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  1. You're forgetting something. on RFID Coming 'Whether You Like It Or Not' · · Score: 1

    Guys, just get the cards, tell the clerks you'll fill out the application later, and then throw it away. You don't have to submit your information to get the Kroger card.

  2. Difficult? on Getting A Laptop With The Low U.S. Dollar · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, damn-near impossible. No company will ship to a hotel unless they want export controls to prosecute their asses into the ground. There are laws specifically to prevent what you propose doing.

    That said, you'll have to find a place to buy a computer face-to-face, then you get to either mail it to yourself or explain it to customs.

  3. Re:Story Full of Errors? on Man Accused of Attempting to Extort Google · · Score: 1

    I've yet to see Web-based advertising of Google ... This is my 5000th post.

    And you've never seen, in five thousand posts, an ad for Google on slashdot? Wow. I thought I was a real slashdotter for not reading the articles, but you've shown me the way: shut your eyes and touch-type.

  4. HAH -- welcome to software firewalls. on Anti-piracy Vigilantes Tracking P2P Users · · Score: 2, Informative
    BastardTrojan is trying to access the internet.
    o Permit this application internet access
    o Deny this application internet access
    [] Always use this policy for this program
    It's as simple as that.
  5. How long till SATA? on Novell Announces SUSE Linux 9.1 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How long do I have to wait for a desktop linux solution that will install out of the box onto a #$&@ serial ATA hard drive?

  6. Learning Haskell is too easy. on Learning Functional Programming through Multimedia · · Score: 3, Funny

    They've got a whole course online! FOR FREE!

  7. Re:Wrong price point on Sharp Debuts New Transmeta-based Laptop · · Score: 1

    Ever used the Averatec 3150? It's a pile of crap. It feels cheap, the keyboard's all flexy and they cut off exactly the part of the space bar where your thoumb would feel the most comfortable. Sure, they're cheap, but so's a Kia, and you get what you pay for.

  8. Speed is by no means on Sharp Debuts New Transmeta-based Laptop · · Score: 4, Informative

    what these processors are known for. Benchmarks show that. That's not to say it's a bad processor, and maybe the Efficeon will turn out a little sweeter. Meanwhile, there isn't a whole lot about Transmeta's stuff that stands out. Except the wacky design.

  9. I'm a car guy, but I'm lost. on Your Future Car's Hood Will Be Welded Shut · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Will someone explain to me the benefit to the customer of having a hood stuck shut? Why would someone pay for that, rather than buying a cheaper car and just not opening the hood?

  10. A game about terrorism? on Twenty-five Years at the Heart of Gaming · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nobody's ever done that before! How original! It's creativity like this that fuels the gaming industry.

  11. The police station by you on Ford Testing a New 'Traffic Monitoring' Device · · Score: 1

    Captain : "Well, Fred, the Ford readout says you went and parked by highway forty-eight for six hourse. No headlights, no nothing."

    Officer Fred : "That damn car is lying! I was on patrol the whole time! I ran out of gas! I had a flat tire! I didn't have enough money for cab fare! My uniform didn't come back from the cleaners! An old friend came in from out of town! Someone stole my gun! There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts! IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!"

  12. Oh, the irony. on Open-Source Software and "The Luxury of Ignorance" · · Score: 1

    One of the Fifteen Greatest Hackers having a hard time getting CUPS working. I LOVE IT.

  13. Freedom of expression is still legislated. on 'Extreme' Web Sites Under Fire From UK Police · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The same lawbook that holds protection freedom of expression also outlaws things like necrophilia. If you walked into a morgue to get a snack, you can expect to be put in jail. If you sold books containing HOWTOs on corpse-buggery, you would, in fact, get shit-hammered by the law. This is no different. If you want to act like a retard on the internet, you're better off doing it from a country that doesn't outlaw your particular brand of idiocy.

  14. The projects are boundless. on What (non-PC) Hardware Do You Hack? · · Score: 1

    With these chips, a trunk-mount 386, and Perl, I'm in the process of creating a realtime diagnostics readout for my Crown Victoria. It outputs to a small black-and-white LCD I have in my glove box. The next step will be sending spoofed voltages to the PCM to affect engine operation. Who needs an expensive reprogrammable chip? Just lie to the one you have!

    And I have a better coffeepot, by the way. I got it at a truck stop. It used to plug into the cigarette lighter. I'm about halfway through reworking its circuitry to run on Firewire. Then I have to write a driver.

  15. That's right, let's all laugh at intel! on Linus on Intel's 64 bit Extensions · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Next time they decide to take a bullet and promote compatibility, they'll know better!

    TEACH EM A LESSON, SLASHDOT!

  16. I wonder on Handtop PC Announced Using Transmeta Processor · · Score: 1

    if it connects to the Phantom? Besides, if you want small-but-cool, you're better off with an MP3-playing wristwatch. Their english ain't so hot, but their products are.

  17. Jiggery-pokery? on Infinium Labs Threatens Gaming News Site · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Can anyone decipher that?

    ...and does anyone else suspect that this whole ordeal might be a front for the REAL BUSINESS?

  18. This test is UNBEATABLE! on An Ignition Interlock In Every Car? · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's NO WAY to blow air into a tube wihout it coming from a human lung. Billows do not exist. And these things are so inexpensive, they can put two or three in each car, to make sure the passengers are sober too!

    Wait, none of that is true.

    What the story doesn't mention is the Special Edition model for bishops and politicians. When they fail a drunk test, a HUD shows up on the windshield and locks on to pedestrians. Makes life a LOT easier, let me tell you.

  19. OEM Software is HANDY on Good, Affordable PC Diagnostic Software? · · Score: 1

    Keep a copy of the Dell Diagnostics. This is the prime tool that their techs use to find hardware problems. Other companies have simialr products.

  20. 1.61803399 on The Golden Ratio · · Score: 2, Informative

    More here.

  21. HAW on Wikipedia Reaches 200,000 Articles · · Score: 1

    Yeah, 200,000 entries, and it's almost as useless as E2's million 'nodes.'

    YAY FOR WASTES OF TIME

  22. All that work... on Ultimate Automotive Computer Installation · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...and you still can't right-click.

  23. Re:Pentagon in the Democratic Election Space ? on Experts Critique SERVE Internet Voting System · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Pentagon was ordered to create a voting system to replace the current mail-it-in absentee ballot system... because a shit-ton of soldiers in Korea, Germany, Iraq, and all the other myraid places we show up.

    It's the Pentagon developing it because the soldiers will be using it. This is not intended to be John Q. Backwoods voting from his AOL.

    This is their home page, and here is the here is the law that brought them into being.

  24. Mod down "bad day @ work" -- it's a c-n-p on The Absolute Worst Working Environment? · · Score: 1

    http://www.snopes.com/humor/jokes/thermometer.asp

    This thing has been circulating forever.

  25. Got it bad? on The Absolute Worst Working Environment? · · Score: 1

    Try reading Slashdot on a DoD computer.

    *cough*

    "Privacy does not exist on Government computers; users should therefore not expect it."
    (That's how my user agreement at work reads.)

    Excuse me; there's someone at my door...