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  1. Re:Orwell just rolled over in his grave on EFF: 48 Hours to Stop the Broadcast Flag · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...you'll be forced to watch them (or power off your TV)...

    Sound like the best solution I have heard so far.

  2. Re:Censoring cartoons on Classic Cartoons Marred by Digital Restoration · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They aren't shielding you, they are shielding themselves from idiotic (yet costly) lawsuits.

  3. Well... on Has The "Technology Bounceback" Begun? · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...But just as it's difficult to gauge how many swallows make a summer...

    Well, it depends, are we talking about African or European swallows? :)

  4. Translation on Employee Stock Options Must be Treated as Expenses · · Score: 1

    What this means is that unless you are an executive of the company, you can kiss stock options goodbye as part of yearly salary increases and/or signing bonuses. I have just found out recently that my company has stopped giving options to new hires, it will be interesting to see if we get blocks of options when annual reviews come around. If they don't, I'll bet we don't get better raises either :-/

  5. Re:On/off switch... on Innovative Uses of RFID Tags · · Score: 1

    Lights or a readout could display when instruments are missing from the tray to prevent things getting left in a patient.

    There is already a very sophisticated technique that solves this problem. It's called counting. Count the tools before surgery, and count before sewing up the patient.

  6. Re:you know you're a geek when... on Is The 'CSI Phenomenon' Good For Science? · · Score: 1

    She's Helgenbooty-licious! [marghelgenberger.net]

    Slashdotted... big shocker there

  7. Re:Bungie's arrogance on Bungie Speaks On Halo 2 Leak · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who the fuck are you to tell me what I can talk about and what I cannot talk about?

    It's thier forum. If you don't like the rules, go talk elsewhere.. they are only banning people who talk about it on BUNGIE forums.

  8. Re:So which tourists will be the first.... on Space Tourism is Off and Running · · Score: 1

    You mean it's supposed to last more than a few minutes?!?

  9. From CNN... on High Tech Baby Monitoring? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    This isn't specifically for monitoring, but it is (somewhat) high tech and related to children. Seems like an interesting item... The device that rocks the cradle

  10. Re:Interesting web sites from doggy cam.... on Upgrade Your Dog · · Score: 1

    watching you have sex.....

    This is Slashdot.. you must be new around here :)

  11. Re:Scary scary bloke on Gates, Jobs, Torvalds: Who is Most Important? · · Score: 1

    ...It was getting a (usually blunt) pole inserted in your rectum, and then having the pole stood vertically supporting you so your weight inexorably pushed the pole up through you. Death took days of excruciating agony....

    Yeah, well he did mention spammers.. so what's the problem?

  12. Oh, I can't help it.. on Europeans To Monitor American Voters · · Score: 0, Redundant


    In Soviet Russia, the elections watch YOU!

  13. Can we.. on NASA Releases World Viewer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will we be able to zoom in on the smoking ruins of the slashdotted webserver? :)

  14. Love it on Microsoft To Share Office Source Code · · Score: -1, Redundant


    That's what I love about Microsoft, they always come up with these new and innovative ideas! I can't believe that no one ever thought of this before! :-/

  15. I got an idea on O'Reilly's New Magazine for DIY Tech Projects · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is a magazine that celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your own will.... [snip] ...Any suggestions for what they should cover?

    How about where to hire a good lawyer that knows how to defend against DMCA lawusuits?

  16. Re:Securitey on Open Source Security: Still A Myth · · Score: 1

    I have been reading Slashdot for too long. I didn't even notice the spelling error. Good god, I gotta get out more.

  17. Re:Not a bad start...but a couple of things on IPv on An Introduction to IPv6 · · Score: 4, Funny


    You seem to understand the technical issues very well... Sorry, but since this is /. you must leave this discussion immediately.

  18. Re:Comcast already does this... on Tivo and Netflix Partner For DVDs on Demand · · Score: 1


    Yep, and much like a lot of new DVDs that are coming out, you probably get all the advertisements that you can't skip over too. :-/

  19. Ah, Love that Trek on SETI Finds Interesting Signal · · Score: 1

    Similar to what motivated Voyager scientists to attach a plaque for the outbound trip

    Commander Willard Decker : V'ger... expects an answer.
    Captain James T. Kirk : An... answer? I... don't know... the question.

  20. Re:Maybe it's just me but... on Microsoft Portable Media Center Reviewed · · Score: 3, Interesting

    From the Academic Overview of his site:

    With the completion of the 8th grade in July 1997 I was taken out of the public school system in favor of private tutelage by my grandfather, a college professor in English and Comparative Literature, at the California State University of Fullerton, for over 40 years. My family and I agreed that the offerings of the local small town high school were limited, and would interfere with my growing professional responsibilities.

    This guy is a smug little prick, isn't he?

    Seriously, he is an overachiver if half of what he claims in the Academic section is true.

    ~Segfault

  21. Re:Don't say fuck or bugger on Word Up · · Score: 1

    Williams spoke with Wright and his opponent, David Gibson, then called an emergency meeting of the Scrabble Advisory Board

    The Scrabble Advisory Board?!? Man, and I thought that *I* never got laid :)

  22. Re:So did he 'buy' his liver? on Todd Need[ed] a Liver · · Score: 1


    The real question to ask here is whether or not such ad campaigns equate to 'buying' a liver through spending money on the advertisements? Could this be the next boon to advertisers?

    Not sure, but I'll keep my eye on it!

    Thanks folks, I'll be here all week... don't forget to tip your waitress.

  23. Re:Information wants to be private... on Hydan: Steganography in Executables · · Score: 2, Insightful


    At least not without a top down Orwellian soceity where all hardware and software is controlled.

    Isn't this basically what DRM aims to do?

  24. Re:Space Race on Soyuz To The Moon? · · Score: 4, Funny


    ...he Soviets simply couldn't match our determination and engineering...

    In Soviet Russia, the moon lands on YOU!

    Sorry, I couldn't resist :)

  25. Idiots unite on DVD-Watching Driver Charged with Murder · · Score: 1

    Alaska has no laws prohibiting drivers from watching DVDs... [while driving]

    Has the world gotten to the point where we need one? Just how much do we have to dumb-down the laws?