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  1. Re:"Unclean. Un-Unclean..." on Early Exposure To Germs Has Lasting Benefits · · Score: 1

    I always cringe at the thought of the breeding ground that gel residue left on the hands provides.

  2. Web != Internet on 51% of Internet Traffic Is "Non-Human" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously. Do they have liberal arts majors writing the headlines at /. now?

  3. GRiDPad on Meet The Man Who Designed a Tablet Computer 15 Years Before the iPad · · Score: 4, Informative

    The first tablet was the GRiDPad from 1989.

  4. Re:and where is exactly the problem? on Journalist Arrested By Interpol For Tweet · · Score: 1

    ...but not the Son of God. That's about as blasphemous as you can get.

    Depends on what branch of Christianity you're thinking of. Some believe Christ was an ordinary person touched by divinity but not of mystical origin. Such a claim would not be blasphemous to them.

    I get a chuckle out of mainstream Western Xians who are so happy to put down groups like the Mormons on the basis that their beliefs are "heretical" to their one right way of thinking. They're so blissfully ignorant about the wide spectrum of Xian beliefs.

  5. Re:Slashdot double standards on How Far Should GPL Enforcement Go? · · Score: 1, Informative

    Sony should be applauded for making their own BusyBox alternative, rather than violate the GPL.

    That's not what they're trying to do. Sony wants a non-GPL alternative to Busybox so they can avoid being forced to comply with providing source to other GPL'd components they distribute. There's nothing honorable or applause worthy in that.

  6. Re:This is ridiculous! on GNOME and KDE Devs Wrangle Over 'System Settings' Name · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Next computer is going to be from that company from Cupertino

    Yeah. Because Apple would never dumb down their interface for 25+ years with a one-button mouse.

  7. Re:huh? on Weird Al Says "Twitter Saved My Album" · · Score: 1

    Because no one would care if Weird Al just silently released a record. By making a fuss and then "capitulating" they both get positive hype that amounts to free advertising.

  8. Re:Manning is a hero. on PBS Web Sites and Databases Hacked · · Score: 0

    Manning is a traitor. He violated the terms of a contract he willingly signed to maintain state secrets. He also agreed to be subject to the military justice system when he signed up. Don't try and elevate him to the status of some political martyr because he's being treated as any other rogue soldier would be.

    Your capacity for independent thought is questionable seeing as you only want to regurgitate the pap that is spewed on the 24-hour news channels. Are you really so naive to think that every other country in the world is focused on playing nice and the US is the only player that uses underhanded tactics to get ahead?

  9. Gloss is the current fad on Users Want Matte LCDs While Glossy Screens Dominate · · Score: 1

    Glossy screens are needed to match the glossy plastic cases that most consumer electronics are packaged in these days. This is all part of the latest fad in product design. Remember when everyone was copying the iMac candy colors with translucent plastic bits and pieces a few years ago? Now everyone is copying Apple's current styling. It will fade away once people realize how unsightly that stuff is when it gathers dust.

  10. Takedown notices on Righthaven Hit With Class Action Counterclaim · · Score: 1

    Takedown notices aren't mandatory. The DMCA doesn't revoke preexisting means of resolving infringement. It is perfectly acceptable to sue without prior notice.

  11. Re:Hmmm... on Jeff Bezos Calls Sales Tax Requirements On Amazon Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    In the case of New York, the AG stretched the definition of "business presence" to include members of Amazon's affiliate program. They have no real operations in the state or receive any direct benefit from tax funded services.

  12. Re:never on HDMI Brands Don't Matter · · Score: 1

    The lack of apparent difference compared to analog shouldn't be surprising considering that plain old VGA supports much better than 1080p resolutions and higher frame rates. Component analog is even better than VGA with its individually shielded conductors. Plus you never have the threat of HDCP issues. The whole push to get sheeple invested in HDMI is part of a larger scheme to plug the analog hole.

