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  1. Re:Hmm on PA School Spied On Students Via School-Issued Laptop Webcams · · Score: 1

    Pennsylvania common law (1) - Invasion of Privacy

    (1) footnote reads: "Should discovery disclose that the Defendants are in possession of images constituting child pornography [...]

    Why possession? If they viewed naked children, especially on purpose, they should get child pornography charges. Proving it might be hard though.

  2. Been done before on The Wi-Fi On the Bus · · Score: 2, Informative

    I occasionally take the Montreal-Magog bus in Quebec. This is a 90 minutes ride, mostly highway. Still, the bus has access to the Internet through free wifi. It's especially good considering most of the ride is through rural areas.

  3. Re:HA HA HA Serves you suckers right! on Xbox Live For Original Xbox Games Shutting Down · · Score: 1

    Check this story. It's a rumor, for now...

  4. Re:How safe is your box? on Keep SSH Sessions Active, Or Reconnect? · · Score: 1

    A cat might not be able to do rm -rf but I heard of a ferret able to press the delete key and the enter on a Windows box. The recycled bin saved the day but the fact is a ferret was able to delete a file by running on a keyboard.

  5. Re:More Publicly Financed Toys for the Wealthy on Tesla Motors To Suspend Roadster Production · · Score: 1

    That's what I thought of all the car and bank subsidies. What's your point? At least, Tesla car are better for the environment.

  6. Re:Makes sense on Nielsen Ratings To Count Online TV Viewing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What about product placement? More viewings (whatever the medium) = more potential revenue for the advertisers.

  7. Been done before on Man Uses Drake Equation To Explain Girlfriend Woes · · Score: 1

    I read this a while ago.

  8. Re:Where have I heard this before? Oh yeah... on Man Uses Drake Equation To Explain Girlfriend Woes · · Score: 1

    This is pretty similar.

  9. Re:Oh come on now! on Elder-Assist Robotic Suits, From the Real Cyberdyne · · Score: 1

    Skynet already exists. See this one for example. I became aware of them when they showed up in my list of access point. Quite strange the first time.

  10. Re:BBC is a weird beastie on BBC Planning To Launch Global iPlayer VoD Service · · Score: 1

    Just a side-note here. I'm from Canada and more specifically the province of Quebec. Radio-Canada (the French speaking side of the CBC) is really popular here. It is still state-run and one of only 2 general programming station. There's a 3rd one called V but it doesn't really count.

    Furthermore, there's still cultural content so it still has a mission. The fact that many French-speaking Quebequers speak little or no English really shields from the domination of the US in content and channels.

  11. Re:If he doesn't like anonymity... on Kaspersky CEO Wants End To Online Anonymity · · Score: 1

    Got any good cat recipe?

  12. Re:Lips on Canadian Minister Lies On Net Surveillance Claims · · Score: 1

    There's a French variation on this one. The word parliament (parlement in French) is self-explanatory: parle - ment.

  13. Re:Attractive women? on Attractive Women Make Men Temporarily Stupid · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The story was done in the Netherlands. 'Nuff said.

  14. Re:in related news... on Stroustrup Says New C++ Standard Delayed Until 2010 Or Later · · Score: 1

    Parrot is already at version 1.0 ...

  15. Re:Flashing lights on Laser Ignition May Replace the Spark Plug · · Score: 1

    I actually saw one once. It even was the right model. Now I can say I drove faster than K.I.T.T. with my old Mazda :-P

  16. Re:Teachers wrong here on Student Who Released Code From Assignments Accused of Cheating · · Score: 1

    Many teachers did this at my university. The difference was that it was printed at the university with minimum/no cover/binding. The price was minimal because everything was made cheap and there wasn't a supply chain involved. Everybody wins!

  17. Re:I'm confused on Internet Tax Approved By Louisiana House · · Score: 1

    I have no clue if your claims are realistic but you should realise that 17 out of 32 is more (proportionally) than 17 out of 50.

    Just my 2 cents.

  18. Re:CS on The Myth of the Mathematics Gender Gap · · Score: 1

    Have you seen the male one?

  19. Restricted content on Would You Pay For YouTube Videos? · · Score: 1

    Some content is not accessible to me. It happened today with some "Penn says" videos. I am getting over it easily and I won't miss paying content either.

  20. This is NOT a car on Segway, GM Partner On Two-Wheeled Electric Car · · Score: 1

    At least in Québec. The rule (in Québec) to be a car is to have 4 wheels or more. The T-Rex for example is considered a motorcycle even though you can drive it with a car driver license (class 5).

  21. Re:I hope P.B. win this trial on The Pirate Bay Is Making a "Spectrial" of It · · Score: 1

    Stockholm already have an old (17th century) warship near the harbour. Look at the Vasa museum.

  22. Wrong summary on How To Build a Short Foucault Pendulum · · Score: 1

    Please correct the summary. It is a Foucault pendulum not Foucalt.

  23. Re:Slow Justice is No Justice on EC Considering Removing Internet Explorer From Windows · · Score: 1

    We could do it like in the old days. When I first signed up for Internet access in 1996, my ISP game me a floppy with a browser (Netscape 1.2, I think). They didn't assumed you had a browser or the proper drivers to go on the net. They provided everything. An OS shouldn't be expected to have everything you need, that's why downloads exists.

  24. Re:Did I miss the news? on So Who's Running Apple Now? · · Score: 1

    Please tell me: how big of a market are costumers? Are we talking Halloween parties, movies or some other kind of costumers?

  25. First hack on Networked Fridges 'Negotiate' Electricity Use · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The first hack for those fridges should be a power hog : a fridge that tries to steal as much power as possible from the other fridges. In any cooperative, some will try not to cooperate.