searching Google for altavista.
    Now try searching altavista for google.

    Sort of obvious which is the better search engine.

  14. Re:and more pointedly.. on FBI Raids Homes and Seizes Bandwidth Pirates' PCs · · Score: 1

    "Obviously they were doing something serious, or they would not had their computer comfiscated."

    Yeah ask Richard Jewel how law enforcement never makes mistakes. Or the dozens of folks released from prison after further evidence proved them innocent.
    I'm beginning be more afraid of those sworn to protected and serve than the axis of evil

  15. Re:How do you silence it? on How to Build The Perfect Home Theater PC · · Score: 1

    Seems to me the best solution is keep most of the box somewhere else. Just have a terminal under the TV with the required wireless inputs. The muscle can be in anywhere else in the house. This solves the problem of trying to fit high proformance devices in a small area as well as the noise problem.

  16. Re:New clauses in contracts on IEEE Building Automotive Black-Box Standard · · Score: 1

    By regular driver you do mean those that don't follow the speed limit, use turn signals or obey traffic signs.
    We certainly can't let the insurance companies infringe on our right to break the law huh?

  17. lawyers got in the way. on R.I.P for D.I.Y Or Long Live Open Source? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You can't get many supplies for the hobbyist lab anymore. Lawyers and politicians have made it too difficult.
    "Sorry can't sell you that, could be used to make illegal drugs." or "Sorry we don't sell that; you could get hurt and sue us." and "We use to sell that but can't anymore, forbids it."
    And let's not forget the ever-present terrorist threat. Anyone with chemicals in their household more elaborate than vinegar must be working with terrorists.

  18. Re:/me runs out to the store, buy open and return on Sony Intentionally Crashes Customers' Computers · · Score: 1

    Of course being a slave to hype now I've gone and downloaded a song I never would have listen to on the radio let alone purchased.

  19. Re:Hmm, I've just GoogleWhacked! on Google Juice · · Score: 1

    casket fruityloops; one result plus an ad.
    Peroxides popsicle; exactly one result.

    I have a nagging fear that these will all become names of garage band in the next few weeks.

  20. Re:Hmm on NASA Chooses Pluto Mission · · Score: 1

    I believe it is being put further out because of infrared concerns.