  13. Re:Encryption? on O'Reilly Author's Laptop Rescued By 'Twitter Posse' and Prey · · Score: 1

    You can have it both ways. Have a tiny partition with a dummy XP install with no password and Prey setup. Put the real stuff on an encrypted Linux or other Win install. Use Grub to manage everything and keep a second Windows install happy with the partitioning.

  14. Re:OXCOs are cheap and common right now on Government Funded Atomic Clock On a Chip · · Score: 1

    The on-board GPS clocks are corrected for time dilation due to their orbital velocity. By extension, everyone who uses GPS benefits from and has an interest in that being accounted for.

  15. Re:Hasn't this been done already? on Creating a "Force Field" Invisible Touch Interface · · Score: 0

    Yes this isn't new technology (other than the multi-touch support). IR touch screens have been around at least since the 80's. You could get add-on bezels for the Apple ][. They are used today for industrial settings where the environment is to harsh or dirty for resistive or capacitive sensors.

  16. Lock down your phone on Michigan Police Could Search Cell Phones During Traffic Stops · · Score: 1

    Looking through the manual, the device can read data through bluetooth, cable, or SIM card. It also requires an app installed for smartphones other than Symbian and Blackberries. Those running CDMA phones with bluetooth off and a password lock activated should be safe(r) from this machine.

  17. Re:Improved tablets on MS Global Strategy Chief: Tablets Are a Fad · · Score: 1

    They've been around longer than that. MS had a pen computing version of win3.1. The GRiDPad came out in 1989.

  18. Re:Need to find old manufacturing consultant on Japanese Chip Shutdown Causing Shortages · · Score: 1

    Yeah. JIT works for screws and bolts but not for non-commodities.

  19. Re:Moderately Prepared on Ask Slashdot: How Prepared Are You For a Major Emergency? · · Score: 1

    You could dispense with the Tamiflu. It's only value is as a psychosocial security blanket. It only lessens symptoms by one day and only if you take it soon enough. If you wait until you know you have the flu and not a cold it's too late to do anything.

  20. Don't tread on me on Leave a Message, Go To Jail · · Score: 1

    It's odd that New Hampshire is almost militant about civil liberties but someone has managed to jigger things so that they are a two-party state.

  21. Re:More About the Judge on Judge Allows Subpoenas For GeoHot YouTube Viewers, Blog Visitors · · Score: 1

    It's easy for a judge to play it safe and go along with a plaintiff's claims rather than live up to the oath he took upon entering office. It's better for business that way.

  22. Pie in the sky on How Cyborg Tech Could Link the Minds of the World · · Score: 1

    Time recently had a cover story on Kurzweil and his prediction of a singularity by 2045. The only problem for all these pipe dreamers is that nobody has a clue about how the brain works. The knowledge needed to interface directly with electronics in a meaningful way is not going to arrive anytime before the end of this century. Crude prosthetics for disabled people, yes, but nothing that would be of value to a normal person (enhanced memory, computation, seamless mind/machine interfacing) will be around in anyone's lifetime.

    This is much like the hype in the lead up to completing the Human Genome Project. Grand predictions were made about what it would provide for us and then when it was done, everyone realized that it was a blueprint that nobody could understand in anything but the most rudimentary way.

  23. Memory leak in FF3 on Firefox 4 Beta 12 Released; Fixes Over 650 Bugs · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's just me but at some point in the last year FF3 started leaking tons of memory in long lived windows with a lot of activity. Has this issue been taken care of as well?

  24. Re:cool story bro on Smart Phone Gets Driver Out of a Speeding Ticket · · Score: 1

    The absolute positional accuracy of a GPS sensor is not important in this case. Any error present tends to remain the same, or nearly so, from sample to sample (high precision). This keeps the cumulative error small for relative measurements like when computing the mean velocity between sample points.

  25. Re:Streets on Study Calls Craigslist 'a Cesspool of Crime' · · Score: 1

    Well duh. We should put an end to socialist institutions like paved streets and let them return to their natural state to put a stop to street crime.